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

Li Qingyi: [He is so greedy, how good must he be at showing off to have such a big error?]

System: [He can only go in but not out! ]

Li Qingyi didn't understand what the system meant at first. After a while, Li Qingyi figured it out and was surprised: [He... only keeps the money in his arms and doesn't spend it? ]

System: [Yes.]

System: [Liu Yankang only likes money, so he uses all means to get money, but he is also very stingy and doesn't like to spend money. He spends money on food and clothing as cheaply as possible, as long as he can use it. Occasionally, when he goes out to socialize with others, it must be others who pay for it, and he will pack up the food to eat at home.]

[Over time, everyone saw that he lived a simple and frugal life, and his family members did not waste money, so everyone thought that Liu Yankang was a truly frugal and honest official who did not covet money! ]

Li Qingyi: ...

Officials: ...

The prince was speechless. He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Liu Yankang in the corner. After looking him up and down, he found that the official uniform Liu Yankang was indeed old and had some wear and tear on the edges.

The court would issue official uniforms to each official. The first set was provided by the court, but if the uniform was worn or damaged, the officials would have to repair or redo it at their own expense.

In fact, the cost is not very high. The reason they do this is to make officials cherish it, not because the court wants to make money from it.

Liu Yankang was unwilling to spend even this small amount of money, no wonder he was mistaken for an honest official.

Just thinking about it makes me speechless.

The prince wanted to ask Liu Yankang directly: "You said you made so much money, hid it at home and didn't spend it, what are you trying to do?"

Not only the prince had this question, but others also had this question.

Liu Yankang, what do you want?

Do you just want the gold and silver to look good?

The system chuckled twice at this time: [However, Liu Yankang brought money home himself, and he didn't even tell his son, but it didn't affect his son's secret poaching at all. Hehe.]

Everyone who heard this was stunned.

Even Liu Yankang himself was stunned.

What does this mean?

Everyone had a big question mark on their head.

Fortunately, the system quickly solved their puzzlement.

System: [Liu Yankang’s youngest son, Liu Yinzhu, is the youngest son born to his second wife and is also a legitimate son.]

[Since the founding of the Daning Dynasty, there have been internal and external troubles and natural disasters. The main reason is that your dynasty happened to run into the Little Ice Age, so natural disasters were inevitable. ]

[The national treasury is not well-off, but it keeps spending money. You just heard that all those officials are crying poor and asking for money everywhere.]

[People's livelihood requires money, and defending the country also requires money, right? 】

[Liu Yankang himself actually did not touch the money from the national treasury, but that did not prevent others from embezzling some of it and giving it to him as a gift. Liu Yankang turned a blind eye to these people and pretended not to see anything.]

【Then, Liu Yankang was corrupt in the front, and his youngest son was behind him to steal his talents, and he would extort his gold and silver to help the poor people whenever he had the chance.】

Li Qingyi was surprised: [This is a good shoot from a bad bamboo! ]

Everyone nodded in unison.

System: [Yes, this Liu Yinzhu is really a good person, but his health is a little poor, he is a sickly person.]

[Ah! Wait! ]

Everyone was excited. Could there be some trick here?

However, the next second, they found that they could not hear the boy's voice clearly. The voice entered their brains, but they could not understand what he said at all.

System: [This Liu Yinzhu is not the original owner! I detected a soul fluctuation that does not belong to this era! ]

Li Qingyi suddenly stood up: [Is he my student? ]

System: [It cannot be confirmed for the time being. We still need to test it to know, but the test requires energy. ]

Li Qingyi: [Tsk.]

The emperor gently touched Li Qingyi's little head and asked in a low voice: "Are you tired, Yi'er? Do you want to go to the side hall to rest for a while?"

If the emperor hadn't said it, Li Qingyi wouldn't have felt anything.

After he said that, Li Qingyi had used a lot of brain power to eat the melon just now, and now he was really tired.

Li Qingyi was also somewhat helpless. Children are still in the developmental stage in all aspects and their energy cannot be compared with that of adults. Even if she sits here and does nothing but communicates with the system in her mind, she will still feel tired.

"Okay." Li Qingyi nodded.

She didn't really want to sit here and watch the court officials quarreling. If they spoke in plain language, she could still understand half of what they were saying.

But if he shows off his knowledge, it will be a bit difficult for Li Qingyi, a modern person, to understand.

Quoting classics is even more troublesome.

If it weren't for the melon-eating system, Li Qingyi might have fallen asleep while listening.

Li Qingyi was soon taken to a side hall to rest. She thought about Liu Yinzhu mentioned by the system and made a note of it in her mind, thinking about whether she would have a chance to contact this person after waking up.

System testing requires energy. Li Qingyi had asked about this before. One test requires 1000 energy points, which is more expensive than Liu Yankang’s melons.

When he was about to fall asleep, Li Qingyi was still thinking: "I have to find a way to remind my father. If he is really short of money, he might as well confiscate a few corrupt officials. I remember an emperor who filled up the national treasury by confiscating their property..."

woohoo...

In the court, with the departure of Li Qingyi, the officials who were pretending to argue gradually stopped and looked at each other.

The emperor said calmly: "Liu Yankang, I allow you to defend yourself."

Liu Yankang was finally released. He stumbled to the emperor and prostrated himself: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am loyal to you and have never…"

The prince said quietly, "Master Liu, which of the crimes of corruption and bribery and deceiving the emperor is more serious? You should know, right?"

Liu Yankang paused at the tip of his tongue.

The prince snorted coldly: "I never thought that the Lord Liu whom I have always respected is actually a corrupt official."

Liu Yankang's lips trembled. He held it in for a long time and wanted to deny it, but facing the emperor's cold gaze, he couldn't say anything.

Seeing this, an official hesitated for a moment and stepped forward to plead for Liu Yankang: "Your Majesty, although Lord Liu was confused and made a big mistake, the fairy voice just said that Lord Liu..."

The prince spoke slowly again: "Master Li, you came out to plead for Master Liu at this time. Are you one of the people who took the national treasury and gave it to Master Liu?"

"..."

Lord Li broke out in a cold sweat and immediately knelt down to explain that he had never done such a thing.

The prince smiled, neither saying he believed it nor he said he didn't believe it. He just glanced at the other officials and asked with a smile, "My Lords, do you have any opinions?"

Everyone shook their heads.

It seems that the prince is also angry about this matter. Look at his posture, as if he had been hit by a firecracker. Who would dare to show up now?

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