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

Li Qingyi had a pretty good first impression of Xie Wei.

Firstly, most people look at faces. Li Qingyi thinks that he is just an ordinary person, so he also looks at faces. Although Xie Wei is still young, he looks better than other children of the same age. He left a deep impression at first sight.

Secondly, as a teacher, Li Qingyi has seen a lot of children, both big and small, for various reasons. She knows very well that before they mature mentally, many children have some naughty genes, especially children of Xie Wei's age.

Li Qingyi felt that if she was looking for playmates, it would be great to have a few more like Xie Wei who were good-looking and reasonable.

Oh, and smart.

The emperor admired Xie Chengyao very much, but his appreciation was to assign things to people. Xie Chengyao's father worked in the capital. Whether for the purpose of avoiding suspicion or for other reasons, Xie Chengyao only stayed in the Hanlin Academy for one year after entering the court before being sent to serve as an official in other places.

The Xie family members seem to have a scholarly temperament, and so does Xie Chengyao. At first glance, he looks like an elegant gentleman. But in fact, Xie Chengyao is not a traditional scholar as most people think. It is better to say that the scholars in the Xie family would learn some martial arts for self-defense.

Xie Chengyao learned more deeply and was a man of both civil and military talents.

So when bandits broke out in the area governed by Xie Chengyao, Xie Chengyao, as the local official, personally led the local militia to beat the bandits. By the time the nearby garrison arrived, the matter was almost over.

The consequence of being both civil and military was that the emperor would send Xie Chengyao wherever he wanted. In addition, Xie Chengyao himself was a pragmatist, and his political achievements were seen wherever he went. After a few years, even the emperor felt that it was a bit unfair to let him continue to stay in the local area, so he called him back this year.

What a coincidence, I just came back and encountered this incident with Xie Wei.

The emperor thought about Xie Chengyao's cold-outward but warm-hearted personality and what he would do when he returned. However, he said to Li Qingyi, "If you like, call her to the palace some other day to play with you."

Li Qingyi was slightly stunned for a moment, and after a while, he said: "Ah, there is no need to be like this, Xie Wei should have started school by now."

It was obvious that the child was a good student. If she called him into the palace, the best she could do was to play games with him. She couldn't ask him to attend class with her, right?

She said it was a class, but in fact the difficulty level was based on Li Qingyi's own level. It was a bit stressful but not too much.

A normal child might not know this, but how could Li Qingyi not know this?

For someone like her who doesn't take the imperial examination, it's fine to continue studying like this. Li Qingyi is going to take the civil service exam anyway, so it's enough for her to learn some knowledge and understand the world.

But Xie Wei's situation is different from hers. If she really dragged him over, it would be a waste of time.

The emperor smiled and said, "If you like, you can call me to the palace every now and then. It won't be a problem."

Li Qingyi quickly shook his head to refuse.

The emperor smiled when he saw that she really didn't want to, but in his heart he was thinking about finding an opportunity to meet Xie Wei, whom Li Qingyi had specially praised today.

At this time, the emperor was just curious and had no other intentions.

Li Qingyi returned to Kunning Palace and found that some concubines had come to look for the queen today. She thought about it and did not go in to disturb them.

Half an hour later, when the concubines left, Li Qingyi ran to the queen and rubbed against her arms.

My beautiful mother, stick with me!

The queen was lost in thought, but after being pounced upon by Li Qingyi, she came to her senses and subconsciously smiled gently. Then she thought the same thing as the emperor and asked, "Why did you come back so early today? What happened?"

Li Qingyi let out a cry, but still told the story.

The queen frowned slightly: "How could such a thing happen under the feet of the emperor..."

Li Qingyi: "Maybe they think it's dark under the lamp, and others think they don't dare, so they do the opposite and succeed."

Apart from anything else, on the way back, Li Qingyi recalled everything that happened on the street, including the reactions of passers-by, and felt that he might have predicted what those passers-by were thinking - the woman was so righteous and self-confident at the time, and she had disguised herself, and passers-by would have thought it was nothing special. Who would have thought that she would take action in broad daylight?

The Queen also thought the same thing as Li Qingyi. She frowned and sighed after a moment: "It's good now. I heard that during the chaos in the early years..."

At this point, the queen realized that she was talking to her daughter, and immediately swallowed the words, not intending to tell Li Qingyi about the bad things she had heard.

But even if she didn't say it, Li Qingyi could actually guess some of it.

The queen changed the subject at this time and asked about Xie Wei.

Li Qingyi told the empress the same thing she had told the emperor.

The Queen's focus was somewhat different, and she asked, "From what you said, the child is a good one."

As she said this, the queen's mind began to change.

The empress is different from the emperor. The emperor thinks his children are perfect in every way and he doesn't have to worry about their marriage when they grow up. His children can at worst be princes, so how could they have trouble in marriage?

But as a woman, the queen is worried about her son's marriage, and even more worried about her daughter's marriage!

Since Li Qingyi was born, the queen had been paying attention to the child who was not much older than Li Qingyi, intentionally or unintentionally. However, she only kept these thoughts in her heart and never told anyone else.

As for why...

Because the queen knew that in this world, women always have a harder time than men.

Secondly, a good man is a rare treasure, so instead of waiting for Li Qingyi to reach the age of 15 to find one...

The queen thought that it would be better to pick a suitable man early on whom her daughter would like and bring her up since childhood. There was no need to ask her to have a child husband or something like that. She could just have him as a playmate when her daughter was young and the boundaries between boys and girls were not yet obvious.

When he grows up, if Li Qingyi takes a fancy to him, or if he doesn't have that interest but needs someone to get married to avoid the limelight, this playmate can be upgraded to a prince consort.

And if Li Qingyi grows up and falls in love with someone else, if he is suitable, that's fine, but if he is not suitable, the queen will think about the system in Li Qingyi and feel that if there is really that unsuitable person, Li Qingyi can kick him out by himself without the queen having to think of a solution herself.

Therefore, the Queen felt it was appropriate to pick a good seedling and cultivate him in this direction from an early age.

At worst, it can be regarded as finding an extra brother for your little daughter to protect her.

In fact, before this, the queen had also seen little boys from other people's homes. At this age, the child's own conditions are not the most important. The queen mainly looks at the family style.

In terms of family background, who in this world can be more noble than the royal family?

But all the choices that were made before were invalidated after a system suddenly appeared beside Li Qingyi.

Don't ask, the answer is that the queen was forced to eat all the big and small melons hidden in those prosperous families.