Mu Dong: "Not only that, even if my third brother worked in the Imperial Academy for his entire life, he wouldn't be able to save that much money."

"What should we do then?" Mu's mother was worried.

Father Mu said seriously, "Tell the truth, Anan, where did you spend all the money? Did you really give it all as gifts?"

"I...I..." Mu Nan stammered.

Mu's mother immediately felt distressed, and said to Mu's father dissatisfiedly: "Don't force my son. My son has been honest since he was young. If he said it was a gift, then it must be a gift."

"Since we have given so many gifts, can we ask those adults to help us and ask Princess Chaoyan not to pursue the matter?" Mu Xi said, "Princess Chaoyan doesn't need these hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. She must be angry with us for doing this, and she is still angry with us."

"How could it be against us? We didn't do anything." Nian quickly distanced herself from the matter: "Even if Princess Chaoyan is angry with the Mu family, it's towards your second branch."

Mu Dong: "Yes, Princess Chaoyan must have realized that Second Aunt was bullying her and she was unwilling to endure it, so she didn't want Third Brother."

"How can you put it on me?" Mother Mu said anxiously, "Son, call Princess Chaoyan out and I will talk to her in person. How can I ask you to pay back the money just for no reason?"

Old Madam Mu: "Isn't that woman fond of our Anan? Anan, just say a few soft words to her and tell her that we agree to let her in."

Li rolled her eyes imperceptibly and said that sooner or later something bad would happen to them if they continued like this. What they feared would come true and they were in big trouble in just a few days.

Mu Nan said embarrassedly: "Grandma, it's useless. Chao Yan doesn't want to marry me anymore."

"Who else would she marry if not you?" Old Madam Mu said, "She's been chasing you, and her reputation in the capital has long been ruined. Who else can she marry except you?"

Mu's mother: "That's right, you are self-disciplined and intelligent, it is her blessing to marry you."

Mu Nan: "It's no use saying this now. Princess Chao Yan asked me to pay back the money within three days."

The scene instantly became quiet. Hundreds of thousands of silver are not just a few thousand taels of silver. They could pool together a few thousand taels of silver and sell some things to make up the difference, but hundreds of thousands of silver were beyond their reach.

Father Mu: "Just listen to me, and discuss it with the adults you gave gifts to. Since they took such expensive things from you, they will at least say a few good words for you."

Mu Nan didn't say anything.

Father Mu's eyes were sharp: "Anan, tell me honestly, did you really use your money for gifts?"

Mu Nan knew that now was not the time to hide it, so he gritted his teeth and said, "In fact, I used that batch of silver to support a woman in Qunfanglou. In order to make her the most beautiful woman, I not only spent the gold notes, but also gave away the gold, silver and treasures."

Brothel girl!

Mother Mu's body tilted, and Father Mu quickly supported her.

"How dare you be so bold!"

Mu Nan lowered his head: "I don't know if Chao Yan will let me return it..."

The other two families were already stunned. How could they raise hundreds of thousands of silver in three days when they had no foundation in the capital?

"I don't want to go to jail!" Mu Xi shouted, "The money was spent by your second branch, it has nothing to do with our first branch. If the Dali Temple comes to arrest people, they will arrest your second branch."

"Yes, we didn't do anything." Mu Yinhua said, "I'm only 18 years old and not married yet. If I go to jail, my whole life will be ruined. Third brother, you can't do this!"

"Split up, we want to split up!" Uncle Mu and Uncle Mu shouted.

"Calm down, now is not the time to separate." Father Mu said, "We should not panic. The most important thing now is to work together to overcome the difficulties."

"Why?" Uncle Mu said, "You spent the money yourself. We didn't take anything."

Mu's mother said angrily, "Didn't we pay for your trip to the capital? In just half a month, you have spent no less than a thousand taels of silver."

The Mu family members were blaming each other. Two branches said they wanted to split up, but one branch refused to agree to do so. A fierce conflict broke out between the two sides, and the innkeeper drove them all out.

In the palace, Yun Yuan asked someone to deliver the list to Emperor Cheng Jing.

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