As the sky gradually darkened and everyone left reluctantly, the little guy yawned and fell asleep, and was taken away by the wet nurse to be coaxed to sleep.

Only Fu Jiuli and his wife were left in the bedroom.

Fu Jiuli contentedly embraced his wife in his arms, feeling somewhat proud. Look, he was the one who had the last laugh!

Shen Nanxing lazily nestled in his arms, and suddenly remembered something: "Everyone is here today, why is my brother the only one not here?"

She remembered something and looked at Fu Jiuli with dissatisfaction: "Are you bullying your brother again and deliberately not calling him?"

Fu Jiuli was shocked and looked aggrieved. "In my wife's mind, is this the kind of person I am?"

Shen Nanxing said without hesitation: "Yes."

Hasn't he and his brother been jealous enough in recent times?

Fu Jiuli: "......"

Well, we can’t blame the lady entirely, since he does have a criminal record.

He could only explain aggrievedly, "I sent someone to the Prime Minister's residence to invite him, but he was ill, so he didn't come. The imperial physician reported back that his pulse didn't sound serious, and that he must have been exhausted from all the work lately."

Shen Nanxing frowned: "Can't you assign less work to brother?" There was a hint of complaint in his tone.

Fu Jiuli hurriedly explained: "Madam, the things he is doing now are all his own responsibilities..."

Seeing his wife's unhappy expression, he added, "Then I won't let him take on so many things in the future. If he takes the initiative to do it again, I won't give it to him... Madam, what do you think?"

Shen Nanxing still frowned, very worried.

Fu Jiuli comforted her: "Madam, you are not in good health yet and cannot go out. When my brother feels better in a few days, I will ask him to come and see you, okay?"

Shen Nanxing nodded slightly, but a sense of unease always lingered in his heart.

Fu Jiuli deliberately changed the subject: "By the way, Madam, the child doesn't have a name yet! You can give him one."

Speaking of this, Shen Nanxing was indeed interested. She thought about it, and suddenly a smile appeared between her eyebrows: "This child started when I was counting my money. It can be seen that he is a little money-grubber."

"...Or just call him Qianqian!"

Fu Jiuli couldn't help laughing when she heard the name: "Madam, are you saying that the brat's name is Fu Qianqian?"

Shen Nanxing glared at him unhappily: "Why? Doesn't it sound good?"

"No, it's my honor to be named by my lady. But..." Fu Jiuli's eyebrows showed a strange look: "But whenever I think of the future emperor named Fu Qianqian, pfft..."

Fu Jiuli couldn't help laughing as she spoke: "I'm sorry, ma'am, this is really a bit funny!"

Shen Nanxing couldn't help laughing, this scene was indeed a bit funny...

"But..." Shen Nanxing suppressed his smile: "Have you decided to let Qianqian be the crown prince? What if he is not suitable..."

Fu Jiuli raised an eyebrow: "How can it be inappropriate?"

"Besides, he is our only child. There is no other candidate for the crown prince except him."

Shen Nanxing: "What if we have another child in the future..."

Fu Jiuli waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, giving birth is so painful, I will never have another child again!" Whenever he thought of his wife's painful expression that day, he was still afraid...

Besides——

What's the point of having another child? To steal his wife? What a joke! He's not stupid!

Shen Nanxing was not obsessed with this. Giving birth was indeed painful. If her husband didn't want it, then she wouldn't give birth.

She pondered for a moment and said, "Then Qianqian will be the child's nickname. We need to choose a full name."

Fu Jiuli suggested: "Brother has always been knowledgeable and talented, so let him choose the child's name, what do you think?"

"Okay." Shen Nanxing agreed without thinking too much.

What she didn't expect was that the man in front of her had such a far-reaching plan.

Fu Jiuli had already decided to hand the child over to his uncle Shen Ming for instruction. Once the child could walk, he would be sent to the Prime Minister's residence. Naming the child was only the first step...

This saves Fu Qianqian from always pestering his wife and disturbing his time with her!

It would be best if Fu Qianqian could give him some pride and ascend the throne sooner rather than later, so that he and his wife could retire behind the scenes and live a carefree life of traveling and sightseeing...

Three days later, Shen Ming entered the palace, specially to visit his sister and nephew.

Seeing his brother looking as gentle as usual, Shen Nanxing finally felt relieved: "Brother, I heard you were sick a few days ago. Are you feeling better now?"

Shen Ming faced his sister with his usual smile on his face: "It's just a minor illness, and it's healed now."

He looked around again and asked, "Where's my little nephew?"

"That's good." Shen Nanxing ordered the maid: "Bring the little prince to the Prime Minister to see."

After a while, the maid came over with the little prince in her arms and carefully handed him to Shen Ming. However, the little prince was sleeping soundly at the moment, with bubbles coming out of his mouth.

Shen Ming held the little child in his arms, his eyes soft and gentle: "Can you give the child a name?"

Shen Nanxing smiled and said, "I only gave him a nickname, Qianqian. I'll have to ask our Prime Minister for help in choosing his full name!"

Shen Ming smiled and did not refuse: "I heard that His Majesty is planning to make the little prince the crown prince. Let's name the child Fu Sinian!"

"Yu Sinian, blessed by heaven. It means great blessings from heaven, and the foundation will last for tens of millions of years... What a good name!" Shen Nanxing was very satisfied, "Let's call him Fu Sinian."

Shen Ming held the child for a while, then handed the child to the maid and asked the maid to take the little prince to bed.

The brother and sister chatted about family matters for a while, and Shen Nanxing suddenly thought of his brother's marriage: "Brother, look, I have children, but you are still alone..."

"Do you have a woman you like? I'll ask Fu Jiuli to arrange a marriage for you."

Shen Ming suddenly had an image of a shy and timid woman's face in his mind, but he shook his head: "No."

Shen Nanxing felt a little regretful: "Or, what kind of women do you like? There are quite a few good ladies among the noble ladies in Xining. Can I help you keep an eye out for them?"

Shen Ming still shook his head: "No, now that the world is unified, there are still many affairs that need to be managed by me as the Prime Minister. I am not interested in marriage for the time being. Let's wait for two years before we talk about it."

Shen Nanxing was helpless: "Alas... Actually Shuang'er is very good, and the girl likes you, but you are not interested in her..."

Shen Ming just smiled and didn't respond.

After leaving the palace and returning to the mansion, Shen Ming stood quietly by the pond for a long time, watching the koi swimming leisurely in the pond.

That little girl must really hate him now...

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