Mu Xiyue had no interest in testing whether Wang Cheng's martial arts were good or not. She directly trapped him with her wind power, quickly stepped forward, grabbed his arm with one hand, and chopped down with the wind blade with the other hand. With a click, Wang Cheng's arm was broken.

Then he kicked Wang Cheng away. Wang Cheng hit the door frame and fell to the ground, spitting out blood and fainted.

This series of movements was extremely smooth, and it ended in a crushing manner in just a few breaths. Everyone in the hall was stunned.

Minister Chen and his wife were extremely grateful that they had come here today. If they had just listened to what Mu Fengnian said and signed the marriage agreement, and then married a woman like this, they would have been scared just thinking about it.

Mu Fengnian was genuinely frightened. He'd practiced martial arts and fought on the battlefield, and now commanded 20,000 guards outside the capital. Yet, he was stunned by his eldest daughter's actions. He knew Wang Cheng's martial arts prowess well, but he hadn't even had a chance to attack against this rebellious woman. He'd been truly careless.

The secret guards who went to Mujia Village to investigate did not find out that Mu Xiyue had ever practiced martial arts. They only knew that the master and servant could often hunt wild boars and that they were very strong. The two girls could drag a wild boar weighing three or four hundred pounds down the mountain.

Mu Fengnian thought that Mu Xiyue was just used to a hard life in the countryside, so she was stronger than the average girl. He didn't expect that her martial arts skills were so good. Now he only felt regret, regret for bringing this evil spirit back.

Liu Mei'er was so frightened that she couldn't speak, and her face turned pale. She didn't know if it was too late to send her back to the countryside.

Mu Xiyue was very pleased with their expressions. She clapped her hands and said cheerfully, "Alright, although this mansion isn't as fun as hunting wild boars in the countryside, since you guys insisted on inviting me back, I'll stay with all my might. Father, you must have heard the saying, 'It's easier to invite a god than to send him away.' I hope I can be treated like the eldest daughter of a legitimate wife in this mansion."

After saying this, he no longer looked at the other people's expressions, which were as pale as a palette, and went straight out of the main hall, calling Xiaotao to go back to his own yard.

Xiao Tao chattered excitedly all the way, saying that the lady was so amazing and domineering just now.

Although the servants waiting outside the front hall did not see what happened, they could hear it clearly standing outside the door. In addition, the two servants who were kicked out by Mu Xiyue had experienced it personally. In less than a day, the news had spread among the servants in the mansion.

The story spread that the eldest daughter possessed extraordinary martial arts skills and killed the master's best secret guard with a single blow. It was even said that in order not to offend the eldest daughter, the master wanted to marry the second daughter to Minister Chen's foolish son.

Mu Xiyu heard the rumors three days after the incident. She came to Liu Mei'er crying and asked, "Mother, everyone is saying that you promised me to that fool from the Chen family. Is that true?"

Seeing her daughter crying like she had suffered so much injustice, Liu Meier felt a headache. "Yu'er, how could your parents marry you to a fool? Where did you hear this?"

Mu Xiyu then wiped away her tears and acted coquettishly, "Really? But that's what the servants in the mansion are saying."

After Minister Chen and his wife left that day, Mu Fengnian warned Liu Mei'er not to mention what happened today, to be nicer to that rebellious girl in the future, and not to provoke her unless necessary. Liu Mei'er agreed with him and did not specifically mention the matter to Mu Xiyu.

Liu Meier frowned. Naturally, no one had spread the gossip among the servants to her. She didn't know how the story had spread. "How did the servants in the mansion spread it?"

Mu Xiyu said, "It's said that a few days ago, Minister Chen and his men came to discuss marriage with that country girl, but she disagreed. In the end, the best secret guard around my father was beaten to death by that country girl. That's why you promised me to that fool."

Liu Mei'er held her forehead with her hand, "These people are really rebellious. They dare to gossip about us in the mansion."

Afraid that her daughter would have wild thoughts, Liu Mei'er told Mu Xiyu what happened that day.

Mu Xiyu didn't know what was going on in her head, but the key point she grasped was, "So it was that country girl who proposed marrying me to the Chen family. What an ungrateful country bumpkin! She really thinks she's the eldest daughter of the Marquisate."

Liu Mei'er felt a little headache seeing her daughter's furious look. She knew her daughter's temper very well. She was a weak and harmless lady in public, but in fact she was very domineering in the house. When she was unhappy, she would beat or scold the servants. She was a good girl in front of her father, but behind her back, her half brothers and sisters were often bullied by her.

Liu Mei'er patted her arm and said, "You should also control your temper and don't provoke that evil star. The Spring Festival Banquet will be in two days. Perform well and try to make the King of Qi take a fancy to you."

Mu Xiyu had her own ideas. "Mother, I don't want to be the Princess of Qi. I want to marry the Prince of Rui."

The first five of the emperor's seven sons have been made kings, and the eldest prince, Prince Rui, and the second prince, Prince Ning, both have principal wives. Liu Mei'er does not agree with her daughter's idea. If she marries Prince Rui, she can only be a concubine, and a concubine is also a concubine. Who would not want to be a principal wife but a concubine instead?

Mu Xiyu whispered to Liu Mei'er, "Mother, marrying Prince Rui may seem like she can only be a concubine, but think about it, Father also said that Prince Rui is the prince most likely to inherit the throne. When Prince Rui ascends the throne, it will be Prince Rui who decides who will be the empress. It's not like only the principal wife can be the empress. Even if she can't be the empress, she can always be a noble concubine. If my daughter can give birth to a prince, it's hard to say who will inherit the throne in the future."

Mu Xiyu's calculations were very clear. She also wanted to marry Prince Rui and become the Queen. Even if she couldn't become the Queen, she could become the Queen Mother. Liu Mei'er thought about it carefully and actually agreed with her idea. If Mu Xiyue knew about it, she would definitely tell them: Brain damage is a disease, it needs to be treated!

Mu Xiyue naturally had no idea what the mother and daughter were thinking. Ever since she showed off her skills that day, the servants in the mansion were trembling with fear and extremely respectful when they saw her. In the past, Xiaotao and Chunya would go to the big kitchen to get raw ingredients, but now the people in the big kitchen would deliver the raw ingredients to Mu Xiyue's yard and politely ask what she wanted for tomorrow.

Today Mu Xiyue took Xiaotao out for shopping and tea. She was getting moldy from staying in the yard every day.

When I returned to the Marquis' Mansion in the afternoon, as soon as I walked into the backyard, I met Mu Xiyu and two maids cutting flowers in the garden.

When Mu Xiyu saw Mu Xiyue walking like a man, she immediately felt contempt and forgot what Liu Mei'er had told her. She stepped forward to stop Mu Xiyue and provoked her.

"Big sister, you've gone out again. You're the daughter of our mansion, after all. You don't even walk properly. Someone who doesn't know you would think that the young lady we raised is not presentable. Don't bring your country ways here and bring trouble to the reputation of the other sisters in our mansion."

Mu Xiyue was inexplicably lectured. Someone actually dared to point at her nose and scold her. She stepped forward, pinched Mu Xiyu's neck with her fingers, and said with a smile, "Second sister, you are very brave. Didn't your mother tell you not to mess with me? Who gave you the courage to talk to me like that?"

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