Qi Younian looked at Lady Zhao for a long while before sighing deeply.
How could matters have escalated to this point? With such thoughts in her mind and this thorn in her heart, she would probably make mistakes in everything she did from now on.
"At the time of the negotiations, the Seventh younger brother's wife was not present and is unaware of the situation. Lord Liu is the Director of the Ministry of Works, an imperial appointed official of the fifth rank. As soon as Lord Liu began speaking, he offered a monthly wage of three taels of silver per craftsman, with double pay for rushing the work over the New Year."
Lady Zhao's eyes widened in disbelief. Were these kinds of words even possible to say? Was he trying to fool a child?
