Professional Ethics of a Concubine

Oh no! The lover of the empress in her youth appeared openly. If they entertained him warmly, would the emperor's coffin be unable to hold him down?

With all kinds of thoughts in mind, everyone started to get busy.

The fifth prince heard about this when he returned to the palace from the Zoroastrian church. What? The emperor of the Great Zhao is coming!

What is he doing here?! Is he planning to kidnap the Queen Mother?

The fifth prince was in an even worse mood.

Although he now acknowledges Xie Jin as his elder brother and does not feel that his mother has let his father down, this does not mean that he wants to see the emperor emeritus of the Great Zhao.

But it’s not that I don’t want to see him.

In fact, he was also a little curious about what kind of man could make his mother make such a bold decision when she was young to have a child with him out of wedlock.

"Oh, my Pope, what's wrong with you? Your face is so long." Yuchi Yongning spoke immediately when he saw the fifth prince.

There's always a hint of sarcasm in his tone. There's nothing I can do about it; I'm used to it.

Even though I don't dislike the Fifth Prince so much now, I just don't want to talk to him properly.

The fifth prince rolled his eyes in response and asked unhappily, "Have you heard that the emperor of Zhao is coming?"

"Of course I heard about it. The Queen Mother also arranged for me to go and greet him when the time comes. After all, I am familiar with him."

Yuchi Yongning nodded and said, "The Emperor is an elder who is easy to get along with. I like him very much. I feel very close to him when I think of meeting him after being back for so long."

"Don't you feel like you are betraying your father by saying this? Who do you think is your father?" The Fifth Prince accused him, his eyes wide open, and he became angrier and angrier as he spoke.

"???" Yuchi Yongning had a question mark on his face, "What are you talking about? He is the emperor of the Great Zhao, what does he have to do with our father?"

"You, you don't know the relationship between the Queen Mother and him, do you?" the Fifth Prince asked in disbelief.

Yuchi Yongning nodded immediately, "I know, so what. To our mother, he is no different from our father, he is just a man."

The fifth prince, "???"

Why does this sound so strange?

The Fifth Prince changed his identity perspective in his mind, and suddenly fell silent, feeling a little more comfortable.

"You said that the Queen Mother has no feelings for him?" the fifth prince asked.

"Of course, what kind of feelings can there be?" Yuchi Yongning looked at the fifth prince unbearably.

"You are already thirty years old, how can you still be so naive? Talking about feelings here is really laughable."

The Fifth Prince,

What's wrong with him talking about feelings? It shows that he still has a fiery passion, which is his basic quality as a Pope.

"You haven't even become the emperor yet, but you already have the indifference of a politician." The fifth prince also looked down on Yuchi Yongning.

"This is also my basic quality as an emperor." Yuchi Yongning said, "There is no need to talk about feelings or hurt feelings."

"Our eldest brother does not take concubines. Even if you sit on the throne, you are not allowed to select concubines to fill the harem." The fifth prince said to him.

"If you don't listen, I'll tell my brother about it."

Yuchi Yongning was about to roll his eyes, but when he heard the last sentence, he stopped rolling his eyes and immediately said, "Alright, alright, got it. Your Holiness, do you have any more oracles to give?"

"When the Emperor of Zhao arrives, I will go to greet him personally," said the fifth prince.

"Don't think about anything bad." Yuchi Yongning warned gently.

The fifth prince replied with a guilty conscience, "I didn't. I will treat him with the highest courtesy of the Zoroastrianism to welcome distinguished guests!"

After saying this, the Fifth Prince turned and left.

-

Soon, more than half a month passed.

"Your Majesty, we have entered the territory of the Western Regions. However, it will take another three days to reach the capital of Gulan."

The guard spoke respectfully to the emperor.

"Well, since we have arrived in the Western Regions, let's slow down and don't rush." ​​said the emperor.

He needed to take a good rest. His old bones couldn't bear the continuous journey. When he looked in the mirror yesterday, he was shocked by his haggard appearance. He felt like he had aged two years.

This glass mirror was naturally made by Prince Ying. For the old emperor who is feeling romantically aroused, it is imperative to have one.

No matter what age you are, as long as you are in love, you will consciously start to pay attention to your makeup and body management.

Women dress up to please themselves, and this does not apply specifically to women, but also to men.

In order to be in the best mental state to meet the empress, the emperor decided to conserve his energy, have a good rest, and travel slowly.

When they were almost reaching the capital, the retired emperor asked the eunuchs who were following him to tidy him up so that he would look more energetic.

The eunuch fixed the emperor's hair and saw the emperor's nervous look, so he couldn't help asking,

"Your Majesty, would you like to put on some powder? It will make your complexion look better?"

The Emperor,

What powder!

He has no shame.

He is the majestic emperor, not an actor, let alone a male concubine!

"No need! Don't make random guesses!" said the emperor unhappily.

The eunuch was so frightened that his neck shrank. He quickly admitted his mistake and dared not say anything more.

At this time, the chief of the guards came to report to the emperor, "Someone is coming up ahead. It should be the envoy of Gulan who is here to greet the emperor."

"Yes." The emperor responded majestically, immediately sat up straight, and asked the eunuchs to pull open the curtains of the carriage.

The carriage moved forward slowly. The emperor looked outside and saw that the towering city walls were filled with people. It was a sea of ​​people. He could not help but nod with satisfaction.

The standard of the welcome was quite good and worthy of his status!

"Welcome to the Emperor Emeritus of the Great Zhao!" Yuchi Yongning rode forward on his horse, then dismounted and bowed to the Emperor Emeritus in the carriage.

The emperor smiled and looked at Yuchi Yongning, raised his hand to him, "Quickly, stop being polite."

"Your Majesty must have been exhausted from the long journey. Please follow me back to the palace to rest." Yuchi Yongning said with a smile.

"The Queen Mother has already held a banquet in the palace to entertain the Emperor."

Upon hearing this, the emperor was shocked and then nodded with a smile.

Although he appeared calm and dignified on the surface, his heart was already surging with rage.

However, the carriage had to stop after moving forward a few meters because there were dozens of braziers in front of it, forming a fiery red fire dragon.

It's still very shocking to look at.

The emperor frowned deeply as he watched this scene, and turned to look at Yuchi Yongning, "What does this mean?"

Yuchi Yongning scolded the Fifth Prince in his heart, but he put on a warm smile and introduced him to the Emperor,

“Your Majesty, this is our Zoroastrian tradition. For distinguished guests coming from afar, they will set out a fire basin and let the guests step over it to dispel the cold and evil spirits on their bodies and bring warmth and light to the guests.

This was specially prepared by the Zoroastrian Pope for the emperor. The higher the status of the guest, the more fire basins there will be.

"Your Majesty, please look, because you are the true dragon emperor, this fire basin is specially placed in the shape of a dragon, majestic and majestic. With the blessing of the God of Fire, you will be prosperous and healthy in the future."

After hearing what Yuchi Yongning said, the fifth prince next to him almost rolled his eyes.

You are so good at bragging and embellishing that you have used up everything.

He just wanted to give the Zhao emperor a warning so that he would make a fool of himself when he stepped over the fire basin.

However, when it came to Yuchi Yongning's mouth, it was something like the blessing of the God of Fire and the true dragon emperor.

The shape of the fire dragon was also strongly requested by Yuchi Yongning. Because of Yuchi Yongning's warning, he had no choice but to compromise.

However, after hearing these words, the emperor nodded with satisfaction, and his grudge disappeared.

He once again felt the enthusiasm of the Gulan Kingdom, as hot as fire, very good, very good.

"Please ask the Emperor Taishang of Great Zhao to get off the carriage. You must step over the brazier yourself to show your sincerity. Otherwise, the God of Fire will blame you."

The fifth prince also spoke up.

The retired emperor took a look at the fifth prince and found that he looked somewhat like Xie Jin. They looked like brothers and it was obvious that he was the empress's other son.

The emperor could sense his subtle hostility towards him, but considering his identity, this hostility was understandable.

It’s nothing. The emperor doesn’t take it to heart. How could he bother with a junior? That would be too undignified.

However, when the emperor was about to get off the carriage, he heard the eunuch beside him muttering,

"This Western Region is really strange. In our Great Zhao, only the bride crosses the fire basin when she gets married."

The Emperor,

I almost couldn't catch my breath.

He suddenly didn't want to cross this brazier!

The emperor turned his head and glared at the eunuch fiercely.

The eunuch also knew that he was being mean again, so he quickly explained,

"Your Majesty, the bride has at most three legs, not so many. It's completely different. This is a fire dragon..."

"Shut up!" The emperor scolded him in a low voice.

The eunuch quickly stepped back and closed his mouth tightly.

The emperor got off the carriage in a bad mood and stepped over the fire pot. He was wearing a wide brocade robe, not a martial arts shirt...

When crossing the fire basin, one has to lift up his robe, which looks very embarrassing no matter how.

The emperor stared at the long fire dragon in front of him and fell into deep thought. Is it necessary to cross this fire basin? !

He had finally come to his senses. The brazier formation in front of him must be a problem posed to him by the Fifth Prince.

In order to save his face, Yuchi Yongning escalated the matter, and in the end he was trapped.

It's not right to cross, and it's not right not to cross.

Yuchi Yongning also saw the emperor's dilemma and was about to ask him to step over a brazier as a token of his respect. At this moment, the crowd behind him dispersed and the leader of the imperial guards rode up on horseback, shouting:

"The emperor has ordered that the emperor of Great Zhao be welcomed into the palace immediately. Just follow the Zoroastrian etiquette with all your heart, and there is no need to be too serious."

The retired emperor immediately breathed a sigh of relief and was deeply touched. The empress still cared about him and knew how to take care of him and save face for him.

The fifth prince curled his lips unhappily.

The Queen Mother actually favors this old man!