Nie Zhongkun thought he understood this point and felt relieved in his heart.

  Although Nie Weiyue had been nagging him with words before she left, her stubbornness also gave Nie Zhongkun a headache. However, at this time, the eldest prince was at a disadvantage in the court, and the second prince would take the opportunity to stretch his tentacles into the jade mine resources in the south. Gu Chen's arrival was just a signal. At this time, the Nie family could not afford to lose Du Haoran. Although Du Haoran had not gambled out a single mineral vein in a year, his performance in guessing stones shocked people: almost 100% accuracy rate, and what he said about the original stone was basically true. Such a level of guessing stones, even the best guessers in the Nie family who had been trained for generations were not as good as him. A person with such a level would also have a greater chance of winning when gambling on mines. Moreover, gambling on mines is different from guessing stones, and it's normal to spend two or three years searching for a mineral vein, after all, that requires climbing mountains and wading through rivers to find it in the mountains, and jade mines are buried in places where you can't see or touch them, the difficulty is not ordinary.

  So if Du Haoran really wants to marry Ye Zhuo, for the sake of Nie's family future, Nie Zhongkun can only disregard his daughter and strongly support it. As long as Ye Zhuo is formally accepted as a disciple and her family is given some benefits, once Du Haoran marries her, he will be tied to the Nie family's ship and won't be able to escape. This is good news for the Nie family!

  After asking this question, he eagerly stared at Du Haoran, hoping that he would agree.

  Du Haoran first raised his head, glanced at the Ye family members, then turned away, somewhat uncomfortably smiled and said: "Marriage is bound to happen..." The words stopped there.

  Although he didn't continue speaking, everyone in the room felt they understood Du Haoran's thoughts.

  Qiu Yue covered her mouth with one hand and turned to look at Ye Zhuo, her eyes filled with endless joy and laughter. She liked Du Hao Ran's kind of gentleman, who was not from a prominent family but was honest, enthusiastic, and extremely talented, making him the perfect match for their own daughter. Unexpectedly, after their daughter had gone through hardships in the Nie residence, she had unexpectedly obtained such a perfect match, which made Qiu Yue feel grateful to the people of the Nie residence, especially the matchmaker Nie Wei Yue.

  Ye Zhuo saw Qiu Yue's expression and couldn't help but laugh, shaking his head in a sigh. He really hoped that his grandfather and Qiu Yue wouldn't be too disappointed when they heard Du Haoran's next words.

  On the other side, Nie Zhongkun burst out laughing and stroked his short beard under his chin, saying: "Good, good. Haoran is getting married, this is a great thing!" He turned around and bowed to Guan Shi, saying: "Old Lady Ye, please ask your granddaughter to come over and pay her respects to me as her future husband's senior. When she marries Haoran, I will give her a house as a dowry."

  Ye Zhuo heard this sentence, a cold smile appeared on his face. This cold smile had sarcasm and also expectation.

  After what happened between her and Du Haoran, when they were about to discuss the outcome, Nie Wei Yue didn't believe that she would let it go so easily. She either left someone to keep an eye on things here or was hiding somewhere eavesdropping. Once she found out that Du Haoran's marriage had been arranged, she would definitely jump out and make a big scene.

  Is Du Haoran's vague and unclear speech also intended to lure her out?

  Ye Zhuo hadn't even finished thinking about it when a loud shout came from the other side: "Dad, I told you before, if you let Brother Du marry that cheap woman, I'll die in front of you!" After finishing speaking, there was a muffled sound. Then the room erupted into a chorus of cries: "Yue Er!" "Young lady..." The sound of furniture overturning filled the air.

  Qiu Yue hastily ran to Ye Zhuo's side and whispered: "Nie Gongzhu bumped into the pillar, but was caught by her maid, only knocking over a chair nearby and injuring her leg."

  Ye Zhuo let out another cold laugh. Nie Wei Yue was just pretending, she wouldn't dare to die. But for Nie Zhong Kun and Madame Nie, who doted on their daughter, her actions were enough.

  As expected, she heard Mrs. Nie crying on the other side, her intestines were broken, and she said sorrowfully: "Yue'er, why are you so stupid? You're going to die, how can your mother live?" After finishing, she looked up at Du Haoran and said, "Haoran, do you have a heart to let us old people send off the young? My family's Yue'er is not married to anyone but you. Considering our kindness to you and Yue'er's devotion to you, just marry Yue'er. If you like Ye Gongzhu, it's fine to take her as a concubine or marry her as a secondary wife, it's all up to you, I'll persuade Yue'er to agree. Haoran, won't you grant your aunt's request?"

  This sorrowful and kind mother's heart, combined with the Nie family's kindness to Du Haoran and the pressure of their family status, should have made Du Haoran willing to die for them, let alone marry the Nie family's eldest daughter. Ye Yuqi and Yang Jianxiu sighed inwardly, knowing that Ye Zhuo and Du Haoran's marriage was now hopeless.

  "Is she a wife? A concubine? Now she's nothing at all, and it's all because my family's Zhu'er has died twice already. Can she still survive after entering the door? I'm afraid even nine lives wouldn't be enough to die." Guan Shi suddenly interjected.

  "Shut up!" Mrs. Nie angrily lifted her head to look at Guan Shi, "Which eye of yours saw that the medicine was given by my daughter? If you continue to spout such nonsense, don't blame me for not being polite to you."

  "Which eye saw that? Do you still want to see it? Lady Nie, I'm giving you face, I don't want to say it out loud, but don't treat us like fools. Tell me, at the beginning, didn't your daughter suggest sending a male servant to monitor my granddaughter and lock them in a room together? You dare to say that wasn't her idea? Why did she say that? Wasn't it because she had already prepared the drugged incense and wanted to humiliate my granddaughter, forcing her to marry the male servant? Later, when my granddaughter refused to comply, it was only on Nie Wugong's suggestion that they replaced the male servant with Zhao Songgong. If not for Zhao Gongzi's headache, who knows what would have happened to my granddaughter now?! Why did your daughter do this three times, trying to humiliate my granddaughter? Wasn't it because she thought Du Gongzi liked my granddaughter? Even before marriage, it's like this; after marriage, will she let my granddaughter live?!" She turned her head and said to Du He Ran, "Du Gongzi, either marry Nie Gongzhu or marry my granddaughter. My granddaughter would never share a husband with Nie Gongzhu, you think carefully."

  When they heard this, the three members of the Nie family suddenly felt a sense of foreboding. Although Du Haoran was not of high birth and appeared to be gentle and refined on the surface, his temper was actually extremely arrogant and unruly. If he had agreed to marry Nie Wei Yue, it's likely that children would have already been born by now, so why would he still be waiting until now? So Nie Wei Yue was absolutely not an option for him. And yet, he looked at Ye Zhuang with different eyes; helping her everywhere, speaking up for her; and now the two of them had even become intimate, the probability that he would choose Ye Zhuang over Nie Wei Yue was simply too high.

  As expected, Du Haoran hesitated for a moment, looked at Nie Zhongkun with an apologetic expression, and cupped his hands: "Sorry, Uncle Nie. I am not worthy of your daughter, our families are not compatible..."

  He hadn't finished speaking, when Nie Weiyue let out a shrill cry and rushed out of the door. Before everyone could react, the sound of tearing and hitting came from the adjacent room where Ye Zhuo was staying. Nie Weiyue shouted loudly: "I'll kill you, I want to kill you! Du Gege is mine, even if I die I won't let him marry you. You cheap woman, why don't you let the male servant take you away by force? How dare you seduce Du Gege, how dare you flirt with him. How dare you take advantage of the opportunity to get intimate with Du Gege, I'll beat you to death..."

  "Yu'er, my Yu'er..." Guan's family was stunned for a moment, then rushed over like the wind, Zheng Manwen followed closely behind, Yang Jianxiu supported Ye Yiqi and also hurried over. Nie Zhongkun and his wife exchanged a glance, and quickly led the servants out of the door and into the house next door.

  As soon as they entered the house, Ye Zhuo was seen with her hair disheveled and a bloody scratch on her neck. She threw herself into Guan's arms, shivering with fear, looking as pitiful as possible; while Nie Wei Yue looked like she had lost her mind, baring her teeth and trying to pounce on Ye Zhuo again, but was held back by Ye Zhuo's maid Autumn Moon, who also showed obvious signs of being kicked and beaten by Nie Wei Yue.

  "Mother, mother, hurry up and kill her, help me kill her..." Nie Wei Yue saw that she couldn't hit Ye Zhuo, so she turned her head around and shouted at Mrs. Nie with all her might. In her mind, killing a commoner was nothing to the Nie family, just spending some silver coins to smooth things over would be enough, so she spoke without any restraint.

  Du Haoran was the last one to enter the house. Seeing this scene, his face turned cold and he stood at the door, shouting loudly: "Enough!"

  Nie Wei Yue stopped what she was doing, slowly turned around, and stared at him with a raised chin, her eyes full of stubbornness, looking like she would kill herself if he didn't marry her.

  Du Haoran's face sank, he only glanced at her once, then turned his head to Nie Zhongkun and said: "Uncle Nie, I haven't finished speaking yet."

  Nie Zhongkun was taken aback, then looked somewhat tired and said, "Go on."

  "I dare not aspire to love, but I will not marry Miss Ye either. What happened today was not my intention, and I hope Miss Ye can understand me. All I can say is that I'm sorry." He bowed deeply to Ye Zhuo, then stood up and bowed again to Nie Zhongkun, "Farewell." With a flick of his sleeve, he strode out the door.

  "No, Brother Du, don't abandon me! Brother Du..." Nian Wei Yue was momentarily stunned before struggling free from Qiu Yue's grasp and chasing after him.

  Nie Zhongkun closed his eyes and growled: "Stop her."

  At the door stood two robust women, who, upon hearing this, hastily grabbed Nie Weiyue. Nie Weiyue punched and kicked them, even biting with her teeth. But her fancy fists and embroidered legs were no match for the two sturdy women. In the end, she was caught by the two and couldn't move. She quickly raised her head to look in Du Haoran's direction, just as a corner of his sky-blue clothes disappeared at the gate. Suddenly, she let out a loud wail and cried while calling out to Nie's wife: "Mother, please help me, can you help me?"

  Nie's wife took a look at her husband's face, let out a sigh, and turned her head away, no longer looking at Nie Wei Yue. This kind of thing, even if she wanted to help, she couldn't.

  Nie Zhongkun's face turned iron-gray as he looked at his daughter.

  Niece of the prestigious NIE family, niece of Noble Consort NIE, actually made a scene for a man and was rejected by that man in public. This scene was witnessed by outsiders. Even if he doted on his daughter, at this moment, he felt like he had lost all face. Moreover, he returned this time because he received news from the capital, knowing that the Crown Prince had failed, and already feeling heartbroken. Before he could even catch his breath after returning home, he encountered such a thing, letting DU Haoran, an extremely important person to the NIE family, slip away. After NIE Wei Yue's commotion, there was no way to retain him, and his anger can be imagined.

  "Take her back and keep an eye on her. Send her to the capital tomorrow. If she runs away or causes more trouble, you're done with this family!" He said furiously to Mrs. Nie.

  Mrs. Nie also knew that her husband was serious, and besides, the relationship between the couple was not as harmonious as outsiders thought. Hearing this, she didn't dare to disobey in the slightest, and responded with a "Yes." She then went forward to take her daughter back to their courtyard.

  But unexpectedly, a scream came from behind, followed by earth-shattering shouts, and the room was in chaos.

  The couple turned their heads to look, but it was Ye Zhuo with tears all over her face, desperately trying to crash into the pillar. Fortunately, Guan Shi was quick-witted and stopped her. At this time, the whole family was crying bitterly.

  Nie's wife raised an eyebrow and wiped away a cold smile from the corner of her mouth with her handkerchief.

  At first, the old woman reported that Ye Gu Niang was molested by a man and did not cry or make a fuss, but instead followed them here to listen to the adults discuss matters. It turned out that she indeed had the intention of climbing high branches, with the single-minded desire to marry Du Haoran. Now seeing Du Haoran flatly refuse her, she could no longer bear to live in this world and thought about crashing into a pillar to end her life lightly.

  Nie's wife hated Ye Zhuo. In her opinion, if Ye Zhuo hadn't come here, there wouldn't have been so many troubles at home, Du Haoran wouldn't have left, and Nie Weiyue wouldn't have suffered so much. Now that Ye Zhuo's wish had fallen through, she couldn't help but feel a sense of schadenfreude.

  Nie Zhongkun looked at the situation in the house and frowned tightly. During the process of Du Haoran seeing the doctor, he had already found someone to understand it. Nie Bowens decision was correct, no matter how talented Ye Zhen was, Nan Yun City was the base of Nie Guifei and the Crown Prince, and it must be guarded against outsiders. However, Ye Zhen entering the Nie mansion was like a drop of water falling into an oil pan, completely infuriating Nie Weiyue, which led to all these things happening. Although Du Haoran has moved out of the Nie mansion now, indicating that neither of them will marry, the cause is gone, but Ye Zhen is no longer suitable to stay in the Nie family. Moreover, this family is really not likable, daring to compete with the Nie family for a son-in-law right in front of him!

  He turned back and walked to the Ye family, saying calmly: "Since Miss Ye is emotionally unstable, you'd better take her back." After that, he shouted outside, "Two people come here, pack up all of Miss Ye's things and send them over."

  Two maids came in from outside, responded with a sound, and went to Yingfengyuan to collect things for Ye Zhuo.

  Thank you to Yu Han Sai, Guang Han Gong Zhu a, and Yun Xia Ni Xiang for the peace talismans. Thank you to book friends 32120400 and 110314113018 for the pink votes. I originally said that I would update after Qingming Festival, but these past few days my eyes have been unbearable, and I don't dare go to the hospital, afraid that the doctor will say I can no longer face the computer. I'm adjusting myself, although I've reduced the time spent in front of the computer. This chapter is 4,000 words, thanks everyone!