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

But the development of things was more exciting than Li Qingyi expected.

Because soon, Xie Chengyao, who happened to come to report on his work during the morning court session, walked in from outside at the emperor's signal. The first thing he did was to state his situation and apologize, talking about the actions of the Xie family yesterday.

Actually, there was nothing wrong with what the Xie family did yesterday.

It's just that so many people from the same family suddenly appeared, and they are quite powerful. If you really want to find fault, you can say that they are using their power to bully others - but the problem is that the Xie family didn't go there to find trouble, so the so-called using power to bully others does not exist.

Censor Liu: “…”

Xie Chengyao: "Your Majesty, I did not expect that Lord Liu would care about me so much not long after I returned to Beijing. I am deeply touched."

care……

Li Qingyi: Phew.

The corner of Censor Liu's mouth twitched, and he wanted to say something, but now in the court, no matter how eloquent or taciturn he was before, when the Eleventh Princess was carried to the morning court, he would become very cautious in speaking.

At this moment, Censor Liu was a little embarrassed. If it were any other time, he would definitely have a few words with Xie Chengyao at this time. It is better to lose the battle than the fight, right?

But it just so happens that the Eleventh Princess is here today.

With the lessons learned from the past, even if officials are upright and have no guilty conscience, they do not want to have a record with Li Qingyi, in case they are suddenly exposed one day.

In fact, Li Qingyi's eating melons is not all a bad thing. For example, last time, Li Qingyi ate a piece of melon about an official in the court who was so honest that he only washed his socks once every half a month.

You may say this is a bad thing... Well, for some people who love cleanliness, it is indeed not a good thing. They will inevitably be disgusted with this official, or at least his socks.

But this is not entirely a bad thing. After all, they wanted to save water and money, and they were truly honest. Apart from a maid who took care of their mother, the family did not employ any other maids or servants. In this way, they also made an appointment with the emperor, which was a positive thing. How could it be said to be a bad thing?

But, but it’s best if this matter is not known to outsiders, right?

I still feel a little embarrassed.

And Censor Liu didn't want to be the one being talked about by Li Qingyi, as he had his own secrets!

So Censor Liu moved his lips, but under Xie Chengyao's half-smiley gaze, he finally remained silent, waiting for the emperor's attitude.

What is the emperor’s attitude?

The emperor's attitude was: "Well, I have also heard about this from my eleventh princess. This is just a misunderstanding. Thank you, my dear minister. What about the other matter? Do you have anything to say?"

This means letting Xie Chengyao defend himself.

Xie Chengyao naturally would not refuse the emperor's kindness, but before he spoke, he glanced at the officials around him, raised his eyebrows slightly, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Officials: ...

Xie Chengyao's doubts were not without reason. Before leaving Beijing for his post, Xie Chengyao also spent some time in the Hanlin Academy and participated in several court meetings. However, the previous court meetings, whether they were lively or quiet, were never as...subtle as they are now.

It’s no wonder that Xie Chengyao didn’t know the situation. He had just returned to Beijing and met the emperor first.

The emperor hadn't even finished meeting him when something happened to Xie Wei, so Xie Chengyao hurried home to deal with Xie Wei's affairs.

As a result, Xie Chengyao's father forgot to tell Xie Chengyao about the magical power of the Eleventh Princess - of course, such a thing could not be written explicitly in a letter, so it could only be said in person.

What was even more coincidental was that Xie Chengyao was waiting outside the hall to be summoned, which happened to be beyond the system's public frequency range, so Xie Chengyao did not hear the sound of Li Qingyi and the system in everyone's minds.

Xie Chengyao, a man who completely missed all opportunities to discover the truth.

Although he was confused by the inexplicably subtle atmosphere at the moment, Xie Chengyao adhered to the idea of ​​"when the enemy comes, the general will fight; when the water comes, the earth will cover it". He smiled at some officials who were still familiar to him, then restrained his expression, took out a memorial from his sleeve, and began to... impeach.

Lee Ching-yi: Wow.

Officials: Not surprising.

The emperor smiled.

Li Qingyi was almost sober by now. He listened for a while and heard the key information - Xie Chengyao was not on good terms with his superiors. The reason for the conflict was that several policies that Xie Chengyao implemented while in office were tailored to local conditions, but they were blocked by some local families because they damaged the family interests of some powerful local forces.

His superiors had good relations with these families, and Xie Chengyao did not mention whether they had accepted bribes from any of them. He only said that when he was governing the local area, his superiors not only failed to play a positive role, but also repeatedly took sides, resulting in many of Xie Chengyao's initiatives being severely restricted.

After several times, the relationship between Xie Chengyao and his superiors deteriorated rapidly.

As Li Qingyi listened, he only heard Xie Chengyao talk about how his superiors had hindered government affairs, but he did not mention the specific conflicts between him and his superiors. He became a little curious.

【Xiao Ba.】 Li Qingyi suddenly spoke.

System: [Host here, do you want to ask about the melons between Xie Chengyao and Shangfeng? Yes, do you want to buy a single melon or a large collection? ]

Just as he was talking about how his superiors were trying to smooth things over, Xie Chengyao paused imperceptibly.

In just that moment, Xie Chengyao connected all the things that had happened before and immediately understood why the atmosphere in the hall was so subtle at this moment.

It turned out to be the case.

It turned out to be the case.

Li Qingyi: [What’s the price? ]

System: [There are seven of them in total. The cheapest one costs 100 energy, and the most expensive one costs 800 energy. They are not expensive.]

System: [I have secured a discount for the host in the big collection. You can buy eight melons full of information for only 2000 energy. Do you want to buy them? ]

When he heard the number eight, a question mark popped up in Li Qingyi's head: [Didn't they say there were seven in total? How come there are eight in the big collection? ]

System: [Let me see, let me see. Oh, that's the host. Because the eighth melon is the ultimate melon that can only be unlocked after buying the previous seven melons, buying the collection actually gives you a melon for free.]

If Li Qingyi had originally just asked casually, now she was immediately interested.

In other words, not only Li Qingyi was interested, but everyone present at the moment, as long as they could hear her communicating with the system, was interested!

Even the emperor couldn't help himself at this moment and lowered his eyes slightly to look at his little daughter.

What an ultimate melon! I’ve never heard of this before.

I wonder if it has anything to do with government affairs?

Li Qingyi didn't hesitate and made the decision: [Buy! ]

System: [Okay! 】

Li Qingyi: [First, tell me what the ultimate big news is? ]

System: [Yeah, let me summarize this in one sentence. Li Benqing's love for Xie Chengyao turned into hatred, so he deliberately tripped him up! ]

Li Qingyi:! ?

Officials: !!!

Xie Chengyao:?