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

Since Li Zhu himself said that he didn't mind, Li Qingyi quickly recovered.

As for the things about Hu Ping'an, Li Qingyi thought about it and decided to pay a certain price in the system and successfully bought the relevant information about Hu Ping'an's sister.

System: [It's almost the same as what Hu Ping'an said before. The family that proposed the marriage is trying to use the marriage relationship to get some benefits from the Hu family. However, the son they dumped is just an unpopular and poorly healthy bastard. He has a mediocre reputation in their circle. Even if they can't get ready-made benefits from the Hu family, they won't suffer any loss.]

System: [As for Hu Ping'an's cousin, she is not unaware of the other party's plan, but that daughter is not her biological daughter, so she may want to get rid of this burden as soon as possible. This is my calculation based on various data, and it may not be accurate. After all, you know that I don't understand people's hearts.]

Li Qingyi was surprised: [Not a biological child? What's going on? Isn't this another case of a wrong child being taken away? ]

System: [No, no, this time the situation is quite simple. The child is the posthumous child of Hu Ping'an's uncle and elder brother. The mother died soon after giving birth to her, and the child eventually came to their home.]

System: [Children without parents are still bullied in modern times. In this era, children without parents are even more considered ominous. Hu Ping'an's uncle, Liao Qilin, felt sorry for the only blood left by his brother, so he discussed it with his young cousin at the time. The two of them went to the countryside for a year, and when they came back, they said that the child was their own.]

System: [I don’t know what that cousin was thinking at the time, but they had just gotten married, so it’s possible that she was worried that rejecting her husband’s request would make him unhappy.]

Li Qingyi: [……]

Li Qingyi: [Since both the couple knew about this matter, she was so eager to marry the adopted daughter off to him this time. Did Liao Qilin ever doubt her intentions?]

System: [This... Host, if you ask me, I don't know. ]

Li Qingyi had no choice but to think about it and decided to tell Hu Pingan about it.

Hu Ping'an is Hu Ping'an, and his aunt is his aunt. They are not the same person. It is impossible for Li Qingyi to blame Hu Ping'an just because his aunt was obviously trying to push an innocent girl into the fire pit.

Besides, isn’t the reason Hu Ping’an came here this time to prevent such a bad thing from happening?

I just don’t know how Hu Ping’an will deal with this matter after learning about it.

Thinking about this, Li Qingyi played chess with Huo Yan for the whole afternoon. When Huo Yan left, he suddenly thought of Huo Xu: "Cousin, did cousin Huo Xu send any letter back to Beijing?"

Huo Yan paused for a moment, looked back at Li Qingyi with a smile, squatted down to look at her, and then slowly said, "Your Highness, are you worried about Huo Xu?"

Li Qingyi nodded.

Huo Yan: "Your Highness, don't worry. I have arranged for people to keep an eye on the situation over there. If there is any danger, my guards will take action in time. As for the situation of suppressing the bandits, well, according to my estimation, Huo Xu should be back in Beijing in a month at most."

Li Qingyi's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Huo Yan nodded with a smile.

Li Qingyi quickly recalled the events at Prince Lin's Mansion, as well as Li Ningmu's strange silence in the past few days, and his heart shuddered.

She hesitated for a moment, then signaled Huo Yan to lower his head and whispered in his ear, "Before my cousin left Beijing, he had a conflict with the Prince Lin's Mansion. Now that something has happened at the Prince Lin's Mansion, it's inevitable that the man will feel resentful and hate him for it."

"I'm not outside the palace, and I'm not that well-informed, so I can't do anything. Cousin, you're so powerful, be careful and don't let anyone harm my little cousin."

Huo Yan's eyes were very gentle when he heard this. He raised his hand and gently touched her head: "Don't worry, little prince. I remember it."

After Huo Yan left, Fang Xin, who had just been avoiding their conversation, stepped forward and bent over to ask Li Qingyi, "Your Highness, are you going to take a rest or go to the Queen?"

Li Qingyi looked at the sky and felt her own condition. She felt that the number of brain cells that died this afternoon was less than expected, and she was not too tired, so she said, "Let's go to the Queen Mother."

Li Qingyi had just arrived, and the emperor came to Kunning Palace not long after. When he saw Li Qingyi, he smiled and said, "Yier is here too?"

As he spoke, he walked forward naturally, picked up Li Qingyi from the ground, held her in his arms, and rubbed her cheek.

Li Qingyi was pricked by the emperor's beard, and hurriedly pushed his big face away, mumbling: "Father, father, you pricked me."

The emperor seemed to have just realized it. He smiled and avoided it, while apologizing: "Oh, father didn't pay attention. Sorry, I didn't hurt Yi'er, did I?"

The queen stood up and walked over, watching the scene with a smile.

The family of three had a warm and happy time together before finally sitting down.

Li Qingyi watched the palace servants serve dishes one by one while listening to the empress and the emperor talking about the busy things in the palace recently.

The emperor said: "The ceremony is scheduled for the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month. The envoys can stay until the 10th day of the first lunar month at most. By then, you will have to take care of the palace."

Queen: "Save it until the first month of the year? Then the New Year's Palace Banquet..."

The emperor sighed, "Yes, so the palace will be busy then."

The queen was thoughtful.

Emperor: "But there is good news. Yi'er's little sister, the little girl named Wang Xuan, gave me a good idea today, which can save a lot of money for the national treasury."

Queen: “Hmm?”

Li Qingyi also pricked up his ears.

Then, Li Qingyi heard the emperor and the queen smilingly talking about a set of cool operations on how to get the surrounding wealthy businessmen to donate money to the national treasury.

Li Qingyi: "..."

Ah, this routine...she is familiar with it.

Isn’t this bidding?

The emperor smiled and said, "What do you think of this idea, Queen? I think it's a good idea."

The queen thought for a moment and smiled: "It's indeed a good idea, but I'm afraid this idea will make some old masters feel uncomfortable."

The emperor laughed and said, "I am not so particular, why should they be so particular?"

When the emperor said this, although he was smiling, his eyes were somewhat cold.

So many things had happened before, and the court officials had changed several times. Although the emperor did not say it on the surface, he had already accumulated a certain amount of anger in his heart.

There are always some people who, seeing that he rarely gets angry over the years, think that he has become a good person with a mild temper.

The reason why he didn't attack directly was that he didn't find the right opportunity.

If something happens again this time, the emperor wouldn't mind recreating the bloodbath in the court back then - he will never be short of people.