"Changtian, can I take it that you think I intend to hand over the Prime Minister's Mansion to you, instead of your elder brother?"
"...."
Ah?
This tone from his father drained Xu Yuan of certainty.
All those were but conjectures before.
Perhaps, his father simply wanted him to serve as a deputy to assist Xu Changge?
The moment hesitation began to rise, Xu Yuan quashed it.
The structure of the Prime Minister's Mansion was such that there could only be one main hand at the top; the second in command could be Lou Ji, Hua Hong, or even any member of the aide team, but it could never be one of them, the two brothers.
Getting him involved with hands-on work and familiar with the subordinates would merely turn Xu Changge into a puppet; such a structure could never maintain a stable center of power.
If his father truly did that, it would be laying a trap for future internal conflict.
