Nominally, the House of Elders was like a think tank in the Ferguson Family. It was an organization that provided advice to the successive heads of the Ferguson Family. However, because Connor's father, the former head of the Ferguson Family, Alfredo Ferguson, was addicted to sensual pleasures and women. Coupled with his poor health, he didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the Ferguson Family. Therefore, the power of the Ferguson Family was gradually transferred to the House of Elders. In the past decade or so, the House of Elders was equivalent to the highest authority of the Ferguson Family, controlling everything in the family!
As the head steward of the family for three generations since Ferguson's father's generation, Head Steward Martinez had a very high right to speak in the family's council of elders. However, this did not mean that Head Steward Martinez could have the final say in the family's council of elders and cover the sky with one hand!
The short and fat old man Bernardo who was the manager of Ferguson Manor, the biggest property of the family, and the retired old man Domenech Ferguson who was from a branch of the family and became a major general of the empire's army were second only to Steward Martinez in the Council of Elders. One of them was rich, and the other was powerful. They formed an alliance in the family, and even Steward Martinez had to respect them!
Since Jack Ferguson dared to hold the Council of Elders and Bernardo stood up for Jack Ferguson in the Council of Elders, Steward Martinez realized that Jack Ferguson might have promised Bernardo and Domenech something. For example, after Jack Ferguson became the new leader of the family, he wouldn't interfere with their interests. Instead, he would give them more lucrative jobs. Therefore, Jack Ferguson got their support in the Council of Elders!
This was what angered Butler Martinez the most. Before this, in order to appease the two of them and get them to support Connor to inherit the position of the patriarch, Butler Martinez had already promised them some benefits on Connor's behalf without touching the fundamental interests of the family. The two of them had also promised Butler Martinez that they would fully support Connor to inherit the position of the patriarch. Now that they had changed sides and chosen to support Jack Ferguson in the family elders' meeting, it meant one thing!
The value of Jack Ferguson's promise to them was far greater than the benefits that Butler Martinez had promised them. It was so great that they dared to ignore the existence of Butler Martinez and support Jack Ferguson to inherit the position of the head of the family and become the new Earl of the Ferguson family!
Although Butler Martinez didn't know what Jack Ferguson promised Domenech and Bernardo, he knew that what he promised them was the biggest compromise he could make as long as it didn't affect the core interests of the family.
If Jack Ferguson could still make them betray him, then it meant that the family's core interests had been completely sold out by this wastrel. Once Jack Ferguson became the new Earl, then the Ferguson family, which had already fallen into desolation, would fall even faster into the abyss. This was something that Martinez, the old butler who had served the Ferguson family for decades and devoted his life to the family, couldn't accept.
This was why Steward Martinez tried his best to stop Jack Ferguson even though he didn't know if Connor was still alive or not.
If Jack Ferguson was a reliable and qualified successor, Steward Martinez wouldn't support Jack Ferguson to become the new Earl of the Ferguson Family, but he wouldn't try his best to stop Jack Ferguson from becoming the new Earl of the Ferguson Family, even though Steward Martinez didn't know if Connor Ferguson was still alive or not, he wouldn't try his best to stop Jack Ferguson.
Thinking of this, Steward Martinez had a complicated look in his eyes. Although he had temporarily stabilized the Ferguson Family with his prestige and skills, he was well aware of the issue of succession. As long as Connor Ferguson didn't return to the Ferguson Family, he would be a ticking time bomb that could explode at any time. The only thing he could do now was to find Connor Ferguson as soon as possible to solve the current crisis of the Ferguson Family. He could help the Ferguson Family, which was already in a precarious situation, return to normal and complete the revival of the Ferguson Family.
However, he didn't know when Connor, the first successor of the Ferguson Family, would come back or whether he was still alive. Although Steward Martinez was very sure that Connor was still alive when he was facing his right-hand man, Dzeke, a moment ago, Steward Martinez was very sure that Connor was still alive!
However, Steward Martinez was just putting on a show for Dzeke to cheer him up. After all, Dzeke was his right-hand man and the chief executive in charge of looking for Connor. If even Dzeke was pessimistic about whether Connor was still alive or not, it would be a devastating blow to the search for Connor. Basically, there was no hope left.
In fact, Steward Martinez wasn't as sure about whether Connor was still alive as he pretended to be. However, he had no choice. As long as he didn't see Connor's body and confirm Connor Ferguson's death, out of loyalty to the Ferguson Family, as the steward of the Ferguson Family, he had to defend Connor Ferguson's legal rights.
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A day later, in a small wooden house in the suburbs of Flosinone, Connor was lost in thought after listening to Arveloya's report about what had happened at the Patriarch's meeting. After a long time, he raised his head and asked Arveloya, "How is Jack Ferguson now?"
"I don't know yet. It's said that after leaving the family elders' meeting yesterday, he locked himself, his wife, and his son in the courtyard of the Ferguson Residence. He won't see anyone, including his subordinates. Right now, many people in the family are covetously eyeing the positions he previously held after he became the principal of Ferguson High School!" Aveloya shook his head and said in a low voice, "I don't know yet. It's said that after he left the family elders' meeting yesterday, he locked himself and his wife in the courtyard.
After listening to Arveloya's report, Connor nodded and continued to think. At this time, Arveloya saw Connor's expression and hesitated for a while before he asked, "Lord Connor, when do you plan to go back to the Ferguson Family?"
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