Nie's wife brought a group of maids and a large pile of supplements to visit Ye Zhuo. It has to be said that Nie's wife is a formidable figure, she did not hide or cover up Nie Wei Yue's behavior, but instead spoke very calmly: "To say the least, it was our Nie family who wronged you. My daughter has been unreasonable and impulsive since childhood. She heard what Nie Bo Yi said, thinking that you were the one who made our Nie family lose face in Nanshan Town and took away the title of Southern First Carver. So, she wanted to punish you out of indignation. She thought that the croton oil wouldn't kill anyone, just making a fuss twice would be enough. In the past, she had played pranks on her sisters with this stuff, but it was always the maids who did it for her, and she didn't know the dosage. This time, she didn't tell anyone and did it herself. So, she didn't hold back, causing you to fall seriously ill. A girl not taught is a mother's fault. I'll apologize sincerely to Ye Zhuo here, and please forgive that little girl this once, considering my face as her mother." After finishing speaking, she stood up and bowed to Ye Zhuo who was half lying in bed.

  "Autumn moon, quickly support the lady." Ye Zhuo hastily said.

  As soon as Autumn Moon supported Mrs. Nie, she didn't let her really bow down to apologize. Only then did Ye Zhuo look at Mrs. Nie and said in a weak voice: "What are you doing, madam? You're being too polite, aren't you humiliating me? You also said that it was just Niece Nie joking around, not serious, so why do you need to personally apologize? Besides, Niece Nie's actions were because I wasn't careful enough and shouldn't have competed with Niece Bo Yi. If I had admitted defeat directly, maybe there wouldn't be so much trouble. In the end, it was all my fault. This illness is also a punishment from heaven." After finishing speaking, she coughed twice, her breathing became urgent, and she felt like she couldn't catch her breath.

  Qiu Yue rushed forward and patted his back, then poured another bowl of water for Ye Zhuo to drink. Only then did he calm down.

  Mrs. Nie frowned slightly as she looked at Ye Zhuo, her eyes full of inquiry.

  At first, Nie Yun sent Ye Zhuo over, she didn't pay much attention to this young lady, thinking that the girl had some talent in jade carving. By coincidence, she benefited from the dispute between the Northern and Southern factions and was just a lucky one. So she only politely received her, arranged for her to eat and live, and assigned a maid who was not very capable to serve her. She didn't even instruct Zihua to pay close attention to Ye Zhuo's words and deeds and report back to herself in time.

  Who would have thought that just a day after entering the mansion, so many things happened. Although these events had various reasons and couldn't all be blamed on Ye Zhuo, it can't be denied that Ye Zhuo's improper words and actions played a very important role in them.

  Just now, after saying those words to herself, if Ye Zhen had a calm personality and knew how to advance and retreat, she would naturally understand that she wanted to put this matter aside and not mention it again. So, she would say a few words such as "no blame" or "no big deal", and both parties would be happy, and the Nie family would naturally have countless benefits for her. But unexpectedly, this girl actually said that Miss Nie was "playing with people's lives". "Shouldn't compete with Master Nie Bo Yi", "It's all my fault" and so on. These words, from a literal point of view, seem to not blame the Nie family, but only blame herself, but in her subconscious mind, they are all resentment towards the Nie family.

  This girl, it seems like she really doesn't know how to be a person. After all, she's from a humble background and has no experience, can't even say a proper word.

  Madam Nie thought for a moment, then became somewhat impatient and said directly: "Miss Ye has grievances in her heart. I understand. Moonchild did something wrong, as her mother, I naturally have to make amends. How about this? From now on, the Nie family will sell Miss Ye fifty pieces of raw jade at twenty taels of silver per piece every month. These raw jades can be selected by Miss Nie herself from the warehouse. What does Miss Ye think?"

  She originally intended to give eighty pieces. But after Ye Zhuo spoke, she felt uncomfortable in her heart and directly reduced the amount. The number of fifty pieces is exactly the welfare that all of Nie Zhongkun's direct disciples have. By doing so, it is not only to tie up the hearts of these disciples with benefits but also to let outsiders see: as long as you become a disciple of my Nie family, there will be countless benefits for you. This is precisely why the people in the south are eager to become Nie's jade carving disciples.

  Buying these rough stones only costs a thousand taels of silver, but they are all pulled back from the mine, with an extremely high probability of producing green jade. As long as one's luck is not too good or too bad, perhaps instead of cutting and polishing the stone oneself, one can directly sell it for a profit of one to three thousand taels of silver per month. If one is lucky enough to gamble out a piece of top-quality jade material, that would be enough for these small households to live on for a lifetime. Such a good opportunity, there's no reason to shut this girl up.

  Ke Ye's reaction was far beyond Nie's wife's expectation. She first stared at Nie's wife with wide eyes, seemingly disbelieving. But before Nie's wife could catch her breath, Ke Ye's face quickly fell, and she lowered her head, twisting the blue embroidered quilt with her fingers, her face knotted.

  "What? Not enough?" Mrs. Nie was extremely uncomfortable in her heart. Upon hearing this, which of these disciples wasn't grateful and tearfully swearing their loyalty? Never had anyone been as ungrateful as Ye Zhuo.

  Ye Zhuo seemed to be indecisive, getting anxious to the point of tears: "No, no, it's not that. It's just... I think..." Her hands clenched the blue quilt tightly, her facial expression increasingly knotted.

  "What's going on?" Mrs. Nie was getting a bit impatient.

  Ye Zhuo bit her lip, lifted her head and opened her mouth to speak, but in the end didn't say anything, then lowered her head again to twist the corner of the quilt.

  Mrs. Nie's good temper couldn't hold up anymore, she frowned and said in a low voice: "Speak!"

  Ye Zhuo seemed startled, raised his eyes in panic, moved his mouth twice, and finally said in a low voice: "I... I want to go home."

  "What?" Madam Nie could hardly believe her ears.

  Ye Chou seemed to regret saying that, and hastily added: "But... but I want to stay." After saying these two sentences, she bit her lip in annoyance, almost wanting to hide her head under the quilt.

  "What do you mean by this?" Mrs. Nie's face sank, her voice turned icy cold. "Do you think our Nie family is someone who can enter and exit at will? How many people have sharpened their heads to get into our Nie family, dreaming of becoming the old master's direct disciple? You're just lucky because of Master Gu's relationship with us, being taken in as a disciple, you should be grateful to the heavens for your good fortune. Now, because of a little setback, you want to go back home? With someone like you, what great things can you achieve? Moreover, if it weren't for your big mouth spreading the news about that competition everywhere, provoking Moon's dissatisfaction with you, how would this have happened? You don't reflect on your own words and actions, think of ways to change yourself, but instead act as if you've suffered a great injustice, crying and throwing a tantrum wanting to go back home. If you were my daughter, I'd deal with you severely until you know where you're wrong. Alright, take some time to think about it. If after thinking, you still don't want to change your mind, then let someone tell me, and I'll immediately send people to escort you back home." After finishing speaking, she stood up and turned around to leave.

  As soon as Ye Zhuo saw Mrs. Nie wanting to leave, she became anxious and didn't care about her weak body anymore, struggling to get up, calling out: "Madam, madam, don't go, Ye Zhuo knows she was wrong, it won't happen again. Ye Zhuo won't go home, please don't be angry." Qiu Yue saw this and hurriedly went over to support her.

  Mrs. Nie ignored her and continued walking out.

  "Madam, madam..." Ye Zhuo's voice trembled with tears.

  Mrs. Nie stopped in her tracks, but didn't turn around.

  "Madam, you are right. This time, it was Ye Zhuo's fault. Ye Zhuo doesn't know what is important and unimportant, please punish me, madam." Ye Zhuo wiped away her tears and bowed to the back of Nie Fu Ren.

  Madam Nie turned around, her expression softened a lot, and said in a warm voice: "You understand, it's good, not in vain my hard work. Alright, don't think too much, rest well, I'll come to see you again tomorrow. As for the original stone, wait until your master returns and completes the courtesy of visiting, I will send someone to notify your family."

  "Yes." Ye Zhuo replied respectfully and seeing Nie's wife was about to leave, he hastily added, "Madam, slow down."

  Madam Nie nodded and walked out with her maid. As soon as she stepped out of the house, she shook her head slightly. What a waste that this girl is pretty, but has an unpleasant temperament. I don't know what kind of eyesight Du Haoran has, he doesn't like the good eldest miss of the Nie family, but instead likes such a girl!

  Thinking of Nie Wei Yue's stubbornness, Madame Nie started to get a headache again.

  When that group of maidservants had all gone out, Ye Zhuo supported Qiu Yue and lay back on the bed, letting out a long sigh.

  Saying a few words, acting out a play, is more tiring than burning incense all night. If she can't leave the Nie family, she's afraid that her future days will be spent like this. To say one word, she has to think it over three times in her mind; doing anything requires looking at people's faces and being overly cautious. Such a life is really not worth living. Especially when she has been reborn once and wants to live a life without any constraints.

  Ye Zhuo's body, due to practicing jade carving, was stronger than that of ordinary girls. So after taking medicine to stop the bleeding and sleeping for another night, she could already get out of bed and walk around. Only her face was slightly pale, and her body felt a bit weak. I believe that with just a few days of rest, she would be fine.

  But Ye Zhuo's heart was getting anxious. At first, she had so readily entered the Nie family because she estimated that Nie Zhongkun was not at home. She wanted to take advantage of the time difference and use the contradictions to get out of the Nie family before he returned. Otherwise, once he came back and performed the courtesy of visiting his master, nothing else would have any meaning. If she stayed in the house for a few more days to recover her body, wouldn't that be a waste of time?

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