Did the eldest daughter ascend the throne today?

Wife murder? Daughter murder? Every word was like a huge rock hitting everyone, causing everyone's face to change.

Ning Zhiwei, who was sitting in the back, frowned and sighed silently.

Is there something wrong with the cause of Mrs. Bai’s death?

The woman living in the backyard has her life, honor, disgrace, life and death tied to a man, and she has no control over her own life and death.

Sadly.

Cui Tianhao was furious and started to curse Cui Yanxi crazily, completely losing his composure.

Rong Jing's face turned cold, "Cui Tianhao roared in the court, obstructing the Dali Temple from handling the case, drag him away and beat him."

Cui Tianhao's voice suddenly stopped, and he was filled with shock and anger.

Madam Cui quickly pleaded, "Please forgive me, my husband was just angry for a moment. Anyone would be upset if they were stabbed in the back by their own daughter."

Cui Tianhao's expression changed several times, "Sir, please give me some face for the sake of our former service in the same court."

Rong Jing gave him a deep look and said, "Then I'll record it for now. If you dare to do it again, you will be punished for both crimes."

Cui Tianhao was completely quiet now, but the look he gave Cui Yanxi was full of hatred, as if he wanted to get rid of her as soon as possible.

Rong Jingquan saw it all, "Do you have any evidence?"

Cui Yanxi smiled bitterly, "No, but please give me justice because I handed over all my dowry to the national treasury."

These words really hit the Cui couple in the lungs, and their faces turned pale.

Cui Tianhao had been warned and didn't know what to say, so he winked at his wife.

Mrs. Cui shouted angrily on the spot, "Evil daughter, how dare you hand over the dowry without your parents' permission?"

"Master Rong, I am confused and my words are not reliable. This is our Cui family's family affair. Let us solve it behind closed doors."

Cui Tianhao bowed and said, "We in the Cui family will remember this favor and repay it one day."

Rong Jing looked at them coldly. Even if the sky fell, it would not change the fact that the dowry had already been handed over to the national treasury. This was Zhiwei's money!

"The emperor has ordered that the ten million dowry be returned to the national treasury to be used as military pay."

Mrs. Cui was heartbroken, "No, this is our Cui family's stuff..."

How will they live in the future? Will they live on nothing?

Rong Jing sneered, "Are you, the Cui family, going to disobey the imperial order? There is only one consequence for disobeying the imperial order, and the entire family will be executed without a single person being spared."

Cui Tianhao and his wife changed color when they heard the news. Although the aristocratic family is powerful, how much chance do they have of winning in the face of imperial power?

A yamen runner came in and said, "Sir Rong, a Jinyiwei wants to see you."

Rong Jing ordered, "Let him in."

As soon as the Jinyiwei came in, he handed over a thick pile of information in his hand.

"Master Rong, this is the confession of the servants of the Cui family. It clearly records that Yu Sao from the kitchen was instructed by Madam Cui to poison Miss Cui San's food."

"The old woman who was on night watch confessed that she had pushed Miss Cui San, who was wandering around in the middle of the night, into the lake, saying that it was Mrs. Cui's order."

As soon as the Jinyiwei took action, they investigated the case thoroughly.

Everyone in the Cui family was interrogated and many problems were found out.

The Imperial Guards, it is still the Imperial Guards that matter at critical moments.

Mrs. Cui could not help but get anxious. "This is nonsense. This is a confession made under torture."

A yamen runner reported, "Master Rong, the groom has been arrested."

"Bring it up."

The groom was trembling and his face was pale.

Rong Jing looked down at the honest man and said, "As a groom, you have always been the one taking care of the horses. Today, the horses were fed with crazy grass and ran out of control in the downtown area. How do you explain it?"

The groom said pitifully, "I don't know anything."

Rong Jing never dared to underestimate these little people, because some things were ruined in their hands.

"You abandoned the carriage and ran away, allowing it to lose control, which caused extremely bad consequences. Do you know what the consequences will be?"

The coachman shivered endlessly, "My little one...is limited in ability. If I'm not careful, I'll fall off the carriage. This is not an escape."

He didn't tell the truth and Rong Jing lost his patience.

"Drag him away and beat him until he confesses."

The horseman screamed in pain as the board came down, "Ah."

The scream reached the ears of the Cui couple, and they both shuddered involuntarily.

After ten strokes of the board, there was no sound anymore.

"Sir, the groom has fainted."

Rong Jing raised his eyebrows, "Still unwilling to confess? Go call his youngest son who was just expelled from his family."

The groom was awakened by the cold water. When he woke up, he saw his beloved youngest son kneeling in front of him. He was startled and asked, "You... why are you here?"

His son was trembling all over, tears streaming down his face, and he was so scared that he couldn't speak.

A cold voice sounded, "You are a groom, but you have the money to help your son get rid of his status and send him to school. Where did you get the money?"

"Did he steal the master's money? Or was he bribed?"

The groom's lips trembled, "I...I..."

A cold look came over, "Old Yu."

It was Cui Tianhao, his face full of coldness.

The groom shuddered and gritted his teeth, "I stole the master's money."

Rong Jing looked down at him and said, "According to the law, stealing money from the master's house will lead to imprisonment. No matter how smart and knowledgeable your son is, with a father in prison, let alone passing the imperial examination, girls from good families will not be willing to marry him."

"By the way, your son may not survive."

The knife would only hurt when it cut himself, and the groom finally got scared and said, "I confess, I confess."

"It was the eldest young master's servant who ordered it. I can't do anything about it."

"Old Yu." Cui Tianhao was furious. He couldn't let his eldest son Chan, whom he had carefully nurtured, be ruined like this.

This incident brought out the trouble. The eldest son of the Cui family and his servant, the second son of the Cui family and his wife, and others were all brought to the court for investigation.

They were all as if they had lost their parents and were terrified.

Under Rong Jing's watchful eyes, everyone's ugly side was exposed, revealing their true selfish and cold faces. They blamed each other and tried desperately to shirk responsibility.

All of these people got involved, one by one.

They all want Cui Yanxi to die.

Only if she died could the divided dowry be preserved.

Cui Yanxi looked at these relatives, who usually pretended to be kind, but actually wanted to kill her.

Her heart felt cold.

For the sake of money, one disregards family affection and even wants to kill relatives. Is this still a human being?

Well, the more they act like this, the more she will ruin their dreams.

At this moment, the yamen runner reported, "Sir Rong, the commander of the Jinyiwei is here."

"please."

The commander of the Jinyiwei bowed as soon as he walked in, "Sir Rong, I searched according to the dowry list, but only found half of the dowry. What do you think we should do?"

All of it was spent on the Cui family's extravagant life! Heartbroken!

Rong Jing frowned slightly, "Confiscate the Cui family's property."

The commander of the Imperial Guards was a little unhappy. It was really uncomfortable to get only half. "The Cui family has long been an empty shell, relying entirely on Madam Bai's dowry to support it."

Rong Jing had expected this, and after a moment's hesitation, he said, "Auction everything, including the house where the Cui family lives now, as well as every blade of grass, every table and every chair in it."

The Cui family members turned pale. They even refused to let go of their ancestral home?

The commander of the Jinyiwei made the calculations and said, "It's still not enough. We are short of four million taels."

"Then, share the burden among the masters and order them to pay the money within a certain period of time, otherwise..." Rong Jing smiled coldly.

"Hold an auction for the Cui family and sell them off! If you can't sell them at a good price, send them to the toughest coal mines to do hard labor."

The Cui family was terrified. Is he a devil?