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

Even Li Qingyi himself was shocked by the system's words.

What did she hear?

Chen Jiezhi also has a pumpkin?

Li Qingyi, who already knew the approximate content of a pumpkin, became extremely curious about Chen Jiezhi - My God, you are an imperial censor, what on earth did you do to grow a pumpkin?

But unfortunately, she can't eat pumpkin.

Therefore, Li Qingyi could only choose watermelon, and because he was sick in the past few days and did not accept the task, the previous Hami melon task happened to be invalid due to timeout, so Li Qingyi temporarily accepted another task of eating one watermelon and three Hami melons in seven days.

There was no penalty for mission failure. The only thing Li Qingyi lost was the merits she had spent on her previous mission of eating melons, because the mission exceeded the time limit and she did not get the mission reward she originally wanted.

But it doesn't matter. In the past few months, Li Qingyi has earned about one thousand merits by cooperating with Wang Xuan. The honeycomb coal and moisturizing cream in winter seem to have helped many people in a short period of time. The salt-drying method has already been passed by the emperor, who sent his confidants to the coast to select a site a year ago. With the intervention of the court, the increase in salt production is in the near future.

In short, Li Qingyi now has sufficient balance, so this little loss is not enough to make her feel uncomfortable.

Li Qingyi: My wallet is bulging!

Hey!

So now Li Qingyi can choose watermelon without hesitation, instead of hesitating between Hami melon and watermelon!

Li Qingyi: [Come on, Xiaoba, cut a watermelon for me to taste! ]

System: [Okay! 】

System: [I have purchased a watermelon for you, the owner of which is the censor Chen Jiezhi. Do you want to listen now or watch now? ]

Although Li Qingyi didn't say it, the system already knew that Li Qingyi wanted to test the emperor's mind. Although he was indeed a little stupid sometimes, there was still tacit understanding at this time!

So, when Li Qingyi buys the melon at this time, of course he wants to eat it now!

Li Qingyi: [Listen! ]

The emperor smiled as he tilted his head slightly and glanced at Huang Kang. Huang Kang seemed to understand what he meant. He bowed slightly and walked out. After a moment he came back with two palace servants carrying a tray.

Those were snacks for Li Qingyi.

Of course, it was just to fill Li Qingyi's stomach, he still had to eat breakfast at a certain time.

System: [Chen Jiezhi, from Yuanzhou.]

The system also explained: [Yuanzhou is the lower part between Changsha and Linjiang. ]

When the emperor heard this, he didn't think much about it. After all, Li Qingyi was born in the capital, and maps were very important things in that era. Even if Li Qingyi was favored, the emperor and the empress would not suddenly have the idea of ​​showing her such an important thing. It was normal for Li Qingyi not to know the map of Daning and the locations of various prefectures.

Li Qingyi, under the reminder of the system, remembered his melon-eating map, and suddenly realized that a clear and accurate map seemed very important at this time?

Li Qingyi: Ah, this.

It’s not her fault. For modern people, maps and the like are just too common.

Not only can you buy them offline at any time, we have national, city, and all kinds of maps.

You can search online at any time and navigation is available everywhere. A map is not really precious. Li Qingyi was neither a politician nor a soldier, so how could he have thought of such a thing?

When the system said Linjiang, Li Qingyi was still not very clear about the exact location.

But as soon as the system said Changsha, Li Qingyi immediately understood - Oh, Hunan or Jiangxi.

The system continued: [His origin in Yuanzhou is a key point, because this melon has a lot to do with his identity - Chen Jiezhi is an imperial censor, and he impeaches others for no reason. He has also impeached people for favoring concubines and ignoring their wives. In front of others, he and his first wife are in harmony and respect each other. But in fact, Chen Jiezhi himself is a person who favors concubines and ignoring his wife, but because his concubine was taken in by his mother before she died, and she is his cousin, which is considered a noble concubine in the eyes of people nowadays.]

[The concubine was very good at dealing with people. She never stole the mistress's limelight in front of others. She only ate and dressed well in private. She never went beyond the rules at that time. She always said, "I use expensive and good things, but I don't break the law."]

The system said this and explained: [However, there is no such thing as noble concubines in Daning. The so-called three wives and four concubines, if there is no corresponding official rank to support it, is also illegal. In Daning, except for the emperor and the prince, everyone else is only divided into the main wife and the concubine. The so-called equal wife, noble concubine, and lady are all castles in the air without the support of the government, and cannot be mentioned openly. ]

System: [Taizu also set rules for the emperor's harem. It is impossible to have three thousand beauties. Taizu meant that even if he was the emperor, too many women would be useless and he would be easily addicted to women and neglect the affairs of state. Therefore, the emperor could only have one empress, four concubines, and nine concubines at most. As for the so-called concubines, Taizu did not have them at that time. He probably thought that so many women were enough to reproduce, so he did not care.]

System: [Prince refers to the title of Prince. A prince can have one concubine and two concubines. Other titles can be fancy, but they are all concubines and have the same status.]

In fact, if Li Qingyi grows up, the Queen will teach her these things even if the system doesn’t tell her.

However, precisely because Li Qingyi was still young, the Queen felt that those rules were unimportant - with Li Qingyi's status, whether now or in the future, the only people she would interact with would be ladies of status and position, concubines, and maids, who were not qualified to come in front of her.

Even in Daning, the status of women was much higher than in previous dynasties, and there were female officials and generals in the court, but the limitations of the times were there, and this was inevitable.

As for Li Qingyi's future marriage... she is a princess. Not to mention that she is the most favored princess now, even if she is not favored, the royal family will not let a princess marry someone else as a concubine.

Therefore, these rules and regulations are not really important to Li Qingyi.

As a woman, Li Qingyi naturally felt uncomfortable hearing this. Even if she read novels, she would not read novels with mistresses or concubines as the protagonists. No matter how cool and neat these novels were, Li Qingyi would still feel uncomfortable reading them.

But one good thing about Li Qingyi is that she knows herself well.

Is this something she can change if she says she doesn't like it?

No.

So Li Qingyi could only remain silent.

The awakening of women is not something that can be achieved overnight. She can only do what she can do, instead of getting carried away and raising the flagpole to call on all women in the world to kick out men and become self-reliant.

That's not saving people, it's harming people.

The system said to Chen Jiezhi: [In short, Chen Jiezhi's "cousin" is very powerful. She maintained the dignity of Chen Jiezhi and Mrs. Chen externally, and captured Chen Jiezhi's heart internally, indirectly gaining the right to speak.]

[Here comes the point. This "cousin" is a spy trained by the Eastern Japanese, who came to the Central Plains specifically to steal secrets. ]

Li Qingyi and the emperor paused.