ch 338 - The Hidden Truth; Bad Guye 5 (2/2)

They saw the one that they had banished, tossed out by them. He was able to turn around and be in an even better position than them, with higher status. That was most certainly like a thorn in their sides; how would they even be able to live that down?

After a long while, the housemaster looked up and cupped his hand at the man next to him, “First Elder, what are your thoughts?”

“Aye….”

The First Elder, who had his eyes closed this entire time, suddenly opened his eyes and let out a long sigh, “You guys waited too long to act. If you had sent someone to verify the incident when we have first heard the news and summoned Cheng Biyuan and his family back, everything would be different right now.”

“Yes, First Elder, you are right. We have certainly misjudged the situation!” Housemaster Cheng dare not disagree or explain; he had no choice but to admit fault.

He had occupied the role of housemaster for so long all because he had the support of the First Elder; otherwise, his days wouldn’t have gone quite so smoothly. Any minor displeasure from the First Elder stressed him out.

No other elders would dare to be disrespectful to him so long as he has the support of the First Elder. The First Elder was all he ever needed.

“Hrm!”

The First Elder hrumphed slightly. His look scanned across everyone presence disgruntledly and said, “With the back of someone from Temple of Divine Plans, we can’t go head to head with them. What’s the situation with the Eleventh Elder?”

“A few died, for the time being they are still staying over at the small town in Mocheng Province!”

“And you guys are just going to let him live there like that?”

The First Elder’s voice became even more diabolical, “Get on with it. Keep pushing him toward Qing’an Province. I don’t care if he was the only one left; get him to go to Cheng Biyuan!”

Everybody there shuddered but nobody dared utter a word.

That was because the First Elder was the only martial emperor at the Cheng’s; nobody dared to challenge his authority. Within the Cheng’s, he has the status of an emperor and he had full control of the life and death of everybody within the house.

“Yes, I will make the arrangement right away!” Housemaster Cheng was not bothered by that order at all. He was not concerned about the life or death of Eleventh Elder Cheng Yue’s and his family. As long as they could make good pawns; their life and death were of no importance to him.