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Rong Xi suddenly smiled and asked, "Wang Dashan, do you truly intend to sue me?"

The question was strange. Wang Dashan's heart tightened, but recalling that Rong Weijing was the Minister of Personnel, he suppressed his unease and stiffened his neck. "That's right!"

Rong Xi asked again, "Fourth Brother Rong, are you also accusing me of destroying the gold hairpin?"

Rong Han did not understand why, but he nodded earnestly. "You did such a wicked thing. Of course I'm suing you!"

Everyone: "..." Did this youth have something wrong with his brain?

The county magistrate sighed inwardly. Lord Rong's move was truly brilliant!

Rong Xi looked at the clerk and smiled faintly. "Has everything been recorded correctly?"

The clerk stood dumbfounded for several breaths before nodding.

"Since that is so, may I ask, Your Honor, whether Great Wei has a regulation requiring a woman's dowry, if it includes farmland, shops, and the like, to be registered with the authorities?"

This law existed to facilitate inheritance by one's children.

The county magistrate sighed softly. Seeing that Fourth Brother Rong and Wang Dashan still did not understand, he sincerely admired Rong Xi's scheme.

"There is indeed such a regulation."

Rong Xi's smile remained faint. "Could I trouble Your Honor to look it up for me?"

The county magistrate signaled to an assistant clerk, who immediately left the hall to retrieve the records.

While they waited, the commoners outside the yamen buzzed with discussion. Some busybodies had already rushed to the Rong Estate with the news. The moment Madam Rong Zhou heard that Rong Han had entered the court hall, she nearly fainted.

"How is Fourth Brother?"

A servant replied, "He is still in the court hall."

"Quickly, go report to the master!"

The servant accepted the order and withdrew. Madam Rong Zhou