"Then you should go to bed early too."
"good."
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it's the end of the year again.
Yunger can already walk, and has been crying these past few days because the two wet nurses who raised her have left.
For Shen Heng, weaning her son at 15 months was too late, so she just let him cry.
Xia and Nanny Feng were so distressed that they took him around the courtyards every day to attract his attention.
Chen Heng now has eight shops, two of which are jewelry shops and two are clothing shops.
It was almost the end of the year, so I went to the jewelry shop to check the accounts. I was halfway through when Liu Gang ran in excitedly and said, "Madam, the master has been promoted to prime minister."
Shen Heng was stunned for a long time: "Prime Minister?"
Liu Gang nodded rapidly.
Chen Heng was a little excited and a little confused. In the history of the six dynasties of the Great Cong, there was a prime minister in the first two dynasties, but it was no longer in place because the prime minister had too much power. The Shangshu Yu and Zhongshu Yu shared the responsibility of the prime minister. After Qin Shangshu was dismissed, the position of Shangshu had been vacant, and almost all things fell on Xie Jian.
He is already second only to one person and above ten thousand people.
Everyone was wondering who the emperor would appoint as the Shangshu. After all, a single person dominating the throne was not a good thing, and the lesson of the Four Heavenly Kingdoms should not happen again. An extremely important element in the art of being an emperor was the art of checks and balances.
Therefore, when Liu Yu suddenly appointed Xie Jian as prime minister, Shen Heng felt that it was too sudden.
It is impossible for Liu Yu to trust Xie Jian so much.
When Chen Heng returned home, everyone in the mansion was in a joyful mood.
Xia was so excited that she didn't know what to do.
That night, Chen Heng originally wanted to wait for Xie Jian to come back and ask him what happened, but he didn't come back until midnight, so she went to bed first.
I don’t know how long I slept. Out of habit, I tried to hug the person next to me, but found nothing. When I opened my eyes, I found Xie Jian sitting quietly, staring at the moonlight reflected on the window in a daze.
Chen Heng hadn't seen Xie Jian like this for a long time. Every time he was like this in the past few days, it was because there was a problem that he couldn't solve.
Is it about being conferred the title of Prime Minister today? Shen Heng stood up: "A Jian."
Xie Jian turned and looked at her, his expression weary: "Aheng, do you know why Big Brother committed suicide?"
Why did they suddenly talk about the eldest brother of the Xie family? Shen Hengyu said, "Brother is ashamed of his wife and you."
"He won't live more than three months. The witch doctor said they cast spells on him every day, and his body has been severely damaged."
Chen Heng thought about the aftereffects of the spell cast on her. She recovered okay the first two times, but the last time took a long time. Although the pregnancy was also a factor, it was obvious that the spell was indeed extremely harmful to people.
"Are you missing big brother?"
Xie Jian was silent for a moment. "Have you forgotten that Liu Yu often used the incantation technique to awaken the Sixth Princess these days?"
Chen Heng was very sleepy and her brain couldn't think straight for a while. After a while, she suddenly felt a start.
"For the past two months, Liu Yu has never stopped taking medicine. He had the imperial physicians and witch doctors keep it a secret from everyone. Over the past two months, he's implemented new policies, placing all power in my hands. He's also supported me in dealing with the aristocratic families, and now he's appointed me prime minister." Xie Jian's eyes darkened with each sentence he spoke. "Under my interrogation, the witch doctor refused to tell the truth. He only spoke about my eldest brother."
Over the past two years, he has focused all his energy on the court, and never said a word to Liu Yu except on necessary government affairs. At first, he thought Liu Yu was finally becoming an emperor.
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