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Chapter 449 The Dowry Left Behind
They had lived a pretty good life every month before, because Mu Yao used her dowry to subsidize them. Mu Yao had to subsidize them with at least one hundred taels of silver every month to maintain their normal life and the expenses of the servants.
Just the time when Mu Yao and Kong Lin had a quarrel and she went back to her parents' home, their subsidies were directly cut off, and they realized how sad they were. Not to mention that they had no money to make winter clothes, even the money to buy vegetables for the kitchen had to be exchanged for her jewelry, not to mention that the old lady was sick and needed medicine.
Taking medicine is like eating. A set of medicine for the old lady is expensive, and the money is not enough for her to eat for two days.
If Mu Yao were here, there's no way she would sell the jewelry. She could just take the money out directly.
As for the old lady sitting in the upper seat, after being hit in the heart, she slammed the table in anger, her face immediately gloomy, and she scolded the prince's wife in front of everyone, "You, a junior, have no right to speak here, and you actually lecture us elders."
Hearing the old lady's words, the faces of the Pingxibo family instantly darkened. Mrs. Pingxibo even said directly, "Is it that the younger generation has no right to speak here, or is it that what the younger generation said is true and hits the old lady's heart, so the old lady is directly angry and embarrassed."
"I thought Kong Lin was pretty good back then, but I never thought he would be such a fickle guy. Even the current emperor doesn't have three wives and four concubines, and he even cleared out the entire harem for the Empress. Looking at Kong Lin on the other hand, he abandoned his wife for the sake of a concubine out of pity. No wonder the Shangshu Mansion was reprimanded by the Emperor. The Emperor probably despises people who treat their first wives harshly the most."
"You are not good people either. You are just a bunch of leeches sucking blood from Yaoyao's head. You haven't even calculated how much of Yaoyao's dowry you have spent since she married into your family. You have no sense of contentment at all."
"Now that my secrets have been exposed, I'm furious and embarrassed."
"We respect your age, old lady, but you shouldn't take advantage of your age."
The Crown Prince's wife didn't want to cause trouble at first, but after hearing what the old lady said, her face darkened.
After all, she was a girl from the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. She was attracted by the talent of the Earl's son and chose to marry into the already somewhat impoverished Earl's Mansion.
"I really don't have much say in front of the old lady. I just don't know what I said wrong to make the old lady scold me like this. I would like to ask the old lady to give me some advice. Otherwise, as a junior, I don't know what I did or said wrong to be scolded by the old lady." The prince's wife seemed to be humble, but in fact, every word she said was a criticism of the old lady.
The Crown Prince's wife did not say a single thing wrong, but she openly said that they were coveting Mu Yao's dowry. How could they not be angry and embarrassed, especially since the story was true.
She had no way to refute what the Crown Prince's wife said.
I can only try my best to change the subject.
"Let's not talk about anything else. Even if Mu Yao and Kong Lin want to divorce, they can't take all the dowry away." The old lady knocked heavily on the ground twice with her crutches.
As soon as the old lady said this, everyone in Pingxibo's mansion was shocked beyond words. Pingxibo's mouth was so wide that an egg could fit in it.
Mrs. Wen, the wife of the Prince of Pingxi, sneered and said, "How come you used to pretend to be ignorant when you knew the truth about Hua Muyao's dowry, but now you're just throwing it away and openly snatching Muyao's dowry. This is the first time we've seen someone snatch it so cleanly and unconventionally."
"I remember there was a law in my dynasty that stipulated that the husband's family could not embezzle his wife's dowry without permission. If they did, they would be punished according to the law. However, since Mu Yao married you, it has always been Mu Yao who took the initiative to spend it on you, so it can't be considered embezzlement and violate the law. However, there is another article in this law, which is that the dowry of a divorced woman who returns home must be returned in full. In addition, a divorced woman cannot take the dowry away, or can only take half of it according to the needs of the husband's family."
"We are divorcing each other, not divorcing my wife. Why should I leave half of the dowry to your family?"
"Even if we leave it here, would you dare use it? You are violating the law. We can report you to the Dali Temple or directly to the Empress. The current Empress is very strict and will never allow anyone to violate such laws."
Under the threat of the Crown Prince's wife, the old lady remained calm and said calmly, "Why don't we dare use it? It was you, Mu Yao, who did something wrong and lost a child of our Kong family. We did not divorce you, but allowed you to divorce. We have already given you face. Leaving you half of the dowry instead of divorcing you directly and withholding all the dowry is already our utmost kindness."
"Half of the dowry is compensation for our poor grandson. We would rather have our grandson than half of your dowry. Even if you report it to the emperor or empress, we are not afraid. After all, it was Mu Yao who did the wrong thing first, so we only thought of using the dowry as compensation."
"It's just a pity for my poor grandson. He was killed by the vicious woman Mu Yao when he was only five months old. It's already a good thing that our family didn't send Mu Yao to the authorities." As she said this, the old lady actually burst into tears.
But those tears were so fake, they were squeezed out by the old lady.
Watching the old lady's performance, the Shangshu's wife didn't say a word, which was enough to show that the old lady had the final say in this family and no one else had a say.
The people in Pingxibo Mansion already knew that this family was shameless, but they didn't expect them to be so shameless.
Pingxibo originally thought it was just a woman's matter and had kept a sullen face and said nothing. He didn't expect that the old lady was really going too far. Pingxibo slammed the table, and the teacup beside him fell to the ground and shattered due to the vibration of the table. "You said that my daughter pushed that bitch and caused the miscarriage. What evidence do you have? If you can't produce any evidence, you are just slandering me. We can go to the Dali Temple to sue you."
"How can there be no evidence? At that time, several servants in the Shangshu Mansion saw that it was Mu Yao who pushed the concubine to the ground, causing her miscarriage and preventing me from seeing my poor grandson." The old lady was unwilling to be outdone and started arguing with Ping Xibo.
Mu Yao, standing aside, had a sullen face and said nothing. She had already witnessed how shameless this family was. Now she didn't want to argue with them at all. She just hoped that *** would come quickly, resolve this matter, leave this house completely, and pretend that she didn't see anything.
"The people in your Shangshu Mansion are definitely speaking in your favor. Would they speak in favor of outsiders? Who knows whether what they say is true or false?"