Mu Hanyan gave Tan Taixuan a cold look, saying nothing. She hadn't expected Tan Taixuan to cause such a scene, but she wouldn't compromise. She had her pride and her dignity, and if she gave in to coercion like this, she wouldn't be Mu Hanyan anymore.
"I am He Qingzong, the young master of the He family. I also feel bad for Lord Tan Tai..." At this time, the young master of the He family also stood up and said with a smile, obviously preparing to surrender to Tan Tai Qing.
"What are you thinking about? Do you want to kill us all?" Mu Chengqi became even more anxious when he saw this.
"My eldest brother also admires Lord Tan Tai very much. Therefore, we, the He family, are willing to follow Young Master Mu Hanyan and work together to defend Luoan City." Before He Zong finished speaking, a chubby little fat man stood up and finished what he said for He Qingzong.
"Very good, very good." Seeing that another company had come to him, Tan Taixuan looked very proud and nodded repeatedly, while looking at Mu Hanyan provocatively.
But soon, he found something wrong. The young men from the noble families who had been flattering and fawning on him just now suddenly shut up at the same time and looked at He Qingwei as if he were a monster.
Tan Taixuan was slightly stunned. He remembered that the first half of this guy's sentence was about his admiration for him, Tan Taixuan, but the second half was about following Mu Hanyan. The turn of events was so big that even he couldn't react. He even sighed twice, "very good, very good."
Where did this little fat guy come from? Tan Taixuan really wanted to strangle him to death.
"Qingwei, what nonsense are you talking about?" Before he could make a move, He Qingzong roared in anger.
"Brother, after repeated consideration, I think it's better to follow Young Master Mu." He Qingwei said, shaking his head.
"You have no right to speak here, get out of here immediately." He Qingzong shouted sternly.
"Brother, although you are the young master of the family, this concerns the prosperity and decline of our He family for the next few hundred years. I think you'd better listen to me." He Qingwei said without giving in.
"Qingwei, don't forget your identity. Now, as the young master of the family, I order you to step back!" He Qingzong became even more angry when he saw that he dared to talk back.
Judging from the situation, if He Qingwei dared to talk back, he would most likely teach He Qingwei a lesson in public as the young master of the family.
"Brother, if you insist on doing this, then I have no choice." The little fat man said with a bitter face, took out a token, and said, "Then I can only order the He family members to follow Mu Hanyan to Luo'an City as the acting head of the family."
"What, the family head's token? How come the family head's token is in your hand?" He Qingzong was shocked when he saw the token in He Wei's hand.
Not only him, but also the other disciples, even Mu Hanyan, were all shocked.
If it was Yan Yuchu who was unwavering in his loyalty to her, Mu Hanyan would not have found it strange, but when it came to He Qingwei, she was a little surprised. Shouldn't this little fat guy hate her to the core?
What surprised Mu Hanyan even more was that this little fat man actually had the He family's Patriarch's token in his hand. Had the old Patriarch gone mad and actually handed the token to him? Although he was only acting as Patriarch temporarily, if anything happened to the He family's Patriarch, then he would be the legitimate Patriarch.
Looking left and right, Mu Hanyan couldn't tell that this little fat boy who was shaking his head had any ability to be the head of the family. She really couldn't understand what the old head of the He family was thinking.
"Impossible, why would my grandfather give you the order of the head of the family?" He Qingzong couldn't understand it and looked at He Qingwei in despair.
Since childhood, he has shown a talent for cultivation and scheming far exceeding that of He Qingwei, and was trained as the young master of the family. Everyone, including himself, believed that the position of the future master of the family would definitely be in the pocket of He Qingzong. Who would have thought that his grandfather would actually hand over the order of the master of the family to He Qingwei? One can imagine the loss in his heart.
"Brother, I don't want to do this either." He Qingwei looked at his elder brother and said helplessly, "But there's nothing I can do. You seem to have forgotten what our ancestors told you, so I have to remind you."
Hearing He Qingwei's words, He Qingzong was shocked and showed shame and regret.
Everyone else was secretly curious, wondering what instructions the He family ancestor had given and how it related to the family head order in He Qingwei's hand.
"The old ancestor said that if Mu Hanyan couldn't make it back, our He family would fight for what we should fight for, but if she came back, we would fully support the Mu family and there would be no need to fight for anything else. However, the old ancestor was worried that you would pretend to obey his words, so he asked Grandfather to hand the family head order to me, and I would take over the position of family head.
"If you'd listened to him, I would never have given him the Patriarch's decree. If anything happened to him or Grandfather, I would have used it to legitimately help you ascend to the position of Patriarch. But you refused to listen to him and insisted on using your position as Young Patriarch to pressure me. I have no choice." He Qingwei continued to speak, shaking his head, giving He Qingzong an explanation, as well as an explanation to everyone else.
After saying this, He Qingwei stood behind Mu Hanyan. With the Patriarch's Order in hand, the other He family members, as well as those from other aristocratic families who had already been dependent on the He family, could only suppress their thoughts and follow him.
He Qingzong looked at Mu Hanyan, sighed deeply, and could only stand behind Mu Hanyan.
The reason why he pretended to obey the words of the He family's ancestor before was actually because he had the same idea as Mo Yanhong. He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of going to Luoan City to improve the status of the He family among the eight great families and lay a more solid foundation for him to become the head of the family in the future. After all, the ancestor has always been very fond of He Qingwei. As long as the position of the head of the family does not fall on his head, he will not be at ease. But who would have thought that the ancestor had already taken precautions and actually let his grandfather hand over the order of the head of the family to He Qingwei.
One wrong step leads to another. He Qingzong knew that he might never have the chance to become the head of the family again in his life.
The rest of the people were all shocked, and Mu Daren and the others were even more terrified.
They had heard of the He family's ancestor's name, but they hadn't expected such a legendary master to hold Mu Hanyan in such high regard. In his unwavering support for the Mu family, or more accurately, Mu Hanyan, he had even gone so far as to hand over the Patriarch's decree to He Qingwei. It would have been fine if he hadn't given it, but since he had, it meant the He family had replaced the young Patriarch they had been training for so many years.
In comparison, what the young masters of other families had done before was a joke no matter how you looked at it. Could it be that the vision of the He family's ancestor was not as good as that of these young generations?
In silence, everyone's eyes turned to the final aristocratic family present, the Yan family. After the Zhao family's defeat and retreat to the capital, the two remaining aristocratic families had become the eight great aristocratic families. The Yan family had always been at the forefront of the eight, on par with the Mu family. Many people had previously rumored that after this year's family ranking competition, the Yan family would become the leader of the eight great aristocratic families, so their strength was naturally self-evident.
Now it all depends on what the Yan family chooses. Will they choose Mu Hanyan or Tan Taixuan?
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