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

After three days of sorting, she finally sorted out all the things. In addition to the jade chess set, her favorite was a screen. The frame of the screen was made of poplar wood and was still intact after more than three hundred years. The core of the screen was made of a whole piece of jade. The texture of the jade was not the best, but the jade patterns on the four screen cores were like four paintings of plants, very realistic, and it was rare for such a large piece of jade to have such quality.

The fifteenth day of the eighth month soon arrived. There was a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace. As the future Princess Jin of Xinping, who was personally appointed by the emperor, Mu Xiyue had to attend the banquet.

Most of the banquets held in the palace are similar. Mu Xiyue still remembers attending the Spring Banquet in March. At that time, she was just a nobody at the banquet. Only half a year later, her seat was moved next to Xiao Yibai.

The old lady of Anyuan Marquis' Mansion also came to the banquet today. Mu Xiyue remembered that the old lady did not attend the last spring banquet.

Xiao Yibai was truly good at reading people's minds. He whispered, "The old lady of Anyuan Marquis's Mansion is old, and has rarely attended palace banquets in recent years. The same goes for the elderly ladies of other mansions, who generally no longer attend banquets. This Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the old lady probably came along because they saw that Prince Mu couldn't support the mansion alone."

There are no official figures on the current life expectancy in Tianqi Country, but ordinary women rarely live past sixty due to the heavy burden of childbearing and daily hardship. Men, despite their hard work, are generally healthier than women, and many live into their sixties. Women in wealthy families, enjoying a better quality of life, can live into their sixties, and some into their seventies and eighties, but it's rare to find them healthy and strong around sixty.

The old lady of the Anyuan Marquisate was not in good health. Today, she looked much worse than the day they severed their relationship. Mu Xiyue still admired the old lady. Her son and daughter-in-law were both dead, and her favorite granddaughter had become a disgraced invalid and also died. Yet, she still had the energy to accompany her grandson to the palace banquet. She was quite a strong woman.

There were no surprises at this palace banquet. The noble ladies from various families still performed their talents at the banquet. This should have become a fixed content of every palace banquet. Mu Xiyue was watching with little interest. She was bored when she heard the queen above her call her name.

"Princess Xinping, I wonder what kind of music, chess, calligraphy, or painting you are good at? Why don't you go up and perform one? You won't be able to perform after your wedding."

In the Tianqi Kingdom, whether it is a palace banquet or a banquet held by other noble families, the princess will not perform on stage, and no one will ask a princess to perform. After all, the princess's status is there, and she will never perform for the ministers.

Mu Xiyue smiled politely and said, "Your Majesty, I only know how to play chess, but this palace banquet doesn't seem like a good place for a performance. If Your Majesty doesn't mind, could I compose a poem for today's Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Many people knew about Mu Xiyue's chess skills after the flower-viewing banquet hosted by Qinyang County. The Queen, as the mother of Prince Qi, naturally knew about it. The Queen also knew that it was not appropriate to play chess at this palace banquet, which is why she said what she just said.

The noble ladies in the capital city may not be proficient in everything, but at least they know all of them. The Queen also checked Mu Xiyue and found that she had not learned any talents in the countryside. Although the Queen did not find out when Mu Xiyue learned chess, she did not think that Mu Xiyue could be proficient in everything.

But since Mu Xiyue said so, the Queen naturally couldn't say no.

Mu Xiyue stood up from her seat. She certainly couldn't compose poetry, but she could recite a few. She said aloud: "Dark clouds obscure the sun, where is autumn? What night is it tonight? Green mountains stand before the eaves. Moreover, it is Mid-Autumn night, and I can't sleep while enjoying the moon. Drinking and sharing with good friends, this event will be remembered year after year."

[Note: This poem is "Mid-Autumn Festival" by the Song Dynasty poet Zhang Jiucheng. Through its depiction of the Mid-Autumn night scene and the poet's shared appreciation of the bright moon and the clinking of plates with his friends, the poem expresses a mood of transcending worldly disputes and enjoying the beauty of nature and the bonds of human connection.]

The emperor was very surprised to hear this. He didn't expect Mu Xiyue to be able to write such a magnificent poem. He praised her three times, "Good, good, good! Princess Xinping's poem is well written. The words 'playing with the moon' are used very cleverly. The last two lines are also very good, which echoes today's banquet."

There were many people with outstanding literary talent in the hall, and everyone below was amazed.

Mu Xiyue: This princess doesn’t have that talent, Master Zhang Jiuchen, please don’t blame me for borrowing your poem!

The Queen originally wanted to see Mu Xiyue make a fool of herself. If Mu Xiyue made a fool of herself, it would also make Prince Jin lose face. She didn't expect that a woman who grew up in the countryside could write a poem that even the Emperor would praise.

No matter how depressed the Queen was, she didn't show it on her face. Just as she was about to speak, she heard a voice from below say, "Everyone knows that Princess Xinping grew up in the countryside, but I didn't expect her to be so talented in writing. It's just that I seem to have heard a similar poem somewhere before, or maybe I remembered it wrongly. Please don't blame me, Princess!"

This is just short of saying that Mu Xiyue's poem is plagiarized. Although it is indeed plagiarized, how could people in this time and space know this poem? So is this just looking for trouble?

Mu Xiyue looked at the person who was speaking with a smile, but the smile did not reach her eyes.

"This princess doesn't know many noble ladies in the capital. May I ask which minister's daughter this young lady is?"

The woman who spoke just now was a little bit incredulous. After all, she was the most talented woman in the capital, and the bitch Mu Xiyue actually pretended not to know her. She didn't expect that Mu Xiyue really didn't know her.

Xiao Yibai's face was very grim. He introduced Mu Xiyue, "Yueyue, this is the granddaughter of Master Jiang. She is known as the most talented woman in the capital. I don't know if Miss Jiang bestowed this title herself, but at least she has been called that for several years."

Mu Xiyue was amused by Xiao Yibai's venomous tongue. "So you're the most talented woman in the capital, then this princess is showing off her skills. But even if you are the most talented woman, you can't slander me casually. You are the most talented woman, so there is no need to be jealous of me writing a good poem occasionally!"

This Taifu Jiang is the father of Concubine De, the biological mother of the second princess. Because he has no son, he does not have much presence in the harem, but Taifu Jiang is talented and knowledgeable and has great prestige in the court. His daughter Jiang Yurou is also extremely beautiful, and usually behaves like a cold beauty. In addition, she is indeed very talented, and is the dream lover of many young men in the capital.

Mu Xiyue saw hostility in Jiang Yurou's eyes. Yes, it was hostility. This was strange. Mu Xiyue had never had any face-to-face contact with this person, so where did this hostility come from?

Jiang Yurou's face turned pale after hearing what Xiao Yibai said. She bit her lip and a hint of resentment flashed in her eyes, but it was quickly concealed.

"Princess Xinping, please forgive me. Although I have forgotten where I heard a similar poem before, I have indeed heard it before. Perhaps it just happened to be similar. I did not mean to say it, so please pretend that I never said it."