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

The Lin Wang Mansion cooled down very quickly, faster than Li Qingyi had expected.

She had thought that this time the matter of Prince Lin might be like what happened with Yang Jianrang before, and would be delayed for a while due to various reasons.

But he didn't expect that within just five days, the former King Lin became a prisoner and had no chance of turning things around.

As for the children of Prince Lin, it would be possible to execute all nine generations of their clan for such a matter involving treason. However, among Prince Lin's nine generations of clans is the emperor, so this is definitely not allowed.

Besides, except for the ruthless actions taken when he first ascended the throne, the emperor is relatively gentle in handling things now. Moreover, among the sons of Prince Lin, except for Li Ningyan and Li Ningmu who still have some presence in Prince Lin's eyes, the other sons are almost like background characters.

King Lin didn't pay attention to them and only provided basic food and accommodation. As for classes and studying, he had almost no requirements. Since they didn't make any progress, King Lin pretended he saw nothing.

This was certainly because Prince Lin had made concessions in the past few years in order to make the emperor relax his vigilance against himself, and it was also meant to confuse outsiders, but... it must be said that his sons were indeed spoiled because of Prince Lin's actions.

The emperor then made a move and those who had done no wrong were demoted to commoners and released, while those who had done wrong were punished according to the law - of course, those who were treated in this way were completely unaware of what Prince Lin had done.

For example, Li Ningyan, although he had listened to the teachings of Prince Lin in the past few years, kept a low profile, acted cautiously, and left almost no handle, he was an insider of Prince Lin's plan and even had some of Prince Lin's power in his hands. Even though he might not live long now due to his serious injuries, the emperor would not be merciful and let him go.

On the contrary, Li Ningmu, who had been the most domineering person in Prince Lin's Mansion for so many years, was actually the simplest person in this mansion in a sense - he really had no idea about Prince Lin's thoughts.

That’s right, given the way Li Ningmu behaved to the outside world, Prince Lin didn’t dare let him know.

Who knows? Li Ningmu might have learned about this from his father, and then after drinking some wine he would tell everyone in the capital about it.

Even Princess Lin had some guesses, but Li Ningmu had never guessed.

These things were told to Li Qingyi by the system, but on the surface, Li Qingyi didn't know much about them. After all, she was just a child, and neither the emperor nor the queen would talk to her about these things.

The prince is even less likely.

Li Qingyi: [What about the other women in Prince Lin's mansion? Those innocent women...]

System: [Just like those bastards, those who have done wrong will be punished according to the law, and those who have not done wrong will be released. ]

System: [As for how they will live in the future... well, host, you should also know that before this, many courts treated the wives of criminals in a rather, uh, not very good way.]

System: [Host, you know about the Jiaofangsi, right? ]

Li Qingyi was stunned for a moment, then pursed her lips and said, "Yes, I know."

Then, Li Qingyi asked again: [Is there a Jiaofangsi in Daning? ]

System: [No. 】

System: [Also, the rule was left by Taizu that no institution similar to the Jiaofangsi could be established during the reign of Da Ning.]

System: [Because Daning has a female official system, when Taizu was discussing various systems with a few of his confidants, a female official mentioned the matter of the Jiaofangsi, worrying that in the future, the existence of female officials would allow some political enemies to use the Jiaofangsi to persecute female officials.]

Li Qingyi blinked, thought for a moment, and murmured, "It's not impossible. After all... for some people, sending a former political enemy to a brothel is probably a way to make it impossible for the opponent to turn over. Women's weakness is really reflected in all aspects. 】

Li Qingyi: [But, sending a former official to a brothel, is this an insult to the official or an insult to the court?]

System: [Ancestor Ning has the same idea as you, so he left this rule. Uh, can it be said to be an ancestral precept? ]

Li Qingyi thought for a moment, but in the end he did not ask the system about the brothel - one must eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. Many things, especially those involving the interests of countless people, really cannot be solved in one go.

The matter of Prince Lin's Mansion came to an end here, and without Prince Lin, Chen Qicong no longer had his last worry.

System: [Speaking of which, when dealing with the matter of Prince Lin, some court officials pleaded for Prince Lin. The reason they gave was that many foreign envoys were gathering in the capital, and family disgrace should not be made public. If Prince Lin was dealt with at this time, it would be embarrassing in front of the envoys from small countries.]

Li Qingyi curled her lips: [My father will not listen to such words. ]

System: [Yes, the emperor heard this and said: It is precisely because those envoys may be paying close attention to the developments in the capital that I cannot let them go lightly, otherwise wouldn’t they mistakenly think that my Great Ning will treat those who plot rebellion with gentleness? ]

System: [So the former king was sentenced to immediate execution in five days.]

As he said this, the system suddenly said: [Host, do you want to see it? ]

Li Qingyi: […Why am I looking at this? ]

System: [Ah, I thought you had never seen this before, so you would be more curious. ]

Li Qingyi was speechless: [No, I am not interested in this. I don’t have such a deep hatred for Prince Lin that I want to watch him die with my own eyes.]

Who wants to see a beheading? She is definitely not curious about this kind of thing!

"Meow~"

Xiao Xuan ran in from outside. Li Qingyi turned his head to look over. The first thing he saw was something green on the black cat's body. When the cat ran up to him lightly, he could see clearly that it was... Xanthium sibiricum.

Li Qingyi: ...

Fang Xin cried out, and quickly asked someone to stop Xuanmao, and carried him to the next room to help pick the cockleburs and clean them up at the same time.

Li Qingyi was puzzled: "Where did Xiaoxuan go? Why is he covered in cockleburs?"

Fang Xin reacted for a moment before realizing that the cocklebur in Li Qingyi's mouth was the sheep-fulai on the black cat. After memorizing the name, she thought for a while before saying, "There is nothing planted in the palace. It may have been picked up in a remote corner or outside the palace."

Li Qingyi didn't want to continue discussing with the system whether to chop off the cat's head or not, so he stood up and went to the next room. He watched the palace servants carefully deal with the black cat's hair, and asked Fang Xin: "The palace is so big, isn't it enough for it to run around?"

Fang Xin smiled and said, "I heard that some of these cats are very lazy and never move from their nests, while others can run a thousand miles a day and are very diligent."

Li Qingyi thought for a moment and said, "That's right. Xiao Xuan has a muscular body. It's obvious that he's not that lazy."

Then, Li Qingyi walked in with confidence and started playing with cats.