Professional Ethics of a Concubine

Ye Qingzhi originally planned to persuade her leader to give up the idea of ​​praising her.

However, her leader's words sounded the alarm for her, making her realize that her retirement life was far from coming.

Or there is no such thing as retirement pension at all.

There is no other reason. The palace fighting in ancient times was much more cruel and complicated than that in the modern workplace.

“Qingqing, I know you want to be lazy, and I don’t have such great ambitions.

But have you ever thought that in another ten or twenty years, I will ascend to the throne, Prince Su will be old, the princess will firmly establish herself as the queen, and the prince will become the crown prince. If you don't have your own status and reputation, and don't have loyal supporters, how will you be able to survive?

It is far from enough to just rely on the past relationship between the prince and the princess. Only interests are the most solid.

Qingqing, you are a smart woman. You are now standing at the pinnacle of power, but you have not reached the top yet.

The road ahead will not allow you to retreat, because you are no longer alone, and there are people who support you standing behind you.

If you want to be lazy or retreat, you will fall down, and fall badly!

You are not a cold-hearted person. You care about them. For them, you can only move forward, demonstrate your value, consolidate and improve your status and reputation, always hold the princess in your control, and even always hold this king in your control.

Only in this way can you get the life you want and truly enjoy a life of wealth and leisure. Don’t you understand? Now is far from the time for you to be lazy.”

Ye Qingzhi,...

Her Highness is worthy of being a big leader.

Look at these words, they fully demonstrate the art of controlling ministers, the way of balance, and especially the insight and control over people's hearts, which are at the pinnacle. Every word hit her lungs.

While King Jing was teaching her how to do things, he was also admonishing her, telling her that he saw through all her thoughts.

She manipulated the princess, and he agreed, and he even gave her the right to manipulate him.

Of course, if King Jing had no love for her and no intention of supporting her, he would definitely not say such sincere words to her.

It would be a lie to say that I am not impressed.

However, Ye Qingzhi knew better that this was earned by her own ability, not given by King Jing out of love.

If she didn't have some abilities and was of no use, King Jing would definitely not have said such words and would not have wanted to support her.

Think about it from another angle. He doesn't let her be lazy or back off. He just wants her to work more!

Although Ye Qingzhi thought so in her heart, she despised the high level of rhetoric used by leaders to make empty promises and urge employees to work.

However, it must be said that the leader's words really sounded the alarm for her, telling her not to be so complacent.

Is Ye Qingzhi becoming arrogant because of Prince Su and Prime Minister Fang?

Naturally she is a little bit proud, she is also a human being and has vanity.

However, she suddenly realized today that she had misunderstood the necessary and sufficient conditions and the cause and effect relationship in winning over Prince Su and Prime Minister Fang to support Prince Jing.

Prince Su and Prime Minister Fang chased Prince Jing and fed him food without saying a word, because Prince Jing had the ability to do so and was worthy of their support.

King Jing's past performance, ability, character, and personal connections already make for a perfect job application resume.

Even without her relationship, the Emperor, Prince Su, and Prime Minister Fang would choose to support Prince Jing to ascend the throne instead of the Crown Prince.

If Prince Jing is a hopeless person, even with her relationship, Prince Su and Prime Minister Fang will not be able to fully support Prince Jing.

There are no fools among the royal family members. Weighing the pros and cons is an instinct ingrained in their bones.

Similarly, how could someone who could become the Prime Minister not be able to calculate the interests involved? It was just a multi-party game, and he had to choose the one that was most beneficial to himself and his family.

Of course, she is not completely useless.

Her presence makes this support stronger, smoother and more advanced.

In addition to benefits, there is also warmth, which makes people feel comfortable.

No matter how cold-blooded a person is, even if he only cares about his own interests and is calculating, he still longs for warmth.

After Ye Qingzhi figured this out, she became more steady and calm, and she also became clearer about her position in the workplace.

As King Jing said, she cannot retreat or be lazy. She really needs status and reputation, and the support of the community of interests.

So the question is coming?

She was a concubine and a side concubine, in a subordinate position. How could she have any community of interests?

Concubines?

The population base of this group is indeed large, but they have a low status and no say!

There's no point in asking them to support you, it's ridiculous.

There are very few concubines who can influence the mistress like her and live with her mistress. They all want to get rid of the mistress and take the position themselves.

Those concubines who want to climb up the ladder and those who hope that men will favor their concubines over their wives are not her kindred spirits.

Those who were not favored concubines were slaves and servants, they had no say at all, let alone any consideration.

To put it bluntly, a community of interests means that you have to let others benefit from you, and then they will be willing to praise and support you!

Just like this time when she spoke up for the merchant women, although it was just a small thing, it actually gave the merchant women some benefits and gave them space to make profits for themselves.

So, they gave her gifts and even supported her.

In addition to gaining supporters by offering benefits, your reputation also comes from your words and deeds, and your personality.

If you don't want your reputation to be ruined, then don't be too outrageous when establishing your character, and don't let it deviate from your actual situation!

If the name is not right, the words will not flow!

Without a legitimate status, what you say will not stand up and you will be attacked.

For example, in her current situation, she is a concubine. In addition to taking care of the prince and bearing children, her duties are to assist the princess in managing household affairs, obey the princess's arrangements, and maintain the princess's authority.

Once her words and actions offend the princess's authority, she will be unworthy of the title and become an unqualified concubine, and will be condemned.

She maintained the princess's authority and dignity, not only maintaining her own status as a princess, but also maintaining the majesty of all mistresses in the world, which was an act in line with the rules of this era.

For her, this is justified!

With her as a role model of a concubine who abides by the law and respects her mistress, those foolish people who want to favor the concubine over the wife and elevate the wife's position should think twice.

The emperor doesn't even promote his own favorite concubine to a higher position as wife, so who are you to dare to do so?

You are so capable!

Just based on this, those mistresses will become her community of interests.

It was very effective for her to use her reputation of being law-abiding to crack down on those restless concubines.

Only on this basis, by raising her reputation, can her reputation be prevented from collapsing.

It doesn’t mean that the higher you climb, the better your life will be.

She was a concubine born into a merchant family with an unstable foundation. If she really wanted to become a queen, no matter how she whitewashed herself, it would not conform to the etiquette and rules of the ancient society with strict hierarchy.

At that time, you will do the most work, worry the most, and work yourself to death, but you still won’t get the genuine respect of others.

Even the concubines who were born into a noble family felt that she was unworthy of the position and why bother replacing her?

Ye Qingzhi had so many thoughts in her mind, but it only took a blink of an eye.

She looked at King Jing with a smile and gave him a warm kiss to thank him for his love and support.

Then, she also told Prince Jing about her analysis in detail, emphasizing that setting her up as a model concubine would not easily fall apart, would be easier for people to agree with and support, and would also be easier to gain the emperor's praise.

To put it bluntly, it means knowing what to do according to your position. A big leader like the emperor would definitely like this.

"You never forget to seek benefits for the princess. You always put her first and maintain her prestige."

Prince Jing pinched her little face and said with a slightly sour tone.

Prince Jing felt that he was sick. He actually thought that Ye Qingzhi was too nice to the princess and felt a little jealous.

"Isn't this my duty?" Ye Qingzhi put her arms around his neck and whispered in his ear.

"My humble life is over. Your Highness, would you like to stay overnight so that I can fulfill my duty here?"

King Jing,

My breathing suddenly became disordered.

It has been a long time since he enjoyed such high-level treatment.

It's reasonable to be a little excited.