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

Inside Kunning Palace.

The Empress and the Emperor and his wife sat down. After dismissing all the palace servants, the Empress asked first, "Your Majesty, why are you here at this hour? Is there anything important?"

At this point, according to the emperor's custom, he should handle government affairs in the Qianqing Palace.

The emperor did not hide it. He took out the memorial that he had stuffed into his sleeve earlier and handed it directly to the queen.

This was also the reason why the emperor asked the palace servants to leave just now. After all, it was a secret memorial. Even though the Kunning Palace was full of the queen's people, there were so many people and their hearts were hard to predict. The emperor did not need to show his trust in the queen at this time.

The queen took the secret letter and read it quickly before looking up at the emperor again: "This is good news, Your Majesty."

The emperor nodded slightly: "I know."

The Queen asked again: "What does the Emperor mean?"

The emperor was silent for a moment before he said, "Do you think this divine seed could also be from Yi'er... what did she sacrifice when I didn't know?"

Hearing this, the queen was also stunned.

The hall fell into silence for a moment.

After a long while, the queen slowly spoke: "Yier... do you understand?"

The emperor nodded slightly.

His movements were very light, and if the queen had not been staring at him intently at the moment, she might have missed these slight movements.

Seeing this, even the Queen's expression changed several times, completely losing her usual calmness and composure.

"Then why didn't Yi'er... say that it was the emperor who did it?" she asked again.

The emperor continued to nod.

"I understand." The Queen said this, and then thought of the topic the Emperor just mentioned, and raised her hand to touch her chest: "As for what you just said, if you really ask me, I think it shouldn't be that serious."

Emperor: "Yier has always been kind-hearted."

The Queen said, "Yes, Yi'er is kind-hearted, but she knows her limits. Otherwise, who knows what chaos the capital would be in now."

The emperor and empress looked at each other.

After a moment, the emperor thought for a moment and said, "You are right."

Emperor: "Could it be that this is really God's blessing on our Great Ning?"

The Queen smiled: "Of course it is so. If not, how could Yi'er be born into our family?"

Hearing this, the emperor was immediately happy and nodded: "That's right."

That's it!

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On the other side, Li Qingyi had no idea what his biological parents were discussing. He was squatting in the corner, seemingly staring in a daze at a row of ants moving in the corner. In fact, he was listening to Wang Xuan and Li Zhu discussing disaster relief in his mind.

Yes, it’s disaster relief again.

The good news is that the disaster was not serious this time because the local officials were reliable and took precautions in advance. They also responded promptly when the disaster occurred, so there were no casualties among the local people, but the land was flooded.

After the water recedes, we will have to take remedial measures depending on the situation. But it is obvious that no matter how we remedy the situation, this year's harvest will definitely be affected.

This matter originally had nothing to do with Wang Xuan. It was Li Zhu who brought it up, saying that the Ministry of Revenue had recently been arguing fiercely with other departments over the issue of funding, mainly with the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of War is responsible for the military pay of the garrison, and the Ministry of Rites is responsible for the Crown Prince's marriage.

Everything costs money.

Wang Xuan: [Mr. Qian is also in a difficult situation.]

Qian Youqian, the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, whose real name is Qian Lu, whose courtesy name is Ziyin, and Qian Youqian is a nickname.

Because his family was a well-known wealthy businessman in the previous dynasty, Qian Youqian's grandfather later followed in the footsteps of Taizu and contributed money and effort. After the establishment of Daning, the Qian family achieved class transformation and became aristocracy.

Li Zhu: [Mr. Qian… when he came to the government office today, I saw that he had blisters on his mouth. I don’t know if it was because he was angry or because he got irritated by the hot weather.]

Wang Xuan: [Do I need to guess? I am angry. Can you say it is hot in this weather? ]

Please, they are in the north, the weather is cooler than in the south, not to mention they are in the Little Ice Age, the weather can't be described as hot.

Li Zhu: [Hey, yesterday, Lord Qian almost had a fight with the people from the Ministry of War. It was only because my colleagues pushed me between the two groups that they stopped it.]

Wang Xuan: [Your colleague is quite clever.]

Li Zhu seemed to find it a little funny, and after laughing a few times, he said: "I can't help it. I am a sickly person, and a sickly person with some status. I might fall to the ground if I'm touched. They don't want to make enemies with the Princess's Mansion, so they have to hide when they see me."

Wang Xuan: [Hasn’t your health improved a bit?]

Li Qingyi also asked with concern: [Li Zhu, how are you feeling recently? ]

Li Zhu: [It has improved a lot. The famous doctor that the prince invited is really good. I don’t feel cold hands and feet when I sleep at night anymore, and getting up is not as difficult as before. The famous doctor also said that if I continue to take care of myself, I will be like an ordinary person in a few years.]

Li Zhu: [Even though I was born with this talent, the so-called ordinary people are just scholars. If I compare myself with a military commander, I’m just dreaming.]

Li Zhu: [I think this is not bad. I don’t have any dream of becoming a general. I just want to live comfortably.]

A sickly person does have advantages in certain situations, especially a sickly person with a status like Li Zhu. Most people are afraid of being scammed by him.

However, poor health is reflected in all aspects, and lack of physical strength and energy will also affect personal life. If possible, Li Zhu still wants to be a healthy person.

pity……

Wang Xuan: [The disaster relief work won’t be delayed for long. They will have to come up with a specific plan in two or three days at most. Otherwise, they will just have to wait for the higher-ups to scold them. If they really anger the emperor, they will lose their official positions.]

Wang Xuan: [The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites also know that Daning is in urgent need of money. As long as they are not deliberately trying to make trouble for Lord Qian, they will still have to sit down and think of a solution after the quarrel. You don't have to worry about it.]

Wang Xuan: [Rather than this, you should be more careful and not let others use you as a tool.]

Li Zhu said: [With my brain, if someone really uses me as a gun, I won’t be able to react. ]

Wang Xuan: [Tsk.]

Li Qingyi: [The national treasury is so short of money, but there is no movement from the Yang family? ]

The system popped up at the right time and said: [Now many people are watching the Yang family. The Qingyi Guards are also doing their job very hard, but didn’t Yang Lian hand in the evidence of the Yang family’s crimes that he had collected? The current situation is that the court wants to cut the Gordian knot and confiscate the Yang family to fill the treasury, but the evidence provided by Yang Lian has turned up a lot of old cases, which also involve the previous emperor and a prince, and then things are stuck. ]

Li Qingyi: […What old case could hold this up?]

System: [Ah, this is a melon that you, the host, need to pay for, but I can reveal some of it appropriately. ]

System: [It’s actually very easy to understand. The cause of the late emperor’s death may be problematic, and it has something to do with Yang Jianrang’s daughter.]