The three of them asked several families in the village and actually bought eight citrus trees, four each for Mu Xiyue and Tan Taihong.

The citrus trees at this time have just started to bear fruit, and the fruits are only the size of soybeans. As long as they can be grown, there will be citrus fruits to eat in autumn. I don’t know if the citrus fruits at this time are delicious, but seeing that every household in this village grows them, the taste should not be too bad.

When Mu Xiyue and Xiao Yibai parted, she agreed to wait for him in Xitong. Now that the crisis was over, she left a letter for Xiao Yibai in the inn where she had stayed before, and then went back to Shangjing with Tan Taihong.

After three days of travel, they finally arrived at the farm outside the city in the evening. Mu Xiyue asked people to remove her four trees and plant them. The three of them spent the night at the farm.

Early the next morning, Mu Xiyue took out five mutant sweet potatoes and handed them to Old Man Tian, explaining how to plant them. The mutant sweet potatoes were the size of basketballs, each with more than ten buds. Plus, after the sweet potatoes grew vines, they could be cut and used as cuttings. Five such large potatoes could cover a considerable area.

After explaining things, Mu Xiyue rushed back to the city. She planned to sever the father-daughter relationship with Mu Fengnian today. It was really disgusting to have such a father.

Tan Taihong went to watch Mu Xiyue perform. As a fellow villager, how could he miss such a scene?

The three of them rode their horses to the art gallery and then walked to the marquis's mansion. Mu Xiyue and Xiaotao did not enter the mansion, but asked the gatekeeper to call Mu Fengnian out.

Mu Fengnian was on vacation at home today. When he heard the servant come to report that the eldest lady had returned, he was furious. One hundred thousand taels of silver had already been paid to the Soul-Sucking Pavilion, but this rebellious girl did not end up with Prince Jin. Could Prince Rui's plan still succeed?

Mu Fengnian cursed Prince Rui in his heart. Didn't he always send people to keep an eye on Prince Jin? How come Mu Xiyue had returned without any advance notice?

Prince Rui did send people to follow Prince Jin, but all of Prince Rui's people had been dealt with by Xiao Yibai in Yunyou City.

"This rebellious girl, what's the point of not entering the mansion after returning? She's already acting like a big shot before she even becomes Princess Jin." Mu Fengnian smashed the teacup beside him, still not feeling relieved. Thinking that she had disturbed the peace of the mansion in less than two months, he regretted not strangling her to death when she was a child.

Mu Fengnian sat in the study and did not go out. Mu Xiyue was not surprised. She and Xiaotao were talking in unison at the door of the mansion about what happened before she returned to Shangjing. She wiped her tears while talking, looking stubborn.

The Anyuan Marquis Mansion was close to the main road, and most of the people living around it were dignitaries. She spoke loudly, and soon a lot of people gathered at the door of the mansion. Of course, many of them were people arranged by Tan Tai Hong.

The gatekeeper kept looking inside anxiously, but Mu Fengnian never came out. Seeing that more and more people were watching outside, the gatekeeper ran in again.

Not long after, Mu Fengnian came out, and the old lady also came out with the support of two maids.

As soon as Mu Xiyue saw Mu Fengnian, her eyes reddened as she stepped forward and questioned, "Father, do you really dislike me so much? I never thought you would send assassins to kill me. You knew I was going to Xitong with Prince Jin at his invitation. Did you ever consider whether those assassins might accidentally hurt Prince Jin, or whether you wanted to kill him as well because he was protecting me? Fortunately, the people around Prince Jin are powerful, and the assassins you sent failed."

Mu Fengnian didn't expect Mu Xiyue to be so crazy. "Shut up, what nonsense are you talking about? How could your father send assassins to kill you? You're talking nonsense in front of the mansion gate as soon as you come back. Is it just to discredit your father? Just because your father sent you to the countryside to raise you since you were a child, you hate your father so much. As if it's not enough that you harmed your second sister and your mother as soon as you came back, do you want to cause unrest in the entire mansion?"

"Yue'er, we sent you to the countryside because you had a bad fate and your father would not be willing to do that." The old lady almost fainted from anger, and the nanny beside her kept comforting her.

The crowd was pointing and whispering, and there were people arranged by Tan Tai Hong to lead the conversation, so most people were cursing Marquis An Yuan for being a good-for-nothing, and that none of the people in Marquis An Yuan's mansion were good people.

Mu Xiyue heard the discussion in the crowd and learned that after Xiaotao cut off Mu Xiyu's other palm, Ji Lifan divorced her. Mu Xinian sent her to a farm outside the city because he thought she was embarrassing. He also brought his concubine and two children who lived in the west of the city into his mansion.

Seeing the murderous look in Mu Fengnian's eyes, Mu Xiyue raised her lip provocatively at him, then covered her chest with her hands and said bitterly, "Father said that I harmed Second Sister and Second Madam. Was it me who asked Second Sister to have an affair with someone at the Qinyang County Princess's flower viewing banquet? Was it me who asked Second Sister to harm me and then lied openly, only to be struck by lightning? Was it me who asked Second Madam to poison me?"

Mu Fengnian wanted to speak, but Mu Xiyue didn't give him a chance to interrupt, saying, "Grandmother said I was unlucky and unlucky. Is it because the Second Madam couldn't tolerate me, the eldest daughter of the previous Madam, or is it really my unlucky nature? Do you think others don't know? As for the dirty deeds of you wealthy families, who wouldn't know it?"

"If I were truly unforgiving, would you still want to marry me off to that foolish young man from the Duke of Chen's mansion? Seeing that I refused to obey you, you poisoned me to death. Didn't you expect that I was incredibly lucky and immune to all poisons? You two are truly in cahoots, both planning to poison me, and when you couldn't, you sent assassins to take my life."

Mu Xiyue pretended to be staggering, and Xiaotao hurriedly supported her and kept comforting her.

"Miss, don't be sad. Anyway, the master has never cared about you and never raised you. We can go to the manor left by the lady and live there. There is no need to suffer here."

Mu Fengnian felt a sweet taste rising in his throat. "Rebellious girl, are you really going to ruin the reputation of our mansion by talking nonsense like this? Come in, don't embarrass yourself at the door."

Mu Xiyue shook her head. "No, I won't go in. I'm afraid that if I enter today, rumors will spread that I'm dead tomorrow. Since father is so unwilling to tolerate me, I, Mu Xiyue, will sever all ties with the Mu family today. From today on, I, Mu Xiyue, am no longer your daughter, Mu Fengnian, nor a member of the Mu family. This will save Lord Mu the trouble of sending someone to kill me."

The old lady was so angry that she could not stand steadily. A servant brought out a chair for her to sit down.

Mu Fengnian was also very angry. "Okay, very good. You want to sever your ties with me, right? I will grant your wish. Do you think you can still be worthy of Prince Jin without your status as the eldest daughter of the Mu family?"

Mu Xiyue smiled miserably. "Prince Jin deserves better. I, an abandoned girl, am not worthy of him. It is the greatest blessing of my life that he has accepted me as his confidant. I also ask Lord Mu to have someone get pen and paper to write a letter of severance. From now on, I, Mu Xiyue, will only be Mu Xiyue and will no longer have any relationship with your Mu family. I also hope that Lord Mu can give me a way out."

The old lady wanted to persuade Mu Fengnian not to be impulsive, but she thought that if she didn't take this opportunity to kick Mu Xiyue out of the house after what she had done today, this little bitch might cause more trouble in the future. So she let Mu Fengnian write a letter of severance of engagement, and asked someone to invite the elders of the clan in Shangjing City as witnesses. She also took out the family tree and crossed out Mu Xiyue's name from the family tree.

By noon, Mu Xiyue finally breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the letter of severance of engagement. Today's drama was not in vain. However, it would take some time to deal with Mu Fengnian. Otherwise, if the engagement was just severed today and Mu Fengnian died tomorrow, needless to say, everyone would suspect that it was her who did it. How could she then make money in Shangjing City?

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