Ernest took a glance at Finley, his face softening a little.
He could tell Finley truly cared about him.
When the vault was opened, Theodore isolated and suppressed Finley. Ernest helped him enter the vault. Hence, Finley became loyal to Ernest.
Although Finley was a reckless warrior, he was sincere and faithful.
Kevin was isolated by other elders in the Turner family. He had ambition but had no chance to make his dreams come true. Besides, he was always suppressed and bullied.
Florence invited him to join Ernest’s force.
At such a critical moment, he chose Ernest’s side without hesitation.
Besides, Ernest had sharp eyes. If his followers were not faithful to him, he could tell with a glimpse.
Now, he trusted them, so he wouldn’t hide anything from them.
He said, “The situation you assumed won’t happen. Since Theodore incited other family members to be against me, I can hold an open family meeting.”
“An open family meeting?” Finley and Kevin asked in surprise.
This meeting was the most critical meeting with the highest level besides the eight elders meeting. All the family members with high social status would attend it.
The attendees even included senior servants and butlers serving decades in the Turner family.
Every attendee would have the resolution vote for the decision-making.
Due to a large number of voters, no one could predict the final result of the meeting. Even the family master couldn’t guarantee that he would have all the attendees’ supports.
However, due to a large number of voters, their interests, and fears for authority, most of them would vote for the family master blindly.
Hence, if Ernest held the open family meeting, he wouldn’t have many benefits.
Finley frowned more.
Kevin was quite intelligent.
After a thought, he asked, “Young Master, do you have any method to make this meeting in our favor?”
If not, he didn’t think Ernest would hold the meeting so blindly.
Otherwise, if he failed and Theodore won the upper hand, Ernest would be convicted for betraying the Turner family. In that case, even Theodore wouldn’t use Family Rule Court. He would deprive Ernest of all rights.
By then, Ernest would be jailed.
Ernest narrowed his eyes. He uttered the words slowly, “The will of the people.”
“The will of the people ?” Finley was confused. He couldn’t understand what Ernest meant at all.
Kevin was confused for a moment. Then, he looked surprised in disbelief.
“Young Master, are you going to…”
Ernest nodded.
Kevin gaped while trembling uneasily. “That’s a gamble with big stakes.”
Ernest gambled for the unstable faith of the family members.
It was way too crazy because Ernest had no chance of winning or losing.
The result was unknown.
The will of the people was too difficult to predict.
“I believe Ernest will win for sure.”
Florence came in with a smile, holding a tray with three cups of coffee.
She looked determined and trusted Ernest intensely. “Mr. Hawkins has never lost in his life.”
She believed he would win this time as well.
Looking up at Florence, Ernest smiled with tenderness in his eyes.
He looked highly charming.
Kevin hurriedly stood up and took over the tray in embarrassment.
“Ms. Fraser, thank you for bringing us the coffee. You should have asked the servant to do it.”
They followed Ernest, so Florence would be their master’s wife. They would also be loyal to her.
“It’s alright. You are quite busy, but I can’t help at all, so I can only serve you drinks.”
Florence kept smiling.
She thanked Kevin and Finley indeed.
No one had predicted such an incident would happen. Suddenly, Ernest encountered difficulties in the Turner family. However, neither of them betrayed him. Instead, they kept helping Ernest wholeheartedly.
Thanks to them, Ernest could make Theodore afraid and move into this flat.
Moreover, Florence appreciated them for not becoming their enemy because of the ancestor’s diary. Instead, they treated her friendly and respectfully. They even helped Ernest protect the Fraser family.
Kevin insisted on taking over the tray and putting the coffee mugs on the table one after another.
With a smile, Finley said, “Ms. Fraser, please don’t worry. We’ll deal with this matter. I also trust Young Master. He’s extremely wise. I’m sure he would win the votes in the open family meeting.”
It also meant that Finley had made up his mind.
Although he didn’t know much about the probability of winning of people’s will, he was willing to fight with Ernest.
If they failed, he could fight a way out with them.
He was loyal to the Turner family, but Ernest was the only heir. Even if he fought a way out, he would still be faithful to the young master of the Turner family, which wasn’t a betrayal at all.
Three days later, the Turner family’s family open meeting was held.
The venue was a vast conference meeting room that could hold thousands of people.
Theodore was sitting in the host’s seat. On his left side, Ernest, Finley, Kevin, and other family members were seated in sequence.
On his right side sat the third, the sixth, and the seventh elders and other family members.
Then there were rows of benches, which sat other family members according to their status.
There were male and female, old and young. Each of them was a celebrity in the outer world.
Right then, although thousands of attendees were in the meeting room, there was no noise at all. It was as quiet as an empty room.
All of them sat upright in silence, showing their highest respect and fear to this meeting.
After all, most of them had no chance to enter the Hawkins’ Mansion or meet the master and elders all their lives.
They felt highly honored to attend this open family meeting.
Of course, before they came, they also received a secret notice.
Theodore sent the notices to them in person, asking them to vote and support him no matter what would be discussed in the meeting.
Most of the attendees had no idea what had happened, but in their hearts, the family master was the most superior one, so they accepted the order without denying it.
Theodore sat in the host chair and looked down at the thousands of attendees, smiling determinedly.
He was still the master of the Turner family now.
All those people were his subordinates.
He believed that Ernest was signing his death warrant by holding the open family meeting.