Professional Ethics of a Concubine

He's been outside all the time and he's pretty tired, so it would be nice for him to come back and rest for a few months.

"Establish a national museum to collect cultural relics, artworks, classics, etc. from past dynasties, which can be opened to the public for the whole world to appreciate."

The prince smiled and said,

"Some time ago, the King of Chu collected many treasures from the imperial palace in Shangjing and piled them up in the storehouse of the imperial palace, waiting for you, a mentor, to appreciate them. How about this task? Do you like it?"

"I love it so much!" Prince Duan's eyes lit up immediately, and he rubbed his hands and said impatiently,

"Which warehouse is it? I want to go and take a look now. Are there a lot of them?"

"Ten warehouses are full. How could there not be a lot of what the Chu State had accumulated before? This is what Xie Wenyuan and his team left behind."

The prince spoke.

"If you want to become rich overnight, you have to start a war and steal other people's things."

Prince Duan sighed when he heard this, and then asked excitedly,

"Brother Crown Prince, when will the Kingdom of Yan be destroyed? We will be able to harvest a lot of good things again."

The prince couldn't help but reach out and knock on his head, "...you should digest the things from Chu first."

After being away for more than two years, how come you have become a bandit?

"Hehe, then I'll go pay my respects to my father and mother first, and then take a look at the good stuff later." After saying this, Prince Duan said goodbye to the Crown Prince.

"The King of Chu has always said that he wants to meet you. Tonight I will call the King of Qi and Xiaoliu, and you two will come to the East Palace to have a gathering."

The prince spoke again.

"King of Chu..." Prince Duan felt a little scared when he mentioned the former crown prince, and still felt a little resistant in his heart.

Their relationship was not very good before. His mother was even tricked by the King of Chu and demoted from concubine to Zhaoyi. Of course, she was promoted back because of him in the past two years.

Of course, apart from this incident, there were many other issues between him and the King of Chu.

Although these things happened so long ago, he couldn't say that he had any hatred towards the King of Chu, but it was impossible for him to face the King of Chu without any grudge at all.

"We are all brothers. If you are unhappy, just speak up. If you are unhappy, punch the King of Chu when you see him and vent your old grievances."

The prince said with a smile.

"I'm afraid that if I hit him, he will retaliate against me secretly. I don't have his scheming and tactics, so I can't beat him."

Prince Duan was moved, but spoke hesitantly.

"That won't happen." The prince assured, "He admires you very much now. Whenever he mentions you, he says that Xiao Si has made great progress and has become very capable, which makes him look at you with new eyes.

If you want to settle old scores with him, he will definitely let you beat him up and won’t fight back afterwards.”

"Is it true?" Prince Duan didn't dare to believe that there was such a good thing, but he felt that the Crown Prince would not lie to him, so he nodded.

"Okay, I'll keep the appointment tonight."

I'm even looking forward to it.

I haven't seen the King of Qi for a long time, and I don't know what he has become.

And Xiaoliu, um... he likes Xiaoliu the most because there is no pressure when being with Xiaoliu.

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Prince Duan first went to pay a visit to the Emperor, fully expressing his longing for and filial piety towards his father. After listening to his father's concern for him, he went to Concubine De.

I didn't expect that when I arrived at my mother's palace, I saw my mother playing mahjong with Concubine Xian, Concubine Rou, and Concubine Rong!

"Oh! Son, you are finally back!" When Concubine De saw Prince Duan, she immediately smiled, threw down the cards in her hand, and said to Concubine Xian and others,

"Sisters, how about we finish today and continue the fight tomorrow?"

"Of course it's good. Prince Duan is back. You two have a lot to talk about. I won't bother you." Rong Fei stood up and said with a smile.

"You can play mahjong anytime, but my son can't be with me every day."

"Sister Rong is absolutely right." Concubine Rou also stood up with a smile, "I'm leaving too. I'm going back to see if my son has returned to the palace."

"So what if my son is back? It's good enough that I can talk to you." The virtuous concubine also stood up, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she was filled with resentment.

The son of Concubine Xian is the King of Qi. When everyone heard her say this, they could only show sympathy and didn't want to rub salt into Concubine Xian's wounds.

"Prince Duan, if you encounter anything interesting out there, please tell us about it later." Concubine Xian said to Prince Duan as she left.

Prince Duan, "...Okay, Madam Consort Xian, I'll tell you about it at the palace banquet later."

"Prince Duan has become more mature and stable." When Concubine Rou left, she also said with a smile, "Seeing you like this, I don't have anything to worry about anymore."

"Yes." Rong Fei also nodded with a smile, and then asked, "How long will you stay this time?"

"There's no hurry to leave. The Crown Prince has assigned me a new task. I will have to stay in the capital for half a year or a year." Prince Duan said with a smile.

"That's great!" De Fei was immediately happy when she heard this. She pulled Prince Duan's sleeve, looked at him carefully again and again, and said distressedly,

"Stay in the capital and recuperate. Every time you come back, your mother feels strange when she looks at you."

"No matter how unfamiliar he is, he is better than my taciturn son." Concubine Xian spoke again.

Concubine Rong and Concubine Rou smiled and pulled Concubine Xian away, telling her not to vent her anger on Concubine De and her son.

Prince Duan watched them all leave, breathed a sigh of relief, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He also feels a lot of pressure facing so many female elders at the same time.

"Son, you really made your mother proud!" Defei immediately said to him with a smile.

"You don't know, when I'm with Concubine Rou and Concubine Xian, I feel so superior. When I talk about you, I don't even need to show off, they are so envious."

Prince Duan saw that his mother was still showing off and comparing herself as usual, so he couldn't help but laugh, but he was also very puzzled and asked,

"I don't know why I am so proud of myself. What's going on?"

"Compared with Prince Qi and Prince Ying, my son, you are much more normal. You are much less of a worry for me." Defei said with a smile.

Prince Ying refers to the Sixth Prince. Because the Sixth Prince is extremely intelligent and talented, the Emperor deliberately used the word "Ying" in his title.

However, the prince and the others still like to call him Xiaoliu, which sounds more intimate.

Prince Duan,...

It turned out that his striving for excellence was because it was too normal. Prince Duan was a little amused and disappointed.

"The King of Qi is already so old, but because he is always away at war, Concubine Xian has tried many times to find him a concubine, but to no avail."

Concubine De lowered her voice and said,

"And I heard from Concubine Xian that for so many years, the King of Qi has never had a woman to serve him. My God, the King of Qi is almost thirty years old. Do you think he is sick?"

Prince Duan,...

I hope you are not sick!

However, the King of Qi joined the army more than ten years ago and seldom returned to the palace. He did not have a deep impression of the King of Qi. He only remembered that he was a man of few words and had great martial arts skills.

The thing he remembers most vividly is an autumn hunting trip. He was only eleven or twelve years old at that time. He was very poor at riding and shooting. He went hunting and was temporarily separated from the guards around him. Then, unfortunately, he encountered a wild boar.

At that time, he thought he was going to die.

But the next moment, the King of Qi shot the wild boar to death with one arrow, and left without even giving him a chance to say thank you.

Later, he went to the King of Qi to express his gratitude, but the King of Qi just said it was just a small favor and ignored him.

Later, he tried many times to get close to the King of Qi, but the King of Qi ignored him, so he gave up and stopped trying to please the king.

"Well... maybe the King of Qi is focused on other things and doesn't like to talk to women." Prince Duan said, "He is a man of few words, and I guess no woman can stand him."

"No woman likes the King of Qi in life, but when it comes to carrying on the family line, there's no need to talk, just do it."

Concubine De said, "When the Prince of Qi came back, Concubine Xian sent him many beauties and asked them to serve the Prince of Qi on their own initiative, but he threw them all out."

Prince Duan,...

After hearing so much private gossip from my brothers, I am looking forward to the party in the evening even more.

"Then what is Concubine Rou worried about? Didn't Xiaoliu get married and marry a princess?" Prince Duan asked.

"Although he got married and married a princess, Prince Ying was obsessed with various studies. He stayed in his Gewuyuan for 29 days a month and never returned to the palace."

Concubine De said,

"A good girl has only been married for a year, but she is now a widow. Concubine Rou doesn't even dare to urge her to give birth. She has to comfort her daughter-in-law in various ways, but she can't take care of her son."

Prince Duan,...

Xiaoliu is too obsessed with his career!

"Then let our father and the Crown Prince take care of it?" Prince Duan asked tentatively.

"How can we manage this?" De Fei said, "I heard that when the Crown Prince is busy, he won't return to the East Palace for ten days or half a month."

Prince Duan,...

He thought he was ambitious enough, but he never expected that his brothers were all obsessed with their own careers and none of them knew how to live.

"Although you are away from home all year round, you have a child and there are servants around you, so mother has nothing to worry about."

Concubine De smiled and said, "Now mother plays mahjong every day, listening to Concubine Rou and Concubine Xian complaining about their sons, I feel so happy!"

Prince Duan,...

Mother, your happiness is so simple!

Very good, very good.

-

East Palace.

Ye Qingzhi heard that Prince Duan had returned and that the Crown Prince was going to host a banquet for his brothers in the evening, so she asked curiously,

"Your Highness, is the King of Qi a homosexual? I heard that he never touches a woman."

"I asked him, and he said he wasn't one." The prince shook his head and stated his guess seriously.

"He doesn't even bother to talk. He is very pure-hearted. Moreover, he practices martial arts and swordplay every day, and he has vented all his energy. He may not have any thoughts in that area."

Ye Qingzhi nodded, thinking that this made sense, "Then how will Your Highness arrange for the King of Qi?"