Would You Believe I Went Out to Admire the Moon?
"Fourth Prince, even if you wish to break off the engagement, you must wait until the head of our Mu Clan is present. By coming here to break it off like this, where do you leave our Mu Clan's dignity?"
A cold voice heavy with anger rang out. It belonged to Mu Yunxi's second uncle, Mu Yunmo's father, Mu Zhenhai.
As soon as Mu Zhenhai finished speaking, a cold glint of disgust flashed through the Fourth Prince's eyes. His voice deepened as he spoke.
"If that is what Second Master Mu has to say, then what about Ninth Miss Mu spending all of last night outside, carrying on with some illicit lover? Everyone in the capital knows about it now. With such rumors spreading, regardless of whether they are true, Ninth Miss's reputation is already ruined. Where does that leave the dignity of the imperial family?"
The Fourth Prince had all but thrown Mu Zhenhai's own words back at him, provoking a trace of anger on Mu Zhenhai's face.
He felt that the Fourth Prince had simply gone too far, throwing stones at someone who had fallen into a well at a time like this, bullying his little niece.
Even Mu Yunxi, who had just entered the hall, could not help her gaze turning cold at the Fourth Prince's words, though a mocking sneer appeared at the corner of her lips.
Mu Yunmo could barely restrain himself. Gritting his teeth, he was about to step forward and settle the score with the Fourth Prince. Fortunately, Mu Yunxi reacted quickly and caught hold of her second brother, then shook her head at him.
Mu Yunmo's face was dark, deep anger burning in his eyes. Yet, seeing Mu Yunxi shake her head at him, he inexplicably stopped.
With Mu Yunxi's engagement being broken off, the younger family members standing around could not help breaking into smug smiles.
As they watched Mu Yunxi walk into the hall, their eyes and faces displayed utter contempt and disdain without the slightest attempt to conceal it.
Hmph, she was nothing but a lovestruck good-for-nothing whom everyone spat on, and she had even lost a woman's most precious chastity. Without the family head's doting favor, how would this little good-for-nothing ever have had the chance to prance around?
Now that the engagement was being broken off, this little bitch was finally going to suffer.
Foremost among them was the Mu Clan's third miss, Mu Yuyan, who was the most pleased of all.
Looking at the imposing, noble, and handsome genius prince standing in the hall, she secretly gave him her heart, unable to tear her gaze away!
"How amusing, Fourth Prince. Just because I spent a night outside, I must have been sleeping with some illicit lover? Then, since you spent all of yesterday admiring the imperial garden with Third Sister, does that mean you were sleeping with her in the imperial garden too?"
Mu Yunxi's cold, lightly mocking voice suddenly reached everyone's ears, making the Fourth Prince, Xuanyuan Jin, frown slightly.
He turned around and immediately spotted the graceful young woman approaching from the doorway. When he saw the man's robe she wore, his expression filled with undisguised mockery and disgust.
Standing to one side, Mu Yuyan, whose name had been brought up, could hardly wait for people to learn about her and the Fourth Prince. Hearing Mu Yunxi point it out in public did not make her anxious; instead, she looked at Mu Yunxi with a touch of bashful annoyance.
"Ninth Sister, how could you spout such nonsense? The Fourth Prince and I merely happened to run into each other yesterday!"
"Heh, is that so? Then if I said I thought the moonlight was lovely last night and went out for a stroll to admire the moon, would you believe me?"
Mu Yunxi cast Mu Yuyan a mocking glance, her eyes filled with coldness and disdain.
"Ninth Miss Mu, you certainly know how to twist words. If that were truly the case, how would you explain the man's robe you are wearing?"
Xuanyuan Jin swept a cold glance of disgust and contempt over Mu Yunxi as he mocked her.