The princess has super powers and space, so what's wrong with being a little arrogant?

After seeing how powerful Mu Xiyue was, Nanny Chen and the other three didn't dare to come again. They hurried back to the capital overnight.

Two days later in the evening, Nanny Chen finally returned to Anyuan Marquis's mansion. Anyuan Marquis Mu Fengnian and his stepmother Liu Meir sat in the flower hall listening to Nanny Chen's exaggerated crying.

"Master, Madam, everything I said is true. The young lady is too terrifying. We can't defeat her at all."

Mu Fengnian slammed the table and shouted angrily, "This rebellious girl has rebelled against heaven. You think she and that bitch can drag a big wild boar home? Do two women have such strength?"

Nanny Chen wiped her tears and nodded vigorously, "It's true, I dare not lie. Master, you can ask Fang Cheng and Er Lang who are accompanying you to question me. The young lady is really as strong as an ox. I was almost strangled to death by her."

Liu Mei'er patted the back of Mu Fengnian's hand soothingly, "Master, don't be angry. It's normal for Xiyue to feel resentful since she was sent to the countryside since she was a child. Even if a girl is very strong, what can she do? Otherwise, Master, send a few more guards over. When Xiyue comes back, she will know how good the Master is to her."

Mu Fengnian waved to Nanny Chen and said, "You go down and rest first. Bring more people with you tomorrow and go again. Make sure you bring the young lady back, even if you have to tie her up."

Nanny Chen retreated in response. Liu Mei'er thought for a moment and said softly, "Master, the house Xiyue lives in was originally bought specifically for her to live in. Ask Nanny Chen to bring the house deed tomorrow. If Xiyue still refuses to come back, ask Nanny Chen to sell the house. Xiyue will have to come back anyway since she has nowhere to live!"

Mu Fengnian didn't care about the two dilapidated houses at all. Mei'er said to sell them, so he sold them. It didn't matter even if the houses worth twenty or thirty taels of silver were burned down.

Liu Mei'er smiled and comforted Mu Fengnian a few more times, then got up and left the flower hall.

Mu Fengnian thought for a moment and called in Fang Cheng and Erlang, who were also going to the countryside. "Tell me in detail what you saw in Mujia Village."

When Nanny Chen was crying inside, Fang Cheng and Erlang were just outside the door. They repeated Nanny Chen's words one after another. Although there were a lot of exaggerations in their words about how fierce the eldest lady was, most of them were facts.

Fang Cheng finally said with a lingering fear: "Master, the girl named Xiaotao beside the eldest lady is really powerful. She didn't even touch me. I just felt my body was pushed down by a strong wind. I think the eldest lady must have some skills. I heard her ask Xiaotao to boil water. The eldest lady said she wanted to kill a pig."

What rich lady would kill a pig? Not to mention rich ladies, even girls from ordinary families don’t kill pigs.

Mu Fengnian waved his hand and asked the two to go down. He needed to think carefully about whether it was a good idea to take his daughter back and whether it would ruin his big plan.

At Prince Jin's Mansion, Qi Feng was reporting to the prince after receiving the news. "Master, please report back to the people at Marquis Anyuan's Mansion. Marquis Anyuan sent someone to Mujia Village to pick up Miss Mu a few days ago, but was beaten back by Miss Mu."

Although it was Mu Xiyue who saved Xiao Yibai that day, Xiao Yibai had to be on guard after finding out that Mu Xiyue was the eldest daughter of Marquis Anyuan. He was afraid that someone had deliberately arranged this, so he asked people to keep an eye on Anyuan Mansion.

What a coincidence! He had just met this young lady not long ago, and the Anyuan Marquis' Mansion was about to take her back to Beijing.

"Go and investigate why Mu Fengnian wanted to take Mu Xiyue back to Beijing. Investigate carefully."

Qi Feng bowed and said, "Yes, I will check it out right away."

The people in Prince Jin's mansion were very efficient and they found out the whole thing in less than a day. Qi Feng came back to report indignantly.

"Master, Marquis Anyuan intends to betroth Miss Mu to the foolish grandson of Duke Chen. A few days ago, the person sent to pick up Miss Mu was beaten back by her. This morning, Anyuan Prefecture sent another person to pick her up, this time with two maids and six guards, two of whom are Marquis Anyuan's secret guards."

Duke Chen is the Queen's father. Duke Chen's eldest son, Chen Zhiyou, the Queen's younger brother, is the current Minister of Revenue. He has two legitimate sons. The second legitimate son fell off his horse when he was a child and damaged his brain. Now at the age of eighteen, his intelligence is that of a seven-year-old child.

Mu Fengnian was originally a member of the eldest prince's faction. A while ago, while discussing matters with Minister Chen, Minister Chen mentioned that his wife wanted to find a wife for their second son, Chen Kang, so that he would have someone who cared for him for the rest of his life. Mu Fengnian suddenly thought of his eldest daughter, Mu Xiyue, who had been sent to the countryside for twelve years, and proposed that Mu Xiyue be betrothed to Minister Chen's second son.

Mu Fengnian felt that it was a blessing for a girl who had lived in the countryside for more than ten years to be brought back to Beijing and married into the Duke of Chen's Mansion. As long as he took good care of Chen Kang, her life in the Duke's Mansion would not be bad. Since he and the Duke of Chen were relatives, he was naturally related to the eldest prince. If he could find a way to let his second daughter marry the King of Qi, his Mu family would surely move to a higher level.

But Mu Fengnian missed one point: Mu Xiyue was not someone he could control.

Mu Fengnian had three daughters and three sons. Liu Mei'er was originally Mu Fengnian's concubine. After Mu Xiyue's mother passed away, Mu Fengnian promoted Liu Mei'er to be his principal wife. He had two sons and one daughter. The eldest daughter, Mu Xiyu, was considered the second daughter of the Marquis's family. She was one year younger than Mu Xiyue. The eldest son, Mu Weian, was fifteen years old, and the second son, Mu Weiping, was twelve years old.

There is also a son and a daughter born to Mu Fengnian's two concubines. The concubine's daughter Mu Xixue is only twelve years old, otherwise Mu Fengnian would not have thought of marrying Mu Xiyue to Chen Kang.

After hearing the report, Xiao Yibai lowered his eyes and thought for a while, "Mu Fengnian is determined to marry Duke Chen. Ask Qiyun to come in."

Not long after Qi Feng left, Qi Yun came in and said, "Master, you're looking for me."

Xiao Yibai threw the jade pendant in his hand to Qi Yun, "It will take two days to return from Mujia Village. If Mu Xiyue returns with Mu Fengnian's men, she will definitely have to stay overnight. Send someone to keep an eye on her. You go there in person and tell her Mu Fengnian's purpose. Also, give her my jade pendant so she knows my identity and can keep the incident on the mountain to herself."

Qi Feng understood what the prince meant, put the jade pendant in his arms and went out to do his work.

Ever since Mu Xiyue kicked Nanny Chen and the others out, she always felt that this matter would not be over. She also thought about it carefully. If the Marquis' Mansion insisted on her going back, there must be some reason why she had to go back. It definitely was not because they had a change of heart and wanted her to go back to the Marquis' Mansion to live a good life. Then the Marquis' Mansion would definitely send people over, and maybe there would be some means she could not imagine to force her to go back.

If that's what she guessed, then she might as well go back and see what they are up to. If they dare to plot against her, then she will definitely make the entire mansion uneasy.

She calculated the distance from Mujia Village to Shangjing. She heard that it would take two days by carriage, so the round trip would take another four or five days. If Mu Fengnian still insisted on taking her back after her and Xiaotao's behavior that day, it would definitely not be a good thing.