Members of the Ma family serving in court felt utterly disgraced and one after another took sick leave, and at the same time, they ran to the clan leader to make trouble. With the clan unanimously agreeing, the clan leader publicly expelled Ma Guangli (the original Old Marquis) and all his bloodline from the clan.
Several family in-laws of the Ma family loudly declared severing all relations with the Ma family members.
Madam Xu and Madam Zhang's parental families also claimed that the two women were reclusive by nature, never heeding their parents' teachings since childhood and seldom interacting with their sisters.