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

Hearing Li Qingyi's question, Wang Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then she guessed what had happened.

However, if Li Qingyi asked about the Ninth Princess or the Seventh Princess, Wang Xuan could still remember a lot, but if he extended the relationship further, that might not be the case.

Wang Xuan: [I need to think about this.]

Li Qingyi: [It’s okay, no rush, I’ll ask the system what happened first. ]

The system didn't even need Li Qingyi to call it, it just popped up: [Well... Actually it's similar to what Fang Xin said, that family was secretly bribed by Prince Lin, but Prince Lin has been quite mediocre in recent years, not even as glorious as other princes, so only the second branch of their family, the least favored one, hooked up with Prince Lin. ]

[One wanted to be the emperor himself, and the other wanted to kick out his older brother and the younger son who was favored by the old lady, and become the head of the family himself. In addition, both sides did not want to show it too obviously, so they hit it off. ]

[In fact, they didn't have any written agreement or anything like that. They just exchanged interests behind the scenes a few times, but it was these few times that the Ninth Princess discovered it.]

[Originally, the Ninth Princess discovered it, and they didn't take her seriously. But at this time, something went wrong in Prince Lin's mansion, and Prince Lin almost died. The Seventh Princess and the Ninth Princess began to show up in the court. Although someone impeached them, the emperor's attitude was there, and it was hard to say what would happen in the future.]

[So they got anxious and tried every possible way to build a relationship with the Ninth Princess.]

The system paused for a moment before continuing: [By the way, they also want the male in the family to marry the Ninth Princess, so that the Ninth Princess will become a member of their family. This is the safest way.]

Li Qingyi was speechless: [Why is it this method again? ]

System: [Maybe it’s because many people in this era use marriage or relationships between men and women to control women, and it has become a habit.]

Li Qingyi sneered: [Heh.]

Because the system said this directly in the team chat, Wang Xuan also heard it and interrupted: [Now that you mention it, I remember something. ]

Li Qingyi: [Well, you say.]

Then, Li Qingyi learned a secret from Wang Xuan - the ninth princess's biological mother was forced by her family to enter the palace in her sister's place.

Li Qingyi: […There is a system for concubines in the harem. Generally speaking, it is difficult for the identity to be replaced, right? ]

Wang Xuan said confidently: [So what I wrote is a novel, not historical facts. Who knows if this novel can become reality one day? Anyway, because of this incident, after the Ninth Princess was born, her mother, Concubine Chang, was threatened by her family from time to time because of what happened that year.]

Wang Xuan: [Noble Lady Chang wanted to protect the Ninth Princess, and her personality is... anyway, that's how it is. Although the Ninth Princess doesn't know what's going on between her maternal family and her mother, she knows that Noble Lady Chang is very resistant to her natal family, so she doesn't like her maternal family very much.]

Li Qingyi: [Do my parents know about this? ]

Wang Xuan felt a little guilty: [Ah, I don’t remember this clearly.]

Li Qingyi: [……]

Fine.

It’s not a big problem. Anyway, Wang Xuan has provided a little preview but it may not be accurate. The important information still needs to be checked on the system.

but……

Li Qingyi: [Xiao Ba, you didn’t seem to mention the deduction just now. ]

The system chuckled and said, "Because this is free information, a quarter of an hour ago, this matter had already reached the ears of many people."

Li Qingyi: [? ]

System: [Before the Ninth Princess came to see you this afternoon, she went to the Palace of Heavenly Purity and submitted a memorial to the Emperor to tell him about the incident. Oh, and there is also some evidence she found.]

System: [The emperor summoned all officials to discuss this matter this afternoon, and sent people to surround the two families not long ago. In addition, all officials will inevitably mention it to the people around them after returning, so this melon is now public information.]

Li Qingyi: […Ah, I see.]

She was still thinking about how to help the Ninth Princess, but ended up turning around and telling her - don't worry, there's nothing for you to do.

Lost in thought.

Wang Xuan: [Puff.]

Wang Xuan: [Is Prince Lin really finished this time? ]

System: [There is no definite result yet. We may have to wait for the search to be completed.]

Li Qingyi: [Okay, Sister Nine is still the most powerful. ]

Wang Xuan: [The Ninth Princess is mighty.]

Li Zhu: [The Ninth Princess is mighty.]

Li Qingyi and Wang Xuan said together: [Good boy, you are eavesdropping! ]

Li Zhu: […I’m off work. Didn’t the teacher set it so that I can be unblocked after get off work?]

Li Qingyi: [Ahem.]

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No one expected that the Prince Lin's Mansion, which had been a hot topic in the capital in recent times, would go directly from a royal prince to a prisoner within two days.

Not long after the emperor arranged for people to besiege Prince Lin's Mansion that day, officials were ordered to go to Prince Lin's Mansion to negotiate. If Prince Lin had not been plotted against by Princess Lin earlier and was still alive and well, perhaps things would not have developed so quickly.

But the fact is, faced with the emperor's sudden move, Princess Lin did not have the ability to respond in time, and Prince Lin's people were scattered because of his health, and he could not command them to respond properly.

In the end, those people entered the palace as if it were an empty place, and easily broke through the guard circle of Prince Lin's palace, which seemed a bit loose at the moment, and then smoothly searched out some things from Prince Lin's study that shouldn't be here.

System: [Prince Lin is not so stupid as to hide the dragon robe in his own palace. However, he also hid a jade seal that he secretly made.]

Li Qingyi was stunned: [Imperial Seal? ]

System: [It is the one that your father often puts on the right side of the desk. The content is exactly the same, but the material is different, and the words are also slightly different. It is the kind of thing that anyone who has seen the real version can recognize that it is a fake.]

Li Qingyi: [This isn't much better than the Hidden Dragon Robe. ]

Wang Xuan: [Hmm, maybe he thought the jade seal was easier to hide than the dragon robe?]

Li Qingyi: [It’s okay if you say so. ]

System: [I don’t know what he’s thinking. Anyway, here, even if everyone can see that this is fake, hiding this thing is considered treason.]

Li Qingyi: [That’s true.]

Li Qingyi: [Is this all you have? ]

System: [Not really. There are other letters and the like. Also, a large amount of gold and silver was found in a secret room connected to Prince Lin's study. It didn't match the accounts of Prince Lin's mansion. We found an account book in the secret compartment and realized that this was the money that Prince Lin had earned through various means in the past.]

System: [But this is not all. Most of his money was used to raise private soldiers. The Ninth Princess did not hesitate to report this clue.]