"This old servant has heard everything!" Zhao Mama stormed in. "Miss, although you can earn money, you can't just spend it like this! This old servant was wondering why the young master was always eating and drinking so much and often staying out all night. It turns out it was because you gave him so much money!"
Su Youran quickly raised her hands in surrender, "I know, I know, Aunt Zhao. My brother just asked me to borrow money, but I didn't give it to him. You can ask Suyue if you don't believe me!"
Su Yue nodded quickly, "It really is Aunt Zhao."
Zhao Mama calmed down a bit. "If the young master comes again, this old servant will chase him out with a broom!"
Su Youran said aggrievedly, "Aunt Zhao, you should have kicked me out sooner! Right now, I really have no money! My older brother has squandered all my money."
"What?!" Zhao's mother's eyes widened. Seeing Su Yue nod, she angrily grabbed the feather duster beside her. "No, I have to go..."
"He's not the older brother you watched grow up! How could you possibly hit him?!" Su Youran said quietly. "Sigh, I wonder if Grandmother would feel sorry for me if she knew..."
"Hmph! This old servant is going to have a chat with Mama Li in the old lady's courtyard!" Mama Zhao hurriedly left again, giving Su Youran a disappointed look before she left.
Su Youran laughed heartily.
Yun Tianbai, you regained the confidence you had in your previous life, spending money like water. Next, I'll let you taste what it's like to turn into mud overnight!
Without her as his source of wealth, he is nothing!
She wasn't just saying those things to Wen Yuanbai and Su Youchen out of anger. She had her own plans for Shi Wenxia and Yun Tianbai.
When the news reached the capital, even the Third Prince was shocked.
We've lost everything!
Recalling the various mishaps that occurred when Yun Tianbai associated with powerful officials, the Third Prince came to a conclusion: "Is this Yun Tianbai some kind of jinx?! Anyone who gets involved with him is doomed?!"
Just then, a servant came to report, "Master, something terrible has happened! The storeroom is on fire! We were a step too late to put it out, and half of the storeroom has been... burned to the ground!"
"What?!" the Third Prince exclaimed in shock. "How could there be a fire?"
"After examining the source of the fire in the storeroom, Master Tang deduced that... it was the Persian lens that Prince Yun had sent last time. It was placed in the storeroom, and sunlight was shining in through the window, which happened to ignite a spark, setting the ancient painting from the previous dynasty that he had sent on fire. It also caught fire with the South China Sea silk gauze next to it. Then the entire storeroom caught fire!"
The Third Prince was furious. "That Yun Tianbai! He's a real jinx! Quickly, throw all those things he sent over from the study out!"
...
In Fu'an Hall, Old Madam Yun glared at her eldest grandson kneeling before her, feeling utterly disappointed in him.
"Sixth Sister was just being polite with you, and you took it all seriously? You're not cut out for business. What are you trying to do, trying to be like others? How much do you owe Sixth Sister? You'd better pay her back right now!"
Yun Tianbai lowered his head, not daring to speak. He himself couldn't remember how much he had taken from Su Youran.
Madam Zhao handed over the booklet. "Madam, this is the account book kept by the old woman in charge of the storeroom at the Sixth Miss's residence. In the past three months, the Sixth Miss has given the Eldest Young Master a total of 236,000 taels of silver. Of that, 150,000 taels was taken away in one lump sum, which I estimate was used to do business in tea and silk."
Upon hearing this, Old Madam Yun nearly fainted. "You...you unfilial son!"
Yun Tianbai was also stunned. Had he really spent so much money in the past three months?
At this moment, Su Youran helped Su Yue over and coughed twice, "Grandmother, please don't blame my elder brother. He has only recently returned to the capital and is now the newly appointed deputy commander of the military command. How can one navigate the officialdom without spending money? Although my treasury is truly empty right now, I never intended for my elder brother to repay me."
After saying that, she coughed twice more.
Madam Yun said with concern, "Oh dear, you're not fully recovered yet, why did you rush over here? It's all your elder brother's fault for being so reckless. There are hundreds of officials of the third rank or above in the capital, and I haven't seen any of these officials spend over two hundred thousand taels of silver in three months!"
Yun Tianbai was so ashamed that he couldn't even lift his head.
He originally thought that with his second life, he should be able to handle official dealings with ease, but every time he hosted a dinner, problems would arise.
Nowadays, rumors are circulating in Kyoto that he is a jinx, a god of bad luck.
The Third Prince even ordered him to return the principal of 50,000 within three days!
Without his sixth sister as his money bag, where would he find so much money?!
Moreover, he has become accustomed to spending money lavishly over the past three months. How could he possibly bear to go back to his old, restrained ways overnight?
He looked at his sixth sister for help, and sure enough, he saw the same heartache and generosity in You Ran's eyes as he had in his previous life. "Grandmother, that money was given to my eldest brother willingly. How can I ask him to pay it back? Where would he get so much money to pay me back? But..."
Su Youran paused, her eyes filled with even more heartache. "It's only May now, and there are still more than half a year until the end of the year when I will receive the dividends from the various shops under my control. I don't have any extra money left, and I can't help my elder brother pay off his debts."
"What? You still have debts to pay?" Old Madam Yun was even more shocked.
"Yes... it's the payment for those caravans and bodyguards..." Yun Tianbai stammered.
Su Youran opened her innocent big eyes and said, "Isn't there still the 50,000 yuan principal invested by the Third Prince? Big brother, you have to tell Grandmother the truth so that she can help you."
Yun Tianbai immediately jumped up as if his pants were on fire, "Grandmother, I have a way to pay off the debt, you don't need to do anything!"
He had already embarrassed himself enough by spending all of Su Youran's money and then causing a scene in front of his grandmother.
How could he possibly still be thinking of taking money from his grandmother to pay off his debts?
He'll think of another way...
Watching Yun Tianbai's hasty retreat, Su Youran sneered inwardly.
This is just the beginning.
Madam Yun's face darkened. "Sixth girl, what are you planning? Although he has been staying at the border for many years, he couldn't possibly be so reckless as to spend so much money in just three months!"
Su Youran nestled closer to Old Madam Yun. "Grandmother, I...I just...feel sorry for my eldest brother. He just returned from Liaozhou and has no spare money. My sister-in-law can't help him. If...if my aunt were still here...I wouldn't have to worry about him. But now my mother is in charge of the Duke's mansion, and if he's short of money, he'll be too embarrassed to ask her. You see, back then, to make sure you had five thousand taels of silver shortfall for your birthday banquet, my sister-in-law had to borrow from the Zhou family. Tell me, how could I not feel sorry for her?"
She said, half-jokingly, "I was wrong that day. I shouldn't have asked Sister-in-law Xia for money to pay off her debts in front of everyone. If I had given it to her privately, she might have accepted it. Later, I was wrong again. If I hadn't given the money to my brother privately, he wouldn't have asked me for money every time he was short of cash..."
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