Professional Ethics of a Concubine

Chapter 268 Xie Wenyuan's Gift

On New Year's Eve, the King of Wei attended a palace banquet. Prince Rui, citing injury as an excuse, did not enter the palace and instead stayed in the palace.

As soon as the palace banquet began, Princess An Ning stood up and toasted King Wei.

Princess An Ning first apologized for her mistake, and then acted as if she was ready to take responsibility for it, saying that she would wait for Prince Rui to whip her, and she could also disfigure herself to repay Prince Rui for his suffering, just hoping to appease King Wei!

During the banquet, when others heard that Princess An Ning could actually achieve this, they couldn't help but look at her with admiration.

The emperor did not expect Princess An Ning to be able to do this. He nodded with satisfaction, and his eyes were full of pity as he looked at her.

My daughter has grown up!

As soon as the emperor made his statement, the tone of many royal relatives also changed.

They asked the King of Wei to stop pursuing this matter. Princess An Ning was willing to be whipped and disfigured, and let you take revenge on her. What else do you want?

The King of Wei was so angry all of a sudden!

He really hadn't figured out what else to do. He definitely couldn't force the emperor to give him the power to supervise the Ministry of Personnel.

The King of Wei was so angry that he couldn't vent it, so he didn't stay at the palace banquet for too long. After drinking two glasses of wine, he returned to the King of Wei's palace in a rage.

A banquet was also being held at the Prince of Wei's mansion. In addition to Xie Wenyuan, Feng Yuxi and others who came to the banquet, there were also a group of loyal subordinates of the Prince of Wei, all of whom were his confidants, about ten people in total.

The King of Wei went to the palace for a banquet. The host of the banquet in the mansion was naturally the Prince of Rui who stayed in the mansion on the pretext of recuperating from his injuries.

Prince Rui was in a very good mood because he would get what he wanted tonight.

Xie Wenyuan had already made a plan with him. After the banquet was over, he would go back to the room first, and Xie Wenyuan would follow behind with Doctor Qin.

Then, before leaving the palace, Xie Wenyuan would find an opportunity to feed Doctor Qin a sleeping pill, knock him unconscious, and then send him to his bed.

Prince Rui took a look at the most beautiful Feng Yuxi in the world, drank another glass of wine, and became more and more excited. He even couldn't wait and wanted to end the banquet early.

However, the banquet was in full swing and it was unlikely to end early.

Moreover, at this time, King Wei returned from the palace much earlier than they expected.

"Father, why did you come back so early? Is there a problem?" Prince Rui asked hurriedly.

"Don't mention it!" After the King of Wei sat down, he slammed the table angrily.

“I didn’t expect Princess An Ning to be so brave and offer to trade injuries for injuries, so that you can whip her and eliminate the hatred!

Whether it was the royal family or the civil and military ministers, they all agreed and praised Princess An Ning, as if they had forgotten the evil things she had done to you before! "

The King of Wei was really about to be angry to death!

Upon hearing this, Prince Rui couldn't help but look at Xie Wenyuan again. Xie Wenyuan actually guessed it right!

Xie Wenyuan is really talented!

As long as he can send Feng Yuxi to his bed today, he will believe in his loyalty, regard him as a confidant, and give him the wealth and glory he wants.

"Father, don't be angry. Mr. Xie mentioned that Princess An Ning was forced to do it. She was just scared for a moment and pretended to be so at the palace banquet.

We can find someone to seduce her later, and she won't be willing to be whipped and disfigured.

Let's instigate Princess An Ning to have a big fight with the Emperor, and let her persuade the Emperor to give the power to supervise the Ministry of Personnel to my father..."

Prince Rui immediately told King Wei what Xie Wenyuan had said.

King Wei turned his head to look at Xie Wenyuan again and asked, "Mr. Xie, can you do it? Can you let Princess An Ning convince the emperor?"

"It's not a big problem." Xie Wenyuan said with a smile.

“Although the power to supervise the Ministry of Personnel is great, it is only supervision. If the emperor sends another confidant to restrain the prince, this power will be like chicken ribs.

However, Princess An Ning can still have other value, such as marriage, and bring new forces and alliances to the emperor. "

"Marriage?!" King Wei frowned. "Are you trying to persuade His Majesty to make peace with the Zhao Kingdom? I heard from the ministers who were sent to the Zhao Kingdom that the Zhao Kingdom is much stronger than we thought. It is a rich and powerful country and a formidable enemy.

Moreover, Da Zhao suddenly concluded a solid alliance with Gulan Kingdom and Da Yan.

The three countries formed a group and suddenly left our Chu State aside.

The good stuff such as sugar and soap produced by the Great Zhao were obviously sought after by the nobles. With these things, the Great Zhao had no need to worry about not having money!

I feel threatened by the Great Zhao. It is not difficult to understand why the Emperor has changed his mind and is trying to marry the Emperor and repair relations with the Great Zhao."

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the current situation makes it impossible to marry into the Zhao Kingdom."

Xie Wenyuan slowly shook his head and said with a smile,

"At the previous ceremony to confer the title of Crown Prince of Zhao, other countries had their royal families in attendance, but Chu only sent a few officials, which fully expressed our Chu's arrogance and disdain.

As soon as you heard that Great Zhao had joined forces with other countries, you became afraid. If you wanted to marry a princess to another country at this time, you would be humiliating yourself.

If the emperor really did this, he would probably be recorded in history books as the most cowardly emperor of the State of Chu.

The emperor would rather the two countries fight another war than do this. Although Da Zhao has the potential to become a powerful country, it will take time to become a powerful country.

Your Majesty might as well launch another war against Zhao in the next one or two years to threaten Zhao and force them to make concessions to us. This is what a strong country should do, and it can also divert domestic conflicts. "

After hearing these words, the King of Wei nodded involuntarily. It was indeed so.

If he were the emperor, he would never allow Princess An Ning to marry into the Zhao dynasty. No one would be so shameless as to do such a thing.

"So when you talk about marriage alliance, where do you want Princess An Ning to marry..." asked the King of Wei.

"Of course it's the Nanzhao Kingdom, which is further south of our Chu Kingdom. Although their country is small, Your Majesty may not look down on it.

However, once a war breaks out in our Chu State, if we give them some benefits, they will send troops to help.

Using a princess to bring in a powerful army, this is a good deal, right? "

Xie Wenyuan said with a smile.

"That won't work! We can't have a marriage alliance! Once the marriage is successful, Princess An Ning will marry far away, and I won't be able to take revenge on her. The Emperor will also have an extra helper. Well, I might as well whip her..."

The more Prince Rui listened, the more he felt that Xie Wenyuan's idea was not a good one, and that he was completely helping Princess An Ning.

Moreover, the supervisory power of the Ministry of Personnel may be useless to my father, as he said.

When the King of Wei heard this, he frowned and felt that it was inappropriate.

"Prince Rui, you are wrong to think so. Princess An Ning married far away so that you can control her and torture her. But if you let her marry in Shangjing, right under the emperor's nose, how can you torture her?

As for the military forces of Nanzhao, they can definitely help His Majesty!"

Xie Wenyuan smiled and winked at them, "Your Majesty is the most honorable prince of Chu State, can't you control a small Nanzhao?

It is impossible for the emperor to go to Nanzhao to negotiate with the king there in person. If he wants to negotiate, he has to send envoys. Who the envoys listen to and what they said in the past are all factors that can be manipulated.

Therefore, selling Princess An Ning and bringing in an allied army for the prince is the greatest use of Princess An Ning."

After hearing this, the King of Wei couldn't help but applaud. His blood was boiling and he was completely excited!

"Mr. Xie is a man of talent! A man of talent!" King Wei grabbed Xie Wenyuan's arm with both hands, helped him up from his seat, then bowed and said sincerely,

"Please help me in the future, sir, and work together for the great cause!"

Xie Wenyuan smiled modestly and said that he did not deserve it, but he did not move away and accepted the gift from the King of Wei.

Feng Yuxi was standing by, taking in the entire scene, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly again:

Letting this scourge go was truly the most correct move Xie Jin made in his political career.

Afterwards, both the host and the guests were naturally happy. The King of Wei regarded Xie Wenyuan as the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang and was extremely warm to him. His confidants also naturally looked up to Xie Wenyuan and called him "Sir".

Prince Rui was also in a good mood and drank with him. During the drink, he looked at Xie Wenyuan and winked at him. Xie Wenyuan also nodded at him with a smile, telling him not to worry.

Prince Rui was even happier. He was afraid that Xie Wenyuan would change his mind after being valued so much by his father.

They drank like this for another half an hour, and except for Feng Yuxi, everyone else seemed a little drunk.

Xie Wenyuan looked at the time and winked at Prince Rui, asking him to end the banquet and go back to his room to wait for the dinner.

Prince Rui was a little tipsy at first, but he sobered up all of a sudden and quickly told Prince Wei that he had drunk too much and felt uncomfortable and wanted to go back to rest.

He also said that everyone was drunk, it was almost midnight, and the party should end.

The King of Wei was very concerned about his son. When he heard that his son was feeling unwell, he asked someone to help him go back to his room to rest.

Seeing that it was indeed late, the King of Wei did not ask his servants to serve more wine. Instead, he served tea and asked everyone to drink some to sober up.

"Your Highness, please go and rest first." Xie Wenyuan took a sip of tea and saw the King of Wei rubbing his forehead, and said attentively and concernedly,

"After your hangover, Your Majesty can drink some honey water, which will make you feel better."

"Okay, let the servants prepare it." The King of Wei nodded with a smile and said,

"I have not heard that you have servants around you. I will reward you with a few beauties to serve you in your daily life."

Xie Wenyuan agreed with a smile and continued to chat with the King of Wei about random things. He was not in a hurry to leave because he was waiting for the main event of the night to begin.

Finally, after a while...

The servant who had just escorted Prince Rui away ran back covered in blood, panicked, and screamed,

"Your Highness, this is bad! This is bad! There is an assassin, an assassin has killed the Prince, ahhhh, the Prince's head is missing!!"

When King Wei heard the bad news, his head buzzed, and then he stood up and rushed forward to the servant.

The King of Wei grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up. With red eyes and a distorted face, he shouted at the servant,

"What nonsense are you talking about! What's wrong with the prince? What do you mean his head is missing? Ah! Tell me now!"

The servant's neck was strangled by the clothes, and he was in so much pain that he could hardly breathe. How could he speak? "Uh... uh..."

Xie Wenyuan watched the King of Wei going crazy with admiration. Seeing that the servant was about to be strangled to death, he walked forward slowly, grabbed the King of Wei's arm, and said urgently,

"Your Highness, please let him go first. Let's go to the Prince's place quickly! The Prince may not be in any danger. This boy is obviously scared crazy..."

King Wei let go of the servant, glanced at Xie Wenyuan, took a deep breath, and without saying a word, immediately ran to his son's yard.

The drunken confidants of the King of Wei had all run far away, and only then did they realize what had happened, and they hurriedly stumbled to catch up.

Xie Wenyuan and Feng Yuxi followed slowly behind, looking extremely calm in the darkness.

At this moment, the sound of clappers was heard outside, and the sound of bells was faintly heard from farther away.

It’s midnight, and the new year has arrived.

Xie Wenyuan paused and whispered to Feng Yuxi, "Cousin, how about this New Year's gift?"

"...Not very good." Feng Yuxi shook his head.

He is not a madman, why does he want heads?

"Tsk." Xie Wenyuan let out a light click of his tongue in dissatisfaction.

It feels like I prepared a gift with all my heart, but the other party didn't appreciate it, and my intentions were wasted.

Forget it, then let's send this head to their prince. It won't be in time for a New Year's gift, but it can be used as a Lantern Festival gift.

After all, he has been out for half a year, and he has to show off his achievements.

What’s more, its head is round like a rice dumpling, which is very appropriate!