Professional Ethics of a Concubine

"Are you only thinking about Lord Fang? Are you having trouble sleeping at night?" Ye Qingzhi asked her again in a low voice.

"Hehe, hehe." Ling Yue giggled twice, and then quickly raised her finger to her to make a gesture of silence.

"Hush, just understand it, don't say it out loud, it's embarrassing."

Ye Qingzhi couldn't help rolling her eyes as she looked at her, pretending to be reserved despite being in amorous. She didn't feel that embarrassed at all, and looked more like a cat that had successfully stolen some fish.

Undoubtedly, Princess Ling Yue is different from other women in the world. She has a strong sense of female self-awareness. She does not regard men as the gods, nor does she regard women's chastity as more important than anything else.

Within a limited range, she lives a free and comfortable life. She knows clearly what she wants and what her bottom line is.

"If Lord Fang proposes to marry you, will the princess marry him?" Ye Qingzhi asked her directly.

"Qingzhi, are you kidding me?!" Ling Yue's eyes widened, and she looked shocked. She quickly shook her head and said, "This kind of thing can't happen."

"But wasn't it obvious yesterday? Lord Fang is concerned about the princess and is not indifferent."

Ye Qingzhi said again.

"Hehe, you also think he did it on purpose, right? I also think that this guy is really... he just wanted to flirt with me on purpose, no, he wanted to test my willpower!"

Ling Yue leaned his head towards Ye Qingzhi and said indignantly in a low voice, but his face was full of smugness and complacency.

He's so arrogant that I'm embarrassed to look at him anymore!

Ye Qingzhi pushed her handsome face aside and deliberately said,

"I can see that, Princess, you are a scumbag. The other man's attitude is that he just wants to have fun and satisfy his desires without thinking about taking responsibility."

Ling Yue couldn't refute.

Of course she wants to take responsibility, but she can't afford it!

If she was like her arrogant aunt, the eldest princess, who had military achievements and the weight of her words, and could suppress Fang Yunyan, perhaps she could do it too.

In fact, she had worked hard for this. She practiced with the spear and learned martial arts. She wanted to sneak to the battlefield to find the emperor's uncle, serve under him, kill enemies and gain military merit.

However, her mother said that if she dared to sneak to the battlefield, she would run away and then hang herself behind.

Her mother really does what she says. There is no woman who survives in the harem who is not cruel to herself.

How could she be so willful and disregard her mother's feelings? So she just let it go.

So, even though she liked Fang Yunyan, she just looked at him and didn't dare to touch him.

Yesterday, she found that Fang Yunyan did not seem indifferent to her either. She lost control and rationality and wanted to get closer to him to fulfill her wish.

After we really kissed, I found out...it felt so good!

So, she came to confess to the Buddha today!

I was wrong as a believer. I should never have broken the precepts. Now I feel even worse.

"What if Lord Fang is in love with the princess and is willing to resign for you and just live a rich and idle life?" Ye Qingzhi asked her.

Ling Yue was not moved by these words, but showed fear and resistance. "How can I do this? I can't bear it, and I don't want to see this."

After hearing what she said, Ye Qingzhi realized that Ling Yue was actually more sober than she expected, and knew where her bottom line was.

"Then go and explain it to Lord Fang. Don't let the two of you misunderstand and cause trouble because of poor communication and different thoughts." Ye Qingzhi said seriously.

"Tell him clearly where your bottom line is. Don't let him lose his mind and hurt both of you."

"Oh, I'll think of a way to meet him and talk it out in the next two days." Ling Yue sighed inwardly and suppressed the dark thoughts in his mind.

She had originally planned to find out some information in the next two days. If Fang Yunyan had not chosen a second wife yesterday, she would have secretly been seeing him for a month.

No more indulgence, just one month.

A month later, no matter whether he remarried or not, she would definitely get married, and marry far away, and completely give up the idea in her heart.

But Qingzhi is right, we really can't do this, many people die from cheating.

She couldn't harm Fang Yunyan, nor could she implicate her mother. If she didn't learn to restrain herself, she would really die.

"Princess, you are great. You know things better than anyone else. You will have a good life in the future." Seeing her squatting with her head drooped, Ye Qingzhi couldn't help but bend down to touch her head and comfort her.

Princess Ling Yue rolled her eyes at her, feeling that she was being comforted like a dog. This was how she usually felt when she petted the little Snowball raised by her mother.

"You should go in and visit the Imperial Aunt. I'll go for a walk in the garden." Ling Yue said to Ye Qingzhi, considering that the mother and daughter had something private to say.

Ye Qingzhi watched her and her personal maid leave before entering the inner room, where she saw her mother copying Buddhist scriptures at the desk.

The quiet and focused temperament of my mother can really cleanse the restlessness in one's heart. When you see her, your anxious heart will slowly calm down.

This must be the reason why Prince Su likes my mother so much.

"Qingzhi is here." Mu Nianqiu smiled happily when he saw his daughter coming, put down the pen in his hand, and stood up to greet her.

When she stood up, Ye Qingzhi discovered that her mother's belly was much more obvious in just half a month. This was because she was pregnant with twins. If it was only one baby, it would take five months for it to be very obvious.

"Is mother okay? Are your brothers and sisters well behaved?" Ye Qingzhi asked her with a smile.

"Very good." Mu Nianqiu smiled lightly and put her hand on her belly and touched it. "They are all very well behaved. I don't feel too tired yet."

"That's good." Ye Qingzhi also smiled with relief, "Have you found the female doctor from Medicine King Valley?"

"The prince said that the person has been found, but it will take some time for him to come to the capital." Mu Nianqiu said calmly.

"Don't worry. I still have several months before giving birth. The imperial physician comes to check my pulse every day. I also follow the instructions of the nanny to take supplementary food, walk around and exercise. Everything is fine."

"That's good, that's good, mother has worked hard." Ye Qingzhi helped her sit down and said to her with a smile,

"My father has never remarried. There is not even a woman in charge of the affairs in the Ye Mansion. It is really inconvenient. I urged my father to remarry, but he himself was not in a hurry. He even said that it was time for my eldest brother to marry. My eldest brother is indeed not young anymore. Mother, what do you think about my eldest brother marrying?"

"As long as the girl is capable of managing the household and is of the same mind as your eldest brother, that's all. As for family background...it's better to marry someone of lower status than marrying someone of a higher status and marrying someone who is down-to-earth and your eldest brother won't feel wronged. Then life will be smoother."

Mu Nianqiu thought for a moment and said,

"I should have been the one to arrange your elder brother's marriage, but I haven't been involved in these mundane matters for a long time, and I don't know which girl is suitable..."

Before Ye Qingzhi could speak, Mu Nianqiu hesitated for a moment and continued,

"I'll ask the prince to find someone to select some suitable girls, and then let your brother choose for himself."

"Hahaha... OK." Ye Qingzhi nodded with a smile, "Your Majesty, you should do more work if you are capable. I came here this time because I wanted to ask for your opinion on marriage."

"Oh? Whose marriage?" Mu Nianqiu asked curiously.

"Ling Yue's." Ye Qingzhi briefly told her mother about Ling Yue and Fang Yunyan. Mu Nianqiu just said indifferently after listening.

"Everyone has his own destiny."

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On the other side, Ling Yue was originally going to the back garden of the palace, but because he was preoccupied and didn't know the way, he ended up walking towards the front yard. When he passed a wooden bridge, he simply stopped and stared at the fish in the lake in a daze.

After an unknown amount of time, Ling Yue heard someone coming over, so he looked up and saw it was Fang Yunyan. He thought he was dazzled, that he was lost in lovesickness and was hallucinating.

I blinked and the man was still there, walking towards me.

"You, why are you here?" Ling Yue pursed her lips, glanced past his lips, and asked him with a quickened heartbeat.