Chapter 477 Xue Chen returns to Shen Mansion (1)

After Zheng was conquered by Qin, the Shen family had a hard time.

The Shen family was the first to raise the flag and surrender to Qin, thinking that they would be given important positions. However, the ancestor was pulled out of the coffin and sent to Xianyang City, the family property was confiscated, and many retainers and generals broke off relations with them. Only some slaves were left in the mansion. Although the Shen family was one of the three-grade families, it had actually become an ordinary family.

Last year, the wild beast attacked Zheng City, and the city lord required all the families to send men above the Qidong realm to defend the city. As a result, hundreds of people in the Shen family were killed and injured, and the various branches of the Shen family began to lose their morale. Some people have signed up for the Qin State's elite soldier training selection. The Shen family must find some new ways out, otherwise it will slowly become an ordinary family.

Early in the morning of this day, the new head of the Shen family and hundreds of family members were waiting outside the mansion gate, and a handsome young man in white clothes rode down from the sky and landed at the door of the Shen Mansion.

"The Shen family welcomes Mr. Xue. Mr. Xue's visit to the Shen family is a great honor." The head of the Shen family looked at the young man in front of him and felt a strong will passing through him. He still vaguely remembered the time when Xue Chen was in the Shen family fourteen years ago. At that time, he was still called Shen Chen. He didn't expect that fourteen years later, he had such a majestic appearance.

"Mr. Shen, there is no need to be polite. Xue Chen still remembers that when I was a child, Mr. Shen asked for elixirs for me many times to save my life. Today, I was invited to come back to see how the Shen family is now, and to see if my mother is okay!" Xue Chen spoke like a spring breeze, making everyone feel comfortable.

"Mr. Xue, please come into the mansion. The mansion has prepared a banquet and we will talk slowly." The Shen family was also happy to see Xue Chen's attitude. No matter what, the Shen family had raised Xue Chen and had no intention of harming him. With Xue Chen's attitude, both sides could talk a lot.

Xue Chen was surrounded by a large group of people, as if he was the life-saving straw of the Shen family.

Entering the Shen family, Xue Chen saw that the Shen Mansion was not much different from when he was a child in the Shen family, but there were not many people in the inner and outer courtyards, the servants' courtyard, and the middle courtyard of the five-courtyard compound. The former garden had become farmland. Some ragged old men and women were weeding in the fields. The Shen family was still there, but it was no longer as prosperous as before.

Entering the middle courtyard, this is the largest courtyard of the Shen family. When he was a child, there were thousands of Shen family branches living here. Xue Chen grew up here. He looked in the direction of his childhood home. Many houses here were vacant. I guess many of the branches left.

"Your mother has been taken to the backyard. The luncheon was held in the inner courtyard. Your uncle and grandfather also live in the inner courtyard. You will see them later." The head of the Shen family said to Xue Chen with a smile.

The inner courtyard of the Shen family is where the most important members can live. Only the family of the head of the family can live in the backyard. It is also a place to worship the ancestors. Xue Chen only entered the inner courtyard a few times when he was a child. His parents taught him that one day the whole family could live in the inner courtyard. That was Xue Chen's greatest pursuit when he was a child.

Xue Chen smiled but didn't say anything. The Shen family's meaning was clear. They did this just to get closer to themselves or Huaxia. Xue Chen didn't object. Huaxia now needed to expand its influence.

Entering the inner courtyard, Xue Chen was surrounded and entered the living room of the main house. When he was a child, he was always curious about what this place would look like. Today, he found that the tables were at best made of fourth-grade spiritual wood, which was worse than the Xue Mansion in Gaoliu City, Huaxia.

"Mr. Xue, please sit down!" The head of the Shen family invited.

Xue Chen saw two chairs above the living room, and he came to the right and sat down. Zhengguo respected the left, and that was for the host to sit.

"I wonder if your father is okay? I still remember that your father was one of the young people with the best archery talent in our Shen family. How did you three get by in the past few years? Why did you end up in Huaxia?" The head of the Shen family sat down and looked at Xue Chen and asked.

Other important members of the Shen family also sat in the lower seats. They all knew that the Xue family had a high status in Huaxia, but they didn't know how a poor escapee could achieve such an achievement and become the existence that the entire Shen family needed to look up to.

"Haha, it was also the fate of the three of us, father and son, that we fled to Guang County, Qi State. We had no money in winter, and my illness relapsed. Fortunately, the head of the Hua family rescued me, who is now the King of Huaxia." Xue Chen said simply, and everyone heard that it must not have been so easy in the past few years. On the one hand, the Shen family was unwilling to pay too much for Xue Chen. Although Xue Chen did not hate them, he still had resentment. If the Hua family could save Xue Chen, why couldn't the Shen family.

"That's good. Everyone has their own destiny. I am happy, regretful, and ashamed to see that you are alive and well and have already built a foundation to become a monarch!

If the Shen family can use all its resources to cultivate you, then the Shen family will surely prosper because of you. You are just a branch of the Shen family. The Shen family has its own family rules. All this is God's will." The head of the Shen family looked at Xue Chen and sighed.

Xue Chen chuckled and didn't want to dwell on this topic. According to blood relationship, all the people present were his elders. The head of the Shen family was of the same generation as his mother's grandfather. He should have called him the great master, but now his surname was Xue and he had nothing to do with the Shen family.

At this time, an old man walked into the living room with two middle-aged men. Xue Chen looked at the old man in front of him and his heart moved. His grandfather had tried every possible way to treat his illness. He was just a manager in the Shen family and had been in the middle stage of the Qi training realm for many years without making any progress.

The two uncles used to dislike Xue Chen because the old man used the family's money to buy elixirs for Xue Chen. Xue Chen used to hate his two uncles very much, but now that he has grown up, the hatred has long been eliminated.

"Chen'er, it's really you who are back. Grandpa thought he would never see you again!" The old man's eyes were red as he said this. Xue Chen's two uncles behind him looked at Xue Chen in surprise. They heard that Xue Pan was a high official in Huaxia with his two children. They didn't believe it at first, but today they saw that it was really Xue Chen.

"Grandpa, don't be sad. We three have been doing well in the past few years. I wonder if my mother is doing well!" Xue Chen spoke in a distant tone. It was impossible for him to recognize the Shen family again.

"Your mother is fine. For more than ten years, I have been persuading your mother to remarry, but she always cried and refused to agree. She was very happy every day when she heard the news about you and your father." Xue Chen's grandfather said.

"Since everyone is here, let's have a banquet! Mr. Xue, please come over here!" The head of the Shen family already knew Xue Chen's attitude. It was impossible for him to recognize the Shen family, but he still missed his mother, which was very good for the Shen family.

Xue Chen was invited to the banquet hall. He and the head of the Shen family sat in the upper seats in the hall. The maid brought the delicacies. Xue Chen saw that many of them were snacks from China. In recent years, snacks from China have begun to spread to major cities in the Central Plains. However, the Shen family was not rich to be able to entertain Xue Chen with these ordinary foods.

At this time, the women of the Shen family also came out from the back hall and sat down to have a feast with them. The head of the Shen family turned the invitation banquet for Xue Chen into a family banquet, which was to continue to play the emotional card. Xue Chen sat in the upper seat and didn't care.

At this time, a servant came to the head of the Shen family and whispered something to him. The head of the Shen family looked at Xue Chen: "Mr. Xue, your mother doesn't want to join the banquet. I have sent people to invite her three times!"

The head of the Shen family is nearly a hundred years older than Xue Chen. As Xue Chen's elder, he can't treat Xue Chen as a junior, so he can only speak to Xue Chen politely.

Xue Chen stood up after hearing this, and everyone looked over. They did all this today for Xue Chen. Seeing him stand up, many people couldn't help but worry.

"Master Shen, elders! Xue Chen has not seen his mother for fourteen years, and he should visit her in person. Everyone, excuse me for a moment!" Xue Chen refused to accompany Master Shen. He stopped his grandfather and two uncles from coming out. This time he went to Zheng State alone without a servant. One reason was that he did not want to attract too much attention from Qin State, and another reason was that he wanted to retain the lost family affection.

Following the maid into the inner courtyard, Hua Kai came to his mother's courtyard. It was a very small courtyard with a very quiet environment. An old nanny was cleaning the courtyard. When she saw Xue Chen coming in, she came in to report.

Xue Chen admired the scenery of the courtyard, and soon a figure came out of the house.

His mother was still the same, but she looked a little older than before. His father was willing to marry into the Shen family. His mother's qualifications and appearance were famous in the Shen family. Xue Chen felt that his mother had the third level of the Xiantian realm. It was a bit inappropriate for her to look so old.

"Chen'er, you're here! Come in and sit down!" Xue Chen's mother saw her son suddenly appear in front of her. He seemed a little different from the son she had been thinking about day and night, but she knew it was Chen'er after just one look.

Xue Chen saw his mother was so restrained and polite to him. He knew that she was still brooding over what happened in the past. Facing the family and his own family, his mother chose the family, but in the end she lived in regret.

Xue Chen looked at his mother and couldn't speak. He followed his mother into the house quietly. The house seemed very simple. His mother asked him to sit down and asked the old lady to pour him some water.

"Mom, no need!" Xue Chen said.

Xue Chen's mother paused when she heard her son's voice, and her smile became even brighter: "Then what do you want to eat? Mom will make it for you... No, you are a king now... You have grown up!"

Xue Chen's mother couldn't help but shed tears. She turned around so that Xue Chen wouldn't see her. She regretted why she didn't run away with her husband and son.

"I just came to see you. Have you been okay in the Shen family these years?" Xue Chen asked his mother.

"I'm fine! Mom is fine, but you and your sister are suffering. Is your father okay now?"

"Dad holds an important position in the Chinese military, and is not far from building his foundation. He was supposed to come this time, but he didn't come because of official business. Dad has not married a new wife or concubine in the past few years! Mom, come back to China with me this time! I will take care of the family head's affairs." Xue Chen looked at his mother and said.