Ci Jinzhi

He Qingxiao opened his mouth: "Check out."

Liu Zhou woke up like a dream, with a smile on his face immediately: "Wait a moment."

The young man took the broken silver and weighed it, but he didn't go to the scale to weigh it, so he quickly found a handful of copper coins for He Qingxiao.

He Qingxiao put away the copper plate, looked at Xin You who had regained consciousness: "Miss Kou, I'm leaving first."

Xin You looked at the travel notes in He Qingxiao's arms, and said with a smile, "Does Master He like this travel notes very much?"

He Qingxiao thought of the travel notes of the passive position, nodded: "Yes, I like it very much."

Xin You thoughtfully reminded: "This is a set of travel notes, and there are still eight or nine volumes in the library."

He Qingxiao: "..."

When He Qingxiao left, Liu Zhou sighed, "Master He has changed."

Following Xin You's suspicious gaze, Shopkeeper Hu slapped Liu Zhou: "Clean up the bookshelves."

There was a moment of silence in the study hall, and the crisp sound of beads colliding again sounded.

Xin You casually leaned against the counter, thinking again.

The servant was originally ordered to go out of the palace to buy books. If Concubine Shu was angry because of other things, it would be unreasonable to wait until the servant who went out to buy books came back to be so angry.

Looking at Concubine Shu's reaction in the screen, it seems more like she was annoyed by the servant's words.

What the servant said must have something to do with this trip out of the palace—Xin You looked up at the bookshelf full of "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 story books, and become popular in Beijing?
It was the rumor spread by Qingsong Bookstore in order to retaliate against the opponent's methods against female customers, and then there was an anecdote that a woman benefited from this statement.

It doesn't end well for a man to be interested in sex, and it doesn't end well for raising a foreign room.

If the servant told Concubine Shu this statement, it would not be surprising that it would hit Concubine Shu's pain.

At that time, the father secretly placed Concubine Shu and others in Yiyuan behind his mother's back. Isn't it just a fig leaf for the royal family to put them in the private room?

In this case, Concubine Shu might not only be furious at the maid, but also anger at her.

"Boss!" Shopkeeper Hu, who had finished the calculation, had a flushed face and shouted excitedly.

Xin You looked over.

Shopkeeper Hu patted the account book with one hand, his eyes glowed: "Today alone, the entire volume of "Painted Skin" sold more than [-] copies, and the second part sold [-] copies!"

Originally, the sales volume started to drop, but unexpectedly, the boss saved the eldest princess' daughter!
Shopkeeper Hu looked at the girl with a calm expression, as if he was looking at the God of Wealth.

Their God of Wealth, ah no, their boss is really capable.

"Shopkeeper, how many copies of "Painted Skin" are there?"

Shopkeeper Hu opened the account book, looked at it, and dialed a few more beads: "There are still 120 sets of the whole book, and another [-] copies left in the lower part. The printing shop is rushing to work day and night, and there are about [-] books still being printed and bound. ..."

"Let the printing press stop first."

Shopkeeper Hu thought he heard it wrong: "Stop?"

Xin You nodded: "Yes, let them stop first."

Shopkeeper Hu became anxious when he heard this: "Boss, this can't be stopped. A few hundred copies sounds like a lot, but in fact it only sells for a few days. Many people usually don't read the scriptures, but this time they bought them for fun. After a few days I don’t want to buy it after the heat is over... Don’t worry about those craftsmen being dissatisfied, the villain has already told them that this month, in addition to the monthly money, there will also be a bounty, and the amount of bounty is completely based on the income of the bookstore. .”

It's just such a tiring month, and I get a lot of extra money. How many people can't dream of a good thing.

"I know what the shopkeeper means, but I have my own plan. Let the printing shop stop for a while, and then I will talk about it after selling out the stock."

Seeing that Xinyou didn't seem to be joking, shopkeeper Hu was full of doubts but didn't say anything else. He turned around and explained to Guanshi Zhao who was in charge of the printing shop, and Guanshi was in a hurry.

"How can this be stopped! Shopkeeper, the money our bookstore earns this month has caught up to several years ago. If it stops, won't it just throw the money out?"

He secretly estimated the reward money he could get this month, and it was enough to give a pair of silver bracelets to the yellow-faced woman at home.

In front of other people, shopkeeper Hu didn't lose face at all, and said seriously: "Is there anything wrong with the decision our boss made when he took over the bookstore?"

Manager Zhao shook his head.

"That's fine, just listen to the boss's arrangement."

So Qingsong Bookstore rarely had a relatively relaxing night.

On the other side, Xiao Mingzi hurried back to the palace with the words he bought to see Concubine Shu.

Concubine Shu also heard about Miss Kou saving the eldest princess's beloved daughter, so she asked people first: "Have you seen that Miss Kou? What kind of person is it?"

"Reporting to my lord, I saw you. Miss Kou is just like the rumors, and she really looks a bit like the eldest princess."

"Heh." Concubine Shu smiled inexplicably, "Where are the books?"

Xiao Mingzi offered the book with both hands.

Concubine Shu took "Painted Skin", her gaze fell on the cover, and she asked lightly, "Are there really many people who bought this book?"

"It's true. The slaves went late, and there were no people there. I heard that during the daytime, the queue would line up on the street."

"Can a book look like this?"

"My servant heard that it is related to a rumor." Xiao Mingzi secretly rejoiced that he had made sufficient preparations.

Concubine Shu raised her eyebrows: "What rumor?"

"It is said that watching "Painted Skin" can turn a dishonest man into a good man. There will be no good end for being attracted to sex, and even less good end for raising a foreigner. No one is as good as a bad wife—"

Concubine Shu's expression changed suddenly, she raised her hand and threw the book over.

Xiao Mingzi didn't react at all, and was immediately slapped on the face by the book.

He covered his face subconsciously, blood gushing from his nose and oozing from his fingers.

Even though he didn't know how to make Concubine Shu angry, Xiao Mingzi immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Your servant deserves to die, my servant deserves to die."

Concubine Shu was furious, and seeing Xiao Mingzi's nosebleed dripping onto the gold bricks, she felt even more disgusted.

At this moment, the palace servants reported that the emperor had arrived.

Before the people in the hall could respond, Emperor Xing Yuan walked in.

Seeing the scene in the palace, Emperor Xing Yuan was taken aback: "What's wrong?"

Concubine Shu came up to meet her: "I have seen Your Majesty."

The blood spilled on the gold brick made Emperor Xingyuan frown: "Is it this palace man who made Concubine Shu angry?"

Xiao Mingzi, who was touched, buried his head deeply, not daring to say a word.

The sudden arrival of Emperor Xingyuan was beyond Concubine Shu's expectation, and she had no time to come up with a perfect excuse: "It's my concubine's disrespect. Xiao Mingzi was out of the palace today, and I heard a lot of rumors about Ze'er, and I fell annoyed for a while." Things. Who knew that this servant did not hide, and just hit him."

Xiao Mingzi hurriedly said: "They are all clumsy servants, your majesty forgives the sin, and the empress atones."

The "Ze'er" that Concubine Shu said was her nephew Dai Ze.

Emperor Xingyuan knew in his heart that Dai Ze was brought to his house by Jin Linwei to play the board, and it would be widely circulated, so he had no doubts about Concubine Shu's words.

His eyes fell on the books lying on the ground.

Although Xiao Mingzi got a nosebleed from the book, the book was not stained. Emperor Xingyuan gave him a look, and the eunuch who came with him bent down to pick up the book, dusted it off and presented it in front of Emperor Xingyuan.