She Became A Downfall Noble Lady

Qi Younian looked sympathetically toward Liu Ting. Imperial officials are truly honest, isn’t Lord Liu thinking that besides serving the court, the Ye Family might also support the court’s finances?

Ye Xinyan, however, was surprised, "Of course it’s you who gives us the silver. Otherwise, what does Lord Liu think it is?"

Liu Ting, unaware of the conversations between officials in the Imperial Study Room such as Jinrong and Wang Xian, naturally didn’t understand what the three hundred taels from Ye Xinyan were all about, and said in astonishment, "The clerks we sent over are there to help your construction business..." Who has ever heard of paying out silver to help someone else?

Now Qi Younian couldn’t just shrink back. It was improper for him to always push a woman like Ye Zi in front of others to shield them from trouble. He explained, "Lord Liu is unaware that those of us who work on construction documents have an unspoken understanding and can work together smoothly and familiarly. With such urgent matters, if a newcomer joins, someone needs to specially take the time to guide them, which can disrupt the existing workflow."

After all, Qi Younian came from a civilian craftsman background, so it wasn’t easy for him to talk about taking on apprentices with government officials.

However, Liu Ting was ungrateful. He looked at Qi Younian with disapproval. This rural craftsman—if he hadn’t chanced upon the Ye Family girl, how could he now be sitting together with them?

These words might be impossible to reprimand from Ye Xinyan’s mouth, but for a lowly craftsman, how dare he be so presumptuous? A construction business scraping a living through hard labor actually dared to talk about instructing Imperial Appointed Officials and charge extra silver for it.

Liu Ting snorted coldly, "Oh? So the old master’s point is that our Imperial Appointed Officials are all good-for-nothings, and cannot compare with the talent-rich Qi Family Construction Business, is that it?"