Professional Ethics of a Concubine

"I plan to send him and Xiao Qi to the State of Yan to assassinate the Emperor and the Crown Prince of Yan." Xie Jin said.

"...Ah?" Ye Qingzhi cried out in surprise, "Using such a violent and direct method?"

"The Emperor of Yan and the Crown Prince of Yan are both too capable," Xie Jin explained.

"Get rid of these two people and let the Seventh Prince take the throne, and half of Yan's problems will be solved. The remaining half is to shut up those warmongering nobles."

"Although they are both highly skilled in martial arts, if they go to the palace to assassinate someone, once something goes wrong, they will face thousands or even tens of thousands of palace guards. If they are surrounded, they will not be able to escape."

Ye Qingzhi frowned worriedly.

"Of course we need the Seventh Prince's people to act as the insiders." said the Crown Prince.

"Not right, not right." Ye Qingzhi immediately shook her head. "Han Yan told me that her brother still respects her father very much. If you ask him to cooperate with us to assassinate his father, he will definitely not want to do that."

The prince frowned and said, "Based on the way Emperor Yan treats the Seventh Prince, I think he wants to overthrow Emperor Yan and ascend the throne as soon as possible."

"Your Highness, sometimes even if you judge others by yourself, you still cannot understand them or guess their thoughts, because people are different."

Ye Qingzhi said, "The Seventh Prince is not an ambitious and courageous person. He is far inferior to the Ninth Princess."

Upon hearing this, the prince nodded in agreement and could only put his idea on hold for the time being.

"Your Highness, you asked a prince of a country to be an assassin. Only you can do such an outrageous thing." Ye Qingzhi couldn't help but teasing him.

"Every profession has its own specialization, so why not?" the prince also said confidently.

"The King of Qi is a natural assassin. Look at him. He has superb martial arts, is pure-hearted, single-minded, and doesn't talk. How perfect."

"...It seems so." Ye Qingzhi.

It's really impossible to refute.

"Ask him later whether he wants to assassinate the Crown Prince of Yan, so that he won't be urged to get married and have children by the virtuous concubine every day." Xie Jin said.

"Your Highness is so concerned about others, the King of Qi will only be grateful to you." Ye Qingzhi really admired him.

"She definitely won't consider her personal safety at all. If the virtuous concubine knew about this, she would probably go crazy, and the emperor would probably not agree."

The prince’s PUA level has reached the god level.

The tasks assigned to people are all very difficult, and they may even risk their lives to do them, but people are still grateful to him.

"Of course, we can't tell my father and Consort Xian about this." The prince said, "If a child wants to do something dangerous, no parents will agree. We can only do it secretly."

"..."Ye Qingzhi.

So you know it too!

-

Half an hour later, the King of Chu, the King of Qi, and the King of Duan all came to the East Palace one after another.

Prince Duan regarded Ye Qingzhi as his teacher and was grateful and respectful to her. When he came to the Eastern Palace, of course he had to visit her and listen to her teachings.

However, the teacher has a special identity and is also the prince's concubine, so before visiting Ye Qingzhi, he also has to pay a visit to the prince's wife, his elder sister-in-law.

Moreover, after the Crown Prince ascends the throne, the Crown Princess becomes the Queen. From any perspective, when attending the banquet, one should pay respects to the Crown Princess.

In fact, not only Prince Duan went to pay his respects to the Crown Princess, but the Prince of Chu also went with the Prince of Qi.

After meeting them, the Crown Princess said to Madam Zhou with some emotion,

"It's true that a dragon gives birth to nine sons, and each one is different. Look at these princes, each one is a dragon among men, but each one has a very unique personality, which gives their parents a headache."

As the Crown Princess spoke, she thought about her own children and felt very relieved.

Mingyu and Mingyan are very well-behaved and sensible, and I feel they will not cause any big trouble for her in the future.

If she had a son like the King of Qi, she would be very heartbroken.

She just tried to strike up a conversation with the King of Qi, but it ended in vain. Forget it, she gave up.

"How can there be children who don't make their parents worry?" Nanny Zhou said in a low voice, "The princess and the little prince are so smart and cute, and the queen is also worried about this and that every day."

The Crown Princess nodded in agreement, and thinking of Ye Qingzhi, she couldn't help but say with envy,

"Now that Qingzhi doesn't have a child, you can see how relaxed she is. She doesn't take anything to heart. She never frowns, and I've never seen her lose her temper. She's always in a good mood, with a smile on her face. Who wouldn't like her?"

"Once Concubine Ye has a child, she won't be able to act like a fairy anymore." Nanny Zhou commented pertinently.

"As long as you raise a child, it's all chaos. There is no child who is not naughty. They will not grow up according to the expectations of their parents."

The Crown Princess smiled and said, "Yes."

"Given your Highness's feelings towards Concubine Ye, are you worried that Concubine Ye will also be crowned Queen?" Nanny Zhou asked in a low voice after a while.

"I'm not worried about that." The Crown Princess smiled and shook her head, saying firmly,

"I know Qingzhi well. Even if Your Highness wants to do this, Qingzhi will refuse and will not become the queen."

Nanny Zhou looked at the Crown Princess in surprise, "Master, do you trust Concubine Ye so much now?"

"Yes, I may not believe Your Highness, but I believe Qingzhi." The Crown Princess smiled and nodded, saying gently but firmly,

“For a sister like Qingzhi, as long as you trust her and don’t hurt her, she won’t hurt you. I believe in her character.

Mammy, I have gone from being a bullied lady of a marquis's family to being the respected mother of a country today. It was not Your Highness who brought me here, but Qingzhi who held my arm and lifted me to this position.

If she wanted the position of queen, she wouldn't have to do anything. She just needed to let go and do nothing. I would have fallen down by myself long ago.

I have received so much love from Qingzhi. If I continue to be like I was before, always doubting her intentions because of my weakness and inferiority, then I am not worthy of Qingzhi's help, and I will go astray sooner or later."

"Now when I listen to the master speak, I feel like it's the words of some great scholar, with the demeanor of a gentleman." Madam Zhou smiled and flattered the Crown Princess.

"My master is becoming more and more dignified and generous like a mother of a country."

The Crown Princess smiled. She also felt that she had grown a lot over the years and became the beautiful person she had never dared to imagine before.

-

After paying his respects to the Crown Princess, Prince Duan came to visit Ye Qingzhi.

Prince Duan was also the first to arrive. He came straight over after talking to his mother. Because the distance was very close, he arrived early.

"Greetings, Master Ye." Prince Duan bowed to Ye Qingzhi, took out a small gift he had brought with him, and said with a smile,

"I know that you have no shortage of treasures here, so I chose this unique amber stone to give to you. I hope you like it."

Nanny Zhang took it from Prince Duan and handed it to Ye Qingzhi with both hands.

"Wow! There is a leaf inside. It's really unique. Prince Duan, thank you for your gift. I like it very much." Ye Qingzhi took it and looked at it, and immediately smiled and exclaimed.

"As long as the Grand Tutor likes it." Prince Duan said with a smile.

"Did you encounter any special customs or habits this time when you went out? Tell us about it." Ye Qingzhi asked Nanny Zhang to put the amber stone away, and then asked Prince Duan with a smile.

“Indeed, when we passed through a county in Minzhou, we found a group of people living deep in the mountains.

When we asked them, we found out that in order to escape the war in the previous dynasty, their entire village moved into the mountains and began to reclaim wasteland. Since there was no shortage of water, they lived in isolation from the world ever since.

More than sixty years have passed since their ancestors retired to seclusion, and there are fewer and fewer women in their village.

In order to reproduce, they practice polyandry. Not only that, in recent years they have found that more and more newborns are deformed and have difficulty growing up.

I have seen children in the village, some of them look really scary, some have cracked lips, some are missing fingers, and some are mentally retarded. I think they are monsters..."

Prince Duan said this with a look of sympathy and fear on his face, and asked in confusion,

"Master, why did they give birth to such a child? Did they eat something unclean?"

Ye Qingzhi sighed and explained,

“It’s not because they ate something unclean, but because they lived in seclusion for so many years that the people in the village got married to each other and became more or less close relatives.

Inbreeding increases the risk of giving birth to deformed children. In order to avoid this, cousin marriage should actually be banned!"

"Ah?" Prince Duan was surprised and asked, "Taifu, are you saying that if cousins ​​get married and have children, the children will also be deformed?"

"Not necessarily, it's just that the possibility will increase." Ye Qingzhi said.

"Then the King of Chu is quite lucky." Prince Duan said immediately, "He married his own cousin. Fortunately, Hongbao is a normal person."

At this time, Xie Wenyuan and King Qi also arrived, and the Crown Prince came with them.

As soon as Xie Wenyuan came over and heard this, he immediately became unhappy and looked at Prince Duan and asked,

"What do you mean? What do you mean I'm lucky, fortunately Hongbao is normal?"

Prince Duan was a little scared of him to begin with. Hearing his question, he could not help but shrink back and timidly explained,

"I'm happy for you and Hongbao. I don't mean anything else. I'm not cursing you. Don't get me wrong."

Xie Wenyuan still didn't understand why he said that, but he could clearly see that Prince Duan was afraid of him.

"What are you afraid of me doing? I won't hit you." The King of Chu asked him.

"I heard that you bullied him a lot in the past. He wanted to beat you to vent his anger, but he was afraid that you would get angry and retaliate afterwards." The prince said from the side.

Prince Duan immediately looked at the Crown Prince with his eyes widened. For a moment he didn't know whether the Crown Prince was helping him or tricking him.

Is it so direct? !

"Oh... let me think about it, I seem to have bullied you before." Xie Wenyuan touched his chin, scratched his past memories, and then generously pulled up Prince Duan.

"Come on, punch me a few times. I promise I won't be angry and won't retaliate against you."

What's wrong in pampering and giving in to a younger brother as capable and sensible as Prince Duan?