Chapter 268: Self-defense without illness

Not just from the enemy? Shen Heng sighed.

At the beginning of summer, the breath is frosty.

Just as Xie Jian said, the emperor rewarded the Si family. The head of the family was made a duke, given the character Yi, and made the title hereditary. His wife was made a first-rank lady, and his daughter-in-law Liu Zhiyue was made the Princess of Yongjia County.

The rest of the families were granted titles, but their wives and daughters-in-law were not given titles.

For a time, the Si family was extremely powerful.

The topic of conversation among the common people at this time, apart from the aristocratic families, was the Crown Prince's personal expedition and his alliance with General Gongsun. They wondered whether Wanzhou could be recaptured.

But the crown prince's departure for the expedition still boosted people's morale. After all, everyone hoped that the next emperor would be a wise and warlike monarch.

There are still two voices in the court, one advocating war and the other advocating peace.

Although the pro-peace faction headed by the Fourth Prince suffered heavy losses, there were still a small number of voices that kept talking about the losses that would be incurred by the court and the people if they were defeated.

The war faction basically accuses the peace faction of inaction, saying that they seem to be very capable of doing something.

During the struggle between the two factions, Xie Jian was transferred back to the throne and appointed as the Minister of the Central Secretariat, in charge of all the officials.

As for the vacant position in the Secretariat, the emperor's anger had not subsided yet, so no position would be created for the time being. Therefore, in order to climb up, some adults began to become active again in private.

Chen Heng had been receiving invitations constantly during this period, and she suddenly realized that even though Xie Jian was only being transferred as a rank-and-file transfer, she was already able to be picky about the ladies and women from aristocratic families who invited her.

Before one person has achieved enlightenment, everyone is already welcoming his or her success.

One day, when Chen Heng was about to leave the shop, Peng Shi hurried in, wiping her tears with a handkerchief: "A Heng."

Ah Chan was too late to report.

"What's wrong, Yun Zhao?" Chen Heng was surprised.

"Xuanlang insisted on going to Wanzhou. I didn't allow him to go, and he even quarreled with me. He ignored me for two days." Mrs. Peng said while choking with sobs.

The two of them entered the hall. Chen Heng asked her to sit down and told Achan to make Peng's favorite tea.

"On the third day of the first lunar month, he was going to join the Crown Prince. If I hadn't tried so hard to stop him, he would have gone with him." Peng said, wiping away tears, "He complains about being tired every time he takes a few steps. Isn't going to the battlefield just like committing suicide?"

"You know Master Meng's personality." Chen Heng comforted him.

"Ouyang Enhui was here because of his martial arts skills and his determination to become a general. He is just an official, a censor. What's the point of being here? Do you know what he said? He actually said, 'Then we should just cheer and shout, okay?'" Mrs. Peng became more and more angry as she spoke.

This really sounds like something Meng Xuanlang would say.

"Aheng, please ask Xie Jian to persuade him. I really have no other choice. My parents-in-law can't do anything about him either."

Chen Heng thought about Xie Jian's personality. Although they were close friends, their philosophies were very different. She didn't know how they had managed to maintain their friendship. "Why don't we let Wu Jin persuade him first?"

"Speaking of Wu Jin makes me angry. He's only been married for two days, and he's already taken Yu Qing out to play, saying he wants to show her his beloved farm." Mrs. Peng shook her head: "What's there to see in the farm?"

Pastoral scenery is the most comfortable and relaxing thing. Will Min Yuqing get used to it? Chen Heng thought that since she knew Min Yuqing, this girl has always had a calm expression, as if she accepted everything in front of her.

But Chen Heng also knew that no matter whether she traveled through time or was reborn, it was impossible for her to truly and peacefully accept everything that happened before her.

They just don't want to give up their lives.

When Xie Jian came back in the evening, Shen Heng told Meng Xuanlang about it.

"Persuade him?" Xie Jian's originally calm face darkened in an instant. "He said I only knew how to protect myself and live in fear of the present. He asked me to look at myself in the mirror and see what I am like. Isn't that shameful? Ha, he's ashamed to be associated with me."