She Became A Downfall Noble Lady

Ye Xinyan turned back reluctantly, her reluctance evident when she looked at Guan He. It wasn’t that she truly felt aggrieved; rather, she couldn’t afford to show Guan He a good face. She needed to let him know that she was extremely unwilling to compromise with him, and the only reason she gave in a step was that she didn’t want Jiang Yifan to be in a difficult position. Only by behaving this way would that fellow not become overly proud and lose all sense of modesty.

Upon seeing Ye Xinyan’s frustrated demeanor, Guan He felt somewhat proud. Although he had leveraged his junior brother’s position, it was still a concession from that wicked woman Ye Xinyan, which was better than others being unable to control her, allowing her to act unbridled.

After arriving in the capital, Guan He felt keenly that his brother’s wife was truly malicious. He had heard that when she was a child, she dared to strike even the Commandery Prince’s daughter; now as an adult, she not only openly challenged the Grand Secretary but also took the upper hand in confrontations with many high court officials. She was someone no one could discipline.

Thinking about those high Cabinet officials, he didn’t have such high aspirations; as long as he could get her to concede a little, meeting his requirements, he would be perfectly content, just like now.

Ye Xinyan begrudgingly said to Guan He, "The two gardens you’ve seen are indeed nice, but they were built according to the original blueprints of the Tang family’s residence. To reduce the cost of constructing the gardens and make use of the original buildings, many compromises were made in the layout, which to some extent, detracted from the desired ambiance.

"Big Brother Guan and Official Tang are totally different in character and preference for gardens. Once Official Tang chooses the more compact garden, I will definitely create a more beautiful one for Big Brother Guan."

Zheng Pengfei was taken aback after hearing Ye Xinyan’s words. If Miss Ye knew Official Tang’s preferences, why did she bother to create two gardens? And according to Ye Xinyan, these two gardens were also based on Official Tang’s existing estate. Clearly, after Official Tang had made his choice, the other garden would become redundant.

This was a waste. With that effort, wouldn’t it be better to do something else?

However, considering he was not well-acquainted with Ye Xinyan, he could only wonder in his mind without expressly asking.

Guan He had no such reservations. After hearing Ye Xinyan’s words, he directly scoffed, "Look, I haven’t wronged you, have I? Despite your claim to be good at making money, this is how you conduct business. Knowing the man’s preferences, yet you went ahead and made two different designs for no reason; if that’s not a waste of effort, then what is it?"