"I hope I'm wrong."
Xia thought of what the late emperor had done to her father-in-law and husband, and suddenly felt that it was not impossible for the royal family to do such a thing.
Half an hour later, Hu Ya returned to report, "The Prime Minister has come forward, and Lord Lu is fine. It seems as if nothing happened."
It's not that it hasn't happened before, but the queen was frightened by Xie Jian.
That night, Xie Jian came back very late.
Shen Heng's sleep quality used to be very good, but recently she had developed the habit of waking up whenever there was any movement around her. So as soon as Xie Jian lay down, she knew he was back.
"You mean, if the Queen makes trouble again, you'll ask the Emperor to depose her? Is that what scared the Queen?" Chen Heng asked.
Xie Jian nodded and hugged Ah Heng in his arms. "Given the Queen's temperament, she won't give up, but she won't dare do anything to me. Yesterday, the Emperor stuffed several of the Yu family's sons into the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Personnel."
Chen Heng looked up at him. Has the emperor started to cultivate his own power?
Xie Jian lowered his head and locked his lips with hers. Busy with official duties, he had neglected Ah Heng for quite some time.
The Master was extremely disappointed with the new emperor's indulgence in the actions of the new queen. He once said that if one day he was no longer an official, he would devote himself to nature and settle down in a remote place to write books in peace.
Whether it was his own experience, the story of Liu Yu, or the story of Xie Jian, Confucius said that they all had a warning significance. If one day he could write a book, he hoped that those who read it could avoid the suffering he had experienced.
The nobleness of a man lies in his character and integrity; the vulgar man only shows off in his clothing and daily life.
Xie Jian felt that although he had received the Master's teachings, he could not be a real man. He was willing to be a mediocre and shallow man, just to ensure that his family had enough food and clothing and lived in peace.
Just like now, he was greedy for Aheng's warmth. In this little world, he felt particularly at ease.
Xie Jian was particularly, well, enthusiastic that night, and Chen Heng also responded positively.
The next few months were uneventful.
At least for someone of Shen Heng's status and position, nothing happened. However, the eldest sister-in-law complained from time to time about the rising price of grain and the like. It was just that the common people's land was taken back by the big families in various ways and then rented out to the common people.
At the beginning, nothing happened and everyone was fine.
By November, perhaps seeing that there was no movement from the imperial court, the powerful families began to escalate their actions.
At the end of the month, Chen Heng saw Xie Jian writing a memorial. He wrote about the various malpractices between the powerful tribes and the imperial court, pointing out that chaos had already appeared. If he shifted his focus from protecting his own family and the power of the emperor to protecting the people, he would win the hearts of the people and they would surely support him.
Seeing Ah Heng reading his memorial attentively, Xie Jianyu said, "Even if a monarch wants to satisfy his own selfish desires, as long as he can also take the people into consideration and work for their well-being, he can be a good monarch."
Shen Heng thought about it and nodded.
"As the Prime Minister, I have tried my best to say and do what I should say." Xie Jian closed the memorial: "The rest is up to the emperor himself." He was afraid that the emperor would not even read his memorial.
"You've been coming back quite early lately. Didn't the Emperor summon you to discuss matters?" When Liu Yu was around, the two of them were at odds with each other, but for the sake of the empire, they temporarily put aside their grudges and discussed matters with Lord Lu until late at night every day.
"I went to see the Emperor, but he pretended to be busy and refused to see me, the Prime Minister. Once, he even made me stand there for half an hour." Seeing Ah Heng looking at him with both anger and heartache, Xie Jian felt very pleased: "Don't be angry. With my current power, even if I depose him and establish a new emperor, it is not impossible."
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