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

When Li Qingyi returned to the palace, she was still thinking about Chen Qicong and Wang Xuan.

When the three of them were chatting today, Li Qingyi was no longer sneaking around with Wang Xuan like he had been before. Instead, he simply waved his hand to send everyone around him away.

Fang Xin was among them.

Fang Xin didn't say much about this. When she returned to the palace, she saw the little princess she served always had a faint smile on her lips, so she couldn't help asking, "Your Highness, does your mood seem to be very good today?"

Li Qingyi came back to his senses after hearing this, turned to look at Fang Xin, and smiled: "Aren't I in a good mood every day?"

Fang Xin also smiled, "That's true, but it seems that the little prince is in a particularly good mood today."

"Well, that's true."

Fang Xin: "But what good news happened?"

Li Qingyi smiled: "Well, there is a happy event. I met a new friend today. He is quite capable. He became the head of the family at a young age, and he also gets along well with Wang Xuan."

When Fang Xin heard this, she thought of Wang Xuan's current age, and then of the young man she saw today. She felt that Li Qingyi was still young and should not understand these things. At the same time, she couldn't help but think in the same direction as Li Qingyi's words, and her expression became a little subtle.

But Fang Xin still spoke gently: "So that's how it is. Your Highness is happy for Miss Wang?"

Li Qingyi: "Well, kind of?"

Yes, a little bit. Because of gender, Li Qingyi always pays more attention to Wang Xuan than Li Zhu and Hu Pingan.

As for the reason, it’s actually easy to understand.

Even though the status of women in Daning is currently higher than in previous dynasties, and several emperors since the founding of Daning have been relatively open-minded in this regard, universal values ​​cannot be easily reversed.

But Wang Xuan refused to enter the officialdom.

She is still young, but many people pay attention to her because of her previous deeds.

Even if Li Qingyi didn't deliberately inquire, he could guess that there were probably many people in the capital who were planning to use marriage to put Wang Xuan and her assets into their own pockets.

Wang Xuan probably also knows this.

Then can Wang Xuan not get married?

Yes, of course you can, but as long as Wang Xuan continues on this path, more and more people will look at her, and because of her identity as a woman, there will be more and more people who want to tie her down through marriage or love.

Li Qingyi didn't think that Wang Xuan had to be with Chen Qicong after Chen Qicong appeared.

In her eyes, Wang Xuan should be free, even if this freedom is limited under the general environment, but she can at least guarantee this freedom for her, instead of being like other women, with many constraints, where taking a step forward is like crossing a mountain of knives.

Li Qingyi was happy that, at least, Chen Qicong might be a good way out.

Of course, the premise is that Chen Qicong has not been assimilated by this era and has not taken the path of having three wives and four concubines - Li Qingyi thought that even if Wang Xuan wanted to get married, she probably still wanted monogamy.

This is good news, at least for now.

As for whether the two will get together in the future, it is not clear.

After returning to the palace, Li Qingyi suddenly remembered something - wait, when Chen Qicong appeared, did they miss someone?

Even Hu Ping'an, when he got the news, Li Qingyi sent him a message. Hu Ping'an replied this morning with an "I know" and asked Li Qingyi to say hello to Chen Qicong.

And Li Zhu who was accidentally forgotten...

Li Zhu: Ah, why is there more and more work? I’m still a child!

Li Qingyi felt a little guilty. He checked the time and asked Fang Xin, "Li Zhu should be in the government office today, right?"

If Li Qingyi asked others this, they might need to spend some time to find out.

But if you ask Fang Xin, the well-mannered Fang Xin can give an answer immediately: "Are you talking about the young prince? I heard that the Crown Prince sent the young prince an errand yesterday. The young prince followed Lord Pei to the Dali Temple today. I wonder if he is back now."

Li Qingyi nodded to show that he understood. Li Zhu was still on a field trip at the moment, so he would tell him in the evening.

So why did you forget to notify Li Zhu?

Logically speaking, after Wang Xuan and Chen Qicong recognized each other last night, she should have told Li Zhu the news in the team chat channel. However, after Wang Xuan finished chatting with Chen Qicong, she learned from the system that Li Zhu had fallen asleep.

Well, hard-working workers, not only do mental work every day, but also have to run around to increase their exercise when they have nothing to do. It’s not surprising that they fall asleep as soon as they get home.

Then the next morning, Li Qingyi was thinking about meeting his students, and Wang Xuan got up and was busy with her own things - in some ways she was not much more idle than Li Zhu.

Then the two of them forgot to inform Li Zhu.

When Li Qingyi remembered it, Li Zhu was at work again. In order not to disturb the student's work, Li Qingyi could only postpone the matter and tell him in the evening.

As a result, at night, Li Qingyi forgot about this matter again because he met with the prince and talked about the bandit suppression incident that Huo Xu had mentioned before.

(Li Zhu: …)

When Li Qingyi woke up the next morning, he remembered what Crown Prince Li Li said last night: Huo Xu would set out to suppress the bandits in the next two days. He became a little worried again. He changed his clothes and ran to the East Palace without even having breakfast to wait for the Crown Prince to return from court.

As a result, while waiting, Li Qingyi heard that the prince was called by the emperor to the imperial study to discuss matters and would not be back for a while.

Li Qingyi: "..."

Li Qingyi: "Let's go to the Palace of Heavenly Purity."

Fang Xin: "You haven't had breakfast yet. Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince won't be free for a while, you might as well have some food here in the East Palace, so as not to worry His Majesty and His Royal Highness."

"Gulu..."

Li Qingyi's stomach just growled at this moment.

Hearing this voice, Li Qingyi suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and then he remembered that he had not eaten since he got up in the morning. He met Fang Xin's worried eyes and nodded: "Okay then."

The palace maids of the Eastern Palace had long been instructed by the Crown Prince to treat the Eleventh Princess with the same respect as they treated him, and Li Qingyi actually treated the same thing here as in his own residence.

Since she said she wanted to eat, the people in the East Palace naturally would not neglect her and took action immediately.

On the other side, in the imperial study, both the father and son heard that Li Qingyi was waiting for the prince in the East Palace, and they also knew that Li Qingyi had just had breakfast.

Li Yu suddenly became a little restless and looked at the emperor: "Father, I'd better go back first. My sister may have something important to tell me."

The emperor felt a little jealous. Holding the Qingyi Guard in his hand, he could easily guess why Li Qingyi was doing what she did today. He remained calm and said, "Don't worry. There are so many people around Yi'er. They will take good care of her. If you go over now, you might disturb her meal."

Seeing that the prince was about to speak, the emperor turned around and ordered Huang Kang: "Go, go and see how the eleventh princess is doing. If she has finished her meal, bring her here."

He also wants to see his daughter.

Prince: "..."

Fine.