Professional Ethics of a Concubine

The specifications of Prince Jing's Mansion are naturally incomparable to those of the Marquis' Mansion.

After moving into Prince Jing's mansion, Ye Qingzhi, as a concubine, had a yard that was more than twice as large as her previous Yanliu Courtyard, and all kinds of furnishings made it look even more wealthy and luxurious.

Her new courtyard is called Lanyueju, and it is finally not Yanliuyuan. Sometimes Ye Qingzhi wants to complain that she feels like she is living in a brothel.

The current Lanyueju has a fresh and noble name and a much higher level of structure.

After seeing the new yard, Ye Qingzhi was very satisfied, especially with the two warehouses in her yard. Both were quite large and big enough to store all her good things.

The moving was done by the servants and maids, and she just lifted her butt and lay down in another place, she was not busy at all.

So, Ye Qingzhi called the busy Nanny Zhang and prepared to ask her in detail about the scene when Lin Qingwan gave birth that year to see if there were any mistakes.

"Greetings, concubine." Nanny Zhang came hurriedly and kowtowed to Ye Qingzhi.

"Madam, please sit down. I have something important to ask you. It's about Madam Lin." Ye Qingzhi smiled at her and said gently.

"Thank you, Concubine, for the seat." Nanny Zhang sat down. "What does Concubine want to ask?"

Nanny Zhang has been with Ye Qingzhi for more than a month. She does not serve Ye Qingzhi personally, but is like a housekeeper, helping Ye Qingzhi manage the daily chores and servants of the entire courtyard.

This includes but is not limited to training maids and old women, checking daily allowances and gifts received, sending and receiving various invitations and informing Ye Qingzhi, supervising the work of the servants, etc.

As a chief housekeeper, Nanny Zhang is very busy every day, but her mental state is very good and she looks younger.

Sometimes the more idle people are, the more problems they will have, both physical and especially mental.

Being busy all the time, without being too tired, can make your body healthier and your mood more upbeat and full.

"Were you there when Madam Lin gave birth?" Ye Qingzhi asked.

When Aunt Zhang heard her ask this, she became gloomy and a look of regret immediately appeared on her face.

"My master gave birth more than a month earlier than expected. At that time, something happened in my family, so I took a few days off and went home. I was not with my master.

When I came back from home, I heard that my master had given birth to a stillborn baby at the risk of her life! At that time, I was…"

Aunt Zhang wiped away the tears from her eyes, sniffed, and continued to sob,

"After giving birth, the master looked ashen, and cried day and night. At one point, she had no desire to live. This old slave... Woohoo, I really regret it!

If I had not returned home, I would have stayed with my master and she would not have given birth prematurely..."

"You mean that Mrs. Lin gave birth prematurely because someone murdered her. Did you investigate it back then?" Ye Qingzhi asked again when she heard that this seemed full of conspiracy.

It was too much of a coincidence that she suddenly gave birth prematurely and her loyal and reliable old slave was not around.

Perhaps the child did have a breath when he was born.

But so what?

Nowadays, premature babies have to be put into an incubator as soon as they are born. Only with careful care can they ensure that their heart and lungs develop normally and survive.

This was ancient times... and the child was abandoned at birth. What kind of person did this child have to meet in order to survive?

Ye Qingzhi sighed secretly with a wrenching heart.

"We checked! We checked very thoroughly, but we didn't find anything. Or maybe it was too late when we remembered to check, and the evidence had been destroyed."

Nanny Zhang gritted her teeth and spoke with regret.

"Who was guarding Madam Lin in the delivery room that day? Was the midwife hired on short notice, or did you find one long ago?"

Ye Qingzhi frowned and asked carefully,

"Didn't they say that the child was taken away and buried? Then who took the child away? Did Madam Lin really not get to see the child once after giving birth?"

"The people who accompanied Madam in the delivery room that day were Amber and Xia Ye. They were both Madam's personal maids. The midwife was hired temporarily because the midwife who had been invited before was asked to leave that day.

This old servant heard that the child was taken away and buried by a servant of the Marquis, and that the master wanted to build a grave for the child so that he could be married to a good family in the future.

The Marquis disagreed at first, but later, unable to resist his master's tough attitude, he agreed and took full charge of the matter.

After the tomb was repaired and the lady had recovered from her confinement, she went to the tomb every day to recite the Sutra of Rebirth. She did this for a month. Her mood had become much more stable, so she no longer went every day, but once a month.

Madam said that she did take a look at the child, but her eyes were blurred by sweat and tears at the time, so she didn’t see the child clearly, and she fainted from exhaustion.”

Nanny Zhang explained in detail what she knew, and then couldn't help asking,

"Concubine, why do you think of asking this?"

"Alas, Mammy, you probably don't know the real reason why Zhao Xinlan was imprisoned, right?"

Ye Qingzhi sighed softly and said to Aunt Zhang, "Because it was Zhao Xinlan who killed Madam Lin. She had been giving Madam Lin a chronic poison."

Considering the reputation of Pingnan Marquis Mansion, the truth was never made public. They only said that Zhao Xinlan suddenly fell ill and needed to rest.

Of course Zhao Xinlan's elder brother demanded the truth, but after knowing the truth he was too embarrassed to ask Xie Mingli to let his sister go.

Moreover, Xie Mingli was too obsessed with Lin Qingwan, and eldest brother Zhao Xinlan didn't dare to make any demands. Instead, he said that his sister brought it upon herself!

As for the Anle Marquis Mansion, Xie Mingli didn't dare to tell the truth at all.

If he didn't tell the truth, the Anle Marquisate would ask Xie Mingli to write a divorce letter and move Lin Qingwan's grave back to her parents' home. If he knew the truth, he would be furious!

He could beat Xie Mingli five times a day, after all, Lin Qingwan had five brothers.

Before, Ye Qingzhi didn’t think of herself as Lin Qingwan. She just did what she had to do and didn’t care about anything else.

As for the Anle Marquis' Mansion, she believed that less trouble is worse than more, so she didn't feel it was necessary to tell them the truth.

Because if she told the truth, she would have to say that Lin Qingwan had appeared in her dream. If this matter became public, who knows what kind of rumors it would spread.

But now, Lin Qingwan is most likely her previous life, and her family is equivalent to her own relatives, so the attitude is of course different.

What needs to be informed should still be informed.

After all, there is a child whose life or death is unknown now involved.

Moreover, the more I understand the truth of the past, the more I feel that Xie Mingli is a rubbish. He can't figure out who he loves, and he didn't even check whether the child is dead or alive.

If I were to die and be buried with such a person, just thinking about it would make me so angry that I would want to crawl up and even the coffin lid would not be able to hold me down.

Ye Qingzhi now feels like, "If I die, you'd better not get close to me."

If they must divorce and relocate the grave, this matter will have to be handled by the Anle Marquis' Mansion.

When Aunt Zhang heard the truth, she gasped, her face turned red with anger, and tears streamed down her face.

Before she could calm down, Ye Qingzhi continued to give her big news.

“Then Xie Xiuhan is actually Zhao Xinlan’s biological son. Xie Mingli thought it was his own child before, so he brought him back home to be raised by Madam Lin. Now it has been found out that it is not.

And yesterday, Madam Lin appeared in my dream again, saying that she suspected that the baby she gave birth to was not a dead baby, and she wanted to find out the truth and find out whether the child was still alive..."

Aunt Zhang was stunned by this series of news. When she came to her senses, she cried out in pain, pounded her chest which was in so much pain that she could hardly breathe, and cursed bitterly.

“Wuwuwuwu…Marquis Pingnan has gone too far! Too far!! Zhao Xinlan, you black-hearted bitch, you will not have a good death, you will be tortured in hell after you die! My poor master, wuwuwuwu… My poor master…”

Seeing her so grief-stricken and maddened, Ye Qingzhi sighed softly and wiped away her tears.