Nan Huifang had just given birth and her body had not recovered much. In addition, she had been traveling for a long time and was exhausted. So she died a few days after arriving at Nan Yuanwai's house. Nan Yuanwai hired many doctors to treat her, but it was useless. In the end, she passed away. Before she died, she asked Nan Yuanwai to raise her son well. She didn't need to give him a rich and luxurious life, nor did she need the child to take exams for fame and fortune when he grew up. As long as the child could grow up safely and happily, it didn't matter if he was mediocre or incompetent.

So Nan Yuan paid the child support and asked Song Dashan to take the child back to raise him. A child raised by a farmer would not have much future, and the most important thing was to prevent him from being found by people from the court. This would kill two birds with one stone.

Back to the present, Shangguan Shuo carefully considered Dashangguan Yuan's analysis and felt that only this made sense, and that the prince of the previous dynasty had the opportunity to be exiled!

Shangguan Yuan was a man who had experienced many ups and downs. He had an accurate view of things and was very insightful about the direction of their development. He started as a minor official of the ninth rank in the Imperial College and began to climb up. He overcame all obstacles along the way and was promoted to the second rank minister of the Right Governor in twenty years. His experience and wit were not something that ordinary people could achieve. Although his father was the imperial tutor of two dynasties and gave him a lot of inspiration and advice on weekdays, he relied on his own abilities to climb to the high position of the second rank.

Unfortunately, the emperor mistakenly trusted the treacherous ministers and falsely accused them of still being loyal to their old master. In a rage, the emperor immediately ordered the removal of Taifu from his official position. The entire family of Taifu was demoted to commoners and exiled to the bitter and cold northern border. Their descendants were not allowed to enter the capital without help. However, the emperor still had some teacher-student affection for Taifu, so he did not send anyone to search his property.

The third brother Shangguan Hong asked, "Should we tell him who he is?"

"No, this is just our speculation. I will have someone find out the truth. Before that, it won't affect our friendship with him. Third brother, and the rest of you, remember this. We are now prisoners exiled here. Be humble and keep a low profile!"

Several men in the room responded in unison. Shangguan Shuo coughed twice and agreed, "Your brother is right. If he is really the former prince, then this is God's will. God's will cannot be violated. My Shangguan family feels ashamed of the previous emperor. It is time to repay the late emperor!"

"Yes, sons will remember their father's teachings!" Several sons responded in unison.

After finishing the business, Shangguan Shuo touched the stone slab under his buttocks and asked, "Do people here all sleep on stones like this?"

Shangguan Yuan replied, "I've heard people say that people in the northern border all sleep on licorice slabs, and this sleeping on stone slabs... I'm not sure either. Father, you take a rest first, and I'll go ask the village chief."

The heated bed is a product of knowledge that Nanchen brought from the modern times. No matter how knowledgeable the Shangguan family is, they don't know how to use this stone bed!

As for the female members of the family, Shangguan Yuan's wife Liu took his two younger sisters-in-law Ma and Zhuang to arrange accommodation for the servants. This place is different from the capital. They live in a mansion with four courtyards, divided into the outer courtyard and the inner courtyard. Men from other places are not allowed to enter the inner courtyard, and women in the inner courtyard are not allowed to go out and meet men from other places at will.

It's different when you come here. There's a road right outside your house. You'll see people from the village coming and going everywhere. There's no such thing as being particular. The houses here all look the same, so no one needs to envy anyone else. As for how much money you have saved privately, if you don't show it off to others, others won't know, and if they don't know, they won't compare with you.

There are fifty houses, and the Shangguan family divides them up like this: legitimate daughters and sons live in one house for two, illegitimate daughters and sons live in one house for four, married sons and their spouses live in one house, and personal maids and servants are arranged by each individual.

The remaining maids, housekeepers, cooks and handymen were divided into men and women, with twenty people in one room. There were four rooms in a house, and five people lived in one room.

The Shangguan family had nearly 120 servants alone. After dividing the staff in this way, there were only eight extra rooms. Even these eight rooms were not left idle. Two were used as guest rooms, two were used for the men in the family to read and study, and the extra one was used as a granary. In short, the fifty rooms were all fully occupied.

So, this shows how favorably the current emperor treats their family. Although all the people in the mansion were dismissed from their posts, he did not send anyone to confiscate their family property. He also allowed them to sell all their property and exchange it for silver bills to bring to the northern border. He also allowed them to bring all the servants who served in the capital to the northern border to serve them!

Old lady Lan took out 1,750 taels of silver from her household expenses and gave it to Shangguan Yuan, asking him to pay for the house. The houses here are cheap, and one can buy so many houses for less than 2,000 taels, which is a good deal. The old lady took the money without any mercy!

Speaking of Nan Chen's home, Nan Chen was holding Xiao Bao and Bai Yucheng, with a little colorful chicken and a little kitten at his feet. Instead of going home, he went directly to the farm. As soon as Nan Zhaozhao arrived at the farm, she ran to complain to her mother, "Mom, mom, I'm telling you, the kid from the Wei family wanted to bully me again today. Fortunately, my husband is so powerful that he beat Wei Hong so hard that he couldn't even stand!"

Ms. Dong was holding a meeting with her employees. When she heard her daughter coming to complain, she lost interest in the meeting and asked Sister Hua to speak for her. She then carried Xiaobao to the side and asked, "Why are you going back? Did those Wei family boys bully you again?"

Nan Zhaozhao felt that she was right and she was not afraid of anyone, so she told him again about how the Wei family boy tried to steal her Xiao Cai and roasted her to eat her. "Mom, do you think they are bad? Xiao Cai is so cute and pretty, how could they have the idea of ​​eating Xiao Cai?"

Ms. Dong was so angry that she put Nan Zhaozhao on the ground, slammed the table and shouted, "I'll go find them!"

Nan Chen came over and hugged his furious wife, "You don't have to go. Do you think your husband will let our children suffer with him here? Don't worry, this time Wei Ting will not do nothing, he will just simply scold the children!"

"what do you mean?"

"If you can't control it, then just ignore it. The second son of the Wei family is not that powerful, so let them live on their own!"

"Dividing the family?"

"This should be the result!"

Just as Nan Chen expected, the Wei family started to quarrel. Old Mrs. Wei slapped her thigh and cried and cursed, "Old man, why don't you take me with you? If you take me with you, I won't have to see the two brothers quarreling about dividing the family in front of me, an old woman!"

Wei Ting said anxiously, "Mom, what are you doing? Splitting up the family doesn't mean we won't have any contact anymore. Aren't you making fun of our family for others?"

"You still know how to laugh at me. I'm not even dead yet, and you want to separate your brother's family. Aren't you asking others to poke my spine?"

The second oldest, Wei Qing, also said, "Brother, why are you doing this? Fighting among children is inevitable. Besides, our child didn't do anything to that bastard!"

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