Professional Ethics of a Concubine

However, the Ninth Princess was unable to enjoy her roast duck because just as they were about to leave, Prince Duan sent his servants to invite them to a gathering at the manor, saying that there was a debate on etiquette and invited them to attend.

The Ninth Princess and the Seventh Prince naturally had to give face to Prince Duan, so they followed the attendants to the royal manor.

When they got there, the Ninth Princess and the Seventh Prince realized that the standard of this debate was extremely high.

Not only were the famous students in the capital present, but also some famous scholars.

On the side of the Great Zhao royal family, in addition to Prince Duan, Princess Lingyue, and the Crown Princess, there are also two highly respected old princes and princesses, as well as some other dignitaries.

When the Ninth Princess saw such a grand ceremony, her eyes lit up and she was secretly amazed.

Although she didn't know the specific topic of today's debate, she felt that she might be witnessing an important historical event.

So excited.

After a while, when most people had arrived, Prince Duan was responsible for the opening remarks.

"The Crown Prince has given me a mission. He wants me to find a way to bring about some ideological changes and abolish the ideas in the ethics that persecute and restrict women.

For example, abolishing the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, the Seven Sins for Divorce, the Chastity Arch, and the outdated concept that women’s chastity is above everything else…”

With every word Prince Duan spoke, Princess Ninth's eyes lit up again and again. After hearing what came to the end, she couldn't help but want to cheer for joy.

God!

She would only think about this kind of thing in her dreams!

“However, these rituals have been passed down for thousands of years and have been ingrained into our bones. It is too difficult to change them.

This task from the Crown Prince has given me a lot of headaches, and I don’t know if I can accomplish it.

So today, I invited everyone here to brainstorm and debate and analyze whether the prince’s policy can be implemented...”

As soon as Prince Duan finished speaking, someone frowned and spoke up.

"This is simply nonsense. How can the ancestral etiquette and laws be changed so easily? If a woman does not follow the virtues of a woman and does not remember the rules of a woman, is she rebelling against heaven?"

This is a group of old stubborn people who are firmly opposed to it, and they are the old stubborn Ji Xuan.

His daughter is now a chaste heroine, and he is very proud of her. He feels very proud of her and speaks very loudly.

"Master Ji, don't get excited, just listen to what I have to say first.

Some time ago, your daughter hanged herself and the daughter of the Shen family was forced to jump into a well. I'm sure other people have heard about it too.

I find this very ridiculous and also think this is a blatant tragedy.

We men can go to brothels to have fun, and we can hug women in public, even naked, and we won't be condemned afterwards.

But a private joke between these women can drive each other to death.

As a man, I cannot help but reflect that we men live too comfortably. We talk about benevolence, righteousness, and morality, but we only apply them to women, while we ourselves have nothing to do with them.

I don't think there is any stipulation in the Book of Rites and rites that only women must be virtuous and upright, nor does it encourage men to do beastly things in public.

Then why is it that if a woman is unchaste and unvirtuous, she is regarded as having offended God and must be put to death, while a man who does beastly things and abuses women can be forgiven?

Lord Ji, please explain why this is the case. "

Ji Xuan was silent for a long time before saying, "The actions that Your Highness mentioned are not what a gentleman should do, and are not advocated in etiquette."

"Then why has this king never seen any gentleman? This king frankly admits that I am not a gentleman.

Lord Ji, since you strictly require women to abide by the moral standards of women's virtues and precepts, I believe you also strictly abide by the way of a gentleman, right? "

Prince Duan then asked Ji Xuan,

"As the sage said, be strict with yourself and lenient with others. I believe that Mr. Ji's daily words and deeds are the moral model we should learn from."

"No way. I heard that Lord Ji got drunk at a brothel some time ago and hugged a woman and got intimate with her in public. This is not what a gentleman does."

Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted.

Ji Xuan's face turned red instantly and he couldn't utter a word. At this moment, he just wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

"As the sage said, do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you. You cannot do it yourself, but you are shameless. When you ask a woman, you are so shameless. Ha, you are so shameless that it makes people sick!"

The highly respected Princess Changping snorted and laughed, and said sarcastically.

"A gentleman can be killed but not humiliated!" Ji Xuan stood up angrily and glared at him.

"Since you feel insulted, you can hang yourself like your daughter. That's what you taught her. Now it's time for you to set an example yourself."

Princess Changping continued to sneer.

"Hahaha……"

"There's nothing wrong with that."

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd.

Ji Xuan was filled with shame and indignation, and his defenses were completely broken.

Then his eyes rolled up and he fell over in anger.

"Pinch him to wake him up." Princess Changping continued.

"You think you don't have to hang yourself if you faint? That's a wonderful thought. According to him, if he can't behave like a gentleman, he has no face to live in this world. His life is a shame! We should help him!"

When Ji Xuan, who had just been strangled to death, heard this, he wished he could faint again.

He, he doesn't want to die!

Why force him like this? !

Why do you want to force him to death like this!!!

The Ninth Princess was so excited watching this scene that she screamed wildly in her heart.

Ahhh, these royal family members of the Great Zhao are so likable!

Marrying into such a family, she doesn't seem to have to worry about being bullied as long as the two countries don't go to war.

“Aunt, forcing Lord Ji to hang himself is not good, as if we want to force him to death. This is originally a courtesy, not a law.

Etiquette is a self-moral constraint. If you can't do it, then don't do it. There are thousands of hypocrites like Lord Ji. Why force him to death? "

Prince Duan spoke again, with sarcasm at its highest level.

Ji Xuan was so angry this time that he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Princess Changping looked at him with contempt and stopped pestering him.

"Sir Shen, do you also think that your daughter Shen Xunxiang is wrong? Is she a shameless woman?"

Prince Duan turned his attention to Minister Shen again and asked.

The prince has instructed that they must be tortured one by one to vent Tutor Ye’s anger.

Prince Duan understood that this matter was indeed infuriating, and he also understood that these people deserved to be abused, but he just didn't understand why Tutor Ye was not allowed to be present at such an abusive and happy moment, and why the Crown Prince had to take his people to the hot spring villa to relax.

Does Prince know how to please a woman?

"I, I..." Minister Shen covered his face in pain, unable to say a word.

They all said that his daughter was wrong and were blaming her. What could he do? He couldn't argue with thousands of others! !

He is in pain too!

"I thought Lord Shen would not feel any pain, but would feel that his daughter's death was worthy. Lord Shen, do you regret it?"

Prince Duan continued to ask.

"It's me. I'm sorry for my daughter. I should have taken her home immediately. She didn't do anything wrong. It was the Ji family who made a fuss out of nothing. It was Ji Xuan and the others who indirectly forced my daughter to death!"

As Shen Shilang spoke, he became more and more excited. He pointed at Ji Xuan who was lying on the ground and shouted at him,

"You taught your daughter to be corrupt and narrow-minded. She feels insulted by a joke. She tried to hang herself but failed, and she even implicated my daughter. It's all because of you!"

"You are so good, Shen Ziliang, you are now turning the tables on me. That's not what you said before!

You kept scolding your daughter for being shameless, and asked her to kneel down and kowtow, and forced her to slap herself in the face, saying that this would teach her a lesson and that she would not say things she shouldn’t say in the future.”

Ji Xuan also pointed at him and cursed,

"You were the one who cursed the most. Your daughter felt that her parents' home could not tolerate her, so she jumped into the well. Your daughter was forced to death by you!"

"I, I..." Shen Ziliang's face was burning after his past was exposed. "You guys pushed me so hard at that time. What else could I do except ask my daughter to admit her mistakes and apologize?"

"Haha, what a good way to shirk responsibility." Ling Yue snorted coldly.

"Although I despise Lord Ji's hypocrisy, he is right. Xunxiang was forced to jump into the well, and you, her biological father, also gave her a hard push behind the scenes."

"Sir Shen always backs off when something happens, has no opinions of his own, and when pressed he pushes the responsibility onto others. He has no sense of responsibility, so how can he be a good minister?"

The Crown Princess also looked at Shen Ziliang coldly and said, "I will report to the Crown Prince later that Minister Shen is not worthy of his position."

When Lord Shen heard this, his face turned pale. Was he going to be demoted? !

Just because he failed to protect his daughter whose reputation was damaged?

Lord Shen didn't understand.

He was wrong, but his crime was not enough to warrant demotion!