Professional Ethics of a Concubine

Prince Su also nodded, thinking that this arrangement was good.

"Father, let's not hold the Lantern Festival banquet in the palace tonight. Let's go to our royal banquet garden. Father, you can also experience the environment there. You have never been there before."

The prince smiled and spoke again.

"Okay." The emperor agreed at first, then felt something was wrong and looked at Xie Jin and asked directly,

"I remember that the Crown Princess had already arranged all the banquet arrangements. Why did she suddenly change her mind? Did she go to the manor on purpose? Do you have any special purpose?"

"Your Majesty is truly wise and perceptive. I only suggested changing the venue of the banquet, but you realized that I had other intentions..."

Xie Jin first flattered the emperor and gave him enough emotional value before he spoke,

"I dare not lie to my father. I asked you to go to the manor because I wanted to use your authority and the poisoned dumplings incident to replace the second princess and deal with the servants under her command."

"…Hasn't the Second Princess only been at the manor for ten days? What else could she have done that would anger the heavens and the people?"

The emperor didn't understand, but at the same time he felt a little embarrassed.

It was he who agreed to send the second princess to the manor, and for this reason, Ling Yue even withdrew from the manor.

When he first found out about it, he was a little unhappy. He felt that Ling Yue was too serious and couldn't get along well with the second princess. Wouldn't it be better for the two sisters to manage the manor together?

The emperor really doesn’t think there is anything wrong with what the second princess did.

Since the second princess went to the manor, she came to pay her respects to him every two days and brought him some snacks made in the manor, saying that she had someone make them. The guests all said they were delicious and he tasted them good too.

Moreover, when he heard her talk about the banquet at the manor, there was nothing wrong with it. It was thriving, and he had never heard anyone say anything bad about the manor.

For this reason, the emperor felt that the second princess did better than Ling Yue, and that the royal family had produced a new talent, and the emperor felt gratified.

The emperor even thought about rewarding the second princess in a month and encouraging her to continue working hard.

But today, the Crown Prince actually said the exact opposite, wanting to replace the Second Princess directly? !

"My father, the Second Princess is very good at putting on a show, especially when describing the splendor and prosperity in front of your father. She will also try to please you and make you think she is very talented.

In fact, in just ten days, because she was nepotism and unclear about rewards and punishments, she had already created some bad habits in the manor.

Her cronies began to embezzle power, accept bribes, and only knew how to curry favor with their master but not how to do anything. Those who knew how to do things were either ostracized or blamed and punished.

There were many mistakes during the banquet. The old lady of the Zhang family celebrated her 60th birthday, but her trusted subordinates spoiled the birthday peaches.

The Zhang family was unhappy and began to scold the palace maids who were serving them. The palace maids then confessed that it was the Second Princess's cronies who broke the thing.

Then the second princess came forward and asked directly whether the Zhang family wanted to cause trouble on purpose, whether they were deliberately not giving her face and causing trouble for her. Was a broken birthday peach worth making trouble for? If they continued to make trouble, Lord Zhang would be in trouble.

The Zhang family dared not speak out, nor did they dare to write a memorial to sue the Second Princess. They just felt aggrieved. They heard that the old lady of the Zhang family had fallen ill..."

emperor,……

No, he couldn’t listen to it anymore. He was so angry and his face hurt!

How could he praise such a bear?

"She is really capable!" Prince Su was so angry that he slammed the table, "What the hell, why does this Second Princess' behavior sound so familiar to me? It's so disgusting."

"Uncle Emperor feels familiar because the Second Princess is just like some trouble-making officials." Xie Jin took over the conversation with a smile and explained,

"These people have no other skills but to fawn on others, to engage in internal strife, and are even better at taking advantage of others' power to frame others and eliminate dissidents.

You may say this kind of trouble is stupid, but she is not. She knows who she should please the most. Just like the second princess, she pretends to be clever and obedient in front of her father, saying how capable she is so that her father will value her.

You say she is smart, but she has no idea what reputation, sustainable development, or a fair and honest system are. She only knows how to use power and fight among herself. She is really a pest and a poisonous insect. "

After listening to Xie Jin's explanation, Prince Su couldn't help but applaud.

"What the prince said is absolutely right. It hits the nail on the head. Yes, that's it! If there are too many poisonous insects like this in the officialdom, the court will be doomed soon."

The emperor had a sullen face and said nothing.

"Royal brother, you can't be so ignorant of people just because she is your daughter. Just let her stay in the princess's mansion and enjoy a peaceful life. Don't let her cause trouble for others."

Prince Su continued to stab the emperor in the chest with a knife.

emperor,……

"I'll go and take a look tonight." The emperor naturally believed in the prince, but he couldn't lose face, so he said with a stern face.

"As the prince said, I will not protect the second princess and let her suffer the consequences."

"Your Majesty is wise!" Xie Jin said immediately.

"Haha, Prince, stop flattering me. I think my brother is so wise. I think he is getting a little confused." Prince Su did not give the emperor any face and directly exposed his secrets.

"Royal brother, have you noticed that you are becoming more and more childish?

When you are happy, you just praise and praise, good and good, when you are unhappy, you just annoy everyone and make people bother to pay attention to you. "

emperor,……

This bastard brother only knows how to hurt his heart!

Prince,...

Imperial uncle, before you say this, could you please let him leave first? You two brothers can say whatever you want in private.

He didn't want to hear such truth, because he was afraid that his father would get angry and want to punish him.

"Alas, Prince, if our royal family were without you and Qingzhi, this family would have fallen apart." Prince Su patted Xie Jin's shoulder again, adding fuel to the fire.

Xie Jin, ...

Uncle, it is enough for us to know the truth like this in our hearts, there is no need to say it out loud.

The emperor was holding back his anger and glared at Prince Su, wanting to see what else he would say.

"Okay, I won't say much more. It's getting late. Brother, I'm going back first." Prince Su turned around and left in a casual manner, but after taking two steps, he turned around again and said,

"By the way, my royal brother, remember to eat the dumplings I brought. I made them myself. They are a token of my love. Don't let them down."

emperor,……

roll roll roll!

I don't want your feelings at all!

"Father, I will take my leave now." Xie Jin also wanted to slip away quickly.

"Wait, take this head away." The emperor pointed at the gift box and said with a displeased look on his face.

Xie Jin quickly agreed, stepped forward, closed and tied the gift box, and prepared to take it away.

But the emperor stopped him again and asked him to take away the dumplings that Prince Su had brought.

"Your uncle's kindness should not be wasted. I can't eat it. You can take it back and eat it. I will send an eunuch to supervise you."

"...Yes, your son obeys your command." Xie Jin responded with a bitter heart and couldn't help but complain.

Father, could you please not be so childish in using such means of revenge!

When Xie Jin walked out of the imperial study with a gift box of human heads in one hand and a gift box of glutinous rice balls in the other, he could not help but look up at the sky. Although there were no tears on his face, his heart was bleeding.

This is what it means to bring disaster upon yourself.

The dart you throw out will always hit yourself.

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the other side.

When the second princess learned that the emperor had suddenly changed his mind and wanted to hold the Lantern Festival banquet in the manor, she couldn't help but panic.

"Are the things prepared in our manor sufficient? Can we host the Lantern Festival banquet tonight?" The second princess hurriedly asked her confidant.

"Princess, there is no problem. Two families had originally booked a banquet but cancelled it. We have enough ingredients." The confidant said immediately.

"They cancelled the banquet, so where's the money?" asked the second princess.

"The money will be paid as usual. They also know the princess's new rules and dare not neglect them in the slightest." The confidant smiled and flattered the second princess.

"Princess, you are truly wise and brave. This manor has only been in your hands for ten days, and you have earned more money than in the past month!"

"Haha, considering Ling Yue's stinginess, it's no wonder that I'm the best princess." The second princess said with jealousy.

"It's just that she was lucky enough to marry Fang Yunyan, otherwise how could she be in charge of this manor."

The second princess was unhappy with her marriage and looked down on her husband, thinking that he was a hopeless case and could not be compared with the Prime Minister Fang Yunyan.

Therefore, even if Ling Yue married a divorced man, the fact that this divorced man was Prime Minister Fang would also make the Second Princess jealous.

Upon hearing this, the confidants naturally began to flatter her, and did not forget to belittle Princess Ling Yue a few times, to make the second princess even happier.

"Alright, hurry down and prepare for the banquet. Watch yourselves! This evening's banquet is very important and there must be no mistakes!"

The second princess waved her hands, too lazy to listen to his flattery, and gave instructions to her confidant with a serious face.

"Don't worry, Princess. There will be absolutely no problem." The confidant said confidently.

In the blink of an eye, it was night, and the emperor and everyone else came to the manor for a banquet. The second princess acted like the host, welcoming everyone warmly, accompanying the emperor and saying all kinds of funny things to warm up the atmosphere.

Everything was fine at first, but when it came to eating the dumplings, the emperor's face turned stiff as he looked at the plump dumplings in the bowl.

He didn't say any polite words. He just waved to Xie Hongbao, asked him to come over, and gave him the dumplings as a reward.

Xie Hongbao had been warned by Xie Jin and knew that he was just playing along. He also knew that in order to make it more realistic, the dumplings were really poisonous.

So, after he swallowed the glutinous rice balls and felt the pain in his stomach, he didn't struggle. Instead, he tilted his body and was about to fall backwards, saying his lines at the same time:

"Fortunately, Grandpa Huang didn't eat it..."

Bang!

He fell to the ground, closed his eyes, kicked his legs, and foamed at the mouth.

"Ahhh... the dumplings are poisonous... hurry up, protect the emperor, no one is allowed to walk around or move around..."

Following a eunuch's scream, everyone's faces changed drastically and the banquet suddenly became chaotic.

The second princess' head buzzed and exploded.