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

Li Qingyi: [I understand. This is embezzlement.]

System: [That’s right! ]

Officials: Wow!

Prince: Wow!

emperor:……

The emperor's face turned even paler.

Unfortunately, Li Qingyi was concentrating on eating melon at the moment and didn't have time to see his father's expression.

The system asked Li Qingyi: [Host, do you know why the melons of the Minister of Revenue are ten times more expensive than those of Li Qi? ]

Li Qingyi: [Why? ]

The system hehehe: [Because this melon comes with a gold gift bag! After I bought this melon, I was also given a map with the small golden house that Liu Yankang secretly built and the place where Liu Yankang hid his money marked on it! ]

【This is the treasure map! 】

Li Qingyi: [Wow! ]

Officials: Wow!

emperor:……

The emperor's expression eased a little, but when he thought about the Minister of Revenue, whom he had promoted, who was embezzling money right under his nose and kept complaining to him about being poor, the anger in his chest rose up layer by layer.

Liu Yankang could no longer care about anything else. He shuddered, knelt down with a plop, walked out of the line on his knees, and shouted, "Your Majesty, I am innocent..."

Before he could finish his words, the prince gave Liu Yankang a look and before he could even utter a word to protest his injustice, his mouth was blocked and he was quickly dragged to a corner sobbing.

But Li Qingyi was still startled by the noise. He grabbed the emperor's hand and looked down, wondering: [Hey, what are they doing? Are they fighting?]

The system also took a look: [I don’t know, maybe they are arguing. I heard that in ancient times, the court was no different from arguing in the vegetable market.]

Li Qingyi: [Oh.]

Anyway, it has little to do with her, so she might as well eat the melon first.

Li Qingyi: [Come on, come on, explain this Liu Yankang melon clearly.]

System: [Okay! 】

System: [Host, I tell you, you will never imagine how greedy Liu Yankang is.]

[The Minister of Revenue has a small golden house in his home, which is very well hidden. Two-thirds of this small golden house was obtained through corruption and bribery, and the remaining one-third was secretly sent by the Dongyi people to bribe him, and the other half was his original wife’s dowry.]

Li Qingyi was shocked: [He is collaborating with the enemy!? ]

System: [No, Liu Yankang took the money but didn’t do the job, so Dongyi stopped sending it after a few times.]

Li Qingyi: ...

Upon hearing that Liu Yankang had contacts with the Dongyi people, all officials were shocked and angry.

When the officials heard that Liu Yankang had accepted money from the Dongyi people but did nothing, their expressions became somewhat subtle.

How should I put it? It feels good, but when I think about the fact that Liu Yankang is obviously not a good person, my mood naturally becomes complicated.

what is this?

System: [He is a miser, and he is also a Pixiu. He allows money to come in but not to go out. After his first wife died, the dowry should have been given to his children, or returned to her parents' home if he had no children. However, Liu Yankang did not do that. He changed hands several times, sold it, and then told his first wife's children that the shop was closed because of poor management.]

【The gold and silver items were stolen by the evil servants and can no longer be found.】

[My goodness, who would have thought that Liu Yankang looked serious on the surface, but was actually so greedy for money behind the scenes? The children of the original wife could not have imagined that their father could do such a thing, but they also could not believe that the original wife's generous dowry was gone in just a few years.]

[It couldn't have been my father who did this, so who could have done it? ]

Li Qingyi complained: [The wife he later married. ]

System: [That's right! The wife Liu Yankang married later knew before she entered the house that his previous wife had given birth to a pair of healthy sons and daughters for Liu Yankang. She didn't have any ambitions and just wanted to live an honest life.]

[In the end, she became obedient, and Liu Yankang, the scumbag, dropped a pot on her head. Before she knew anything, her stepchildren hated her.]

[Because of this, Liu Yankang's family is not at peace. His stepdaughter just doesn't want to cause trouble, not afraid of it. After enduring for two years, the stepdaughter finally caused him to have a miscarriage, and the family feud officially began. ]

[Liu Yankang himself probably didn't know that in the past few years, the women in his backyard either couldn't get pregnant, couldn't give birth, or died soon after giving birth. This was all the result of the fight between his second wife and his legitimate children.]

Li Qingyi was speechless: [It is really unlucky to be born in their family. 】

System: [Who said it wasn't? ]

The others who heard this also nodded subconsciously.

Even if people didn't understand what "airdropping a pot" meant at first, everyone understood it after considering the context.

Liu Yankang, who was pressed into the corner and controlled not to make any noise, had a pale expression on his face. There was surprise and hatred in his eyes, but no regret. It was obvious that he did not think he had done anything wrong in this matter.

The system continued: [From this incident, you should be able to see how greedy Liu Yankang is. He even embezzled his wife's dowry! ]

You have to know that in this era, dowry is a woman's personal property. For most men, using his wife's dowry is an extremely shameful thing.

This is especially true for officials who need to establish their reputation.

Li Qingyi nodded subconsciously, then remembered that she and the system were communicating in her mind. Her sudden nod might look a little strange to others.

She looked around first and found that no one was paying attention to her.

She leaned back again and looked at the emperor above her head.

The emperor had controlled his expression and looked serious, as if he was listening to the arguments of the court officials below.

Li Qingyi felt relieved and continued to listen to the system beep.

Li Qingyi: [What does it mean that he loves money so much, but only takes in money and never spends it? He only takes money and never spends it? ]

System: [That’s right! ]

System: [Liu Yankang secretly exchanged most of the money for gold, and then watched his confidants turn the gold into gold bricks whenever he had time. He found a few craftsmen with no background to build a gold house under the rockery in his back garden. After the house was built, he killed the craftsmen and buried their bodies in the artificial lake in his back garden.]

Officials: Hiss!

The emperor tilted his head slightly and looked at Luo Hong on the side.

Today he asked Luo Hong to go to court with him. Look, isn't he useful now?

Luo Hong bowed and accepted the order, then left quietly.

Li Qingyi was unaware of all this.

She was angry: [What did the craftsman do wrong! He is taking human life lightly! ]

System: [Yes! ]

Li Qingyi: [No, I want to let my father know about this. How can such a person be an official, and even sit in the position of Shangshu? If it gets out and other people know about it, especially the common people, what if they misunderstand that my father is a tyrant! ]

System: [The people don’t know about it yet, and Liu Yankang has done a good job on the surface. People can’t really tell from his appearance that he has embezzled so much money.]

System: [Everyone praises him as an honest official! ]

Li Qingyi: ...Damn!