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

Hearing Li Qingyi's question, even the Queen was suspicious: "Yier seems to be particularly concerned about Liu Yinzhu?"

But she couldn't ask directly, so she could only suppress her doubts in her heart.

System: [Ah, do you want to know where Liu Yinzhu is going? ]

[But the mystery of Liu Yinzhu's life experience has been solved. 】

Li Qingyi heard the voice and drank another mouthful of honey water. His mouth was sweet with a faint sweet osmanthus fragrance. He knew that it was made with sweet osmanthus honey, but he didn't care and said directly: [Want merit? ]

System: [Not really. The system does have a function to track personal movements, but... it's not turned on.]

Li Qingyi: ...

Li Qingyi vaguely sensed a precursor to something called forced krypton: [How much merit is required? ]

System: [Not much, you can open it after spending 1000 merits. ]

Please note that it is 1000 merits, not 1000 energies.

The only good news in this information is that it is a free gift when purchased, and does not require her to spend extra money.

Li Qingyi silently gulped down the honey water in the small cup and handed it to Fang Xin beside her: "Aunt Fang Xin, I want more."

Fang Xin: “…”

Although the little princess didn't say anything, her action clearly showed some unhappiness.

Come to think of it, the little princess herself doesn't even have 1000 merits, so why would she spend so much money?

Li Qingyi: [I have accumulated less than 200 merits in these few days! ]

This was the money Li Qingyi had accumulated little by little every day in the past few days because she had advised the Weaver Girl and promoted the improvement of textile machines in the Jiangnan area. As for the huge gain of more than 50 merits like before, it was only because she got a small share of it because others had made breakthrough progress.

To put it bluntly, that was something Li Qingyi got by chance.

Unless she does it herself or supervises it personally, she can get a bigger share.

No wonder the system said before that Li Qingyi was too young and couldn't do many things, so the accumulation of merits could only be put off until later.

Because of this, the system doesn't have much opinion on Li Qingyi's stingy behavior.

First, there is indeed not much balance in Li Qingyi’s account, and it is normal that he is reluctant to spend it.

Second, Li Qingyi was too young, and it was not easy for him to accumulate merit. If he bought a melon every day, and his merit was used up because his income was not enough to cover his expenses, even with the protection of the emperor and empress, Li Qingyi's own luck would be affected to some extent.

The system viewed her as a long-term investment, and didn't want her to have to return to the Space-Time Bureau and continue to gather dust in a corner just because her host passed away just a few years after she landed.

For the system, the better Li Qingyi is, the better it is for him.

Temporary "poverty" is nothing. As long as Li Qingyi grows up and is willing to give him a little bit, the system will not lose.

The system also saw that Li Qingyi was unhappy and a little distressed. After thinking for a while, it suddenly said: [Host, don’t you want to know why Miss Liu Er has the money to bid with others? ]

The topic changed too suddenly, and Li Qingyi was inevitably stuck for a moment. It took her a few seconds to remember who this Second Miss Liu was.

Even the people who were eavesdropping thought about it for a long time, but few of them remembered it.

Li Qingyi: [Oh, that time when you told me that there was a big scandal at the residence of the Minister of Revenue, you mentioned Miss Liu and... who? ]

System: [The niece of the Fourth Prince’s concubine’s mother’s family.]

Li Qingyi: [Oh, that's it. They bid five hundred taels for a hairpin, right? By the way, did the silver shop owner really take five hundred taels?]

If this were true, she would start to suspect that the shopkeeper was a dishonest businessman.

System: [I will confiscate it. The shopkeeper insists on selling it at the original price. First come, first served.]

Li Qingyi: [He is not afraid of offending people. ]

System: [Of course he is not afraid. He has the family of Concubine Shu behind him. Concubine Shu has a son and a daughter who have grown up. Concubine Shu is also a high-ranking concubine. There are also people in her family who serve as officials in the court. Who would cause trouble for them just for a hairpin?]

[Besides, Miss Liu Er herself did not dare to bring this matter to Liu Yankang's attention, so naturally, this matter ended up being a joke to others.]

Li Qingyi thought of the habits of Liu Yankang's Pixiu, and then thought that Miss Liu II actually dared to directly quote a high price to others, and it didn't seem like she was bluffing, so there must be a reason behind it.

Li Qingyi: [No energy deduction? ]

System: [A lot of people already know about this matter, and it’s been a few days since your incident, so it’s not considered a big deal to others, so it’s okay to tell you directly.]

Li Qingyi was thoughtful after hearing this.

The system continued: [Ms. Liu's biological mother, Aunt Chen, was favored, and secretly took money from others to whisper in Liu Yankang's ear. Liu Yankang knew about this, but he turned a blind eye and let her get some benefits from it. Then Aunt Chen only had one daughter, Miss Liu, so naturally all the money was given to her.]

[After Liu's mansion was raided, Aunt Chen, as a concubine, could be restored to a white-collar status according to the laws of the Da Ning Dynasty after her property was confiscated. However, she helped Liu Yankang to accept bribes and had her family members use Liu Yankang's power to force the sale of good farmland from some good people, so she was naturally convicted together with him.]

Li Qingyi was speechless when she heard this: [She is really brave. ]

System: [Yes, when Aunt Chen was arrested, she didn’t know that Liu Yankang was convicted. She kept shouting that she wanted Liu Yankang to chop off the heads of these people, which made the people who arrested her laugh.]

Li Qingyi was speechless, and wanted to say that beheading was not something that Liu Yankang, a Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, could decide. But then he thought again and realized that he didn't know what the laws and regulations of the Da Ning Dynasty were, so he didn't say it out loud.

However, after the system interrupted him, Li Qingyi immediately forgot his previous unhappiness. He thought that this was not a big deal and there was no need to get angry over such a consumption threshold.

So, Li Qingyi once again put aside the system, drank half a cup of honey water, and approached the queen: "Mother, are there any books recording the laws of our Daning?"

After saying this, Li Qingyi thought of another important matter: "Mother, can I start to learn?"

Oops, I don’t use it in my daily life and almost forgot about it. She is probably still illiterate in this era!

The Queen paused for a moment after hearing this, and then smiled: "Yier, do you want to study?"

Li Qingyi nodded.

Queen: "I'm already looking for a suitable female official. I think it will only take two months. Once it's arranged, I'll start teaching you. Since you took the initiative to bring it up, would you like to see which female official to invite to teach you?"

Li Qingyi nodded subconsciously, then felt something was wrong: "Can it only be a female official?"

The queen touched her head and smiled: "You are still young. If I let you go to the study room to study, your mother will be worried."

In this case, in the harem, it is natural that the female officials will be the ones to teach in the end.

Only then did Li Qingyi breathe a sigh of relief.