The little princess' mind was read, and the court and harem were eating melons

However, after listening to Tong Lianzhong...

Li Qingyi: [What is his real name? ]

We've already mentioned the fake Tong Lianzhong, so this person should have had his own name before.

System: [Let’s call him Fox for now. It seems that when he was rescued, the other party was hunting and chasing a fox when he saw him, so he got this name. There is no real name. ]

System: [This is quite normal in this era. ]

Li Qingyi: ...

That's quite normal indeed.

Unlike modern times, when most children will have a famous name as long as they survive, in ancient times many people did not even have a proper name in their entire lives.

Going back further, having a famous name became a symbol of status, which shows how important a name is to a person.

Although the story of the fox's past deeds sounded pitiful, such as the child who was separated from his family and stabbed his brother in the back when he grew up, Li Qingyi was not the kind of person who would look at the incident from the fox's perspective.

The fox is pitiful, but where can Tong Lianzhong, who was killed by the fox, seek justice?

Li Qingyi: [In this case, your previous statement that he poisoned his first wife has another interpretation. Is it possible that the first wife noticed the change in the man beside her, so Fox couldn't let him live for whatever reason? ]

[As for Tong Lianzhong’s children, I’m afraid it’s the same reason.]

[After knowing this, I looked at the previous information again, and it was amazing. ]

Li Qingyi: So, the person who is killed by a fox is no more pitiful than the fox itself.

Li Qingyi: [Is there any evidence in the third melon that can prove that Tong Lianzhong is in collusion with the Tatars? Letters or keepsakes or something like that.]

System: [Let me see... Yes, there is a secret door in his study. After entering, there is a tunnel that connects to a house in the outer city. The letters and keepsakes are hidden in the woodshed of that house.]

[The house is a private residence under the name of Tong Lianzhong's steward, but it actually belongs to Tong Lianzhong. He keeps a mother and son in the house. On the surface, they are his mistresses, but in fact, he uses the mother and son to hide his own secrets.]

Li Qingyi was amazed: [A mistress... In this way, even if he is discovered to be active over there, it will be revealed that he is raising a mistress, not colluding with foreign enemies. Can he still distinguish between the important and the unimportant? ]

[And in this way, the exposure of the mistress will also attract the attention of others. Most of them will only think about how he hooked up with the mistress and how they met secretly. Their minds will be completely focused on gossip, which is also a guarantee. ]

Li Qingyi: [He has brains, but he is not on the right path. ]

System: [Ah, but that was really his mistress. As for the mother and son, the mother was Fox’s true love, and the son was also his biological son.]

Li Qingyi sneered: [Isn't that even more ridiculous? Keeping your true love as a mistress, hiding it before it's exposed, and then bearing the blame after it's exposed. This true love is too miserable.]

System: [Eh? Eh... If you put it that way, it seems to be true. ]

The rest of the audience nodded in their hearts: Yes, whose true love is treated like this? It's more or less a bit miserable.

Li Qingyi then said: [It is impossible that this fake Master Tong is thinking of repeating his old tricks and looking for an opportunity to poison and kill the current Madam Tong again, so that the true love can take over? ]

The Emperor & All Officials: No, no, no. The laws of Daning stipulate that concubines cannot be legal wives, and their children do not have inheritance rights. Tampering with the identity of a concubine also triggers the law. Once discovered, the entire family will be imprisoned together, without exception.

If the fake Tong Lianzhong had any ambition left, he would never do such a thing.

Li Qingyi: [Alright, I'll take responsibility for today's grudge.]

She will tell Wang Xuan and Li Zhu later and ask either of them to send someone to steal the evidence and then express it to the prince. Then this fake Tong Lianzhong will be finished!

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"Are these all the evidences that the fake Tong Lianzhong contacted the Tatars?" Li Zhu asked, lazily lying on the table, looking at the pile of letters in front of him.

Wang Xuan was slowly opening the letters one by one and checking them. She nodded when she heard this and said, "According to the address given by the teacher, my people brought everything they found from there."

Li Zhu closed his eyes and said in a vague voice: "Why did Auntie suddenly notice this person? She must be very busy recently."

Hearing this, Wang Xuan paused, and when Li Zhu felt something was wrong and opened his eyes to look at her, she muttered, "It was that fake Tong Lianzhong who asked for trouble. He said in front of the teacher that the Seventh Princess and I were not virtuous enough and that we were running around everywhere, which was against the rules of the boudoir."

"Oh, the information I gathered here said that the fake child master also said that I was a lowly merchant girl, and that it would be detrimental to the dignity of the royal family for the Seventh Princess to play with me... It would be strange if the teacher didn't get angry when he heard this."

Li Zhu has been entrusted by the Crown Prince to work at the Ministry of Revenue lately, and he has been so busy that he has been living in a daze and has not paid much attention to information from the outside world.

Hearing Wang Xuan's words, Li Zhu was a little speechless: "Are you sick? You or the Seventh Princess, what do you have to do with him?"

Wang Xuan: "You don't need to understand the thoughts of political creatures."

Li Zhu closed his eyes again.

Wang Xuan quickly glanced at the contents of the letter, put them away one by one, took the box that she had prepared earlier, put everything in it, and locked it.

Then, Wang Xuan looked at Li Zhu, her eyes first fell on the dark circles under his eyes, and she sighed: "Can your dark circles be removed?"

Li Zhu said in a low voice: "I don't know, but I've finished my work recently. The Ministry of Revenue will use a new method to settle accounts at the end of this year. After these two months, they have become familiar with Arabic numerals, so there is nothing for me to do."

Wang Xuan: "You mean, you can rest now?"

Li Zhu: "Maybe. Anyway, I told the prince that I'm not feeling well. The weather is getting colder and colder, so it's not suitable for me to go out. No matter if I have something to do or not, I won't go out."

Li Zhu: "If you want to see me again, go directly to the Princess's Mansion."

Hearing this, Wang Xuan seemed to be thinking about something: "It's a good time for you to withdraw now. You have made great contributions. This should be the busiest time of the year for the Ministry of Revenue. If you stay any longer, I'm really worried that you will die suddenly."

Li Zhu sighed: "Don't say it, I didn't expect I could hold on so well."

Wang Xuan: "Okay, you're not in good health, so just take a good rest during the winter."

"Don't you need my help?" Li Zhu asked.

Wang Xuan: "Not for now. I'm not as good as you at calculating accounts, but I don't need to do it myself. I just need to find the right people."

"Okay, I have to hide my identity and go to the East Palace to deliver the evidence. You can go back and rest."

Li Zhu said lazily: "There's no need to go through so much trouble. I can just go. They won't suspect anything if I go to the East Palace anyway."

Wang Xuan thought about it and said, "That's fine."

Li Lu, who had been waiting for the two of them to send the evidence, said: No, either of you can do it, just be efficient!