Professional Ethics of a Concubine

Ye Qingzhi was complaining in her heart when she heard Prince Su introducing himself to Princess Ling Yue.

"This is Qingzhi, your aunt's daughter. She is very smart and lovable. You will definitely get along well with her. By the way, if you have anything bothering you, you can talk to her. I guarantee that you will feel better after listening to her."

Ye Qingzhi was stunned.

My prince and stepfather, you are a good person in every way except for one thing: your eyes are too heavily filtered, and you are blind and mindless in praising the people you like.

But I have to say that she was actually very happy and enjoyed it.

So her status in the prince's stepfather's heart is so high?

"Greetings, Her Royal Highness." Ye Qingzhi politely greeted Princess Ling Yue and said a few humble words to express that she was unworthy of Prince Su's high praise.

"Qingzhi, you must have something extraordinary to be praised so highly by my uncle."

Princess Ling Yue smiled and looked at Ye Qingzhi. She was quite curious about her. She looked at her with her hair in a bun and then at Xie Jin beside her, and asked,

"Qingzhi, is Mr. Xie your husband?"

As the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and a popular figure around the emperor, Ling Yue naturally knew Xie Jin, but she didn't know his wife.

Ye Qingzhi almost said that this was my leader, but luckily she quickly stopped herself and said with a smile, "I am just the Marquis's concubine."

After really socializing, Ye Qingzhi realized that this concubine was really not presentable and could not establish social relationships with others.

When introducing one's identity, people always say you are the wife of someone's family. If you say you are a concubine, you will embarrass yourself and others.

In other words, Princess Ling Yue and Prince Su don't care about etiquette, so they act like this.

If some lady from some other family came over later, she would definitely not want to talk to her. She would feel embarrassed and ashamed.

Ye Qingzhi is not happy about socializing, as this is not part of her job responsibilities.

It was all because of the prince and stepfather who forced her into it. He insisted on giving her face and was overbearing and wouldn't let her refuse.

If she were asked to go out and meet important people like this again in the future and given more work, Ye Qingzhi felt that for the sake of both of their faces, she would have to give herself a promotion and a title of "madam" or something.

You don't need a genuine one. A borrowed, fake brand that's hung on the wall as a storefront will do.

Just like OEM factories, affiliation qualifications, etc., what they want is entry qualifications.

But if she wanted to have the status of a lady, even if it was an honorary position, the only way was to promote her to a co-wife.

Ye Qingzhi thought that Lin Qingwan was hurt so deeply by this thing, and she didn't want to be treated as an equal to his wife at all.

Moreover, her wife was a good leader, and she had a good alliance with her wife. She really didn't want to hurt her reputation, nor did she want to break the alliance with her wife and make enemies for herself.

All in all, it’s better to just lie down in the backyard and enjoy yourself. The thought of coming out to attend a business cocktail party makes me tired.

Although it is a face-saving thing, the workload has also increased.

Besides, what's the use of her having such a face? Now if she has something to do, she just needs to inform (instruct) her leader, and the leader will do it for her, so she doesn't need to do anything herself.

Princess Ling Yue knew Ye Qingzhi's identity, and indeed didn't care that she was just a concubine. She said,

"Can you ride a horse? You should also change into light clothes. Let's go for a run in the mountains. It's boring to just stay in the farm."

"I haven't ridden in a long, long time. My mind says I can ride a horse, but my body says I can't."

Ye Qingzhi shrugged and stopped acting like a lady in front of the free and easy-going Princess Ling Yue.

"Hahaha...you are really funny." Princess Ling Yue was amused by her and urged her to change her clothes. She also said,

"It's okay. Just use your brain. I'll teach you how to use your body. It's very simple."

"Thank you, Princess." Ye Qingzhi was not polite, but she still had to ask her leader for instructions before leaving, so she asked Xie Jin,

"My Lord, shall I go riding with the princess?"

"Don't be too stubborn, and be careful." Xie Jin warned.

As for whether she would offend Princess Ling Yue when getting along with her, he was not worried at all.

He was even more worried that Princess Ling Yue would be fooled by her and do something outrageous. When the time came, the Emperor would want to settle the score, and it would be him who would be held responsible.

Ugh.

Xie Jin had a vague feeling that the days of taking the blame were just beginning.

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When Ye Qingzhi changed into light riding clothes and came out, she found that three more important figures had come to the farm.

One of them is still a young man, but his status is not low. He is the Prince of An who was personally appointed by the Emperor.

His mother was the eldest princess, the elder sister of Prince Su and the emperor's younger sister.

His father was a king of a different surname in the Great Zhao, the King of Pingnan, who guarded the south and resisted the invasion of the Chu State.

The other is the Prime Minister of the dynasty, Fang Yunyan, who is also a man of extraordinary talent.

He came from the famous Fang family, and he was also extremely intelligent. He was known as a child prodigy since he was young, and he was not like Zhongyong.

He became the top scholar at the age of fifteen and entered officialdom for eighteen years. He was highly regarded by the emperor and rose rapidly in career, becoming the Minister of Personnel, entering the cabinet and becoming the chief minister.

Now he is only 33 years old, elegant and noble, graceful and graceful, to call him "uncle" is too old.

Ye Qingzhi had heard about the gossip about the Prime Minister, Lord Fang, simply because he was now the most sought-after widower and single bachelor in the capital.

His first wife passed away due to illness last year. He has no concubines in the family, only a pair of children left by his ex-wife.

With his family background and character, even if he wanted to be his concubine, a bunch of noble ladies in the capital would be eager to marry him. Those from lower social classes were not worthy of him and were too embarrassed to ask.

Unfortunately, Lord Fang used the excuse of being busy with official duties and never intended to remarry, which saddened countless noble ladies in the capital.

The other is the Dali Temple Chief, the third-rank minister Gu Zheng, who is also a figure high on the Beijing gossip list.

What a coincidence, this person is also a widower.

But compared to the popular Prime Minister Fang, this Lord Gu is the one that the noble ladies would rather remain widows than marry.

Because he was cold-blooded, upright, and incorruptible, it was said that his first wife was so angry that she hanged herself to death.

Because his brother-in-law was the only son in a three-line family, he was spoiled by his family and became lawless and evil, committing many evil things and taking several innocent lives.

The victims risked their lives to file a lawsuit, and Gu Zheng enforced the law impartially. When the evidence was conclusive, he beheaded Du Miaomiao's brother-in-law.

How could his father-in-law's family possibly tolerate this? No matter how upright you are, he is your brother-in-law.

They didn't have the face to make a big fuss because they were not in the right, and they didn't dare to force Gu Zheng, so they just scolded their daughter for being useless.

Mrs. Gu was caught between her natal family and her husband's family, so she hanged herself.

It has been two years since Mrs. Gu passed away, and Gu Zheng has not remarried.

Of course, there are also girls from small families who are willing to marry, but I don’t know whether Gu Zheng feels that they are a burden or is afraid of having another troublesome brother-in-law or something, so he has no intention of getting married.

Although Ye Qingzhi was very curious about these two big widowers, it was impossible for her to stare at other men.

She took a quick glance, greeted him, then stepped aside and went outside the farm with Princess Ling Yue to practice horse riding.

She doesn't need to worry about her beautiful mother, because the prince is there.

If you tell him to worry less and help him take care of his mother, you'll be taking away his job, and he won't be happy about it.

Ye Qingzhi didn't care anymore and went to play with the princess.

However, the princess, who had just been so excited to teach her how to ride a horse and wanted to ride with her to the foot of the mountain to play, was obviously a little absent-minded.

Seeing her like this, Ye Qingzhi quickly concluded that she was having sexual thoughts.

Think about the men in Zhuangzi, and quickly lock on to the target, it must be Prime Minister Fang.

Even if his guess was almost right, it was impossible for Ye Qingzhi to talk about such private matters with the princess when they met for the first time.

Just pretend you don't know and watch the show quietly.

Ye Qingzhi originally thought that a straightforward woman like Princess Ling Yue, who was also a high-ranking princess, might boldly pursue love.

However, it is difficult to achieve results.

Firstly, it would be disgraceful for the royal family for a princess to be someone else's concubine. Moreover, most of the princes-in-law in all dynasties had no real power. They were just rich and respectable people who served the royal family and the princesses, not important officials in the court. This was the royal family's way of preventing external relatives from coming to power and fearing the princes-in-law's dictatorship.

However, nothing is absolute.

If the princess really likes the man, she will cry and make a fuss, and if the emperor dotes on the princess without limits, or if he particularly trusts Prime Minister Fang's loyalty, he may agree to grant the marriage.

Or, according to conspiracy theories, the emperor no longer trusts Prime Minister Fang and thinks he is too authoritarian and is forming cliques for personal gain in the court, so he wants to use this method to undermine his power, which makes this marriage even more likely.

But who would have thought that Princess Ling Yue was so well-behaved and polite in front of Prime Minister Fang that no one could find any fault with her. But behind his back, she stared at him with a straight look.

When she was caught peeking by Prime Minister Fang, she pretended nothing had happened and looked away, as if nothing had happened.

After a while, continue to peek.

Ye Qingzhi was amused by her and couldn't help laughing.

She and Prince Su are really two extremes. One will seize a person by force if he takes a fancy to him and immediately keep him by his side, but the other will just watch him from afar and never play with him. He really treats the person as his white moonlight, hanging high in the sky to be admired.

"What are you laughing at?" Princess Ling Yue heard Ye Qingzhi's giggle and turned to ask her.

"Think of something interesting." Ye Qingzhi said with a smile.

"What's the matter? I want to listen to it, too, and have some fun with you." Ling Yue said with a smile.

"The princess is having a good time right now," Ye Qingzhi said meaningfully.

Ling Yue just laughed when he was teased, and whispered to Ye Qingzhi,

"How can there be someone so outstanding and so good-looking? He always catches my eye and makes me want to take a look. God really favors him."

"..." Ye Qingzhi's mouth twitched slightly, "Just take a look?"

"Just take a look, what else can I do?" Ling Yue sighed slightly.

"A forced melon is not sweet. I don't like bitter melon, so I might as well just look at it."

"The princess is very insightful." Ye Qingzhi smiled and gave her a thumbs up, and she looked at her with new eyes.

"I've seen too many unhappy couples in the world, and I don't want to be one of them."

Princess Ling Yue poured herself a glass of wine and drank it all, then smiled and said to Ye Qingzhi,

"You are also a sober person. It is interesting to talk to you. I will come to talk to you when I have nothing to do in the future."

"Forget it. It's not appropriate for a concubine like me to go out too often." Ye Qingzhi declined politely.

"Then bring your wife along. Didn't you just mention that your wife is pretty good?"

Princess Ling Yue said,

"I'll send an invitation to your wife later and ask her to take you out. It won't be considered rude."

"..."Ye Qingzhi.

She was so outstanding that she quietly pulled the lady into the princess' circle and raised her to a higher level.

But she doesn’t want to go out and socialize!!!

It's easy to get into trouble as soon as you go out, really.

"Ahem, thank you for your kindness, Princess. I am a lazy person and I don't like to go out and show off. I don't like to see those women who are obviously jealous of me and look down on me. It's too twisted and ugly."

Ye Qingzhi continued to decline politely, and this time her words were sincere and real.

When Princess Ling Yue heard her say this, she couldn't help laughing, attracting everyone else to look at her.

"Cousin, what's so funny?" Prince An was lively and asked directly.

"Haha, Qingzhi said she doesn't want to go out because she doesn't want to see others jealous of her and look down on her twisted appearance." Ling Yue laughed and said,

"What the emperor's uncle said is indeed right. Talking to her immediately makes me happy."

Upon hearing this, Prince An clapped his hands with joy and laughed like a goose.

Facing the gazes of the crowd, Ye Qingzhi sat upright and gave an awkward but polite smile.

Xie Jin looked at her with a smile, he was too familiar with this feeling.

He even developed a sense of superiority.

A group of people who have never seen the world, there are many interesting things about them.

There are many interesting and fascinating places, and only he can see them!

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Today's banquet was held because Prince Su invited only close relatives and friends. During the day, they chatted, rode horses, hunted, ate and drank, and both the host and the guests had a great time.

In the evening, Prime Minister Fang and his men left, and the two younger ones, Prince An and Princess Ling Yue, stayed on the farm.

After playing for another day, the two of them left.

Afterwards, Prince Su and his beautiful mother also returned to the palace.

"Let's go back to the Marquis' Mansion too." Xie Jin asked Ye Qingzhi.

"Master, I want to stay here for two more days. I must have missed a lot of official business these two days. You should go back and deal with it quickly. I dare not pester you anymore. If you miss important matters again, I will be a beauty who brings disaster."

Ye Qingzhi said that she was considerate, gentle and sensible, but in fact she just wanted her leader to leave as soon as possible.

This time she was not out on vacation at all, she was out to participate in a business event and to work overtime!

She needs to give herself two days off.

Xie Jin had accompanied the distinguished guest for two days and indeed had accumulated a lot of official business, so he did not bother with Ye Qingzhi any more. He gave her a deadline of the day after tomorrow to return to the Marquis' Mansion and went back to the city first.

Ye Qingzhi reluctantly saw him off and turned around with a smile on her face.

Two days of vacation is also a holiday!

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After two comfortable days without being disturbed and without having to work, Ye Qingzhi was summoned by the lady as soon as she returned to the Marquis' Mansion.

"Auntie Ye, I have received a lot of invitations in the past two days, all of which invite you to attend with me. Do you want to go?"

Zhang Jingyi asked her.

"No, no." Ye Qingzhi waved her hand immediately. "Madam, you know I'm annoyed by these things. In the manor, they are distinguished guests invited by the prince, and I have to accompany them. You want me to take the initiative to socialize, but I don't want to."

Zhang Jingyi looked at her and shook her head, not surprised at all.

"What about Princess Ling Yue's invitation? She invited you to enter the palace, but you rejected it?" Zhang Jingyi looked at her and asked.

After asking, I felt weird again.

Is this the conversation between a mistress and a concubine?

"Please, Madam, please turn it down. It is not appropriate for me to have a close relationship with the princess."

Ye Qingzhi didn't want to get into trouble.

If her leader was also a member of the royal family, it would be acceptable for her to interact more with Princess Ling Yue. But now the gap is too big and there is no need for that.

I don’t know if it was stimulated by a series of events, but Ye Qingzhi always felt that her leader’s title was too low and not useful enough recently.

Then, she dreamed again!

She dreamed of the scene where the original owner had just woken up from hanging, and saw Ruyi happily calling the doctor, saying that the person had woken up.

Then the scene changed, and she saw the original owner sitting at the desk, writing and drawing.

The top line reads, hide my mother, don't let her be seen by Prince Su, and prevent her from entering the palace.

Ye Qingzhi,...

Sister, I have ruined your move.

It’s not my fault. Why didn’t you send me a dream or something earlier? It’s too late now.

From this we can see that the ending of the beautiful mother and Prince Su in the previous life was not a good one. It is very likely that the beautiful mother died in the prince's palace, otherwise the original owner would not have written it this way.

Ugh.

Ye Qingzhi also sighed worriedly.

Before she could sigh again, she saw the original owner's arrangement for Song Yixuan, which was almost the same as she had guessed.

Ye Qingzhi became more and more interested in what the original master wanted to write. She opened her eyes wide and read the content below carefully. She saw that it was written on it——

Find a way to expose Xie Jin’s identity as a prince as soon as possible!

Ye Qingzhi,???

Ye Qingzhi!!!

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Here it comes, two chapters in one.