Youshi, Chongrenfang, in the pavilion in the backyard of the Duke of E's mansion.
Wearing a plain skirt and a flowing bun, Yuchi Wanning was sitting at the desk, holding her cheek in one hand and flipping through the "Three Character Classic" recently printed by the Imperial Seal Bureau with the other.
"The Three Character Classic" has three characters in one sentence, two characters in one rhyme, making it catchy to read and easy to understand.
What's even more valuable is that it not only covers many historical allusions and teaches principles of life, but also common sense about solar terms, geography, agriculture, etc.
It is a very suitable book for enlightenment of young children.
Therefore, as soon as this book was sold, it was snapped up by major aristocratic families and wealthy gentry. Many families purchased dozens or hundreds of copies.
And as these powerful people plundered it, the common people gradually came to know how good this book was, so they also joined the purchasing army!
After seeing the business opportunity, many bookstores rushed to make engravings overnight. Now, in addition to the imperial printing office in Chang'an City, there are already several bookstores selling this book.
This also makes this book more and more famous, and more and more people want to buy this book. This also makes the price of this book rise with the tide, from the initial price of one hundred copies to today's Two hundred articles per book.
Not only that, because the bookstore printed too many "Three Character Classics", the price of white paper doubled!
Changan paper is expensive for a while!
At the same time, the name Qin Ming also became a household name.
However, many ordinary gentry and common people did not know who Qin Ming was, and only regarded him as a great scholar who did not serve as an official.
Yuchi Wanning was chewing the contents of the "Three Character Classic" while recalling the time he spent with Qin Ming. Suddenly, a pocket-sized version of Qin Ming wearing a Confucian robe and a jade hairpin seemed to appear on the page.
Yuchi Wanning rubbed his eyes, and the miniature figures disappeared and turned into ink-colored words again.
When Yuchi Wanning saw this, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
[After so many days, I don’t know if his injuries have healed! 】
Thinking of this, Yuchi Wanning closed the book, stood up and walked to the window. After hesitating, she opened the window and looked at the bright moon in the sky.
At this moment, there was the sound of hurried footsteps, and then a pretty figure pushed the door open and entered.
"Miss, miss, what do you think I just heard from my servant?"
Yuchi Wanning turned his back to the window, looked at Bai Ling who looked excited, and asked with a smile:
"How come someone else's daughter is running away from her marriage?"
Bai Ling, who was wearing a light green skirt and a bun, couldn't help but frowned after seeing the scene in the room clearly.
She walked to Yuchi Wanning, closed the window, and complained:
"Miss, why did you open the window again? You haven't been cold for a long time, so you can't blow in the cool breeze."
Yuchi Wanning smiled after hearing this.
"Okay, okay, I will pay attention next time."
After speaking, in order to prevent Baili, the little housekeeper, from continuing to talk, she quickly changed the topic and said:
"You haven't said you heard anything interesting yet!"
As soon as Bai Ling heard this, he immediately returned to the way he was when he first entered the door.
She turned to look at her young lady, narrowed her eyes and smiled:
"This incident is much more exciting than yesterday's incident in Taoye Lane where the Ma family's wife escaped from her marriage."
Yuchi Wanning also became interested after hearing this. She raised her eyebrows, pointed to the chair next to her and said:
"Come, come, sit down and speak slowly."
"Okay."
Bai Ling sat down on the chair, stretched his neck, and whispered:
"Miss, do you know the eldest son of the Duke of Qi?"
Yuchi Wanning thought for a while and said:
"I have an impression. I heard Cheng Chumo mention it before. He seemed to be called Changsun Chong."
When Bai Ling heard this, he patted the chair excitedly and said excitedly:
"Yes, that's the name. People in Wannian County are talking about him right now!"
"What's up with him?"
Bai Ling covered his mouth and laughed.
"He has become famous today. Listen to me, yesterday in Liuye Lane, Pingkangfang, he was thrown naked on the street. Many people saw it at that time!"
"Why is this?"
"It is said that the eldest grandson likes men and has fallen in love with the handsome shop assistant in the Liuye Lane teahouse. The shop assistant is also restless and has many lovers."
"As a result, yesterday when the eldest grandson rushed to the Liuye Lane teahouse to have an affair with the clerk, he happened to be bumped into by another lover of the clerk."
"After the man beat him violently, he was still angry and threw him naked on the street."
Yuchi Wanning opened his mouth wide when he heard this, looking like he was in disbelief.
"Isn't this impossible? After all, he is also the son of the Duke of Guo. Even if he... has that kind of hobby, he wouldn't look down on the waiter in the teahouse, right?"
"Besides, with his status, how can he go out without an entourage? No matter what, he can't be left naked on the street, right?"
Bai Ling was a little unhappy when she heard this. After all, this was the news she bought from the concierge Dong Erlengzi for two cents. How could it be wrong?
She stared with her big eyes, patted the chair, and said vowedly:
"How is it impossible! This news was bought with real money. Dong Er, the doorman at the house, told me that these things were all witnessed by his neighbor, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law who live in Pingkangfang. !”
"It's absolutely true, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it!"
Yuchi Wanning rolled his eyes when he heard this, and glanced at Bai Ling's angry look helplessly.
She really couldn't understand that when she, a personal maid, usually bought a hairband for herself, she would think about it again and again, hesitating again and again.
But the servants in the house bought these gossips without batting an eye, and she wouldn't listen to them unless they were paid.
Fortunately, the servants in the house know about Bai Ling's hobby, and respect her principle of spending money to buy news. Only for particularly interesting news, they will charge a symbolic fee of one or two cents.
As long as the servants in the house ask for a higher price, I guess this girl won't have to hesitate when buying a hair tie.
Yuchi Wan Ning looked at Bai Ling with a look like, "If you don't believe me, I will cry for you", and did not want to continue arguing with Bai Ling about the authenticity of this matter!
He could only follow Bai Ling and said:
"Then according to what you said, this thing is probably true."
Miss Bai Lingjian believed her story after she brought out the witness, and a smile immediately broke out on her face.
The two gossiped for a while, and Bai Ling suddenly remembered something, so he said to Yuchi Wan Ning:
"Miss, I also heard something about Mr. Qin. Do you want to hear it?"
Yuchi Wanning's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he thought that all the information Bai Ling inquired about was not a good thing, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but tighten the fragrant handkerchief in her hand, pretending not to care, and asked:
"Is it related to him? What is it? Tell me about it?"
Bai Ling smiled and said:
"Do you still remember that a few days ago, my slave told you that there was a fool with lots of money and nowhere to spend it, who recruited thousands of people in Wannian County?"
Yuchi Wan Ning nodded. She had an impression of this. If you work for one day, take care of two full meals, and pay fifty cents in return, you are not a fool!
"That fool is Mr. Qin!"
"ah?"
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