The Ye and Xie households were in an uproar, with people rushing to and fro, making plans. However, Ye Zhuo, who was at the center of the whirlpool, remained unmoved. Every day, she spent a large amount of time practicing her calligraphy. She felt that her arm strength was increasing, and the stone slab that Ye Yuqi had given her could finally be hung from her wrist to write with. With each step forward, she made progress, and suddenly discovering that she could touch the jade material in the original stone made her extremely happy. She only wanted to accumulate more power before the big event occurred, so that after she succeeded to the main house, she could start learning carving.

  While Qiuyue was excited about Xie Yunteng's visit, after hearing that the Xie family had come to propose a marriage and wanted to take her own daughter as a concubine, she became even more restless. She often looked at Ye Zhuo, wanting to discuss this matter of future happiness with her, but seeing Ye Zhuo's focused expression, she couldn't help but swallow the words that had reached her lips.

  With the stone hanging, he wrote a five-character poem on paper, and after admiring it for a while, Ye Zhuo finally put down his pen and said to Qiu Yue, "Let's go, let's leave the mansion."

  "Where are you going?" Autumn Moon asked hurriedly.

  "Guangneng Temple." Ye Zhuo's figure had already disappeared at the entrance.

  Since the last time's matter had been explained to Ye Yuzhang, this time going to Guangneng Temple, it was naturally impossible to lie again saying that he wanted to go to the main house. Ye Zhuo went straight to the main courtyard, found Ye Yuzhang, and made his request. Ye Yuzhang, who had always hoped that his granddaughter could take the initiative in the marriage with the Xie family and capture Xie Yunfeng's heart, readily and happily agreed to Ye Zhuo's request, personally ordering someone to prepare the best carriage from the Ye Manor to send Ye Zhuo away, without mentioning letting Chuncao follow along.

  With Autumn Moon and Autumn Chrysanthemum, Ye Zhuo arrived at Guangneng Temple once again. This time, after only reporting his name, a monk welcomed Ye Zhuo into Master Nengren's Chan chamber. There were no outsiders in Master Nengren's Chan chamber this time. Ye Zhuo left Autumn Moon and Autumn Chrysanthemum outside and played a game of chess with Master Nengren alone in the room, chatting for a while before coming out with a smile on his face, leading the two maids down the mountain.

  "Zhang Shu, go to Jade Street." Yeh Zhuo instructed again after getting on the carriage.

  Before Zhang Shu came out, he had received the old master's instructions to follow Er Gu's orders in everything. At this time, he naturally did not dare to have any dissenting opinions and drove directly to Yu Street.

  Ask Zhang Shu to wait at the street corner, Ye Zhuo took Qiu Yue and Qiu Ju into Jade Street.

  "Autumn Moon, I'll just take a look at these few shops, you go for a walk on the street and find a jade stone shop that doesn't belong to the Xie family, then come back and find us," said Ye Zhuo.

  "Yes." Seeing his own daughter wanting to gamble again, Qiuyue felt a small thrill having personally seen her win money before.

  Last time, Ye Zhuo gave thirty-seven taels of silver to Qiu Yue. After Qiu Yue returned home, she again returned twenty taels of silver to Ye Zhuo and told her that her family would pay for her own ransom, so she couldn't accept the girl's money. As for Qiu Ju, the original price was one tael of silver, even if it was redeemed, it wouldn't be more than ten taels; as for Qiu Ju, after all, there was a living contract, and it was estimated that seven taels of silver would be enough. So only seventeen taels of silver were needed.

  With these twenty taels of silver, he had some capital, and Ye Zhuo planned to gamble again with a piece of rock, making his financial situation more comfortable, so that when something big came up, he wouldn't be caught off guard.

  She spent half a day selecting from several shops selling rough stones and finally spent ten taels of silver to buy a stone, which was then transported by the shop assistants to a jade processing shop found by Autumn Moon. Since she knew that her tactile sensation was correct, Ye Zhuo did not dare to choose those stones with particularly strong sensations, fearing that they would attract attention by producing top-grade jade material. Therefore, the stone she chose eventually yielded a piece of yellow-green jade material, which was sold on the spot to the jade processing shop, earning an income of 220 taels of silver.

  "Let's go back." With two hundred silver coins on her, Ye Zhuo felt exceptionally grounded. She left Yu Street contentedly and found Zhang Shu to head back home.

  She had no idea that when she left the jade store, someone bought all the jades she had inquired about. Moreover, someone told Xie Jizong about what happened at the jade store. So on that afternoon, a matchmaker from the Xie family came to the Ye's house again. This time it was not Xu Laoban, but Lin Meipo, the most famous official matchmaker in Nanshan Town. As soon as she arrived, she mentioned to Ye Yuzhang that Xie Er Gongzi wanted to marry Ye Er Niang as his wife, and the conditions were still the same. This news made Ye Yuzhang so happy that he smiled crookedly and agreed to the marriage on the spot.

  "What? Be a wife?" Ye Lin heard the news and was stunned. She turned around and ran to Wang's mother-in-law's courtyard, pulling her while crying: "Mother, why can Ye Zhuo marry Xie Gongzi as his wife? I won't agree, I won't agree! Even if I couldn't marry, it can't be allowed for Ye Zhuo to marry into the Xie family. What makes her better than me?"

  The queen mother calculated the time when Jiang Xing was under house arrest, and calmly patted Ye Lin's back: "Don't worry, don't worry, I'll help you get this marriage. Even if we can't get it, we have to make sure she doesn't marry."

  "Really?" Ye Lin raised her head in surprise, looking at Wang's wife, with two lines of tears still on her face.

  The king's aunt helped her wipe away tears with a handkerchief and said softly, "Of course it's true, when have I ever lied to you? Just wait and see. However, with your identity, being a wife will be somewhat difficult. If it doesn't work out, you're not allowed to make a fuss."

  "I won't cause trouble." Ye Lin hastily promised.

  On the second day, early in the morning, Auntie Xie Jia Mei took her son Jiang Xing back to her mother's house. After chatting with her mother for a while, she suggested going to Xinning Courtyard to visit her pregnant sister-in-law and also let her son pay his respects to his aunt. At this time, Ye Yu Zhang and Ye Jia Ming had both gone to the shop and workshop. Old Mrs. Ye was always doting on her daughter, as long as Xie Jia Mei didn't force him to marry Ye Zhuo as his daughter-in-law again, she naturally wouldn't refuse. So Xie Jia Mei took her son to Xinning Courtyard.

  Xie Jia Mei and Jiang Xing had just stepped into the Ningyuan Courtyard when Ye Zhuo received a notification from Chun Miao, the rough servant girl of the main courtyard, saying that Gong Shi had something to discuss with her and asked her to go to the Ningyuan Courtyard.

  During this time, the Ye family was in turmoil. Ye Zhuo had long instructed Qiuyue to strengthen her contact with Daba's wife. Almost every day, small pieces of information would be passed into Ye Zhuo's hands, and they could sense some of the movements within the manor, as well as sniff out some conspiratorial flavors.

  As soon as Chun Miao spoke, Qiu Yue became extremely tense: "Miss, Madame Jiang has just taken Young Master Jiang to Xinning Hall."

  When the marriage between the young lady and the Xie family was settled, Xie Mei brought Jiang Xing to their doorstep and immediately called Ye Zhuo to Xinning Hall as well. This matter made even someone as simple-minded as Qiu Ju wonder what Gong Shi and Wang Yiniang were up to, let alone Qiu Yue.

  Ye Zhuo put down the pen in his hand and smiled calmly: "Don't worry, they want me to act, I'll just cooperate."

  "Miss, you..." Autumn Moon was anxious and didn't know what to say. In her opinion, the fact that the Xie family had changed their minds and wanted to marry Ye Zhuo as their daughter-in-law showed that Mr. Xie's son was very sincere towards Miss Ye. This marriage was a great opportunity that couldn't be missed. But Ye Zhuo didn't know what she was thinking, and she always showed resistance to this marriage. So Autumn Moon was worried that Ye Zhuo would make a mistake and ruin the engagement with the Xie family.

  Ye Zhuo didn't explain, and instead instructed Qiu Ju: "You go call in Qiu Jiao to tidy up the desk. Then tell Chun Miao that I got my clothes dirty while writing earlier, so I'll change and leave."

  "Yes." Qiu Ju hastily left the door. Before long, Qiu Jue came in.

  "You go to the upper house to help, and tell Chunyu that I've been called by my wife to Xinning Courtyard." Ye Zhuo thought for a moment, then added, "If Old Master returns, let him know at once." After finishing speaking, he slowly changed into another set of clothes. Seeing that it was almost time, he brought Autumn Moon and Autumn Chrysanthemum with him, walking slowly towards Xinning Courtyard.