Within the clan, no one had ever dared to readily challenge the authority of the Gao Family's Fourth Great-Uncle.
This elder, now over seventy, had helmed the Gao Family for decades. It could be said that the family's current prosperity was largely built by his own hands.
Although the Gao Family claimed a century of heritage, their true rise had only occurred in the last fifty years. Before that, the Gao Family was merely an insignificant, minor household in Changshan County, only truly beginning to distinguish themselves in the Fourth Great-Uncle's generation.
The moment his words fell, the main hall was plunged into silence. The elders looked at each other, but no one dared to speak up in rebuttal.
Seeing the tense atmosphere, Gao Yuanhe quickly bowed and tried to smooth things over:
