The third brother's eyes widened, his face full of rejection: "How can this be? Then Prince Yu could be Xue Rou's grandfather! This is ruining her life's happiness! Xiangyang, you can't do this, aren't you pushing Xue Rou into a fire pit?"
Mu Xiangyang sneered and looked at his third brother, saying, "Third Uncle, what are you saying? Is it my duty to marry my fifth brother? Is Xue Rou being pushed into a fire pit? Third Uncle, if Xue Rou marries Prince Yu, it would be the best solution. After all, I am a favorite of the Emperor and have a bright future. In the end, the Ping Prince's Mansion cannot rely on the eldest and second brothers; they can only rely on me."
"Furthermore, if it's just about sacrificing my official position to ensure the safety of my elder brothers, that's fine. But what if the Emperor is enraged and wants my life? What will you do then?"
The third brother didn't dare to say much this time. He moved his lips a few times and lowered his head.
The eldest brother retorted, "How could that be? Last time, didn't the fifth brother only give up his official position?"
"It seems that Uncle still doesn't understand the stakes involved. That woman back then didn't dare to cause trouble because she didn't have any powerful backers, but this time, with the Princess Zhenguo, the Bai family, and the Chen family involved, they won't let this go easily!"
"You should know about the relationship between the Zheng family, Zheng Yinrong, and the princess, and you also know how much influence the princess has in front of the emperor."
"Are you stupid or just plain dumb to compare the Zheng family to that woman?"
The eldest and third brothers were stunned. Clearly, they hadn't considered this aspect and thought it would be easy to resolve, just like before.
"Furthermore, Lord Zheng is, after all, a member of the imperial court. With his son and daughter-in-law dead, do you think he won't make a scene?"
"If only my eldest and second brothers had any regard for Grandfather, they wouldn't have dared to kill the Zheng family like that! My eldest and second brothers, have they been so flattered that they don't even respect Grandfather anymore?"
"This world doesn't belong to our Prince Ping's mansion. Aren't our eldest and second brothers going too far with their actions?"
“Cheng Jin and Cheng Lan aren’t like that,” the leader said quickly. “Xiang Yang, you can’t frame them!”
Mu Xiangyang stepped down and bowed to his second son: "Father, let me make this clear: I will not gamble my future for these two scoundrels. Whether or not we separate the family is entirely up to you."
"Divide the family?" the third son shouted. "How can we divide the family! We can't divide the family!"
The eldest brother also got anxious: "That's right, second brother, Dad's still alive, what's the point of dividing the family property! We're brothers!"
Mu Xiangyang looked at his eldest uncle and third uncle with a mocking expression. The two of them were like leeches, clinging to his father and sucking his blood. No, it should be said that they were clinging to his whole family and sucking their blood.
"alright!"
Prince Ping stepped forward, his face grim as he looked at his son and grandson, his brows furrowed tightly: "Where are Cheng Jin and Cheng Lan? Bring them here, and come with me to the Emperor to plead guilty!"
"Father! This won't do!" the eldest son cried out anxiously. "If we go to the Emperor, wouldn't that be an admission of guilt? Perhaps we can still pull some strings and exonerate Cheng Jin and Cheng Lan?"
"How does Uncle intend to remove it? Does he really think the power behind the Princess Zhenguo is just for show?"
The eldest brother was taken aback, then said, "Those martial arts forces are just small fry, what use can they be..."
“Alright.” Mu Xiangyang smiled. “Then we’ll wait and see if these petty forces can touch our Prince Ping’s Mansion.”
"Shut up!" Prince Ping roared. "Go and summon Cheng Jin and Cheng Lan! Go now!"
The eldest son looked at Prince Ping with a puzzled expression. Prince Ping looked disappointed: "All you do all day long is eat, drink, gamble, and play petty tricks? Do you know that any random force could wipe out our Prince Ping's mansion?"
The eldest son looked at Prince Ping in shock: "Father, what you're saying is too terrifying, how is this possible?"
"Hmph, back then the national treasury was empty. If it weren't for these forces helping the emperor, would the treasury be so full? Without these forces, could Ni Yiguo have been conquered? Without these forces, could the isolated island have been built? Use your pig brain to think about it! Are these forces really small forces or not!"
The eldest brother was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say. Obviously, he didn't think the Prince of Ping would lie, but were those forces really that powerful?
"Something terrible has happened! Something terrible has happened, Your Highness! Something has gone wrong!" The steward's panicked cry came over.
Mu Xiangyang looked at his eldest brother: "Uncle, why don't you go and see how big or small these forces really are?"
Prince Ping glared at Mu Xiangyang, then looked at the steward and asked, "What happened?"
The steward took a deep breath and slowly said, "A lot of people have come outside! Lord Bai and his entourage are here, as well as Princess Zhenguo and the Prince. They've come with great force... Moreover, the people outside have actually revealed everything about the Ping Prince's Mansion. Many commoners have also followed, saying they want to seek justice from the Ping Prince's Mansion!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then Prince Ping quickly walked out.
The three sons of the Prince of Ping naturally followed, with Mu Xiangyang walking at the back, tugging at his father's sleeve.
"Father, what do you think?"
The second son sighed and patted Mu Xiangyang on the shoulder: "Yang'er, you're not young anymore, and your father is getting old. You should take charge of things at home."
Mu Xiangyang smiled: "Father, we have helped our eldest uncle and third uncle a lot. Now, we have to think about ourselves. From today onwards, Father, let's fight for the right to inherit the Pingwang Mansion."
The second son was taken aback: "Didn't you look down on it?"
Whether we like it or not is another matter, but what's ours, we can't let go!
Mu Xiangyang's biological father, Mu Wen, nodded.
The moment the gates of Prince Ping's mansion opened, a deafening sound rang out.
"Hand over Mu Chengjin! Hand over Mu Chenglan! Hand over the murderer!"
"King Ping is unjust and cruel! He forcibly abducted women! He is corrupt and lawless! He deserves to die!"
"A descendant of Prince Ping, you are committing treason and endangering imperial power! You deserve to die!"
"Nonsense! Shut up!" The third brother was the first to lose his temper and shouted, "If you keep talking nonsense, you'll all end up in jail!"
Most of the common people were scholars. Upon hearing the third brother's words, they retorted, "If you don't want people to know, then don't do it! Since you dare to do it, we naturally dare to speak out! Even if it takes us all the way to the imperial palace, we will fight to the death for the common people!"
"Indeed! The Prince Ping's family has done such harmful things, they should be demoted! They harm the people! They prey on the people! They are unworthy to be kings!"
"Well said! Even if it costs us our lives, we will demand an explanation from the Emperor!"
"You, you're talking nonsense!"
“We have both witnesses and physical evidence. I wonder if Third Master dares to argue with me in front of the people of the world!” Bai Tuantuan stepped forward, her charming voice exceptionally clear in the darkness, “Mu Chengjin, Mu Chenglan, don’t you, the Prince Ping’s Mansion, owe us an explanation for the deaths of Master Zheng and Madam Zheng?”
"Don't you owe us an explanation for kidnapping more than a dozen women from the Zheng family?"
"Nonsense!" the elder brother shouted. "How could our Prince Ping's mansion do such a thing? Even though you are a princess, you cannot frame and slander us!"
"good!"
Bai Tuantuan met the boss's eyes and said, word by word, "I, Bai Tuantuan, swear here and now that if I have uttered a single lie, may I be struck by lightning and die a horrible death!"
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