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

When the prince received the news from the capital, he was indeed worried for a moment.

Fortunately, the news only mentioned that the emperor was suffering from a minor illness, and the queen was fine, so the prince was only somewhat worried about his father's health, but was not in a hurry.

Despite this, the prince still wanted to find a way to finish the things at hand as quickly as possible so that he could return home as soon as possible.

A few days later, the prince finished his affairs and returned to the capital.

At the same time, new rumors in the capital also reached Li Qingyi's ears.

Li Qingyi: "Didn't Fourth Brother say before that he might not come back this year? Why is it that he is said to be coming back now?"

Yes, although the Fourth Prince is still missing, word has spread in the capital for some reason that the Fourth Prince was ambushed while leading his team to repel foreign enemies not long ago, and was injured but rescued by a peasant girl. He will be returning to the capital with this peasant girl soon.

It was outrageous. When Li Qingyi learned about this, no one in his family, including the emperor, had ever heard of it.

But the news spread outside.

Li Qingyi, a peasant girl or not, didn't care. She never interfered in other people's love lives, even if that person was the Fourth Prince, who was related to her by blood.

But Li Qingyi was still concerned about whether the Fourth Prince would return to Beijing.

Fang Xin: "The Queen also said that she has not received any news. Don't worry, the Queen will definitely let someone find out about this matter."

Fang Xin: "The Fourth Prince has always been a man who knows his limits. Right now, the Emperor has not summoned the Fourth Prince to the capital, and I have never heard of the Fourth Prince sending any memorials back before. This news may not be true."

“I just don’t know who spread the news.”

Li Qingyi blinked and asked, "Speaking of which, during the past few days when Father was ill, have there been too many rumors in the capital?"

It's not just news about the Fourth Prince. Li Qingyi also heard Wang Xuan mention some other gossip, many of which were confirmed by the system to be false news.

For example, a young master of the Jiang family was in love with the daughter of a certain prince. They were found secretly meeting at a certain banquet and were accidentally discovered by the elders of both sides. In order to cover up the family scandal, both sides had to hold their noses and start discussing the marriage.

This message is false.

For example, a fortune teller who was very good at predicting everything came to the capital. A month ago, he told a high-ranking official who was passing by that there would be happy events in his family within a month. Sure enough, good news came from this high-ranking official's family half a month later: his wife was pregnant.

This news is half true and half false. There is no fortune teller, but there is a liar who is deliberately mysterious. The story of the old clam carrying a pearl is false, but the story of the father-in-law having an affair with his daughter-in-law and causing trouble is true.

Another example……

There were a lot of strange news. Wang Xuan was outside the palace and was a businessman, so naturally the news he handled was numerous and diverse. Especially in the past few days, it seemed as if the entire capital had started gossiping, with all kinds of news.

Li Qingyi: "It always feels very strange, as if someone is deliberately spreading rumors everywhere to confuse people."

When she said this, her voice was not loud. She was just talking to herself, so she didn't intend to ask anyone to answer.

Although her voice was low, Fang Xin's hearing was not weak. In addition, the room was quite quiet at the moment, so she could hear what she said clearly.

Fang Xin's eyes moved, and she seemed to be thinking about something as she thought about the Emperor and Empress' seemingly normal but actually somewhat subtle behavior in recent times.

Fang Xin: "Your Highness, are you still going to the Palace of Heavenly Purity today?"

These days, Li Qingyi would go to the Qianqing Palace whenever she had time. Even if she couldn't be with her parents nearby, she could at least say a few words to her father through the screen.

The queen was not infected and remained healthy, so she could occasionally find time to spend time with Li Qingyi.

However, they didn't want Li Qingyi to go there whenever she had nothing to do. As I said, she was a child, and if she caught a cold, it would be no small matter.

Therefore, Li Qingyi only went there once a day and had no intention of running back and forth.

"What time is it?"

Fang Xin: "It's about three quarters past noon."

Li Qingyi: "Then let's go see our father and mother. Thank you for your hard work, aunt."

Fang Xin smiled and said, "Why should I work so hard?" After that, she asked the palace maids to put clothes on Li Qingyi, one layer at a time, trying not to let her be blown by the wind.

That is to say, Fang Xin is always prepared, so Li Qingyi has never been sick so far.

Otherwise, with the weather getting colder, there's no guarantee that she won't get sick accidentally.

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Li Qingyi had no idea that the various chaotic rumors in the capital recently were actually someone's secret attempt to confuse the information given by the system on her.

I don’t know whether it will succeed or not, but Li Qingyi really didn’t think about himself at all.

Those people were doing things secretly, thinking only of guarding against Li Qingyi, but they had no idea that they had been targeted by the Qingyi Guards for a long time.

When the emperor received the news from the Blue Guards, he casually put on an outer coat, sat on the couch, stroked his chin and laughed a few times: "I really don't know whether I should say these people are smart or stupid. Do they really think that I am an incompetent person who can only rely on Yi'er?"

The Queen was pouring tea for herself not far away. She didn't even raise her eyes when she heard this. She said calmly, "Maybe because they would do this themselves, they think that Your Majesty would do the same."

The emperor snorted and chuckled, casually placed the secret letter in his hand to his side, stood up, walked slowly to sit down opposite the queen.

The queen poured tea for him very naturally. The clear tea was poured into the white porcelain tea bowl. The fragrance of the tea wafted in the air, and the rising light mist blurred her calm face for a few breaths.

Emperor: "The prince is back, so this matter should be settled."

The Queen raised her eyelids, her eyes falling on the memorials that had not yet been put away not far away, and asked, "Has the Emperor decided on a candidate for the vacant position?"

Emperor: "It's OK. I already have a candidate."

Queen: "Just keep it in mind."

As she spoke, the queen smiled slightly and said, "I think after this, the court will be able to live in peace for a few years."

The emperor also laughed: "Yes, if it was just a difference of political opinion, I would not say anything. But this person has evil intentions, I will not tolerate them stirring up trouble in my court."

At this time, following the emperor's suggestion, Huang Kang, who had returned to work after a few days of sick leave, called out softly from outside the door. It turned out that the prince had already passed the palace gate and would probably arrive at the Qianqing Palace soon.

Upon hearing this, the Queen looked at the Emperor and asked, "Should I keep it, or?"

The emperor thought for a while, then said, "Let Zi Tong stay. It's time to finish the job. We can also let Huang Kang catch that man."