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

Hu Pingan: "I know that what I am doing is somewhat dangerous."

Hu Pingan: "But if it wasn't dangerous, it wouldn't be my turn."

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Half an hour after separating from the students, Li Qingyi came to his senses and realized that he had returned to the palace without knowing when.

Fang Xin had been paying attention to her condition. Before Li Qingyi even opened her mouth, Fang Xin already knew that Li Qingyi had come back to her senses.

"Your Highness."

Li Qingyi responded subconsciously and looked up at Fang Xin.

Fang Xin smiled softly: "The Queen sent some grapes today, would you like to try some?"

Li Qingyi: "Ah, let's try it."

While eating the sweet grapes, Li Qingyi's thoughts drifted back to what Hu Ping'an said.

In fact, Hu Ping'an's case was dangerous. After all, if he was not careful, Hu Ping'an's life might really be in danger.

But now that they had arrived in the capital and had reunited with Wang Xuan and the others, Li Qingyi felt much more at ease about her safety.

She just felt a little scared.

If Hu Ping'an had explained the dangers to her clearly early on, Li Qingyi would definitely not have been able to stay in the capital and wait for him to come, and would have definitely found a way.

Either he could find a way to send more people to Hu Ping'an to protect him, or he could dig up some secrets about Jia Youming and find a way to expose his secrets.

As long as the source of the danger is gone, Hu Ping'an will be safe.

However, before Li Qingyi left today, Hu Ping'an said to her: "Teacher, if I encounter any problems, the first thing I think of is to seek your help. If it goes on for a long time, I am afraid I will not be able to survive independently in this world."

"So, please forgive me for my rash actions this time. I only set out on this journey after ensuring my own safety. I did not act on impulse. Please rest assured, teacher."

"Look, after I arrived in the capital, didn't I still come to seek your help, teacher?"

In fact, Hu Ping'an said something else in the middle, but these three sentences are the ones that Li Qingyi remembers most deeply.

Hu Ping'an naturally did not think that Li Qingyi was meddling in his affairs by worrying so much, but the meaning he conveyed was easy to understand - I am very grateful for your help, teacher, but if I want to be independent, I can't just think about asking others for help for everything.

Is Hu Pingan wrong?

Li Qingyi didn't think so.

It is better to rely on yourself than on others, this is a fact.

She was just a little confused. Li Qingyi thought that she was not a nanny-like teacher, and she also supported her students' self-growth and self-experience, but...did she really do it?

She thought she did not interfere too much in students' lives, but was the reality as she imagined?

Not necessarily.

At least Li Qingyi is not sure now.

She was thinking.

Hu Ping'an had encountered a life-threatening situation before, which was when the Yang family wanted to kill him to silence him. It was understandable that Li Qingyi tried to send someone over for Hu Ping'an's sake.

But going back in time, did Li Qingyi really manage not to interfere too much with Li Zhu and Wang Xuan, the two students who were the first to recognize her, and let them decide for themselves how to survive in this world?

Li Qingyi murmured in a low voice: "I still accidentally made the mistake of empiricism."

Fang Xin lowered her head to see if the grapes on the plate were washed clean, because Li Qingyi was unwilling to let the palace servants peel the grapes for her. She said that she felt that grapes peeled by others were not as clean as her own, and she had to do it herself. So Fang Xin could only make sure that the skins of the grapes were clean before they entered Li Qingyi's mouth.

It was also because she was focusing on the grapes that Fang Xin did not hear Li Qingyi's words clearly. After a few breaths, she raised her head and asked softly, "What did the young prince say?"

Li Qingyi came back to his senses and shook his head: "Nothing."

She would definitely not tell Fang Xin what she was thinking.

"Aunt, how do you think Li Zhu is doing these days?"

Fang Xin thought for a moment and answered truthfully, "The young prince is a very capable person. I think if it weren't for you, the young prince, who brought him back, the emperor would have been very disappointed if he had missed out on such a talent."

Li Qingyi: "...Talent?"

Li Qingyi: "But he is in poor health. If I hadn't asked him to help, Li Zhu would be lying at home resting now, instead of being busy with the Ministry of Revenue every day..."

As he was speaking, Li Qingyi met Fang Xin's slightly puzzled look and stopped talking.

"Ah, I forgot." Li Qingyi thought: "For a native of this place, it would be the best choice for Li Zhu to enter the court and become an official."

Fang Xin said at this time: "Are you saying that we should let the young prince live a life of leisure and ease?"

Li Qingyi: "Huh? Ah, um."

Fang Xin chuckled and finally understood why Li Qingyi had been vaguely revealing the conflicted emotions since he returned to the palace.

She bent down and squatted beside the chair where Li Qingyi was sitting, looking up at her with a gentle gaze: "Although I think that the young prince's thoughts should be different from yours, but everyone has different thoughts on such matters, and I can't guarantee that what I say is definitely right."

"If you care, given your relationship with the young prince, you can talk to him directly."

"However, I feel that the young prince is so active in the Ministry of Revenue, and it is definitely not because you pushed this matter in the first place, making it difficult for the young prince to get off the job. The young prince must like to do this in his heart, so he is so busy."

“You don’t have to worry about that much.”

Li Qingyi: "Ah, what my aunt said is not wrong. I hope I am just worrying about nothing."

The time of confusion has passed. Li Qingyi is a person who does not waste time on internal conflicts. He quickly agreed with Fang Xin's statement - if there is anything he wants to know, he might as well ask Li Zhu directly.

However, this time Li Qingyi did not choose to contact Li Zhu directly through the system, but asked Fang Xin to arrange someone to leave the palace to deliver a letter to Li Zhu. The two of them went back and forth to decide on a time when both of them were free, and invited Li Zhu to the palace to meet Li Qingyi.

The reason why Li Qingyi didn't run out of the palace by herself this time... was because Li Qingyi couldn't leave the palace for the time being.

It’s not that the emperor or the empress restricted Li Qingyi’s activities, but that there were new things to do in the palace, and as a little princess, Li Qingyi also had her own tasks.

The countries surrounding or slightly further away from Daning, such as Han Kingdom, Luosha Kingdom, Dali Kingdom, etc., all sent envoys to Daning for different purposes.