Professional Ethics of a Concubine

This is the emperor’s mental journey.

He unfolded the letter and saw the flamboyant handwriting at first glance. The strokes were sharp and a little sloppy, revealing a sense of wildness (that is, lack of care).

"What a nice handwriting!" The emperor couldn't help but exclaim in praise.

It is said that a person's handwriting reflects his character. Just the strokes and the sharpness of this pen fully demonstrate the power of an emperor.

It's the kind that if you say it was written by a woman, no one will believe it.

But if you directly say that it was written by the empress, then everyone will sigh and say that perhaps only the empress in the world could write such domineering words.

There was no polite words like "Dear xx" at the beginning, just saying that I had read the letter.

When the emperor saw this, he couldn't help but laugh. He thought that she was used to reviewing memorials, and she wrote back to him in the same style.

Weirdly interesting.

However, the next words made the emperor unable to laugh.

[You misunderstood what happened back then. I only used you to have children and I have no romantic feelings for you. But you are a nice person, otherwise I would not have chosen you.

When you left, I wrote you a letter to tell you part of the truth. Maybe you didn't see it, but it doesn't matter. Now you know it. Don't write me these disgusting letters in the future. 】

emperor:……

The emperor felt a burning pain on his old face and his chest also ached. Anyway, he felt pain all over his body and was in pain!

He stared with wide eyes, staring at the thin piece of letter in front of him, his breathing so rapid that it seemed as if he would be unable to breathe in the next second.

The handwriting is so sloppy and ugly. It must be that his eyes are blurry and he must have read it wrong or recognized the wrong word.

There was "I" all over the letter, and he felt that it was a letter he was writing to a woman, rather than a reply letter from the empress to him.

Why does this role-reversal feel so strange?

Even at this moment, the emperor suspected that the messenger had taken the wrong letter.

Was this really written to him by the Empress?

No, look again carefully!

The emperor didn't believe it, so he picked up the letter, held it with both hands, and looked at it from a distance with squinting eyes. After all, he was old and had some presbyopia, so he couldn't see clearly from a close distance.

However, after watching it this time, the content remains unchanged and is exactly the same as before.

Although the emperor was still unwilling to believe that this was the truth, it did not prevent him from roaring in anger after his heart was broken into pieces.

Ahhhh! Ahhhh!

What he thought was a love affair, a beautiful woman, a sweet relationship, and a perfect couple, turned out to be all his wishful thinking? !

She approached him, teased him, met him, and did intimate things with him, just to have a baby? !

How could there be such a bold, lawless and rebellious woman in this world!

The emperor was so angry that he slammed the table and stood up, panting and turning in circles like an old bull that had been overstimulated by a red cloth.

One lap, two laps, three laps...

The chief steward tried to shrink his body and lower his head, not daring to say a word, for fear that the emperor's wrath would fall on him.

However, human's gossiping nature also makes him curious.

What on earth was written in the empress's reply that made the emperor so angry that he could no longer function.

The emperor spun around until he almost felt dizzy, then he sat down again, panting.

He picked up the letter angrily and found there was another piece of paper underneath. The emperor wanted to tear it up directly, but he couldn't help but want to see what that heartless woman had written.

[If you get angry after learning the truth, you must not vent your anger on my son. If I had not been so weak back then, my son would not have been sent to you and would have lived on you.

If I find out that you treat my son badly, I will tie him up and bring him to Gulan. I just happen to be in need of a prince who can unify the Western Regions. 】

emperor,……

Ahhh, this woman has no remorse at all. She is so righteous and she even threatens me!

You are the empress now, so you are powerful and great, and... I am also the emperor!

The emperor was so angry that he stood up and turned around.

If the prince were here now, he, he would have to... Forget it, the prince is a child, he is innocent, what has he done wrong!

The one who is wrong is the empress, this heartless bad woman!

He couldn't fall into this woman's trap. She told him all this in order to alienate the relationship between him and the prince and to make the prince go to Gulan.

She must be jealous!

She was jealous that her outstanding son was by his side, and jealous that her son could be his crown prince but not her crown prince.

Bah! What the hell are you thinking?

The emperor felt that his mind was already confused and dizzy, and he was having difficulty breathing. Why was his vision a little dark?

The chief steward saw the emperor leaning backwards and about to fall, and he was so frightened that he almost lost his soul.

He cried out, and rushed over to hold up the emperor's fallen body, and yelled at the eunuch outside,

"Call the imperial physician! The emperor has fainted! Call the imperial physician quickly!!!"

Suddenly, people and horses were thrown to the ground, and the entire harem was in turmoil...

-

A quarter of an hour later, the news quickly reached the East Palace.

Xie Jin had just returned to Ye Qingzhi's room and sat down. He hadn't said a word to her and was about to drink some water to moisten his throat when he saw the eunuch running over in a hurry.

"Your Highness, something bad has happened. The Emperor just fainted. When I came, the imperial physician had not yet arrived. I don't know why the Emperor fainted..."

Xie Jin also stood up in shock and hurried back to the imperial study, his mind full of -

My dear mother, what on earth did you write to make my father so angry that he fainted?

"Your Highness, Your Highness, wait, do you want to take the medicine bottle that Doctor Feng gave you? He said that if you faint, you can wake up quickly by smelling it. The medicine is very effective."

When Ye Qingzhi heard that the emperor had fainted, she was shocked. Seeing Xie Jin walking out without caring, she quickly stopped him and asked.

"Take it. I was so anxious that I forgot about the medicine." Xie Jin patted his forehead and told her,

"Give me the medicine. I'll leave first. You and the Crown Princess can come over slowly."

"Don't worry, Your Highness. The Emperor is blessed with great fortune. He will wake up soon and his body will recover as before."

Ye Qingzhi handed him the medicine, squeezed his hand tightly, and comforted him softly.

"Yeah!" Xie Jin responded, shook her hand vigorously, and then left in a hurry.

After Xie Jin left, Ye Qingzhi quickly changed out of her bright red clothes, put on a simple and inconspicuous outfit, and went to find the Crown Princess, telling her that something had happened to the Emperor, and went to the Imperial Study with her.

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When Xie Jin arrived at the imperial study, the imperial physician had just arrived. He was out of breath and sweating profusely after running all the way here. When he paid his respects to Xie Jin, he barely even caught his breath.

"Hurry up and show it to father." Xie Jin did not let him salute and urged him.

Seeing that the imperial physician had begun to diagnose and treat, Xie Jin waved to the chief steward, called him aside, and asked him in a low voice,

"Did Father faint from anger after reading the Empress's reply?"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is wise, that's true." The chief steward quickly agreed and added on the emperor's violent behavior just now.

Xie Jin listened in silence and shed tears for his father.

"Where's the letter?" Xie Jin asked the chief steward, "Did you put it away?"

"I put it away just now." The chief steward quickly took out the reply letter from his sleeve and handed it to the prince.

Xie Jin opened it, read it quickly, and felt like laughing and sighing at the same time.

My father is indeed very miserable, and my mother is too honest. Can’t she be more tactful?