Did the eldest daughter ascend the throne today?

Mrs. Cui was the first to stand up and said angrily, "No, Cui Yanxi is not qualified to do this."

The other members of the Cui family also became anxious. "Yes, she is a member of the Cui family. She must get the consent of her family for everything she does. If my father doesn't agree, her words don't count."

"How can an unmarried girl be qualified to make such a decision? Is she worthy?"

Everyone knows their own business. The Cui family's wealth had long been exhausted. However, the social interactions and the daily eating, drinking and entertainment of the whole family are all huge expenses.

When Mrs. Bai was alive, she would use her dowry to fill this bottomless pit.

Now that Mrs. Bai has passed away, the dowry naturally falls into the hands of Lord Cui.

Of course, nominally, this dowry was left to Mrs. Bai's biological daughter, Miss Cui San.

As soon as she gets married, she will lose the dowry.

Yu Qing's expression was cold. "I am informing you, not asking for your consent."

He took out a dowry list and said, "Brothers, follow this dowry list and search for everything on the list. If you don't have it, convert it into silver. Let's get started."

According to custom, the dowry list is divided into three parts, with one copy kept by the husband's family and one by the wife's family, and one copy is filed with the government to prevent future disputes.

This list is exactly the one kept on file by the government.

"Yes."

At the command, the Jinyiwei rushed to the warehouse together.

Cui Tianhao's face was uncertain, "Stop, stop it all, I want to see the emperor, I want to make things clear to her."

He also regarded himself as an important official in the court and Ning Zhiwei as a trouble-making girl from the Ning family.

Yu Qing would not give him this face. "According to the emperor's order, Cui Tianhao and his wife are summoned to the Dali Temple to accept an investigation into a murder case."

Cui Tianhao was stunned. Mrs. Cui’s eyes went dark and she almost fainted. The maid beside her hurriedly supported her.

Yu Qing raised his hand, "You two, please."

It was like a bolt of thunder, and everyone at the scene was stunned.

The Cui family is involved in a murder case? Is the Cui family's reputation useless? Is the Cui family going to collapse?

Cui Tianhao frowned, "What murder? Who was murdered? Why don't I understand?"

Yu Qing said loudly, "Miss Cui San has been murdered three times in a row. The Dali Temple has taken over the case and will investigate it thoroughly."

He spoke so loudly that everyone present heard it and was shocked and confused.

"What? Who murdered the Third Miss? Could it be the Cui couple? How is this possible?"

"Isn't he a biological child?"

"It's entirely possible, otherwise how could such a thing happen? I didn't expect that Mr. Cui, who looks so bright, would kill a woman."

Cui Tianhao's face looked extremely bad. Rong Jing was very difficult to deal with before. Now he is in a high position and has great power, and he is the emperor's husband. Who dares to mess with him?

If you are targeted by him, you will be skinned alive even if you don't die.

Yu Qing waved his hand and said, "Take it away."

Cui Tianhao still put on airs as a member of a noble family and was very arrogant. He refused to obey the imperial edict and ignored the Jinyiwei.

Seeing him standing there motionless, the Jinyiwei immediately stepped forward and dragged him away.

The servant stepped forward to stop them, but was hacked to death by the Jinyiwei. After a while of swords rising and falling, there was complete silence.

Cui Tianhao smelled the pungent smell of blood and his face turned pale as paper. Times have changed. This is the dynasty of the empress.

"I'm an official, you can't do this to me."

Yu Qing was born in a poor family and disliked these noble families. "What kind of official are you? Who recognized you as one? Be sensible and follow the imperial edict. This will be more respectable."

One group of people escorted the Cui couple to the Dali Temple, and another group of people stayed behind to take over their property.

Boxes of valuables were delivered, and gold, silver and jewelry piled up like mountains.

This room full of jewels and precious stones is really stimulating.

Miss Cui's eyes were full of greed. She stood up with an arrogant and reserved attitude.

"This is our Cui family's property. You can't take it away. This is against the rules."

Yu Qing sneered. As a married woman, she wanted to get her hands on the property of the national treasury?

"Rules? Sure. I checked the dowry left by Mrs. Bai and Miss Cui, and found that one-third of the dowry overlapped."

"Someone, go to the Wang family and check whether this batch of dowry is Madam Bai's dowry. If so, take it all back."

Miss Cui's face turned completely pale, she was shocked and angry, "No, no, that is the dowry my biological mother left for me, you have no right to snatch it."

As soon as I saw her attitude, I knew there was something else going on.

Yu Qing knew the Cui family's background very well. Without the huge amount of money from Mrs. Bai, the Cui family would have fallen into decline long ago.

Back then, half of what Mrs. Bai got was gold, silver and jewelry, worth more than 10 million.

What the adopted son got was a large tract of land, farms, shops and houses in the south of the Yangtze River, all of which were real estate.

"Why is Miss Cui so nervous? We are just going to check."

Miss Cui covered her pounding heart, and endless fear surged in her heart.

This matter can’t be covered up anymore!

If her husband's family knew that the beautiful dowry that made her so glorious came from Madam Bai's dowry, how could she still be respectable?

Yu Qing was extremely disdainful. These noble families not only took other people's things, but also wanted to harm their daughters. How shameless!

"Also, there are quite a few overlaps in Miss Cui's dowry. Come on, send a team to check as well."

Miss Cui's face flushed red, and she was extremely angry. "No, unless you step over my dead body, don't even think about leaving."

She wants face and money!

Yu Qing drew out his broadsword and pointed it at Miss Cui Er, his expression extremely cold.

"If you dare to stop the Jinyiwei from handling the case, you will be treated as a traitor and your entire family will be executed. Miss Cui, are you sure you want to stop it?"

Miss Cui looked at the tip of the knife that was emitting a cold light, her whole body trembled, her face turned pale as paper, her eyes went dark, and she fainted.

Yu Qing didn't even frown and let her lie on the ground.

"Also, there are issues with the dowries of the first and second young masters' wives. Check thoroughly. Not a penny less than the 10 million quota can be paid."

"Yes."

The two young ladies were more sensible than the Cui family members. They couldn’t believe it and didn’t dare to show up.

After a while, a lot of Mrs. Bai's dowry was found in the storerooms of the two young ladies. In addition, Mrs. Bai's dowry was found in Mrs. Cui's storeroom and room. Mrs. Bai's dowry was found in several places in this mansion.

In other words, these people had already divided Mrs. Bai's dowry in advance.

So, when Miss Cui San gets married in the future, will she still have a dowry?

At this moment, the guests all understood that there was only one way for Miss Cui San to end up, and that was sudden death.

Only the dead do not need a dowry and can eliminate future troubles forever.

Sacrificing one person to benefit the whole family is a good deal.

But the person who was sacrificed was not happy. If you don’t let me live, then no one can live. It’s a fight to the death.

Tsk tsk, I didn't expect that a thousand-year-old family could be so filthy.

In the Dali Temple, Rong Jing sat in the court. Ning Zhiwei did not show up, but sat in the back, listening silently.

All the people were brought to the court, and the battle between the noble families and the imperial power was about to begin...