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

The system originally thought that Li Qingyi would refuse the price after hearing it. After all, this was considered an expensive melon for Li Qingyi.

But, no one expected that this time Li Qingyi would be so straightforward: [Buy.]

In the hall where the Queen, Wang and others were, Wang listened with fear and curiosity to Li Qingyi's conversation with the unknown man, while also observing the Queen's expression.

At this moment, when the Queen heard Li Qingyi say buy it, her expression obviously changed. Wang thought about it and cast a questioning look at the Queen.

The queen had a good relationship with her sister-in-law. After receiving this look, she paused and motioned Wang to come over.

Wang leaned over to whisper, and when the others saw this, they began to feel itchy in their hearts, wanting to know what the queen would say to Wang at this time.

Wang listened to the Queen's words, her expression first showing some surprise, then changing several times, and finally fixed on the expression as if she had heard something funny.

Huo Min was mostly curious at the moment, while Huo Lan was a little nervous.

She had not known that there was such a mysterious situation in the palace, nor did she know what had happened to the little princess who had just left. She was only concerned about what had happened to her future husband, what a melon was, and why the little princess buying a melon had anything to do with her fiancé.

However, she didn't need to worry too much, as the system quickly solved this doubt for her.

System: [Host, you are so decisive this time. ]

System: [OK, purchase successful.]

Li Qingyi: [Unless I foresee that my fourth cousin will divorce in the future, for my third and fourth cousins, marriage is likely to be a lifelong thing, so how can we not be cautious? ]

[If spending merit can help a woman avoid a pit that may trap her for the rest of her life, it is worth it to me. ]

Especially since this is ancient times, although Li Qingyi does not have a deep understanding of many things in this world due to her age, she can imagine that if a woman in ancient times failed in her marriage, even if she could get a divorce, it would be completely different from a modern divorce.

First of all, it is difficult for a divorced woman to protect her personal property.

Secondly, divorced women will be subject to a certain degree of criticism and contempt in society. This is a problem of the social environment. Even if the woman can stand up on her own, there will still be a lot of criticism.

Again, it is said that many women in ancient dynasties had to return home even if they were divorced if they could not support themselves.

After returning home, the women no longer have freedom. Whether they are sent to the family temple or Taoist temple, or forced to marry off, the decision is made by the elders if the elders are still around. If the elders are not around, the decision is made by the brothers.

Therefore, in this era, due to various factors, if an ordinary woman wants to live a smooth life, she must choose a good husband before marriage.

Not getting married... Some dynasties stipulated the age range for marriage for men and women. If they exceeded the upper limit, taxes would increase year by year. If they did not get married, the whole family might have to starve.

At present, Li Qingyi does not know what the situation is in the Da Ning Dynasty, but he knows that in the early days of the founding of the country that has just experienced war, population is a big issue, and the court will definitely not want to see women staying at home without getting married.

On the other hand, the court should be more supportive of widows remarrying rather than trapping women who have lost their husbands at home to earn a chastity arch.

If this situation really happened, Li Qingyi felt that she might have to consider overthrowing her biological father and brother and becoming the empress herself.

She is not a very ambitious person, but if a situation like that of the Ming and Qing dynasties really happens, she will develop ambitions in order to save herself even if she has no ambitions.

Li Qingyi did not tell the system about his thoughts, not because he was trying to hide it, but simply because... the system always used a child's voice. Although Li Qingyi knew that the system was not a human, he still subconsciously treated him as a child most of the time because of this voice.

Maybe this is why the system has this sound setting?

In short, Li Qingyi would not discuss these matters in depth with the system.

After hearing Li Qingyi's answer, the system was silent for a few seconds and then said: [No wonder the host chose me. From this point of view, we are actually destined to be together! ]

Li Qingyi: […Shut up.]

Don't remind her how she got this system hidden in some corner among a bunch of glittering golden fingers.

Li Qingyi can still recall the look of confusion that flashed across the face of the employee from the Spacetime Bureau when he drew the golden finger. He even opened the prize pool list on the spot to check it, only to confirm that there really was such a system in their prize pool.

It is said that they were thrown in randomly to fill up the prize pool with 1000 golden fingers, because those who can draw from this prize pool are generally people with merit and good fortune, and no one has been lucky enough to draw it.

So after the system was thrown in, it had been gathering dust in a corner. Unexpectedly, it would see the light of day again and was picked up by Li Qingyi.

Li Qingyi still remembers the conversation she had with the employee at that time.

Li Qingyi: "Melon-eating system? What is it for?"

Employee: “Uh…literally.”

Li Qingyi: "...Eating melons?"

Employee: “Eat melon.”

Li Qingyi: "Nothing else? Prop mall or something?"

The employee nodded awkwardly.

Li Qingyi: "..."

She really wanted to interpret the employee's nod as meaning that there was a prop mall, but her IQ wouldn't allow it.

Employee: "Well, because this prize pool needs to be opened once, it costs money. This time it was my mistake that caused you... So I used my own salary to pay for the opening of the prize pool once. If it happens again, I may not be able to pay it. The fee will be doubled."

Li Qingyi: "...It's okay, it's a system after all."

That is to say, Li Qingyi didn’t know that this melon-eating system also required payment, otherwise…

Forget it.

After she had tied herself and her students together through negotiations and secured for them the hard condition of "at least a family background that can provide them with enough food and clothing", if they asked for more, the negotiations would probably fail.

Besides, the melon-eating system is not completely useless. At least Li Qingyi can now vaguely use system 88 as an intelligence system, and it is authentic intelligence.

In this era when conditions in all aspects are not very good, having more information than others means having the initiative. Who knows when she will do something big in the future with these information?

As for now...

Li Qingyi: My parents in this life are so strong.

Li Qingyi: [Okay, tell me what's going on. If she has a flawed character or has already made a vow to someone else, I will find a way to break up this marriage.]

System: [Oh, let me simplify it. He has already fallen in love with a woman and has decided to spend his life with her.]

Li Qingyi: […Is this a big news?]

System: [Yes, the other party is his sister-in-law.]

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