Chapter 73: Distributing Silver
Master Wu Chen immediately told Concubine Yuan that she was pregnant with a little princess.
In order to maintain her position in the palace, Concubine Yuan planned to switch the prince's position.
She secretly sent out countless men to find and locate some women who were pregnant at the same time as herself. If anyone gave birth close to her, the son of that family would become hers.
On the day of Concubine Yuan's delivery, she bribed the midwife and told her not to make any news after the successful delivery, but to wrap the baby up and hand it over to her personal nanny.
Coincidentally, Concubine Yuan gave birth on the same day as the Duke's wife, and Mrs. Mo gave birth to the boy she wanted.
Under the secret manipulation of Concubine Yuan, the newborn boy of the Mo family became the third prince Nan Qi.
In fact, Concubine Yuan also gave birth to a boy. Because she trusted Master Wu Chen's calculations too much, she told the midwife not to make any news after the child was born. The midwife was paid for her job, so she naturally kept her mouth shut. She wrapped the child up and handed it to the nanny without saying a word.
As a result, no one except the midwife knew that Concubine Yuan had given birth to a little prince...
Only after the child was replaced did Concubine Yuan send someone to inform the emperor.
When the emperor heard that he had given birth to a new prince, he was very pleased and personally selected a gift and sent it to Concubine Yuan's palace.
On the second day, when the personal nanny was about to silence the midwife, she learned that the imperial concubine had also given birth to a little prince, and had absurdly swapped the Mo family's child...
After Concubine Yuan learned about this, she was sad and upset for several days.
However, the emperor had already seen Mo's child. Even if she wanted to exchange her child back, it was impossible. She could only make the best of it.
When Nan Qi was five years old and was about to start learning, Concubine Yuan asked the emperor, saying that the ninth son of the Mo family, Mo Jiuye, was born on the same day as Nan Qi, which was also a kind of fate, and hoped that Mo Jiuye could be Nan Qi's study companion.
In this way, she could see her biological son often.
Emperor Shunwu had no objection to this and immediately ordered Mo Jiuye to be summoned into the palace.
After reading this paragraph, He Zhiran took a breath.
Although this book is unofficial history, the contents recorded in it are not necessarily false.
Many unofficial histories record some unknown secrets. Those in power do not want their scandals to be passed down to future generations, so they prevent the existence of unofficial histories.
However, there are still many such unknown secrets that have been passed down to this day.
If this record really exists, it is not difficult to understand why Nan Qi suddenly attacked Mo Jiuye.
He must have received some news and knew that he and Mo Jiuye had switched things. He was worried that the matter would be exposed, so he attacked Mo Jiuye.
This matter is of great importance. She needs to think about how to ask Mo Jiuye indirectly.
At this moment, He Zhiran had sat up straight, patting her chest with her small hands. To outsiders, it looked as if she had just had a nightmare.
He Zhiran is still frightened by this incident.
If this unofficial history is true, then Emperor Shunwu would have killed his own son with his own hands.
It is really a true portrayal of Cao Zhi's "Seven-Step Poem"...
The wooden cart wobbled as it returned to the camp, accompanied by He Zhiran's endless thoughts.
At this time, the sun had already set, and all the Mo family members were sitting on the side of the road, looking in their direction.
Seeing He Zhiran sitting on the wooden cart from a distance, Mo Hanyue waved her hands and shouted, "Sister-in-law Jiu, Sister-in-law Jiu is back."
He Zhiran jumped out of the car and walked towards his family.
My sister-in-law kindly handed me a wet face towel.
"Ninth brother and sister, you must have worked hard on this journey. Come on, wipe off your sweat."
He Zhiran felt very touched by this kind of care from his family.
In my previous life, I lived for 24 years without being loved by my father or mother, and I never felt the so-called family love.
Unexpectedly, after accidentally traveling to another world, she gained the family love that she had always longed for.
Although the road to exile is difficult and dangerous, He Zhiran firmly believes that they will be able to get through this difficult time safely and live together as a family in the future.
After thanking her sister-in-law, she took the towel and wiped her face.
Peng Wang also gave all the 115 taels of silver he earned today to He Zhiran, and promised to let her distribute it, so he would not go back on his word.
After He Zhiran got the silver, he called the people from the Fang family and the Xie family over and displayed all the silver in front of everyone.
"We sold wolf skins for 75 taels and dried meat for 40 taels, for a total of 115 taels."
Hearing He Zhiran muttering these things, the Fang family and the Xie family looked at each other in confusion.
While I was happy in my heart, I was also muttering to myself.
This money has nothing to do with them, so why did Mr. He want to claim it in front of everyone?
Soon, the doubts in their hearts were answered.
He Zhiran took out 20 taels of silver and gave it to Xie Tianhai.
"Thank you, uncle. These are for you."
Xie Tianhai looked confused. 20 taels of silver was a huge sum of money for the Xie family at that time.
If they use it sparingly, it will be enough for their family to live on for several months.
Looking at the silver that He Zhiran handed over, Xie Tianhai didn't know whether to accept it or not.
His eyes unconsciously looked at Peng Wang.
Peng Wang nodded indifferently.
"Take what He gave you. You and your Xie family have contributed greatly to killing the wolves, skinning them, and making jerky. This is what you deserve."
In Peng Wang's mind, giving 20 taels of silver to the Xie family was indeed a bit too much.
Although they were all involved in what he just mentioned, if he thought about it carefully, at least 45 of the 50 wolves were killed by Mo Jiuye and his wife.
Although they worked hard to skin the wolves and roast the meat, they were not paid so much.
Although He Zhiran understood this truth in her heart, she chose to do so after careful consideration.
Not to mention that the Xie family is the second sister-in-law's family, from the moment he and Mo Jiuye resolved the misunderstanding, He Zhiran knew that both the Xie family and the Fang family were people who understood righteousness.
We will have to live together for a long time during the future exile, and it is better for several families to take care of each other than to engage in intrigue.
What's more, the Fang family and the Xie family are currently provided with food and drink by the Mo family, and this must not be a pleasant experience.
They finally had the opportunity to earn some money. If He Zhiran was stingy and only gave them some symbolic money like paying them wages, they would have to rely on the Mohist school for continued support in the future.
This was also the respect that He Zhiran gave to their two families invisibly.
When Xie Tianhai heard Peng Wang say this, he thought it was his idea.
He excitedly took the twenty taels of silver.
Seeing this, Peng Wang reminded him, "I'm not so kind as to give you any money. If it weren't for He's intercession, I'm afraid you wouldn't even get a glimpse of the silver."
After hearing this, Xie Tianhai suddenly realized. He knew that the Mo family had a good relationship with Peng Wang, but he never thought that Peng Wang would listen to He and agree to share the money with them.
Thinking of this, Xie Tianhai sincerely clasped his fists towards He Zhiran.
"Uncle Xie will remember this kindness from my niece-in-law."
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