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

After seeing Lu Ping'an off, Li Qingyi followed the prince in a simple disguise and strolled along the most prosperous streets of the capital like an ordinary brother and sister.

Li Qingyi originally just thought of it as a warm time between the two siblings, and didn't think about anything else. She just happily followed her brother to look around here and there.

She feels happy from the bottom of her heart when traveling with her close ones, even if she doesn’t buy anything.

However, unexpectedly, Li Qingyi met some familiar people on the street, and the other party recognized him at a glance.

“Xiao, ah…”

Xie Wei's father, Xie Chengyao, smiled and covered his son's mouth, stopping him from blurting out the words. He looked at the Crown Prince, who was disguised but not covering his face: "Young Master, why are you here?"

Obviously, seeing that the Crown Prince and Li Qingyi were wearing clothes without much decoration, Xie Chengyao was much smarter than his son and understood what they meant.

The prince also smiled. Although he was much younger than Xie Chengyao, his smile did not seem much different from Xie Chengyao's at the moment. He was equally gentle and had the same scholarly temperament.

Yes, at this moment Xie Chengyao looked very gentle, like a young scholar, and did not have much aggressive power.

It was somewhat different from what Li Qingyi saw in the palace last time.

Prince: "Today's weather is nice, and I happen to have some free time, so I'll go out for a walk with my sister."

In fact, he was ordered to see Lu Ping'an off from Beijing today, and he asked for half a day's leave from the emperor.

As the heir, the prince did not have much objection to his father's behavior of treating him like a brick and moving him wherever he was needed.

Compared to the experience he had in the battlefield with his father when he was young, and the influence he had gained from following his father and brothers, the prince, who has been on the throne for more than ten years, needs to be tempered in order to better take over his father's career given his age and experience.

Of course, this is also because the emperor really uses him when he wants to, and he won't do anything for free. He is not stingy with the rights he deserves. The good reputation the prince does is his own, and if he does something inappropriate, the emperor will back him up. The relationship between father and son is real, and it doesn't contain as much conspiracy as some people think.

However, the prince didn't really want to be tortured. When he finally had a chance to relax, he rushed back to the palace to serve his father as a tool.

Besides, his own sister told him to combine work and rest and get enough rest, so how could the prince not listen?

Xie Chengyao could tell from the body language of the siblings—the prince had been hugging Li Qingyi—that they were very close. He smiled and didn't say anything to disturb them. "I see. It's me who disturbed the young master and the young lady. Since the young master doesn't have to study at home, and there are a lot of new things in the capital recently, why don't you go shopping?"

"It's just me and my son, so we won't bother you any more."

As he spoke, Xie Chengyao had already let go of Xie Wei. Xie Wei was no fool and understood what his father meant from his father's actions just now.

While Xie Chengyao was talking to the prince with a smile, Xie Wei was staring at Li Qingyi intently.

Meeting the little boy Hei'er's clear eyes, Li Qingyi curved her eyes and greeted him silently.

Xie Wei is not a very lively child, which can be seen from his quiet attitude at the moment.

When the little boy saw Li Qingyi smiling at him, he seemed to be stunned for a moment, then hesitantly raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a somewhat shy smile.

His temperament, which seemed calmer than other children, was suddenly broken, and he returned to his actual age, looking... quite cute.

Li Qingyi couldn't help but look at it several more times.

Although the prince was talking with Xie Chengyao, he did not ignore his sister in his arms. How could he not notice the interaction between his sister and the boy from the Xie family?

Therefore, the prince let Xie Chengyao take his son away without any hesitation - as a brother, even if his sister and the other boy were still young, the alarm bells in his heart would still ring.

After the father and son left, the prince lowered his eyes and asked Li Qingyi: "Does Yier like the boy from the Xie family very much?"

Li Qingyi didn't think much about it. After all, she was only a little girl this year, so she answered nonchalantly: "It's okay, I just met him once before, so we know each other and said hello."

Like him or not, Li Qingyi had only a short time to interact with Xie Wei. Although she thought the little boy was really good-looking and would definitely become a handsome man if he didn't grow up crooked, her obsession with looks was not that serious.

Therefore, when facing unfamiliar people, Li Qingyi generally cannot say that he likes or dislikes them.

It’s just that good-looking people are more likely to get her attention. After all, who doesn’t like to look at beautiful things?

It was Li Qingyi's nonchalant attitude that calmed the prince's slightly raised vigilance. He thought, "That's right, my sister is still young, how could she think so much?"

The prince at this moment could not remember at all that at a birthday banquet of an old prince not long ago, a five-year-old princess had dragged a good-looking young man and asked him to be her husband.

The brother and sister walked around the street for a while and saw a lot of excitement, such as the vendors communicating with the increasing number of foreigners in the capital, the shops under the name of the Beijing Chamber of Commerce and the Chen family shop across the street competing with each other for discounts, and the scholars and scholars talking loudly in the teahouse...

I also saw ordinary people in simple clothes pushing small carts, parked on the street corners, selling the newly-made roasted sweet potatoes with a smile on their faces...

Li Qingyi was surprised: "Huh? Baked sweet potatoes?"

The prince took a quick look and explained to Li Qingyi, "This was Lu Ping'an's idea. He said that the emergence of new grain varieties should not be worshipped as gods, but should be accepted by the people in various ways. Only in this way can it be quickly promoted after the grain varieties are stabilized and bring food and clothing to the people."

“Otherwise, the so-called divine seed is meaningless if it does not benefit the people.”

The prince said this with some emotion: "I thought he might want to make some money from the seeds he had. After all, the court was originally prepared to pay a high price to collect the sweet potatoes and sweet potato planting methods he had. I didn't expect that when the officials arrived at the local area, they found that the seeds he sold locally were not expensive after careful calculation."

"Even the reason why he sells the seeds at a slightly higher price is just to make those who buy the seeds cherish them."

Prince: "It's a safe journey... He is a sincere man."