The Anarchic Consort (1)

457-459

Chapter 457: Leaving You Speechless

Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio

Helian Wei Wei did not even look at Su Yan Mo's eyes. With a sweep of her robe and a swing in her step, she sat down on the main seat.

Looked down upon the stewards below, she took a deep breath.

For seven years, she had not even had the right to enter the family Clan Meeting.

Seven years later, she finally reclaimed the seat which originally belonged to her grandfather!

Helian Wei Wei narrowed her eyes. It seemed like this was the only way that she was able to get a grip on the emotions surging through her blood.

Calm down.

This was nothing.

The show was just about to start.

Helian Wei Wei smiled, signaling the start of the meeting.

The stewards glanced at each other before a more experienced steward spoke up in a low, aged voice, "Since this Clan Meeting is distinct from the ones before, we shall not waste any more time. A Clan Meeting notice was announced half a month ago and as made known, although the Helian Clan remained prosperous after the passing of the Old Master, the Clan is no longer held in high regard as we were before. The clansmen cannot be united with just a substitute patriarch, so we must choose a legitimate patriarch. Now, there are ten candidates who attend this meeting and one of them will become the patriarch tonight. Assuming that everyone already has their preferred candidate, let us now begin voting by a show of hands to come to a decision fairly."

The steward spoke of 10 candidates.

However, those who truly understood the nuances of the situation knew that in reality, this was but a showdown between Helian Guang Yao and Helian Wei Wei who were both of the direct lineage and bloodline.

For seven years, Helian Guang Yao who was just a son-in-law had held all the power in the Helian Clan.

Helian Wei Wei had been completely useless in the past and had not even been worth mentioning, so naturally, Helian Guang Yao took up her birthright.

Indeed, the Helian Clan was built up single-handedly by the Old Master.

If it had not been for Old Master Helian's military accomplishments during the war, the Helian Clan would not have blossomed into the family they were today.

However, Helian Guang Yao was not going to let go of all the power he had held close to him for so many years easily.

Now that Helian Wei Wei wanted to reclaim her rights to the Clan, not only did Helian Guang Yao's consent to handing over the power pose a problem, she also needed to deal with the problem of affirmation from the stewards who stood behind Helian Guang Yao.

Since the beginning, they had betrayed Old Master Helian's will in following Helian Guang Yao and had received many benefits for it in return all these years.

If Helian Wei Wei reclaimed her position in the Clan, not only would their acceptance of benefits be made known, even the fact that they had betrayed the Old Master would come to Helian Wei Wei's knowledge.

In other words, it was not going to be an easy fight for Helian Wei Wei to get back what was rightfully hers.

Many of them did not have high hopes for Helian Wei Wei's result and merely looked at each other as they shook their heads.

Helian Wei Wei calmly drank her tea as if everything that was happening around her had nothing to do with her.

None of the first eight candidates received a single vote.