Professional Ethics of a Concubine

"Replying to the Crown Princess, the Crown Prince did not mention a date for his return, so he may not be back until after the New Year." The eunuch replied respectfully.

The Crown Princess felt even more upset when she heard this.

Doesn't that mean it will take another three months before I can see him? !

For a moment, there was not much joy left after hearing about the great victory, and only bitter longing remained.

The Crown Princess sighed, calmed herself down and continued to deal with palace affairs. After that, she asked the women in the backyard to play mahjong together.

Got to kill time.

Before, the Crown Princess did not play mahjong because she had no time. She was busy with palace affairs and her children, and the Crown Prince sometimes threw some things at her for her to do.

However, after the women in the backyard finished their own punishment of chanting scriptures, they calmed down and started playing Majiang early.

When she is not playing, she will embroider something, plant flowers and plants, play the piano, dance and sing to pass the time.

When Qingzhi was here, she would hold various competitions in the backyard from time to time, and the top few winners would be awarded with silver, precious jewelry, or the grace of being allowed to go home for a visit.

Just to have fun and kill time.

In the past, the Crown Princess thought Qingzhi was making a fuss, making the concubines play around, and she even joked that the concubines were there to amuse her, and the Crown Prince didn't enjoy it at all.

But now the Crown Princess has come to understand a little bit. If you don't find something for those concubines to do, and you cut off their thoughts of vying for favor and having children, over time, it will really make people feel unwell.

By then, there will be even bigger trouble.

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The next day.

The great victory in the Chu-Zhao battle and the announcement of the imperial decree that the former crown prince Xie Wenyuan was named King of Chu caused an uproar.

Not only were the civil and military officials in the court shocked, but the common people in the streets were also cheering and confused.

"Great victory! Great victory! Great! Our Great Zhao is going to defeat the State of Chu!"

"Didn't the former crown prince die? How could he become a great contributor to the destruction of Chu and be named the King of Chu?!"

Except for the cabinet ministers who had learned the truth yesterday, everyone else was stunned and became as stupid as they were yesterday.

Many former officials of the Prince's Party were so shocked that they could hardly calm down. They tried to hold themselves together on the surface, but they kept screaming in their hearts.

"Ahhh! What on earth is going on! They need an explanation, they need the truth! How is it possible that their useless Crown Prince could have done such a great deed to destroy Chu! They can't believe it!"

As soon as these two imperial edicts came out, no one had the heart to talk about other political affairs. They were lucky enough to remain calm and not go crazy.

The emperor admired the courtiers' expressions for a while, then said with a smile,

"As for the matter concerning the King of Chu, you can ask him in person at the celebration banquet when he returns to the capital. I will not say more."

My fellow courtiers,

I feel like the emperor is deliberately not saying it!

Everyone couldn't help but look at Prime Minister Fang and Prince Su. These two must know something.

"I see that you, my dear ministers, have no interest in discussing other state affairs, so let's adjourn this morning court session." The emperor said very considerately.

"Dismiss the court!" The emperor stood up and left. It was another day when he could rest in broad daylight.

"Farewell to the Emperor! Long live the Emperor." All the court officials knelt down and saw the Emperor off.

After they stood up, everyone started discussing it.

Fang Yunyan wanted to leave but couldn't. He was surrounded and asked all kinds of questions. Prince Su was more majestic, so only some officials who were familiar with him surrounded him and asked questions. Others didn't dare to.

After resolving everyone's main doubts in a few words, everyone was not satisfied, because they had more doubts and especially wanted to know what the King of Chu had done in the State of Chu.

"How can I know?" Prince Su frowned and said impatiently, "Didn't the emperor just say that when Prince Chu comes back, you can ask him in person?"

Prince Su left after saying this. It was time for his second nephew to show off at his own accord. He would not perform anymore and might as well go home and hug his kids to comfort them.

-

An imperial edict brought Xie Wenyuan to the forefront again, and the whole capital, in the streets and alleys, was talking about him.

The former Crown Princess Chen naturally also heard the news that Xie Wenyuan was named King of Chu.

"He's not dead?! He went to the State of Chu? He made great contributions and was named King of Chu?" Chen found this news absurd and ironic.

Hahaha, this is really funny!

What about the suffering she had endured while imprisoned? ! What about her aunt’s death! What about the exile of her Chen clan members! ! !

Could it be that this was to help Xie Wenyuan go to the State of Chu and shine? !

Chen laughed wildly, but as she laughed her face became full of tears and her expression was filled with resentment, without any joy at all.

She didn't understand. She totally didn't understand why Xie Wenyuan did this!

She didn't understand why he couldn't just be a good crown prince, why he did something as treasonous as raising private soldiers, and why he was able to live well and make great contributions, and become so glorious again!

She really couldn't figure it out!

The only explanation she could think of was that Xie Wenyuan did all this to cooperate with the Emperor to get rid of the Queen's aunt and their Chen family!

Therefore, she hated Xie Wenyuan and wished he was really dead. This would be better than him regaining his glory by stepping on the corpses of their Chen family.

On the first day after hearing the news, Chen went crazy and angry, and smashed all the teacups and vases in the house.

But the next day, she gradually regained her composure. She began to smile appropriately and displayed the dignity of a former Crown Princess.

She even began to attend banquets as the Princess of Chu and accept everyone's compliments and flattery.

Many people think that there is no problem, because she is the former Crown Princess and now the Princess of Chu, it is natural.

The emperor should have been the one who planned that her son Xie Hongbao be named a prince.

Many people even started looking for evidence, saying that Xie Hongbao had not been bullied in the past two or three years, and that the emperor, the prince, and other people had all protected him in various ways.

I was puzzled before, but now I finally found the root of the problem. It turns out that the former prince went to the State of Chu to atone for his sins.

-

Although Ye Qingzhi is no longer in the capital, the Ninth Princess and Princess Ling Yue still get together every few days. There is nothing special, they just talk about personal matters and talk about their good friend Qingzhi.

There have been a lot of happy events recently, so naturally they have to get together and celebrate. Princess Ling Yue sent an invitation to Princess Ninth.

But unexpectedly, before the Ninth Princess arrived, the Second Princess came first.

That’s right, the second princess just regained her status as a princess this morning.

The emperor was so happy upon learning of the great victory that he announced a general amnesty at the morning court today.

After the morning court session, the emperor thought of the second princess again. In consideration of her good performance in the past two years, he took this opportunity to restore her status.

The second princess was of course ecstatic. With whom should she share this joy first?

Apart from her mother and children, the person she most wants to share (show off) with is her 'good sister' Ling Yue!

So, after coming out of the palace, she went straight to Ling Yue's princess residence.

At the gate of the princess's mansion, the second princess acted bossy and frightened the doorman so much that he didn't dare to tell anyone and took her directly to find Ling Yue.

So, when Ling Yue saw the second princess, she frowned in surprise and asked, "What are you doing here?"

In fact, in the past two years, although Ling Yue's impression of the second princess has improved a lot, she has not made peace with her and become as close as sisters, although they are really sisters.

"Hehe, let me share a good news with you. My father has restored my status as a princess!" said the second princess with a bright smile.

"...Oh, then congratulations." Ling Yue was staying at home to take care of her pregnancy and had no idea about this news.

"Hehe, thank you. Given our current relationship, I would have come right over to share it with you." The second princess said with a smile again.

"Now that you have regained your status, you are no longer my subordinate, right? Are you here to inform me of this? Are you planning to take charge of the management of the Banquet Garden?"

Ling Yue raised an eyebrow and asked sarcastically.

Ever since Ling Yue was diagnosed with pregnancy, she had handed the affairs of the manor over to the Second Princess, who had been promoted to the position of General Manager. However, the Second Princess had to report to her every three days.

So, when Ling Yue saw the second princess acting like this, he thought she was here to provoke him.

"Of course not." Although the second princess also had this idea, she would not admit it immediately. Instead, she said,

"I just heard about Xie Wenyuan and the matter of the King of Chu. I was so shocked that I came to talk to you."

"I don't know much." Ling Yue said, "Wait until the second brother comes back, and if you are curious, just go and ask him directly."

"That's not what I'm asking. I want to ask you about the matter of the poisonous dumplings that got me so badly. Was it the prince who planned it?" The second princess was still asking for the truth.

The poisoned rice dumplings incident changed her fate. It was impossible for her not to care about it. Everyone could forget it, but she couldn't!

"You have regained your status as a princess, so why bother worrying about the truth? I don't know either." Ling Yue said.

"You make it sound so easy, so it turns out that this thing didn't happen to you. Of course I want to know the truth." The second princess glared at her and spoke out her own guess.

"It is because this matter has passed that I am asking. Also, I recently heard about the King of Chu, and I want to understand one more thing.

In the poisoned rice dumpling incident, the prince was deliberately trying to trick me, and his other purpose was to confer the title of prince on Xie Hongbao in order to appease the King of Chu who was still in Chu at the time.

The prince really had a good plan, playing a trick of poisonous dumplings, and calculated so many people into it, achieving many goals, right?"

Ling Yue didn't say anything, just raised her eyebrows.

The second princess's brain has never been dumber than others, but she likes to use her cleverness in crooked ways. Now she has corrected a lot.

At least they will stop bullying the weak and harming the loyal and good.

Speaking of which, to some extent, the Second Princess and the King of Chu are somewhat similar.

"Looking at your expression, I know what I said is correct." The second princess continued confidently.

"What will you do now that you know?" Ling Yue asked her, "Do you want to seek revenge on the Crown Prince?"