After dinner, Feng Yuqin took Yan Aoyun to the main courtyard.
Recently, both Feng Yuqin and Mo Xuanye had been away. And since the emperor had always thought highly of Feng Pingqiu, he had been enjoying himself these days.
When Feng Yuqin arrived, the three of his family were having dinner.
Seeing this, Feng Yuqin curled her lips in mockery. "Father is really so blatant about doting on his concubine and neglecting his wife."
"Ridiculous! Rong'er is the second mistress, a legal wife, not a concubine," Feng Pingqiu immediately stood up and said.
Yan Aoyun said coldly, "According to the laws of the Western Song State, apart from the second wife, others are concubines."
"It seems that now that Father has a higher official position, he doesn't even care about the laws of the Western Song State," Feng Yuqin's words made the faces of Feng Pingqiu and the other two change.
Feng Pingqiu scolded angrily, "You unfilial wretch! Do you know what you're saying? Do you want to ruin me? You unfilial daughter!"
"Father has the guts to do it, but doesn't allow me to say it?" Feng Yuqin said indifferently.
"Sister, Father couldn't have meant that. Don't distort Father's meaning like this. It will put Daddy in an unjust situation," Feng Qing quietly began to sow discord for Feng Pingqiu in front of Feng Yuqin.
"Look at your younger sister. She's much more sensible than you. You really lack proper upbringing. You don't even know how to talk," Feng Pingqiu said with a gloomy look.
"Feng Pingqiu, what did you say? Say it again," Yan Aoyun instantly got angry.
"I'll say it again. It's still the same," Feng Pingqiu said coldly. "You're the daughter of the Duke who pacifies the country. Look at the daughter you've raised. And look at Qing'er raised by Rong'er."
"Yes, the children my mother raised won't spend others' silver or snatch others' things. So, Father is so capable. Why do you occupy my mother's dowry?" Feng Yuqin retorted mercilessly. "Your education is really good, spending the dowry of the legal wife. Such education, I really can't accept."
"You..." Feng Pingqiu was left speechless.
The second mistress had been silent. Before, she had been wondering why Feng Yuqin had suddenly come.
Regarding Yan Aoyun's dowry, the second mistress never thought of returning it. Even though she had taken the silver last time, she thought it would eventually return to her hands.
So, when Feng Yuqin came tonight, she didn't expect that they were here for Yan Aoyun's dowry.
Now, hearing Feng Yuqin's words, the second mistress understood.
"Sister, Qing'er is still young. I'll educate her well," the second mistress immediately stood up and said with a smiling face. "Have you had dinner? We haven't started yet. You and Aqin sit down and have dinner with us."
Yan Aoyun gave the second mistress a cold look. "My mother only has me as a daughter. She has no younger sister. Don't try to get close here. No matter how hard you try, the dowry that belongs to me is mine."
"Don't even think about it," Feng Pingqiu spoke up before the second mistress could.
The faces of Yan Aoyun and her daughter darkened.
Feng Yuqin looked at him coldly, a mocking smile curling on her lips as she sneered, "What? Father has become addicted to living off a woman, huh? Without mother's dowry, can't you survive? If that's the case, why don't you give your position as prime minister to my mother? Her dowry can at least support the whole family in the mansion."
"Ridiculous! There's never been a woman as an official," Feng Pingqiu thought Feng Yuqin's words were really infuriating.
"Everything has a precedent. I don't mind my mother setting this one," Feng Yuqin didn't want to waste any more words on them.
"Alright, Father. I'll give you three days. Due to my seclusion, three days have already passed. So now, you should hand over my mother's dowry. If you don't, I can go to the yamen and ask. If there are people on your side in the yamen, I can also go to the emperor to file a complaint and see if there's any head of the family who spends a woman's dowry."
"Sister, don't talk like that. How can you just meet the emperor whenever you want?" Feng Qing's IQ suddenly went up at this moment, subtly reminding Feng Pingqiu that even if Feng Yuqin wanted to file a complaint, as a woman, how could she meet the emperor?
After being reminded, Feng Pingqiu also realized this and said coldly, "Then go and file a complaint. Once something enters my treasury, you'll never get it back."
Yan Aoyun looked at this man in disbelief.
How could he say such a shameless thing?
Seeing Feng Pingqiu's firm attitude, the second mistress secretly let out a sigh of relief.
"Alright then. I'll go find Mo Xuanye now and ask him to take me to the palace to see the emperor," Feng Yuqin said indifferently.
The breath the second mistress had just let out was taken back again when she heard Feng Yuqin's words.
Neither Feng Pingqiu nor Feng Qing had expected that Feng Yuqin would go to find Mo Xuanye.
At the same time, they also thought of the incident where Feng Yi protected Yan Aoyun before.
This made Feng Pingqiu look at Feng Yuqin with eyes full of hatred, wishing he could kill her.
"Father, you don't need to look at me like that. I don't think I've done anything wrong. That dowry originally belonged to my mother. You've occupied it for so many years. It's already very kind of me not to calculate the interest with you," Feng Yuqin said coldly.
"I went out for a marriage alliance and encountered assassins. I came back from the gates of hell with a bad temper and even less patience. So, if you're sensible, hand it over now. If not, I'll do it myself. As long as you're not afraid that I'll empty the treasury of the prime minister's mansion, I don't mind doing it myself."
"How dare you!" Feng Pingqiu roared.
Feng Yuqin scoffed and said, "If you don't believe it, you can try and see what I dare not do."
Feng Pingqiu and the second mistress exchanged a look. They both felt that Feng Yuqin was really different from before.
They thought it was because of Mo Xuanye's support.
Otherwise, Feng Yuqin wouldn't have been so tough.
So, after they thought this through, they discussed and decided that Mo Xuanye couldn't stay in the Western Song State forever. When he left, it would be Feng Yuqin's unlucky time.
By then, she would have to spit out twice as much of the property she had taken.
The Yan family had always been staying in the mansion and rarely came out. They were just worried about not finding an opportunity to wipe out the Yan family. By then, if Feng Yuqin couldn't produce twice as much, wasn't there still the Yan family?
It had to be said that after colluding for so many years, they understood each other's meaning completely just by exchanging a look.
However, they were thinking too optimistically. Once something fell into Feng Yuqin's hands, unless she took the initiative to give it up, no one could take it from her.
"The dowry can be returned to you. But some things are no longer there. So, we can only give you the things still in the treasury and the manors and shops outside," Feng Pingqiu said to Feng Yuqin.