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

System: [Ding.]

Li Qingyi: [Say.]

System: [Host, just now, someone in the East Market committed a crime in the street, stabbing Li Ningyan, the bastard of Prince Lin's Mansion, and also stabbed a maid in the Grand Princess's Mansion.]

System: [The assailant is Chen Xiaolin, the youngest son of Weihai General Chen Hudou. Before he started the fight, he saw the woman he liked chatting and laughing with Li Ningyan in the alley. After he approached to question her, he pulled out the sword of his guard and slashed at Li Ningyan.]

System: [Because the incident happened suddenly, Li Ningyan hid his whereabouts and avoided the eyes and ears of others. He did not bring any people with him. He was accompanied by the secret guards arranged by King Lin. However, because they were hiding at a distance at the time, they only had time to make a move to help Li Ningyan avoid fatal injuries.]

System: [As a result, Li Ningyan was stabbed on the waist. Afterwards, the secret guards of Prince Lin and the guards around Chen Xiaolin took action together to stop the situation from getting worse. However, the noise also alarmed many passers-by.]

System: [Oh, host, at the moment I was telling you, the matter had already been reported to the emperor by the Qingyi Guards, and the emperor had already asked the Qingyi Guards to investigate what was going on with the secret guards in Prince Lin's mansion.]

Li Qingyi was surprised: [Does Prince Lin raise a group of secret guards himself? ]

System: [Let me see. This is a paid item. I can’t tell you directly.]

As for the previous crime scene committed in the street, there were many witnesses and many people who knew about it passively, so it became a free melon.

Li Qingyi: [How much? ]

If it's not expensive, she'll buy it and then tell her father about it if necessary.

System: [Not expensive, 1000 energy.]

Li Qingyi was silent for a moment, and then he spoke again with some emotion: [Now you can also say that 1000 energy is not expensive. ]

The system also went silent.

How to say it, because Wang Xuan was working diligently outside, all kinds of useful and useless things began to emerge, such as salt fields, glass, and cement workshops, and Wang Xuan never forgot to bring Li Qingyi along. The system learned that the Heavenly Dao had indeed judged that Li Qingyi had indeed made contributions to these things.

In other words, Li Qingyi and Wang Xuan did gain a lot of merit through this operation.

So Li Qingyi still has a pretty good balance now.

Even if the merits that the system determined were not obtained through his own active participation were excluded, Li Qingyi's available balance was only increasing. He no longer had to hesitate when buying a melon with 50 energy points as he did at the beginning.

Li Qingyi: [Although I have a lot of balance, I still think 1000 energy is a bit expensive. ]

System: [Okay, okay, I'll pay attention next time. Then host, don't you want to eat this melon? ]

Li Qingyi: [...Let me think about it.]

Li Qingyi said this, and after thinking for only a few seconds, he asked Fang Xin to take her to the Qianqing Palace to find her biological father.

However, Li Qingyi's arrival was not timely this time. When she arrived, Huang Kang, who had been informed of the news by the eunuch in advance, welcomed her to the side hall with a smile and said respectfully: "Please rest here for a while and have something to eat. The adults just arrived not long ago, and I'm afraid it will take a while for the emperor to find time."

As Huang Kang said this, he also acted as if he was worried that Li Qingyi would be unhappy. In fact, both parties knew that Li Qingyi would not be unhappy about such a thing, and would not vent his anger on others because of such a small matter.

Li Qingyi smiled and nodded to show that he understood, then said: "I will wait here. The emperor still needs your service, Eunuch Huang. You can go back now."

Eunuch Huang said a few polite words, then turned around and instructed the palace servants in the side hall to serve the Eleventh Princess well, and then returned to the main hall quietly.

Li Qingyi sat in his seat for a while and felt a little bored, so he pricked up his ears to listen to the noises around him.

However, it is not known whether the ministers who came to see the emperor today did so intentionally or unintentionally. Li Qingyi remembered that he could hear some noise in the side hall last time, but this time he heard nothing after listening for a while.

Fortunately, she wasn't there to eavesdrop, so if she couldn't hear it, she couldn't hear it. Even if she heard it, she might not understand it.

So Li Qingyi quickly shifted his attention, rolled his eyes, and whispered to the system: [Switch to the public channel.]

The system subconsciously asked in a low voice: [Now? ]

Li Qingyi: [Yes.]

System: [Okay. 】

After a few seconds, Li Qingyi cleared his throat in his mind, and then spoke in his mind: [Xiao Ba.]

Next door to the main hall.

The emperor was listening to the court officials' report on the disaster relief arrangements that had been made some time ago. Although he knew that Li Qingyi had arrived at the Qianqing Palace, his mind was on business at the moment. Knowing that the palace servants would take good care of his beloved little girl, he temporarily put her behind his mind.

At this moment, a familiar baby voice seemed to ring in the ears of several people, and the emperor's originally serious expression paused slightly.

The official who was reporting was also stuck for a moment, but he quickly reacted and continued speaking. At first glance, there seemed to be nothing unusual.

Even so, his ears had already pricked up in his heart - the Eleventh Princess was here, what was she going to talk about again?

Several other officials also pricked up their ears at this moment, and some even felt lucky that they were not the ones reporting at the moment, otherwise it would have been a bit difficult for them to listen to what the other person said while speaking.

System: [I am here, host. ]

Li Qingyi: [What is the current situation with Li Ningyan? ]

The emperor, who had received a secret report from the Qingyi Guards and learned some information, said: Hmm? Yi'er came to see me now, could it be because of Li Ningyan's matter?

As for the other officials who had not received any intelligence before coming, who is Li Ningyan? Hearing the name, he looks a bit like Li Ningmu who got into trouble some time ago. Could they be brothers?

So, has something happened in Prince Lin’s Mansion again?

It is no wonder that they are not aware of the situation. As a bastard's son, Li Ningyan's social interactions are restricted because of this identity. The younger generation is more or less aware of his existence. The adults who have already entered the court as officials and work diligently for their official duties every day do not have the time to care about who the bastard of the royal palace is.

Unless this bastard has made great achievements, they really don't have the time to do that.

To put it bluntly, the eldest son of Prince Lin's Mansion was just too arrogant, otherwise these adults would probably not be able to remember who he was after hearing his name.

It's not that I look down on you or anything like that, it's just that... we are in different circles and people have limited energy. Except for those social experts, most people don't have the time to pay attention to how many sons other people have in their families, and how many of them are legitimate sons and how many are illegitimate sons.

System: [Li Ningyan has been carried to a medical store near the scene of the incident to treat his wounds. Chen Xiaolin wanted to kill the maid, but was stopped by the guards. Someone has already informed Chen Hudou about this.]

Li Qingyi: [Where is Prince Lin? ]

System: [Oh, someone also wanted to inform Prince Lin, but the message was intercepted by Princess Lin's people. Prince Lin is still drinking tea at his door and doesn't know about this.]