Chapter 745 - 743 Do You Know About Wong Qiao’s Defection
Ye Xinyan had no sense of being envied or hated; just as Duke An thought: She truly focused on the lost profits of half her investment in the railway project, which caused her great heartache.
That wasn’t money of her own; it was old Master Qi Younian’s money, the future inheritance for Qi Jiaer.
As for the kindness in the imperial decree, she could only scoff at it. She would rather believe it was the Old Emperor’s whim after finding some novelty, probably just because he found her way of doing things different and interesting.
Duke An, with much tact, didn’t mention supplementing half a year’s salary to Ye Xinyan, and his granddaughter was also sensible enough to suppress the pain of losing half her profits, greatly comforting the old master and bringing much relief to Duke An.
After consoling Duke An, Ye Xinyan began to worry about herself. How would she explain this to her grandfather? At his age in his sixties, he was leading others to work in tough conditions, trying to earn some wealth for her and her brother. But because of her moment of righteous indignation, she had made her grandfather lose half a year’s hard-earned profit. What kind of granddaughter was she... Could she be any more of a failure?
She knew that her grandfather, upon hearing she had been so maligned, would not blame her for the way she handled it. He would not want her to be splashed with filthy slander, even if it meant losing more silver.
But she couldn’t bear it in her heart; the money that had been lost also belonged to Qi Jiaer’s inheritance. Thinking of this filled her with distress.
Dammit, it was all that Old Emperor’s fault. Just because he was the emperor, it didn’t mean he could act so thoughtlessly.
After a night of tossing and turning, Ye Xinyan decided that since the Old Emperor was beyond her reach, instead of stewing over whether he acted properly or not, it would be better to focus on developing the market in the capital.
Besides what Steward Zhang had said about building estates, she should take on one or two big projects to make up for her grandfather’s lost earnings—that was what truly mattered.