Capítulo 679: Chapter 672: Failed Coup_1

The open decision by the Su Family's Great Ancestor to punish Su Zhongyuan also permitted collateral line disciples like Su Mingqi, each with hopeful faces, to gaze toward the area of his seclusion.

It must be known that previously the Su Family's Great Ancestor exceptionally protected the direct lineage, never punishing them heavily, the worst he would do was to reprimand them.

But now, not only has the Great Ancestor sentenced Su Zhongyuan to a hundred lashes — a penalty specifically aimed to severely injure him — but it shows just how truly angry the elder is at Su Zhongyuan's actions.

Unforeseen by everyone, the Su Family's Great Ancestor then coughed once and addressed Su Mingqi and the others: "You are also my Su Family bloodlines. Even though you're known as the collateral line, which of us Su Family members has ever regarded you as outsiders?"