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

The emperor and the empress entered the hall together. After the couple sat down, the empress was about to adjust the position of Li Qingyi in her arms, but Li Qingyi found an excuse for himself and left quickly.

Firstly, it was to give the couple, who rarely had time to spend together in private, some space; secondly, Li Qingyi wanted to quickly get the troublesome black cat away from the emperor.

The emperor was not unaware of her thoughts and seemed to find them somewhat amusing. He laughed out loud after Li Qingyi left.

The Queen didn't understand what was going on, so she asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong? Why did you smile just after Yi'er left?"

The emperor told the empress in a few words what had just happened.

After hearing what happened, the Queen was somewhat helpless: "Yier, you are just too concerned. You are not the kind of person who would argue with trivial matters. Since you did not argue with that raccoon slave then, you will not argue with him now."

The emperor stroked his chin and said with a smile, "That's good. She didn't do it on impulse. The black cat does seem to be quite intelligent. I think this might be a good thing."

The queen smiled and looked at the emperor's robes: "That being said, I'm afraid that the clothes you are wearing today have been damaged by that cat slave, right?"

The smile on the emperor's lips froze.

Although frugality has been advocated in the palace in recent years, no matter how frugal the emperor is, he still has to wear clothes to meet people, so the material is not bad.

In this era, good materials basically come with another label - delicate.

Not to mention that the black cat had just grabbed the emperor's clothes and jumped up so swiftly. Just with this material, even if the emperor just wore it to walk around in the bushes, the clothes would probably be snagged when he came out.

The queen smiled, not afraid that the emperor would argue with her, and stood up and said, "I have some clothes for you, go and change."

The emperor laughed, shook his head slightly, and went inside with the queen.

At the hint of the Queen's confidant's eyes, the other palace maids took a step forward slightly, then stopped where they were, lowered their heads and listened attentively, as if they hadn't noticed anything.

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Li Qingyi carried the black cat back to his bedroom, and only let go after entering the room. The black cat was naturally not afraid of falling. After landing lightly, it circled around Li Qingyi's legs twice, "Meow~ Meow~"

Fang Xin was watching from the side and found it a little funny, because Fang Xin had just offered to help Li Qingyi hold the baby, but on the one hand, Xuan Mao was not as close to them, the palace servants, as he was to Li Qingyi, and on the other hand, Li Qingyi was afraid that Xuan Mao would accidentally hurt someone when struggling, so she shook her head and refused.

But if Li Qingyi was a teenager, it would probably be no problem for her to hold a cat that weighed more than ten pounds. But she is only four years old now, so it can be said that she was half dragged and half held when she was brought back.

It seems that Xiao Xuan is really close to her and has a good temper, so he didn't lose his temper with Li Qingyi because of this.

Fang Xin: "Your Highness, let me see if this raccoon is hungry?"

Li Qingyi propped himself up on his knees, took a breath, and tugged at his hair in an inelegant manner. After a while, he answered Fang Xin's question: "Ah, maybe. If it wasn't hungry, it probably wouldn't have taken the initiative to run outside to find me."

Having said that, Li Qingyi waved her hand, refusing the palace maid's help, and walked to a low couch not far away and sat down. She took the warm water brought by the palace maid and gulped it down. Then she continued, "Prepare some food and water for it. I'll take a rest."

She was small and her limbs were short, so many things were inconvenient for her to do. Even if there were no palace servants to serve her, children of this age often needed their parents' help in putting on clothes and shoes.

Especially since clothes in ancient times were not as convenient as those in modern times, Li Qingyi would not deliberately refuse the service of palace servants when needed.

But at times like this, Li Qingyi would let herself do it. She was also afraid that she would be raised to be a lazy person. It would not be a good thing to be out of breath after walking a few steps.

Fang Xin was also used to it. She glanced at the palace servant who had just offered to help, smiled, and sideways glanced at the quiet and low-key Qinglian.

Qinglian did not look up, but Fangxin knew that this palace maid who was originally from the Qingyi Guard must know what she meant and would go to check whether the palace maid had contacted anyone just now.

Fang Xin: "Okay, Your Highness, do you want to take a nap?"

Li Qingyi shook his head: "No need, I'll sit down and rest for a while, change clothes later, and then go find my mother."

Fang Xin: "Yes, then, Your Highness, please take a rest. I will go to the small kitchen to see if there are any new things. If there are, I will bring them to you to see."

Li Qingyi hugged the homemade pillow handed to her by the palace maid, let out a soft "ah", and nodded: "Okay."

After Fang Xin left, Li Qingyi drank another glass of water, took off his shoes and coat, and lay down on the couch.

It looks like he is taking a nap, but actually he has opened the team chat in his mind.

Li Qingyi: [Wang Xuan, Wang Xuan.]

Wang Xuan was probably busy with something and didn't respond immediately. However, Hu Pingan, who heard the noise, popped up and said, "Teacher, Wang Xuan may be busy. What can I do for you?"

Li Qingyi saw that Hu Pingan was the first to show up, so he knew that Chen Qicong was probably also busy. After thinking for a while, he said, "Hu Pingan, where are you now?"

At this moment, Hu Ping'an was walking in a field outside Beijing with two freshly trained guards. Hearing the voice, he answered without thinking: "I'm in the field, teacher."

Li Qingyi: […You went back? ]

After saying this, Li Qingyi also felt that this question was a bit silly: [Whose field did you go to? ]

Hu Pingan: [Ah, it’s a few acres of land that Wang Xuan recently bought from a wealthy businessman. It’s medium-sized land. Wang Xuan said that I don’t have anything to do for the time being, so she asked me to come and help take a look at the land here.]

Hu Pingan: [After all, the current classification of good and bad fields is rather general. Some fields are not suitable for growing wheat or rice, but they may yield a good harvest if used to grow other things. Wang Xuan said that she only knew some theoretical knowledge and could not compare to my more practical experience, so she asked me for help.]

Hu Pingan: [I happened to be going out of town today, so I stopped by to take a look.]

Upon hearing this, Li Qingyi nodded to show that he understood.

Just at this time, Wang Xuan popped up: [Teacher, I'm here, what's wrong? ]

Li Qingyi: [How is your bakery business going? ]

Wang Xuan: [Not bad. By the way, someone nearby has noticed something from the goods that come in and out of the bakery every day. My people have heard that some people in the market have begun to try to imitate it.]

Li Qingyi smiled: [You are not angry? ]

Wang Xuan also laughed: [What's there to be angry about? There are only so many raw materials. If they are willing, even if I don't arrange for any teachers to teach them, some people will try it when they see the business opportunity.]

Wang Xuan: [As long as it’s not malicious competition like poisoning, I won’t be angry.]

After all, her ultimate purpose is not to make money, or it is not just for the sake of making money.