Professional Ethics of a Concubine

People are lazy.

Especially for those who are not confident themselves, once they develop a dependent mentality towards someone and taste the sweetness, they will become even less confident, and will not be willing to use their brains, and will only want to open their mouths and be fed.

If you want to keep a person in captivity and make her lose the ability to be self-reliant, just keep feeding her and you will succeed.

Zhang Jingyi is not smart enough, but you can't say she is stupid. She is just an ordinary person.

Before, she was in charge of the rear house. Although the accounts were messed up by her purchasing people, she did a good job in other matters overall.

For example, when she dealt with Aunt Sun and Aunt Qin, when she dealt with the previous purchasing manager, she took the account books to settle accounts with the old lady and forced them to make concessions. Zhang Jingyi also had an method in doing things.

However, people are afraid of comparison, and a lot of mental exhaustion also comes from comparison.

Compared with Ye Qingzhi's relaxed, capable and flexible way of handling things, she seemed clumsy and not smart enough.

Zhang Jingyi's inherent inferiority and timidity also make her unable to remain calm when facing those in a higher position.

If Ye Qingzhi hadn't given him any advice, he would probably have collapsed completely under the pressure from those in higher positions, losing face and dignity.

Ye Qingzhi immediately saw through the leader's mentality of waiting to be fed.

However, what she wants is not to keep the leader in captivity or to sideline the leader.

What she wants is a leader to stand in front of her, to protect her from the wind and rain, and to escort her.

This role cannot be changed no matter what!

Therefore, for the sake of her future happiness in the workplace, Ye Qingzhi sat down very seriously and carefully analyzed to her leader why her dependent mentality was unacceptable.

Give her another round of encouragement, and rebuild her self-confidence.

"Princess, as long as you put the prince first in everything you do, you won't make any mistakes!

Moreover, our prince has a strong desire for control. If he has special arrangements for anything or anyone, he will definitely inform you in advance.

As for the daily chores and how to discipline the women in the harem, you can do it with confidence. You are the princess and have half control over the palace.

Especially to us women in the backyard, you are our mistress and master. You should punish us when necessary and control us when necessary!

When we move to the palace, there will definitely be new people entering the palace in the spring after the New Year. They will most likely be concubines or concubines from noble families. Princess, you must be tough and not let those noble ladies take advantage of you!"

Zhang Jingyi nodded heavily, "Okay, I understand!"

She is the princess and cannot rely on Concubine Ye for everything!

She is a little obsessed.

After hearing what Ye Qingzhi said, she understood more and more that Ye Qingzhi was not trying to sideline her, but really wanted her to stand on her own feet and was truly doing it for her own good.

She was extremely touched to see someone who cared about her so wholeheartedly. Even her biological mother couldn't do that.

"Qingzhi, you should go back and rest." Zhang Jingyi said affectionately, "If you feel bored in the mansion, go out and play for a few days. You can make your own arrangements."

"Thank you, Princess." Ye Qingzhi left happily.

It is such a blessing for her to have a leader who listens to advice, is motivated and treats her well!

-

Two days later, the positions of the concubines in the mansion were decided.

Aunt Wu, Aunt Xia and Aunt Huo were all given the title of concubines because of their sons' status.

Su Ranran had no status, and she and Aunt Qian and others became concubines.

Of course, there are some differences among concubines. Su Ranran is the one with the best salary and benefits among the concubines.

But no matter how good she is, she is not a concubine.

Su Ranran fell seriously ill and could not get up again.

She had been ill for more than half a month and had not shown any signs of improvement. Xie Jin took time out of his busy schedule to visit her, and later heard that Su Ranran's condition was gradually getting better.

Although Ye Qingzhi doesn't care about Su Ranran's affairs, she still wants to listen to the news, as it is part of the scope of information collection within her work.

And her mother's family had been promoted to imperial merchants because of her mother.

But now, with the addition of her prince and her status as concubine, the Ye family is now the best and unique among the imperial merchants.

Ye Qingzhi heard Ruyi say that her father is now so busy that he has to keep on working all day long. He has lost a lot of weight, but he has more money in his pocket.

In the past two days, Ye Qingzhi received a gift of silver from her biological father, a total of 50,000 taels of silver.

Looking at the thick stack of banknotes, Ye Qingzhi could feel that her father had indeed made a lot of money recently.

To be honest, she now has a pile of banknotes in her hands, but she has no place to spend them!

She had so many jewellery and clothes as gifts that she couldn't even wear them all, and she didn't even have to spend money to buy more.

Asking people in the mansion to do something requires some favors, but the cost is very small, just a few dollars.

As for the cost of giving gifts to leaders?

Haha, now the leader is giving her gifts.

She would give gifts to her leaders, and after the leaders accepted them, they would give her gifts in return that were double or even triple the amount.

The more gifts you give, the more money you make.

outrageous.

As for burning charcoal in the cold winter, she was afraid of the cold and wanted to burn more charcoal, so she was prepared to pay for it herself.

However, both leaders sent enough charcoal to her yard, and it was of the best quality.

It would be fine if it could make her house as warm as spring.

All in all, Ye Qingzhi felt deeply loved by the two leaders.

If you ask me how it feels, it’s pretty cool.

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In winter, the weather is cold and there are no wild vegetables to pick and no food to harvest. Even if there is no major disaster, the number of refugees will increase.

Ye Qingzhi would go out for a walk when she had nothing to do. Seeing the increasing number of disaster victims on the streets, she also started to spend money to set up soup kitchens like others, just as she thought of it as spending money to buy merit for herself.

If I don't do charity, I won't be able to spend the money I have.

When you spend money, what you want is the sense of satisfaction that it brings you. It's money no matter how you spend it. If you do it for charity, you can also gain a good reputation.

A good reputation was very useful in ancient times. You never know when it could save your life.

When Xie Jin knew that she was setting up a porridge stall, he said that this would also help him gain a good reputation, so he gave her 20,000 taels of silver and let her go ahead and do it.

It's equivalent to reporting her public expenses.

The money was not spent.

Ye Qingzhi,...

This life of lying down is so happy and boring.

The only bad thing is that her boss always wants to increase her workload at night.

After finishing the initial busy period, Xie Jin had already handed over the job of commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

The commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard is a knife in the emperor's hand. It would be inappropriate for a prince like him to do such dirty and tiring work in secret.

It was almost the end of the year, but the emperor had not yet assigned him a new position.

So, Xie Jin is really very free.

He can go out and socialize during the day, so since he has so much free time, of course he would find a woman to sleep with at night.

As for the woman in the backyard, Xie Jin now only wants to sleep with Ye Qingzhi.

Ye Qingzhi rubbed her sore waist, speechless.

This man really can't just sit around doing nothing, he must have something to do!

Otherwise, he would use all his energy that had nowhere to vent on her, and who could bear it!

-

On this day, Ye Qingzhi calculated that her mother was three months pregnant, so she sent a letter to visit her mother in the palace.

She is now a concubine and is qualified to do so.

It is worth mentioning that the new Prince Jing's Palace is being renovated at a rush by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Works, and we should be able to move in by the end of the year.

The location of Prince Jing's Mansion is just across the street from Prince Su's Mansion. Even the back door of Prince Su's Mansion is less than 200 meters away from the main gate of Prince Jing's Mansion.

After moving into Prince Jing's Mansion, it would be much more convenient for her to visit her mother.

This is naturally the work of Prince Su’s father!

What else could Ye Qingzhi say except that she wanted to give him a heart.

When they arrived at the palace, Prince Su was not there, he was working in the government office. It was the end of the year and the Ministry of War was busy with a lot of things to do. Except Xie Jin, no one was free.

"Mother, has the imperial physician come to check your pulse today?" Ye Qingzhi asked when she saw her beautiful mother.

"Not yet." Mu Nianqiu smiled faintly, "The child is very well behaved. I don't have severe morning sickness and my appetite is good. Look, I have gained a lot of weight."

"My brother is well behaved, of course. It's okay for mother to be like this, he's not fat."

Ye Qingzhi looked at her mother carefully. She looked pretty good, a little fatter and rounder. Her mother's elegant temperament was like a Buddha...

Mom, it’s better if you don’t get too fat, otherwise you’ll become a kind-hearted female Bodhisattva.

Ye Qingzhi thought about it, smiled secretly, and started chatting casually with her mother about family matters.

Half an hour later, the chief physician Sun arrived, along with two other imperial physicians.

Mu Nianqiu was also confused when he saw so many imperial doctors coming together.

Imperial Physician Sun took the initiative to explain, "Concubine Mu, I examined your pulse a few days ago, but there were some points I was unsure about, so I specially called Imperial Physicians Hu and Wang to come with me today."

Mu Nianqiu nodded without asking any more questions. He still looked indifferent. He just sat down immediately and stretched out his hand for them to take his pulse.

Ye Qingzhi had a guess. She stared at Doctor Sun and the others as they took the pulses one by one, and then went aside to discuss in a low voice.

Finally, Imperial Physician Sun stepped forward and congratulated Mu Nianqiu with a smile, "Congratulations, Concubine Mu. After repeated diagnosis by our humble servants, we have confirmed that you are pregnant with twins."

Mu Nianqiu looked at Ye Qingzhi with some surprise and blinked. It turned out to be twins.

Ye Qingzhi also smiled, and walked forward to congratulate her mother with a smile.

At this time, Prince Su strode in from outside, feeling cold. He stood by the brazier first, waiting for the coldness to go away, before approaching Mu Nianqiu and asked with a smile,

"What's the good news? Did I hear some congratulations outside just now?"