"Just wait and see." A cold glint flashed in her eyes as she stared at the handsome young man's hands during the examination.

In this high-tech era, all testing is very convenient. That little thing only scanned the bag once and the results were already available.

"Team leader, there are no fingerprints on this." The young man removed his hand, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.

The bag was unusually clean, without a single trace, which was rather strange.

"Keep it for now," the head of the trial team shouted, then looked at Mu Qingyun. "You don't need to be afraid. What I said just now was just to make her hand over the berserk powder. Her own actions have nothing to do with you."

"Is this the final decision?" Upon hearing this, Mu Qingyun turned her head to look at the small bag, tilted her head, and said, "Then we can't just punish Xiong Ruoyou alone. All members of your military academy's review team should be punished."

Um?

Hearing this, the head of the trial panel raised an eyebrow. "What does this have to do with them?"

"How can it be unrelated? Berserk Powder isn't a banned substance outside; it's only banned within your trials."

She stared at the head of the trial panel and said expressionlessly, "To enter the trial, you need to have your belongings checked. It's yourselves who failed to check."

"Heh," the head of the trial panel sneered disdainfully upon hearing this, "The notices about what is not allowed in the trial have been issued long ago, and violators will bear the consequences themselves. It is written clearly in black and white."

"Alright, you said it yourselves." Mu Qingyun got what she wanted and lowered her eyes.

He caught a glimpse of the person he was waiting for out of the corner of his eye, and a faint smile curved his lips. "Fan Xuan Ye, bring that person here!"

As she called out, she pointed to a pile of stones not far away.

"Okay." Fan Xuanye responded, his body quickly flipped over, his snake tail instantly transformed, and he swiftly crawled towards the rock.

Mu Xueyao, who was hiding behind the rocks, was watching the show perfectly when the unexpected happened.

She realized what was happening and tried to run, but it was too late.

Fan Xuanye stood firmly in front of her, and without any mercy, pushed her out.

What are you doing!

Never before had she been treated so rudely. Mu Xueyao stared wide-eyed in disbelief, her right hand instinctively gathering water-based energy, intending to strike Fan Xuan Ye.

"Your Highness is quite the connoisseur, coming here to watch a show so late at night instead of going to sleep." Mu Qingyun stared coldly at Mu Xueyao, a disdainful smile playing on her lips. "Your Highness practically has 'I'm no good person' written all over your face."

【Oh, what brings Princess here?】

[I don't know, Your Highness didn't turn on the live stream...]

[I have an idea, but... no, it can't be, absolutely not, Your Highness would never be that kind of person.]

[By the way, does anyone believe what Xiong Ruoyou just said?]

[Don't believe her! If that's what she says, what kind of person would His Highness be? I certainly don't believe it!]

【Then, why did Your Highness suddenly come here? This is clearly where Mu Qingyun and the others live. Logically speaking, Your Highness shouldn't be here.】

...

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Mu Xueyao frowned upon hearing this and immediately retorted, "I just came to see Feifei. What, did you buy this place and no one else can come?"

Is this... a sign that they're no longer pretending?

Mu Qingyun looked at the furious Mu Xueyao in front of her and chuckled. As expected of a princess who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and had a smooth life from childhood to adulthood, she couldn't even control her own emotions.

"Never mind, since you're here, I don't need to waste my time looking for you." She lowered her eyes and, as she pleased, saw the solidified mud on the sole of Mu Xueyao's shoe.

"Did you go to the coast this morning to look for Xiong Ruoyou?"

"No, I've never been there!" Mu Xueyao denied without even thinking. "Why would I go to her? I'm not familiar with her at all."

"Your Highness...?"

Hearing Mu Xueyao's words, Xiong Ruoyou's face no longer showed shock and sadness. Ever since she confirmed that the small bag contained berserk powder, she had only felt disappointment towards Mu Xueyao.

Looking back now, Brother Mu was right.

Brother Mu had clearly told her that Mu Xueyao was not a good person, but she refused to believe it, and even had disagreements with Brother Mu because of Mu Xueyao.

She's such a fool, how could she be so stupid?

The sadness in her heart was about to overflow; she had never felt such a devastating feeling before.

Why? If you don't like her, why were you so gentle with her before? Was it just because you could use her to get back at Brother Mu?

"Handsome young man, come here for a moment," she beckoned to the young man and said calmly, "You can't completely believe Xiong Ruoyou's words, but you can't completely disbelieve them either. She said that Her Highness the Princess came to see her this morning, but the Princess said that she never went there."

She paused for a moment, then looked up at Mu Xueyao. "Xiong Ruoyou has a live stream as proof that she went to the beach this morning. Now, please help me examine the mud on the soles of the princess's feet."

The soil near the sea has a different composition than the soil in other arid regions; a test should be able to detect this difference.

The ingredients... are different?

Mu Xueyao was slightly taken aback upon hearing this. She had indeed been there this morning, and she hadn't cleaned the soles of her shoes. If it were tested, it would definitely be detectable.

no!

"I……"

“The soil in the morning is different from that at other times, and it can also be found on the soles of the shoes. Since this matter has become a Rashomon-like situation, why not check the princess first?”

Mu Qingyun had already guessed what Mu Xueyao was going to say, so she interrupted her and shut her up.

As expected, upon hearing Mu Qingyun's words, Mu Xueyao's face turned deathly pale, and she remained silent.

"But……"

"Thank you for your trouble, handsome young man." She turned to look at the young man, nodded and smiled politely, and gestured for him to go to Mu Xueyao's side.

"Go ahead." Seeing the handsome young man in a dilemma, the head of the trial team gently raised his chin, agreeing with Mu Qingyun's approach.

Oh no.

Seeing the handsome young man in a suit walking towards her, Mu Xueyao subconsciously took a big step back.

Although she is a princess of the empire and her father is the leader of the planet, the military academy is quite special.

Because of its own strength, resources, and responsibility to protect the planet, the military academy is independent of imperial rule, meaning that people within the academy will not "abuse their power" against her.

“I did go there, but I didn’t see Xiong Ruoyou!” She frowned and looked up at Mu Qingyun. “I just happened to be at the coast, but that doesn’t prove that Xiong Ruoyou’s accusations against me are true!”