The Royal Family, the Ancient Bai Clan, and their affiliate indeed didn't have the strength to force the Xie Manor to do anything.
However, that statement was valid only if the Ancient Xie Clan backs them up!
Xie Yong scowled down into the wine cup, his thoughts drifting to a time far back in time, and he ended up chuckling after remembering the tasteful past that ended up as an unpleasant memory.
He raised his head and peered at his eldest child.
"Before setting out for the north and enlisting in the army, I have cut my ties with the Ancient Xie Clan. You know why. The right minister has a cold disposition and an even icier heart. According to his character, he might've requested grandfather to remove my name from the ancestral tablet the second I left home, holding a newborn you and your mother in my arms. What makes you think the Ancient Xie Clan will support us when we are in danger after all this time?"
