Nie Shunkun had just received some bad news from the capital, and it was time to consolidate his position. Yang Jianxiu, although a county magistrate, was also an object that could not be ignored. He also heard that his beloved disciple was challenging his fellow disciple, so Nie Zhongkun naturally wanted to accompany the Ye family to take a look. So he called Zhao Song to lead the way and rushed straight into this house in Pu Institute.

  Nie Wei Yue, who was sitting in the resting hall drinking tea and preparing to watch the play, heard that her father had brought a group of strangers in, and was shocked. By the time she rushed over, Nie Zhong Kun had already walked out of the house. Seeing that the situation could no longer be stopped, and with so many people rushing in to see Ye Zhuo's ugly appearance, it was better than her and Nie Bo Yi bringing servants to barge in, so she didn't stop them either, and followed her father inside.

  At this time, the people in the house were Ye's old couple, Yang Jianxiu and Zheng Shi, as well as Nie Zhongkun, Nie Weiyue, Zhao Song, Qing Zhu and some servants.

  Nie Zhongkun was both shocked and enraged.

  Yang County Magistrate and Ye's family came to visit relatives, but found that their own child was almost raped, and the reason for the rape was that someone had given them an aphrodisiac. How could he explain this to others! Does Nie's family still want to save face?

  However, this is not the point. Yang Jianxiu, although he was a county lieutenant, with Nie's family power, even if he was dissatisfied, he didn't dare say anything; The Ye family were just some ordinary people, and they would be satisfied with some benefits. They wouldn't cause trouble for Nie Zhongkun.

  The key point is that Du Haoran was also drugged and almost raped Ye Zhuo!

  What kind of character Du Haoran is, Nie Zhongkun is very clear. When Du Haoran followed his master to the south at first, the Nie family sent countless beautiful women to be his concubines in order to win him over, but they were all rejected. He is absolutely not a lustful person. On the contrary, he is a highly self-disciplined person. Even if he has some unusual thoughts about Ye Zhuo, he would never do something so shameless. Now that he has become like this, the only explanation, as Ye Zhuo said, is that someone must have drugged him.

  So, who drugged them? What did the person who drugged them want to do? Would this matter provoke Du Haoran and make him leave and cut ties with the Nie family? Would this matter affect the Nie family's status in the south?

  Nie Zhongkun thought of these things and suddenly felt a severe headache.

  Yang Jianxiu, Zheng and Ye's family heard Ye Zhuo's words, with a different mood.

  As soon as they came in and saw Ye Zhuo being held in Du Haoran's arms, their first reaction was that Ye Zhuo had done something shameful, and they felt anxious, ashamed, and annoyed. Then, seeing Ye Zhuo struggling, their shame and annoyance disappeared, and the anger rising up in their hearts made them want to beat up the scoundrel who had taken advantage of Ye Zhuo. This led to Ye Yuqi raising his cane to hit Du Haoran. Now, hearing Ye Zhuo say that they were actually harmed by someone drugging them, after their anger subsided, a kind of fear and terror arose in the hearts of the whole family. What made them fearful was not the power of the Nie family, but this large mansion of the Nie family. How dark, dirty, and terrifying this mansion is! Their clever and capable child had only been here for a few days and had become seriously ill, and was almost framed to the point of losing their innocence and life.

  I can't stay here for another moment.

  "Ah!" A low cry broke the brief silence in the room.

  Everyone's gaze fell on the person who had spoken. It was an old woman. She was now waving her hand, with a painful expression on her face. A tooth mark was very obvious on her hand, and blood was still oozing out of it. And her other hand was pressed tightly on a woman in red clothes.

  This is Qian Gu Gu and Nie Wei Yue.

  Nie Weiyue completely ignored Qian Mama and stared at Ye Zhuo and Du Haoran.

  This is impossible, how could this be? The Mingming in the house was clearly Zhao Song, how could he have turned into Du Haoran? She had tried every means to prevent Ye Zhuo from getting close to Du Haoran, so how did she end up delivering herself into his arms?

  She turned her head and cast her eyes on Zhao Song.

  Zhao Song was startled by her fierce gaze and retreated a step in fright.

  What else doesn't he understand at this time? If he wasn't suddenly having a headache, it's possible that he would be the one to get into trouble with Ye Zhuo in the house!

  "Miss, miss......" Qian Nai couldn't bear the pain in her hand and hastily pulled Nie Weiyue. Given what happened last time when she directly admitted to drugging him, she was afraid that Nie Weiyue would lose his rationality again and inadvertently reveal everything. If that were to happen, there would be no room for compromise.

  No one knows a daughter better than her father, and Nie Weiyue is most clear about Du Haoran's feelings and temperament. Moreover, with Ye Zhuo and Du Haoran being drugged, Nie Weiyue has such an expression, how could Nie Zhongkun not understand that this matter is inseparable from his own daughter? He coughed lightly and waved his hand at the servants: "First send Du Haoran and Miss Ye to the doctor to resolve the poison, and then we'll talk."

  Yang Jianxiu furrowed his brow as soon as he heard this. As an official for over a decade, he was accustomed to organizing case files and could often discern some clues even if the circumstances were unclear. If Du Haoran and Ye Zhuo were sent to the doctor's place, and then the servants were instructed to take away the items and rearrange things, the story of Du Haoran and Ye Zhuo could be spun in a different way: it would only be said that they wanted to steal a romantic tryst but were discovered and intentionally claimed to have been drugged to shirk responsibility and cover up the scandal. Because they would no longer be able to produce evidence - those doctors who treated them must also be from the Nie estate, and Nie Zhongkun would instruct them on what to say, so naturally, they would say it. When the doctor said they had not been drugged, by the time they came back to look for evidence, the incense and pastries would have already been cleaned up. In the end, only the servants would be blamed, saying they were too diligent in cleaning the house, and Ye's family and Du Haoran would know that the Nie family was being deceitful but would have no recourse.

  If he had said this, his career would have come to an end.

  Should I say it or not?

  Yang Jianxiu was engaged in intense mental struggle in his heart.

  But all these thoughts flashed through Yang Jian's mind in just a moment. However, before he could even pause to think, Du Haoran panted and called out: "Wait, wait!"

  "Du Gongzi, are you feeling unwell? I've already sent someone to call the doctor, just bear with it for a moment." Nie Zhongkun said with a gentle smile.

  "Hemp, trouble Yang Daren to pack up the incense and snacks, as well as the tea water, let the doctor take a look later." Du Haoran didn't pay attention to Nie Zhongkun, pointing at the things on the table to Yang Jianxiu.

  Ye Zhuo only then noticed that somehow, Du Haoran had moved the table from outside in, along with the pastries and tea, and placed it next to the grinding machine.

  Is he worried that someone outside will come in and swap the pastries and tea? If there's no problem with the pastries and tea, but only with the incense, which is inside, then it gets complicated. The Nie family would say she was having an affair with Du Haoran or trying to seduce him by lighting the incense herself. Otherwise, even if Du Haoran knew they were competing in the jade carving contest and came to watch, he wouldn't have entered the house to disturb her. There's medicine in the incense, so only she should be affected, not Du Haoran. But earlier, it was clear that Du Haoran had a stronger reaction to the medicine, while she still had enough reason to resist.

  Thinking of this, Ye Zhuo's mind relaxed. With such a clever and meticulous partner taking the lead, she could safely hide behind and pretend to be a victim, without having to worry about anything.

  Yang Jianxiu felt a great relief in his heart when he heard Du Haoran's order, and immediately started to pack up the pastries on the table with a handkerchief. The teapot and tea cups were no exception. As for Ye Yuqi, she carefully extinguished the incense and handed it over to Yang Jianxiu along with the incense burner.

  Seeing this, Nie Zhongkun's expression stiffened for a moment, knowing that Du Haoran wanted to pursue the matter to the end and was not going to give the Nie family any face. He let out a slight sigh, just about to speak, when he heard the sound of footsteps coming from outside the door, followed by someone calling out at the entrance: "Madam."

  "Has Master returned? He's gone inside?" It was Nee's wife's voice.

  "Yes." The servant replied.

  The footsteps sounded again, and Mrs. Nie walked in while talking: "Master, you didn't even send someone to tell me that you're back, I thought you'd be gone for a few more days..."

  The words stopped here, and at this time, Nie's wife had turned to the back of the screen and came out, looking at the situation in the house, her face full of surprise: "What's going on?"

  Nie Zhongkun hummed in his nose and ignored her, turning to Du Haoran: "The air here is not good, let's get out of here first."

  This time, Du Haoran didn't say anything else and was supported by the servants to leave. Guan Shi and Zheng Shi also quickly supported Ye Zhuo out. Ye Yuqi and Yang Jianxiu naturally followed behind, while Nie Weiyue, like a shadow, closely followed Du Haoran out. Nie Zhongkun also had to go out. The room was left with only Nie Furen and Zhao Song. Originally, Zhao Song was also going to leave, the atmosphere in this room wasn't good, who knew if staying for a while longer would cause any problems? But since Nie Furen was here, he couldn't bear to leave first, so he stood up and paid his respects to her.

  Although Mrs. Nie didn't know why she and Ye Zhuo were drugged together, it was probably Du Haoran. However, no matter how well she understood the situation, she had to pretend not to understand. She pulled Zhao Song aside and asked him a few questions before hastily leaving the room. Nie Zhongkun's face looked terrible, so as the mistress of the house, she had to go and smooth things over.

  "Take Du Gongzi to that room." After leaving the house, Nie Zhongkun pointed to a house on the left and said to Guan Shi, "Please also ask Old Lady Ye to take Ye Gu'niang to that house. The doctor will come soon and we can all have a look together."

  Two people who had taken the aphrodisiac, of course, couldn't stay together waiting for the doctor to diagnose them, it would be better if they didn't appear in front of each other. Nie Zhongkun arranged it this way, and everyone naturally didn't say another word. Each supporting someone, they walked away in both directions.

  "Miss, you can't go." Qian Yayi saw Nie Weiyue wanting to follow Du Haoran into the house on the left again and quickly pulled her back.

  "When taking her back to the Xiaya Courtyard, lock it up and don't let her go anywhere." Nie Zhongkun instructed, his eyes severely gazing at Nie Weiyue.

  Thank you Fang and the little devil who lost his ring for the reward, thank you Taiwan Xiao Yu's pink vote!