Professional Ethics of a Concubine

When the princess heard that the prince and his men were about to leave for the capital, she immediately said,

"Aunt will go back with you. I haven't been back to Beijing for a long time. I miss my elder brother and younger brother very much. I have heard that my younger brother has found his beloved and has a pair of twins. I am very happy for him and want to see them even more."

After taking Feng Yuxi's medicine, the princess' old illness has been mostly cured. In the past two days, she has picked up the red tassel spear and started practicing again.

After returning to Beijing, her health was completely fine.

"Father and uncle will be very happy to see my aunt." The prince said with a smile.

"The Imperial Aunt is also very nice. The twins are healthy and very cute. My aunt will be very happy when she sees them."

"So, your imperial aunt is Qingzhi's mother?" The eldest princess vaguely remembered this when she mentioned that she was going back to the capital.

Although the news that Prince Su Namu Nianqiu entered the palace and was named princess caused a sensation in the capital.

However, Funing City was too far away, and it was difficult for gossip to spread here. The eldest princess only knew about this matter, and besides, it was a done deal, and she had no plans to return to Beijing, so she naturally didn't care.

"Yes." The prince nodded with a smile, "So they are very close to each other."

"They are relatives indeed close." The eldest princess nodded with a smile.

"Ah? Mother, you want to go back to Beijing with me? You're leaving me alone here to celebrate the New Year?" Zheng Qingyan suddenly felt so miserable.

His father and elder brother had all gone to the capital and would not be back for the New Year. Now his mother was leaving too, and the prince had assigned him a lot of work, leaving him no time to slack off.

"Why is it you, your wife, your sister-in-law, and a bunch of people from the palace?"

The princess rolled her eyes at him, and then started to urge the birth.

"By the way, don't run out every day. Hurry up and have a baby. I hope I can hear good news when I return from the capital."

Zheng Qingyan,...

He is so busy every day that he doesn't have the time and energy to have a baby. Even if he comes back, he just wants to fall asleep immediately.

"Mother, I also want you to have another big fat grandson, but the prince has given me a lot of tasks, and I am really too busy to take care of them."

Zheng Qingyan said this, glanced at the prince sadly, then looked at his mother, asking her to help lighten his burden.

Compared to the heavy workload, he certainly wants to come back and have children.

"Then there's no need to rush to have a baby. It won't matter if you delay it for another year. You're still young. Right now, the most important thing is to complete the task assigned by the Crown Prince."

The eldest princess immediately said that since it was impossible to balance career and family, then career should be given priority.

Zheng Qingyan,...

I felt the pain in my chest again.

-

Five days passed in the blink of an eye, and the Crown Prince and Ye Qingzhi's team were about to set off back to the capital.

All the children in the palace came to see her off. They were all reluctant to let Ye Qingzhi go, and Zheng Jiarong's eyes were red from crying.

"Master, this is a gift from me to you. I hope you like it." Zheng Jiarong gave her a painting he had drawn these days, with a tearful tone in his voice.

"Taifu will treasure it well. When Jiarong becomes a great painter, this early painting you gave me will be a treasure worth a thousand gold coins."

Ye Qingzhi smiled and patted his shoulder.

"When you grow up a few years, you can travel more and paint the beautiful scenery, objects and people you see. Don't waste your talent."

"Master, I will!" Zheng Jiarong nodded vigorously, "Thank you!"

After communication with Taifu, his parents have accepted his idea of ​​painting and have expressed great support, buying him various painting tools and paints.

Moreover, his parents also began to appreciate his work and would praise him for it. Zheng Jiarong felt very happy and blessed.

And all these changes were brought about by the Taifu.

Apart from giving her some paintings, Zheng Jiarong really didn't know how to express his gratitude and admiration for her. He could only keep it in his heart, thinking that when he grew up and could do more things, he would repay the Taifu's kindness.

"Master, this is my gift!" Zheng Xiangyang gave Ye Qingzhi the small mechanical crossbow he made.

He has already taken Shen Chunyuan as his master and has been learning from him for more than half a year, making rapid progress. This mechanical crossbow is his best work so far, so naturally he will give it to the tutor as a gift.

"Wow! Thank you! I will carry it with me when I go out from now on, and I will feel safe immediately." Ye Qingzhi said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Xiangyang grinned, expressed his gratitude to Ye Qingzhi, and said that he would repay her in the future.

Without a tutor, he was still a rebellious son in his father's eyes, causing trouble all day long and being hated by everyone.

Now he is also regarded as a good and motivated child by his elders, and he no longer gets beaten or scolded, but praised instead.

"If you can all become successful, that would be the best reward for the Grand Tutor." Ye Qingzhi said with a smile.

"When the Grand Master gets old, he'll have something to brag about to others. This Zheng Xiangyang is my disciple. He must be very capable, right?"

Zheng Xiangyang couldn't help but grin when he heard that, feeling touched and motivated.

He wants the Taifu to be proud of him and bring honor to the Taifu in the future!

The other children also came forward and presented their own farewell gifts to express their gratitude and reluctance to leave.

Ye Qingzhi happily accepted them one by one, and was deeply moved by the children's sincerity.

"The children all like her very much. She is really a good tutor."

On the other side of the carriage, the eldest princess watched Ye Qingzhi say goodbye to the children, and said to the prince with deep emotion,

"It's been less than half a year since the children followed her, and they have corrected their bad behavior and have become promising young people."

"She won't hurt you, and she can always speak to your heart's content. Who wouldn't like her?" The prince said with a smile.

"I am the student that Grand Tutor Ye brought up personally. Not only me, Prince Duan, Xiaoliu, and Ling Yue are also her students. My father said that Grand Tutor Ye taught well and wanted to call her the Imperial Teacher."

The princess couldn't help but laugh when she heard this. "It feels like after so many years, my relatives and friends in the capital have changed a lot."

I'm looking forward to meeting you more and more.

The prince smiled and nodded.

It is no exaggeration to say that most of the changes were brought about by Qingzhi.

-

More than a month ago, in the capital, in the imperial palace.

The emperor was reviewing the memorials when he suddenly looked up and asked the chief steward beside him,

"Still no letters from Funing today?"

"Your Majesty, not yet." The chief steward replied immediately.

"I have already instructed you a few days ago that if there are any letters from Funing, they must be delivered to the palace immediately, no matter when they arrive."

The emperor responded and continued to review the memorials, but he stopped after reading only one page and asked the chief steward,

"Do you think the prince and his men succeeded? They wanted to lure tens of thousands of Chu troops into Yancheng and capture them alive. I think that's a bit unrealistic."

The last time the emperor received a letter was more than a month ago. The prince told him that he had captured Yancheng of Chu and captured tens of thousands of Chu border troops.

Because they wanted to use a trick to lure and kill the Chu army that came to reinforce, the victory news should not be announced to the public yet.

emperor,……

This is really going to suffocate him!!!

It’s so frustrating that we can’t immediately announce such a great victory to the world so that we can celebrate together!

The emperor could only call Prince Su, Prime Minister Fang and others to tell them the good news and have fun together.

However, although they were happy, the other ministers didn't know.

Even the Minister of War privately requested to see the Emperor, saying that the Ministry of War had not received any news from the battlefield, and suspected that something had gone wrong on the Funing side, and even more doubted the safety of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

The emperor could only tell the Minister of War that the prince had other arrangements. In fact, the army had already occupied Yancheng of Chu.

Minister of War, "???!!!"

I suspect I'm deaf!

I can't believe it. It's unbelievable.

It hasn't been long since we captured Yancheng of Chu State!

Why didn't they announce such a great victory to the world? What could be the trick?

Although I didn't understand it, I was shocked.

The Minister of War left in a daze. When his subordinates asked him about it, he shook his head mysteriously to indicate that the Emperor had other arrangements and asked them to wait patiently.

But there is no patience, only worry.

The emperor was also worried and anxious when he knew the truth!

Since the day I received the news, I have been looking forward to new news from Funing City.

As a month passed, the emperor asked several questions every day in the past few days.

He inquired as usual today, but heard that there was still no news, and the emperor became very upset.

Because he was worried about the situation over there, he had no intention of reviewing the memorials. He threw away his brush, stood up, and prepared to go out for a walk to relax.

However, as soon as he walked out of the imperial study, he saw Prince Su with a ruddy face, walking towards him with a brisk pace!

“Brother, a great victory! A great victory! They really did it! They did it! Hahahaha… Without wasting a single soldier, they defeated tens of thousands of Chu troops!”

When Prince Su saw him, he lost all his composure and immediately waved the letter in his hand, shouting at him excitedly.

Coincidentally, he took the letter from the messenger when he entered the palace just now, well, he almost snatched it away.

After receiving it, Prince Su immediately opened it and looked at it. He immediately laughed out loud, which made the guards on both sides of the palace gate look confused, wondering why Prince Su suddenly went crazy.

When the emperor heard the good news, he was so surprised that he even felt a little dizzy. He swayed for a while before he stood firm.

"Oh! Your Majesty, this is great news!" The chief steward quickly held his arm and shouted happily.

"...I know, I'm just too happy, hahaha..." As he said this, the emperor couldn't help but laugh.

"Royal brother, don't faint from joy, otherwise this happy event will turn into a bad thing." Prince Su came up to him and said to him.

"Bah, you crow mouth, do you know how to talk? You just want to piss me off!"

The emperor raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, then took the letter from him and unfolded it impatiently to examine it carefully.

After watching it, the emperor laughed and applauded.

"Hahahaha...good, good, good! This is what we call brothers working together can break iron! Hahahaha...the unification of the world by our Great Zhao is just around the corner!"