Once the oppressive silence lifted, the guests recovered from the fear Su Jinxi had instilled in them. Their eyes fell upon the grieving members of the Zhao family, and while a flicker of shock remained, other, more opportunistic thoughts began to surface.
The Zhao family’s considerable prestige, already damaged by Chen Yuexi’s public annulment of the marriage, had now been dealt a fatal blow. The death of their ancestor plunged the family into
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