"The court can swiftly summon the elder clansmen of the Gu Clan currently in the capital, especially those with long-standing prestige, to explain the greater good and lay out the pros and cons."
"Have them, in the name of the Gu Clan lineage, issue a proclamation declaring that Gu Yan's actions are purely the madness of an individual, contrary to the Gu Clan's ancestral precepts and family code, expelling him from the genealogy, and calling upon the Gu Clan's descendants and all under heaven loyal to the court not to obey his seditious commands!"
He looked toward Zhao Hong, calculation flickering in his eyes: "In this way, the court displays magnanimity, gives the Gu Clan face, and at the same time cuts the firewood from beneath the cauldron, stripping Gu Yan of the lofty justification of 'inheriting his forebears' will'!"
"Brand him as the 'unfilial son of the Gu Clan', a 'disgrace to his family'!"
"This will be more powerful than any manifesto!"
