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

When they reached the gathering place, there was a dense bush on one side, and inside the bush was a small forest. From the forest, there were faint voices and some indescribable sounds, but the bushes blocked the view of the two heroes in the forest, who dared to do such a shameful thing in the palace in broad daylight.

The crowd was blocked by the Royal Guards. The Queen, with a dark face, shouted angrily at the bushes, "Come here, drag the people inside out for me."

Everyone looked towards the bushes with gossipy eyes, and more and more people gathered behind them.

Four guards walked into the bushes, and soon a man and a woman followed the guards out of the bushes. Although their clothes were neatly dressed, they were wrinkled and coupled with the sounds just made, it was not difficult to guess what the two were doing in the grove.

The Queen's expression instantly lost control when she saw the two of them, and her voice was filled with suppressed anger. "Cheng'er, Xin'er, how could it be you? You, you two are such bastards."

The crowd that was whispering just now suddenly fell silent when they saw the two people. Mu Xiyue was curious about the identities of these two people. The man looked about 60% similar to King Qi.

Mu Xiyue turned to look at King Qi. King Qi felt Mu Xiyue's gaze, but he just glanced at Mu Xiyue without saying anything.

No matter how curious Mu Xiyue was, she didn't ask and just watched the situation develop quietly.

The two men before the Queen had already knelt down to admit their faults. The man spoke first, "Mother, this is all my fault. I like my cousin Xin'er, and when I saw her today, I couldn't control my emotions and did something out of the ordinary. I hope Mother can forgive me."

The queen took a deep breath, calmed down, and asked the girl named Xin'er, "Xin'er, you tell me."

"Aunt, it's all Xin'er's fault. Xin'er shouldn't have fallen in love with my cousin. I'm sorry to my elder sister. Please don't blame my cousin King Rui." Xin'er lowered her head with tears in her eyes. Her voice was so soft that Mu Xiyue got goosebumps when she heard it.

After hearing this, Mu Xiyue probably guessed the identities of the two people. The man was the eldest prince, Prince Rui, and the woman was the daughter of the Chen family.

This was really a good show. The queen led everyone to catch an adulterer and caught her own eldest son and her niece doing something adulterous in the woods in broad daylight.

The queen was obviously very angry and pointed at the two of them with an expression of disappointment.

"You two bastards, it's not shameful to have feelings for each other. If you had told me, I would have helped you. But now you've made such a fool of yourself, it's simply shameful."

Suddenly, two women squeezed into the crowd. One looked to be in her fifties or sixties, and the other looked to be in her thirties.

The two of them knelt before the Queen and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

The queen saw that the person's expression softened a little, and she walked a few steps to the old woman and helped her up with her own hands.

"Mother, there's no need to be so polite. Brother and sister-in-law, please stand up!"

The person the Queen called mother was none other than the wife of Duke Chen. Old Madam Chen bowed to the Queen and apologized, "Your Majesty, Xin'er's misbehavior is due to my poor upbringing. Please, Your Majesty, consider the two children's mutual affection and grant their union. Whether Xin'er becomes a concubine or a maid, the Chen family will have no complaints."

The Queen seemed embarrassed and said, "Mother, Cheng'er is my son, and Xin'er is my niece. Although they are in love, what they did today is indeed improper. I cannot be biased. Let's wait for the Emperor to decide on this matter!"

As soon as the queen finished speaking, footsteps were heard behind her, and a majestic voice sounded behind the crowd.

"What do you want me to do?"

Upon hearing the sound, everyone knelt down and saluted, and Mu Xiyue also knelt down with the crowd.

"Your Highness, long live the emperor!"

The emperor, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, walked in front, followed by five or six ministers.

The Emperor walked through the crowd and came before the Empress. "Everyone, please stand up! Who can tell me what happened?"

After the queen stood up, she briefly explained the matter. Her words implied that the two young people were in love with each other, and her words clearly meant to excuse Prince Rui.

After all, this is a private matter of the royal family, and everyone is just watching the show, so no one will stand up to accuse it of being immoral.

The Emperor was still furious upon hearing this. He scolded Prince Rui, then took a few deep breaths and pointed at him, saying, "Prince Rui and the Second Miss Chen are in love and have already had physical contact. I will grant her the title of Consort to Prince Rui, and the marriage will be completed as soon as possible. While Prince Rui and Chen Xin's feelings are understandable, this is unbecoming. Prince Rui will be confined to his palace for half a month, and the inspection of Minzhou will be handed over to Prince An. Chen Xin will also be confined for half a month and required to copy the Women's Code of Conduct fifty times."

Mu Xiyue despised the emperor in her heart. Such a painless punishment would be worse than no punishment at all.

The matter was settled, and the emperor ordered everyone to go to the banquet hall.

The Emperor, Empress, Prince Rui and Chen Xin went to another direction halfway. Mu Xiyue guessed that there must be something behind what happened just now. As the backup candidate for the crown prince, no matter how anxious Prince Rui was, he would not do such a thing in the woods, especially on a day like today.

All the people who had watched the show walked quietly towards the banquet hall, and no one dared to talk about royal gossip.

After entering the main hall, Xiao Tao was left outside. Mu Xiyue looked around. This palace banquet had no separate tables for men and women; the tables were arranged according to family groups. The center of the hall was empty, and the tables were arranged on both sides and at the bottom. The tables were similar to the desks in school in her previous life, and everyone sat facing the center.

There are five tables in the middle of the top row. The one in the middle must be where the emperor and the empress sit, and the ones on both sides are probably where the concubines sit.

There were already many ministers seated in the hall. All the princes except Prince Rui should have arrived. Mu Xiyue only recognized the three she had just met in the imperial garden. There were also three others who looked somewhat similar and were sitting together. They were probably all princes.

The Anyuan Marquis's residence was quite near the front. Mu Xiyue assumed that the seating arrangement was based on official rank. The Marquis's residence had two tables, one in front and one in the back. Liu Mei'er's mother and the other two had arrived earlier than her. Mu Fengnian and Liu Mei'er sat at the front table, while Mu Wei'an took the top seat at the back. Mu Xiyu sat in the middle, leaving the bottom seat for Mu Xiyue.

Mu Xiyue curled her lips. In ancient times, sons held higher status than daughters, so it was perfectly fine for Mu Weian to sit in the first seat. But Mu Xiyu wasn't very bright. As the younger sister, she should have reserved the middle seat. Making such a small gesture in such an occasion only proved disrespectful to her elder sister.

Mu Xiyu felt a little proud when she saw Mu Xiyue sitting down without saying that she wanted to give up her seat. It's great to have martial arts skills. Your status in the mansion is still lower than mine.

Mu Xiyue didn't fail to notice her proud expression, but was just too lazy to pay attention to her. She really didn't know how this person became so stupid.