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

After dark, the candlelight in the room was not bright enough, so Xiaotao asked the housekeeper to bring two more candlesticks.

Mu Xiyue worked hard for more than an hour but only managed to draw the interior decoration of the art gallery and write the cooperation agreement, without writing a single word of the plan.

Mu Xiyue did not go out the next day. She spent a day writing a plan. On the third day, she wrote two crosstalk pieces, two talk show pieces, and a skit. She had seen them all on the Internet in her previous life. She adapted them to the current era and felt that there was nothing wrong with it. They should be attractive.

On the fourth day, Mu Xiyue had breakfast and prepared to go to Prince Jin's Mansion to find Xiao Yibai.

It only takes a quarter of an hour to walk from the Marquis' Mansion to Prince Jin's Mansion, so Mu Xiyue planned to walk there with Xiaotao.

Just a few minutes after leaving the Marquis' Mansion, I heard a noisy sound in front. Turning a corner, I saw from a distance that a group of imperial guards had surrounded a mansion. The imperial guards were constantly moving things out of the mansion and loading them onto trucks.

Mu Xiyue thought to herself, is this a house search?

This area belongs to the south of the city, and most of the people living nearby are officials. Mu Xiyue thought about how she helped Xiao Yibai escort a witness into the palace a while ago, and she didn't seem to hear any follow-up on the matter. Could this house search be related to that case?

Xiao Tao was also very curious. She kept looking over there as she walked, and only stopped when she could no longer see it.

After walking for a while, we saw a house being ransacked. There were many civilians gathered outside the door, and the imperial guards were escorting people out from inside, including men, women, young and old, and even a baby in their arms.

Walking all the way to Prince Jin's Mansion, she saw three families having their property confiscated. Mu Xiyue also wanted to gossip about what had happened.

This time, the doorman of Prince Jin's Mansion did not stop Mu Xiyue. When the housekeeper heard the servant come to report that Miss Mu was coming, he hurried out to greet her.

"Miss Mu, you're here. The prince hasn't left court yet. Would you like to wait inside? He should be back in about half an hour."

Mu Xiyue smiled and nodded, "Okay! Then I'll wait. Uncle Fu, when I came over, I saw that the house seemed to be searched outside. What happened?"

The housekeeper simply said a few words, "It was Minister of War Lin Chengzhi and Southern Border General Qin Feng who were involved in corruption and bribery, selling weapons to the Daliang Kingdom. All the officials involved were confiscated and their families were exterminated."

It was indeed the case related to the witness from that day. This kind of major case would surely involve numerous officials, and it would be difficult for just two people to pull it off. Selling weapons to another country was treason, and the mastermind would likely be exterminated along with his entire clan.

An hour had passed since Xiao Yibai returned to the palace. Mu Xiyue was bored waiting and would not have been willing to wait if she had not wanted to show him the plan.

As soon as Xiao Yibai entered the mansion, the housekeeper reported to him that Miss Mu had arrived and had been waiting for an hour.

Xiao Yibai went to the main hall but didn't see Mu Xiyue. The servant said she was in the garden in the east, so Xiao Yibai went to the garden to look for her.

As soon as they arrived at the garden entrance, Mu Xiyue seemed to sense something and turned to look over.

Today, Mu Xiyue wore a light blue, cross-collared ruqun. A pale blue dress, layered with a sheer, white veil, perfectly showcased her graceful figure. Her waist-length hair fluttered in the wind, a few strands playfully fluttering in front of her face, adding to her natural elegance. Her hair was bare, except for a simple bun tied with a wooden hairpin.

Mu Xiyue's skin was just a little darker than the noble ladies in the capital, but her facial features and figure were both excellent. When she saw Xiao Yibai coming back, she gave him a smile that she thought was polite.

Xiao Yibai was stunned by the smile and stood at the entrance in a daze, forgetting to move.

Seeing him standing there motionless, Mu Xiyue was a little confused, so she walked towards him, "Your Highness, Your Highness?"

When Xiao Yibai saw the person walking up to him, he realized that he had lost his composure. It was too rude to stare at a girl like that. His face turned slightly red and he smiled awkwardly.

"Um, I'm sorry for being rude just now."

Mu Xiyue didn’t understand why he apologized as soon as he came back, and why he called himself the king again?

"what happened?"

Xiao Yibai touched his nose and changed the subject, "Why did Miss Mu come here today?"

Mu Xiyue took out a few sheets of paper from her waistband and handed them to Xiao Yibai. "Take a look. There's a contract and a plan, and two sheets of paper are the scripts of the photo-taking skit I wrote. You can ask someone to act them out."

Xiao Yibai took the paper and said, "Shall we go to the study to talk?"

Mu Xiyue knew that the study rooms of the ancients were extremely important places and outsiders were generally not allowed to enter.

"Um, let's go to the study? Is that convenient?"

Xiao Yibai chuckled, "It's okay, let's go!"

The two of them entered the study, but Xiaotao did not follow them in. She stayed in the yard and chatted with Qiyun.

Xiao Yibai only took a cursory look at the contract. He didn't care about these things. He agreed to cooperate mainly to tie Mu Xiyue to himself. If such a powerful person was an enemy, he couldn't imagine what the result would be.

I carefully read the renovation and decoration plan of the interior of the house. The content of the plan was very detailed, from how to attract customers after the opening to how to attract more customers in the future, and how to deal with the possibility of others imitating the art gallery and taking away some customers in the future.

Xiao Yibai was very surprised after reading it. "Miss Mu, I believe this art gallery will become a major attraction in Shangjing City. The interior decoration can be handed over to the current teahouse owner. He is very capable. I will send someone to call him over, and you can tell him in detail."

Mu Xiyue nodded in agreement, "Okay, but I wonder what suggestions the prince has for the artists in the teahouse in the future?"

Xiao Yibai said without hesitation: "The waiters in the teahouse can continue to work as waiters in the art gallery. As for the artist you mentioned, I think we should go to the human boy to choose one. We should buy the one with a fixed contract to avoid being poached in the future."

Mu Xiyue also thought so. "Well, Your Highness and I have the same idea. I have never bought anyone before, so I still need Your Highness to send someone to help me choose one. I also wonder if Your Highness has any other houses in the city. I need a place to train artists."

"That's no problem. I have another house in the west of the city, which is also close to the south of the city, though a little smaller. It's not far from the Marquis' Mansion."

The two of them finalized all the details regarding the art gallery, and Mu Xiyue then began to gossip about the house raiding that had occurred on the way here.

"Your Highness, when I arrived, I encountered three mansions being raided. Uncle Fu said it was about a case of corruption and bribery involving the Minister of War and the General of the Southern Territory. Could you tell me about it? I have no other intentions, I'm just curious. If you can't tell me, forget it."

Out of pure curiosity, Xiao Yi smiled brightly, "There's nothing to hide about this. If you want to hear it, I'll tell you."

The Minister of War is the maternal grandfather of the second prince, Prince Ning, and the General of the Southern Territory, Qin Feng, is the father-in-law of Prince Ning. The Minister of War Lin Chengzhi and the General of the Southern Territory are the main ones who embezzled military pay and resold military rations. The most hateful thing is that they sold weapons to the Daliang Kingdom.

The case implicated thirty or forty officials, high and low, from top to bottom. Eight officials serving in the capital were implicated, while the rest were local officials. Lin Chengzhi and Qin Feng had their property confiscated and their entire clans exterminated. Eight others had their property confiscated and their entire clans exterminated. Three other officials had their property confiscated and their families exiled. The rest received lighter sentences; some had their families spared, while others had their entire families enslaved. In short, 80% of the Second Prince's faction was exterminated.