Professional Ethics of a Concubine

The prince stared at the emperor for a long time. Seeing his grief and sorrow, the resentment and twisted heart that had been suppressed for so long seemed to have a small outlet to vent.

He also wanted to have a calm and peaceful chat with his father.

However, the main reason for this calmness was that the prince knew that his life had ended here.

He didn't have to struggle anymore.

"Father, no matter what, you knew about the private soldiers, but you didn't come up and shout for war and killing. You asked me why. I am very happy. I feel that I am still a human being, not a pawn."

After the prince finished speaking, he stopped sitting and half-leaned, stretching his body slightly to make himself more comfortable.

"I have never treated you as a pawn!" The emperor frowned.

"I know that although I am disappointed and dissatisfied with my father, I am not resentful."

The prince shook his head, looked at the emperor and said,

"Father, do you remember when I was five years old? I was praised for my academic performance. Father, your Majesty asked me what reward I wanted. I said I wanted a wolfdog, wanted to raise it myself, and take it hunting majestically. Father, your Majesty satisfied my request.

I was really happy at that time. I held the little wolf-dog in my arms and didn't want to let go. I wanted to sleep with it at night and take it with me wherever I went so that it could accompany me.

However, half a month later, the queen mother ordered people to kill the little wolfhound, skinned it and boiled it in front of her son.

The Queen Mother said that she did this to make her son understand that as the crown prince, he should not have any hobbies, let alone indulge in pleasures.

The Queen Mother said that she did this to urge her son to grow up quickly and see the truth about cannibalism in the palace as soon as possible.

The Queen Mother also said that this is the law of the jungle, and the weak have no power to say no, no power to resist, and can only be slaughtered.

My mother said that all this is for the good of me..."

emperor,……

The Emperor knew that the Empress was very strict with the Crown Prince, had a strong desire to control him, and wanted to know everything.

But he really didn't know that the queen was so crazy!

"...Why didn't you tell me? I didn't know about this." The emperor asked in a hoarse voice.

"My father was not here at the time, having been out for more than a month. Moreover, my mother taught me since I was a child that my father was not my father, but only the monarch.

If I do something wrong and I cry to you, it will only annoy you, father.

Father will depose me and my mother, and you will replace me and my mother with other princes and women in the harem, and we will die... I have seen too many dead women and children since I was a child, and I believe this without a doubt."

When the emperor heard this, he suddenly felt chest tightness and difficulty breathing.

He stood up suddenly, breathing hard, and finally exhaled slowly, his eyes already red.

"...I'm sorry, I failed to protect you." The emperor looked at the prince, feeling heartbroken, guilty, and suffocated.

"Hahahaha... Father, why should you feel guilty? She is my mother, my biological mother!"

The prince laughed nervously again, but tears came out as he laughed.

“She went through so much trouble to give birth to me, so she has the right to discipline me, to tell me what to do, and to impose her will on me.

I am the crown prince, and I am also a stumbling block to others. It is only with the protection of my mother that I can grow up safely and not be eliminated by others.

Father, you have the court, other women and children in the harem, how can you focus on your son? You can't save your son."

The emperor opened his mouth and then closed it dejectedly.

"You asked me why I have to pretend to be stupid. Haha, because if I don't act stupid, I don't need you to worry about me. It will make her think that I have grown up and want to break away from her.

She would find ways to destroy the things or people that her son owned, so that he would listen to her and understand that he could not live without her.

I found that if I pretended to be stupid, it would be much easier. I would just be scolded by her a few times, and then I would listen to her advice and do things. This would make her calm down, give her some breathing space, and allow me to do what I want to do behind her back. "

emperor,……

If he had deposed the queen early, would the prince still be saved?

If the prince had a mother who was not so controlling, with his intelligence and talent, he would never have come to this point!

At this moment, the emperor really wanted to cut the queen into pieces!

"Father asked me when I started to raise private soldiers. It was a long time ago. However, I didn't have many people at the beginning. I only raised a thousand people so that I could do some things behind the scenes."

The prince did not look at the emperor again. He looked at the ceiling with an empty look in his eyes and spoke slowly,

"Later, the number of people increased little by little, one thousand, two thousand, five thousand...until Xie Jin was recognized, the number was only six thousand.

After Xie Jin became King Jing, I knew that my position as Crown Prince was no longer secure and that Xie Jin was the real wolf cub.

I actually admire him a lot. He went straight for the Chen family when he made his move, causing chaos in the Chen family. I felt very happy watching that."

emperor,……

"Hahaha... This is also good. Even if I really become the emperor, this ancestral foundation, the Great Zhao Dynasty, will be destroyed in my hands. Because I am too weak to do something like murdering my mother, I can only destroy others to vent my anger. Hahaha..."

emperor,……

"Father, please sentence me to death and stop worrying about me." The prince looked at the emperor again and said in a calm, even gentle tone,

"I beg you not to kill those 30,000 private soldiers. It's such a pity. They don't even know that their mission is to rebel. Your Majesty, please let them fight on the battlefield to atone for their sins and live or die like human beings."

Emperor, "…I promise you, I will not kill those 30,000 private soldiers."

"Thank you, Father." The prince smiled immediately, as brightly as a child.

"It's still more comfortable to talk to your Majesty, Father. Thank you for coming here. I'm very happy to hear your son's chatter."

The emperor felt even more distressed when he saw him like this, "You are my son. I will not sentence you to death."

"Imprison me for my whole life? It would be more painful for me to live like this without being able to control my own life than to die. It is also a good punishment."

The prince smiled, but his eyes were not filled with despair, just emptiness and lightness.

emperor,……

That's not what he meant!

However, judging from the results, this is exactly what it means.

The emperor looked at the prince again and felt very upset. For a moment he didn't know what to do with the prince.

On the one hand, the emperor felt that the prince was badly harmed by the queen and was a poor victim. As his father, he was also responsible for the prince's becoming like this.

However, he felt that the prince's character had become twisted, and he had indeed raised private soldiers and committed the crime of treason. Even if he was not executed, the only option was imprisonment.

However, for the prince, imprisonment was a form of living punishment and not really mercy.

The emperor's defense is broken!

"You are not allowed to commit suicide! Let me think carefully about how to deal with you." The emperor said this to the prince and turned and left.

The prince was stunned for a moment, then he laughed, and tears of laughter came out again.

He wiped his tears, lay down, closed his eyes, and fell asleep in a short while.

He hasn't had a good night's sleep in a long time.

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The emperor came out of the East Palace, his face filled with rage and grief, making him look frighteningly gloomy.

With a gloomy face, he hurried all the way to the Queen's Palace.

When the queen saw him, she ran towards him and begged anxiously,

"Your Majesty, I heard that the prince's leg was broken. Please, let me go to the East Palace to see the prince. I beg you, I will go and see him and will be back soon!"

The emperor raised his foot and kicked the queen.

"Ouch!"

The queen was kicked to the ground, her face twisted in pain, and she looked at the emperor with anger and pain.

"Your Majesty, how can you be so heartless! After all, I am your first wife, the mother of a country, and the mother of the prince..."

"How dare you mention the prince! You're the one who ruined the prince! You vicious woman!"

The emperor's anger flared up again. He squatted down, grabbed the queen's clothes, raised his hand and slapped her hard several times.

The emperor was old and had lived a life of luxury for many years, so his strength was not as good as before. After a few slaps, he did not knock out the queen's teeth, but only made her face swollen and her mouth bloody.

The emperor didn't care about his imperial image. When he thought of the prince, he really wanted to kill the queen and do it himself.

The emperor felt that the death sentence of white silk and the poisoned wine were all gifts to the queen.

The queen was beaten so hard that she could only cry and could not speak clearly. She had never seen such an angry emperor before and she was also afraid.

But she didn't understand either. She didn't understand what the emperor said.

Everything she did was for the good of the prince. She was the prince's biological mother, how could she possibly destroy the prince!

The prince is her support in this life, and even more so her backer for the rest of her life. She also wants to rely on the prince to become the queen mother and live a truly superior life, with no stinky man being able to suppress her anymore.

"The Crown Prince has 30,000 private soldiers, intending to force the Crown Prince to revolt. Your Chen family is also an ally of the Crown Prince, and you are also guilty of treason. Your entire family will be executed, and your entire clan will be punished. Queen, this is the result of your single-minded manipulation of the Crown Prince!"

The emperor said through gritted teeth.

The queen's eyes widened in horror. After a moment of unconsciousness, she shook her head frantically and shouted incoherently,

"No, no, the prince won't do that! The prince is a good boy, he is very obedient, he won't rebel, Your Majesty, the prince is innocent! He is innocent!"

The emperor looked at the queen's stubborn look and didn't want to say another word to her, so he turned and left.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! The prince is innocent..."

The queen staggered to her feet, crying and shouting as she chased after him, but was stopped by the eunuchs.

The queen looked at the heavily closed palace door, and fell to the ground in despair, tears streaming down her face, murmuring,

"Wow... The prince is a good boy. He wouldn't rebel. He wouldn't... The prince is so obedient. How could he do such a wrong thing..."