Professional Ethics of a Concubine

"Mammy! I've learned my lesson this time. I'm going to use a trick to drive away the tiger and swallow the wolf. I'm going to let the people in the first room get rid of that bitch Ye!

Don’t they want a good exam room? They want me to ask my dad for it without paying anything, just based on a few words. Am I that stupid? ! "

Yao Yinyin snorted coldly.

"The provincial examination will start in half a month. I'm not in a hurry anyway, but I don't believe that the eldest wife is not in a hurry."

"Aunt, although your trick of driving the tiger to devour the wolf is indeed very good, but once the people in the first house fail and give you away, that won't work either! !"

Nanny Wang continued to persuade her anxiously, trying to get her to give up those unnecessary and dangerous thoughts.

"Then forget it! I don't believe that the eldest wife, who has fought with the Madam for so many years, knows every corner of the mansion by heart, and has so many useful servants at her disposal, can't even kill a concubine quietly."

Yao Yinyin made up her mind to kill Ye Qingzhi.

Now the Marquis dotes on her almost exclusively. If she were killed, the Marquis would see her again and no longer be obsessed by that bitch Ye Qingzhi.

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Ye Mansion.

Chen Yuankai was shocked when he learned that the examiner's real surname was Cai.

Was it a blind cat that caught a dead mouse? Or did Ye Yingxue really dream about something?

Chen Yuankai couldn't help but go to Ye's house to find her and ask her clearly.

She kept saying that she could get the top scorer in the imperial examination. If that was true... Chen Yuankai's heart was burning with excitement.

"You said the other day that you dreamed of me winning the first prize, but is that true?"

After seeing Ye Yingxue, Chen Yuankai asked directly.

"Of course it's true! In next year's palace examination, you will be chosen as the top scholar by the emperor."

Ye Yingxue nodded vigorously and spoke very excitedly.

Chen Yuankai was also very excited, but he still had some self-awareness.

My knowledge of classics is not bad, and I can get an A if I perform well. However, my policy essays have always been my weak point, and sometimes my angle to solving a problem is always wrong.

Could it be that in this exam, his policy essay will hit the examiner's sore spot?

"By the way, was Song Yixuan in your dream? How did he do in the exam?" Chen Yuankai asked quickly.

I really don’t know what kind of luck Song Yixuan has to have, to actually become Master Cai’s disciple.

And Mr. Cai is the chief examiner.

"In my dream, he was not in the imperial examination this time, but three years later he will be the top scorer in the next imperial examination. Brother Yuan Kai, you must be careful of him, he has always been against you!"

Ye Yingxue was very open-hearted to Chen Yuankai, but she knew too little about the imperial examination and could not help but complain,

"It's all Ye Qingzhi's fault. She was the one who intervened and gave Song Yixuan money to take the exam, allowing him to go to the capital to find a way to get a place in the exam again."

"Top scorer? Song Yixuan is indeed a top scorer!" Chen Yuankai didn't care about Ye Yingxue's complaints, but just said in a trance.

But he had to admit that his knowledge, especially in policy essays, was not even close to Song Yixuan's.

If Song Yixuan also went to the examination room, he would definitely not be able to beat him!

"Brother Yuankai, why don't we think of a way to prevent Song Yixuan from taking the exam in a few days? Breaking his arm or getting beaten up are both easy to do."

Ye Yingxue spoke at this time.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuankai looked at Ye Yingxue dimly, "It's not that easy to do."

"Leave it to me, Brother Yuankai. I will find someone to take care of it. You just rest assured and prepare for the exam." Ye Yingxue promised.

If you just want to ruin a poor student, you just need to spend some money and hire a few thugs.

This is not an easy thing.

Chen Yuankai couldn't help but laugh, and said to Ye Yingxue, "I won't let you down in the future."

Ye Yingxue couldn't help but hug him and said shyly, "I'll wait for my brother to marry me when he becomes the top scorer in high school next year."

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Hou House.

Mrs. Wang from the first wife's house found that she had really underestimated Yao Yinyin.

She actually asked me to get rid of Ye Qingzhi, only by getting rid of her could I get a good cell.

She was just a concubine, although she was somewhat favored, but if she died, she died.

Mrs. Wang agreed to this matter.

However, three days later, she found out that she was wrong. She thought the matter was too simple!

That Aunt Ye is simply a hedgehog, no, a turtle!!

Her people didn't even find any chance to take action.

She only went out in the morning to pay her respects to the marquis's wife. Every time she went out, she was followed by three maids and two old women, who surrounded her tightly, leaving no chance for her to get close to them.

After greeting everyone, she retreated into her yard and went nowhere else.

Even if you want to poison her, you can't because she has her own small kitchen and outsiders can't touch her meals.

Trying to bribe the people in her yard still doesn't work.

When the people in her yard heard that someone was going to harm Aunt Ye, they refused to do it no matter how much money they were offered.

The servants' indentures and their families were not in her hands, so she couldn't control them and threaten them.

They even turned around and reported to Ye Qingzhi that someone was trying to harm her.

This has alerted Ye Qingzhi and Xie Jin, making them on guard, making it even harder to kill her!

Mrs. Wang felt a little breathless due to chest tightness when listening to the servant's report.

How can it be so difficult to deal with just a concubine?

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Smoky Willow Courtyard.

Ye Qingzhi heard the two maids sweeping the floor in her yard telling her the truth, and she couldn't help but frowned, then said,

"Xia Chan, give Xiao Cui and Xiao Hong ten taels of silver. From now on, their monthly allowance will be increased by one tael, and I will pay for it."

"Thank you for the reward, Auntie!" Xiao Cui and Xiao Hong thanked her happily and were once again convinced that their choice was right.

The other party asked them to put poison in my aunt's tea, but the silver they were promised was only twenty taels. If they were discovered, they would be dead.

However, they told their aunt about it, and she rewarded them with ten taels of silver and increased their monthly wages. Her aunt was really generous.

The right thing to do is to follow such a generous, kind, and favored master and be loyal to her.

Xiao Cui and Xiao Hong went down happily with the silver in their pockets.

Ruyi and the others were both scared and angry, "Auntie, who wants to harm you?"

Because the people who came into contact with Xiao Cui and Xiao Hong disguised themselves, they couldn't clearly tell who they were, so for a while no one knew who was the mastermind behind the scenes.

"I don't know." Ye Qingzhi was not worried at all. She lay down on the chaise longue leisurely and said to Ruyi,

"Go and ask me to come over later. Tell me someone wants to harm me and let me take charge."

Of course you should tell your leader about this kind of thing and let him protect you. Don't just stand there and do it foolishly.

If you choose to endure it silently, it seems as if you are very independent and strong.

That's not strategy, that's not wit, that's stupidity.

Ruyi agreed and hurried to call the Marquis. She was worried about her master and couldn't wait even a moment.

Xie Jin was handling official business in the study, so he was not busy. When he heard Ruyi's report, his face darkened and he quickly came to Yanliuyuan.

Xie Jin himself didn't realize that he was now not just a little concerned about Ye Qingzhi, nor was he just a little curious about her.

"Master, there are villains who want to harm me. You must protect me well. I don't want to die so early..."

As soon as Xie Jin entered the room, Ye Qingzhi ran towards him, put her arms around his neck, and rubbed against him coquettishly.

Xie Jin's heart softened, and he hugged her human pendant, kissed her on the mouth, and then asked, "What's going on? Who wants to hurt you?"

How could she be so good at acting like a spoiled child?

"I don't know either..." Ye Qingzhi repeated Xiao Cui's words to Xie Jin, thought for a moment and said,

"These past two days I've always felt like someone was watching me, and I felt very uncomfortable. So when I went out to pay my respects to my wife, I let Ruyi and the others follow me around. I didn't expect that someone really wanted to harm me."

"As long as you don't leave the house, no one in the house can take your life." Xie Jin promised her.

Ye Qingzhi believed this, so she immediately smiled and kissed Xie Jin, thanking him in a sweet voice.

"Master, thank you. I won't run around anymore. Otherwise, you can keep me under house arrest. I won't go to pay respects to the Madam first. Saving my life is the most important thing."

"I think you want to take this opportunity to slack off." Xie Jin exposed her little trick unhappily.

"Master, don't hit people in the face, and don't expose people's weaknesses." Ye Qingzhi admitted directly with a smile.

"I learned this from you, too." Xie Jin pinched her little face again.

Although he was joking with her, Xie Jin was angry in his heart.

Anyone who touches him right under his nose is asking for trouble because his life is too comfortable.

He wanted to see who had such courage.

"Master, because someone wants to harm me, I suddenly thought of something." Ye Qingzhi said with a serious face.

"If it's convenient for you, please send someone to protect Song Yixuan. Don't let anything happen to him before the exam, otherwise our two thousand taels of silver will be wasted."

They bet that Song Yixuan would be able to pass the imperial examination and each of them bet one thousand taels of silver.

"Huh? Why do you think someone would attack Song Yixuan?" Xie Jin asked her.

"When Master asked me why, I really couldn't answer. I can only say it's a woman's consciousness, her sixth sense. But, this thing is sometimes very accurate."

Ye Qingzhi said half truthfully and half falsely,

"It's better to be safe than sorry. After all, we bet money on him, so it's necessary to protect our racehorse."

She was sure that Ye Yingxue was reborn, and she also guessed that Ye Yingxue would probably conclude that she was reborn after seeing some changes in her.

In order not to affect Chen Yuankai's career, Ye Yingxue might take action against Song Yixuan.

"I have always sent people to follow and protect him," said Xie Jin.

"I know I was worrying for nothing." Ye Qingzhi said with a smile, "Everything is under your supervision, so I can just eat and drink without worry, and then I can just count the money when the time comes."

Seeing her lazy appearance, Xie Jin thought that she was too unmotivated. However, it was indeed wrong for him to ask a woman, especially a concubine, to be ambitious.

Just looking at her lazy look, I want to toss her over and over, make her move, and moan tenderly...

He came here to eat meat, and Xie Jin would not let himself suffer. He picked up Ye Qingzhi and threw her on the bed to satisfy his own desire.

-

After enjoying his feast, Xie Jin did not stay in Yanliu Courtyard for too long. He turned around and ordered the secret guards in the mansion to investigate who was behind the trick.

Within half a day, Xie Jin received the results of the investigation.

It was done by Yao Yinyin and the people from the first wife's side.

Xie Jin's face turned slightly cold. This Yao Yinyin couldn't be kept!

He accepted her in the first place because he was annoyed by Yao Yinyin's pestering, and he also took into account the pressure from her father, a fourth-rank official, and Li Fei in the palace.

However, after she entered the mansion, she has been restless, torturing this one and killing that one.

Xie Jin didn't care about the lives of those concubines before, and he didn't care how they fought, but now he felt a little offended.

"Keep an eye on them first." Xie Jinchong ordered the secret guard.

Let’s clean it up together then!