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

Li Qingyi had mentioned the word "workaholic" long before, and when he said it again at this time, the emperor and the prince would understand.

Hearing her words, the emperor's eyebrows moved, and he looked at the prince, then looked at Li Qingyi again: "When I was about the same age as the prince, I was not as lazy as the prince..."

Li Qingyi blinked and said directly: "So after having a royal brother, you, father, started to be lazy."

The emperor's smile froze slightly, and he coughed lightly: "How can you say that I am lazy? I am also giving your brother an opportunity to gain experience. Your brother also knows that I have good intentions, right?"

The prince received the emperor's gaze, suppressed his laughter, but nodded: "Father is right."

Although the prince also felt that his father was somewhat lazy, and the degree of laziness was not small, some things did not need to be said so clearly.

Anyway, before, the prince had to help the emperor with his work while also helping him deal with those memorials of greeting that had no substantive content. Although reading such memorials did not require much brainpower, it was still energy-consuming if there were too many of them. No wonder the emperor didn't like to read them.

It just so happens that this kind of memorial is also a way for officials to prevent the emperor from forgetting them. If left alone, the local officials will inevitably feel uneasy. If they let their imagination run wild and do something outrageous, the trouble they cause will eventually fall on the emperor.

It would be better to approve them one by one to reassure the officials.

Moreover, some of the letters of greeting would also mention local people's livelihood. As long as you pay attention, you can see some content through these letters. It cannot be said that they are completely useless.

There is just too little useful content.

Now the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince can all be assigned to perform tasks. The Crown Prince and Li Qi spend most of their time in the capital. The Third Prince was sent out by the Emperor to investigate disaster relief some time ago. The Fourth Prince is currently at the northern border with the Sixth Prince, and it seems that he plans to become a military general in the future.

Although Li Qi, who stayed behind, had some secret plans with the prince, he could still help deal with some memorials of greeting, and could be considered a useful tool.

Well, one night passed and the tool man was gone.

The prince interrogated the people around Li Qi all night yesterday, and at the same time he was very disappointed with Li Qi in his heart - look at you, you don't have that ability, you are stupid and don't know it, you can just be a tool honestly, and you can become a prince in the future, why are you seeking death?

Now, if the prince does not want to continue taking over the chores thrown by the emperor, he will have to look among the remaining brothers who have not yet left the study to see if there is anyone useful.

Don’t you think the prince is worried that if he pulls his brothers out, they will compete with him for the throne?

Crown Prince: Haha, if doing some chores can make father think that I am not as good as my brothers, then there is no need for me to be the crown prince.

It makes him seem so useless.

Li Qingyi is a modern person. Although she has been in ancient times for three years, she has always been a baby. It is impossible to explain adult matters to a little baby like her in detail, so she is not very clear about these things.

She didn't really care about these things. In her previous life, she was a teacher. It was fine for her to teach and educate people, but it was fine for her to get involved in political or palace fighting...

Li Qingyi: My professional ethics makes me want to hit people.

Li Qingyi sat in the emperor's arms for a while. Neither the father nor the son wanted to leave nor stay, but in front of Li Qingyi, they were silent for a moment and then talked about some things that happened in the morning court today.

Li Qingyi, who was held in the emperor's arms like a pillow, understood some of what was said after listening for a while, but he still didn't quite understand some of it.

She's getting a little bored.

Li Qingyi: [Xiao Ba.]

System 88: [Here.]

Li Qingyi was distracted for a moment when she heard the voice "I'm here", and then said: [Ah, I remembered my smart speaker. I used to turn off the lights without using my hands, but now... oh, there are no lights now. ]

The royal father and son who were communicating paused subtly, just for a moment, so fast that Li Qingyi didn't even notice it.

System: [But host, you don’t need to use your hands now that the lights are turned off. You have someone to serve you. ]

Li Qingyi: [Yes, but there are no lights here, no air conditioning, no computers, no mobile phones, no...ah, the more I think about it, the more boring this place is.]

Li Qingyi: [My only entertainment now is you. ]

Li Qingyi: [If it weren't for you, I wouldn't even have this little entertainment. No wonder all the ladies in the upper class would learn needlework. It seems like they are just bored and have nothing to do, so they have to find something to do for themselves.]

System: [Host, you are only three years old. You can't do anything you want. ]

It’s not that there was really no entertainment in ancient times, but at Li Qingyi’s age, no one generally dared to take her out to play.

At most, you can just take in the scenery, that's all.

Li Qingyi: [Oh.]

indifferent.

Li Qingyi: [My brother just said that the Ministry of Revenue complained to my father about being poor again today. Isn't that obvious? Instead of complaining about being poor every day, why don't you think about how to increase income and reduce expenditure? I heard from the palace people that some children of ministers outside are living a carefree life. A hairpin that originally cost only five taels was auctioned off by two parties for five hundred taels.]

【What a fool this is. 】

The emperor and the prince's ears pricked up.

Not only the two of them, but everyone inside and outside the hall who heard these words were cheered up.

The emperor thought more and thought, "I haven't even heard of this. How did Yi'er hear it? Information cannot be circulated freely inside or outside the palace. It's a good thing that the news came in from outside. If the news inside the palace was spread out casually, it would be ridiculous!"

The prince actually thought of this, and he thought more about it than the emperor.

The prince said: "How could Yi'er know such a thing? Could it be that someone deliberately mentioned it to her? In order to corrupt Yi'er?"

System: [Hmm? There is such a thing? Let me see.]

System: [Oh, there really is one. It’s the second daughter of the Minister of Revenue and the niece of the concubine of the Fourth Prince. These two people didn’t get along before. They ran into each other in the silver shop a few days ago. The hairpin is not the point. They are just trying to show off.]

Li Qingyi was puzzled: [Why didn't you ask me if I wanted to eat? Don't you need merit? ]

System: [Host already knows the general situation, so there is no need to pay extra. I am a regular system, not a scam system. ]

Li Qingyi said "oh" and felt a little better about System 88.

It's not like she had much trust in System 88. After all, they had only known each other for a short time, and the system still used merit as energy. If it turned out to be someone with bad intentions, Li Qingyi would have no place to regret.

Li Qingyi didn't even trust the staff member of the Space-Time Bureau who came to her and said he would compensate Li Qingyi and her students.

But she had no choice at the time.

Even now.