Professional Ethics of a Concubine

"The last time you came, you asked me where the road was. May I ask if you have found your way?" Master Liao Yin did not answer but asked instead.

The prince also looked at Ye Qingzhi, waiting for her answer.

"Of course I found it." Ye Qingzhi said with a smile, "Thanks to the master's guidance at that time, I am not so confused anymore. Now I live a happy life."

"Good, good." Master Liao Yin smiled and nodded, and continued,

"Since the donor has found the way, he must have come to sever the old ties and fetters."

"Wow! Master, you are really capable!" Ye Qingzhi exclaimed.

This ability to understand the meaning of a musical instrument by just listening to it, whether he acquired it through metaphysics or simply achieved it through his superb perception and mental realm, shows that Master Yin is indeed extraordinary.

Master Liao Yin smiled faintly, feeling somewhat helpless towards this female donor who had always been suspicious of him.

Talking to her is always more mentally taxing. To be frank, she is not easy to fool.

Then, Ye Qingzhi told the purpose of her visit, which was to donate a longevity lamp and listen to the master chanting the sutra of rebirth, hoping that the deceased could leave peacefully and eliminate some of his resentment.

Master Liao Yin naturally agreed and asked Ye Qingzhi to follow her to the meditation room.

"Your Highness, would you like to come with me or go somewhere else?" Ye Qingzhi asked the prince.

"I'll go see Xie Mingli. Is he doing well in the temple?" the prince asked Master Yin.

"Brother Jiehui is very intelligent and has a connection with Buddha. He can understand Buddhist teachings very quickly." Master Le Yin smiled and nodded.

"That's good." The prince nodded, "It seems he has found the right place."

"Hmm." Ye Qingzhi snorted lightly, "He got it for free."

"Donor, you are wrong. If Junior Brother Jiehui had not sincerely repented and accumulated merits for Donor Lin, she would not have had good fortune in the next life."

Master Liao Yin spoke.

Ye Qingzhi pursed her lips and looked at Master Yin with disbelief, refusing to buy into the pie he had drawn.

Isn't it just to let her let go of her grudges and let Xie Mingli live a good life?

"Everything has cause and effect." Master Liao Yin smiled faintly and said nothing more.

Ye Qingzhi thought to herself, I can't argue with you, and I can't prove whether what you said is true or not, how can she believe this cause and effect.

Forget it, she was too lazy to bother with the scumbag anymore.

Upon hearing this, the prince showed a thoughtful look and said to Ye Qingzhi, "Then you follow Master Le Yin to recite the Sutra of Rebirth. I will go find Xie Mingli."

Ye Qingzhi nodded and separated from the prince.

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An hour later, after finishing all their homework, Ye Qingzhi and the prince left the temple.

"Do you feel anything different? Do you feel a little more relaxed?" the prince asked Ye Qingzhi.

"No, I'm so sleepy." Ye Qingzhi lay on him and yawned, "Your Highness, I'll take a nap first."

Prince,...

He was worrying for nothing. She was so heartless that she probably wouldn't even know she was possessed by a ghost.

Ye Qingzhi slept all the way and only woke up when she reached the gate of the palace. The prince's thighs were numb from being pressed by her.

"Your Highness, it's dark outside..." Ye Qingzhi turned over in his arms and said in a daze.

"Hmm." The prince moved his numb thighs, hugged her body up, and asked her again,

"Were you dreaming just now? I heard you talking in your sleep just now, but I didn't hear it clearly."

"It seemed like I dreamed of the original Qingzhi. She said goodbye to me and thanked me for making mother and the others live well. She also said that if she were to live her life again, she wouldn't be able to do the same. She was quite satisfied and let go of her hatred to be reincarnated."

Ye Qingzhi frowned, tried hard to recall the dream, and muttered.

"That's great, our goal for today has been achieved." Upon hearing this, the prince smiled and felt that the trip was worth it.

Ye Qingzhi also nodded. After a while, she suddenly remembered something and sat up to ask the prince,

"Your Highness, where is Chen Yuankai? Is he dead?"

"He's not dead. He's following the King of Chu. He's his man now." The prince said, "You want him to die to apologize to the original Ye Qingzhi?"

"Forget it, let him live. Following the King of Chu is also another kind of life practice." Ye Qingzhi said.

The King of Chu will protect you, but it will never be easy to be with him.

The prince agreed, "When the King of Chu comes back, he will stir up trouble in the capital again."

"Let him out quickly?" Ye Qingzhi said with a smile.

"We can't not let him rest." The prince felt that people should not be exploited too harshly.

Ye Qingzhi was just laughing and said,

"The capital is so quiet now. It would be great if the King of Chu came back. It would be lively and bustling. I heard that many ministers are looking forward to the King of Chu's return. They are very curious about him."

"I think they are just idle." The prince snorted, "Let them work under the King of Chu for a while and they will behave themselves."

"Indeed, by making a comparison, they will know how comfortable it is to work under Your Highness." Ye Qingzhi said with a smile.

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As soon as the Lantern Festival was over, two major events occurred in the court.

One was that the prince dismissed the concubines in the backyard, which caused endless discussions in the court and the country.

The noble officials and ministers who had many concubines at home felt the pressure suddenly increased, and they were always afraid that they would be impeached by the censor and disliked by the prince because of this matter.

Officials who originally wanted to take concubines no longer dared to do so.

The prince is about to dismiss his concubines, but you still want to take in a concubine. Are you more shameless than the prince?!

Although the court laws did not prohibit taking concubines, the actions of Prince Su and the Crown Prince, as well as various measures to improve the status of women, all showed that concubines could no longer be taken or given away as they were before.

In addition to the issue of taking concubines, some court officials could not help but begin to worry that if the prince dismissed his concubines now, he would hold beauty contests to fill his harem after he ascended the throne.

If the prince doesn't choose a concubine, then their family will lose a shortcut to advancement.

Ugh.

With a wise and holy ruler, they, as his subjects, are under tremendous pressure!

Another thing is that the emperor has announced that he will abdicate early and hold a coronation ceremony for the prince three months later.

When this news came out, it was not just a topic of discussion among the government and the public, but a shock to the government and the public.

Although the court officials had made such speculations before, after all, the prince's achievements were so great that he had no more titles or rewards to offer, but they did not expect it to happen so soon!

Your Majesty, are you really not attached to the throne at all?

The Zhao royal family is so full of loving fathers, filial sons, friendly brothers and respectful younger brothers. The pressure on their ministers is even greater!

It would be almost impossible for them to divide themselves, engage in internal fighting, or form alliances. They could only resign themselves to their fate and abide by the rules set by the prince and do their work honestly.

Logically speaking, the coronation ceremony should be more grand than the ceremony of enthroning the prince, and people from all over the world should be invited to witness and congratulate.

Therefore, Da Zhao sent invitations to other countries again.

However, this time the national landscape has changed dramatically.

First, the State of Chu was destroyed and became the territory of Zhao. At that time, the King of Chu would bring his army and the royal prisoners of Chu back to the court to congratulate the prince on his accession to the throne.

The second was the Western Regions. Under the guidance of the "Gods", the empress spent more than a year turning other countries in the Western Regions into the territories of Gulan, thus achieving the goal of unifying the Western Regions.

The Qur'an also became a country governed jointly by imperial power and theocracy.

Because there are too many small countries in the Western Regions, the economy, culture, political power, etc. are relatively complicated, and it will take time to completely integrate them. Fortunately, there is Zoroastrianism as the state religion, and theocracy as a fusing agent, which has reduced a lot of social unrest.

On the side of Dayan, after more than a year of efforts by the Seventh Prince, he still failed to dethrone the Crown Prince of Yan. However, he had already become a wise king who could compete with the Crown Prince of Yan.

It’s not that the Seventh Prince didn’t work hard enough. In fact, the Emperor of Yan was happy to see the two brothers fighting, so he deliberately tried to balance the two and took sides.

Unless one person kills the other directly, it is useless to just deal with the other person, because the Emperor of Yan has mastered the skill of turning a blind eye.

As a result, the Seventh Prince was assassinated and poisoned so many times this year that he couldn't count them on both hands.

Thanks to General Wei's superb martial arts, he was able to protect him from the prince's fatal attacks many times.

The bloody and tearful story of the seventh prince's fight for the throne cannot be told in just a few words, so... I won't say it.

The Seventh Prince: Don’t I deserve a few more words?

All in all, although the seventh prince's bid for the throne was unsuccessful, after a year of his struggle, Dayan was no longer the powerful country that suppressed Dayan.

Its government was in chaos, and the contradictions between the people and the nobles became increasingly acute. After the snow disaster, there was even a locust plague in the summer. There were banditry in various places, and Dayan was already on the verge of national destruction.

On the border between Yan and Zhao, people from Yan kept fleeing to Zhao.

After screening, the Great Zhao accepted all the refugees from the Yan State, gave them some food rations, and let them open up wasteland so that they could be self-sufficient and take root again.

With the arrival of this winter, more refugees from Dayan fled to Dayan due to lack of food, which brought resettlement pressure to the prefectures and counties on both sides of the border.

However, because this had been anticipated and the imperial court provided various financial and human support, the refugees from Dayan not only did not bring about a crisis, but also brought a lot of vitality to the border counties.

Because the border is a sparsely populated area, it is good to have more people coming. With the labor force, other production can be carried out.

If this trend continues, Dayan will be in chaos within three years. By then, we will have to help the Seventh Prince quell the rebellion and then persuade him to surrender. Even if he doesn't want to, he will have to obey.

Back to the topic, after King Xie Wenyuan of Chu, the Kingdom of Gulan, and Dayan heard the news that the prince was going to ascend the throne, they all prepared great gifts and came to the capital.