"If there were a way to let the members of the second branch stay, I'm sure the old patriarch wouldn't disregard past feelings."
With Xiao Dongchen dead, it was inevitable that the second branch would be implicated.
To say nothing of how people like Xiao Wang controlled the Punishment Hall and coveted what the main branch had.
Even if the second branch were united with the main branch, certain precautions would still be necessary.
In such a situation, no family head could afford to be soft-hearted.
Let alone Duke Dingyuan, who was facing both internal and external threats to the Xiao Family.
Xiao Wan'er heard this, nodded, and said softly, "I know Grandfather and Second Sister wouldn't act without reason."
"That's why I didn't go to Four Directions Hall this morning to see them off."
She understood all this, of course, but relationships cool once people are gone, and she couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.
