Professional Ethics of a Concubine

"Yes, yes, yes, Ruyi wouldn't dare to lie about this!" Ye Yongyuan said with a smile, "Ruyi, you come back, but what instructions does your daughter have?"

"My aunt said that the money was not enough, so she came back to get some more." Ruyi said.

"Isn't one hundred thousand taels of silver enough for her? The food, clothing and expenses in the mansion are all allocated, where is she going to spend so much money?" Ye Yingxue asked gritting her teeth.

Their family is rich, but money doesn't come from the wind.

One hundred thousand taels is a very, very large amount, and it’s not something you can just take out!

"Second Miss, you may not know that the allowance is not enough. Moreover, there are too many things to take care of in the backyard of the Marquis's Mansion, and you have to please the Marquis and the mistress, and everything costs money.

You are not willing to spend money, but you want our aunt to be favored and help the mansion become an imperial merchant. How can it be so cheap! "

Ruyi's words made Ye Yingxue pout in frustration.

Ye Yongyuan felt that what Ruyi said was very correct. He had already spent 300,000 taels, so he would not feel bad about giving a few tens of thousands more.

Give me 10,000 taels of silver first.

arrangement!

He felt that his daughter was on a good track and had obviously won the Marquis's heart. She might get pregnant soon.

After Ruyi received the silver note of 10,000 taels, she cried and complained that her aunt was in poor health. The Marquis specially invited an imperial physician to treat her and said that precious medicinal herbs would be used to nourish her.

When Ye Yongyuan heard that the Marquis had actually asked an imperial physician to see his daughter, his face turned red with excitement. What a great honor this was!

When Ruyi left, in addition to ten thousand taels of silver, he also took away a bunch of precious tonics and a hundred-year-old ginseng!

So many banknotes and precious medicines were lost at once. Not only was Ye Yingxue angry, but Gu Man, the head lady of the family, was also unhappy and her face darkened.

All the money in the Ye Mansion will be left to her son and daughter!

A total of three hundred thousand taels were spent on Ye Qingzhi, which was already enough.

Gu Man was unwilling to spend an extra ounce of silver on her!

With Ye Qingzhi's dull and boring appearance, Jiang Yanghou actually dotes on her so much? !

It really caught her off guard.

If that little bitch really gained power, life would be difficult for her and her son and daughter.

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As soon as Ruyi left, there was no one to serve Ye Qingzhi, so she called over the two second-class maids who were guarding the gate.

Because she was a noble concubine, in addition to Ruyi, the maid she brought from her mother's home, the mansion also assigned her two second-class maids to keep watch at night and serve her personally.

Two maids were responsible for washing clothes and bringing meals, and there was also a woman in charge of sweeping and cleaning.

However, she had never allowed the two second-class maids to serve in the house, but only let them do the rough work in the yard.

Now that she has taken up the post, her small department, Yanliuyuan, has to get up and running.

When the two maids came over, Ye Qingzhi said to them,

"According to the share of the aunt, there can be two first-class maids in my courtyard. Ruyi has already taken one place. Only one of you two can become a first-class maid for a period of one month. Whoever performs better will be promoted by me. Do you understand?"

Without any actual promotion or salary increase, who would be motivated to work hard?

Nowadays, workers are very smart. They only care about money and don’t care about mission.

"I understand." The two maids looked at each other and saw the fire in the two men's eyes.

Of course they knew that this was their aunt's way of controlling them and preventing them from banding together to deceive her.

But they had no right to say no to the rules set by their aunt, and they couldn't refuse the rewards she gave them.

Because becoming a first-class maid not only improves one's status and face, but also makes it easy to get rewards from the master, and even have the opportunity to climb into the bed and become a maid directly.

Just talking about monthly wages, a first-class maid gets one or two taels of silver more per month than a second-class maid!

"You'd better all be maids who obey the Madam's orders. If I find out that you are someone else's spies, don't blame me for being rude."

Ye Qingzhi continued to lecture them, clarifying the only employee rule of their Yanliu Courtyard.

"You must remember that I am only a concubine, and your master is not me, but the Marquis and his wife!

You can tell the Marquis and Madam about our Yanliu Courtyard, but you must never tell anyone else. If you do, you will be treasonous, understand?"

The two maids looked at Aunt Ye in shock and surprise.

So fresh.

It was the first time they heard such loyal words, but when they thought about it carefully, there was nothing wrong with it!

Aunt Ye is really good at pretending. She expresses her loyalty more interestingly than anyone else.

Otherwise, people would be favored!

"Chunyu, Xiachan, please tell my wife that I want to build a shed in the yard for cooling off.

I also want to have a small kitchen. After getting Madam's permission, you can find a manager in the mansion to do these two jobs, and I will pay for it myself.

By the way, are there any maids or old women in the mansion who have good cooking skills? I hope Madam can transfer one over. Once the small kitchen is ready, I will take care of my own meals and spend my own money.

Also, the weather is too hot, and the ice provided by the government is not enough. Remember to take the silver to buy more ice."

As soon as Ye Qingzhi opened her mouth, money was spent like water. Her main goal was to make herself live comfortably, with good food and shelter, and not to let herself get hurt!

Spring rain and summer cicadas quickly responded and said they would remember it.

"Wait until Ruyi comes back, then go report to the Madam. Go get me some iced watermelon first. Also, watch someone clean up the east wing, which I will use as a study."

Ye Qingzhi gave another order.

The spring rain and summer cicadas did not dare to delay and hurried to do it.

Ye Qingzhi found a book and spread it aside, reading whatever page the wind blew.

Cozy.

After a while, the chilled watermelon arrived. Chunyu picked out the watermelon seeds and fed small pieces to Ye Qingzhi, making sure that no watermelon juice would splash onto her mouth.

Ye Qingzhi swallowed the cool watermelon and squinted her eyes in enjoyment.

So comfortable!

I really hope that the Marquis will come back later from his business trip, so that she can have longer and longer time to recover from her work injury.

It’s so nice to not have to work.

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In the afternoon, Ruyi returned from Ye Mansion and excitedly showed her results to Ye Qingzhi.

Ten thousand taels of silver and many precious medicines.

Chunyu and Xiachan, who were serving nearby, were so stunned when they saw so many banknotes.

"Aunt, you didn't see the Second Young Miss's face today. It was so stinky. She kept mocking you for not being favored. I think she regretted not entering the Marquis' Mansion..."

Ruyi immediately shut her mouth halfway through her speech, because if she continued, she would touch upon the young lady's sad story.

"And Master, after hearing what I said, he gave me the silver very happily. When he mentioned Aunt, his mouth was so wide open and he was extremely polite to me!"

Ruyi chirped and said happily.

"These are all the honors that the Marquis has given me. Without the support of the Marquis, I am nothing." Ye Qingzhi looked moved that she was willing to work hard for her leader.

"When I am fully recovered, I will serve you well and repay you. I will also train myself well."

Ruyi blushed and suggested in a low voice,

"Auntie, people outside the mansion are saying that you are the reincarnation of a foxy woman who specializes in seducing men. Your reputation is very bad now. Let's stop saying such things in the future."