"He rented a house in Qingyun Alley, which is just opposite to your mother's house, standing in the courtyard." Gu Shi said with a smile.

  "Oh." Ye Zhuo nodded and changed the subject, "Grandma, you just went out, was it Tang Da Ge or Wei Da Ge outside? Did you have him go find another one?"

  Yan Yuezhuo didn't seem too enthusiastic about Du Haoran's topic, and Guan's heart was slightly disappointed, but at the same time, she also let out a sigh of relief. In marriage matters, women are in a passive position. If Du Haoran didn't have that intention, it would be better for Ye Zuo to keep her true feelings intact.

  She no longer mentioned Du Haoran and said: "It was Tang Shungui outside, I let him go find Wei Daxiang."

  "Zhuo'er, you've done a great job." Ye Yuqi said from the side, "Tang Shungui was the first to help you. Although his mind is not as agile as Wei Daxiang's, he is a kind and honest person. You put him in front of everything, and didn't neglect him just because you reused Wei Daxiang. This makes Tang Shungui feel grateful, and Wei Daxiang must also be impressed. Because of this, even if there are more capable people following you in the future, you won't forget about him. And today, when finding other children, you didn't leave out Wei Daxiang either, showing that you not only care about Tang Shungui but also value Wei Daxiang equally. This way, these two will be willing to do anything for you from now on. By gathering all the people they get along with through recruiting disciples, with these two leading them, you'll essentially have a special force at your disposal. Although they're just carriage drivers, they know everything that's going on in town. Their position may be lowly, but their role is significant, and the best part is that they won't attract attention - it's truly wonderful."

  Yue Yuqi's words left Yue Zhuo feeling deeply moved and sentimental.

  At first when she was adopted into the main house, Ye Yuxi said that although he had some wisdom, his vision was not broad and he did not look at problems deeply and comprehensively. If it were in the past, he would absolutely not be able to say such things. Now after experiencing so many things, this old man has become increasingly wise.

  It's hard to say whether it's good or bad!

  Is it not a blessing to be able to maintain one's innocence for a lifetime?

  Three people were talking, and they heard the sound of someone calling at the gate. Judging from the voice, it should be Tang Shungui. Autumn Moon quickly ran out to open the door, and soon led Tang Shungui and Wei Daxiang in.

  After everyone's discussion, Ye Zhuo told them his intention, and Tang ShunGui and Wei DaXiang were overjoyed. The elegant words and emotions first came from the fact that their own children had been taken in by Ye Zhuo, so they didn't have to worry about others competing with them anymore. And at this time, it was up to them to inform those children to take the exam, and once they were accepted as disciples by Ye Zhuo, wouldn't the parents of those children be grateful to them? This was a huge favor!

  The two men carefully asked Ye Zhuo's requirements again and then hurriedly went out to inform those families with children of suitable age and good family style.

  The next afternoon, Ye Zhuo set up a new storage room and examined about twenty children, selecting seven relatively talented ones. From that afternoon on, he began to teach them together with Tang Sihuzi and Wei Zhu.

  Due to the influence of the Nie family, Ye Zhuo did not teach these children how to carve jade, fearing that the Nie family would find out and suspect her of stealing their secret techniques, which would bring unnecessary trouble. So she only taught them knowledge about jade materials, letting them touch and feel the texture and patterns of the jade, imagining the shapes they wanted to carve. Apart from this, she also taught them how to paint.

  Designing is not like carving, it requires a certain amount of practice to develop basic skills before slowly practicing and eventually working with jade materials. To cultivate a jade carver, one must have talent, diligence, and time - lacking any one of these elements is unacceptable. Design, on the other hand, only requires imagination, some drawing foundation, and an understanding of jade materials. Children's imaginations are incredibly rich and free-flowing, far surpassing those of adults whose thinking has become rigid. Therefore, with just a month or two of training, these children will be able to assist her. With her abilities combined with the children's rich imagination, they will undoubtedly be able to design excellent works.

  Zheng Manwen's marriage was said to be imminent, but the Gu and Zhao families, as well as the Liu family, were busy making arrangements. They didn't allow Ye Zhuo to intervene, so Ye Zhuo could only teach the children every day and then practice jade carving by herself at home, never going out. When Ye Yuqi returned from the workshop, he would chat with Ye Zhuo about street news, but it was nothing more than normal business trends, and Ye Zhuo didn't sense any political undertones from their conversations.

  On this day, Guan returned from Qingyun Alley with a somewhat solemn expression: "Zhuo'er, the day before yesterday, Nie Daoshi personally went to Du Gongzi's place and left with an unpleasant face. Then Du Gongzi took two servants out of the door and hasn't come back until now. I hope nothing has happened to him?"

  Since learning that Du Haoran lived opposite Zheng Manwen's mansion, Ye Zhuo had Zhao Shu and Zhao Shu pay attention to the movements at the entrance of Du's house at all times. So whatever movement there was in Du Haoran's household, Guan Shi knew about it.

  "It shouldn't be, right?" Ye Zhuo furrowed his brow. If Du Haoran revealed his identity, Nie Zhongkun wouldn't dare do anything to him, but he was worried that Du had some concerns and didn't reveal his identity.

  However, Du Haoran himself was quite capable, and with the addition of Du Nian and Du Jue, even if Nie Zhongkun wanted to do something to him, it wouldn't be easy. If all else failed, he could just reveal his identity. And the only man in the Ye family was old and disabled, while the others were all women, powerless, so she worried that even Du Haoran couldn't help. She comforted Guan Shi for a few words, then prepared to return to her room to practice jade carving.

  The gate of the courtyard creaked loudly.

  Ye Zhuo and Guan Shi both stood up, looking towards the outside of the door. Normally, when someone came to visit, they would lightly knock on the door, but this person was being extremely rude, almost as if they were pounding on the door with their fist, causing a loud noise that shook the heavens and earth. Who could it be?

  "Here she comes." Yu's sister hastily ran over and opened the courtyard gate. As soon as the gate was open, a woman wearing a yellow embroidered jacket with purple satin long skirt and full of pearls walked in, followed by four or five maidservants.

  "Mrs. Yang, how did she come?" Guan's wife saw Mrs. Yang's gloomy face and fierce manner, and couldn't help but furrow her brow. However, she still stood at the entrance of the hall and didn't go out to greet her.

  "Mrs. Yang, please wait a moment, I'll go in and inform my mother and sister that you've arrived." Yu's wife said with some displeasure as she saw Mrs. Yang enter uninvited.

  "Hmph, this broken-down house, a cough at the door can be heard in the bedroom, do you still need to report? The family is poor, but the genealogy is not small!" Mrs. Yang's face showed a sarcastic expression.

  Guan's face sank as he walked out and said coldly, "So, may I ask, what brings this noble lady to my humble and shabby little courtyard? I don't recall inviting you?"

  While Ye Zhuo stood behind, Mrs. Yang's attitude towards her was somewhat strange. According to Guan Shi, since seeing Nie Bowen take her away, Mrs. Yang's attitude towards the Ye family had become more respectful. Not only did she no longer obstruct this marriage, but she also enthusiastically helped with the arrangements. Of course, after news of her return from the Nie household spread, Mrs. Yang would naturally have regrets about this marriage. However, she hadn't come to visit in the past two days, probably still unclear about the reasons behind the events and not daring to make a rash move. Now that the Nie family had publicly sent the original stone to Yu Zhuo Fang, those who followed the trend had all changed their attitudes, so why was Mrs. Yang acting this way?

  "You didn't invite me, and even if you did in the future, I wouldn't come." Mrs. Yang walked over with a gentle pace, stepped up onto the platform, and stood in front of Guan's family, raising an eyebrow, "I'm here to break off the engagement."

  "What?" Guan Xi Ruo had a bad premonition in her heart, but she was still shocked to hear this. The wedding is in just ten days, and now the Yang family wants to call it off? How will Zheng Man Wen be able to show his face in public after this?

  Seeing the expression on Gu's face, Mrs. Yang was very pleased with herself. She walked around Gu and stood in front of Ye Zhuo, looked at her twice, and said: "Old Lady Ye, you might not know yet? My son Jian Xiu has just been dismissed from his position. All because of your good granddaughter, who offended the Nie family."

  "Ah?" Not only Guan's family, but also Ye Zhuo was surprised. However, she immediately remembered what Guan had just told her and suddenly realized the truth.

  Wanted to invite Nie's family, couldn't move Du Haoran, and didn't want to easily kill him, losing such a powerful gambler master, also felt that Du Haoran was concerned about the Ye family, so he thought of using Yang Jianxiu as a warning, playing the role of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys. Anyway, Yang Jianxiu's official position could be promoted or demoted, it was just a matter of one word from the Nie family.

  By doing so, on the one hand, the Ye family was afraid to mention Nie Weiyue's affairs, but they were also intimidating Du Haoran. On the other hand, if Yang Jianxiu proposed to break off the engagement with Zheng Manwen in order to keep his official position, it would be a heavy blow to the Ye family, and the Nie family would also avenge their hatred.

  If Ye Zhen hadn't gone to Nie's residence, those things wouldn't have happened. So no matter what the reason was, the Nie family would only vent their grievances on her and not blame Nie Wei Yue.

  This move is really powerful!

  Mrs. Yang saw that Guan and Ye were both shocked, and she became even more pleased with herself. She raised the letter in her hand: "This is Zheng's letter of divorce, you can take it now. Bring out Jian Xiu's letter of divorce immediately and give it to me. Also, hurry up and count the betrothal gifts we sent over, and return them to us before nightfall tomorrow. Otherwise, don't blame the Yang family for seeking revenge."

  It was a matter of Zheng Manwen's lifelong happiness, and Guan Shi, who had always been quick-witted, also lost her way at this time, turned around and looked at Ye Zhuo.

  "You say break off the engagement just like that? Can you represent Uncle Yang?" Ye Zhuo looked at Mrs. Yang, her attitude was extremely calm and composed, "This marriage was something Uncle Yang personally came to ask for, if it's to be broken off, naturally he should be the one to do it. If he doesn't want to marry, just say so, and the betrothal gifts and dowry will be returned immediately. Now, please leave."

  She then turned to Guan's mother and said, "Grandmother, don't worry. For my mother, this is actually a good thing. If Uncle Yang is that greedy for official position and disloyal, we should be grateful that my mother didn't marry him."

  (The backstage of the starting point is abnormal, and it took a long time to log in. Thank you for the pink vote that I still have a chance!)

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