I don't want to be the favorite concubine of this palace anymore

An Tai is the father of An Muxi's original body. He was the county magistrate in Luo County, Linzhou. He had been indifferent to his original daughter since she was a child. Less than three months after the original mother passed away, he married Sun, and the two had a son.

The original mother was a gentle person and the daughter of a merchant in the neighboring Zhou County. When An Tai was still a poor scholar, he received help from his original wife's family. He coveted the family's property and asked to marry the merchant's daughter, but they had no children three years after their marriage.

An Tai was dissatisfied with his wife's infertility, so he took two concubines, but still had no children.

Later, An Tai passed the imperial examination and became the magistrate of a poor county. One time, when his wife went back to her parents' home to visit her relatives, she picked up a one-year-old girl on the way, who was An Muxi.

The two had no children, so they agreed to let the original wife raise An Muxi. The original wife loved An Muxi very much, but the good times did not last long. When An Muxi was eight years old, the original wife died of illness. He quickly married Sun, and An Hao was born in less than a year.

An Muxi now wondered if An Tai had infertility? Looking at his fat son, he looked nothing like him, and it felt like he had a green head.

Sun either beat or scolded her stepdaughter and treated her like a maid. An Tai pretended not to see it. He thought the girl was pretty and thought that if he raised her up, he might be able to find a rich family and sell her for a good price.

So he raised her until she was fifteen years old. Just then, the prefect of Linzhou happened to be looking for a beautiful woman to celebrate Prince Rui's birthday, so he quickly sent his daughter over.

I didn't expect that this adopted daughter was so lucky and caught the eye of King Rui. Now it's time to get some benefits from this adopted daughter.

An Tai said kindly: "Xi'er, your father has raised you for more than ten years. You have been away from home for so long, and your mother and I really miss you.

It just so happened that the prince sent someone to inform me that you missed your hometown and asked us to come and see you, so father traveled a long way to come and see you."

An Muxi saw that this man was quite good at talking. He was trying to repay a favor. He did raise her, but she lived like a servant, not having enough food to eat, doing rough and tiring work all day without any wages. She really didn't care about such a favor.

An Muxi looked at An Tai with a half-smile: "Did father forget that my mother died a long time ago?

When my father sent me away, I didn't seem to be reluctant to let him go. I remember that I didn't say a few words to my father in a year at home. The prince probably didn't know the inside story. When I said I missed home, I meant I missed the home where my mother was still.

This is not a home where you are treated like a servant, have no food or clothes, and are tortured by your stepmother all day long!"

As soon as these words came out, An Tai and his wife's faces turned as pale as pig livers. Sun knew that An Muxi was dissatisfied with her, and said with a fake smile: "Xi'er is really different now that she has a backer. You don't even acknowledge the grace of raising you?"

An Tai was also an official after all, so he quickly adjusted his breathing and smiled awkwardly: "Xi'er, it was because your father was too busy that he neglected you and made you suffer.

But after all, I watched you grow up, and you’ve called me dad for more than ten years. The blood relationship between us cannot be severed.”

This time, An Tai originally wanted An Muxi to persuade King Rui to give him a promotion or something.

As a result, seeing that An Muxi turned her hostile attitude right away, he was annoyed, but he also knew that his daughter was now the woman of King Rui, and was no longer the timid little girl she used to be.

I can only coax her a little and see if I can get some benefits out of her.

An Muxi sneered: "Speaking of which, I really have to thank my father for sending me out and broadening my horizons.

I have never seen a legitimate daughter being tortured like that, and her biological father turning a blind eye to it."

An Tai felt so embarrassed. At this time, the fat boy finished several plates of snacks and looked at An Muxi angrily.

"You evil woman, how dare you talk about my father and mother? I will beat you to death!"

As he was about to go forward and hit An Muxi, Qiu Shuang stepped forward to stop him and said coldly: "How dare you act wildly against the master in the palace?"

When Sun saw that Qiu Shuang looked like someone who was not someone to be trifled with, she quickly pulled her son over.

"Xi'er, children are ignorant, please forgive me. He is your brother after all, and we will all rely on him to settle down in the future."

An Muxi sneered. It was a good thing that she didn't slap this undisciplined brother away. Now she still relied on him. Was he worthy of it?

An Muxi was too lazy to talk nonsense with them and directly ordered them to leave: "Okay, since the prince asked you to come and see me, and now that people have seen me, you can go back."

The Antai couple became anxious.

"Xi'er, your father has come a long way to see you. He has been on the road for two days and hasn't even had a meal today. Are you going to chase us away?

Besides, how can father leave like this when he hasn't even seen the prince? Wouldn't it be very rude to leave without seeing the owner of the palace? "

When Sun saw the grandeur and luxury of Prince Rui's mansion, she didn't want to leave even more. She wanted to stay for a few more days at least so that she could brag about it to other wives of officials when she returned.

If he could make Hao'er, his brother-in-law, familiar to Prince Rui and ask him to support him, Hao'er would be very successful in the future.

"Yes, Xi'er, at least let your father and brother meet the prince before leaving."

An Muxi had long seen through the couple's thoughts.

"That's really unfortunate. The prince has been ordered to send Master Wenhua to the Western Frontier to marry a princess. I don't know when he will be back.

How about this, it’s not easy for you to come all the way to the imperial capital, Qiu Shuang, go find Xiao Qin and bring over a hundred taels of silver.”

The An Tai couple looked at each other, and when they saw An Muxi casually asked for a hundred taels of silver, they were delighted.

An Muxi continued, "You all know what kind of life I have lived since I was a child. The total cost of raising me to the age of fifteen would not exceed one hundred taels.

But I will still give you one hundred taels as a way of repaying your father for raising you. You can leave after you get the silver.

From now on I will not go back and will have nothing to do with your An family anymore."

Upon hearing this, An Tai looked at An Muxi in disbelief. In this era, filial piety was still very important, and very few women would take the initiative to say that they wanted to sever ties with their family.

"Xi'er, aren't you afraid of being criticized for doing this? Now that you have a good life, you want to sever ties with us and drive away your parents who came all the way to see you. If this gets out, it will be bad for you. If the prince knows about it, it will destroy your image in his heart."

An Muxi is really not afraid of being gossiped about, and she doesn't care what Li Rui thinks of her.

Seeing that An Muxi was still unmoved, An Tai finally made up his mind and said, "In that case, I have a secret about you. Do you want to know?"

An Muxi raised her eyebrows. The secret about her original body? What secret could she have? She was a little unconvinced.

An Tai added: "It's about the secret of your life experience."

Now An Muxi was a little interested. Wasn't the original body An Tai's biological daughter? No wonder he never cared about her. Could it be that she was a real daughter like in those online novels?

"Oh? What do you mean? What secret of life?" An Muxi asked.