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

Although he thought so in his heart, to say that the emperor really didn't know the reason would be deceiving himself.

But knowing it doesn't mean he can accept it.

The emperor finally waved his hand and let the prince leave, without asking him to make any comments on the fifth prince.

In this situation, no matter whether the Crown Prince said something good about the Fifth Prince out of brotherly love or expressed his dissatisfaction with the Fifth Prince due to his own situation, the Emperor would not be in a good mood.

After the prince left, the emperor threw the thin book on the table and the hall fell into silence.

After a long time, a sigh sounded in everyone's ears, and the backs of the palace servants who were standing with their heads bowed seemed to relax a little with this sigh - this showed that the emperor had dealt with his emotions and had made some kind of decision.

Huang Kang stepped forward with great tact: "Your Majesty."

The emperor pointed at the book and said indifferently: "Find someone with a tight-lipped mouth to make a copy and send it to Li Cong."

On the surface, Li Cong is still under house arrest and is prohibited from interacting with anyone.

After Shufei's plea failed and she was scolded by the emperor instead, although she was not under house arrest in the past few days, she stayed in Chuxiu Palace obediently and did not go out.

Although there was quite a commotion that night, as long as the emperor was careful, what happened would not reach the ears of people who should not have heard it. So whether it was the Eighth Princess trying to sneak away in the middle of the night or the Fifth Prince talking with the Taoist priest by candlelight, only those few people knew about it.

The rest of the people at most knew that the Fifth Prince had done something to anger the Emperor, but they had no idea what exactly he had done.

Huang Kang was one of the few people who knew about the incident. Although he didn't want to know about some of the Fifth Prince's outrageous actions, there was nothing he could do. He was on duty when the incident happened and he didn't expect such a thing to happen. He had nowhere to hide.

As one of the people who knew the emperor very well, Huang Kang knew that even though the emperor looked relatively calm now, he had actually been in a very bad mood these past few days.

Also.

Which father would want to see his son cursing another son, especially the son he has the highest hopes for?

Which emperor would be happy to see his position being targeted by his son?

Compared with the Fifth Prince’s affairs, the Eighth Princess’ affairs had almost no presence at all.

But no matter whether he was a father or an emperor, when he discovered this, the first thing he thought of was the old saying - don't air your dirty laundry in public.

This is not simply because of face, the reasons are very complicated. In short, the emperor now wants to teach the fifth prince a lesson but does not want others to suspect anything because of his severe punishment of the fifth prince, and thus spend their time on finding out the secrets of the palace.

But if he didn't punish him, the emperor himself would not be happy.

Li Qingyi's sudden bad idea, although when the emperor first knew about it, his first reaction was the same as the prince's - who the hell led my good boy astray! Drag him out and chop him off!

But there was a problem. Because the emperor had arranged spies around Li Qingyi, he knew very well that there was no one around Li Qingyi who taught her all these messed up things. So the only suspect was the system.

emperor:……

I couldn’t hit him, which made me even angrier.

As he was getting angry, the emperor looked back at the storybook with the fifth prince as the protagonist (of course the protagonist's identity and name were replaced in the storybook), and he felt strangely that it didn't seem bad.

It is not easy to do anything to the Fifth Prince in the short term, but as a father, he is in a bad mood, so how can his son live in peace?

Aren't you trying to cause trouble?

Row.

None of us should have an easy time.

Let’s not talk about how the Fifth Prince felt after seeing the protagonist of the storybook that gave him a strong sense of déjà vu, and the description in the storybook that made his scalp tingle.

After making this decision, the emperor felt strangely better. He stood up and walked around a few times, thinking that he had to ask Li Qingyi to stop talking about the fifth prince.

Then we have to find a way to distract her.

The Eighth Princess’s issue also had to be resolved quickly, otherwise what would happen if I thought of the Eighth Princess and associated her with the Fifth Prince?

The emperor sighed: "Children are all debts."

Then, Li Qingyi heard a piece of news that day that shocked everyone - the emperor had granted a marriage to the eighth princess, and the eighth prince consort was said to be just a guard.

If it was shocking that the emperor skipped the first few princesses and directly married the eighth princess, and that the man was an unknown guard, then what was even more shocking to everyone was another piece of news that came later.

System: [The emperor is really open-minded. Along with the imperial decree granting marriage, there are four guards with different styles but all good-looking. The emperor also specially issued an oral order, saying that the eighth princess can favor whoever she likes. He is just a consort, so there is no need to hide it. If she doesn't like him, she can just kick him out.]

Li Qingyi: Stupid——

Although the emperor did not say it explicitly, but those four guards were specially picked for their good looks. Could they really be the concubines for the Eighth Princess?

No matter how hard Li Qingyi thought about it, she never imagined that her father could do such a thing!

It’s true that although it does seem a bit absurd, the emperor’s move is indeed a way to solve the problem.

It’s something that ordinary people can’t do.

Li Qingyi: Something seems to be wrong with my father.

Then the next day after receiving the message, Li Qingyi felt that someone picked her up from the bed while she was half asleep, but the other person's breath was very familiar, and she was very sleepy, so she simply didn't open her eyes and continued to sleep.

Then, Li Qingyi was awakened by the noise of officials kneeling.

Li Qingyi: ...

I opened my eyes and saw a familiar scene.

System: [Host, you are awake. ]

Li Qingyi: [What's going on? ]

The system voice is cheerful: [The emperor has brought you to the morning court again! ]

Officials: ...

I received news yesterday that some people who were preparing to impeach today:...

What does this mean, Your Majesty?

Such a big fuss happened yesterday, and today that little ancestor was brought to court. Who would believe that there is no connection between them?

Is the Emperor threatening them in this way?

Li Qingyi closed her eyes. She was actually frightened awake just now. After finding that she was safe, she looked up at her father who was in a proper posture, closed her eyes and lay back down: [Ah... Did you know that children who don't get enough sleep will not grow tall? ]

You can hear the resentment in the baby voice!

The smile that just appeared on the emperor's lips suddenly froze there.

Officials: ...Ah, this.

Huang Kang shrank his neck and looked at the emperor. After receiving the emperor's eye signal, he cleared his throat and began the process of attending court.

Li Qingyi listened to the court officials speaking one after another, thinking that she would sleep for a while even if they were noisy, but her mind couldn't help but follow what those people were saying.

After listening for a long time, Li Qingyi concluded: [Why are they still complaining about being poor after not seeing them for a while? Don’t they make any money at all? ]

Officials: ...