The Emperor declares NL can't marry SL since he's already been engaged to LYY. NL demands that he break the engagement, while the Emperor rejects since it will damage the reputation of the Crown. NL sneers that if he cared about the Crown, the useless CP wouldn't have lived so long. The CP defends himself, bringing them back to the debt. Since the CP isn't wealthy enough the Emperor, for the reputation of the imperial family, agrees to use his treasury to settle the debt instead. NL leads SL there, telling the Emperor the engagement with LYY was something he agreed to and he should be the one to sort it out.