"Do you remember the very first thing you said?"
"The Five Great Noble Families and the Hou Family are bound together, sharing one fate. That's right, isn't it? Those were your words, weren't they?"
"That's right. I said that. So what? What's the problem?"
"But if I remember correctly, before you went into seclusion, there were still six great noble families, weren't there?"
"Why did you say the Five Great Noble Families and the Hou Family, instead of saying the six great noble families were bound together?"
At those words, the Heaven Family's Ancestor jolted. He hadn't expected Chen Changan to find a flaw in something he'd said so casually.
He'd been careless!
"That's right. There's something wrong with what the Heaven Family's Ancestor said. Shouldn't it have been the six great noble families bound together?"
"Doesn't that mean the Heaven Family's Ancestor knew the Hou Family had fallen into decline, and that only five great noble families remained?"
"He claimed he'd been in closed-door seclusion all this time, but he actually knew all about what was happening outside—or rather, he knew all about what was happening to the Hou Family."
"That's too despicable! These are their master's descendants. Their master asked them to look after them, but instead, they want to wipe out their own master's descendants?"
"The Five Great Noble Families are just chasing fame and fishing for praise, while we've always thought the Hou Family was beneath us. We're no better than they are."
The Heaven Family's Ancestor roared, "All of you, shut up! What do you know? I said shut your mouths!"
"You... You're slandering me, slandering our Heaven Family."
"Oh? I'm slandering you? But today, only members of the Hou Family came to the Heaven Family. You said that things were fine between the Heaven