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

Seeing her coming, the queen quickly put down what she was holding, walked towards Li Qingyi, and smiled as she ordered the palace servants to prepare the drinks she liked to drink.

After so many years, milk tea shops have opened up outside, and the drinks in the palace have naturally been updated with a lot of new varieties. Li Qingyi was naturally the first to enjoy them.

"Mother." Li Qingyi and the queen hugged each other gently, and the mother and daughter held hands and walked to the couch and sat down together.

The Queen smiled and asked, "I was just wondering if you would come to dine today, so I asked them to wait. It's a coincidence that you didn't serve the food first."

Li Qingyi smiled and said, "My mother and I are in tune with each other."

The Queen smiled even more widely and with a glance, the palace servants understood her meaning and began to serve the meal.

So the Queen said to Li Qingyi, "I want to eat something light today. I'll ask the Imperial Kitchen to cook some corn soup for lunch and dinner. I remember you like corn very much. Do you want them to add some corn pancakes?"

The corn soup prepared by the imperial kitchen is naturally different from the corn soup cooked in ordinary people's homes. Even though they look the same, the soup base that looks like clear soup is actually stewed with a lot of good ingredients.

This is just like the boiled cabbage dish. It looks like just boiling cabbage in water, but in reality...

At least at this time, ordinary people could not afford this dish.

Corn Pancake, when this dish was first created by the chefs in the imperial kitchen, it was given a literary name with great meaning, but the names of the dishes in the palace were all fancy, and Li Qingyi couldn't remember them at all, so he finally returned to the essence.

After one or two times, people who were familiar with Li Qingyi started calling him that, and Yumi Lao lost its reputation.

Nowadays, it might only be allowed to show off its fancy name at palace banquets, but in private, no one calls it by that seven-character literary name anymore.

Li Qingyi was quite fond of ingredients such as corn and potatoes, but she was a greedy person and not very picky about food. As long as it was cooked well, she would eat anything, so even if the queen mentioned another dish at this time, she would still nod.

Li Qingyi: "Okay. After dinner, I will accompany my mother to take a walk in the Imperial Garden to help digest the food. By the way, I will also tell you about the interesting things I encountered outside the palace today."

What this means is that she won't say anything during meals.

The queen smiled and nodded.

Just as the mother and daughter sat down at the table and prepared to eat, someone hurried in from outside and said, "Empress, Little Prince, the Emperor is coming to Kunning Palace."

Hearing this, Li Qingyi and the Queen looked at each other, and Li Qingyi muttered, "It's better to come early than late."

The queen smiled and shook her head: "Forget it, let's go to the front to greet your father."

What happens in private is their family's business, but they still have to behave in public. The queen doesn't want to give people any reason to gossip about her because of such a small matter.

After a while, the emperor arrived at the gate of Kunning Palace. He was a little surprised to see the queen and Li Qingyi. He smiled and said, "I heard that the queen postponed her meal time today, so I thought I might be able to find some company, so I came to see her. I didn't expect Yi'er to be here too."

Li Qingyi didn't believe it. Even if he didn't know before coming, he must have received the news on the way to know she was coming.

However, there was no need to say such things, so Li Qingyi just took the emperor's arm and walked into the palace: "Okay, since your father is here to eat, don't linger at the door. I'm hungry too. Let's eat quickly."

The emperor followed her movements and said to her while laughing, "Look, look, I didn't even give her time to say a word."

The Queen smiled and said, "Your Majesty, your timing is unfortunate. I and Yi'er had just sat down to eat when we heard that you were coming."

Emperor: "Oh, then doesn't that mean I have delayed you and your daughter?"

The queen glared at him and said, "You know it, and yet you still say it."

At this time, the couple looked no different from ordinary couples.

After the three of them were seated, Li Qingyi waited for the emperor to start eating. Then news came from outside that the prince and princess had arrived.

Everyone: "..."

Li Qingyi put down his chopsticks: "Did father and brother make an appointment?"

Emperor: "...I haven't made an appointment with the Crown Prince. Besides, don't you still have your sister-in-law? Why don't you tell me?"

They were all family, so Li Qingyi didn't put on airs. He just waved his hand and said, "The Emperor's sister-in-law is very considerate. It must be that my brother heard that you, the Emperor, were coming, so he came to join in the fun."

It would be fine if there was only a crown prince, but there was also a crown princess. Li Qingyi finally fulfilled the necessary etiquette.

Finally, the family of five started their meal.

Li Qingyi ate quietly, rarely, and just focused on eating. The emperor and the crown prince sat together, talking to each other from time to time, and occasionally asking for the opinions of the empress or the crown princess.

The topics were varied, sometimes they were about state affairs, sometimes they were about family matters, there was no pattern.

The Crown Princess sat next to Li Qingyi, listening to the chat with a faint smile, and from time to time she would pick up some dishes that Li Qingyi liked but was inconvenient to pick up. She was gentle, polite and considerate.

Li Qingyi had a pretty good relationship with the emperor's sister-in-law. They were not best friends, but close friends. Plus, the Crown Princess probably felt it was her responsibility to take care of Li Qingyi because of the Crown Prince, and sometimes, some maternal glow would inexplicably shine on Li Qingyi.

So for Li Qingyi, the Crown Princess is equal to one-third friend, one-third mother, and one-third sister.

Well, half of the elders are gone.

At this moment, the Crown Princess saw that Li Qingyi was half full, so she stretched out her chopsticks to the steamed crab that had just been served.

It's not yet the time when crabs are at their plumpest, but it's almost there. Li Qingyi has always been a fan of crabs and lobsters, so the emperor asked the imperial kitchen to send a few over at a precise time so that the whole family could have a taste.

This thing was still a precious commodity a few decades ago, but in recent years, especially in the past two years, with the road construction projects radiating from the capital to all parts of the country, transportation has been significantly improved, and it has had a considerable impact on the transportation of materials.

In addition, Wang Xuan will also find ways to make fresh food through cold storage. The technology may not be that advanced, but the effect is still there.

It is still precious, but certainly not as precious as before. Li Qingyi can eat it whenever he wants.

Li Qingyi noticed the Crown Princess's movements from the corner of her eye. Just as she was about to say that she would do it herself, the system in her mind nervously said: [Host, don't let the Crown Princess touch the crab! ]

Hearing this, Li Qingyi's eyes moved, and she subconsciously raised her voice: "Sister-in-law, wait!"

Her sudden shout startled everyone present!