Su Jinyue knew Jiang Caiping would react like this, so she was not in a hurry.

We still need news from outside to add fuel to the fire.

The butler hesitated for a moment and ultimately did not go to get the family tree.

Jiang Caiping looked at Su Jingnian helplessly, tears in her eyes, "Jingnian, are you really going to do this? You would rather give up the Marquis' Mansion and be with her? You don't even want your mother anymore?"

Su Jingnian nodded firmly, "Yes, mother, this is my only wish in this life."

At this moment, Su Zhiyao, supported by her servants, slowly walked into the courtyard.

She looked pale and very weak, "Brother Jingnian... You can't give up everything in the Marquis' Mansion because of me!"

Su Zhiyao choked up and said, "You can't make mother sad anymore!"

Su Jingnian walked over quickly and held her hand tightly, "Yao'er, I am willing to give everything for you, no matter what it is."

Su Zhiyao burst into tears, "Brother, you are doing this for me, you can't be so absurd."

She cried on the surface, but cursed Su Jingnian as a lunatic in her heart!

If I had known he would act this way, I should have been more careful!

If Su Jingnian really wanted to leave the Marquis' Mansion and cut off ties with it, then what use would he have? !

Su Jingnian still held Su Zhiyao's hand stubbornly, "Yao'er, don't be afraid!"

"Even if everyone in the world doesn't think highly of us, I will stand in front of you and protect you."

No one in the world has the time to embarrass you two.

Su Jinyue was too lazy to watch the farce of the two people, so she turned her head and looked towards the front of the yard.

By the time Xiaotao went out, the news should have spread by now.

Su Chengjiang looked at the increasingly uncontrollable situation and anxiously asked Su Jinyue: "Sister, what should we do now?!"

Su Jinyue lowered her voice beside him, "Isn't it better now?"

"When my brother leaves the Marquisate, you will be the only one who can inherit the title."

Su Chengjiang was shocked when he heard this, and a complicated expression appeared on his face. He understood that this was a great opportunity, but it also meant the division of the family, and all this was due to his brother's stubbornness.

Just when the atmosphere in the courtyard was extremely tense, there was a sound of footsteps from outside the courtyard. Several servants came hurriedly, and one of them shouted in panic: "Oh no! People from the Xie Mansion are here!"

This sudden news once again stunned everyone.

"What? Xie Mansion?"

Jiang Caiping's face immediately turned pale. "What are they doing here?"

"I heard that it was the young master of the Xie family who came here in person, and he brought a lot of people with him." The servant answered tremblingly.

Su Jinyue smiled slightly, and there was a hint of teasing in her eyes when she looked at everyone.

"Since people from the Xie Mansion are here, please come in." She said in a deep voice.

Soon, a group of people from the Xie Mansion stepped over the threshold and walked into the courtyard. Leading the group was Xie Qingxu, the eldest son of the Xie family, followed by a group of servants.

"Greetings, Madam Ningyuan Marquis." After Xie Qingxu bowed, he looked coldly at Su Zhiyao and Su Jingnian.

"I heard some rumors, so I had to come here in person."

Although Xie Qingxu no longer wanted to marry Su Zhiyao, he was still so angry at her shamelessness that he wanted to confront her in person, "Second Miss Su, I thought you were a virtuous person, but I didn't expect you to do such a ridiculous thing!"

Su Zhiyao's face turned pale. She had not expected Xie Qingxu to accuse her so directly. She was suddenly at a loss.

"Qingxu, I...I didn't..." Su Zhiyao argued, trying to defend herself.

Su Jingnian snorted disdainfully, "Do you think that the affairs of your mansion can be kept secret from everyone? You really underestimate my Xie family!"

Su Jingnian rushed forward as if he had been stepped on a sore spot, and shouted angrily: "I don't allow you to say that about Yao'er!"

Xie Yunchen raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? But I heard that Miss Su Er and my Xie family have already arranged a marriage. Could it be that Master Su wants to break off the engagement?"

Jiang Caiping closed her eyes in pain, as if trying to suppress the anger and shame in her heart.

“That’s enough!”

She suddenly shouted, "Su Jingnian! Shut up right now!"

Things have come to this point, there is no going back.

Jiang Caiping took a deep breath and said to Xie Qingxu: "Our Hou Mansion will definitely give your Xie family an answer!"

"housekeeper!"

Jiang Caiping said sternly: "Open the ancestral hall immediately! Invite the elders to come over and cross out the names of Su Jingnian and Su Zhiyao from the family tree!"

Su Zhiyao's eyes widened, "No, mother!!"

Su Zhiyao knelt on the ground with tears streaming down her face. "Mother, I was wrong!"

There was desperation and panic in her voice. "My daughter is willing to change. Please give me another chance!"

The servants who were watching all looked sideways and whispered to each other.

"It was a good marriage, but now it's completely over."

"I don't know what she was thinking at the time. She actually did something that brought down the family tradition."

Su Jingnian did not back down at this time, and stood in front of Su Zhiyao, "Mother, this is all my decision. It has nothing to do with Yao'er. She should not be implicated!"

Jiang Caiping was furious, but also heartbroken. She could only look at Su Jingnian coldly, "From now on, you are no longer my son!"

Not long after, the family elders were invited to the ancestral hall.

When they learned that Jiang Caiping wanted to remove Su Jingnian's name from the family tree, they immediately shook their heads and refused.

"How can this be possible? This is the eldest son of our Marquisate!"

One of the elders asked Jiang Caiping, "Have you asked the old lady what she thinks about this matter?"

Jiang Caiping lowered her head in worry and had no strength left. "My mother-in-law doesn't know anything about this. If she knew, she would be so angry that she would die."

"Now that the Marquis is leading troops outside, I will not argue that I am disturbing the Marquis."

"Besides, the news has spread out, and even people from the Xie Mansion have come to our door. We should give an explanation to those outsiders!"

Su Jinyue asked Xiaotao to spread the word in order to force Jiang Caiping to make a decision.

As expected, after discussing it, the elders of the clan also decided that this matter would bring disaster to the Marquis' Mansion, and they decisively agreed to it.

Su Zhiyao sat on the ground exhausted, unable to believe that this was actually true.

If he was really crossed out from the family tree, Su Jingnian would truly be a commoner!

She quickly said to Su Jingnian, "Brother! Please beg mother! Tell her that you were confused just now! Don't be stubborn anymore!"

Su Jingnian seemed to be possessed by a demon. He grabbed Su Zhiyao's hand and said, "Yao'er, don't worry! I will marry you no matter what!"

Looking at Su Zhiyao's expression of hopelessness in life, Su Jinyue's face remained calm.

The person who would memorize the family tree had already been decided. Su Jingnian quickly wrote down his name and put his fingerprints on it.

Even though Su Zhiyao was extremely reluctant, she still wrote down her name under duress.

Jiang Caiping handed the letter of severance to Xie Qingxu expressionlessly, "Are you satisfied now?"

Xie Qingxu took the letter of severance and still insisted, "This is the fault of your mansion. The dowry you promised must be sent to our Xie Mansion before this matter is over!"