She Became A Downfall Noble Lady

Zhou Biyao’s reply hadn’t arrived yet, but Madam Yin had already visited Lady Wang and Lady Xu of the Qi family’s main branch several times. They exchanged insights on making and tasting pastries and shared their appreciation as well as constructive criticism about their own and each other’s children.

Then, they gave affirmative evaluations of each family’s children. Naturally, the focus of the praise was still on Ye Xinyan. Although the children of the Qi family’s main branch were outstanding in Clear Water Village and even in the surrounding villages, that was all thanks to their eldest cousin’s support. Moreover, the sum of what the children had done couldn’t compare with that of their eldest cousin, Qi Ye.

Though this was a rustic area, Madam Yin was accompanied by her daughter and enjoyed the lively comings and goings of Qi Jiaer and his friends every day. Meeting people with whom she shared common interests, she surprisingly found her stay quite enjoyable.

Subsequently, the well-regarded He Quantai’s wife from the village and Landlord Liu’s wife from the neighboring village came to visit, one after the other.

Landlord Liu’s wife, after seeing the Qi family’s courtyard and houses, felt it wasn’t fitting for the wife of a noble and prestigious family from the capital to live in such cramped quarters. She even warmly invited Madam Yin to live in their residence, saying she had specially cleared out a courtyard for Madam Yin and her daughter’s use. Madam Yin politely declined.

Ye Xinyan brought Madam Yin to Clear Water Village; naturally, it wasn’t for her to develop a new social circle. After interacting a few times with the local families’ ladies, Ye Xinyan and Madam Yin started inspecting their two business ventures together. Ye Xinyan taught Madam Yin what to check for and pay attention to on a daily basis and asked her to help verify and review some accounts.

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A woman not yet forty, Madam Yin had plenty of energy that didn’t need to be entirely spent on fighting with concubines, illegitimate sons, and daughters, nor did she need to exhaust herself to the brink of death. Such conflicts were extremely unfulfilling; aside from bringing out the darkest sides of human nature, they offered no benefits at all and were far less rewarding than meaningful work.

Ye Xinyan herself then freed up time to try to recall which tools from her memory could be applied to engineering work. This year, she didn’t intend to let Wong Qiao go out and work with Qi Younian because the business in Yuyuan Prefecture wasn’t that big. Compared to the garden of Prince Yu’s Other Mansion, it wasn’t even on the same scale, and there was no need for Wong Qiao to waste time on it.