Professional Ethics of a Concubine

Although the emperor withdrew the guards outside the Prince Su's mansion and restored Prince Su's position, Prince Su still did not attend the morning court or go to the yamen.

The officials were worried again. Was Prince Su up to something again? Or was he trying to show his disdain to the Emperor because he had been wronged before?

However, seeing that the emperor was not angry and did not mention the matter of asking Prince Su to attend the morning court, everyone just kept it to themselves and pretended that nothing had happened.

There were those who were really unsure and had a good relationship with Prince Jing, so they went to ask Prince Jing what it meant that Prince Su did not attend the court.

King Jing,

Haha, don’t ask. You won’t be able to tell the truth even if you ask.

Because in the words of Prince Su, he was on maternity leave and was accompanying Concubine Mu during her confinement.

Who would believe this big truth? They would laugh their heads off.

In order to protect his uncle's reputation, Prince Jing would shake his head mysteriously whenever someone asked him, indicating that he didn't understand either.

Everyone felt even more uncertain.

So, after a few days, when many people received the invitation saying that Prince Su's Mansion was going to hold a full-month banquet for the twins, everyone started to have doubts in their hearts.

Should I go or not?

If I go, I might displease the emperor again and be bullied again. If I don't go, I'm afraid Prince Su will bring trouble upon me.

What no one expected was——

The day before the full moon banquet, the emperor rewarded the two children with a large number of things that exceeded the regulations for princes and conferred them titles.

One is Prince Jiayi and the other is Princess Jiamin.

At the same time, Mu Nianqiu was also canonized as Princess Su, and all necessary items, such as the princess's imperial robes, were prepared.

All the court officials, "!!!"

Oops, I have to prepare new gifts for tomorrow’s full moon party. They have to be at least three times thicker than before.

Not only that, on the day of the full moon banquet, the emperor went to Prince Su's Mansion in person to visit the two children and drink the full moon banquet.

The emperor came in person, and even if the dignitaries in the capital were not qualified to have a seat at the banquet, after hearing about this, they all sent gifts to Prince Su's Mansion.

The gifts are very generous.

As a result, the road in front of Prince Su's Mansion was blocked for a whole day, and it was finally unblocked at nightfall.

The day after the full moon banquet, Prince Su went to court.

Then, Prince Su reported a matter, asking to take out all the gifts received yesterday as military pay, saying that he wanted to accumulate merit for the two children, and he handed in a thick list of gifts.

My Lords,

When did Prince Su start to follow this path of accumulating virtue and doing good deeds?

Thinking about the current Princess Su, it is said that she is a Buddhist, and everyone seems to understand.

Seeing that he was determined to donate it, the emperor agreed, thinking that they were just some gifts, so Prince Su could donate it.

He would replenish it from his own private treasury later.

However, after looking at the gift list, the emperor silently withdrew the idea of ​​giving him the extra gift.

To make up for it, he would have to empty half of his private vault.

If this donation is converted into military pay, we can save half of this year's military pay.

Is it so profitable to hold a full-month banquet?

The emperor stroked his chin, feeling that he had vaguely found a new way to get rich. How about encouraging everyone to donate the gifts received at the banquet?

You don’t have to donate all of it, half of it is fine!

These wealthy families are extremely rich, but they don't pay taxes to the court. We should find a way to take some money out of their pockets to supplement the national treasury, which will also increase the amount of silver in the national treasury.

The emperor was still thinking about it, and then Prince Jing stood up and began to praise Prince Su for donating gifts, and suggested that everyone follow Prince Su's example and do good deeds for the elders and younger generations in their families.

To this end, King Jing listed a lot of benefits:

For example, the gifts donated by everyone can be named after the individual, and the court will award a specially made medal of honor for this purpose.

In addition, you will be informed of where your donated gift is used, whether it is for disaster relief, military pay, road construction, etc., and there will be someone to supervise it so it will not be embezzled.

Moreover, the people who benefited would also be informed of who helped them, and for this they would be grateful to the people and even receive incense from them.

After hearing this, all the officials nodded their heads. It sounds not bad. It's just spending money to buy a good reputation.

The benefits and reputation gained from this are better than simply setting up a porridge stall and donating money to the temple.

The emperor cast an appreciative glance at Prince Jing, and immediately made a decision, supporting Prince Jing's proposal, and immediately ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to start designing the honor plaque and make it look better.

When the court officials heard this, they all echoed and praised.

"Father, how about setting up a special organization for this donation..."

King Jing spoke again.

"After all, donated gifts are also to replenish the national treasury, so let's leave it to the Ministry of Revenue and not set up another agency." said the emperor.

Minister Chen was watching the fun with a sour feeling in his heart, when he suddenly heard the emperor mention the Ministry of Revenue and said he would hand the matter over to him. He immediately perked up and quickly expressed to the emperor that he would do a good job.

The emperor nodded with satisfaction, and seeing that there was nothing else to do, he ended the morning court.

After the morning court session, Prince Jing glanced at Minister Chen and the Crown Prince, then left the hall with a grim expression.

“Is there any trap here?” The prince glanced at Prince Jing who was leaving, approached Minister Chen, and asked in a low voice.