Nie Bowen's attitude softened: "I'll get my mother to discipline and scold her, it won't happen what you said. Haoran, I've always been good to you, for my sake, don't go, okay? Even if you want to leave, wait until my dad comes back and explains clearly before leaving, okay? If you leave now, he'll skin me alive when he gets back."

  Du Haoran fell silent for a while before saying, "Alright, I'll let it go this time."

  Nie Bowen let out a sigh of relief and patted Du Haoran's shoulder with his hand: "Thanks."

  "Alright, stop bothering me with your presence. Why don't you go take care of your sister instead?" Du Haoran closed his eyes.

  "Alright, I'm leaving." Nie Bowen actually wanted to talk to Du Haoran more about Ye Zhuo's matter. He had known Du Haoran for over a year and had never seen him care so much about a woman like he did about Ye Zhuo. But since he had brought it up so many times and Du Haoran refused to admit it, there was no use bringing it up again. He could only stand up and prepare to go back and discuss with his mother how to handle this matter properly.

  Coming out of the bamboo courtyard, Nie Bowen went to Nie Furen's courtyard. As soon as he entered the hall, he saw Nie Wei Yue kneeling in front of the hall, and Nie Furen sat on the upper seat with a face full of anger.

  Seeing him come in, Mrs. Nie's face relaxed a bit and asked: "How is it? Did Master Du agree to stay?"

  "Ah, it's all right now." Nie Bowen sat down, took the teacup handed over by the maid, and drank it in one gulp. After finishing this cup of tea, he asked for another cup, and didn't put down the cup until he had drunk three cups of tea.

  Mrs. Nie saw her son so thirsty, and she was heartbroken. From Nan Shan Town to Nan Yun City, even if the distance is not far, it takes at least one or two hours to ride a horse. As soon as he entered the door, he didn't even have time to drink a cup of tea, but had to deal with Nie Wei Yue's matter. This non-stop and hard work was probably not just thirst, but also anxiety and restlessness in his heart.

  She couldn't help but cast her gaze at Nie Weiyue again, seeing her daughter tightly pursing her lips, kneeling there without admitting fault or begging for mercy. She let out a sigh and stretched out her hand to rub her brow wearily.

  This child has been stubborn since she was a kid, and with Nie Zhongkun spoiling her extremely, even if this mother is capable, she can't do anything about this daughter.

  Nie Bowen knew that his father had many concubines, and his mother was busy managing the household and dealing with the messy affairs of the inner courtyard. The energy placed on Nie Wei Yue was inevitably insufficient. Moreover, due to his father's doting on Nie Wei Yue, sometimes even if he wanted to discipline her, he couldn't. It was really difficult to teach Nie Wei Yue well.

  But this time, with Du Haoran's intervention, the situation has become serious. If Ye Zhen doesn't discipline Nie Weiyue properly, it won't be a big deal and won't affect the overall situation. But if Du Haoran really leaves the Nie Manor, all the effort he put into him over the past year will be wasted. And if he's pulled in by the Northern Faction, the consequences are unthinkable.

  Nie Bowen steeled himself and pretended he hadn't seen his mother's fatigue, saying: "Mother, let my sister go back first. I have some things to discuss with you."

  "Uh-huh." Mrs. Nie saw that her son's expression was serious, and it seemed like there was something important that he didn't want others to hear. So she said to Nian Wei Yue, "You go back to your courtyard first, without my order, you can't go anywhere, just stay put honestly. Wait until I discuss things with your brother, then I'll deal with you." After finishing speaking, she turned her head towards Qian Hua Hua and said, "Keep an eye on her, don't let her cause any more trouble. Otherwise, it will be your responsibility."

  "Yes, this old servant obeys." Qian Yiguang was bitter in her heart, but she didn't dare to raise any objections. She let the two maids support An Weimeng and they left together.

  Madam Nie dismissed all the servants and then looked at her son and said: "What is it, speak."

  "This time I was in Nanshan Town, and I met Yu Fei Niang Niang..." Nie Bowen recounted his experience in Nanshan Town again, analyzed the situation, and repeated what Du Haoran had just said. "I tried to persuade him, guaranteeing that nothing like this would happen, and he finally agreed not to move for now. Perhaps he still wants to see how our Nie family will handle things, how we'll deal with Wei Yue and comfort Ye Gu Niang before making a decision."

  He raised his head: "Mother, Yu Fei is actually the master of the Northern School, and I only learned about her identity now. This time she ran from the palace to the south, there must be a reason for it. I'm worried that this time she's following the emperor's orders, coming to the south to take a share of the jade mine. At this critical moment, if Du Haoran leaves the Nie family and is pulled by the Northern School, what kind of consequences will we face? So, please keep an eye on your sister during this period, don't let her do anything out of line again. You also know Du Haoran's temperament, even if he's forced to marry, he won't submit to pressure. If we let him go, our Nie family will lose face, and my sister's life will be ruined; if we don't let him go, it will be useless, except for pushing him to the Northern School, there won't be any other outcome." He told his mother everything up to chapter 151, then said: "Mother, please help me analyze what Du Haoran means. If he really has feelings for Ye girl, this would actually solve one of our problems. Du Haoran will never marry Wei Yue, and all these years, the girls from our Nie family have appeared in front of him, but he hasn't shown any special interest. But if he likes Ye girl, as long as father accepts Ye girl as a disciple, or even recognizes her as a goddaughter, then we can arrange for her to marry Du Haoran. Isn't this just like marrying one of our Nie family's girls? This way, we'll be able to tie Du Haoran to our Nie family's chariot. Incidents like today won't happen again."

  Mrs. Nie opened her mouth, just about to speak, when a person wearing red rushed in from outside the door. It was Nie Wei Yue, who had left earlier. Nie Wei Yue glared at Nie Bo Wen with anger and shouted with red eyes: "You dare let Du Hao Ran marry someone else? I'll go die! I mean what I say!"

  She had barely finished speaking when Qian Aiyi came in, panting and gasping for breath, and knelt down to kowtow to Nie Furen: "This old slave deserves to die, this old slave did not take good care of the young lady."

  Mrs. Nie let out a sigh, stood up and walked to Nie Weiyue's side, embracing her tightly with open arms like a fighting rooster, patting her back and saying: "Good child, Du Haoran won't get married to anyone else, your brother was just talking nonsense. Even if he wanted to, I wouldn't let him do that, don't worry."

  Nie Bowen let out a sigh and turned his head away, no longer looking at Nie Wei Yue. These words were heard by Nie Wei Yue, who knew without thinking that it was absolutely impossible to succeed. Nie Wei Yue had a stubborn temperament and was extremely overbearing, if she set her sights on something, she would rather die than give it to someone else.

  When she was eight years old, something happened. The eldest prince came from the capital to celebrate the birthday of Old Lady Nie and fell in love with a Pomeranian dog raised by Nie Wei Yue. Mrs. Nie thought it was just a dog, and it was an honor for the Nie family that the eldest prince liked it, so she didn't ask Nie Wei Yue and let people take the dog away on the carriage to prepare for the eldest prince to bring back to the capital. Unexpectedly, after learning about this matter, Nie Wei Yue stopped eating and starved for four days in a row until the Nie family sent a fast horse to chase the dog back, and she barely survived.

  Thinking of this, Nie Bowen got a headache. On the one hand, Du Haoran had made up his mind not to marry Nie Wei Yue; on the other hand, Nie Wei Yue was determined to marry Du Haoran. How could this be resolved?

  Can only wait for father to come back and let him decide. Nie Bowen thought so.

  Madam Nie comforted Nie Weiyue again and then had one of her servants send her back. Only then did she say to Nie Bowen, "I'll go take a look at Ye Xiuzhu first. As for Du Haoran's matter, let's talk about it when your father gets back." This idea happened to coincide with Nie Bowen's own thoughts.

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