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

Li Qingyi didn't explain too much to Li Zhu, mainly because it was really not suitable for them to stay in the room all the time, as it would easily arouse other people's suspicion.

Li Qingyi: "Have you encountered any troubles recently? It's better not to tell others, so that we can explain what we have been talking about in the room later."

In other words, what do you have to complain about?

Li Zhu was still a little dazed from the previous topic, but Li Qingyi had already made a decision, and all Li Zhu had to do was cooperate.

Hearing her question, Li Zhu exclaimed, and subconsciously thought about her words for a while, but still hesitated to tell her that he suspected someone in the Princess's Mansion was trying to steal the Princess's lover.

Li Qingyi: "Hmm? Why do you say that?"

Li Zhu was much more confident when talking about this: "There were a few times when I went to accompany my grandmother. She was looking at the account book. She was old and had presbyopia. She couldn't see clearly, so she asked me to help her read it."

"As soon as I looked at it, I found that some of the accounts were not right. The prices were different from what I remembered."

"Although I have been recuperating in the Princess's Mansion and have not been out for a while, how long have I been here? It is impossible that the prices outside have increased tenfold or even dozens of times as soon as I entered the Princess's Mansion, right?"

Li Zhu paused and asked Li Qingyi, "Do you know how much an egg costs outside the palace?"

Li Qingyi: "A few cents."

Li Zhu was surprised: "Hey? Aunt, haven't you always lived in the palace? How do you know this?"

Li Qingyi: "...well, I've read quite a few novels before, and some of them mention prices."

However, Li Qingyi just said it casually. As for the actual prices...she really has no idea.

The main thing is, as a three-year-old princess, who would have the time to tell her about the local price of eggs?

Li Zhu said, "Aunt, let me tell you this."

"Two months ago, I knew that the market prices for pork and fish and shrimp fluctuated around ten cents per pound. Pork was around seven or eight cents, beef head was four or five cents, and fish and shrimp were between four or five and seven or eight cents."

"A goose egg costs seven cents, and a duck egg or a chicken egg costs about three and a half cents."

"Also, the Princess's Mansion has its own farm, and most vegetables are shipped directly from the farm. But I still remember the prices of vegetables outside. One penny can buy about four pounds of green vegetables, and a winter melon costs about six pennies."

"But I looked at the accounts of the Princess's mansion. Eggs cost ten cents each. Only servants in the mansion eat pork, and the price in the accounts is thirty to thirty-five cents per pound."

"Cows... well, there is a ban against cattle. Cattle cannot be slaughtered at will. Therefore, the probability of beef appearing in the market is very low, so the price of beef is not accurate."

"But the price of fish and shrimp in the mansion fluctuates by fifty cents, and sometimes it is directly priced per piece."

Li Zhu looked at Li Qingyi: "Aunt, did you hear the problem?"

Li Qingyi thought for a moment: "Did it all double?"

Li Zhu nodded: "Yes! There's more! It's just that I don't know the prices of some of the utensils, and I can't tell the difference between fabrics and the like."

"The most important thing is that the purchases for the Princess's Mansion are calculated based on the food rations of everyone in the entire mansion. I have asked around, and there are nearly two hundred people in the mansion, including the masters and servants. Each purchase is for at least three days of food. The purchase volume is huge, so the price should be lower than the market price."

Li Zhu: "Aunt, do you think the people in charge of purchasing have problems with their brains and got cheated, or did they take advantage of my grandma and her ignorance of prices and adjust the prices of these things?"

"I secretly tried it out, and my grandmother thought the price was already very cheap and didn't think there was anything wrong with it at all."

Li Qingyi: "..."

Li Zhu continued, "In addition, there are also loss and expense calculations for things in the mansion, which means that when something is damaged, it will be reported, and if necessary, the account office will spend money to buy new ones. Then I saw that on average, there is an expense of damaged equipment in the outer courtyard every month. The manager said that it was because my second and third cousins ​​practiced martial arts every day, so the things in the outer courtyard were damaged quickly."

"But I found an opportunity a few days ago and visited my two cousins. I found that neither of them is good at martial arts. It's more like fitness than martial arts training. The purpose of physical training has been achieved, but it's a daydream to say that they have strong lethality."

"If I wasn't in poor health, I feel like I could knock them down."

Li Qingyi was speechless: "Not really."

However, after Li Zhu said this, Li Qingyi felt that there were big problems with the accounting office in the Princess's Mansion.

There are also some stewards.

But Li Qingyi was more curious about one thing: "How do you know so much about prices?"

When Li Zhu mentioned this, he felt a little resentful: "The food in Liu's house doesn't have any oil or water at all."

"I have studied a route to sneak out of the house, and I sneak out to find food whenever I have the chance. Restaurants are too expensive and easy to be discovered, so I always buy the food and cook it myself."

"Oh, by the way, I also stole his gold and used it to help the people. This can be considered as robbing the rich to help the poor."

Li Qingyi: "...Why not?"

At that time, Li Zhu probably didn't know about his own life experience. This... cough, he is so filial.

"You are new here, and although you have a high status, you are not stable. You are in poor health, and it is not clear how many people are involved. If something unexpected happens, I can't put out the fire in the palace."

"You're right not to say it."

Li Zhu asked: "Can't you just arrest them all?"

Li Qingyi touched his chin and said, "No, this is not my home. Don't worry, just wait and see, this matter..."

Li Qingyi thought about it for a long time, but she didn't know the situation in the Princess's mansion.

Although she had read a lot of novels in her spare time, many of which were about house fighting, she had a lot of theoretical knowledge, but had never put it into practice.

"I'll tell my mother about this and see if she can think of a good way to avoid involving you." Li Qingyi said finally.

Li Zhu was waiting for Li Qingyi to give some advice. When he heard this, he had no idea and just nodded obediently.

After finishing the important things, Li Qingyi didn't continue to stay in the room with Li Zhu. The two of them went out shopping again as if they hadn't said anything.

At dusk, when Li Qingyi was about to return to the palace, he said to Li Zhu, "I will ask my mother about what you said. Wait for my news."

When Huo Xu heard this, he had originally forgotten about this matter, but his curiosity suddenly arose.

But Li Qingyi took the soy milk he bought for the emperor and empress today and left without looking back.

That night, the emperor looked at the food served in front of him and smelled the slop-like smell, and his expression almost broke down.