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

After Uncle Fu finished reading the list of betrothal gifts, Xiao Tao hurriedly handed him a cup of tea. Uncle Fu was really thirsty. Who wouldn't be thirsty after reading a list of gifts for half an hour?

Mu Xiyue looked at the betrothal gifts piled up in the yard and asked, "Xiao Yibai, did you move all the things from the palace storehouse here?"

Xiao Yibai smiled dotingly, "Don't worry, the palace doesn't have only these few things. Many of these are left by my mother. After she passed away, all her things were placed in my father's private vault. They were just moved back from him a few days ago."

Mu Xiyue walked around the boxes on the ground and counted them. There were eighty-eight boxes in total. Xiaotao asked someone to carry the betrothal gifts to the warehouse.

Tan Tai Hong joked, "Sister, the prince has given such a large betrothal gift. How much do you need to prepare for your dowry? I'll go back tomorrow and prepare it for you! Your Highness, is there a limit on how much my sister's dowry can be?"

Xiao Yibai smiled lightly, "We don't have such a rule in Tianqi Country. The Empress Dowager's dowry was a total of 188 loads, the largest in Shangjing City in the past 60 years. It doesn't matter how much Yueyue's dowry is. There's no need to compare with others."

Xiao Yibai was speaking from the heart. He knew how many good things Mu Xiyue had in her space, and there was no need to show them to others. However, if Mu Xiyue wanted to save face, he would naturally let her do as she wished.

Mu Xiyue said to Tan Tai Hong, "Brother Hong, I will prepare the dowry myself. You have to save the money to marry me a sister-in-law, but you still need money for my sister's wedding!"

Tan Tai Hong said, "Okay! My sister-in-law doesn't have any, but I definitely have a generous gift."

Mu Xiyue asked Tan Taihong to stay at the Princess's Mansion. After all, there were so many courtyards in the mansion that it would be empty anyway. However, Tan Taihong did not agree. After all, he and Mu Xiyue were just friends, not siblings. If outsiders knew that he really lived in the Princess's Mansion, it would be bad for Mu Xiyue's reputation.

Tan Taihong left after lunch. Mu Xiyue looked through the list of betrothal gifts. All the items were placed in the warehouse, so she didn't go to look at them.

In the afternoon, Xiao Yibai was free and was pulled into the space by Mu Xiyue to help.

"This pile was collected from Mu Fengnian, and this pile was collected from the Rui Palace. Can you help me see which items are not identifiable and can be taken out without being discovered as belonging to either family?"

The things she had collected from Mu Fengnian were originally stored in a wooden shed. Mu Xiyue's space didn't have many wooden sheds, and since she had received so many things, she couldn't even keep them all in. So she simply moved the things she had collected from Mu Fengnian to the open space outside the shed. Now, at a glance, the open space in the space was filled with piles of wooden boxes, and all the gold and silver were gathered together and placed separately.

Xiao Yibai understood what she meant. He wanted to give away anything that could be shown to others as a dowry.

Mu Xiyue had never carefully examined the items collected from Prince Rui's secret chamber before, but this time, she saw that they were all truly excellent. There were fine jades, large, round pearls from the East, rare inkstones, various calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, ornaments, and even a pile of gorgeous jewelry. She didn't know what Prince Rui was thinking. Why would he hide women's jewelry in his secret chamber? Shouldn't he have distributed it to his wives and concubines?

The two of them picked and chose a lot of things in the space. Those calligraphy and paintings definitely could not be taken out. The jewelry hidden in the secret room by King Rui must be unique. Mu Xiyue felt it was a waste to keep them all in the space, so she picked out all the jewelry and put them separately, and would modify them when she had time.

Prince Rui's collection wasn't very large, but Mu Fengnian's collection was quite large, with a few unique pieces. The two of them also selected some artifacts from the cave, and it looked like they had about fifty or sixty boxes.

Mu Xiyue hadn't originally planned to use the items she'd collected in the cave as her dowry; those were Xiao Yibai's things. But Xiao Yibai was right; she'd need silver to buy other dowries anyway, so it was better to keep the silver than to keep these useless items. These items couldn't be bought outside, so it wouldn't be embarrassing to give them away.

Xiao Yibai was not busy in the days after the engagement. The first day of September was the annual autumn hunt, and this year's autumn hunt was under the charge of King Qi.

Xiao Yibai has been too prominent this year for dethroning the second and third princes. Now he has turned down all the tasks the emperor wants to assign to him, saying that he wants to cultivate a good relationship with Mu Xiyue. This made the emperor so angry that he threw a teacup at him again. However, the emperor also knew that Xiao Yibai did not want to stand out too much, so he asked him to prepare for the wedding well.

On the contrary, Mu Xiyue went out early and came back late every few days. She still had to buy a dowry. Shopping is a very tiring job, so she took this opportunity to buy a dowry for Xiaotao as well.

Time passed quickly in the busyness, and in a blink of an eye it was the first day of September.

The Autumn Hunt lasted five days, and all officials of the Shangjing City, except those on duty in the capital during the hunt, and all ministers of the third rank and above, along with their families, were required to participate. The imperial hunting grounds were located in the Longji Mountains, east of Wangjing City, at the westernmost end of the Qiyu Mountains, where they connected to the Qiyu Mountains.

Longji Mountain is said to be where the dragon vein is located. A royal manor was built on the mountain. On one side of the manor is the entrance to the royal hunting ground. It is said that the entire royal hunting ground covers an area of more than 30,000 acres and includes two not-so-high hills.

Normally, it takes four hours to ride a horse from Shangjing City to the Royal Hunting Ground. The Emperor and Empress are escorted by a large number of imperial guards, plus ministers and their wives, so the team heading to the Royal Hunting Ground is very large.

It was dark outside when Mu Xiyue was called up. She had to wash her face with cold water to fully wake up.

"What time is it?"

Xiao Tao yawned and said, "Qi Yun came just now at 3:00 AM and said that the prince was waiting at the gate of the mansion."

Mu Xiyue calculated that it was three o'clock in the morning at the time of Yin. It was too damn early. Was it necessary to travel in the middle of the night?

All those who participated in the autumn hunt gathered at the city gate. It was half an hour later when they set off. Although it was still dark, the atmosphere was good and it looked very lively.

Mu Xiyue rode in Xiao Yibai's carriage, while Xiao Tao and she rode their horses to the hunting grounds, accompanied by his guards. She'd woken up too early, so as soon as the carriage started moving, she'd rest her head on Xiao Yibai's legs and drift off to sleep. By the time she woke, the sun was already out.

This time, Mu Xiyue not only brought Xiaotao with her, but also brought two maids, one named Guyu and the other named Lixia, who sat in the carriage at the back with Xiaotao.

The two maids were two of the four people bought first. Li Decheng said that there must be at least four personal maids around the princess, four second-class maids serving in the courtyard, and four third-class maids. This is the most basic configuration. You don’t have to bring them when you go out, but you still have to have the necessary configuration.

Mu Xiyue did not set up any second or third ranks, but simply transferred the first four maids bought into the mansion to her own courtyard. Thinking that she didn't know if anything might happen when she came to the hunting ground this time, she brought two maids with her so that there would be someone to use if anything happened.

They traveled all the way without stopping for lunch. Xiao Yibai said that in order to reach the royal manor before dark, they could only have a simple lunch in the carriage.

Mu Xiyue made a lot of sushi yesterday. Although it was not as delicious as the hot one when it was cold, it was the first time Xiao Yibai had seen this kind of rice ball making method, and he ate a lot of it.

The large army moved slowly, and after five hours they finally arrived at the royal manor. All those who participated in the autumn hunt lived in the royal manor.