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

Probably because someone had already been killed as an example to warn the others, the truth soon came to light after the seventh princess's questioning.

The person whose mouth was blocked was the fourth son of the Right Vice Minister of Works. His father was a Right Vice Minister of the third rank, and his grandfather had served as the Minister of War in the early days of the founding of Daning. Later, because of his political differences with Taizu and his repeated angering of Taizu, Taizu arranged for him to retire early.

His name is Qi Bailin. He is the only child in the Qi family who was sent to be raised by his grandfather as soon as he was born. It is obvious that he is more influenced by his grandfather.

Because his father had a good relationship with the person sitting on the throne when they were young, and his father was a better person than his grandfather, and the heir to the throne of the Li family has not yet had his son implicated because of his father, his father has been able to serve as an official peacefully until now.

Why did his grandfather disagree with Taizu's political views and refuse to repent? Even though he knew it would anger Taizu, he still submitted memorials several times...

Because they have the standard idea of ​​male superiority and female inferiority, believing that women should take care of their husbands and children and stay in the backyard. If they come out to work as officials, it would be like a hen crowing at dawn, which would reverse the yin and yang and would cause chaos in the world.

What was the situation like at that time? When the Great Ning was first established, there were not only female officials but also female generals and female soldiers in the court. These female generals also made great contributions in pacifying the world and expelling the barbarians, and they were no worse than those male generals.

At a time like this, if you open your mouth and start to say that women are not good enough, that women should kneel behind men, and that it is a big mistake for women to be officials... If Taizu had really listened to him, there would be no need to wait until later, as the world would have been in chaos again.

At that time, Taizu was so angry that he demoted him to a commoner instead of demoting him, which actually saved his life.

Not to mention that time, there are still female generals in the court now, such as Jiang Changan, one of Li Qingyi’s masters.

Of course, this is what the system told Li Qingyi.

Except for Qi Bailin and Zhang Nianran, the others were all children of officials in the court. Either their grandfathers or their fathers served in the court, but none of them had mothers serving in the court.

However, after learning about Qi Bailin's family situation, Li Qingyi also understood that Qi Bailin probably had some objections to women in their families serving as officials in the court. With him here, people would not come.

It was indeed Qi Bailin who first proposed today's outing, and it was he who instigated others to coax Zhang Nianran out of the house.

Yes, coax.

According to the servant beside Zhang Nianran, Zhang Nianran has been studying at home recently. He takes occasional breaks by staying with his grandparents. He spends most of his time preparing for the exams. He had no plans to go out until his friends came.

It was Qi Bailin who brought a few young men who had a good relationship with Zhang Nianran, and it was Qi Bailin who instigated and dragged Zhang Nianran out.

Similarly, it was Qi Bailin who said that it was boring for grown men to go out just for shopping, and it would be better to go out for horse riding while the weather was good, and he even prepared horses in advance.

Before the incident, everyone thought that Qi Bailin just wanted Zhang Nianran to come out and relax, and he had good intentions.

After the incident, looking back at Qi Bailin's previous actions, anyone who is not a fool can feel how purposeful his actions were.

As everyone stared at him with suspicion, Qi Bailin became more and more stiff and his expression became uglier and uglier. He wanted to say something, but because his mouth was blocked, he couldn't utter a word.

While the Seventh Princess was asking questions, the bitter wife Zhang Nianran had been moved to a flat area aside and was treated by the imperial physician that Li Qingyi had called over before leaving the palace. Now, a wooden board was tied to her legs, and she sat there in a daze, looking at Qi Bailin with a distracted look.

Li Qingyi: "Do Qi Bailin and Zhang Nianran have any grudges against each other?"

The Seventh Princess thought so too and looked at Zhang Nianran.

Zhang Nianran came back to his senses after being reminded by the servant. His face did not look good at the moment. He fainted because of the pain in his leg the moment the incident happened and just woke up.

As soon as I woke up, I heard the end of the story and realized that Qi Bailin had another purpose in asking me to go out today.

The Seventh Princess repeated Li Qingyi's question.

Zhang Nianran shook his head blankly: "Brother Qi and I have no grudge against each other."

Zhang Nianran is a true gentleman. He is always kind to others. Even when facing people with different personalities, he never says bad words. He is a person who no one around him would say has a bad personality when it is mentioned.

The Seventh Princess looked at the others.

Several people looked at each other, seemingly puzzled.

One person also said: "Qi Bailin used to often go out with Brother Zhang to play. I heard that whenever Brother Zhang was on vacation, he would hang out with Qi Bailin as long as he had nothing to do. Occasionally, Brother Li would also be there. The three of them should have a good relationship."

"Yes, yes. I also asked Brother Qi if he would feel bored and miss Brother Zhang when he was in class. Brother Qi said that he would miss him."

"They have known each other longer than we have. I heard that Brother Zhang and Brother Qi studied in the same school when they were young, but Brother Zhang was better at studying... Ah, Brother Qi is not jealous of Brother Zhang's talent because of this, so..."

Qi Bailin's face had begun to distort.

The Seventh Princess' ears twitched: "Brother Li?"

Everyone was silent for a moment, feeling awkward for some reason, remembering that the person in front of them was Princess Li.

In the end, it was Zhang Nianran who answered the question: "Brother Li is the son of the Lin Wang Mansion, Li Ningyan. Brother Qi, Brother Li and I hit it off right away and became close friends. I would occasionally run into Brother Li when I went out with Brother Qi, and the three of us often participated in poetry and literary gatherings together."

Even so, Zhang Nianran did not say what his relationship with Li Ningyan was like.

Others may not have noticed this, but the Seventh Princess did not ignore it and asked directly: "What is your relationship with Li Ningyan?"

Zhang Nianran was silent for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "I, should be considered a friend."

Li Qingyi's attention was still on Li Ningyan at this time, and he asked the system: [Is this matter somehow related to Li Ningyan? ]

The system voice sounded a little bit subtle: [Host, you really did guess right. ]

Li Qingyi: [Is it true? ]

System: [Well, Li Ningyan originally planned to participate in next year's examination, hoping to use it to bring glory to himself.]

System: [But Li Ningyan is in trouble. He can't even get up. He definitely can't take part in the examination. All his previous plans are scrapped.]

System: [Qi Bailin does have a good relationship with Li Ningyan. On the surface, he seems to have a better relationship with Zhang Nianran, but in fact, he and Li Ningyan are the ones who have a really good relationship, because Li Ningyan will help him chase women, and being with Zhang Nianran will only make him look inferior to Zhang Nianran in every way.]