She Became A Downfall Noble Lady

Liu Yu also frowned, "The Ye family’s daughter has always acted unconventionally, previously just impulsive and rude, acting entirely on whims. Now, she still follows her heart, but there’s a purpose behind her recklessness. But this purpose is too transparent, like the incident earlier this year, when she forcefully wrested three thousand taels of silver from the Ministry of Works without the slightest shame."

Speaking thus, Liu Yu turned to Prince Fu, "Subordinate sees that perhaps His Majesty overlooks the Ye family girl’s straightforward manner precisely because she’s capable, hence no punitive action against her. However...is the girl truly guileless and thoughtless?"

While saying this, he couldn’t help but shake his head. The more he observed, the less he understood the girl. If one assumed her to be guileless and lacking schemes, how then, when plotting for wealth, could she be so cunning? Yet when she schemed for wealth, she indeed neglected to maintain her reputation.

Prince Fu felt the same concern; he rubbed his brow and said with a wry smile, "Initially assigning the wooden railway installation project to Lao Liu was indeed an oversight. Originally, because lay railway tracks was troublesome and unrewarding, it was pushed aside. But if Lao Liu gives the project to the Qi family, allowing Ye Xinyan to complete it smoothly, her standing in front of His Majesty will only become more solid."

Prince Fu looked toward Liu Yu, "Ye Xinyan’s status at Duke An’s Mansion isn’t the same as before. It’s said that Duke An values her highly, and the Ye family’s toddler spends his days with Ye Xinyan and the Children of the Qi Family. Duke An might very well intend to entrust Duke An’s Mansion to Ye Xinyan."

Shi Dong listened and nodded incessantly. Previously, Prince Yu showed no interest in the throne or state affairs and steered clear of politics. Back then, which family’s daughter Prince Yu married was of no great consequence.

But now things had changed, with Prince Yu assisting in the Ministry of Personnel and also taking the granddaughter of the Grand Secretary, and even simultaneously accepting the daughters of General Huwei and the Assistant Minister of Rites as Concubines, it was something that could not be overlooked. General Huwei was a fierce general under Duke An’s command, and the Minister of Rites was advancing in years...

The strength of Prince Yu’s Mansion was almost sufficient to challenge the positions cultivated for years by Prince Fu and the Crown Prince in the Imperial Court.