Professional Ethics of a Concubine

"Actually, Your Highness didn't mention this just now. This story has a small premise. The first letter that was sent to the wrong address was written by a young lady..."

As Ye Qingzhi spoke, she glanced at Xie Jin and saw that he was nodding, so she knew that it was okay to say this.

Xie Jin was indeed looking at Ye Qingzhi expectantly, looking forward to hearing how she would tell the story.

Just as Ye Qingzhi analyzed, he had been exhausted by his father's torment over the past month.

It's not that he's too worried, it's just that seeing his father being so stubborn makes him feel tired for him, and he himself is implicated and suffers as well.

Before, he wanted to pretend to be honest, pretend not to see, pretend not to understand, and let his father deal with it on his own.

However, he now realized that it was no use just ignoring it.

Because his father couldn't understand what was going on, he tortured himself.

My father knew that I was having a good vacation with Qingzhi at the hot spring villa. Before he left, he told me that I was tired recently and we could stay for two more days.

That's what a normal, loving father would say.

However, after receiving the letter from my mother, my father was stimulated and turned from normal to childish! !

Before he returned to the palace, he thought that his father had summoned him back because there was some urgent government affairs to deal with.

However, after returning to the palace, he asked the eunuch outside the imperial study whether there was a messenger back. When he heard that there was indeed a messenger back, he immediately understood!

My father was hurt by my mother again, so he is hurting my heart again!

He felt that it was time to punish his father.

But he is not good at this, so he can only let Qingzhi come.

Xie Jin looked at his father's increasingly focused expression and nodded secretly, then looked at Ye Qingzhi with admiration.

His daughter, Qingqing, never disappoints anyone when it comes to winning people's hearts.

After Ye Qingzhi was sure that the prince also wanted a story in this regard, she began to let herself go and started making up stories.

“Although the young lady who wrote the letter was born into a small landowner’s family in the countryside, she was extremely intelligent, and her father loved her and hired a teacher to teach her.

When the young lady was fifteen years old, she was already full of knowledge, very talented and beautiful.

The young lady had a brother who was seriously ill and unable to get up, so she wrote a letter to a good friend on behalf of her brother, asking him to visit her brother.

However, she stated in the letter that she was her brother's younger brother. After all, a girl cannot write letters to other men casually, even if she writes for them.

However, the letter was sent to the wrong place and ended up in the hands of another talented scholar. After receiving the letter, the other party returned it and wrote another letter to explain the matter.

The talented scholar thought that the matter was over, but unexpectedly, two months later, he received another letter, also written by the lady..."

The emperor listened with increasing concentration and had already become immersed in the story, which was a little bit similar to what he was doing now.

"The young lady still pretended to be a younger brother and wrote to the talented scholar in a man's tone.

In the letter, she said that her brother had passed away, and added that because he returned the letter in time, her brother was able to see his good friend for the last time, and she was very grateful to him.

The talented scholar felt that the other party was too polite in this matter, so he did not do anything. However, he also felt that this young brother had a kind and upright character and was worthy of making friends.

The talented scholar comforted him in the letter, asking him not to be too sad about his brother's death.

In this way, the two began to communicate with each other.

At the beginning, because they were unfamiliar with each other, they would only talk about certain things happening around them, their own opinions, or some opinions from books, and their conversations were very serious and academic.

Gradually, they discovered that their thoughts were so compatible with each other, and they even had a tacit understanding on some things.

After this and that, the young lady's heart was won over.

But the talented man didn't know that the person he had been communicating with was actually a woman!

He just felt that his ideas were in line with the other party's, and he regarded the other party as a close friend. He also said that he wanted to come and visit him and have a good chat in person.

The young lady was now panicked. If he came, she would be exposed. She was afraid that he would get angry after knowing she was a woman, and would call her shameless and never talk to her again.

But deep down, she hoped that he would know that she was a woman and understand her feelings.

After much hesitation, the young lady waited for him to arrive at her doorstep. Although she did not meet him openly, she secretly took a look at what he looked like.

The talented man was so handsome and elegant, and the young lady's heart was completely conquered by him.

After much thought, the young lady decided to be brave and asked someone to give him another letter to tell him the truth.

The talented man was naturally surprised that the person who got along so well with him was actually a young lady? !

After being surprised, the talented scholar thought of the letters they had exchanged in the past and couldn't help but feel some affection for her.

He didn't mention the meeting again, but just sent the reply letter as usual.

The young lady pretended nothing had happened and continued to write to him, only talking about her experiences and studies, without involving any personal feelings.

They both clearly love each other, but they are too shy to speak out.

One is that you don’t know the other person’s feelings, and you’re afraid that if you express your love rashly, it will scare the other person away.

Secondly, their correspondence was private and against ethics.

Furthermore, once discovered, it will not have any impact on the man, but for the lady, her reputation will definitely be ruined and she will not be tolerated in the world.

They all thought so and kept dragging their feet on this. Although no one spoke aloud, their letters became more frequent and their hearts became closer.

Finally, they both made up their minds that after writing a letter, they would tell each other about their love.

The talented scholar thought that as long as the young lady accepted him, he would immediately run to find her, find a suitable partner, and marry her.

However, because the court was corrupt and the people could not survive, more and more people rebelled, war broke out, and the world became more and more chaotic.

As fate would have it, war came to their hometowns at the same time.

One was a military rebellion, the other was a bandit rebellion. They were all ordinary people, and facing the soldiers and bandits, how could they have the power to resist?

The young lady was afraid of being humiliated, so she jumped into a well and committed suicide. The talented scholar's family was also a gentry family, and was also a key target of raids by soldiers and bandits. He was beheaded by a soldier or bandit who broke into his house.

They both had a letter that had not been sent, and they did not know each other's love until they died..."

Xie Jin, ...

Well... when he first heard it, he thought it was a happy ending, but he didn't expect it to be a tragedy in the end.

Qingqing, are you trying to persuade father to stop making trouble? Mother has no love between men and women in her heart, so it's better for father not to make trouble.

However, Xie Jin thought of the concepts of soft-text marketing and brand story marketing that Qingzhi mentioned to him, and felt that there were many points that could be utilized in this story.

Adapt it and make it into a storybook, which can be used to promote new ideas.

A good story is the most touching and can make it easier for people to accept new concepts and ideas.

When creating new public opinion, this kind of soft marketing method should be used as the main method, supplemented by compulsory means such as laws and regulations, and it should be more effective in implanting it in people's hearts.

Xie Jin was thinking about these important matters when he heard his father ask, "That's it?"

"Your Majesty, they were all killed by soldiers and bandits, so the story naturally ends." Ye Qingzhi spread his hands and said seriously.

The emperor immediately became angry, slammed the table and said angrily,

"Where on earth are these rebels and bandits coming from? I will send troops to quell the rebellion immediately! They are committing heinous crimes!!"

Ye Qingzhi,...

Your Majesty, this is just a story she made up. Are you listening to it too attentively?

Xie Jin, ...

He almost couldn't control the look in his eyes that looked like a fool, but luckily he quickly lowered his head again.

"Your Majesty is not satisfied with the ending of this story. Should I change it for you? Tell it again?" Ye Qingzhi asked.

"Tell me again!" the emperor said immediately.

"Okay, no need to start over. I'll continue." Ye Qingzhi smiled and said,

"After the talented man's head was chopped off, he found that when he opened his eyes again, he had returned to a year ago, his body was intact, and he had just received the first letter from the lady."

The emperor was stunned, his eyes widened in surprise, "...Ah?"

That’s okay!

But this feeling of being able to go back to the past and live again... is so cool!

The emperor's mind was immediately mesmerized and he couldn't help but lean forward and listen more attentively.

"After all the surprises, the talented man happily accepted the fact that he was reborn. The first thing he did was to write back to the young lady. He thought that he would take the initiative this time and marry the young lady!"

The emperor put himself in his shoes and couldn't help but imagine if he could start over again. Hmm... he still didn't seem to have the confidence that he could control the empress.

What if I force her to return to Da Zhao, stop allowing her to be the empress, and make her my queen?

Would it be possible that she would usurp the throne for him, and she would still be the empress, while he... The emperor didn't dare to think further.