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

Xiao Yibai's maternal grandfather, Yu Zhuangting, was originally the prefect of Liangzhou. Liangzhou is close to the sea and is a major salt-producing area.

When the current emperor was still a prince, he visited Liangzhou on an inspection tour and developed a mutual affection for Xiao Yibai's mother, Yu Qinxin. A county magistrate's daughter was clearly not qualified to be a prince's consort, let alone a principal wife, or even a concubine. The emperor and Yu Qinxin agreed that he would marry her within a year at the latest.

After returning to Shangjing from Liangzhou, the emperor fought against several capable brothers in order to have more say. The late emperor gave him a principal wife, who is the current queen. The emperor knew that the Chen family would be a great help to him, so he gladly accepted it. Half a year later, the emperor got married and was then canonized as the crown prince.

After becoming the crown prince, he naturally had more say. He found a way to transfer Yu Zhuangting to Shangjing to serve as the Minister of Personnel. It was acceptable for the daughter of a third-rank minister of the Ministry of Personnel to be the crown prince's concubine.

However, Yu Qinxin was disheartened when she learned that the emperor had already married a wife, so she rejected the emperor. Because Xiao Yibai's grandfather only married one wife in his life and did not have concubines, Yu Qinxin also longed for a lifelong couple.

Originally, this relationship was considered to be over, and the Yu family also announced that they were preparing to choose a husband for Yu Qinxin. However, the prince repeatedly expressed his desire to marry Yu Qinxin as a concubine. So who would dare to compete with the prince for her? Therefore, no one came to the Yu family to propose marriage.

Half a year later, the late emperor died of illness and the current emperor ascended the throne.

After the emperor ascended the throne, he promoted Yu Zhuangting to the position of Minister of Personnel and brought Yu Qinxin into the palace as a concubine.

Yu Qinxin knew that the emperor's order could not be disobeyed. Her father was an official in the court, and her brother was a talented writer and would surely enter the officialdom in the future. So she could only accept her fate.

After entering the palace, Yu Qinxin was extremely favored by the emperor. The following year, her brother Yu Jianhong won third place in the palace examination and was selected as the third place winner. He went to Jinyang City to serve as the county magistrate and was promoted to the county governor two years later.

The term of office of a county magistrate in the Tianqi Kingdom was generally three years. After three years, he would be transferred to other prefectures or returned to Beijing to serve.

After Yu Jianhong's three-year term as county magistrate expired, he returned to Beijing to report on his work. At that time, Yu Jianhong already had a son and a daughter. His son, Yu Jingping, was seven years old, and his daughter, Yu Jingqi, was five years old.

On the way back to Shangjing, Yu Jingqi disappeared. The Yu family tried their best but failed to find their daughter. Even the emperor sent the Divine Shadow Guards to investigate, but the Divine Shadow Guards at that time did not have the strength they have today and did not find any useful clues.

At that time, Xiao Yibai was only three years old, and Yu Qinxin was already a royal concubine. Although the prince and the royal concubine were noble and favored by the emperor in the palace, their survival was actually quite difficult, and they had to be on guard against being harmed at all times.

The Yu family was afraid that their daughter's disappearance would be related to the royal struggle, so they never mentioned the red birthmark on their daughter's shoulder to anyone, for fear that someone would take advantage of it and bring back a fake daughter a few years later.

Until Concubine Yu passed away, Xiao Yibai left the palace and set up his own residence. In order to allow Xiao Yibai to grow up safely, his maternal grandfather Yu Zhuangting resigned from his official position and his uncle Yu Hongjian requested to be transferred to another place.

Without the support of his maternal grandparents, Xiao Yibai was a lonely man in Shangjing City. The forces of other princes all looked down on Xiao Yibai, which allowed Xiao Yibai to live an easy life for a few years.

Until Xiao Yibai turned sixteen, the princes could attend the morning court session. Although Xiao Yibai restrained his edge, the emperor's attention made him a big worry for several princes.

Mu Xiyue sighed after hearing this, "So, are you still in contact with your maternal grandparents?"

Xiao Yibai smiled, "Of course there are. My grandfather's influence in Shangjing wasn't strong back then, so my father agreed to my uncle's transfer as a way of protecting the Yu family. My uncle is now the prefect of Luzhou, which is over 20 days' carriage ride from Shangjing. That's why my grandparents didn't come to our wedding. Mainly because I didn't want them to get involved in the royal family's struggles again."

"The term of office for a county magistrate is three years. If your uncle doesn't return to the capital, he'll have to move to a new place every three years. This isn't a solution!"

Xiao Yibai was amused by her words. "How could they change places every three years? Local officials can be re-elected. My uncle has already served three consecutive terms in Lucheng. Because Lucheng is far away from here, and my cousin disappeared in Yunyoucheng, my uncle and his family thought that if she was still alive, she might be closer to Shangjing, so they drew the birthmark on her body for me."

Mu Xiyue thought for a moment and said, "You didn't say anything more during dinner just now. Were you afraid that Xueying was arranged by someone? Does Xueying look like your uncle or aunt?"

"Well, Xueying looks a lot like my aunt." Xiao Yibai said.

Mu Xiyue stood up and said, "It's better to resolve this matter as soon as possible. I'll go and check if Xueying has the birthmark on her body. If Xueying is really your cousin, then she must have recovered her childhood memories. But what can a five-year-old child remember? The most important thing is that she knows you are her cousin by the look of her face."

This is also what Xiao Yibai is suspicious about. It is understandable that her memory before the age of five allows her to remember her own name, but it is a bit abnormal that she remembers her father's name and her relationship with Xiao Yibai.

However, if Xueying was truly a chess piece arranged by someone else, how could she have calculated so accurately? If Tan Taihong didn't send her over, or if Mu Xiyue couldn't be saved, then this chess piece would have been cultivated in vain. Besides, she was only Xiao Yibai's cousin, not his biological sister, so her role as a chess piece wasn't significant.

After Tan Tai Hong and Xue Ying returned to the Princess's Mansion, Xue Ying told Tan Tai Hong what she remembered.

"I remember that year when I was five years old. My father was an official in another province, and my grandfather was an official in Beijing. My father said that my grandfather's official position was higher than my father's, and we were returning to Beijing to reunite with my grandfather. He also said that my aunt lived in the palace and that I had a cousin. Later, I was kidnapped on the way. I never met my grandfather, and I don't know which prince my cousin was."

Xueying has been active near Shangjing as a death squad all these years. After she remembered her childhood, she sorted out all the information about the princes. She knew all the information about the princes and their maternal families. Only Xiao Yibai's mother was the late Concubine Yu, and her surname matched, but she was not sure that Xiao Yibai was her cousin.

From the look in Xiao Yibai's eyes when he saw her when they entered the dining hall, as well as the tentativeness between the two, Xueying was already certain that she was right.

Xueying was drinking medicine when Mu Xiyue and Xiao Yibai came over. Mu Xiyue opened the door and said to Xueying, "Sister-in-law, the prince said that his cousin has a birthmark on her back. Can I see your back?"

Xueying didn't know whether there was a birthmark on her back. Her memory before the age of five was not very complete. After she joined the Death Squad, no one had seen her back, let alone herself.

"OK, alright."

The two of them entered the house, and Xueying took off her coat neatly. She also wanted to make sure that she had remembered it correctly.

Mu Xiyue walked behind Xueying and pulled open her underwear. There was a red birthmark under her left shoulder, which was very similar to the one drawn in Xiao Yibai's booklet.