On the day of the Beginning of Winter, the martial arts practice yard of the Marquis's Mansion was covered with a layer of white frost. Jiang Wan, dressed in a deep cyan brocade skirt, stood beside the Marquis, looking down at the collateral family members kneeling in the yard. Steward Wang was chained to a corridor pillar, blades of grass clinging to the white hair at his temples, while the head of the third branch and others lay prostrate and trembling, the chrysanthemum jade pendants already ripped from their waists.
"The collateral third branch colluded with foreign enemies and wreaked havoc on the mansion's properties. According to the clan rules, how should they be dealt with?" The Marquis's voice was like the winter's frozen river, chilling to the bone.
The senior uncle, head of the clan elder council, coughed twice and spoke with a trembling voice, "According to the Marquis Clan Genealogy, their clan registry status must be stripped, and they shall never be allowed to enter the ancestral hall."
Chapter 131