He Qingxiao said: "Check out."
Liu Zhou woke up from a dream, his face immediately filled with smile: "Wait a moment."
The young man took the broken silver and weighed it, without even weighing it on the scale. He quickly gave He Qingxiao a handful of copper coins.
He Qingxiao put away the copper plate and looked at Xin You who had regained consciousness: "Miss Kou, I'm leaving first."
Xin You glanced at the travel diary in He Qingxiao's arms and said with a smile, "Does Mr. He like this travel diary very much?"
He Qingxiao thought of the travel notes that had changed places and nodded: "Yes, I like it very much."
Xin You thoughtfully reminded: "This is a set of travel notes, and there are eight or nine volumes left in the library."
He Qingxiao: "..."
When He Qingxiao left, Liu Zhou sighed: "Master He has changed."
Following Xin You's questioning look, shopkeeper Hu slapped Liu Zhou: "Go and pack the bookshelf."
The library was quiet for a moment, and the crisp sound of abacus beads colliding could be heard again.
Xin You leaned against the counter casually and started thinking again.
The chamberlain was originally ordered to go out of the palace to buy books. If Concubine Shu was angry for other reasons, it would be unreasonable to wait until the chamberlain who left the palace to buy books came back to be so angry.
Judging from Concubine Shu's reaction in the picture, it seems more like she was annoyed by the words of the chamberlain.
What the chamberlain said must be related to this trip out of the palace - Xin You looked up at the bookshelf filled with "Painted Skin", her eyes flickered, and she had a guess.
How did "Painted Skin" break through the circle of people who really like to read storybooks and become popular in the capital?
It was a rumor spread by Qingsong Bookstore in order to fight back against its rivals' tactics against female customers, and there were anecdotes about women who benefited from this rumor.
There will be no good end for a man who gets interested in sex, and even less good end for having an extramarital wife.
If the chamberlain told Concubine Shu this statement, it would not be surprising if it stung Concubine Shu.
Back then, the father secretly placed Concubine Shu and others in Yiyuan behind the mother's back. Wouldn't it be like raising an outsider if they were placed among the people? It was just a fig leaf for the royal family.
In this case, Concubine Shu might not only be furious with the chamberlain, but might also turn her anger on her.
"Boss!" Shopkeeper Hu shouted excitedly with his face glowing red after finishing the calculation.
Xinyou looked over.
Shopkeeper Hu patted the account book with one hand, his eyes shining: "Today alone, the entire volume of "Painted Skin" sold more than two hundred copies, and the lower part sold one hundred and nine copies!"
Sales volume had started to drop, but unexpectedly the owner rescued the eldest princess’s daughter!
Shopkeeper Hu looked at the indifferent girl, as if looking at the God of Wealth.
Their God of Wealth, ah no, their boss is really capable.
"Sir, how many copies of "Painted Skin" are there now?"
Shopkeeper Hu opened the account book, looked at it, and made a few calculations: "There are still 120 sets of the whole book, and another 100 volumes in the lower part. The printing shop is working day and night, and the ones who are still printing and binding are on the third day. About a hundred volumes..."
"Let the printing house stop first."
Shopkeeper Hu thought he heard wrongly: "Stop?"
Xin You nodded: "Yes, let them stop first."
Shopkeeper Hu became anxious when he heard this: "Boss, we can't stop this. A few hundred copies sounds like a lot, but in fact it only lasts a few days. Many people don't usually read story books. This time they bought them for fun. It will take a few days." I don’t want to buy it after the excitement is over... Don’t worry about the dissatisfaction of the craftsmen. The villain has already told them that in addition to the monthly money, there will also be a bounty. The bounty amount will completely follow the bookstore’s income. Those craftsmen are very motivated. .”
After just a month of hard work, getting a lot of extra money is a good thing that many people can only dream of.
"I know what the shopkeeper means, but I have my own plan. Let the printing shop stop for a while and sell out all the stock."
Seeing that Xin You didn't seem to be joking, shopkeeper Hu said nothing more even though he was full of doubts. He turned around and explained to Manager Zhao who was in charge of the printing shop. Manager Zhao became anxious.
"How can this stop! Shopkeeper, our bookstore has made more money this month than it has in years. If we stop, wouldn't we just throw the money away?"
He secretly estimated that the rewards he could get this month would be enough to buy a pair of silver bracelets for the yellow-faced woman at home.
In front of other people, shopkeeper Hu did not lose the dignity of his boss at all, and said seriously: "Did our boss make a wrong decision when we took over the bookstore?"
Manager Zhao shook his head.
"That's alright, just follow the boss's arrangements."
So Qingsong Bookstore rarely had a relatively relaxing night.
On the other side, Xiao Mingzi hurried back to the palace with the storybook he bought to see Concubine Shu.
Concubine Shu also heard about Miss Kou saving the eldest princess' beloved daughter, so she asked the person first: "Have you seen that Miss Kou? What is she like?"
"Replying to the Queen, I saw her. Miss Kou is just like the rumors. She does look a bit like the eldest princess."
"Heh." Concubine Shu smiled inexplicably, "Where's the book?"
Xiao Mingzi presented the book with both hands.
Concubine Shu took "Painted Skin", her eyes fell on the cover, and asked lightly: "Are many people really buying this book?"
"It's true. I went there late, and there was not a lot of people around. I heard that during the day, the queue would line up on the street."
"How can a book be so beautiful?"
"I heard it was related to a rumor." Xiao Mingzi was secretly happy that he had made adequate preparations.
Concubine Shu raised her eyebrows: "What rumors?"
"It is said that watching "Painted Skin" can help dishonest men to change their ways. There will be no good end if you have sex with someone, and there will be no good end if you keep an extramarital wife. No one is as good as a spoiled wife——"
Concubine Shu's expression suddenly changed, and she raised her hand and threw the book over.
Xiao Mingzi didn't react at all and was immediately slapped in the face by the book.
He subconsciously covered his face, blood gushing from his nose and seeping from his fingers.
Although she didn’t know how to make Concubine Shu angry, Xiao Mingzi immediately knelt down and apologized: “I deserve to die, I deserve to die.”
Concubine Shu was furious and felt even more disgusted when she saw Xiao Mingzi's nosebleed dripping onto the gold bricks.
At this moment, the palace people reported that the emperor was here.
Before anyone in the palace could react, Emperor Xingyuan walked in.
Seeing the scene in the palace, Emperor Xingyuan was stunned: "What's going on?"
Concubine Shu came forward and said, "I have met Your Majesty."
The blood stains on the gold bricks made Emperor Xingyuan frown: "Is this palace man making Concubine Shu angry?"
Xiao Mingzi, who was pointed out, buried his head deeply and did not dare to say a word.
The sudden arrival of Emperor Xingyuan was unexpected by Concubine Shu, leaving her no time to come up with a perfect excuse: "I have behaved inappropriately. Xiao Mingzi left the palace today and heard a lot of rumors about Ze'er. When I heard this, I fell down in anger. Something. Unexpectedly, this slave didn't hide, and hit him just in time."
Xiao Mingzi hurriedly said: "It's all my servants who are clumsy. Your Majesty forgives me, and I will atone for my sins."
The "Ze'er" in Concubine Shu's mouth is her nephew Dai Ze.
Emperor Xingyuan knew that the story of Dai Ze being taken to his house by Jin Linwei to beat him up would be widely spread, so he did not doubt Concubine Shu's words.
His eyes fell on the book lying on the ground.
Although Xiao Mingzi had a nosebleed from being hit by the book, there was no stain on the book. Emperor Xingyuan looked at him and the eunuch who followed him bent down to pick up the book, dusted off the dust and presented it to Emperor Xingyuan.
