When the crowd quieted down a bit, Qin Tian and Murong Fei both looked at Murong Tiannan.
Murong Tiannan cald himself, looked up at Qin Tian, his gaze eting Qin Tian's.
He hesitated for only a few seconds, then pursed his lips and said, "Yes, Qin Tian is the son-in-law of the Murong Family! They are already married. This matter, only a few direct family mbers know, and there was no banquet to invite everyone!"
Phew!
Hearing this, Qin Tian let out a sigh of relief.
He turned his head to look at Murong Fei, who happened to be looking back, and the two shared a knowing smile.
Subsequently, Murong Fei naturally held Qin Tian's hand in front of everyone.
It seed, after Murong Tiannan's admission, they really were already husband and wife.
The crowd remained silent, each one looking at Qin Tian and Murong Fei, seeing them holding hands lovingly, with nothing to say.
"Speaking nonsense with your eyes wide open, humph, do you, Murong Tiannan, also go against your conscience and speak recklessly?"
Murong Tiancheng gritted his teeth in anger, let out a ferocious smile, and said, "Now, no matter what you say, you have already lost to . Just now, Murong Tianren also announced your loss. So, from today on, the Family Head of the Murong Family is not you, Murong Tiannan, but , Murong Tiancheng!"
"You're the one speaking nonsense with your eyes wide open!"
Before Murong Tiannan could refute, Qin Tian had already smirked coldly and retorted, "According to the Murong Family's rules, to challenge the position of Family Head outside of a family assembly, it requires the consent of more than ten branch leaders. Humph, you all..."
"I have a letter co-signed by twelve branch leaders, isn't that enough?"
Murong Tiancheng directly interrupted Qin Tian, his expression serious.
Qin Tian chuckled, "According to the Murong Family rules, ten branch leaders must agree and witness your successful challenge to the Family Head before their signatures are recognized. That's the rule in the family regulations. Murong Tiancheng, since you're here to challenge the Family Head, didn't you read the family rules before coming?"
Qin Tian had asked Murong Ao about this rule on his way here.
Murong Ao gave a lengthy but unclear explanation, then directly took out a book of family rules from the Storage Bag for Qin Tian to read.
Qin Tian didn't expect it to co in handy. Those ten branch leaders who signed the letter weren't present.
"What do you an? Ten branch leaders signed, humph, do you want to deny it?"
Murong Tiancheng sensed sothing was wrong. He glanced around and found that everyone in the family was taking out their copies of the family rules from their Storage Bags and quickly turning to the section on challenging the Family Head to scrutinize it closely.
The Murong Family rules were strict; almost every official family mber had their own copy of the family regulations.
"Oh, it's really..."
"Indeed, it says there must be witnesses..."
"Effective after being witnessed and signed by ten branch leaders... Gosh, Marquis Qin actually rembers our Murong Family rules so clearly..."
"Yes, he could easily recite our family rules. I think now they won't doubt Marquis Qin is part of the Murong Family, right?"
"Indeed, anyone not part of the Murong Family wouldn't read our family rules."
After seeing the regulations, everyone started discussing one after another.
Murong Tiancheng and Murong Tianxiao both had slightly embarrassed expressions. Most people were quite familiar with the family rules.
However, not many were familiar with the section on challenging the Family Head, especially regarding the rules for challenging outside an assembly. For decades, no one had attempted it, so most people only rembered the gist of it—
They assud as long as ten branch leaders agreed, they could challenge.
But now that Qin Tian brought it up, everyone realized they had overlooked this before!
After reading, Murong Tiancheng and Murong Tianxiao's faces were awkwardly embarrassed.
"Yes, Marquis Qin is correct. The family rules clearly state that more than ten branch leaders must witness it for the challenge result to be valid. So, Tiancheng, I'm sorry, today's challenge to the Family Head is invalid according to the rules..."
Seeing Qin Tian pointing out the crucial point so sharply, Murong Tianren imdiately stood up and said firmly.
Murong Tiancheng stood still, seemingly caught off guard by this sudden problem and unsure how to respond.
A few steps away, Murong Tiannan glanced at Qin Tian. Clearly, Qin Tian's tily intervention and current performance made him reassess Qin Tian, so he scrutinized him carefully.
When Qin Tian sensed soone was looking at him and looked back at Murong Tiannan, Murong Tiannan quickly looked away.
"As things stand, please proceed. If you wish to challenge, go find eight more branch leaders to co to the Imperial City." Qin Tian sneered coldly.
You know, the Murong Family branches are spread all over the Tianyuan Dynasty, so recalling at least eight branch leaders requires at least half a month to send ssages back and forth.
After Qin Tian intervened, the situation changed abruptly. Now Murong Tiancheng and Murong Tianxiao didn't know what to do.
"Humph, I can find branch leaders, but you must also acknowledge today's challenge result!"
After exchanging a glance with Murong Tianxiao, both of them recalled their patron's order and instantly beca tough.
Moreover, they knew that Murong Tiannan was poisoned and lacked combat power, while Murong Tiancheng and Murong Tianxiao were among the top cultivators. With Murong Tiannan out of the picture, it was their perfect chance to seize power!
"We're not acknowledging it!"
"You are being too presumptuous, behaving like this at the headquarters of the Imperial City's main line, do you really think you have the freedom?"
"Violating the family rules, you risk being kicked out of the Murong Family!"
When Murong Tiancheng brazenly stated his tough stance, everyone from the Murong Family in the Imperial City expressed their dissatisfaction.
"Humph, strength is paramount, even Murong Tiannan lost, what else is there to say!"
"Exactly, Clan Head Tiancheng defeated Murong Tiancheng; everyone saw it with their own eyes. Do you want to deny it?"
"We have the letter, and our own eyes saw Murong Tiannan defeated. If you dare, take this issue to His Majesty the Ice Emperor and see how he judges!"
Those brought by Murong Tiancheng and Murong Tianxiao were also belligerent, having backing made them confident.
"Humph, such trivial matters, no need to disturb His Majesty."
Qin Tian let go of Murong Fei's hand, walked directly toward Murong Tiancheng, and said with a threatening tone, "As branch mbers of the Murong Family, without receiving a notification from the main line, you returned to the Imperial City without permission, caused a ruckus and injured the Family Head, according to family rules, you should be punished, and expelled from the Murong Family!"
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