Seeing the man's face as black as ink, Liu Yuxian's voice was barely audible, "I... I used it all to buy cloud forging."

"Buy Cloud Forging?" Liu Lin was completely confused, his eyes filled with surprise and doubt. "On the first day of opening alone, you collected nearly 70,000 taels of silver from members. In the past half month, you must have collected at least several dozen, if not hundreds, of taels. You actually used it all to buy Cloud Forging."

Why are you buying so much tungsten fabric! We don't run a fabric business at home."

Liu Yuxian bit her lip, her fox-like eyes full of grievance. "I just saw that the zodiac dolls at Su's Restaurant were selling well, so I thought I'd buy more cloud-casting to make zodiac dolls."

At the same time, it also allows Su Ji Restaurant to run out of cloud-based forgings.

But who knew that these smelly chicken and duck feathers could not be washed clean at all, they were still smelly no matter how you washed them!

Finally, having no other choice, I had the maids use perfume to fumigate the area. However, after fumigating, the stench was only barely masked, not eliminated. The fragrance of the perfume faded overnight…”

"How could you be so stupid!" Liu Lin found it utterly ridiculous upon hearing this.

If the person in front of him wasn't his own sister, he would have loved to slap her to death!

He knew she was never very shrewd, but he never expected her to be so naive. Before she even understood anything, she dared to spend so much money to buy up all the cloud silk in the entire Tangshan Prefecture.

Liu Yuxian was scolded until her head drooped like a quail. "I just wanted to help the Third Prince earn more money so that he would notice me and not only think about that vixen Su Hua!"

Who would have thought that Su Hua was so cunning, having already set a trap, clearly intending to oppose our Liu family…

"Enough!" Liu Lin snapped coldly, "I don't want to hear this nonsense right now. Tell me first, how much silver did you collect from your customers in total?"

Liu Yuxian blew her nose. "It should be more than 1.3 million taels."

Liu Lin's face darkened completely. One million three hundred thousand taels of silver was equivalent to nearly three years' worth of profits from the jade shops on the gambling stone street. All of it was lost in this one reckless scramble.

The man took a deep breath. "How much did you take from the Third Prince this time?"

Liu Yuxian bit her lip, hesitated for a long time, and finally stammered, "Three, three... million."

"What?! Three million! You actually accepted three million taels from the Third Prince!"

"With so much money, you dare to act on your own, without discussing it with my father or me, and open shops in more than ten counties. You're clearly trying to lead the Liu family into a ditch!" The man roared, but before he could finish speaking, he collapsed to the ground.

Liu Yuxian was startled and rushed to help him, "Brother! Brother!! Don't scare me..."

"Don't call me brother! I don't know how I can fix such a big hole for you." Liu Lin pushed her away, his face dark and frightening. "Before the Third Prince makes a move, you should go find your father."

"No! If Father finds out, he will definitely beat me to death." Liu Yuxian shook her head repeatedly. Her father had been strict with them since they were young. If he knew that she had made such a big mistake, he would definitely not let her off. Even if she didn't die, she would be severely punished.

"Brother! Brother, you must help me. Please patch up this hole a little, as a favor to you, okay..."

Even though she was furious and unwilling to fight back, she was still her own sister. Liu Lin gritted her teeth and said bitterly, "The only thing to do now is to quickly sell Yunduan and use the money to pay off the membership fees of the people downstairs, so that this disturbance can be quelled as soon as possible. Then I can sell the shop and get some money back."

When Liu Yuxian heard that they had to sell the Yunsong and the shop, she was very unwilling. "Brother, we don't have a cloth shop. Once the Yunsong is resold, the price will probably be reduced a lot. Wouldn't we lose a lot of money?"

Liu Lin sneered, "We have to sell now even if we lose money, otherwise, you'll only have one option left: to beg Su Hua!"

We asked her to collaborate with us using hot pot base, and also to collaborate with us using zodiac animal dolls..."

"Impossible! I would rather die than beg Su Hua!" Liu Yuxian refused without even thinking.

If it weren't for Su Hua, she wouldn't be in this situation today. It's all Su Hua's fault. She now hates her so much that she wants to kill her, skin her alive, and drink her blood!

How could I possibly lower myself to beg her!

Seeing her expression, Liu Lin had no choice but to be blunt, "You absolutely must not try to harm Su Hua or the Su family again, not only because of the Lady of Le'an County, but also because of the location of this Su's Restaurant—"

It was not an ordinary wealthy family at all, but the property of Prince Gong's Mansion in Beijing.

The Su family is backed by the Prince Gong's Mansion, which is far beyond what our Liu family can afford to offend. Do you understand?

“Prince Gong’s Mansion? How is that possible!” Liu Yuxian was shocked. “Before the Su family presented those sweet potatoes, they were just ordinary peddlers in Shanghe Village, making a living by selling spicy hot pot.”

How could they possibly have any connection with Prince Gong's Mansion?

Brother, are you sure you haven't made a mistake?

“This is what the Third Prince said himself, how could it be wrong?” Liu Lin pressed his hand down. “If you continue to act recklessly, even my father and I can’t save you! This matter has become so big, my father must have already heard about it. You must go back to the manor immediately and report this to my father.”

Huayi, who had been standing in the corner with her eyes closed and mind at ease, was trembling so badly that she dared not make a sound, even her breathing was extremely soft.

Just as she was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she saw the man slowly stop in front of her, his voice as cold as ice, "Sister, this kind of maid who stirs things up need not be kept any longer."

"No! Young master, please don't!" Huayi suddenly looked up, her eyes instantly reddening. "Young master, Huayi had no choice. I had to do what Miss ordered. I was just following Miss's orders."

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