Professional Ethics of a Concubine

The emperor suddenly granted marriage to Fang Yunyan and Princess Ling Yue, which shocked all the court officials.

Suddenly, the melon fell from the sky, and no one had heard any news about it beforehand, which made people imagine a lot.

Especially this combination, one is a favored princess, with an unconventional temperament and not young anymore, and the other is the prime minister, a widower, and remarried!

Then comes another important question.

Is it better to be the prime minister or the royal consort?

There is no doubt that anyone who has a little ambition in his career would basically think that being a prime minister is a good thing, as it allows one to have status and power, and have all the beauties one wants.

Being a prince consort sounds good as marrying a princess, but you have to act like a grandson in front of the princess, you can't have concubines, and you have no real power. What's the good of it?

Is the Emperor displeased with Prime Minister Fang, so he wants to make him a royal consort first, and then slowly take back his power?

Many court officials thought so.

Therefore, as soon as the news of the granted marriage spread, when Fang Yunyan went to work at the Ministry of Personnel again, he was looked at with sympathy by his subordinates.

Fang Yunyan,...

He was too lazy to explain. Even if he did, saying that he loved the princess and was willing, few people would believe him.

Because something very irrational happened, people usually only believe the facts they recognize, and no matter how much you explain it, it will be useless.

Just like, it is difficult to change a person with just a few words.

You keep speaking up and expressing your ideas, not to try to change the other person, but to awaken the other person's potential sense of identity, or to find people who share the same ideas and common topics.

Facing all kinds of looks, Fang Yunyan remained calm and continued to work calmly. He was still as gentle and dignified as ever, which gradually made everyone lose their desire to watch.

Moreover, there are so many things to do in preparation for the crown prince's enthronement ceremony in a few months, so there is no time to sit around and watch.

After a few days, the heat of the arranged marriage died down.

Fang Yunyan was no longer harassed by various gazes, nor was there any temptation to go around in circles, and he felt a lot quieter.

Because there were many things to prepare for the princess's marriage, including the construction of a princess's mansion, the couple's wedding date was set at the end of the year.

However, after all, the marriage has been arranged, and it was the emperor who granted the marriage. Now that the road is clear, it will be much more convenient to travel between them.

Fang Yunyan no longer had to avoid Princess Ling Yue when he met her in the palace. The two of them just walked aside and talked face to face. If they didn't do anything else, there was nothing wrong with them.

Anyway, there is no need to be sneaky and hide anything anymore.

On this day, Fang Yunyan and a group of cabinet ministers came out of the imperial study.

When Fang Yunyan saw Princess Ling Yue standing not far away waiting for him, a smile appeared on his face and he immediately walked towards her.

Several old cabinet ministers who were left behind covered their cheeks.

Ouch, my teeth are sore from the smile on Prime Minister Fang’s face.

Don't think that you can't see it just because they are old.

Prime Minister Fang obviously likes Princess Ling Yue very much.

What about being wronged and bearing humiliation? It's all nonsense!

"Tomorrow I will go to my uncle's house to visit my aunt and two children. Do you want to go?"

Princess Ling Yue asked him with a smile.

"Okay." Fang Yunyan agreed with a smile. Tomorrow is a day off, so he has time.

I've been so busy these days that I haven't had time to talk to her properly.

"Then it's settled. You should go and get busy. I'll go to the East Palace to play with Qingzhi." Princess Ling Yue didn't stay long. She smiled at him and turned to leave.

Fang Yunyan watched her leave, and only slowly withdrew his gaze after she walked a long way away.

When he turned around, he found that his cabinet colleagues were standing there, waiting for him with smiles on their faces.

Fang Yunyan,...

It seems that they are too free to have time to watch the fun here.

I will increase the workload and increase the intensity when I get back!

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East Palace.

Ye Qingzhi and her family just moved in yesterday, and they haven’t put their things in place yet.

Nanny Zhang and several maids from her original residence were gathering her daily necessities.

Then put some unnecessary valuable things in the warehouse, count them one by one, and record them in the book.

When Ye Qingzhi was in the palace, she had no eunuchs around her. Now that she has moved to the Eastern Palace, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has sent four young eunuchs and four young palace maids.

This was also in accordance with the regulations. Ye Qingzhi was the Crown Prince's concubine, second only to the Crown Princess, so she could also be allocated four eunuchs and four palace maids.

Below the Crown Prince's concubine are the Crown Prince's Liangdi, Liangyuan, Chenghui, Zhaoxun, Fengyi and other ranks.

In short, with Xie Jin becoming the crown prince, the organizational structure and job hierarchy of the harem underwent significant changes.

It has become more detailed, and the grades and classes have become more strict and obvious.

According to regulations, the prince can have two concubines. However, this time, in order to highlight his importance to Ye Qingzhi, Xie Jin only made Ye Qingzhi a concubine and had no plans to make another one in the future.

Concubine Wu was conferred the title of Liangdi, Concubine Xia and Concubine Huo were conferred the title of Liangyuan, and the other concubines were conferred the title of Fengyi.

However, for the women in the harem, these ranks did not mean much. Whether they were Liangyuan or Chenghui, it was nothing more than a little more silver, a few more sets of clothes and other allowances every month.

The Crown Prince only favors Concubine Ye and doesn't even look at them. They have no place to compete and there is no hope of promotion in this life.

Moreover, the Crown Princess managed the harem in an orderly manner. There was no conspiracy or trickery, and she was not bullied by servants because of her low rank.

How should I put it, except for not being pampered, as long as I don’t act up and get punished, everything else is perfect and I live a very comfortable life!

So, after being severely punished, the thirty strokes of the cane had just been completed not long ago, and the punishment of learning the rules and scriptures every day had not yet been completed. Even though everyone knew that they were going to move to the East Palace and become concubines in the future, they... couldn't get excited!

There's nothing else to it, I just completely faced the reality, my ambitions were worn away, and I became honest.

The young eunuchs assigned to the place looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old. They were all thin, kept their heads down, and looked very timid.

Obviously, these eunuchs are still young and have probably just started to serve the nobles, so they have no rank.

Ye Qingzhi felt bad when she saw their skinny appearance. Eunuchs were truly the most miserable workers in the imperial city, no doubt about it.

After all, the young eunuchs were men and had more physical strength than the maids, so Ye Qingzhi assigned them some of the rough work that required moving flowers and plants, sweeping the floor, and running errands.

The main reason she didn't let them serve her closely was that she herself was not used to it.

She was still used to Ruyi and Chunyu taking care of her daily life.

"Master, Princess Ling Yue is here." Ruyi came to report.

"You go down first, Ruyi, take them with you and arrange accommodation for them." Ye Qingzhi waved her hand gently.

Ruyi responded respectfully and left with the four eunuchs.

After leaving Ye Qingzhi's room, Ruyi whispered to the four eunuchs,

"It is your good fortune that you can serve the master. It doesn't matter if you don't understand or believe me now. You will understand in the future."

The young eunuchs lowered their heads and responded in unison, "Yes, Aunt Ruyi."

As one wishes,……

She touched her face and hair and glared at them speechlessly, "Call me sister? I'm not married yet, why call me aunt?"

"Sister Ruyi, we were wrong." The young eunuchs quickly knelt down and admitted their mistakes.

"Hey, get up quickly, I'm not angry." Ruyi was nervous because of them.

Seeing them treading on thin ice and trembling with fear, Ruyi suddenly realized how easy and comfortable her life was when she was with her master.

-

Princess Ling Yue came in, smiled and exchanged a few words with her, then asked,

"Qingzhi, how are you? Are you used to moving here?"

"I'm a very adaptable person, and besides, there are people around me who I'm used to, so there's nothing to get used to." Ye Qingzhi said with a smile.

"That's good." Ling Yue said with a smile, "Whenever you feel like visiting the palace, I'll lead the way for you and make sure I explain every place to you clearly."

"Let's wait for another half a month until it's cooler. It's still a bit hot now and I don't want to go out." Ye Qingzhi waved her hand and said lazily.

"You're so lazy to move, are you pregnant?" Ling Yue asked, staring at her belly.

Ye Qingzhi's mouth twitched, and she quickly said, "No, it's just two days since I got pregnant. There's no way I can be pregnant."

"Oh. This pregnancy is related to our daily life?" Ling Yue asked as if she understood.