As soon as Xiōumǔ heard Yè Zhuó's words, Qiū Yuè didn't need to think again and knew who Yè Zhuó was talking about - who else could it be besides Niè Wēi Yuè? Understanding dawned on her, and Qiū Yuè's eyes sparkled with excited glances.

  She hated Nie Weiyue to death and didn't think there was anything wrong with what Ye Zhuo did. That vicious woman, her own daughter had no grudges against her, but she repeatedly tried to put Ye Zhuo to death. Now, let alone letting her lose her innocence, even taking her life would be justified.

  Besides, Nie Weiyue wasn't kidnapped and sold to a brothel by them. She ended up like this today, it's just the retribution of cause and effect.

  "I understand." Wei Daxiang took the silver ticket handed over by Ye Zhuo, put it in his pocket and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, miss. I'll be careful."

  Ye Zhuo saw no hesitation or panic in his eyes, and nodded in satisfaction. If Tang Shun was driving today, she would not have asked him to do anything. It's a big deal, and only Wei Daxiang can be trusted to get things done.

  To avoid mistaken identity, Ye Zhuo once again carefully described Nie Wei Yue's appearance and voice, instructing him not to tell anyone about this matter, including his father or wife. Only then did he say: "This place is not far from Jade Street, we can just walk there, you go take care of your business." After finishing speaking, he was about to stand up.

  "That won't do." Wei Daxiang said straightforwardly, "Miss, it's not that I'm talking too much, but nothing is more important than your safety. You'd better stay in the carriage, and I'll let the horse run a few steps further. Those two women were taken to Zui Hong Lou, they can't escape, and we'll find out as soon as we get there."

  "Alright." Ye Zhuo didn't insist either, letting Wei Daxiang send her to the entrance of Yujie Alley before getting off the car.

  Wei Daxiang went to a nearby clothing store and bought a silk changshan and a pair of shoes, only then did he drive the carriage away.

  "Miss, do you think Wei Ge knows who that woman is?" Qiu Yue asked quietly after looking around and making sure no one was listening.

  "It should be guessed a bit." Ye Zhuo said. Her experience was simple, previously in the second house of the Ye family, the gate did not go out and the door did not step; later she was adopted into the main house of the Ye family. Then she got to know Tang Shun Gui, during this time she met what kind of people, experienced what things, Wei Da Xiang basically knew. Only those few days at the Nie house, they were completely unaware. Thinking again about her coming back thin and not going to the Nie house anymore, it's easy to infer that the person who harmed her was someone from the Nie house.

  "Aren't you afraid that Wei will tell this news to the people of that family?" She pointed in the direction of Nie's house.

  "He won't. If I hadn't gone to his house just now, I might still not have dared to entrust this matter to him. But having gone to his house and seen his father and wife, I believe he won't. A person's character can be seen from very small details. Didn't you see how meticulously he takes care of his father and how sincerely he cares for his wife? Such a person wouldn't betray his master for personal gain. Moreover, Wei Daxiang is a very intelligent person. He should be able to figure out that if he goes to that house to report the news, not only will he not get any benefits, but he will also be killed to silence him. For the sake of their own daughter's reputation, can they let him live?"

  Qiu Yue let out a sigh and asked again: "Miss, why didn't you mention something to Wei Da Ge? What if he hasn't thought of this?"

  "Suspect a person, don't use him. Use a person, don't suspect him. If I said this to him, he would know that I didn't fully trust him, and afterwards, he might not be so loyal to me. If I wasn't 100% sure, I wouldn't entrust him with this task either. Since I'm sure, why bother adding unnecessary doubts and making him disheartened? Such a brave and clever man is hard to come by. Being able to win his heart and use it for myself is worth taking a little risk. Besides, isn't this also a test? If there's no mistake this time, then in the future, we can entrust anything to him with peace of mind."

  Qiu Yue nodded and looked around, asking: "Miss, why do you think she ended up in this situation? She has a large group of maids and servants following her wherever she goes, how could she be caught and sold to that place?"

  "Probably thinking of sneaking out to find a lover, and got kidnapped instead."

  The autumn moon was full, and he opened his mouth wide, but for a long time couldn't say a word.

  They all didn't know that Nie Weiyue was sent to the capital by Nie Zhongkun, and it was on the way to the capital that she fainted and the people who followed her secretly ran back. Otherwise, Autumn Moon's mouth would have been even bigger - with her understanding, she absolutely couldn't understand why a girl would be so bold, for a man she didn't like, she would disregard everything.

  "Let's go, just take a stroll." Ye Zhuo lifted her foot and walked towards a nearby shop. Qiu Yue hurried to follow up.

  She entered the shop, and Ye Zhuo pushed Nie Wei Yue's matter out of her mind. She stretched out her hand to touch the raw jade, concentrating on feeling the subtle warmth and smoothness of the material, sensing the strength and weakness of this feeling as well as its slight changes. In this way, she went to four or five shops in a row, touching dozens of pieces of raw jade. Seeing that it was getting late, she worried that Guan Shi would be anxious at home, so she had Qiu Yue call a horse carriage and headed back home.

  Back home, Ye Zhuo didn't mention seeing Nie Wei Yue to Ye Yu Qi and Guan Shi. The fewer people who knew about this matter, the better. She only showed Ye Yu Qi the piece of jade material.

  Having gone through death and rebirth, Nie Weiyue's affairs didn't have too much of an impact on Ye Zhuo's mood. After eating, she went to that storage room and began carving the jade material she had brought back from Yu Zhuofang.

  After moving the teaching location to Qingyun Alley, Ye Yuxi added a printing press and a set of engraving tools in that room, and also bought one for the house in Qingyun Alley, so that Ye Zhuo could use it at any time.

  With a clear plan in mind, Ye Zhuo took decisive action. She first used a sand drill to create a cylindrical hole in the center of the jade material, separating out the round cylinder-shaped jade. Then she hollowed out the lid and base of the incense burner from the separated jade, continuing until it was impossible to hollow out any further. Next, she used a carving knife to carve the largest hollowed-out jade into an openwork carved flower incense burner. She then separately carved the lid material into shape and installed them onto the bottom and top of the base; on the side of the incense burner, she also carved three movable ring holders, each holding one of her intricately carved chains.

  After this set of assembly, the original only seven inches high and five inches wide jade material, actually made a foot high, seven inches wide exquisite incense burner, plus those chain extensions, expanded the visual effect, hung on the wall, it is quite solemn and grand, just like a one-foot-five or even two-foot jade carving.

  Ye Zhuo was very satisfied with his work, took it down and polished it carefully, only then did he put down the tool and stretched his waist.

  "Miss, it's late at night, go wash up and sleep." A voice with a yawn came from beside her.

  Ye Zhuo only then discovered that, unknowingly, the sky had already darkened. But the house was illuminated by several large candles, making her feel not in the least that night had fallen, and it was already deep into the night.

  "Is the carving done?" Ye Yuke and Guan Shi heard Akatsuki's voice and walked in.

  "Grandfather, grandmother, why aren't you sleeping yet? Don't wait for me, I'll sleep naturally after I finish carving. Autumn Moon is keeping me company." Ye Zhuo said with a warm and gentle rebuke in her heart.

  Guan patted Ye Zhuo's face affectionately: "Tired? We're fine, old people sleep less and can't sleep even if they go to bed early. Besides, your grandfather hasn't seen the things you've carved, how can he sleep?"

  Ye Yuke entered, without saying a word, and walked straight to the wall where the incense burner was hanging. After taking a closer look at what was on the wall, he had an incredulous expression: "This is...the jade material you brought back carved into this?"

  "Uh-huh." Ye Zhuo was quite pleased with himself.

  Ye Yuqi silently stared at the incense burner for a long time before turning his head to look at Ye Zhuo, repeatedly saying "Good, good, great." His eyes even shone with tears.

  Mrs. Guan saw her husband's unusual expression, and looked at the incense burner on the wall in surprise, wondering what kind of jade carving could make her husband so excited. When she took a closer look at the incense burner, she also exclaimed: "Is this the jade material you brought back for dinner? How did it become much larger?"

  Ye Chou patted Ye Yuqi's arm, comforting him before walking over to Guan Shi and saying: "Grandmother, look at this part below and the lid on top. They were both made by hollowing out the middle section and attaching them. The knob on the lid was also made from the leftover material inside the lid. And these rings and chains were all made from the remaining materials. That's why it looks so big."

  Guan's husband, son and grandson were all jade carvers. Under their influence, she was not unfamiliar with the carving techniques of jade. She knew that a piece of jade material, whether it was hollowed out to make a jade bangle or a flower vase, would generally be carved into smaller bangles, pendants, earrings, etc., and no one would use them to assemble back onto the original jade object. Ye Zhuo's idea was such a bold innovation! And looking at this large piece of jade, the money it sold for would definitely be much more than those small ones added together.

  She finally knew why Ye Yuqi was in tears. He wasn't just happy to be able to give Qingyuan House an explanation, but also grateful for having such a clever and capable granddaughter. With such a granddaughter, what can't be done, what money can't be earned? They had suffered all their lives, never expecting that when they were old, they would have such a granddaughter.

  Guan's family couldn't help but wipe away tears either.

  Ye Zhuo saw it and was very helpless, stroking his belly and saying: "Is there anything to eat? I'm hungry."

  This trick really worked, and Guan immediately stopped crying and rushed to the kitchen: "Grandma will make you a bowl of silver ear lotus seed porridge."

  "Old lady, it was me who did that." Autumn Moon stomped her foot and hurriedly chased after her.

  "Pffft." Ye Zhuo burst out laughing, walked to Ye Yuqi's side, and playfully shook his arm, "Grandfather, is this jade piece okay?"

  Ye Yiqi had expected that by now she would have wiped away her tears, and walked over to carefully take down the incense burner from the wall, examining it closely before nodding vigorously: "It's fine, can't be any better."

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