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

After Eunuch Chen and others left, Li Qingyi divided the remaining bread and asked Fang Xin to personally deliver it to the queen.

For the other party, Li Qingyi took his people to the Qianqing Palace and invited the emperor to taste the new things made in his small kitchen.

As for the prince...

Li Qingyi: "Let Eunuch Chen make one for my brother."

Well, Mom and Dad want to show their filial piety, so my brother can step back a little.

As for whether it would be inappropriate to give the emperor and empress what she had already used... no, on the contrary, this would be a sign that Li Qingyi was close to them.

When he returned to his residence, Li Qingyi remembered Wang Xuan. He asked after the system restored the blocking: [How was your chat? ]

System: [We have finished chatting. I saw that you had something to do, so I didn’t disturb you.]

System: [Wang Xuan went to check the account book.]

Li Qingyi: [I see.]

System question: [Host, do you want to open a bakery? ]

Li Qingyi shook her head: [No, I won’t open it.]

System: [Then this bread...]

Li Qingyi: [I don't need to do anything for the bread. As long as well-informed people hear that there is such food in the palace, people will naturally follow suit. ]

Li Qingyi: [If someone likes it, it will develop on its own.]

System: [I thought you, the host, would like to use this to make money. ]

Hearing this, Li Qingyi laughed and shook his head in his heart: [I wouldn't be so serious. ]

As he spoke, Li Qingyi thought of the burn ointment and asked the system: [When Wang Xuan was chatting with you, did she tell you how to deal with the burn ointment? ]

The system answered honestly: [Wang Xuan didn’t tell me this.]

System: [She should come back and talk to you in detail? ]

After all, as a non-physical entity, it is no problem for the system to tell Wang Xuan the difference between asphalt and cement and let Wang Xuan judge the pros and cons herself.

But Wang Xuan probably doesn’t have that much free time to talk to the system about opening a store and running the business, which requires actual control.

Li Qingyi nodded to show that he understood.

System Question: [Host has not eaten melons today. I see that you don’t seem to have anything to do now. Do you want to eat? ]

Li Qingyi did not refuse and said, "Eat. Wait a moment. I'll ask someone to prepare some tea and snacks."

Fang Xin had just returned from the Queen's place and brought some materials that the Queen had someone send over for Li Qingyi to take a look.

Fang Xin: "I think these materials are all pretty good. Which one do you like? Let the embroiderers make a new dress for you first?"

Li Qingyi looked at it, touched it, and asked Fang Xin: "This should be the material for autumn clothes, right? It doesn't feel so thin to the touch."

Fang Xin: "These are the tributes from the people below. I heard that they are a family craft in southern Fujian. Even though they don't look light and thin, they are made into clothes and you won't feel stuffy when you put them on. They are very refreshing."

Fang Xin: "This piece of cloth is so rare. Your Majesty only got three pieces. One was given to you, and one was sent to the future Crown Princess. Your Majesty only kept one piece for herself to make clothes."

Hearing this, Li Qingyi uttered a sigh and subconsciously touched it again, "Then let's make one to try. Even if it's not suitable for hot weather, I can save it for autumn and wear it the same way."

After explaining this matter, Li Qingyi asked people to prepare tea and snacks, and went to the inner room to sit and prepare to start eating melon.

Li Qingyi: [Xiao Ba, open the melon map. ]

System: [Okay! ]

As the voice fell, a familiar map appeared in front of Li Qingyi. Li Qingyi was about to ask the system to switch to outside the palace, but when he looked up, he saw a big watermelon appearing at the location of the Qianqing Palace.

I don’t know if it was her illusion, but Li Qingyi always felt that this watermelon was bigger than the ones she had seen before.

She was lost in thought.

System: [Host, what’s wrong? 】

Li Qingyi's eyes were a little vague: [Nothing.]

Having said that, Li Qingyi had an idea and clicked on the big watermelon, first taking a look at who the owner of the watermelon was.

After seeing the name clearly, Li Qingyi breathed a sigh of relief: [It’s great that it’s not my father. ]

System: [So the host is worried about this, but in fact, the host does not need to worry. ]

Li Qingyi: [Hmm?]

System: [Because if you were the emperor, you would definitely not be able to afford such a big melon. ]

Li Qingyi: [……]

Thank you for reminding me.

Li Qingyi: [Who is this Zhou Yunchang? ]

System: [Let me see. Ah, Lord Zhou Yunchang is the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. He is fifty-two years old this year and is almost at retirement age. He should be discussing some serious matters with the Emperor in the Palace of Heavenly Purity.]

Li Qingyi looked at the big watermelon, then looked at the map of the Palace of Heavenly Purity, then looked at the price of the big watermelon, thought for a while and said: "Then let's go with this one."

She was not sure whether this melon had anything to do with the people around her. She had originally planned to go outside the palace and randomly pick a melon to eat, but since Zhou Yunchang appeared here at this time, then... even if this melon had nothing to do with Li Qingyi, it could only be considered Zhou Yunchang's bad luck.

System: [You need to pay 1000 energy points, which is more expensive than other melons. Are you sure, host? ]

Li Qingyi: [Confirmed.]

Her merit value has increased recently. If Li Qingyi had asked the system where her merit came from at the beginning, she no longer asks now.

However, the system also told Li Qingyi that the largest increase in merit in the recent period was given after Yang Jian had that family arrested.

Li Qingyi: Catching bad guys is a meritorious deed, and it sounds like there is nothing wrong with it.

Why ask so many questions? Just get the money.

In the past, a melon worth 1000 energy points was already a relatively expensive item for Li Qingyi, but now, Li Qingyi can buy it without blinking an eye.

System: [OK, purchased.]

Because Li Qingyi turned on the light screen, the system directly popped up a window asking whether to read it by himself. After Li Qingyi chose yes, the system remained quiet so that Li Qingyi could read it quietly.

Because these are all controlled by the mind, Li Qingyi sat alone in the inner room, holding a cup of honey grapefruit tea, drinking it slowly while watching, feeling very relaxed and comfortable.

As for the honey grapefruit tea, it was naturally Wang Xuan's idea. Li Qingyi asked the palace servants to try to make it. After it was successful once, it became Li Qingyi's favorite drink.

The story of Zhou Yunchang has nothing to do with Li Qingyi, but it may have something to do with the emperor.

Li Qingyi watched for more than half an hour before he finished eating up this rich melon. To sum it up, Zhou Yunchang's fellow relatives from his hometown relied on Zhou Yunchang's status as a Beijing official to bully the locals, causing a car accident and causing a loss of life. While the Zhou family tried to cover it up, they sent people to deliver a letter to Zhou Yunchang.

The matter was a bit serious. Five people died. All five were innocent citizens. Three of them were killed by Zhou's family, and two were unlucky enough to discover the matter and were silenced.

When the news reached Zhou Yunchang, he chose to cover up the case and even wrote a letter to put pressure on the local county magistrate.

So, a person who was about to go to the capital to file a complaint was silenced.

Li Qingyi: Human life... is so fragile.