Professional Ethics of a Concubine

"Your Highness, you already have children, and they are all very smart and cute. The country will have successors, so why do you insist on me giving birth to children?

You know very well that if I give birth to a boy, there will be a struggle for power among the brothers, and the ministers below will also start to fight each other."

Ye Qingzhi did not answer directly, but frowned and asked in confusion.

"Qingqing, on the one hand, I really want to have a child with you, I think this is a happy thing.

In addition, the quarrels between brothers and ministers you mentioned are not necessarily bad things for the continuation and stability of imperial power. "

Xie Jin held her hand and led her forward, saying gently and forcefully,

"Brothers' competition can stimulate them to work hard and make progress. A sense of crisis can make them stronger. A stable environment without the stimulation of competition will most likely only foster a cowardly and hedonistic character who is content with the status quo and indulges in luxury.

This is very realistic and cruel, because human nature is to like pleasure and hate pain. Without the pressure of survival, it is difficult to stimulate people's potential, and it will also ruin people.

The ministers' group fighting is actually a means to stabilize the court and prevent one party from dominating and threatening the imperial power.

Qingqing can think about it. When Mingyu grows up, the court officials will start to take sides. Although Mingyu is not close to his maternal grandfather's family, the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion, the blood is there.

If anyone takes advantage of this and I don't have a good way to suppress them, this family of foreign relatives will become so powerful that they will threaten the imperial power. Think about the Chen family before.

If an emperor wants to be a wise ruler who reigns for a long time, he cannot kill people at will.

If you don't give the right reasons and benefits, and you don't tie your ministers to your chariot, they will not listen to your orders, pretend to obey but actually disobey you, and form a large interest group to compete with you.

Often, if there are more princes, the ministers can be divided up through the fighting among the princes, allowing them to check and balance each other."

"Your Highness, if you tell me these cruel truths, I will be even more unwilling to have a child. If I give birth to him, will he be used as a tool in the struggle for political power?"

Ye Qingzhi frowned, like an irritated hedgehog, with her spikes erected, and she fought back without any reservation.

Xie Jin stopped and faced her, holding her cheeks with both hands, looking straight into her eyes, and said,

"Qingqing, in a sense, as long as we are alive, no matter whether we are born poor or rich, we are all tools. We will be given power and responsibility to complete our work and mission.

When it comes to children, your latent maternal instinct and the fact that you know that having and raising children will involve a lot of pain make you resist having children, yet at the same time have a strong desire to protect them.

You are afraid that you cannot give him everything good, afraid that he will suffer pain after he is born, and you hate any words or actions that may hurt him.

But as long as a person is alive, even if he is chosen as the crown prince at birth and is certain to become the emperor in the future and own the whole world, he will still feel painful.

Qingqing, you have a magical origin, which is equivalent to having a second life. What do you think is the meaning of life? Is it just to enjoy yourself?

While alive, we should experience different experiences and life, including good ones and painful ones.

Give birth to children, watch a little life being born, watch him grow up slowly, and have his own unique personality.

Watching him go from being dependent on you to wanting to separate from you, and you going from not wanting to let go to learning to let go and letting him live independently, is a unique life experience.

Moreover, when the child is born, he or she will either be a prince or a princess, which means that the person is already at the pinnacle of power and will have unlimited possibilities and multiple choices in the future.

They don't have to work hard for a living and can fully realize their own ideals and ambitions in life.

You will definitely be a good mother with stable emotions. You should be able to control your desire to control your child. You can love him and let go of him at the same time. How happy it will be for him to have you as his mother.

As a father, I will also love him, accompany him, and give him the necessary support and guidance.

If you think I have not done enough, you can tell me. I am happy to correct it and accept different opinions. You know, I am not a stubborn person. "

Ye Qingzhi looked into his eyes and could see the sincerity in his words. He was not speaking to her from the perspective of a superior, but rather from the perspective of a lover.

To be honest, Ye Qingzhi was deeply touched by his words.

Although he packaged it with rhetoric, only talking about the good aspects of having children and downplaying the bad aspects, his words were sincere.

Different people, facing the same thing, some can only see its painful side and just want to escape and retreat, while others accept the existence of pain and bravely look for the good side.

Ye Qingzhi feels that Xie Jin is a person with a strong inner core. He accepts pain and thinks that pain is a good experience. Therefore, he is not afraid of challenges and can use his good side to stir your emotions.

Being with such a strong person like him really gives me positive encouragement.

"Thank you for your words, Your Highness. I think what you said is very good. After listening to your words, I don't seem to be so opposed to having children anymore."

Ye Qingzhi smiled at him.

"Your Highness just asked me how to increase my expectations for having a child. I think if Your Highness continues to treat me like this, after three or four years, my expectations for having a child will definitely increase."

Xie Jin smiled and kissed her, "Okay, I know what to do. Let's go and see."

Seeing that he had put away his strong attitude, Ye Qingzhi couldn't help but smile comfortably.

It seems that we can expect more in the future.

-

When the child's third-day baptism ceremony was held, Ye Qingzhi went there in person, and the rewards from the prince also arrived, making the Ye family's third-day baptism ceremony even more lively and festive.

When Ye Qingzhi went to the Ye Mansion, she first focused on visiting and caring about Feng Shengxue's physical and mental condition. She saw that there was nothing wrong with her body and she was in a good mood, as if she was full of joy of being a mother.

Secondly, the child is also very healthy, weighing more than six kilograms, and is quite chubby. He cries very loudly, and his little feet and hands flutter very vigorously. Anyone who sees him will happily praise the child for being strong.

Secondly, although the child’s father was happy, he was also very stable, polite to guests, mature and steady, so there was no problem.

It's just that the child's grandfather was a little too excited and crazy, his mouth never closed, and the high decibels of his excitement never subsided, but this is also normal.

Ye Qingzhi returned to the palace with peace of mind.

-

Prince Xie Jin had been busy for a few days and finally found some time that day. He called Xie Zimo over and prepared to have tea and chat with him.

Xie Zimo didn't know why the prince called him over. He bowed respectfully and after being given a seat, he sat aside politely and quietly.

Xie Jin stared at him for a while, and seeing that he looked calm and not panicky, he nodded secretly and had a higher opinion of him.

Among all the selected royal descendants, Xie Zimo is indeed the best in terms of personal character.

This proves once again that the Ninth Princess has a good vision, and a person can only have vision if he has brains, so the Ninth Princess does have brains.

"Can you guess why I asked you to come here?" Xie Jin asked him.

"I am stupid and cannot guess. Please explain it to me, Your Highness." Xie Zimo stood up, bowed his head and saluted Xie Jin, speaking calmly.

"It's related to the Ninth Princess." Xie Jin never beat around the bush when discussing matters with his subordinates, so he said immediately.

"You and the Ninth Princess have been married for some time. What do you think of her? I want to hear the truth."

"The Ninth Princess is extremely intelligent, kind and generous, and has a unique personality. She is not an ordinary woman. It is my blessing that I was chosen by the princess to be her consort and was also named a prince."

Xie Zimo spoke calmly, yet with a hint of tenderness.

"Yes, I also admire the intelligence of the Ninth Princess. She is indeed an extraordinary woman. From what you said, I can see that you have some feelings for the Ninth Princess, and you do not just regard your marriage as a marriage between two countries."

"Yeah." Xie Zimo responded softly without saying much.

"I heard from Master Ye that you two were having a quarrel because the Ninth Princess didn't want to have children and wanted to take a concubine for you?" Xie Jin asked directly.

"...Ah?" Xie Zimo's calm expression was broken. He looked up at the prince, suspecting that he had heard it wrong.

How come this little affair between them reached the ears of the prince?

"Do you feel hurt because of your love for the princess?" Xie Jin asked him again.

"...I am being pretentious." Xie Zimo lowered his head, as if to acquiesce, with a hint of embarrassment on his face.

"This is not being pretentious. I can understand your feelings," said Xie Jin.

No matter what Xie Zimo thought in his heart, he had to stand up and express his gratitude for these words and his understanding.

"I have an important task to give you." Xie Jin stood up, walked directly to Xie Zimo, raised his hand and patted his shoulder.

"This is a major task that concerns the livelihood of the people of Great Zhao and Great Yan for a hundred years. I hope you can shoulder it."

Xie Zimo was extremely shocked and felt a great deal of pressure, but he did not back down. Instead, he said, "Please let your Highness know. I will do my best to do it."

"For the next ten years, do not take a concubine, treat the Ninth Princess wholeheartedly, think about what she wants, worry about what she worries about, let her live a comfortable life, and do not regret the marriage."

Xie Jin said, "This will also make her more accepting of our Great Zhao and more willing to help our Great Zhao conquer Great Yan.

"...Okay!" Xie Zimo was stunned for a moment, and asked in a daze, "Has the Ninth Princess already surrendered to His Highness?"

"Yes. Although she is from Dayan, she cannot stand the fact that the royal family and nobles of Dayan enslave the people." Xie Jin said.

"Especially treating women like commodities, buying, selling and giving them away at will. She hopes that women can be respected, cherished and have the right to make their own choices."

Xie Zimo nodded, wrote it down carefully, and felt a little disappointed.

He wanted to know these things from the prince, not from her.

"As long as you treat a smart woman like the Ninth Princess sincerely, you will definitely get the sincerity you want." Xie Jin patted his shoulder again.

"We men sometimes need to be thick-skinned and sweet-mouthed, and learn to analyze what women want behind their words, instead of just focusing on our own emotions."

Xie Zimo,...

God, he was terrified.

It felt so strange that the prince actually said these words to him.

Does the prince still need to coax women?

Thinking about the existence of Concubine Ye again, it doesn't seem so difficult to understand.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I'm also a man." Seeing the shock in his eyes, Xie Jin raised his hand and patted him on the forehead in annoyance.

Xie Zimo,...

Ouch, why are you so angry?

Xie Jin waved his hands and drove him away unhappily.

From now on, he will definitely not be involved in matters like adjusting the relationship between the couple.

It shouldn't be his job.