Chapter 211

Shao Qing didn't even spare Squint Eye a glance, and continued to discuss the matter of the tripling of the tax with Lord Xu.

The farcical ruckus raged on tumultuously for most of an hour, eventually concluding with the Inspection Division publicly admitting to their error; Squint Eye was dismissed and barred from ever being rehired; and the Inspection Division compensated Song Jiyun and others with 200 taels of silver to draw the curtain on the event.

Onlookers who had come for the spectacle all clapped and cheered.

Lord Xu even enthusiastically offered to personally arrange for boat trackers to escort them into the city, "The cost will be on me. Don't worry, Young Master Shao, I won't take a penny from public funds for this."