Professional Ethics of a Concubine

The emperor looked at the hysterical queen, and then at the two old men she had brought.

I stared at him for a long time but couldn't recognize who he was.

Not to mention that it had been thirty years and people would have grown old and their voices and appearances would have changed a lot. Even if it had been three years, the emperor would not have been able to recognize her because he was blind at that time.

When the emperor injured his eyes, he deliberately hid his whereabouts while recuperating in Gulan Kingdom. He rented a courtyard. In addition to a few personal guards, there was also Xie Qing, the late Marquis of Jiangyang.

Very few people knew his identity, and even fewer knew about his past in Gulan.

Does the Queen think there is a loophole to exploit?

indeed.

If it weren't for the paternity test conducted by Imperial Physician Feng, and someone had said with certainty that Prince Jing was not his dragon offspring, and if he had mentioned one or two details from that year, he would have been inevitably suspicious.

But now... haha.

"I am absolutely certain that King Jing is my dragon offspring." The emperor said with dignity and in a tone that brooked no room for argument.

"Queen, if you take your people and leave now, I will believe that you have been deceived by the treacherous people and are unaware of the situation.

If you insist on making this a big deal, I will conclude that you deliberately hired these two people to slander King Jing. I will punish you for deceiving the king, depose you from your position as queen, and banish you to the cold palace!"

The Queen listened to the Emperor's cruel words, took a step back in fear and anger, looked at the Emperor in disbelief, and asked in a trembling voice,

"Your Majesty, are you going to depose me for this?"

"The ice is three feet thick and it didn't freeze overnight. Don't you know what you did before? If I hadn't cared about you being the Crown Prince's biological mother, I would have deposed you and sent you to the cold palace long ago!"

The emperor stared at her coldly, making no effort to hide his disgust for the queen.

The Queen heard this, which meant that the Emperor had already decided to depose the Crown Prince, so he would no longer tolerate her.

As long as she made a mistake, she would be banished to the cold palace, and it would even affect the crown prince and he would be deposed.

The queen was shocked and furious, and wanted to scold the emperor for being so heartless and disloyal.

However, facing the emperor who holds all the power, she has long lost the right and qualifications to resist, otherwise she would not have been able to stay quiet all these years.

No matter what the reason is, since the emperor firmly believes that Prince Jing is his dragon offspring, it would be a joke to find more witnesses.

The queen was clearly aware that she had called these two people here and made a big fuss about this matter in order to make the emperor doubt Prince Jing's identity. But now this goal was doomed to fail, so why was she making a fuss?

In a short time, the queen made the right choice. She knelt down and admitted her mistake to the emperor.

"I was deceived by the people below. Please have mercy on me, Your Majesty, and forgive me this time."

"You should be thankful that you brought your men here to confront me directly, otherwise..."

The emperor snorted and said nothing more. He just waved his hand in disgust and asked the queen to leave with her people.

Although the Queen was a wise man who knew the current situation and acted decisively to save her life, the Emperor still took away her Phoenix Seal, confined her feet, and asked her to reflect on her actions for three months.

All affairs in the palace were managed by the four concubines.

The queen got what she asked for, and everything was completely quiet.

The matter was resolved smoothly. Although it was not caused with much fanfare, anyone who was interested would find out why the queen was under house arrest and why her phoenix seal was taken away from her.

From then on, no one doubted King Jing's origins anymore, and no one would use this as an excuse to attack King Jing.

Killing the chicken to scare the monkey is a useful trick at any time because people can be tamed.

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"So, Your Highness's identity crisis is completely over?" Ye Qingzhi raised her eyebrows and said after hearing this.

"It feels like a lot of noise but little action, anticlimactic, meaning everything is going very smoothly."

"With the blessing of Xiaokang, it's hard not to be successful." King Jing said with a smile.

"I do feel that everything has been going well for me recently, but I feel that this blessing is a bit wasted and not put to good use."

He hasn't suffered any backlash and hasn't been plagued by bad luck. It should be because he spent enough money in the past and has done a lot of things recently, all of which are beneficial to the country and the people, and he has accumulated a lot of merits.

"Your Highness, don't be ungrateful. It's not good to have everything go your way. Others can't even get what they want."

Ye Qingzhi rolled her eyes at him, not wanting his greedy look, and scolded him.

"It's just doing good deeds to accumulate merit to offset bad luck, there's nothing better than this.

Moreover, accumulating merit does not necessarily mean spending money. You can also accumulate merit by doing good things that benefit the people and the country.

This forms a perfect upward positive cycle.

Your Highness, you can gain fame and merit by doing good deeds, and you can also receive blessings, so that everything goes smoothly and your wishes come true. Because there is a saying of backlash, it will urge you to continue doing good deeds and good things that benefit the country and the people...

If you keep going like this, Your Highness, you won't have to worry about not being able to attract talented people from all over the world, and you won't have to worry about not being able to achieve hegemony. What's more, you will have a good reputation for loving the people like your own children and being eager to recruit talented people.

This golden finger of Xiaokang is the icing on the cake for his lucky life, which is better than nothing.

But in the hands of His Highness, who cares about the world, it is the most powerful weapon."

King Jing sat down next to her instead, smiled and embraced her and kissed her, "Qingqing is right, I was a little picky.

Now the nobles in the capital are all looking forward to good fortune, and they don’t feel bad about donating money and grain for this.”

"Has the emperor never suspected anything?" Ye Qingzhi frowned slightly and asked Prince Jing.

"Of course I have asked, and I took full responsibility for it, saying that I was specifically creating this kind of good luck phenomenon and selected some special cases to spread.

With these examples, nobles no longer burn incense and pray to Buddha when they encounter difficulties or want to have children. Instead, they prefer to donate money and grain to the national treasury. "

King Jing spoke with a look of delight on his face.

As this influence deepened, King Jing was very satisfied with Xie Niankang, this little mascot.

What is Buddha? He is just a spiritual sustenance and belief. He cannot really help you realize what you want.

But his little mascot can bring you good luck and make your dreams come true as long as you sincerely wish you well!

Because wishes can really come true, Xiaokang was able to snatch these wealthy believers from the Buddha, so that the believers' money and grain no longer flow to the temples, but flow into the national treasury.

Only when the treasury has sufficient silver can we strengthen the army, protect the country, reduce taxes, build roads and canals, and benefit the people.

The benefits of this move are obvious and will have long-term and profound impact.

The emperor didn't care how Prince Jing could do this, but because he did it, the emperor became more and more satisfied with him.

There was also the matter of Prince Jing's biological mother that the Queen had brought up. The Emperor also felt guilty towards Prince Jing. When compared with the evil prince, Prince Jing's status in the Emperor's heart had risen by two meters and eighty meters.

"Wouldn't the temple be much quieter then?" Ye Qingzhi asked, "Will those monks not cause trouble?"

"Monks emphasize the purity of the six senses. They want to maintain their dignity, so they have no right to cause trouble. Even if the incense is not popular, the court will provide support for these monks."

King Jing had no objection to vegetarianism and chanting Buddhist scriptures, but many monks used temples to make money, annexed large amounts of land, and did not pay taxes to the court.

At the end of the previous dynasty, many temples began to annex large amounts of land, which led to an increase in the number of refugees. They then took in these refugees as monks, causing the court to lose land and labor. This was no less harmful to the court than those large clans.

After the founding of the Great Zhao Dynasty, the control over temples became much stricter. The property and land of the temples could not exceed certain standards, and there were also strict personnel restrictions on the number of monks in the temples.

If you want to become a monk, you can't just think about it. You need to take an examination presided over by the emperor. If you pass the examination, you will be issued a certificate of ordination, which is similar to a diploma.

Having this certificate is equivalent to entering the imperial court's career system. Not only will you receive a monthly salary, but you can also be exempted from labor and military service, and receive protection from the imperial court, etc.

Ye Qingzhi didn't quite understand the court's specific policies towards monks, so she just asked, and after making sure there were no hidden concerns, she put it aside.

I don't know if Master Yin is unemployed?