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

Afterwards, Xie Chengyao chatted with Prince An for a few more sentences. After all, one of them was a prince and the other was an important official in the court, so it was not appropriate for them to talk for long, and their conversation ended quickly.

Prince An would not tell Xie Chengyao what punishment those young masters who made mistakes would receive, or whether those members of the royal family would be punished by the emperor for what reasons.

As for Xie Chengyao, he would not tell Prince An how worried he was about Xie Wei, or what he thought of those clan members. He did not complain, nor did he take the initiative to be a good person. He just said a few words about the child being ignorant and let the matter go.

Li Qingyi also knew that Xie Wei was a little frightened today. Rather than chatting with her, he probably needed a good rest. Therefore, he did not stay here for long and left with Prince An.

Before evening, Li Qingyi heard the news that those people who had been beaten by her were beaten up again by her seventh sister, and now they were lying down and unable to get up. If they were to set off again, these people would have to stay in the local area to rest for a few days and then decide whether to return to Beijing or catch up with the main force.

In addition, the emperor also had an attitude. On one hand, he asked Li Qingyi to copy the Book of Rites, and on the other hand, he asked several others to copy the Book of Rites, the Heart Sutra and the Daning Code.

There was no written decree, just an oral order. It sounds less formal and official, but if you meet someone who is willing to give up, you can try to get away with it.

But the person speaking was the emperor, and if one really pretended not to hear or just brushed it off, it would really test one's ability to withstand pressure.

Fang Xin mentioned this and laughed, "The Emperor also said that considering that those young masters have already learned their lesson, copying the book is just a gesture, so there is no need to copy too much. Just copy it ten times and hand it in before the Emperor returns to the capital."

Hearing this, Li Qingyi couldn't help laughing: "Ten times? Then my one time is indeed not much."

Fang Xin said, "The Emperor said that you are young and impulsive, and you are kind to your cousins. He is disappointed with you, but you were still a little reckless. Just copy the Book of Rites and calm your mind."

But in fact, the punishment on Li Qingyi's side was really a face-saving measure, because when Huang Kanglai conveyed the emperor's will, he also quietly hinted to Fang Xin to keep an eye on Li Qingyi and not to tire himself out, and if it really didn't work, she could ask others for help.

In fact, if Huang Kang hadn't said it, Li Qingyi wouldn't have worried about whether she had really done something wrong and made her father angry.

She has the confidence to be loved.

If Li Qingyi had done something serious like treason, she might have doubted how much love her own father had for her.

But it was just a beating of a few naughty kids who were not appreciated by her father in the first place, and it was only a "light" beating. At most, it made them lose face, and the flesh wounds would heal in two days. It was far less severe than the beating that the Seventh Princess used later.

In this case, if the emperor's fatherly love is gone, it would be unless her father was possessed by someone else.

Even if Huang Kang didn't say anything, Li Qingyi could still refuse to pay the debt with a clear conscience, without fear that his own father would really get angry with him.

At most, if you refuse to pay your debts, it might make your reputation a little strange among others.

But Li Qingyi didn't care about this. She never intended to be a perfect princess. It would be better to say that imperfection was her future direction.

Being too perfect is demanding on herself, and she doesn't want to waste time on internal conflicts.

In addition, the emperor rewarded Xie Chengyao and Xie Wei with some things. What they were was not important. This step was done for others to see, to appease the father and son of the Xie family, and to let other officials know that he, the emperor, was not yet to the point of being unable to distinguish right from wrong.

The emperor knew clearly who the victim was. He could not do such a thing as taking his anger out on the Xie family because of a few royal family members or even the princesses who were involved.

Li Qingyi didn't care if there were any other twists and turns in this matter. Anyway, she was sure that her own people had not suffered any loss. She didn't care whether her biological father had said anything to the clan members in private or given anything to appease them.

Why bother with so many things? Her brain is not as good as her father's. Just one "impulsive" action is enough.

The next day, Li Qingyi went to see Xie Wei again. He found that Xie Wei got up early in the morning to study as usual and did not delay his homework at all. He was amazed: "You are working too hard. You are injured, but you are still studying instead of taking a good rest?"

When Xie Wei saw her, he was slightly stunned, because Li Qingyi had just run in without asking anyone to pass the message.

But soon, Xie Wei stood up to salute, but was pushed back by Li Qingyi who came forward and said, "Alright, you are a patient now, and it's not the first day we have known each other, why bother with so much."

After saying that, she naturally took the book from Xie Wei's hand and glanced at the cover. She thought it was some kind of reading material related to the imperial examination, but when she saw the four big characters "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature", she was stunned again.

Li Qingyi asked, "Why are you reading this? I thought you were reading, uh, the Four Books and Five Classics or something like that."

According to the original history, the book "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature" should have been first published in 1637, the tenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, more than two hundred years after the time and space where Li Qingyi and others are now.

So it is easy to imagine where this book came from when it appeared at this time.

The copyright still belongs to the original author. When Li Qingyi and Wang Xuan made the decision, neither of them intended to be a plagiarist, but this book is indeed a good book. Wang Xuan feels that the emergence and attention of similar books can invisibly promote the further development of society.

So after discovering this book in the system mall, Li Qingyi gritted his teeth and bought the electronic version of the book after accumulating merits for a period of time. He forwarded it to Wang Xuan, and Wang Xuan and Chen Qicong took time out every day to copy it down bit by bit.

Then, after going around in circles, the book was given one origin after another, and finally a merchant who was completely unaware of the situation delivered the book to Wang Xuan, who then presented it to the emperor, and finally it fell into the hands of Li Zhu, who printed and sold it.

Because there was no widespread publicity and no specific statement was made that it was published and sold by the imperial court, not many people paid attention to it at the beginning.

In the eyes of today's literati, this kind of book is considered a miscellaneous book. At most, they might flip through it to relax in their spare time, but it is unlikely that they would pay much attention to it.

But in the eyes of those people in the Ministry of Industry, this book was almost hyped up as a divine book - after all, it was something that was produced two hundred years later, and even though the development of science and technology in ancient times was slow, there was still a lot of progress in two hundred years.

Li Qingyi had no idea why the emperor agreed to Wang Xuan's suggestion to print and sell this book to the public.

But she knew that this book... didn't seem like something Xie Wei would read.

Unexpectedly, Xie Wei heard what Li Qingyi said, pursed his lips, and said: "My father asked me to watch it."

Li Qingyi was slightly stunned.

Xie Wei explained: "My father said that if I want to be an official, I must read this book."