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

The eldest princess has been married for several years. The eldest prince consort is from a noble family, and their marriage is arranged, but the eldest princess chose the man herself.

After getting married, no matter how the couple behaved in private, when they appeared in formal occasions, they seemed to have a good relationship and did not seem like the kind of couple who were physically together but spiritually apart.

As a married woman, the eldest princess has quite a lot of activities on weekdays. In addition to attending various banquets, she also goes out with her prince consort from time to time, or invites sisters in the palace or ladies she knows to play together. Her presence in the capital is also quite felt.

In Li Qingyi's impression, the eldest son-in-law is a free-spirited person who prefers traveling to the mountains and rivers rather than pursuing fame and fortune. If not, the eldest son-in-law would not have so much free time to accompany the eldest princess on trips, or to search for some calligraphy and paintings or specialties from other places to send back to the capital.

Every year, Li Qingyi would receive new and interesting things from the prince consort, either personally or by sending people to collect them from other places. Although these new things were only for the palace and were not that surprising to Li Qingyi, she still understood the other person's intentions.

It was also because of this good impression that Li Qingyi never clicked on the Hami melon related to the eldest prince consort that kept appearing in the eldest princess's mansion on the melon map.

Of course, this is also because after Li Qingyi found problems with officials after eating watermelon several times, he would focus on those officials first when doing tasks.

Don't ask, the question is Li Qingyi's trust in these officials has dropped a lot because of the previous events.

In order to avoid trouble for his own family, Li Qingyi naturally had to make sure whether there were any troublemakers among these officials.

Fortunately, since the last gossip about Zhou Yunchang, the gossips that Li Qingyi has heard recently are that a certain censor is actually a henpecked husband, a certain assistant minister loves drinking tea so much that he spent all his salary on buying tea and now relies on his wife to support the family, and a certain young official has liked his childhood sweetheart for eleven years, but her childhood sweetheart has been waiting for him to propose marriage, and he thought her childhood sweetheart didn't like him and never took any action.

How can I put it? I can only say that if it was this kind of melon, Li Qingyi would be quite happy eating it.

At this moment, Li Qingyi went to the Grand Princess's mansion for a banquet. Because she arrived early and was young, after being welcomed into the mansion by the Grand Princess, she followed the Grand Princess to rest in the main room, waiting for the banquet to begin.

Although the eldest princess was not favored by the emperor, or in other words, except for Li Qingyi, the emperor treated his other daughters equally and rarely showed his preference for any of them.

Therefore, in the eyes of others, this is why the princesses are not favored.

But this does not mean that the eldest princess can be bullied by anyone. Even those who rely on their family background to bully others in the capital will pretend to be respectful and polite in front of the princess and the prince.

The reason is very simple, because the emperor above them now is a powerful emperor, and any behavior that may cause the emperor to misunderstanding may bring immeasurable and severe blow to them and the family forces behind them.

Therefore, in this capital city, no one dares to look down on even an unpopular princess.

Of course, there have been short-sighted fools who think that she is just an unpopular princess and they don't need to take her seriously, but such people basically cannot stay in the capital for long.

In fact, the eldest princess, who was unfavored in the eyes of these people, still received things from the emperor from the palace every year even though she had married, as well as birthday gifts selected for her by the emperor himself from the inner treasury on her birthday every year.

Even in modern times, widowhood-style parenting means that many fathers may not remember to prepare birthday gifts for their children. This was not common in ancient times.

Regardless of whether the emperor did so out of personal habit or instructed people around him to remind him on time in advance, the emperor did so anyway, and treated every princess equally and would not miss anyone's birthday.

If those people compare carefully, they will find that in the eyes of the emperor, except for the crown prince and Li Qingyi, the treatment of other princes and princesses is actually similar.

It's just that each person gets something different depending on their gender and personal preferences.

Li Qingyi actually didn't notice it at first. It was only after the system reminded him and he saw the records of previous years listed by the system that he realized his father's ability to keep balance in this regard.

Not only for his own children, but also for the royal family and officials, the emperor, in addition to the necessary means of controlling him, also made sure to celebrate their birthdays.

When noticing this, Li Qingyi even said to the system: [Being my father's secretary is not an easy job. ]

Especially in this era when there were no electronic devices, one could not record one’s itinerary anytime and anywhere, and could also set time reminders. It all depended on personal ability.

To Li Qingyi, Huang Kang was the emperor's personal secretary. As far as Li Qingyi knew, inside and outside the palace, from concubines to princes and princesses, from important court officials to retired generals, when everyone's birthday was approaching, it was Huang Kang who would remind the emperor, and the emperor would then arrange it himself or entrust it to Huang Kang depending on the circumstances.

At this moment, Li Qingyi came to the princess's residence with the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict. The eldest princess was sitting next to Li Qingyi and looking at the gift list, her face full of smiles, looking very happy.

Li Qingyi leaned over to take a look, and the eldest princess asked, "Sister, did father and mother tell you how long you can stay outside today?"

Hearing this, Li Qingyi recalled and shook his head: "My father and mother didn't tell me these things. I guess they should allow me to stay until the palace gates are locked."

The eldest princess nodded when she heard this and said, "Have fun here today, sister. If you need anything, please feel free to tell me. If anyone offends you, please don't be polite. I will beat you or scold you as I please. If anything goes wrong, I will take care of it for you."

"Big sister, what you said is true. No one will offend me for no reason. Don't worry, sister."

Because Li Qingyi often left the palace, and the eldest princess was holding a 19th birthday party this year, not a big birthday, the guests she invited were all friends and relatives with whom she had a good relationship. Logically, they should all know Li Qingyi.

Since everyone knows who she is, why would anyone be stupid enough to cause trouble for her?

The eldest princess smiled, as if she had thought of something, and her smile became a little colder: "Sister is just in case. If I really encounter something that makes you unhappy, you don't have to give me face. If you are wronged, I will be really unhappy."

The eldest princess said it twice in a row, and Li Qingyi realized something was wrong and asked, "Sister, what's the problem with today's visitor?"

"Problem? Not really." The eldest princess smiled and raised her hand to touch Li Qingyi's head. "I'm just worried that some people don't know the limits."

Li Qingyi: Ah, it seems there is something going on here.