Professional Ethics of a Concubine

Once upon a time, he was treated like this.

Now... I can only say that I have a different feeling of happiness.

In fact, if his Qingqing still coaxed him like this every day, he would not be used to it, and even suspect that she was holding back something big, such as thinking of leaving him.

When this happens occasionally, I feel pleasantly surprised, happy and comfortable.

The Crown Princess was just well-behaved and sat there calmly. She answered whatever the Empress asked and didn't try to be sweet or anything.

The empress also had a good impression of the Crown Princess. She was capable and emotionally stable, and was a good candidate for a female official.

If she were allowed to give the position of Crown Princess, she would let the Crown Princess be responsible for her daily affairs and help her sort out some important and trivial matters.

The empress was quite satisfied when she looked at her son's original wife and favorite concubine, but she also felt that her son was a little incompetent.

It would have been fine if the original Crown Princess didn't want his favor and didn't care about him, but once she did, she would no longer have such a stable position.

However, Ye Qingzhi, as a favorite concubine... well, it was actually she who controlled her son, not her son who controlled her.

The empress said that this matter was difficult to comment on.

However, seeing that the three of them seemed so happy and harmonious, the empress didn't bother to say anything. As long as things were stable, it didn't necessarily have to be this or that.

After lunch, the empress kept her son to talk, and Ye Qingzhi and the others went back to Qionghua Palace to rest.

However, when the empress kept Xie Jin to talk, she did not say any sweet words between mother and son. As for the mother and son hugging each other and crying, there was no such thing.

If two business-minded people get together, what do you think they will talk about? Of course they will talk about how to build their careers!

The empress said, "After you showed up today, the nobles were like rats smelling blood, and they immediately moved."

"In the struggle for power, whoever is slow may die. It is understandable that they are so fast."

Xie Jin said,

"I brought some firearms with me, I hope they can help mother when the time comes."

"Firearms? How powerful are they? Have you developed firearms that can be transported stably?" Upon hearing this, the empress's eyes brightened and her expression was filled with excitement.

"It can be used to blast open mountain roads and destroy city walls."

Xie Jin said this with a slightly regretful look on his face, and shook his head.

“The stable transportation of gunpowder has not been solved yet. I brought a lot of raw materials and skilled craftsmen, and asked them to assemble it here.

Therefore, I need my mother to arrange a secret place for me but far away from the crowd so that I can assemble and experiment with firearms."

"That's easy! I'll arrange it for you tomorrow."

The empress was even a little impatient and wanted to see with her own eyes what the firearm looked like and how powerful it was.

At this time, the eunuch came in and handed the empress a letter from the Fifth Prince's Mansion.

When the empress took it and looked at it, her brows immediately furrowed tightly and her face showed anger.

"Mother, what happened? Can I help you with your worries?" Seeing her like this, Xie Jin took the initiative to ask.

"Look, it's your stupid brother." The empress said, sighing softly.

"He is trying to get the skin of a tiger, but he doesn't have the ability to do so. Now he is about to be eaten by the tiger. If I hadn't taken good care of him, he would have been devoured by those nobles without leaving any residue."

Xie Jin took the paper and took a look at it. Combining it with what he had learned about the Gulan Kingdom, he also realized that the Fifth Prince was being used as a puppet by this old nobleman Bai Chi.

“They are so outrageous!”

Xie Jin was also very angry after seeing it.

This incident made him realize even more that it was not easy for his mother to sit on the throne. Although those nobles were afraid of her, they also wanted to pull her down from the throne at any time.

"They think they have a chance to overthrow me, so they don't hide it. They didn't dare to be so presumptuous before." The empress sneered and didn't take it to heart.

To deal with this group of nobles, you have to both use them and guard against them, give them benefits and make them afraid of you.

She has been accustomed to maintaining this balance over the years.

We have won over staunch allies in various cracks and strengthened our own strength. Now is the time to reap the harvest.

The old nobles were high and mighty, thinking that they still controlled a large number of private soldiers and could mobilize hundreds of troops to respond to their calls. But in fact, their internal ranks had long been riddled with spies planted by her people.

Most of these nails are women from the lowest class of the Gulan Kingdom.

They were enslaved like commodities or livestock. In the eyes of the nobles, they were a group of silent lambs who could be slaughtered at will.

However, little do they know that these silent lambs have been quietly given hope for a new life by their people, and the fire of anger in their hearts has been quietly ignited. They are also awakening and resisting, just waiting for a better opportunity to explode.

And this opportunity soon arrived.

The Kingdom of Gulan will also undergo earth-shaking changes.

Her son coming to her ignited this opportunity in advance.

The empress was very happy that he could witness this change with her.

"Mother, when the firearms I brought are assembled and their power is to be tested, can we use this Baichi noble as a target?" Xie Jin asked.

The empress smiled when she heard this and nodded, "Okay."

"I brought quite a few firearms. If possible, I really want to throw one at each of those nobles' mansions to test their power, so that their homes can bloom and celebrate my mother's birthday together."

Xie Jin said with a smile.

The empress was delighted by the scene he described and couldn't help laughing, but then she waved her hands.

"Don't be so wasteful. If the house is blown up, it will cost money to rebuild it. Blowing up one or two will serve as a deterrent."

"That's true, mother." Xie Jin nodded and smiled, "These are all our own things. I feel bad if they are destroyed."

The empress raised her hand and patted her son's shoulder. She couldn't help but complain, "Your father really got a bargain. With you as the crown prince, he has a much easier life."

Xie Jin pursed his lips and smiled, not knowing how to respond.

"If the Western Regions weren't so small, I would want you to stay here and not go back to Great Zhao." The empress sighed softly.

"If handling government affairs is too tiring for mother, you can choose an heir to help you." Xie Jin said, "Don't do everything yourself. That's too tiring and unnecessary."

"I would like to, but I really don't like any of them." The empress frowned and said, "I don't like any of the royal family's descendants."

"Then give them more training. Some of them have great potential." Xie Jin gave his mother an example. The transformation he did for his younger brothers and sisters in Da Zhao was quite successful.

The empress had heard the Emperor of Great Zhao mention the Second Princess in a letter before, but this was the first time she heard about the former Crown Prince, Prince Duan, the Sixth Prince, and the Ninth Princess of Great Yan.

The more the empress listened, the brighter her eyes became, and she felt a little eye-opening. The former crown prince could be used in this way. It turned out that only those who dared to think and act could create a different path.

The empress was full of admiration for Xie Jin's broad mind, and couldn't help but sigh, "In this respect, I am far inferior to you!"

"I also learned it from Qingzhi." Xie Jin said with a smile.

"Qingzhi has a miraculous origin, she has many wonderful ideas, and her vision and pattern are far beyond ours. With her by my son's side, I have also changed a lot under her influence.

When the son thinks about things again, he is no longer limited to one country or one city, but looks at the world. When selecting wise officials and talents, he is no longer limited to bloodline and status, but looks at the match between his own talents and the situation.

After using this set of rules, my son found that many things were moving in a good direction and he could keep getting surprises. "

The empress nodded thoughtfully. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was true.

"So the expert beside you is Qingzhi." The empress said with a smile, "When I have nothing to do, I will talk to her more and ask her to be my imperial teacher."

"She will be very embarrassed. She has always regarded mother as a role model and admires you very much. If you ask her to be the imperial teacher, she will just be very modest and refuse to do it."

Xie Jin said with a smile,

"Mom, just chat with her casually. Don't put too much pressure on her. She can really give you a lot of inspiration."

The empress smiled and nodded, "I can see that you really care about her."

"She deserves it too." Xie Jin said with a smile.

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The welcoming dinner was very lively. Basically all the royal relatives attended, especially the empress's maternal family, all of them were there.

Madam Chenhua, the empress's sister, saw Xie Jin distracted several times and lamented in her heart many times that it was no wonder that the empress could not let go of this child.

It just seems to make no difference whether the fig leaf is lifted or not.

When they saw Xie Jin, everyone looked at each other, and there was a tacit understanding.

Ouch, what a headache!

She was about to explode just thinking about it. Only the empress seemed to be indifferent. She didn't know what her intention was in asking the Crown Prince of Zhao to celebrate her birthday.

She asked her son, but he didn't say much, just said that the empress would make all the arrangements.

Madam Chen Hua smelled a slightly different scent and couldn't help but feel nervous.

However, the palace banquet ended harmoniously and lively, and no one caused any trouble.

The fifth prince, who did not attend the palace banquet, was forgotten by everyone, and not many people cared why he did not attend.

But Yuchi Yongning stole the limelight.

Because these royal relatives of Gulan Kingdom are more or less curious about Da Zhao, but they are embarrassed to offend the crown prince of Da Zhao and cannot let him tell them these things to amuse them.

This matter naturally fell on Yuchi Yongning.

Yuchi Yongning told a lot of interesting stories about his time in Dazhao, which made everyone exclaim in amazement and laugh. They all asked him to tell more, which satisfied Yuchi Yongning's desire to perform.

When the palace banquet was over, the Fifth Prince lay on his bed, listening to the servants telling him what happened at the banquet. He felt sad and upset in his heart, as if he had been abandoned.

[Don’t dwell on yourself in a dark corner]

The words that the Crown Prince of Great Zhao said to him suddenly appeared in his mind again. The Fifth Prince was completely defeated and tears fell.

Oh, he is so miserable.