Isn't it just a gift? As if no one was prepared.

Chu Yuheng took out a red coral hairpin from his bosom and handed it to Yun Yuan carefully: "This is a hairpin I made with the coral I got when I traveled in the offshore area. I hope the princess will like it."

"Thank you, I like it very much." Yun Yuan used the same trick again and gave him a book on navigation in return.

The three of them grilled the fish together. As it got darker, everyone went out one after another.

"Your Highness!" A young man's clear voice came from behind.

Yun Yuan looked back. Xiao Qingxuan's black robe was as black as the night, and Chi Mo's white robe was as white as snow, with the corners of their robes fluttering gently in the wind.

The two stood side by side and walked towards Yun Yuan.

"This is the gift I prepared for you." Xiao Qingxuan took Yun Yuan's hand and placed an ivory comb in her palm.

This ivory comb is as white as snow and is carved with exquisite patterns. You can tell at a glance that it is worth a lot of money.

"And mine." Chi Mo blushed and took out a gold filigree and kingfisher-inlaid bracelet from his arms and handed it to Yun Yuan.

The bracelet is inlaid with several dazzling gems and surrounded by fine gold threads to form various beautiful patterns, which is truly a work of art that is ingenious.

Yun Yuan blinked, thanked them, and then took out a military book and a musical instrument and gave them back as gifts.

………………

The Mu family waited for a long time, but Mu Nan did not come back until dark. They were penniless and could not even pay for Mrs. Mu's medical expenses.

"What should we do? Why hasn't Anan come back yet?" Mu's mother paced back and forth anxiously, her eyes fixed on the street outside.

This is the place that Mu Nan must pass through on his way home. As long as Mu Nan passes by here, she will definitely see it.

"Don't be in a hurry. There's a banquet in the palace today. It's normal for Anan to come back late." Although Father Mu said this, his furrowed brows and uneasy look betrayed his true worries.

At this time, the doctor from the clinic came out and urged them impatiently: "When will your family bring the money over? We are a small business, not a place dedicated to doing good deeds and accumulating virtue."

"How dare you! We are the family members of an official appointed by the imperial court..."

"Alright, alright." The doctor waved his hand at them and said, "Everyone knows Mu Nan. Isn't he the one who falsely claimed that the princess liked him?"

"What rumor?" Mu's father and mother were both shocked and asked in unison.

"Isn't it just a rumor?" The doctor said, "The princess is kind-hearted. Seeing that your son's family is poor, she kindly lent him money to supplement the family expenses. Who knew that you were not grateful, but shamelessly spread rumors everywhere, claiming that the princess was interested in him.

What's even worse is that your son actually used the money given by the princess to support an Oiran in a brothel. He is so shameless!" The doctor became more and more angry as he spoke, his face full of contempt.

Yes, but in just two days, with the joint efforts of various forces in the capital, the rumors about Yun Yuan and Mu Nan have completely changed.

They all agreed that it was impossible for the princess to fall in love with Mu Nan, and that Mu Nan, who had bad character and no self-respect, was not worthy of the princess's favor.

Mu's mother was anxious: "You are talking nonsense, Princess Chaoyan likes my son!"

"Come on, you are so poor?" The doctor said disdainfully, "Your whole family doesn't even have a single copper coin, how could the princess be interested in your son?"

"What's wrong with my son?" Mu's mother said, "My family is very well-off. I can buy a house in the west of the city whenever I want, and I can eat bird's nest and sea cucumber whenever I want. We also have servants to serve us..."

Oh, right, servant!

Mu's mother looked around hurriedly, but didn't see a single servant.

"Where are the servants? Where have they gone?"

Father Mu sighed and said, "The indenture is also a kind of property. It was confiscated when the house was searched."

When the doctor heard about the "property search", he could not sit still. He swears to God, he is just a doctor and has nothing to do with the Mu family.

"All of you get out of here!" The doctor drove them away with a broom, "Carry your sick old lady away, or I'll ask someone to throw her out on the street."

The Mu family was driven out like lost dogs. After they left, the doctor quickly closed the door as if they were some kind of plague gods.

It was a cold winter night and there was no one on the street.

Mu Dong's son burst into tears: "Dad, Mom, I want to eat meat, I want to go home."

Li hugged him distressedly, unable to control the resentment in her heart any longer.

"We want to separate the family. Why should we, the first family, bear the responsibilities for the mistakes made by the second family?"

The third family was also hungry and cold. If this continued, they were not sure whether they could survive until tomorrow morning.

"If you want to wait for Mu Nan, then you can wait by yourselves. Our third room will leave first. Anyway, there is nothing to divide now that our house has been ransacked. We will each live our own lives from now on."

Mu Dong thought: Mu Nan has a huge debt to pay off. Even if the money used to support his education has been wasted, he absolutely cannot share the burden with Mu Nan.

It was a debt of hundreds of thousands. In their countryside, ten taels of silver could support a large family to live comfortably for a year.

Uncle Mu said, "We have to live our own lives."

Mu's mother tried to stop him: "I don't agree. Mother is still sick now, and this is the time when the whole family needs to work together to face it."

"Don't come here, is it because mother is sick or because you want to drag us down with you, you know it yourself." Nian said: "We have helped Mu Nan for twenty years, and we have our own lives to live."

"Mom, let's take it away. The silver belongs to Mu Nanhua. He spent a lot of money in the building and never thought about us."

Father Mu said anxiously: "Brother, little brother, think about it again, we are just facing a little difficulty now, it will pass sooner or later..."

"Are you members of Mu Nan's family?" A man in a fine cotton coat came over and shouted at them.

Mu's mother's eyes lit up: "Yes! Mu Nan is my son, do you know where he is?"

"He has committed the crime of deceiving the emperor and has been thrown into death row by your majesty."

“Death…death cell?” Mu’s mother felt the world spinning before her eyes.

"Yes, your son is very courageous. He said treasonous words in front of His Majesty, and dared to covet Princess Chaoyan and let the princess marry him. He deserves to be thrown into death row."

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