7 Argument over old master Shens personal quarters (1/2)

Within Shen manor, the people were panic-stricken. The old master had been arrested and his fate was unknown. If they had learned anything from the past, it was that often when officials made a mistake, the official's family members and servants would often get dragged along and end up becoming a criminal by association.

The old master Shen did not have any children, nor did anyone know much about this second young master of the Shen family. He could be said to be the most mysterious person on the block.

It was said that the ancestors of the Shen family were originally doctors of the imperial city, but gained recognition after saving the emperor long ago. They had been granted a position within the palace and a title that passed down to their descendants.

In this current generation, it seems that the knowledge had all been lost, the only descendant of the Shen family was an old man who did not have wife nor child. He also seemed to have no family that would come to visit him and now that such a large event had happened, it seemed that any family and next of kin he had would not dare to show themselves or proclaim themselves as his next of kin in fear of getting dragged in the mud.

To be honest, this second young master of the Shen family had always been a mystery.

He was born as the second child of the main wife. His father never really had any concubines anyway, and he grew up with his older brother studying the art of medicine. The Shen family was one of the smallest families because any families of the same status would take in a few concubines and have more children. The Shen family manor was largely populated by servants.

At a young age, second master Shen showed great interests in medicine, often coming up with new ideas that were passed off as ”absurd” in his father's eyes. He ran away from home when he was sixteen and only returned after everyone in his family had died, to take up the hereditary position left in his family.

As for where he had gone during those years he ran away, it was never known.

In all his years, he had never gotten married, nor fathered children, it seemed that he would soon die under the command of the emperor, leaving the Shen family with no descendants to continue the lineage of the Shen family.

The legacy of the Shen family would soon be lost to the dust of the wind.

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The large Shen manor was a quiet one, it had always been silent, as there had not been the sound of children's laughter, footsteps running, or the sound of concubines chattering for more than half a century.

But, today was an exception.

The servants within Shen manor were busy packing up their belongings, preparing to escape. Some were packing up as many valuables as they could find, so they would be able to live their lives free of worry.

”There may be riches in the old master's quarters.” One servant by the name of Da brazenly suggested.