Ludwig shook his head "When someone looks good on the outside, you need to inspect them. When they look rotten then, but still deliver good results, then often, it's not that these are smalls flaws, they are more likely to have advisors that help them.
This elder Wu might've been one such advisor, they probably made him an elder to have him support them better, at least it shows that they aren't rotten to the core, since they still know how to reward someone. You should look into the background of this, elder Wu might be ungrateful, which isn't better than being rotten."
Ye listened and after some contemplation, he agreed. Then he asked what he was curious about "Elder brother, how did you come into this room…" as he said the sentence, he seemed to have recalled his father telling him he shouldn't ask such questions, but Ludwig didn't mind.