"Has Nangong young master come to our house?" As soon as Ye Yuxiu heard this, he felt something was off in his heart and didn't hear clearly what Ye Yuzhang had said.

  Autumn chrysanthemum came to open the door, and Ye Yuqi instructed as soon as he entered: "Where is the young lady? Call her to come to the hall to see me." He then turned his head to wave at Ye Yuzhang, "I have something to discuss, you go back first."

  Ye Yu Zhang was here to probe the truth, where would he go? He smiled and said: "You discuss your own affairs, let Qiu Ju bring a stool for me to sit in the courtyard, as a brother of our family, why so many formalities? Wait until you've finished discussing, then come out and tell me. Although Ye Zhuo was adopted by her uncle, she is still my biological granddaughter, isn't she? Such a big event as her marriage, I naturally have to help with the arrangements."

  "Get married? What's the hurry to get married?" Ye Yuqi finally heard clearly what Ye Yuzhang said, and immediately sank his face. "You still say you're Zhu'er's own grandfather, but you're ruining her reputation like this? If she really gets married, can I not inform you? At such an old age, alone, all you do is talk nonsense."

  Ye Yuzhang didn't get angry, still smiling: "Big brother, don't be in a hurry, go ask Yu'er and you'll know." Because Ye Zhuo was beautiful, she had been favored by Xie Yunfeng from the beginning. So Ye Yuzhang thought that now Ye Zhuo had added designing and carving jade skills, it was normal for Nie Bowen to take a liking to her. A young man coming to a young woman's home, besides proposing marriage, what else could it be?

  Ye Yuqi hurriedly asked Ye Zhuo for news and didn't bother to argue with Ye Yuzhang anymore. Seeing Ye Zhuo coming out of the house and heading towards the hall, he also quickly entered the hall.

  "Has Nie Gongzi arrived? What did he come for?" Ye Yuqi asked eagerly as soon as he entered the door. Although he could guess that Nie Bowei had come, apart from recruiting Ye Zhuo, there wouldn't be anything else - Nie Bowei wasn't someone who would take a small stool and sit in the courtyard like in Chapter 140. Keeping some distance away, he lowered his voice to ask, "Didn't you say you didn't want to go?"

  Ye Zhuo shook his head: "Things can only be done once, not twice. Nie Gongzi personally came to the door again and invited him in front of others. If I refuse again, although the Nie family will not do anything to destroy our family, we may not be able to stay here anymore. And if we go to Princess Yu's place at this time, it will also give people an impression that we are picky and indecisive, and will be looked down upon. So no matter what, I cannot refuse again, so I agreed readily."

  She actually promised Nie Bowen, apart from these reasons, there must be other reasons. It's just that some things can only be done and not said, after all, things are unpredictable. Today's plan may change with the development of things tomorrow, and some of her thoughts really can't be said.

  Besides, she was born into a wealthy and noble family in her previous life, so she naturally knew that these people had some unknown means. Although she is now a small figure, not worthy of Nie Bowen and Gu Chen's attention, it is clear that the two parties are now using her to compete with each other. It seems that every move she makes cannot escape the eyes of these people. There are ears on the wall, so it's better to be cautious.

  Ye Yiqi let out a long sigh of relief upon hearing this, relaxed and sat down, nodding: "It's fine as long as you agree, it's fine as long as you agree."

  A warm feeling surged up in Ye Zhuo's heart. Ye Yuqi obviously disagreed with her refusal of the Nie family's offer, fearing that offending the Nie family would bring about great disaster. But as soon as she said she wanted freedom, he didn't say another word and took a supportive attitude instead. At this subtle moment of choosing sides, having such an elder in the family, for her, was truly fortunate!

  "Then when do you plan to go to Nie's house? Don't worry about things at home, I'll take care of everything. It's you who should be careful, going to a place where you're not familiar with the people or the land."

  "Yu Fei is still here, as long as she's around, I have to go keep her company." Ye Zhuo said.

  Ye Yuxiu furrowed her brow: "If Yu Fei finds out you agreed to the Nie family's proposal, won't she find an excuse to punish you?"

  Ye Zhuo smiled and said, "It won't happen. After all, I'm a small person, unrelated to the big picture. If she punishes me for my crime, it would only give Nie Guifei an excuse to accuse her, which would be counterproductive. So she'll just pretend that nothing happened to show off her magnanimity. Nothing will happen to me."

  "That's good, that's good."

  Ye Yiqi asked again about the situation at that time, and upon hearing that Gongshi had come to make trouble, he became extremely angry. "After being divorced by your father, Gongshi gave birth to a boy in that courtyard, and was taken back by the Tao family. You also know that Tao Changsheng married Yan Qingchun's daughter, who is said to be very shrewd and formidable. She herself had two daughters but did not allow Tao Changsheng to take a concubine. This time, due to Yan Qingchun's connections in official circles, he sold all his family property for money to bribe officials, and was released after being dismissed from office. However, Gong Zhimin became the scapegoat, taking on all the blame, and was flogged dozens of times before contracting a cold. He died in prison within days. Yan's family saw that Gongshi had lost her backing, so they took back their daughters, snatched away her son, and scolded her every day in the side room. Before she even recovered from childbirth, they forced her to establish rules and discipline. Tao Changsheng only wanted a son and didn't care about Gongshi. Now that he had his son, he was afraid of Yan's family, so he pretended not to see anything, and Gongshi was tormented until she became unrecognizable. But no matter how miserable she was, it was her own fault, what did it have to do with you? If she had been more cautious before marriage, she wouldn't have come to calculate our Ye family's property, why did it end up like this? Instead of reflecting on her own mistakes, she blamed others, as if all the faults were someone else's. People like that, no matter how pitiful they are, don't deserve sympathy."

  Although Yan, Gong and Tao's three families did not know that the incident was directed by Ye Zhuo, Ye and Gong's two families eventually became sworn enemies. Therefore, Ye Yuqi was extremely concerned about the affairs of the Gong family during this period, constantly asking Tang Shun to listen for news, so he understood the affairs of the three families very well. Moreover, he did not regard Ye Zhuo as an ordinary woman in the boudoir, and these things were told to her without any reserve.

  Ye Zhuo let out a long sigh. Although Gong's crime was well-deserved, from a woman's perspective, she was also a pitiful person. She had been deceived by Tao Changsheng in both emotions and body, carrying his child for ten months, only to have him turn out to be so heartless and abandon her like a worn-out shoe when he saw no further use for her. Men of this world were truly worthless!

  "Big brother, what's the relationship between Zhu'er and the Nie family? You'd better tell me, brother." Yexu Zhang, who was sitting outside, saw that the old man and his grandson had been talking for half a day without getting to the point, so he couldn't wait any longer and started shouting in the courtyard.

  "My uncle will know that I've become a disciple of Nie Daoshi, who knows what he'll do next." As soon as Ye Zhuo heard Ye Yuzhang's voice, she felt a sense of powerlessness. She knew Ye Yuzhang's temperament all too well - he would pluck the feathers from a passing goose, and now that he had his eyes on the Nie family's meat mountain, he wouldn't rest until he'd sucked out every last bit of oil.

  Ye Yuqi also knew his brother's character and comforted Ye Zhuo: "Don't worry, I'll take care of him." In her heart, she secretly made up her mind to properly discipline Ye Yuzhang and not let him cause trouble for Ye Zhuo.

  "You go back home, I'll talk with your uncle." he said again.

  "Yes." Yeh Chou knew his grandfather was going to scold Yeh Yu-chang, so he got up and returned to his own room.

  The next day, Ye Zhuo was waiting at home for Sakura to pick her up, but a servant dressed as a man came and said that Gu Chen had left Nanshan Town early in the morning and returned to Beijing. He also said: "The young lady said that if Miss Ye has anything, she can go to the Gu Mansion to find me, and I will send someone to deliver the message to the young lady in Beijing."

  "Thank you for Yu Fei's kindness. Yu Fei left and still remembered Min Nu, it's really making Min Nu wonder what to do." Ye Zhuo respectfully bowed in the direction of the capital, then asked Qiu Yue to bring out some pastries and fruits to entertain the guests, and asked: "May I ask your honorable surname?"

  "I'm just a lowly servant, how can I be worthy of an honorable name? Just call me Li San, Miss Ye." the man said.

  "It's said that even a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's gate is still an official, and Li Laobai is just a slave, but following Princess Yufei, their status is much higher than ours. Even our county magistrate in Nanshan County would have to show respect when seeing you. You can't live up to your noble name, who else can? " Ye Zhuo smiled and said. It's easy to meet the King of Hell, but hard to deal with his minions. From now on, news about Nanshan Town will likely still need to go through Li San. Being polite to Li San won't do any harm."

  Li San saw Ye Zhuo being polite, and his face smiled even more happily: "Miss Ye is indeed eloquent. Yesterday, our princess was still praising Miss Ye, saying that she understands the situation, knows how to take care of herself; not greedy for fame, knowing what to accept and what to reject. She said to reassure you, she can understand your situation and won't blame you. If there's anything in the future, you can still go find her. If she can help, she will definitely help."

  Is she showing that she already knew she should have accepted the Nie family's invitation, and doesn't blame her? If this is being discourteous to Li San, I'm afraid you wouldn't be hearing these words. Ye Zhuo's smile became even more sincere as he stood up and bowed again in the direction of the capital, showing even greater enthusiasm towards Li San.

  After seeing Li San off, Ye Zhuo turned to Qiu Yue and said: "You go to the workshop for a run, let Yu Bo go to Nie's workshop to tell people there that Master Gu has left here. I'm going to Nan Yun City today to ask them how to arrange things."

  "Yes." Autumn Moon responded with a single word, turned around and walked out the door. And Ye Zhuo was helped by Guan Shi and Zhao Shi to pack up his luggage here. (Thank you for your support, it is my greatest motivation.)

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