The general's eldest daughter has a spatial ability

Upon hearing Qin's words, Cui Yongjian and his second wife felt a pang of unease, especially Cui Yongjian!

He knew exactly how wealthy the Qin family was and how much money they had spent over the years, but he didn't care at all.

He had been reluctant to part with Qin's dowry, which was why he had kept delaying the divorce. But when Qin said she would leave half of her dowry with her after the divorce, he assumed that she would leave half of her dowry from when she got married.

He hadn't considered that when Qin said she would keep half of the dowry, she meant the part he had spent. If that were the case, wouldn't he not get a single penny?

Thinking of this, Cui Yongjian's face turned cold: "Qin, the ancients said that there is no merchant without cunning, and it is indeed true! You are just like your merchant father! Extremely treacherous!"

I'm too lazy to waste words with you today. Leave your dowry obediently, and I'll let you and your daughter leave! Otherwise, don't even think about leaving the Cui family's house today!

Upon hearing this, Mu Yun laughed: "Is Minister Cui planning to rob us outright?"

Cui Yongjian felt somewhat embarrassed after hearing Mu Yun's words. Then he thought about what would happen if Qin Shi returned to the Qin family with all her dowry today!

The Cui family didn't have much money left, and they had a large family to support. They didn't know how they would make ends meet with his meager income.

He decided to drop the pretense and looked at Mu Yun: "Young Master Mu is joking. This is our family matter and has nothing to do with the Duke of Mu's mansion. Before Qin left, she promised to leave half of this dowry to the Cui family!"

Now she says we spent half, does that mean we spent half? That's just empty talk, words don't prove anything! Either he leaves evidence, or this Minister will let them leave!

"Either exchange all the dowry for cash today, or I, the Minister, will take only half!"

Upon hearing Cui Yongjian's words, Mu Yun clapped his hands: "As expected of the Minister, you are indeed eloquent. However, my mother-in-law's dowry must be taken away today. Since Minister Cui says he will not cooperate, it's fine. I want to see what the Minister will use to stop us!"

As soon as Mu Yun finished speaking, swish! swish! swish! Several afterimages flashed across the courtyard, and more than ten people appeared out of thin air. These people were all wearing masks, and it was clear at a glance that they were not to be trifled with!

Cui Yongjian and his second wife and son took two steps back. Cui Yongjian pointed at the people who had appeared out of nowhere: "Your Duke's Mansion is simply outrageous! In broad daylight, you dared to bring unknown people and trespass on a private residence! This Minister will definitely report you to His Majesty!"

Mu Yun smiled and said, "Minister, please do as you please! The unknown people you mentioned are the shadow guards bestowed upon the Mu family by Her Majesty the Empress! As for your claim of trespassing, I do not acknowledge that."

It is said that this house was my mother-in-law's dowry. I brought people to my mother-in-law's house to move things. How can this be considered trespassing?

Oh, right, I almost forgot, Mother-in-law. Since Minister Cui has already spent more than half of your dowry over the years, does that mean we don't need to compensate him for this house?

"Why don't we go find a broker and sell this house? We'll get at least a few thousand taels of silver. Even if we throw it into a welfare home in the city, it'll be enough to support quite a few people!"

Qin nodded with a smile after hearing Mu Yun's words: "My dear son-in-law, you are right. But this matter is not urgent. After so many years of marriage, let's give them some time to move."

Upon hearing that Madam Qin was even willing to sell this house, Minister Cui felt a pang of anxiety, never expecting her to be so resolute.

The second wife and her son were still shouting, "Grandpa is right. You say we spent half of your dowry, but you have no proof. We can't just rely on what you said today. Half of the dowry must be left, or we'll sue you."

Upon hearing this, Madam Qin took two steps forward and slapped her husbands across the face twice: "I've been giving you face. A mistress with an illegitimate child dares to talk back to me and even dares to covet my dowry. But it doesn't matter. Don't you want evidence? Xiaodie, bring over the account book."

Upon hearing this, Cui Yongjian and his second wife were surprised to find that Qin Shi still had account books, and immediately sensed something was wrong.

Sure enough, the next moment, Qin took three thick ledgers from Xiao Die's hands.

Madam Qin opened the first page of the account book and began to read: "On the first day of the sixth month of the 25th year of Beili, the master hosted a banquet for officials of the Ministry of Revenue. The Chunfeng Tower spent 2,251 taels of silver."

On the ninth day of the sixth lunar month, the eldest son of the former Vice Minister of Revenue was getting married. The master gave a gift of five hundred taels of silver, plus a pair of jade ruyi scepters! The total estimated value was one thousand five hundred taels of silver.

On the tenth day of the seventh month, the second wife withdrew two thousand taels from the first wife's place, saying it was for purchasing jewelry and clothing for the eldest son..."

The three members of the Cui family stared wide-eyed in shock upon hearing Qin's words.

The second wife pointed at Qin Shi angrily and said, "I never expected you to be so insidious. I never knew you kept such detailed records of the money I took from you. Did you plan to divorce me a long time ago?"

Upon hearing the Second Madam's words, Cui Yongjian roared, "Mrs. Qin never expected that you would remember so clearly the money spent since you married into the family! It seems you never intended to live a good life with me from the very beginning."

Upon hearing this, Qin laughed in anger: "I originally kept these accounts simply because I was used to recording income and expenses at home, and I never thought of settling these accounts with you."

Even though you forced Chaoyang away back then, I never intended to settle scores with you. To me, money is just an external thing; no amount of money is as precious as my daughter. I never expected that not only would you force my daughter away, but you would also send people to hunt her down.

Today my daughter has returned. Cui Yongjian, you beast! Not only do you not want to acknowledge her, but you also want to sever ties with her. She must have had the worst luck in eight lifetimes to have a father like you.

But things are better now, since we're divorced and Chaoyang has cut ties with you! It's time to settle all the scores from all these years.

I, as a woman of my word, was thinking of leaving you half of my dowry, and only wanted to cut my losses and leave this quagmire!

I was going to live a good life with my daughter from now on, but I never expected you to be so shameless. You've spent so much of my dowry over the years, and it's not enough that you're sucking my blood! You even want a share of the half of my dowry that's left.

Let me tell you, don't even think about it. If you're not satisfied, you can bring your account books and we'll meet at the Dali Temple! Anyway, my dowry is definitely being moved today, and you won't get a single tael of silver!

"Oh, by the way, my son-in-law just said that this house is now also part of the Qin family's property. You have three days to move out, otherwise, if I sell it and the real estate agents come to kick you out, don't blame me!"

After Qin finished speaking, she turned to look at the servants in the mansion: "Oh right, and your indentures, I've already sold them to a brokerage firm!"

The brokerage firm will probably come to pick them up this afternoon. I advise you to spend your time with the Cui family of three as well as packing up properly, so you won't be caught off guard!