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

This brings us to what happened before Li Qingyi arrived at the beauty salon.

She usually traveled by horse-drawn carriage, which was also the mode of travel chosen by most women in Beijing who had the means.

When traveling by carriage, after determining the target location and before reaching the destination, the carriage will not stop unless necessary unless Li Qingyi speaks out.

Since Li Qingyi was traveling with a purpose today, she naturally had no interest in stopping along the way, so logically speaking, she should have seen the outside world from the time she left the palace to the door of the beauty salon.

But things just didn't happen to be so coincidental. When Li Qingyi's carriage passed by the restaurant opened by Chen Qicong, he heard some conversation, lifted the curtain and looked in the direction of the restaurant entrance.

Well, then she saw Chen Qicong talking to a young woman at the entrance of the restaurant. From her perspective, the distance between the two seemed... close.

Because of the distance between them and the fact that Chen Qicong had his back to the carriage, Li Qingyi could not see Chen Qicong's expression clearly, nor could he hear what he said.

But Li Qingyi's excellent ability enabled her to see clearly that the young woman was not Wang Xuan, nor was she the other members of the Chen family she had met before, but a strange, beautiful, fragile and pretty lady.

Li Qingyi: "..."

Li Qingyi was in a very complicated mood at that time.

However, Li Qingyi still had trust in Chen Qicong. After thinking about it, he chose not to go forward directly, but went to keep the appointment with Wang Xuan first. On the other hand, Chen Qicong asked someone to check what was going on.

It's not that he couldn't ask directly, but Li Qingyi felt that if he asked, Chen Qicong might feel doubted. After hesitating for a while, he asked someone he trusted to confirm what the situation was.

It would be best if nothing happened. If something really happened... she would not hide it from Wang Xuan.

In fact, Li Qingyi also thought about whether to ask the system directly, but she hesitated and decided not to do so - it's not that she couldn't, but what if she accidentally knew Chen Qicong's other little secrets because nothing happened? Wouldn't that be embarrassing?

At this moment, hearing Fang Xin's words, Li Qingyi also breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, aunt, come up and talk to me."

The carriage slowly drove away from the deserted alley. In the carriage, Li Qingyi sat relaxedly on the couch, signaling Fang Xin that she could speak.

Fang Xin: "The girl standing with the head of the Chen family, according to the information I have inquired, came all the way from Jiangnan by water. She claimed to be a cousin of the Chen family in Jiangnan. Because her elders died in an accident, she had no one to rely on. After hearing from others that the wife of the current head of the Chen family is a kind person who likes to promote women, she came to seek refuge."

Fang Xin: "According to her own words, the reason why she said she went to Boss Wang but ended up finding Patriarch Chen was because she had never met Boss Wang and was not familiar with him, but she was a cousin of Patriarch Chen, so she thought of coming to Patriarch Chen to try."

Fang Xin paused for a moment before continuing, "But according to what I heard, this girl arrived in the capital a few days ago, but she didn't go to the Chen family right away, nor did she go to the places that Boss Wang often went to. Instead, she asked around about the preferences of the head of the Chen family."

"As for Boss Wang, I only heard that she asked about his clothes a few times, but she didn't seem to ask about anything else. It's possible that I missed the news."

Li Qingyi's eyebrows moved when she heard this. She didn't want to think too badly of the girl, so she asked, "What was she doing with Chen Qicong at the entrance of the restaurant just now?"

Fang Xin paused for a moment before answering, "What you saw was actually done deliberately by Patriarch Chen. The girl squatted in front of Patriarch Chen's restaurant door and seemed to want to talk to Patriarch Chen in the restaurant alone. But Patriarch Chen did not do so. Instead, he asked her to explain the situation in public."

"Not long after you left, Patriarch Chen also listened to the other party's purpose. During that time, the girl almost fainted, but was supported by the servant beside Patriarch Chen in time. Then Patriarch Chen sent someone to send the girl to... uh, to the relief hall under the name of Boss Wang."

The name of the relief hall is very straightforward. It is a place similar to a welfare home set up by Wang Xuan and other people from the Beijing Chamber of Commerce. It mainly accepts the elderly, the weak, women and children who are temporarily in need, and provides help to these people within a certain range.

However, Wang Xuan has always adhered to the principle that it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. So when it comes to relief, it certainly doesn't mean arranging a place for people to eat and drink for free. Part of the cost of the relief hall comes from donations that Wang Xuan collects from other people, and the other part is earned by the people in the relief hall themselves.

After all, Wang Xuan is here. Even if only one finger can move, she can help arrange suitable work for him.

If these people were really supported in vain, not to mention the impact on social atmosphere, Wang Xuan would not waste money and resources like this even if he was rich enough to rival a country.

In other words, if the girl really wanted to seek refuge with Wang Xuan, the relief hall was a channel that everyone knew about - the relief hall was under the name of Wang Xuan, so naturally there were Wang Xuan's people there. If someone was really ambitious and willing to work hard, they would naturally report to Wang Xuan.

Hearing this, Li Qingyi was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "From what my aunt said, that girl... wants to get close to Chen Qicong?"

Fang Xin did not answer immediately, but raised her eyes slightly, observed Li Qingyi's expression calmly, and then slowly said: "I know that you don't like to hear this, Your Highness. I don't think that girl has any bad intentions. It's just that in this world, not everyone is like Boss Wang. When encountering difficulties, the first thing they think about is how to get through it."

"Judging from her words and actions, I think her family had some means before the accident. They were not a poor family that needed to work every day to survive. Maybe she was also spoiled by her family before this."

"Now that she has no one to rely on, the girl wants to find someone familiar and suitable to rely on. This servant can understand."

Li Qingyi was silent again.

Fang Xin then said, "There is no need to rush to make a conclusion about the girl's character. Anyway, she has been sent to the relief hall. I still remember the last time I went to the relief hall, the girls there were very lively. I think the girl may change her mindset after spending some time with them."

"This matter, Chen Qicong..." Li Qingyi paused, then continued: "Chen Qicong should have someone explain it to Wang Xuan. Although I don't like to hear about this kind of thing, people say that flies don't bite seamless eggs. As long as Chen Qicong doesn't have that idea himself, nothing will happen."

"As for that girl, we don't need to worry about her. Whether she is good or bad, let's see how she will go in the future."

She believed that Wang Xuan would handle it.

"I hope you can rest assured."