"The court is your tool for governing the country, and the harem is your tool for prolonging your royal lineage and preserving your dynasty forever. As the 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 relatives will not interfere in politics? With fewer princes, once someone secretly harms 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 rationality always prevails over his emotions. The struggles in the harem are as inevitable 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 lightly.
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. 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 only realized these truths after she had been Queen for ten years. At that time, she began to consider all things from the Emperor's perspective. She no longer obsessed with right or wrong, but weighed the pros and cons, and 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 strategize and balance the court, and the front 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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