Qin Siyang's announcement that he wanted to strip Wang Xugong of his position as family head took everyone by surprise.
After all, Qin Siyang had poured both money and effort into making Wang Xugong the Wang Family Head from start to finish.
He had not only paid to arm Wang Xugong, but had personally helped him kill Wang Xuzuo.
With Qin Siyang's full support, Wang Xugong had finally become family head today, only to be removed within a single day.
On the surface, Wang Xugong seemed to have lost the most in this reversal, but in truth, it was Qin Siyang.
This meant Qin Siyang was acknowledging that all his earlier efforts to cultivate a reliable ally had come to nothing.
Yet, beyond their surprise, Qin Siyang's actions gave everyone present an inexplicable sense of reassurance.
By taking the same uncompromising approach with Wang Xugong, Qin Siyang had shown that his principles were firm and inviolable.
Wrongdoing had to be punished!
Being a mole was even more unforgivable!
It was precisely because Qin Siyang knew when to be firm and when to be flexible, and struck the right balance, that he always inspired trust.
Indeed, Wang Xugong's situation was troublesome and difficult to handle, because his mother had crossed a fundamental line.
Punishing Wang Xugong's mother might seem like the right decision, but it risked turning Wang Xugong against them and setting off a chain of consequences.
So Qin Siyang had Wang Xugong take the punishment in his mother's stead, putting out the fire while also eliminating a potential future threat.
Even Zheng Mubian, a battle-hardened veteran who had survived multiple military coups, was secretly stunned by Qin Siyang's handling of the matter.
The resolve to cut his losses, paired with the measured judgment of an old hand.
At that