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

After hearing what Li Qingyi said, everyone present had different feelings.

There are those who feel guilty, and there are those who think they are upright and are not afraid of being exposed by the system. Everyone is different and has their own ideas.

But everyone knew that even those who felt guilty and had done something wrong could not stop the person above from speaking out at this time.

In fact, ever since the system in Li Qingyi solved the mystery of the second prince's life experience and uncovered the greedy and stingy Liu Yankang, the atmosphere in the court has been affected invisibly.

Truly greedy people will not change their nature because of this. On the contrary, they may try their best to use all their wisdom to solve this seemingly unsolvable problem. In fact, the emperor can find the limitations of the system in certain aspects. Naturally, there are people in the officialdom where there is no shortage of smart people who have discovered this and quietly made bold attempts.

As for whether it will be successful or not, it is hard to say at least until Li Qingyi eats the melon and eats them.

Some people are bolder and have some ideas that are not convenient to express out loud. They are looking for allies among each other, but they have not started to act yet.

However, those who went with the flow quickly withdrew their hands that they should not have extended.

Don’t say that this is an unspoken rule. When nothing happens, everyone says that other people do the same thing. The law does not hold everyone responsible.

But once you are caught, it’s a completely different matter.

The so-called unspoken rules are nothing more than a secret joint crime.

Li Qingyi felt that she and her biological father were currently in a state where they were aware of each other's affairs but neither spoke out loud. And she was right, the emperor also noticed that his clever little daughter had noticed the problem.

But why didn't the emperor speak frankly with her?

Because, when it comes to the system, there is a huge difference between whether Li Qingyi knows about it or not.

She skinned someone without their knowledge, and everyone pretended that they heard nothing. So no matter what everyone thought in private, they could still maintain their decency in public.

But if she did these things knowingly, the nature of the matter would be different.

Therefore, the emperor was hinting to Li Qingyi that it would be best to keep things as they were and pretend that he hadn't discovered anything.

As for whether Li Qingyi received this information correctly...

Well, in fact, even if the reception was wrong, the emperor knew that Li Qingyi would not be so stupid as to ask stupid questions like "Did you hear my conversation with the system?" or "Did you hear me eating melon" to everyone he met, so the problem was not really that big.

And now, Li Qingyi began to search for the enemy in the state of "I know some people can hear it" and everyone in the hall "I can hear it but I have to pretend not to hear it" - if he accidentally eats the melon on innocent people, Li Qingyi will still feel a little guilty, but if he eats the head of a corrupt official...

Haha! My dad is behind me, I want to see how you die!

System: [Hmm, corrupt officials... I have a list here. Host, do you want to sort them by maximizing benefits or by distance? ]

Li Qingyi: [Of course, that's the one whose house had the most items confiscated! ]

System: [Okay, I have locked on to the melon owner for you - former Minister of Rites Yang Jianrang.]

Upon hearing this name, the emperor, the crown prince, and the officials who had served in the same dynasty with Yang Jianrang were all slightly stunned.

They all thought that the so-called corrupt officials referred to the officials currently serving in the court.

Yang Jianrang, 65 years old this year, has long retired and returned to his hometown to enjoy his retirement.

No matter what the officials thought, they never expected that the melon would be eaten by this old man Yang!

System: [Yang Jianrang, who served successively as Minister of Rites and Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, entered the cabinet at the age of fifty-three, and was promoted to Junior Tutor and Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince, and Grand Secretary of the Jinshen Palace, and later changed to Junior Tutor... He did not make much noise during his tenure, although he did have some personal connections with some officials in the officialdom, but it was not excessive.]

[The reason why he is ranked first in this ranking is that after he retired and returned to his hometown, he did not actually completely withdraw from the officialdom. Instead, he used the connections he had built up in the court over the past few decades to secretly support the Yang family and their followers to occupy important positions in the court, while also making a lot of money. ]

[Yang Jianrang and his family accepted bribes, but Yang Jianrang did not like people giving him real money, so those who wanted something from him would automatically prepare thoughtful and exquisite gifts. For example, there was once an official named Zeng who ostensibly gave a beauty to Yang Jianrang's favorite grandson, but in fact, he actually gave the beauty's golden brocade dress, which had tens of thousands of gold threads hidden in it and was worth a lot of money.]

The system then gave several more examples, which greatly broadened Li Qingyi's horizons - not to mention that modern people have many reasons for giving gifts, in ancient times, if someone really wanted to give a gift, they would think of all kinds of ways.

The system paused as it spoke, and before Li Qingyi could ask, it continued: [By the way, a month ago, someone gave Yang Jianrang a glass gourd ornament. It was in short supply, and the last time it was sold was for three hundred taels of gold. Yang Jianrang couldn't let it go, and he would personally clean it every day, cherishing it very much.]

Li Qingyi exclaimed, not understanding why the system paused before mentioning this.

Then, the next sentence from the system surprised Li Qingyi: [However, that thing was actually a failed product made by Wang Xuan's workshop when she was researching glass. Because its shape was similar to a gourd, Wang Xuan, in line with the principle that rare things are valuable, named it the Seven-Colored Auspicious Glazed Gourd and sold it for 100 taels of gold.]

[The buyer sold it for three hundred taels, and the price kept going up, but no one could buy it, so there was no demand.]

Li Qingyi: Ah this...

The emperor seemed to be somewhat enlightened. He had mentioned this matter when he heard Luo Hong's report a few months ago. However, Luo Hong said at that time that after Wang Xuan sold the things, she invested all the money in the glass, which meant that she didn't make any money in essence. The emperor didn't pay much attention to this matter.

Anyway, through Luo Hong, he already knew what the glass was transformed from. Although he was a little surprised, he didn't think that he must have this thing.

Well, the most important thing is that the emperor noticed that Wang Xuan treated those buyers who spent a lot of money to buy these ornaments and pendants as if they were being taken advantage of.

He didn't really want to be one of them.

Unexpectedly, just a few months later, this incident would still have a follow-up.

Emperor: ...It's a bit strange. Why do I suddenly feel less angry?