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

Huo Xu subconsciously looked back, but there was nothing wrong with his brain. He was sure that when he sent Li Qingyi into the carriage just now, he did not see a child of the same age as that voice.

Although Huo Xu and other members of the Huo family had indirectly learned about Li Qingyi's situation before, after Wang and Chen returned home, they could not speak directly for various reasons and could only hint at it.

So, Huo Xu probably knew that the Eleventh Princess was somewhat extraordinary, but... he didn't expect it to be such an extraordinary method.

But Huo Xu was, after all, a young man of an aristocratic family who was carefully raised by the Huo family. Even though he was still young and seemed a little overwhelmed in front of Li Qingyi just now, but now that he was walking outside, it was not possible for Huo Xu to be unable to control his emotions.

In the end, he managed to hold his ground and didn't show any obvious surprise.

Without waiting for Huo Xu to think about anything, Li Qingyi's voice soon rang out: [What melon only needs 10 energy? Speaking of which, how do you guys set the price? I'm getting more and more confused.]

The system's voice sounded somewhat guilty at this time: [Ah, the pricing is not decided by me. It is the result of comprehensive calculation of various data. I can't adjust it. ]

After a pause, the system said: [After all, in a way, the host and I are both buyers, not sellers.]

As the system said this, it seemed that it didn't want Li Qingyi to continue discussing this question that he couldn't give an accurate answer to, so it changed the subject and said, "So, host, do you want to eat it? It only costs 10 energy, and it's your cousin's melon, are you really not going to eat it? If you miss this opportunity, you may never see it again, right?"

Li Qingyi reviewed the melons he had bought during this period and the energy consumed. He was silent for a moment and said: [Cut it and take a look. ]

10 energy. Compared to the melons I ate before, it’s really...cheap.

System: [Okay! ]

Huo Xu: Wait!

System: [Let me take a look. Huo Xu's melon... Oh, no wonder it only takes 10 energy. It's a small melon.]

Li Qingyi: [Tell me about it.]

System: [Well, it’s not a big deal. Huo Xu lost a jade pendant some time ago, but he didn’t notice it. In fact, the jade pendant was picked up by a little maid in Cheng’en Mansion. The little maid was always bullied. After picking up the jade pendant, she secretly told others that the jade pendant was given to her by Huo Xu, in order to scare those who bullied her.]

[It just so happened that the little maidservant had some contact with Huo Xu recently. When Huo Xu went out yesterday, he was in a good mood and smiled at her. Then the servants of Cheng En Mansion misunderstood and regarded the little maidservant as Huo Xu's future concubine.]

Li Qingyi: […No one doubts?]

System: [Yes, there was, but Huo Xu smiled at the little maid for no apparent reason. Others saw it, but they didn’t dare to ask directly, so they naturally misunderstood it.]

Li Qingyi was suspicious: [This misunderstanding should be easy to resolve. As long as my cousin doesn't contact the little maid for a while, or ignores her, the lie will be exposed. ]

[Wait, did my cousin really lose this jade pendant by accident? ]

The system was silent for a while, as if it was checking, and reappeared after a moment: [I searched and confirmed that Huo Xu accidentally lost it in the flowers after practicing martial arts, and it was picked up by the little maid who happened to pass by at the time. ]

[Because Huo Xu's name is engraved on the jade pendant, it is easy to identify. ]

[By the way, after the maid found it, she wanted to find Huo Xu to return it to him. Generally speaking, she could directly hand the jade pendant to the steward above, and then the steward would find the steward in Huo Xu's yard, and then hand it to Huo Xu. This is the process.]

[But the little maid didn't do that. Instead, she put the jade pendant away first, and then began to observe Huo Xu's movements silently. She probably wanted to find an opportunity to go directly to Huo Xu and return the jade pendant to her.]

[As a result, after she returned, the jade pendant was seen by another maid who lived with her and often gave her the piston. The maid immediately questioned whether the maid had stolen Huo Xu's things. The maid denied it, and then the maid saw that she was justified and misunderstood.]

[After the misunderstanding, the little maid wanted to explain, but because of this misunderstanding, she lost all the work that was originally forced upon her, and her life became much better, so she never explained.]

[Look, half a month has passed, and everyone has begun to doubt the truth of this rumor. But Huo Xu happened to smile at the little maid, and the rumor was immediately confirmed. The little maid was immediately regarded as Huo Xu's favorite maid, and they even took the initiative to find a reason for the little maid.]

[Huo Xu didn't ask the little maid to go to the yard directly, he must have been worried that Huo Xu would soon reach the age of getting married, and it would not be good to ask a maid to go to the yard at this time, and it would be known by someone with ulterior motives, so Huo Xu and the little maid's relationship was kept secret. ]

Li Qingyi was speechless: [There are such rumors in the Cheng'en Mansion, but none of the masters of the Huo family know about it? ]

System: [I don’t dare to say it in front of the master. Those people below think that Huo Xu doesn’t want others to know. In order to please Huo Xu, they even avoid the servants in the main courtyard. On the one hand, they are doing it for Huo Xu, and on the other hand, they are also trying to please the little maid. When the little maid becomes successful in the future, she will remember them.]

Li Qingyi was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: [You seem to have become smarter.]

System: [Ah? Is there?]

Li Qingyi: [You can analyze it yourself. ]

System: [Ah... I've read some novels recently, about house fighting and palace fighting, and they all use this kind of tactics.]

Li Qingyi: I see.

Li Qingyi felt that this melon... was cheap for a reason, and it was indeed not that delicious.

First of all, for this kind of thing, what is fake cannot be true, and what is true cannot be fake.

Secondly, although it sounds a bit... harsh, the fact is that in this era, even if those people did not misunderstand, this kind of thing is nothing to men like Huo Xu.

As long as Huo Xu wasn't really out of his mind and in love, and wasn't being affectionate and swearing eternal love to a maid, or even resisting the marriage arranged by his family for a maid, and causing some scandal, then... it wouldn't be a big deal.

To those masters, slaves have no human rights, regardless of gender.

Li Qingyi: [What a pity. The little maid you mentioned probably just wanted to use the jade pendant to show off in front of Huo Xu and improve her living environment. But before that, she enjoyed some benefits due to a misunderstanding, and ended up putting herself on the fire and couldn't get off.]

System: [She has held onto the jade pendant for half a month and has not returned it. Even if she returns it now, Huo Xu probably won’t believe that she didn’t have any bad intentions from the beginning after hearing those rumors.]

Li Qingyi said calmly: [How do you know that she didn't move? ]