When the father and son arrived, the gate of Cui's mansion was crowded with people watching the excitement.
The doorplate that symbolized the aristocratic Cui Mansion was removed at some point.
He lay on the stone steps at the door without any dignity, being trampled upon by the officials coming in and out.
"Search everything thoroughly for me. Don't leave any corner untouched!"
"yes!"
Old Lady Cui stopped shouting and making a fuss at this moment. She watched as the officials carried one piece after another of the gold and jade artifacts, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and boxes of all sizes into the main courtyard, sealed and counted. Her heart ached.
He sat on the ground with a dazed look on his face, muttering to himself: "Why did this happen? Who on earth harmed the Cui family..."
Seeing this, Qi Lianli couldn't help but shook his head.
The Cui family has reached the point today, but they still don’t understand the situation and are still blaming others!
If Heaven doesn't destroy the Cui family, who will be destroyed?
Qi Lianli glanced sideways at Meng Gaoyu, and saw a hint of happiness on his face, but it was not obvious enough.
Qi Lianli pursed his lips and shouted to the yamen runner, "Take off all the hair ornaments from the Cui family women. They now belong to the court!"
After the yamen runner responded, he unceremoniously pulled out the precious gold hairpins, hairpins, earrings and other accessories from the hair of the women in the front row.
The other women were unwilling to be humiliated, so they took off their accessories and handed them to the officers.
"Master Qi, Master Meng, most of these properties are my daughter-in-law's dowry and cannot be confiscated!"
Wang saw the officials carrying all the property and jewelry of her three wives into the front yard.
And the small wenge wood box that she had hidden very secretly was found!
There were thousands of taels of silver notes and several valuable ornaments inside.
Suddenly I became anxious.
These were all hidden for the grandson who has been raised in the Meng Mansion!
Find another opportunity to send a message to Liu Yue, and then get it out after they are exiled.
Only then did the other female members of the Cui family realize that Liu Yue was not present.
Qi Lianli was confused. "As long as she's a Cui family daughter-in-law, no matter whose dowry it is, it's all Cui family property and must be confiscated!"
"Sir! It cannot be confiscated! My daughter-in-law and my son have long since divorced, and her dowry has not yet been taken away. If it is confiscated today, it would mean that the court is usurping the property of the people!"
"this......"
Qi Lianli suddenly thought of Meng Yunqian and glanced at Meng Gaoyu, pretending to be ignorant. "Which branch of the Cui family are you from? And who is your daughter-in-law?"
"I am the third wife of the Cui family. My daughter-in-law is Liu Yue, a daughter of the Liu family. She has long been divorced from my son Cui Yuan. If you don't believe me, you can go to the government office to investigate. This is her dowry list!"
Meng Gaoyu took the dowry list and glanced at it. "Don't worry, our government will not encroach on the property of ordinary people. We will send someone to notify the Liu family girl to take the dowry list to the county government office to collect her dowry."
Qi Lianli then ordered, "Come here! Separately pack and count the belongings of the Cui family's third branch, so that the Liu family's daughter can collect them with the dowry list..."
“Bang!”
A loud slap was heard, and Wang's face became red and swollen at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Old Lady Cui rushed to Wang at some point and slapped her hard.
Old Lady Cui had obviously used all her strength, and her footing became unstable and she almost fell. She was supported in time by the maids, and her body was still trembling.
"You traitor! It was your third branch that destroyed the entire Cui family!"
Now that her house has been ransacked and Old Lady Cui has been stripped of her title of Consort, Wang has suffered enough for years and has no need to worry about anything today.
"Old woman, please stop slandering me. Didn't you hear the imperial edict that Lord Qi just read?! It was our Cui family that has been cheating in the imperial examinations for over a decade, disrupting the government. Furthermore, the Second Prince smuggled iron ore and attempted rebellion, incurring the Emperor's wrath. This is why our Cui family has suffered this calamity. Furthermore, the Patriarch disregarded the lives of others. Each of these acts is a capital offense for the Cui family! If you want to blame someone, blame the right person. It's clearly the Patriarch and the Second Prince who have ruined the entire Cui family!"
"What a rebellion!" Old Lady Cui was furious. "Someone, slap him in the face!"
Now, only the people from the main branch of the Cui family, following the orders of Old Lady Cui, raised their hands to teach Wang a lesson.
"How dare you!" Qi Lianli shouted, stopping the farce. "Save your energy! You'll suffer on your way to exile!"
"Come here! Put bracelets on them and throw them into jail. Send them off in three days!"
"yes!"
"Also, the young children of the Cui family should be sent to the government office for care first."
Soon, the Cui family was escorted out of the Cui Mansion by the police. It was hard for them to ignore the eye-catching houseplate on the stone steps at the entrance!
There is no way around it!
Old Lady Cui looked at the Cui family's doorplate lying on the ground without dignity, and rushed over, holding the doorplate tightly under her body.
This is the reputation of the Cui family, how can it be trampled upon by others!
When the officers came forward to pull her up, they found that she was already dead...
"Grandma, great-grandma... woo woo woo..."
The Cui family members knelt down one after another, and the gate of the Cui Mansion was instantly filled with painful wails.
The passing of Old Lady Cui meant the complete collapse of the Cui family.
The people who came to watch the fun had already prepared rotten vegetable leaves, but they felt embarrassed to throw away the rotten leaves in their hands when they saw this scene. After all, the dead are the most important.
"Dad, let's go back and stop watching."
Seeing that Old Lady Cui died at the door, Su Ningwen felt that it was a bit too good for her, but the hatred in her heart subsided a lot.
What he wanted most was to see Cui Zhehan being beheaded right in front of him!
Meng Zilu and Meng Gaoyu looked at each other before leaving with Su Ningwen.
"Alright, don't delay any longer. Send the old lady of the Cui family to the charity cemetery, and send the rest to the prison."
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