Gu Kaiping felt truly bitter. The Third Prince had doomed them. None of the promises made earlier had been kept. After they had handed over so much silver, the Prince just stood by and watched them suffer in poverty. However, if he hadn't come to take up this post, he would still be getting hand cramps from copying books every day, which barely covered the family's expenses.
"Clan Leader, you've completely misunderstood. That courtyard isn't ours," Gu Kaiping pleaded. "Our home was confiscated ages ago, so where would we get the silver to buy property?
"It's just that the Third Prince saw how difficult our lives were and allowed us to stay in that courtyard temporarily.
"As you brothers and nephews could see when you arrived in the capital, we of the Gu family have no real authority in that courtyard."
