"The court is your tool for governing the country, and the harem is your tool for prolonging your royal lineage and preserving your country forever. As an emperor, don't you understand this?"
The only thing the Empress Dowager failed to teach the Emperor was how to handle his emotions.
The emperor should not be emotional.
If there is only one woman in the harem, how can the emperor ensure that his external relatives will not interfere in politics? With few princes, once someone murders a prince, the emperor will have no successor. Will he have to hand over the throne to others?
Jun Zechen understood these principles in his previous life, so his reason would always prevail over his emotions. The struggles in the harem were as unavoidable as the struggles in the court.
It was also because of his rationality that his queen died three years ago.
"I should also be a tool without any emotions in my mother's heart, right?" Jun Zechen asked indifferently.
Everyone wanted him to be a perfect emperor.
"I have never thought so. I just hope that you can be like your father and like women, but not fall in love with them. Once the emperor falls in love, he will face a choice, and you will be the one who suffers."
A trace of pity flashed in the Queen Mother's eyes.
It's no use saying more now.
The Queen Mother realized these truths only after she had been Queen for ten years. At that time, she began to consider all things from the Emperor's perspective. She was no longer obsessed with right or wrong, but weighed the pros and cons. She no longer had any sentimental feelings in her heart.
She and the late emperor were husband and wife, as well as comrades-in-arms.
The emperor is not a god and cannot predict the future, so he needs to plan and balance the court, and the former court and the harem have always been inseparable.
Jun Zechen silently turned the ring on his hand, his dark eyes lowered, making it impossible to see his thoughts.
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