Professional Ethics of a Concubine

Ye Qingzhi shook her head openly and said without hesitation,

"I haven't thought about it that way. They don't bother me now, so it doesn't matter to me whether I dismiss them or not.

They are all elders who have been following His Highness in the Marquis' Mansion. After His Highness ascends the throne, he will definitely give them positions, and also give their families some rewards and benefits.

If Your Highness dismisses them at this time, their families will not be happy. Isn't it equivalent to losing all the wealth and glory they are about to get? Unless they are stupid, they will not accept it.

After all, Prince Su is just a prince, not the future emperor. There is a difference in this regard.

Your Highness, I think you should not have this idea now. It is inappropriate. You don’t have many children. Based on this, the emperor and the court officials will not agree.

By then, I, your favorite concubine, will no longer be Master Ye, but a beauty who brings disaster.”

Judging from her own experience, Ye Qingzhi felt that her leader's harem was the best destination for women in ancient times. Letting them go now would be harming them.

Apart from not having a man to sleep with at night (a woman would not feel much pleasure if the man only cares about himself in bed), not having children of her own (in fact, not having children can ensure safety), and not having much freedom (women in ancient times had little freedom), the rest is already top-level configuration.

It's not that she has tasted the sweet grapes and enjoyed all the benefits, but she has to say that the grapes are sour. If there is a woman to replace her position as a favorite concubine, she would rather be a nobody in the leader's harem.

That is really a step into the retirement and idleness model.

Now, she can't be said to be very busy, but she has never really had any free time.

Of course, at the same time, everything she enjoys is top-notch.

Status, power, glory and face are all missing when you are a nobody, so there is nothing to complain about.

"Qingqing is still as clear-headed as ever. You are right." Xie Jin sighed softly and couldn't help asking,

"It's just that you come from the modern era, and your place advocates monogamy, so you just accept the status quo?"

Your refusal and your non-exclusivity are just a sign of your indifference towards loneliness.

Every time he asked this question, it hurt his heart, but he couldn't help but ask.

"Your Highness, the system is the system. It is indeed monogamous, but this does not mean that men and women in modern marriages are truly in love with each other and live happily."

Ye Qingzhi spread out her hands and said helplessly,

"After marriage, for the lower classes, many men have low wages, and they cannot afford to buy a house or support their children and the elderly with their income.

Whether it is to support the family or for other purposes, women have to go out to work and earn money.

After having children, most women have to raise the children alone. Not only will men not care about anything, they may also secretly find other women outside to disgust you, hurt your feelings, and even scold you and beat you.

In this environment, Your Highness, you asked me to believe in love, but I would rather believe in money and believe that I can live a safer, more comfortable and better life by myself without marriage or children."

Xie Jin, ...

I never expected this to be the answer.

"So, are you satisfied with your current life?" Xie Jin asked with a smile.

"Your Highness loves me alone. Although it is not monogamy, it is better than monogamy. Of course, I am very satisfied.

To be honest, I never expected this, so when I finally got it, it was too much of a surprise. Considering the reality and your highness' status, I didn't expect it to last forever."

Ye Qingzhi smiled and said, hugged Xie Jin and kissed him, and said sincerely,

"Your Highness, thank you for giving me such a beautiful thing. I am very happy and I am living a happy life now."

Even if one day in the future, such exclusive favor is no longer there, she will be grateful to the current Xie Jin for giving her something she never expected.

Therefore, she will also cherish the current exclusive love and cherish his true love for her, but she will not think that this beauty can last forever, and she is not a person who lives on this exclusive love.

Xie Jin could feel the sincerity of her words, so he laughed too.

Listen to her, at least now when she is with him, she is satisfied and happy, not serving him or catering to him reluctantly.

Doesn't this mean that she has him in her heart?

Therefore, if you want to win her heart, a necessary condition is to stop favoring other women.

Xie Jin thought that this was not difficult. He was busy every day and had no time to sleep with a woman. Sleeping with his beloved was enough to satisfy his psychological and physical needs.

Other women are not as beautiful and interesting as his Qingqing. Sleeping with them is meaningless except for venting physical needs.

However, if you want to keep your chastity like this, you have to do it for your whole life, and maybe you can win the heart of his beloved.

Otherwise, even if he won her heart temporarily, he would turn around and sleep with other women. Even if he was sure that he still liked Qingzhi, he was only favoring other women and letting them give birth to children for political purposes, not because he loved them at all.

Even though she is sober-minded, facing such a situation, she would not show disgust on her face, but would greet him with a smile. She is still there.

But her heart has probably flown away and she won't keep it with him anymore.

Therefore, winning the heart of his beloved and keeping her seems to be a lifelong task... For him, isn't this also another career for which he will "struggle" throughout his life?

It's quite challenging.

After all, when he ascends the throne, a group of ministers will urge him to select concubines, fill his harem, and sleep with women and have children.

If he said that he only doted on his daughter, he would have turned her into a femme fatale.

If he chose women to enter the palace, even if he didn't sleep with them, they would still make a lot of trouble and fight with each other, making his concubines worry about being harmed...

"Your Highness, what are you thinking about? Are you thinking of something difficult? Your grip is getting stronger and stronger, and it hurts me."

Ye Qingzhi pushed him hard, struggled out of his arms, and asked with a frown.

"Qingqing, conquering you is as difficult as conquering a country." Xie Jin said to her seriously.

Ye Qingzhi, "???"

Leader, please speak human language.

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royal palace.

The emperor is angry.

Because the highest-ranking envoy sent by the State of Chu was a fourth-rank official of the State of Chu, who represented the State of Chu and brought a small gift.

Compared with the attention paid by the other two countries, the action of Chu State was a direct disrespect to Zhao State. It also demonstrated the arrogance of the emperor of Chu State and his hostile attitude towards Zhao State.

It is not surprising that the relationship between the two countries has entered a very bad stage because of the war at the beginning of the year.

"This King of Chu doesn't even want to put in some superficial effort. He really has no magnanimity!" The Emperor frowned and said angrily.

"Since Chu is so rude, we in Great Zhao don't need to be too polite to them. The Chu delegation will be treated according to the lowest standards!"

The emperor had no intention of meeting with the Chu delegation, so he sent a fourth-rank official to meet with them.

If they want to go to the royal estate, they are not allowed to go!

The envoys from the State of Chu are not fat sheep, but cattle and horses. There is no need to slaughter them.

As for those things like sugar, haha, of course we have to sell them to make money, we can't compete with money.

But the transaction was not to be conducted through the envoys of the State of Chu, and it would not be done openly. Instead, it had to be done through his eldest son Xie Wenyuan, in order to increase Xie Wenyuan's bargaining chips to stir up trouble in the State of Chu.

This matter needs to be communicated to the Crown Prince and Prince Duan.

Thinking of this, the emperor realized that each of his sons was promising and capable, and they did not fight among themselves. Each of them took care of his own affairs and did a good job.

The emperor couldn't help but sigh happily, and his anger disappeared.

Haha, the Chu State is just a small country. With all these handsome sons of mine, I will destroy you sooner or later.

Just then, Prince Su came hurriedly.

The eunuch guarding the gate outside the palace saw him and immediately saluted. Before he could stand up and say to pass on the message, Prince Su walked past him and went straight into the palace.

The eunuch stood calmly again, he was used to it.

"Why do you have time to come at this hour?" The emperor asked with a smile when he saw Prince Su.

"You have already had your dinner. If you haven't eaten yet, come and eat some with me."

"I haven't eaten yet. Brother, please have someone serve the food. I'll drink some wine with you."

Prince Su said.

The emperor was surprised and asked confidently,

"Tell me, what have you done that you want me to solve for you?"

Haha, if I didn't have something to ask him, why would I take the initiative to accompany him for meals and drinks.

"I plan to dismiss all the women in the backyard, all of them, including the concubines and concubines in the palace, and let them leave the palace and marry again."

Prince Su spoke directly.

emperor,"???"

If you have the guts, say it to me again!

"Brother Emperor, I'm not joking." Seeing him glaring at him, Prince Su said it again.

emperor,……

It must be his younger brother who has been very brave since childhood.

Another day when I want to kick him away.

The emperor raised his foot, but put it down again, fearing that he would hurt his old arms and legs.

The emperor suppressed the urge to hit him, took a deep breath and asked him,

"Not only did you dismiss the concubines in the mansion, you also asked the concubines and concubines to remarry. Do you want to subvert the etiquette and violate the moral principles, or do you want to piss me off to death?!

If you want to favor your princess, then favor her alone. If you don't give concubines and concubines any power, and let the servants of the palace watch over them, how can they threaten Mu Nianqiu's safety? !

You will be safe and secure if you keep them. If you dismiss them, you will be violating the etiquette and laws of the aristocratic families.

Envoys from various countries are here now. In a few days, the crown prince's enthronement ceremony will be held. You suddenly do this. Won't this make the world laugh at us, laughing at our Great Zhao for having no etiquette and laws, and for the breakdown of rituals and music?!"

"The etiquette and law don't say that women are not allowed to remarry. Don't bully me because I don't like to read history books and I'm uneducated. In some dynasties, women were encouraged to remarry after divorce and widows were forced to remarry."

Prince Su explained slowly.

"That's to increase the population, and it's also for ordinary people. When did you hear about a royal concubine remarrying?"

The emperor continued to roar.

"Of course there is. Even if a dynasty is destroyed, the queen can remarry."

"You also said that the dynasty was destroyed! Is our Great Zhao going to be destroyed?" The emperor roared even louder.

Prince Su,...

"Brother, calm down. Don't be so angry. You are old. It is not good to be angry. It hurts your body and mind. Come, drink some tea first to moisten your throat and calm your temper."

Prince Su picked up the tea on the table and handed it to the emperor, quickly comforting him.

emperor,……

I'm not mad at my evil son, but I'm almost mad at my rebellious younger brother!

"Brother, I have actually been hiding something from you." Prince Su sighed and began to play the emotional card, acting pitiful.

"A few years ago, I developed a serious mental illness. I would be haunted by nightmares about bloodshed on the battlefield. I was merciful and soft-handed when facing the enemy, and I almost died on the battlefield because of this..."

"What! What's going on? What's wrong with you?!" The emperor was surprised and distressed. His anger disappeared instantly. He frowned and asked,

"Tell me clearly, don't hide anything."

"I've already said it, so I won't hide it anymore."

Prince Su then told him about his illness and how Mu Nianqiu could cure his mental illness, free him from nightmares and stabilize his emotions.

The emperor burst into tears when he heard this, feeling sorry for the pain he had to endure.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? I would have removed you and let someone else take command. I didn't have to have you!"

"Brother, it has to be me. For many years, the military spirit guarding the border of Dayan has been with me. Dayan is stronger than us and is determined to invade and plunder us. If you replace me and let me return to the capital, the military spirit will be shaken, and we will not be able to win against Dayan."

Prince Su shook his head and said seriously.

The emperor knew that he was right, but because he was the only one who could do this, he felt particularly sorry for him.

He thought that his younger brother had become more and more adept at dealing with Dayan over the years.

But who would have thought... the emperor was so distressed that his tone softened.

"I know that Mu Nianqiu is very important to you, and I am also very pleased that you can meet her and let her accompany you. If you think that the women in the backyard are an eyesore, you can let them move out and live in the other courtyard instead of staying in the palace."

"Brother, asking them to move to another manor would be to announce to outsiders that they are guilty, which would affect their family's reputation, but they have done nothing wrong."

Prince Su frowned and said disapprovingly,

"If I were to do something so ruthless, I'm afraid I would feel guilty and have demons in my heart again.

After all, they are all weak women with pure and kind character, and they were once mine. I should treat them well, make proper arrangements for their future, and compensate them. "

After hearing what Prince Su said, the emperor no longer insisted, for he was afraid that his brother would become worried again.

Compared with his brother's safety, etiquette and laws mean nothing. He is the emperor, and he has the final say in women's affairs!

The emperor slapped himself in the face and went straight to Prince Su.

"Okay, if you want to dismiss them, then dismiss them. How about that after the crown prince's enthronement ceremony is over?"

"Don't worry, it won't take a few days." Prince Su said with a smile.

"I actually went to the East Palace first and got a good solution from the Crown Prince and Qingzhi. There is no need for my brother to worry about this matter. Just nod your agreement and someone will take care of it."

After listening to the solution proposed by the prince and others, the emperor felt that it was too lenient and kind, but after thinking about it, it was harmless and it was mainly for the sake of his brother to have no worries.

That’s what we’ll do.

After the two finished talking, they ate some food and drank two glasses of wine. The emperor was in a bad mood and asked Prince Su to drink two more glasses with him. Prince Su refused decisively and said with a dazzled look on his face,

"Brother, it's getting late. Nian Qiu is still waiting for me to come back to the mansion. She can't sleep well without me. She has to have me accompany her."

emperor,……

Ha ha.

No surprise at all.

He knew it.

He wasn't angry, really not angry at all.

Who can blame them for being true love that comes from fate?

After Prince Su left, the emperor drank a glass of wine by himself, but he didn't feel like drinking anymore, so he stopped.

The emperor stood up and walked outside, wanting to see the moon in the sky.

The chief steward hurriedly followed, followed by a row of eunuchs and palace maids.

The emperor did not go so far as to the Moon-Viewing Pavilion in the Imperial Garden. He just stood outside and looked up at the moon in the sky.

He was very happy that his younger brother, Prince Su, was enjoying his current happiness, and deep down, he was also envious.

Although he had many beauties in his harem, he had no one to confide in, and could not experience this kind of happiness.

He once experienced the beauty of love, but...it was just fate.

Ever since he found out that the prince's biological mother was the empress, he sent a letter to the empress. He didn't know whether she had received it yet.

I don’t know how she will reply to him?

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The Kingdom of Quran.

"Your Majesty, there is news coming back from Great Zhao, as well as things sent back by the Third Prince and Lord Su, and a messenger sent by the Emperor of Great Zhao to deliver the letter. Do you want to see him now?"