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

Li Qingyi suddenly mentioned the elixir, and before Huo Xu could react why she suddenly mentioned the elixir, Li Zhu took over the conversation, and it was... so unexpected.

Huo Xu looked at Li Zhu suspiciously, then at Li Qingyi, and his doubts deepened.

To be honest, he had felt it was strange before. His little cousin and this young prince who had just returned to his ancestral home should have never met before, right?

Logically speaking, today should be the first time the two of them met, but I always feel that... these two people are inexplicably familiar with each other.

Doubts popped up in Huo Xu's mind one after another, but... he didn't dare to ask any of them.

Don’t ask, it’s too mysterious.

And there are those elixirs and the like… Let’s not talk about the fact that Huo Xu doesn’t believe in such ghost stories. But if a normal person hears that someone has an elixir for him, his first reaction would be to be happy, right?

Who would have thought that something as weak as this could not be replenished?

That’s an elixir!

Li Qingyi responded naturally: "Oh, that's right."

As he spoke, Li Qingyi saw a row of sugar figurines displayed in front of a small stall. His eyes suddenly lit up, and he took Huo Xu's hand and went over to watch the fun. Without saying a word, he asked the sugar figurine maker for three.

Li Zhu didn't hear it, but Huo Xu, who was a little more familiar with the situation, understood something of it. It seemed that the little princess wanted this master to mold the emperor, empress and prince.

Huo Xu: “…” His expression was subtle.

But don't worry about what he thinks, Li Qingyi likes it, so he pays for it. Anyway, according to Li Qingyi's words, the sugar figures he made are unlikely to be exactly the same as the emperor, empress, and prince, so just make them, as long as others don't know who they are.

When Huo Xu paid the bill, Li Zhu seemed to have finally lost his patience. He squatted down and moved closer to Li Qingyi, and asked in a low voice: "Aunt, the Tianxianglou that the system mentioned before..."

Li Qingyi looked up at the movements of his master's hands, without even turning his head, but his inner voice rang out: [Are you talking about the melon from Tianxianglou? The system wants to take my merits for this melon, and I have nothing to do with Tianxianglou. I don't want to gain merits for a flower from Tianxianglou. ]

Huo Xu's movements froze slightly, and he subconsciously turned his head to look around.

Then, he withdrew his gaze in confusion, lowered his eyes to look at Li Qingyi, who looked normal, as if thinking about something.

It's strange, this time the people coming and going around still seemed to hear nothing. Could it be that ordinary people can't hear that sound?

Huo Xu was just thinking about it when he heard a conversation not far away: "Eh? Tianxiang Tower? Ziming, did you hear it just now? Why did I hear a baby talking about Tianxiang Tower and some merits..."

"Hey, you guys..."

The voice stopped abruptly. Huo Xu remained calm, slightly turned sideways, and glanced around. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that two people were taken away quietly by people who were suspected to be the Blue Guards.

Huo Xu thought to himself: "It seems that not no one heard it, but it seems that not everyone heard it."

It seems that there should be some difference between them, but I don’t know how to distinguish them specifically.

In a corner that Huo Xu couldn't see, a young man who was plainly dressed and looked ordinary, blending into the crowd and disappearing in an instant, quickly wrote something on a piece of paper.

Li Qingyi and Li Zhu were not aware of these hidden disturbances at all.

When the system heard what Li Qingyi said, it sounded a little aggrieved: [But I didn’t set the price. ]

Li Qingyi: [In short, don’t ask me if I want to eat any melon. At least, I don’t have that much balance right now, so I definitely won’t eat any melon you ask me to eat.]

After saying that, Li Qingyi looked at Li Zhu and signaled with his eyes: Do you understand?

Even if you are curious, don't even think about this unnecessary spending as your account balance is insufficient.

When Li Zhu heard that eating melons required merit, he silently suppressed his curiosity.

Although he didn't understand much else, he knew the merits were extraordinary. What's more, it was Li Qingyi's merits that were spent. Although he was curious, he was embarrassed to use other people's merits to reap the benefits.

Huo Xu listened attentively for a while, and when he saw that Li Qingyi had no intention of eating another melon on the spot - he now knew what the so-called melon was - he breathed a sigh of relief.

Great, my little cousin, have fun today. You can eat whatever you want after returning to the palace.

Otherwise, he would be worried.

Fortunately, afterwards, Li Qingyi and Li Zhu really concentrated on shopping, and bought quite a few things. Some of them seemed very ordinary to Huo Xu, but for some reason the two masters seemed to like them very much.

After getting tired from shopping, the three of them went to a nearby teahouse and sat for a while. Li Qingyi was curious and wanted to try the coarse tea that Huo Xu mentioned. After taking a sip, he frowned, indicating that he really couldn't get used to it.

Li Zhu was fine, just treating it as ordinary water.

In other words, in his opinion, all kinds of tea tasted the same.

When the sun was about to set, Li Qingyi suddenly said, "Do you have any roast chicken? I want to bring a roast chicken back for my father and mother."

Huo Xu was stunned: "Roast chicken?"

Roast chicken is not a rare thing. They brought one back from outside the palace specially. The emperor and the empress should also... Hey, this is the royal family's own business. Why should a junior and an outsider like him care so much?

Then, Li Qingyi brought... eighteen roast chickens back to the palace.

Huo Xu: "Um, are you sure you really want to do this?"

Li Zhu stood aside, also holding an oil-paper bag in his hand, and said in a daze: "Grandma should have tried the roast chicken in this store. Should I really bring it to grandma?"

Li Qingyi waved her hand: "It doesn't matter whether they eat it or not, what matters is whether I bring it or not, it's a token of my love!"

Li Qingyi: "Okay, if it's any later I will miss dinner. Goodbye, cousin and nephew. Come to my house next time and I will take you to visit the Imperial Garden."

Huo Xu looked at Fang Xin.

Fang Xin smiled, her eyes calm: "Young Master Huo, what use do you think I am?"

Huo Xu: “…”Okay.

The little princess said it was a token of her thoughtfulness. Even if she brought a little too much, I think... the emperor and empress won’t mind, right?

Li Qingyi waved her hand and returned to the palace with the smell of roast chicken on her body.

Huo Xu and Li Zhu watched the carriage enter the palace gate. Then, Huo Xu looked at Li Zhu and cleared his throat: "Then, little prince, I will escort you back to the princess's mansion?"

Li Zhu twitched his nose and looked down at the roast chicken in his hand, which was wrapped in oil paper but still gave off a faint aroma. "Okay, thank you."

*

"Huang Kang, what time is it?"

Huang Kang: "Your Majesty, it is the end of the afternoon."

Emperor: "Is the Eleventh Princess back in the palace?"

Huang Kang paused.

The emperor noticed something was wrong and turned his head to look at him.

Huang Kang's mouth twitched, but he still smiled and bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, what a coincidence, the young prince just came back from outside the palace."

The emperor looked at him.

Huang Kang continued, "The young prince also brought some gifts from outside the palace for you and the Queen."

Mm, eighteen roast chickens.