Chang'an, Qili, as the name suggests, is a residential area specially prepared for foreign relatives to live.

Starting from Liu Bang, the relatives of the Han emperor's concubines were basically settled here.

Of course, those who have been granted a title, those who have been deposed, or those who are old will all move out.

The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and implemented a household registration system for residents. To put it simply, it is probably similar to the household registration system of later generations, but more strict.

Those with high status will never live on the same street as those with low status.

The same goes for Qi Li.

All the houses are arranged in a row according to their status.

The neighbors of the family of a concubine who had given birth to a prince would definitely not be a family that had never given birth to an heir and was only briefly favored.

But there is one exception.

This person was a relative of Emperor Gao, Liu Bang, who was the teacher of the emperor, so the prince, Taifu, and Taizhong doctor, and the senior doctor Shi Fen.

At first, Shi Fen was just an attendant of the Gao Emperor Liu Bang. Because of his diligence and carefulness, he was promoted to Zhongjuan and his sister was regarded as a beauty. In this way, the Shi family became relatives.

Of course, at that time, Liu Bang was busy fighting wars every day and had no time to pamper the beauties newly admitted to the harem.

In this way, Mr. Shi is actually just using the name of a maternal relative.

Even so, according to the system, Shi's family was moved to Qili to live with the families of other concubines and relatives.

At that time, Lu Lu, Lu Chan, and Madam Qi's family were all neighbors of the Shi family.

Fifty-three years later, in the blink of an eye, all the famous and wealthy families in the past have fallen into disgrace.

Only the Shi family still sticks to this family.

Shi Fen himself also changed from a fifteen-year-old young boy to a sixty-eight-year-old old man.

Shi Fen has five sons.

The eldest son Shi Jian, the second son Shi Jia, the third son Shi Yi, the fourth son Shi Qing, and the fifth son Shi Rang.

At this moment, all five sons knelt in front of Shi Fen, kowtowed and said, "Son, please pay homage to your father!"

The Shi family has strict family rules and respects etiquette. In the past, when his sons came home, Shi Fen would always wear court clothes and wait in the main hall for his sons to see him.

At this time, Shi Fen was the same, wearing his doctor's official uniform and a doctor's crown. He was sitting in the high hall.

"Everyone, get up..." Shi Fen took a sip of tea and said tremblingly.

After hearing this, the eldest son Shi Jian dared to stand up with his brothers.

It is true that his old father is too powerful. Anyone who dares to disobey his old father will definitely go on a hunger strike.

In this case, who in the entire Shi family would dare to disobey the old father?

You must know that the present and past prosperity of the entire Shi family are all dependent on Shi Fen.

Without Shi Fen, the Shi family would have been driven out of Qili and disappeared from the officialdom.

As long as the old father is here, everyone in the Shi family can be an official and everyone can be rich.

Like the five brothers, all of them got good jobs because of their old father's reputation.

Even Shi Rang, who was the most unpromising person in the past, has now joined the prince. He has become a close minister. In time, he will become a doctor named Zhou Ren again.

Shi Jian himself even achieved the status of Tai Pu Cheng, who was close to two thousand dan.

"Rang..." Shi Fen stood up, and the maids around him quickly stepped forward to help him.

"My son is here, what do you want your father to do?" Shi Rang quickly stepped forward respectfully and supported his father.

"In the past, my father disapproved of your study of medicine..." Shi Fen said softly: "Now, my father wants to say that you are good at medicine!"

"In the past, it was the son who was unfilial..." Shi Rang said quickly: "I disobeyed my father. I don't know what my father meant!"

Of course Shi Rang is not stupid.

After so many years, I have been in the palace with my ears and eyes, and I have watched those great figures who were famous in the past, being knocked down into dust in a blink of an eye, and being slaughtered like pigs and dogs.

This made Shi Rang deeply understand that his father did not agree with his original intention of studying medicine.

What is the use of studying medicine?

Once the building is about to collapse, no matter how superb medical skills are, it will have no effect.

The Shi family seems to be prosperous, but the current prosperity is only due to the remaining power of the old father.

My old father is sixty-eight this year.

How many more years can we protect the Shi family?

Therefore, if you want to keep the Shi family, every Shi family member must work hard to climb up, climb to a safe position, and crawl under the lap of someone who can protect the Shi family.

"Three thousand roads lead to the same destination!" Shi Fenwei walked tremblingly: "You can rely on your medical skills to work beside the prince. As a father, I am very happy!"

"A son just respects his father's teachings and does things..." Shi Rang lowered his head and said: "Be a responsible person, work diligently, and be loyal to the king..."

"Well said!" Shi Fen praised: "I, Mr. Shi, are what I am today because of my duty to be a person, to work diligently, and to be loyal to the emperor!"

"You all remember, no matter when the time comes, our Shi family will never forget these twelve words, which are the foundation of our family!"

"No!" All the disciples bowed their heads in unison, indicating that they accepted the teaching.

"Rang, you have been serving the prince for so long. In your opinion, what is the prince like? What is his temperament?" Shi Fen looked at Shi Rang and asked.

"Back to father..." Shi Rang collected his thoughts and said: "My family is a benevolent and powerful scholar. He is only seventeen years old, but he already has a gap in his chest. As the market says, he has the legacy of Taizong!"

When he said this, Shi Rang's mind recalled what happened during the days when he served the prince.

He experienced each one with his own eyes and watched with his own eyes.

Apart from anything else, it is benevolent to go to Dayang, sympathize with the loneliness of the people, and take the opportunity to take action.

To relentlessly pursue and punish Zhou Yangyou and Shentu's crimes is tyranny.

This is already the case at the age of seventeen. What will happen at twenty-seven and thirty-seven? It is simply exciting!

The most important thing is that Shi Rang felt something by the prince's side that he couldn't feel anywhere else in the palace.

The prince's ministers, whether Ji An, Zhang Tang, or Ju Meng, are all rare talents in their respective fields.

The whole team is full of energy, like the newborn sun.

Everyone is scrambling for fear of falling behind others.

Even Sima Xiangru, who was considered to have little talent and courage...

Shi Rang also felt that Sima Xiangru was underestimated.

Shi Fen listened to Shi Rang's words. He knew that Shi Rang would not lie to him, and Shi Rang would not brag or tell lies since he was a child.

"In this way, the Crown Prince is a great hero..." Hearing this, Shi Fen leaned on his cane and pondered for a long time.

Then, he waved to his eldest son Shi Jian and said, "Jian, come here. Kneel down!"

"No!" Shi Jian obediently walked to his old father and knelt down.

"Yesterday, my father went to the palace to pay his respects to the Queen Mother. In my free time, I prayed to the Queen Mother for mercy. I will promote you as the Crown Prince and Young Master..."

Shi Jian was elated when he heard this.

The prince’s young master!

Among the three ministers of the crown prince, if they see that the crown prince refuses to worship him, they will not report him to the throne. At the same time, they have real power. Together with the crown prince Zhan Shi, they manage the crown prince's palace.

He has done well. As soon as the prince ascends the throne, he will immediately become a potential minister, a confidant, a senator, and his descendants will benefit a lot. Just like his old father, he will become the great uncle who protects the family from wind and rain.

Even if things go unsatisfactory, the salary of two thousand dan is solved, which is beneficial to future development.

The only flaw is that if the prince is not served well and the prince settles accounts after he ascends the throne, the whole family will be in trouble!

"You have heard what Rang said..." Shi Fen continued: "You remember, when you go to the prince's palace, you must ask the prince for everything. Don't do anything that the prince does not allow, and don't do anything that the prince has not ordered.

Just go ahead and be careful and you won’t make a big mistake!”

"No!" Shi Jian kowtowed respectfully.

"Also, Rang, you are an old minister of the Crown Prince. Your eldest brother has gone, so you should help me more. If Shi Jian does something wrong, you can bring it up in person and ask him to change it. If he doesn't change it, you come back and tell me.

, I asked him to change it!"

"No! Father, please don't worry!" Shi Rang quickly knelt down and agreed.

"No!" Shi Jian also said quickly: "Your Majesty, please teach me. My son will not be embarrassed at all!"

At the same time, he also kowtowed to Shi Rang and said: "Please correct me from my brother Rang in the future. You and I will work together to help our family!"

"Good!" Shi Fen laughed, pulled the two brothers up, let them hold hands, and said: "This is what brothers should be like!"

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At this time, Liu Che found that he was in trouble.

It was already noon, and it was time to set off for the residence of Princess Guantao.

but……
To be continued...