Professional Ethics of a Concubine

Chapter 156 Koi Fate

His injuries were almost healed. In the next few days, Prince Jing went out early and came back late every day to the Dali Temple to deal with the backlog of cases.

During this period, after returning to the palace, Prince Jing went to the princess's courtyard to have dinner.

Not only the princess, but also the prince and the princess are present, as well as three other illegitimate children and their mother.

The youngest child is the daughter of Concubine Huo, named Xie Mingcui. Everyone calls her Cui Jie'er. She is two years and three months old.

Cui Jie'er started speaking early and can form complete sentences, so she has no problem with basic daily communication.

Concubine Xia's daughter is three years old. Her name is Qian Jie'er. She is also eloquent and smart. She can recite the Thousand Character Classic and Three Character Classic.

There is also Concubine Wu's son, who is three and a half years old. His name is Xie Mingjie. He can't speak as fluently as Sister Qian. He can't memorize the Thousand Character Classic and the Three Character Classic as well as Sister Qian. He can only memorize part of it.

Prince Jing invited them to have dinner together just to save trouble. He didn't want to visit the children in the courtyard separately and avoid having to deal with their mother.

Now, apart from wanting to sleep with Ye Qingzhi, he doesn't want to sleep with other women and he really has no interest in them.

Although he had no interest, for the sake of profit, face, offspring, balance in the harem and other reasons, he should favor one or two of these women.

However, he also knew that if he favored these women, he would push Ye Qingzhi away again, making her treat him perfunctorily and distantly. Even if she served him, it would still be different.

Prince Jing is now enjoying the relationship between him and Ye Qingzhi. He does not want to disrupt the current situation and is also trying hard to balance some things.

When children get together, although they are still young, they can't help but compare themselves with each other.

Who is smarter, more well-behaved and cuter? Who will win King Jing's favor more?

The meal was not a peaceful one.

After dinner, Concubine Xia asked Sister Qian to perform a recitation of the Three Character Classic.

The princess smiled and praised her a few words, and Prince Jing also smiled and said that Sister Qian was smart.

After Sister Qian finished reciting, the princess asked Concubine Wu's son Mingjie what he knew.

Concubine Wu said embarrassedly that Ming Jie only knew a little bit of the Three Character Classic, but he was not familiar with it.

The princess encouraged him with a smile and asked him to recite it. Mingjie stammered and recited four or five sentences, but couldn't recite any more.

A three and a half year old child knows whether he has performed well or not, and can understand the expressions of adults. He saw that his father frowned slightly and his stepmother had no smile on her face. After he finished reciting, he hid behind his mother and cried silently.

Concubine Wu felt sorry for her son, but was also afraid that the prince would blame her for not raising the child well. Her face turned very ugly, and she was in great pain. She muttered,

"Mingjie has always been a slow talker. I have taught him, and it usually works better when I carry him on my back. But today there are so many people around, so he is a little nervous..."

"It's okay. The child is still young. Just teach him slowly." King Jing said in a gentle voice.

Concubine Wu breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed her son from behind her, and said to him with a smile,

"Don't be afraid. Father doesn't blame you. Let's go back and recite more and recite them to Father next time, okay?"

Mingjie nodded vigorously with tears in his eyes.

The princess also smiled and said a few words of encouragement, and the matter was resolved.

After talking for a while, King Jing let everyone go.

"Concubine, Concubine Wu was so embarrassing today. Master Mingjie looked stupid. It was only thanks to the prince's generosity that he didn't get angry."

When Concubine Xia and her group returned to their courtyard, her personal maid smiled and said to her,

"Today our young lady has brought honor to the concubine."

This kind of praise and criticism is indeed the truth, and everyone can see it. Concubine Xia smiled when she heard it, and she felt relieved.

However, the joy did not last long. The smile on Concubine Xia's face disappeared, and she said sadly,

"It's a pity that Sister Qian is a girl. No matter how smart she is, it's useless. She will get married eventually, and it will be someone else's. If Sister Qian was a boy..."

When the personal maid heard this, she didn't dare to say a word, thinking that whatever she said was wrong.

It is also wrong to give Concubine Xia hope, saying that if she is favored in the future, she can have a son by her side. It is even more ironic because the prince only favors Concubine Ye.

Concubine Xia sighed quietly, with reluctance in her eyes.

Her sister Qian is so smart, if it was a boy, the position of concubine would be hers.

There is a world of difference between a concubine and a concubine.

It would be better if Concubine Ye didn't exist.

-

Prince Jing did not stay overnight in the princess's courtyard, but went to Lanyue Residence.

Although Ye Qingzhi was having a minor incident and could not satisfy him physically, he still liked talking with her and liked sleeping with her next to him.

You can talk to her about court affairs and daily trivialities, and you can also make jokes, flirt and laugh with her. Although that kind of emotional joy is different from physical pleasure, it is also very satisfying.

Moreover, what surprised King Jing was that he actually had a benefit last night and was served by her in another way.

Because he had no expectations in this regard, Prince Jing felt even happier and his body was greatly satisfied.

Coming here today, King Jing got addicted to the taste and pestered Ye Qingzhi to serve him again.

Ye Qingzhi knew it would be like this. Some things, once started, will happen countless times.

Now a new mode has started, which has added workload to myself. If I want to refuse again, I will have to spend more time and effort.

Ye Qingzhi regretted being soft-hearted for a moment.

Men are like children, they cannot be spoiled.

The same applies in the workplace. Don't offer to help just because you are kind-hearted or responsible, or because you are embarrassed to refuse.

Many times, you do a lot of things but only get a superficial thank you, and this will also encourage some colleagues to become more and more demanding and habitually throw work that does not belong to you to you.

In the workplace, you must learn to say no.

Afraid of hurting the relationship by being too tough, they would pretend to be pitiful and ask for help from the other party.

"Oh, sister (brother), I am so exhausted now. Look at the dark circles under my eyes. I am so exhausted. I have so much work to do, so much work... I was thinking of asking you for help..."

If you come a few more times, people will know that you are not a good person and will not ask you for help anymore.

-

After the two of them had their fun, Prince Jing embraced Ye Qingzhi, let her lie on him, and chatted with her idly.

"Have you decided to have a child a few years later? How many years exactly?" King Jing asked her.

"...at least five years later." Ye Qingzhi glanced at him and saw that he didn't seem angry, so she sat up and said seriously,

"More than a thousand years of medical research has shown that women should not have children too early, as this is not good for the fetus or the mother.

Twenty-five is the best age for childbearing. I want to wait until twenty-five to have a child. By then, the prince will be twelve years old. Does Your Highness agree?"

King Jing didn't say whether he agreed or not, but just asked, "Then how do you prevent pregnancy? Taking contraceptive pills all the time will harm your body."

Ye Qingzhi hadn't told him about the contraceptive pill yet. When she heard this, she simply stopped talking and said

"Let's ask Master Feng later. He is an expert in this area and he must have a good solution."

We have a system in place, so what else can we do?

"Well, tomorrow the King will meet him in person." King Jing said.

He hadn't seen Feng Yuxi these days because he was trying to collect as much information as possible about Feng Yuxi over the past ten years.

He needed to know enough about this man's whereabouts to understand what kind of person he was.

After reading Feng Yuxi's information, King Jing also fell silent.

No matter how you look at this man, apart from being extremely miserable, he is a good doctor with noble character.

Moreover, she worked really hard to become a gynecologist.

Because of his handsome appearance and because he dressed as a woman, he was often molested or raped, and was almost taken as a concubine many times.

However, he was surprisingly lucky and seemed to always be able to escape danger.

Prince Jing couldn't help but become curious about him and insisted on meeting him in person.

When Ye Qingzhi heard that he agreed, she asked him with a smile on her face,

"Your Highness was very anxious to get me pregnant before, why aren't you anxious now?"

"Hehe, look at how happy you are, but you are so unwilling to bear a child for me."

King Jing did not answer, but pinched her little face and asked her unhappily,

"You don't think that you will be even less willing to have children now that Feng Niankang is around, do you?"

"Your Highness, you said exactly the opposite. I was previously influenced by a dream and felt that having and raising children was too scary. I was very resistant to having children."

Ye Qingzhi shook her head and said,

"After Xiaokang appeared, I felt that although raising a child was stressful, it was also a great happiness. In addition, with Master Feng's medical skills as a backup, I was not so opposed to having children."

Prince Jing knew that what she said was true, so he did not dwell on it, but told her about the test he had given to several children during dinner.

"Mingjie's talent is indeed not as good as Sister Qian's. If Sister Qian was a boy, this backyard would not be so peaceful."

King Jing said to her,

“Your previous concerns were correct. With your status and the king’s love for you, as long as you give birth to a son, even if you don’t have the ambition to fight for it, others will have ambitions.

If your child is also gifted, then forget it. The harmony between you and the princess will no longer exist, and the intimacy between you and the prince will no longer exist. It will only be a cruel struggle for interests."

"Your Highness, you are truly wise and powerful, extremely intelligent, and have a long-term vision. You are absolutely right!

In history, there were many emperors who would not allow their concubines with strong backgrounds to have children. They only showed them superficial favor, just to avoid the situation you just described."

Ye Qingzhi immediately held his face and flattered him, and finally acted like a willing sacrifice.

"Or, I'd better not give birth to this child! For the sake of the stability of the court, I am willing not to give birth to a child."

"Qingqing, I didn't know your true background before, and I was really fooled by you. I thought you were just resisting having a child because of the dream, and you actually still wanted to have a child. But in fact, you don't want to have a child at all."

King Jing pinched her little face and said to her seriously,

"Don't be silly and don't think you are having a baby for me. You are actually having a baby for yourself."

You need to change your modern mindset and recognize your current identity and status. Without children, not only will your status be unstable in the future, but you will also be easily abandoned.

Especially in the harem, it is absolutely unacceptable to not have children!"

Then, Prince Jing told Ye Qingzhi from all aspects and angles why she must have a child.

Ye Qingzhi, "???"

Who among my family members understands? Once the leader knows your background and uses conversational tactics, it is really scary!

You will be fooled.

Therefore, in the workplace, in front of leaders and colleagues, try not to reveal your background, maintain a certain sense of mystery and distance, and be able to pretend, act, and establish your own persona.

This rule is an extension of not talking about personal matters with colleagues.

You can think about it, those who harm you behind your back and those who control you are mostly people who are familiar with you, because your background is already known to the other party.

Ye Qingzhi felt that she was a negative example. Look, now that her background had been exposed, her leader had turned into a deceptive devil, and every word he said hit her right in the heart.