Winter, the 32nd year of Jianing, Cabinet Minister Qi Xun passed away.
Spring, the 33rd year of Jianing, the Grand Secretary Xu Gong passed away.
In three months, the Ning Dynasty lost two cabinet ministers, and the people were momentarily uneasy, as if the heavens were foretelling the Daning Dynasty's doom.
The once lively Xu Family, seeing Xu Shu inherit the family estate, suddenly dispersed. The Xu family members each harbored their thoughts, returning to their hometowns, contemplating how to deal with the main family's audit.
Xu Chuanxi and Xu Chuanyin were nowhere to be found, and ultimately Mrs. Zhang, along with Xu Biao, Zhang Xia, and Xiao Man, arranged the small and grand funeral rites, greeting and bidding farewell.
But the officials coming to offer condolences did not come to the Xu Family's mourning hall; the vast Xu household was cold and desolate, with only officials from the Ministry of Personnel coming.
