The servants and maids who had been following Cui Yongjian and the second wife, intending to stop Qin Shi, panicked instantly upon hearing Qin Shi's words.

Unexpectedly, the usually gentle and easy-going First Madam would do something so ruthless, actually selling them all out!

Several maids and servants rushed to Qin Shi's side and knelt down to beg for mercy!

One by one, they wept bitterly, pleading, "Madam, please have mercy and let us go back to the Qin family with you!"

"Yes, Madam, I will definitely do my job well from now on and never slack off!"

"Yes, Madam, please consider our past relationship..."

Before the man could finish speaking, everyone heard a loud slap.

It turned out that Xiaodie had slapped this man across the face: "You dog, how dare you mention past favors? All of you here, although you were bought from the brokerage by the First Madam, received more monthly allowances from her than from other masters!"

During holidays and festivals, there are extra red envelopes, but you bunch of scoundrels, you not only forget who your real masters are, but you also forget your duty as slaves.

Seeing that the First Madam had fallen out of favor and the young lady had run away, he immediately went to curry favor with that mistress. He then turned around and actually helped the mistress bully the First Madam.

If you had shown the slightest respect to the lady in the manor, you wouldn't have ended up being sold off like this today!

"Now you still have the nerve to mention our past relationship, and you even want to come back to the Qin family with us? Our Qin family doesn't have such a treacherous lackey!"

As soon as Xiaodie finished speaking, a shout of praise came from the direction of the door: "Well said! Our Qin family does not have such people who are opportunistic and betray their master!"

Upon hearing the voice, Qin turned to look at the person who had arrived, her eyes slightly red. She then took Qin Chaoyang and Xiaodie's hands and hurriedly went to greet them.

"Big brother, second brother, you've arrived!"

Qin He and Qin Hai nodded and looked at Qin Shi. Qin He said in a low voice, "Don't be afraid, your brothers are here to take you and Third Sister home."

Qin Chaoyang and Xiaodie quickly stepped forward to pay their respects.

"Chaoyang greets his eldest uncle and second uncle!"

"Xiaodie greets her eldest uncle and second uncle!"

Qin He and Qin Hai quickly helped the two up.

Qin He smiled and said, "No need for formalities, let's go home together. The sedan chair and carriage are waiting at the door!"

Qin Hai looked at Qin Shi: "Back then, your brother sent you off to a grand wedding. Even if we divorce today, we will still return to the Qin family in style!"

When Qin saw her two brothers, her eyes were already red. Hearing their words, she could no longer hold back her tears: "Brothers, I was wrong! Back then..."

Qin He interrupted her before she could finish speaking.

"Sister, you are mistaken! Back then, you married him out of gratitude for saving your life, bringing with you a vast fortune."

And it is because of your hard work and dedication to the Cui family over the years that the Cui family has prospered.

Now, we've just seen the true colors of some people, but I'm glad you were able to cut your losses in time, which is a great blessing!

Besides, if you hadn't married that bastard back then, where would you have such an outstanding daughter? And a son-in-law too?

Mu Yun listened to what the others said and nodded with a smile.

Qin Chaoyang came to Mu Yun's side, took Mu Yun's hand, and led her to his two uncles: "Eldest Uncle, Second Uncle, this is Young Master Mu from the Duke of Huguo's Mansion. His Majesty has bestowed a marriage upon us."

Furthermore, His Majesty bestowed upon me the name Chaoyang! Now I have severed ties with Cui Yongjian. From this day forward, I will take my mother's surname; Qin Chaoyang will be my name.”

Both of them beamed with joy upon hearing this.

Mu Yun quickly stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Mu Yun of the Mu family greets my eldest uncle and second uncle!"

The two uncles quickly helped Mu Yun up. They exchanged a glance and simultaneously reached into their pockets.

Then the two of them took out several silver notes from their pockets and stuffed them into Mu Yun's hand.

Qin He smiled and said, "I've been in such a hurry lately that I didn't prepare a gift for you. Here are some silver notes; take them and buy something you like."

Madam Qin shook her head: Her two elder brothers still hadn't changed their habit of giving her silver notes.

Qin looked at Yun and nodded: "It's just a small token of my appreciation from your two uncles. It's not much money, so please accept it! Your two uncles have plenty of money anyway!"

Mu Yun's lips twitched. The silver notes his two aunts had given him were all worth a thousand taels each, and he estimated there were about seven or eight of them. Seven or eight thousand taels in one go—and they still called that a small amount of money?

Qin He then smiled and said, "Today, you will come back to the Qin family with us first. After you are settled, we will hold a family reunion banquet so that others will know that our Qin family has gained two more young ladies!"

Madam Qin smiled and nodded: "Brother, let's go then. Have Uncle An take all my dowry with him! Don't let any Tom, Dick, or Harry get their hands on a single piece!"

Uncle An, the head steward of the Qin family, stepped forward immediately upon hearing Qin Shishi's words: "Miss, rest assured. I have brought a dowry list with me today. How much was your dowry back then? What did you bring? I will take stock of it all. As for what was spent, I will also register it all! There will be absolutely no discrepancy."

Qin smiled and nodded, and then the group ignored Cui Yongjian and his family of three.

After the group left, Qin An, the steward of the Qin family, made a gesture, and some of the twenty or thirty servants he had brought carried Qin's dowry to the carriages outside the mansion.

The remaining group followed Steward Qin directly to the inner hall!

Holding the dowry list of the Qin family in his hand, Butler Qin directed the mahogany tables and chairs in the living room, as well as the white jade screen with Suzhou embroidery, and said in a cold voice: "This whole set of mahogany tables and chairs is the eldest young lady's dowry, as are these two white jade screens. Take them all back. Anyway, the eldest young lady has already signed this house with the brokerage firm, so we can't let it fall into the hands of others!"

As soon as Cui Yongjian and his family of three entered, they saw Qin An directing people to move things out.

Tables, chairs, screens! Jade ornaments, like locusts swarming across the land!

Cui Yongjian's trembling hand blocked the doorway: "Stop! All of you, stop! You're trespassing and stealing other people's property! I'm reporting this to the authorities!"

Qin An remained unmoved and instead nodded: "Minister Cui, if you want to declare it, go ahead. I just don't know if this is a violation of the laws of Beili by privately appropriating your ex-wife's dowry?"

I wonder if Lord Guan will side with Minister Cui or our young lady? After all, the government has a record of our young lady's dowry when she got married. It's easy to tell whether it's a dowry or not just by looking at the dowry list!

My young lady promised to keep half of her dowry. I've already handed over the Cui family's account books from these past years to this old servant!

Every expense was meticulously recorded, detailing how much of Miss Qin's dowry money the Cui family had used over the years! It had already exceeded half of her dowry.

Therefore, the entire Cui family mansion, including this house and those ignorant lackeys, was all bought with the dowry of our eldest daughter, Miss Qin!

Of course, they all belong to our Qin family. The young lady has ordered that everything that can be taken should be taken, and everything that cannot be taken should be smashed!

Presumably, the person who can afford this house in the future won't want to use these secondhand furniture pieces!

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