Beast Taming Mad Concubine: The Useless Young Lady is Back!

Chapter 573 Using a strategy of first suppressing then praising

Ye Feiran hesitated for a moment, her voice stammering, "This...this one? But this is my first one. I was a little distracted when I made it, so it's not very good."

"If I had known you were going to put it in front of your mother's portrait, I would have been more careful and done a better job. How about we leave this one for now? I'll go and make another one tomorrow, and then you can take it back?"

Ye Qing'an smiled slightly: "This one is just right."

"This is the first thing you've ever made, so it has a completely different meaning."

Ye Qing'an twirled the dagger: "Mother will definitely not think you did a bad job. She will think you are very good and great, and she will be proud of you."

"And it's not just this one. In the future, every time you make progress, such as the first weapon that your master praises, or the first spirit weapon you make after completing your ordinary weapon training, I will take it back and enshrine it in front of my mother's portrait."

"Let your mother see that you are making progress little by little, and that you are getting better and better."

"At that time, your mother and I will be very proud of you."

Ye Feiran's gaze remained fixed on the dagger in Ye Qing'an's hand, his brows furrowed, still showing some dissatisfaction.

"Ok."

Ye Feiran finally nodded: "Then take it back. I will come up with something new to replace it as soon as possible."

"Alright, then I'll wait and see."

Seeing that Ye Feiran no longer mentioned going home, Ye Qing'an simply raised her hand and ruffled Ye Feiran's hair: "You seem to have lost a lot of weight recently?"

"Of course!" Ye Feiran had even more to say about this: "You would never guess that I have lost a full fifteen pounds in just over a month."

"Your features look more defined now, and you're much better looking. I always said, with a mother as beautiful as you, how could your child be ugly? Once you've lost weight completely and grown a bit more, you'll definitely be a handsome young man."

Ye Feiran blinked and looked up at Ye Qing'an secretly.

Ye Qing'an... is indeed quite good-looking.

Mother... is beautiful too.

Father doesn't seem bad either.

What will he look like if he loses weight?

Ye Feiran felt a glimmer of hope in her heart, and simply straightened her chest: "I will lose weight."

“I know you will,” Ye Qing’an smiled. “But even though you need to lose weight, you also need to eat properly. After all, you’re still growing, and you need to eat well to grow taller. Otherwise, even if you lose weight and look good, but are still short, that won’t do…”

"Okay, I know." Ye Feiran rolled her eyes. "You're so nagging."

"Alright, then I won't ramble on." Ye Qing'an smiled. "I'll come to see you occasionally in the future, and I hope that I can see the changes in you each time."

"Also, I came up the mountain secretly, and no one else knows. The academy has its own rules, and even you and I shouldn't break them. You can't let it slip, or I'm afraid I won't be able to come up to see you anymore."

"Oh."

Seeing Ye Feiran's awkward expression, Ye Qing'an smiled and said, "Alright, I'm leaving."

Ye Qing'an waved his hand and left the house.

Ye Feiran pursed her lips and sat down on the edge of the bed, huffing, "Leaving so soon? Humph!"

As he said this, he perked up his ears and listened intently to the sounds outside.

There seemed to be no movement outside. Ye Feiran frowned, quickly stood up, ran to the window, pushed it open, and looked out. The courtyard was empty, with no one in sight.

"They're gone? They left so quickly..." Ye Feiran murmured, pouting as she slammed the window shut.

The sound of the window being slammed shut was deafening; even Jiu Xiao, who was hiding in the corner on the side of the house, couldn't help but shudder.

"You know, Ye Feiran is such a stubborn kid. Why is he so difficult? He didn't even say he didn't want you to leave, and then he got angry with himself after you left. Tsk tsk..."

Jiu Xiao peeked out and took a look, then turned back and looked Ye Qing'an up and down, left and right, for a while: "I didn't realize you were so good at teaching children."

"Use a strategy of first criticizing to make him realize that returning to Wangjing City will definitely not end well. Then praise him lavishly, letting him discover that he has learned a lot and made considerable progress during his time here."

"Then, after comparing the two, Ye Feiran no longer wanted to go back to Wangjing. Tell him that you will take back the weapon he forged, which has made great progress and has commemorative significance, and enshrine it in front of your mother's portrait, and he will be even more motivated."

"Tsk tsk, you have something we should all learn from."

Ye Qing'an glanced at Jiu Xiao; under the moonlight, her face was slightly pale.

Why would she discipline such a grown child like that?

It's because, in her previous life, her younger brother was someone she had personally raised.

When her father and mother first passed away, she didn't understand. She often argued with him about various things, and they would stay angry for a long time.

Later, she tried every possible method and consulted many people before she learned how to deal with him in this way.

Perhaps in his eyes, her painstaking efforts were evidence of her deep scheming, that she wanted to use him as a puppet and control him from behind the scenes to eventually seize the throne.

So, in the end, she met such a fate.

In fact, she was extremely unsuccessful in teaching this teenager.

So after arriving in this world, at the Ye residence, and meeting Ye Feiran, she didn't actually interfere much in Ye Feiran's affairs.

She really didn't want to repeat the tragedy of her previous life.

"I'm going back." Ye Qing'an returned to the Dreamland of Clouds and then quickly returned to the Ye residence.

Jiu Xiao followed Ye Qing'an closely, almost losing sight of her.

Seeing that Ye Qing'an went directly to the Ye residence and actually intended to enshrine the dagger in front of the portrait, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "Really enshrining it."

"You have to keep your promises. What's the point of lying to children?"

As night deepened, moonlight streamed through the window, making the person in the portrait barely visible. Ye Qing'an lit an incense stick and placed the dagger on it.

Ye Feiran is the only bloodline left in this world by the woman in the portrait.

She must feel relieved to see Ye Feiran gradually getting better.

After Ye Qing'an finished making the offerings, he went straight back to his camp.

After making this round, they returned to the camp and soon after, the bugle call for training sounded.

Qingdai left the tent with the clothes she had changed out of yesterday, and returned about half an hour later with the sound of the gong signaling the end of the training.

"The three women we brought back to the camp yesterday evening, including the peasant girl, stayed in the Crown Prince's camp last night."