Rebirth of the Treacherous Official’s Madam Chapter 160 Teaser

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The Second Branch Returns to the Manor

T/N: Translated by Jen on Broken Jinsei! Please do not repost my translations! All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!

Fire incidents, throughout history, have always been a taboo of the noble and high-ranking official families in the capital. Not only for the safety of human life and personal properties, but more importantly, it was viewed as extremely inauspicious.

Last time, right before similarity Che and Yu Lingxin’s wedding, the Wen’an Marquis Manor’s Cide Hall had caught on fire. At the time, although the fire wasn’t big, the aftermath it brought about was nevertheless quite big. On one hand, Xun old madam and the Xun family second branch got directly sent to Jade Peak Villa to ‘recuperate’, while on the other hand, Xun Ying used this opportunity to report in having developed heart problems from the shock, thus avoiding the imperial selection.

That’s why, at the time, after the incident, facing the explanation the Xun family gave of the servant harboring grudges, setting fire as retaliation, and so on, those whose thoughts were more nimble among the outsiders still further felt that it was related to the Xun family’s internal disputes. After all, the first branch and second branch have been at odds for a very long time, and just half a year ago, Xun Yan had mysteriously died all of a sudden, who knows what the actual circumstances were inside. Only those whose mind truly wasn’t too clever would purely feel that it was an unlucky accident.

But, this time, for the Jade Peak Villa to also catch on fire, it certainly won’t be because of a struggle between the first branch and second branch, at least not for the first branch. Currently, the Wen’an Marquis, Xun Nanheng, and his heir, Xun Che, both weren’t in the capital. The womenfolk in the marquis manor naturally preferred peace over trouble. Especially, ever since the lively plum forest poetry gathering at the end of the tenth month, the Wen’an Marquis Manor seemingly also gradually reduced many social activities such as visiting the relatives and such. Even the Linglong Literature Club’s meetings were also arranged extremely simply.

That’s why, towards the incident this time, the great majority of the people would all feel that Xun old madam was indeed unlucky, encountering a fire twice in a year. Perhaps, there really was something inauspicious or unclean floating around.

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