After rebirth, I became a national teacher

Father Qiao also came out at the right time and said:

"Neighbors, you all know that my Qiao family's ancestors also had a prefect, so how could we not have savings? My grandfather originally left a large sum of money for his descendants to prepare for their official careers. Unless there is an extremely urgent matter, it cannot be used before someone passes the imperial examination."

"But our teachers and friends are worried that our daughter-in-law comes from a wealthy family and won't be able to get used to the hard life in our house, so they insist that we spend money in advance to buy servants and improve the standard of food, clothing and daily necessities in our house."

"I never thought that my love would be treated so badly!"

By the end, his face was filled with grief.

Qiao's mother, who had been listening behind the door for a while, also came out with a handkerchief, wiping her tears, and complained angrily:

"We are scholars. If the news of Hua using women's dowries spreads, it will ruin our reputation and ruin our future! You are the father-in-law and wife, but you are so vicious!"

"Also, you said that if the dowry is less, we will use it. I said that you secretly moved back to your parents' home! Everyone knows that my daughter-in-law goes back to her parents' home several times a year!"

Such a strong argument made it impossible to refute it.

Zhenniang was so angry at these cunning and shameless words that she trembled:

"You...you are confusing right and wrong. You clearly used my dowry but you refuse to admit it!"

"At the beginning, I was only concerned about the self-esteem of my fellow teacher Qiao, so I handed over cash and banknotes. There was no evidence. You clearly had this planned and did it on purpose!"

Teacher Qiao also looked sad and grief-stricken:

"Mother Zhen, it was indeed my fault for hitting you, but you really misunderstood me. No matter how you slander me, I will never agree to a divorce, and I will never agree to you taking away the only heir of the Qiao family!"

"If the Qin family wants to use their power to force others to go to Master Xuedao to falsely accuse me, then go ahead! I believe that there is still justice and law in this world. If I am stripped of my honor, there will be countless scholars in the world who will speak up for me and file a complaint with the emperor on my behalf!"

Since the Qin family cannot provide evidence that he spent his wife's dowry and was about to abandon her, they cannot prove that he has a bad character.

If he was stripped of his title, it would mean that the Qin family had bribed Master Xuedao.

By then, he will spread the news and incite many scholars to speak up for him. With Lord Zhang protecting him from behind, he doesn't believe that those who help the Qin family will not suffer misfortune.

If today's words were to spread, even if the Qin family came with money, I'm afraid no one would dare to take up this hot commission.

Qin Dafu clenched his fists.

After decades of doing business, he had never encountered such a helpless situation.

It is one thing for the enemy to be cunning and take advantage of all the laws and etiquette.

On the one hand, Zhenniang was completely unprepared and did not leave any evidence, which put her at a complete disadvantage.

Adding the two together, he now has no way to deal with Master Qiao's family.

Even if he could use his relationship with Lord Yan, Duke Dingguo and others to have Master Qiao stripped of his official title, or even force the government to order Zhenniang and Master Qiao to divorce.

But now they can't cover the sky with one hand after all.

There are not only the Jinyiwei and Silijian in the city of Nandu, but also the Zhang family, which stands on the opposite side of Cihang Temple.

With such an obvious handle, how could the Zhang family not take advantage of it?

If Lord Yan, Duke Dingguo and others really helped him, I am afraid that after the matter gets out of hand, their fate will be even worse than that of the Jingnan Marquis' Mansion.

It is impossible for him to completely disregard the interests of Cihang Temple and other believers for the sake of his own daughter.

After weighing the pros and cons, there is no other way but to be patient.

Other ways:

"Since you are refusing to admit that you used Zhenniang's dowry and are unwilling to divorce, what can our Qin family do to you?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the neighbors all looked at Qin Dafu with sympathy.

Although what the Qiao family said about Zhenniang's dowry seemed to make sense, they had been neighbors for decades and knew each other well, so they were not willing to believe that the money was left by the Qiao family's ancestors.