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

After returning to the palace, Li Qingyi ran to find the queen without much hesitation.

As soon as she approached the queen, she heard her mother ask with a smile: "It seems that Wang Xuan is fine."

Li Qingyi paused, wondering: "Has the Queen Mother already known?"

"Know what?" The queen raised her eyebrows, put down the teacup in her hand, raised her hand to signal Li Qingyi to sit next to her, and said, "I smell the scent of pastries on you, it smells quite fragrant."

"If something really happened to Wang Xuan, you would definitely not have the appetite to eat anything."

Li Qingyi was silent for a moment, touched his nose, and chuckled: "So this is where the secret is revealed."

As she spoke, she sat down and explained, "I met Xie Wei on the way back to the palace. He went out to buy books and bought some food from the newly opened pastry shop for his mother. He also recommended it to me."

"I was originally thinking that it might not be convenient today, so I would go another day. He might have noticed it, so he went there personally and bought some for me. When I came back, I smelled it and tasted it."

As he spoke, Li Qingyi waved his hand and asked someone to bring the remaining cakes over: "These are cakes made in Hefangzhai. They taste really good and are more to my taste."

As for Li Qingyi’s taste...well, sweet taste that’s not sweet.

The queen was more interested in Xie Wei. Compared with Li Qingyi, her personal appetite was not strong.

So she asked, "Did you meet Xie Wei?"

Li Qingyi thought for a moment and guessed what the queen was thinking. She coughed lightly and said, "Ah, um."

Queen: "I heard that someone outside the palace sent you a letter this morning. It must be him."

Li Qingyi hesitated for a moment, but still nodded.

If the Queen hadn't told her, she would have almost forgotten about it. The letter was still on her chest, along with a few maple leaf bookmarks.

"Well……"

In order to prevent the Queen from going deeper into this topic, Li Qingyi directly used the method of changing the subject: "By the way, mother, Wang Xuan..."

At this point, the queen remembered something: "Wait, you left the palace in a hurry before. When I heard the news, I was worried that something might have happened to Wang Xuan, so I sent someone to the Imperial Hospital. How come you didn't run into them?"

Li Qingyi paused.

After a moment, she slowly revealed an awkward smile.

Oh no, she didn't know about this. Wang Xuan probably didn't expect this to happen. At the moment, they probably just happened to miss each other, and the imperial physician should have arrived at Chen's house.

Then... if the imperial physician takes action, wouldn't it be...

Li Qingyi suddenly couldn't sit still any longer: "Mother, I'm going to go out of the palace to take a look!"

Queen: "What's going on?"

However, Li Qingyi had already stood up and ran out in a hurry. The queen stood up and followed her for a few steps, but found that her daughter had disappeared in the blink of an eye. She was stunned and asked, "What happened again?"

However, no matter how many doubts she had in her heart, there was no one to answer them for her.

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Things went better than Li Qingyi had expected. The imperial physician did come to Chen's house and met Wang Xuan.

But no one knew what means Wang Xuan used. Maybe she had anticipated that someone might test her. Anyway, after the imperial physician took her pulse, the result was similar to what Li Qingyi had heard before, that is, the fetus was in labor.

Li Qingyi looked at Wang Xuan in surprise, and for a moment he wondered if he had been fooled, but then he changed his mind and thought that Wang Xuan would not lie to him about such a big matter, so he convinced himself again.

After the imperial physician left, Wang Xuan looked at Li Qingyi with a helpless look: "You just left not long ago, why are you here in such a hurry? I have everything ready, don't you still trust me?"

Li Qingyi was a little embarrassed: "I forgot in a hurry."

Wang Xuan asked everyone else in the room to leave. At this moment, Chen Qicong had already left the house for something and was not here.

Then, Wang Xuan got up from the bed and turned around in front of Li Qingyi: "Don't worry, I'm fine."

"Then the imperial physician..." Li Qingyi asked hesitantly.

Wang Xuan: "Well, there's a genius among the children I raised. I asked him to study medicine but he learned it the wrong way. He's not very good at treating people. He made a lot of medicines that messed up the pulse. I guess he's probably a talent for palace fighting in one of my novels."

Li Qingyi: "...Is it so magical?"

Wang Xuan shrugged, took out a small bottle from her sleeve, and handed it to Li Qingyi: "Teacher, if you need it, take it. One pill each time, half an hour in advance. After half a day, anyone who checks the pulse will know that the fetus is moving."

She paused and coughed, "It doesn't matter whether you are a man or a woman."

Li Qingyi: "..."

She had a subtle expression: "With this medicine, wouldn't it be possible to stage a 'hero's happiness'?"

Wang Xuan tried to hold back, but couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Well, something similar has happened once before."

Li Qingyi: "...No wonder you said he was a genius."

How can we not say that this skill is amazing?

But this medicine...

"Medicine is poisonous to some extent. I believe you won't take it carelessly, but it's better not to take this kind of thing if you can." She returned the medicine to Wang Xuan and said, "I won't use it. I'm afraid that one day I will be unable to resist using this thing to play a prank on others. If something really happens, it will be bad."

Wang Xuan heard this, put the bottle away, and smiled: "Don't worry, this has been improved. Although there are some side effects, it is harmless."

After a pause, he continued, "Well, there may be symptoms of miscarriage, but I will only give those people one or two trial opportunities. After that, the doctor in charge will be our own, and you don't have to take this kind of medicine."

"As for the symptoms of miscarriage, they are also fake. It depends on the situation whether you want to plot against someone or not."

Li Qingyi: "..."

She couldn't help but sigh: "This is really a talent for house fighting!"

Wang Xuan smiled and said, "If you are curious, I will bring someone to show you when there is a chance."

"There's no rush. As long as you're okay, that's fine."

Wang Xuan smiled but said nothing.

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After Li Qingyi confirmed that there was no problem with Wang Xuan, he did not meet Xie Wei on the way back to the palace. Instead, he met a few young men and women who he knew but were not familiar with.

But since Li Qingyi herself was not interested, even though those people recognized the carriage she was riding in, they were unable to talk to her, so she returned to the palace quietly.

Naturally, Li Qingyi didn't know that his attitude had confirmed some people's thoughts and made them believe that something might have really happened to Wang Xuan.

It can be regarded as a mistake.

The Queen finally learned some information from Li Qingyi, but she was better at conspiracy theories than Li Qingyi and showed nothing in front of Li Qingyi.

Queen: It’s a familiar taste.