Professional Ethics of a Concubine

When in doubt, ask the leader.

Song Sicheng, the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, quickly wrote a memorial and submitted it, asking the emperor or the prince to make the decision.

These memorials involving specific decisions and people's livelihood were not submitted to the emperor, but went directly to the prince.

All the memorials that could be sent to the emperor were ones that eulogized, flattered, and greeted him, with the main purpose of making the emperor happy and providing him with full emotional value.

The emperor is about to retire, and it's not fair to ask people to work so hard for him!

When the prince received the memorial and read it, he couldn't help but laugh. He thought it was quite interesting and thought that this was the star or celebrity effect in business activities that Qingqing had mentioned to him.

You really can't underestimate the wisdom of merchants. As long as you provide them with a safe environment, they can develop quickly on their own without too much interference from you.

Look at this marketing method, it shows wisdom. Moreover, it is quite courageous to take advantage of the King of Chu.

But this also indirectly shows that the people of Da Zhao today trust and support the Da Zhao royal family from the bottom of their hearts.

Of course, the celebrity effect has existed since ancient times. Before the imperial examination system, people had to be recommended to become officials. If you wanted to become an official, you had to have a reputation. This is also a manifestation of the celebrity effect.

The shadow of a tree is like a person's reputation. If this reputation is used well, it can create value in various fields.

Especially the modern internet celebrity economy, where internet celebrities sell goods, courses, information consultation, etc., has brought the value of the celebrity effect to the extreme.

The prince did not approve the memorial immediately, but took it back to the East Palace to share it with Ye Qingzhi, hoping to make her smile.

It can only be said that the prince knew Ye Qingzhi very well. After she finished reading it, she was really happy.

"These small businesses are quite good at seizing hot spots to do marketing and advertising. They get the most powerful advertising effect without spending a penny. If I were the King of Chu, I would ask them to pay me some advertising fees, otherwise I would lose a lot of money."

"You are a celebrity now. If you want to make money, all you need to do is wear a beautiful pair of jewelry to a banquet and tell the ladies that you really like the jewelry given by a certain merchant. Then they will follow suit and buy it, and you can give money to the merchant."

Xie Jin smiled and said that he had already mastered this endorsement routine very well.

"I'm not short of money, and my family is even less short of money. I'm too lazy to do this." Ye Qingzhi waved her hands, unmoved.

Xie Jin was just talking, and naturally would not let her take the initiative to do such things, so he turned around and said,

"What do you think the King of Chu's attitude will be when he learns about this?"

Ye Qingzhi thought about it, smiled and shook her head, "I can't say for sure, probably he doesn't care. As for what he will do about it, I can't guess. The King of Chu is very casual now."

In a nutshell, don't try to guess what Fengpi is thinking, you will never figure it out no matter how hard you try.

The prince immediately arranged for the eunuch to invite the King of Chu to come over, saying that he wanted to host a banquet for him in the East Palace and that he had important matters to discuss with him.

In addition, the prince also asked someone to invite Feng Yuxi over.

"What has the King of Chu been doing since he came back?" Ye Qingzhi asked curiously.

"He attends various banquets, sometimes three a day, and has no time to do anything else." The prince frowned slightly, "He is drunk every day, and I don't know what he is acting."

Ye Qingzhi's mouth twitched, and she said casually, "Maybe he just wanted to drink. I heard Doctor Feng mention that he likes strong liquor. Almost all the strong liquor sent to Chu State before went into his stomach."

"No matter how much he likes drinking, he can't drink like this. If you don't take care of him, he will become drunk to death." The prince became even more dissatisfied when he heard this.

Ye Qingzhi glanced at the prince, irritated him in her heart, you just can't just watch people do nothing.

More than half an hour later, the King of Chu came, sleepy and smelling of alcohol. He saw the prince yawning and asked lazily,

"What's the important matter? Can't you bear to see me take a break for two days?"

When the prince saw him like this, he frowned, ordered his servants to make a bowl of sobering soup, and then handed the memorial to the King of Chu for him to see.

The King of Chu rubbed his dry eyes and patted his dizzy head before opening the memorial. He was delighted after reading it.

"I'm so popular now. I suspect that if I go out and say my feet smell good, there will be a lot of people coming over to smell them."

Prince,...

Qingqing is right. Don’t try to guess what Fengpi is thinking because you won’t be able to guess it.

"What do you think? Do you want to clean it up? Tell them to stop using your name as a cover." The prince asked him.

"Well, they want to take advantage of me to make some money, and I have no objection to that. But you, a rouge and powder seller, also said that I bought and used them. What does that mean?"

The King of Chu pointed at a passage on the memorial and said angrily.

"Isn't it written? You bought it for the Princess of Chu and your confidante." The prince said with a smile.

The King of Chu immediately rolled his eyes and said in disgust, "Don't mention it. I'm not as lucky as you. I have a lot of peach blossoms, but they are all rotten."

"Is the Princess of Chu making you unhappy?" the prince asked him.

The King of Chu frowned, waved his hand and didn't want to say more, and only said, "She is mentally ill."

"If you say a person is mentally ill, that presupposes that the person has a brain," said the prince.

"…You are absolutely right! She just doesn't have a brain. Fortunately, Hongbao is like me, not her."

The King of Chu immediately felt that the prince's words had hit the nail on the head, and he started talking, telling the prince about some of Chen's stupid behaviors.

A conversation is like this, only if you acknowledge him, speak to his pain points and become his mouthpiece, will he be willing to share with you, reveal his true feelings, thus bringing you closer to each other.

If you want to get close to someone or achieve a goal, you should never talk about your own feelings, but the other person's.

"Then what do you think? Divorce her?" the prince asked again.

"When Old Chen comes back, I will talk to him and ask him to take care of his daughter, put some brains into her, put a few smart people around her to watch her, and not give her any power outside, so nothing will go wrong." The King of Chu said,

"Divorcing her is fine, but if you really divorce her, you will drive her to death. After all, she is Hongbao's biological mother and my cousin."

“If you use the right methods, people can be taught and changed. Don’t just kill them with one blow and not give them a chance.” The prince also agreed with this approach.

As the two were talking, Feng Yuxi also arrived.

Feng Yuxi was a little surprised to see the King of Chu there, then frowned again at the King of Chu's excessive drinking. He said to the King of Chu,

"Excessive drinking is harmful to the body and liver. Your Majesty, do you want to visit another world?"

“……”Prince.

You can curse someone to die early and say it so refreshingly and elegantly. Your rhetoric skills are really good.

"Don't curse me! I just drank a little more, how come I died so early?" Xie Wenyuan glared at him, but he couldn't hold his tongue for a while, and then asked again,

"Do you have any medicine to nourish the body? Give me some so I can replenish my body."

Feng Yuxi gave him a bottle of medicine and told him not to drink alcohol while taking the medicine.

"There is nothing to do all day long. How can I live without drinking?" The King of Chu frowned in dissatisfaction.

"I'll find you something to do." The prince said, "I'll give you the title of an imperial envoy. Go around Jianghuai and catch a few of the most corrupt people. You can confiscate their property and execute them. How do you do that?"

The King of Chu smacked his lips and thought that although this matter was simple and boring, it was better than sitting idle in the capital.

"Okay, I'll take them out to play." The King of Chu nodded and agreed.

At this time, the eunuch came to report that the food was ready.

The prince took the King of Chu and Feng Yuxi to the dining place. After a while, Ye Qingzhi also came over.

When the King of Chu saw Ye Qingzhi, he took the initiative to greet her and politely called her "Master Ye" to show his respect for her.

Ye Qingzhi also politely returned the greeting, invited the King of Chu to take a seat, and greeted Feng Yuxi with a smile in a relatively casual manner.

"Drink the sobering soup first." The prince said to the King of Chu.

"I'm not drunk, and there's no wine on your table, so why do I need to drink the sobering soup?" The King of Chu muttered, and after being glared at by the Crown Prince, he still picked up the soup and drank it.

The prince picked up another dish for Ye Qingzhi, and after taking a few bites himself, he said to the King of Chu,

"Haven't you always been curious about Feng Yuxi's secret? I'll tell you today."

The King of Chu's eyes lit up immediately, and he turned to look at Feng Yuxi, which made Feng Yuxi feel uneasy. He couldn't help but say,

"Don't look at me like that. I didn't know today was a confession game."

The King of Chu looked at the Crown Prince again, "Then tell me quickly."

"Feng Yuxi and Master Ye are not actually from this world. They came from a world a thousand years later. They came here to be reborn by borrowing corpses and bringing with them powerful skills."

The prince spoke.

King Chu, "???"

Dazed, the King of Chu picked up the half-drunk hangover soup and drank it in one gulp. Okay, I'm sure I'll be sober this time.

"Say it again!" The King of Chu looked at the prince.

The prince knew the impact of this story, so he told it again.

King Chu, "!!!"

Calming himself down, the King of Chu looked at Ye Qingzhi, then at Feng Yuxi, and looked up and down, left and right, staring at them, as if he wanted to peel off their skin to see what the souls inside looked like.

"Although this is outrageous, extremely outrageous, but after eliminating other possibilities and finding no explanation, this can only be the truth, no matter how outrageous it is."

The King of Chu began to persuade himself, and after digesting it, he excitedly began to ask,

"Cousin, can you tell me what your world is like? What skills do you have? Is it medical skills?!

Your medical skills are far superior to others, and you can conjure up some very powerful medicines. Is this your unique ability, or can everyone in your place do the same?"

As he asked, the King of Chu looked at Ye Qingzhi again, asking her not to just focus on eating but to share as well.