She even refused to attend the succession conference, only sending a piece of blank paper with sixteen characters written:
[A colossal entity, bloated and sluggish; in one night, it collapses, bringing disaster to the entire clan.]
This action undoubtedly slapped her clanspeople in the face. Enraged, her father canceled her successor status and publicly announced that each branch could participate in the election, with the most capable taking over the family.
Originally, this was purely a show, aiming to compel Jiang Yuchan to comply.
Little did he know that she cared nothing for this, directly leaving the family to travel.
This inadvertently gave Jiang Yi an opportunity. He first used despicable means to murder the patriarch, creating the illusion of an accidental death, then participated in the selection of successors under the guise of "inheriting the patriarch's will," but was secretly eliminating dissidents.
