Mind reading, I used the concubine system to become the empress

"Manager Zhao, why don't you help her up? Why are you leaving Zhao Shuyi kneeling like that?"

After the emperor finished speaking, his gaze softened as he looked at Zhao Shuyi.

"My beloved concubine, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly. How can I not agree to your request?"

After saying this, he carefully put Lin Shu back into the crib.

Then he waved at Zhao Shuyi, "My beloved concubine, come to me."

There was a look of delight in Zhao Shuyi's eyes. She leaned shyly in the emperor's arms with a look of delight on her face.

"My father heard that Your Majesty had created books, and he wanted to buy some from Your Majesty and take them back to admire them."

The emperor lowered his eyes slightly, looked at the woman in his arms, and smiled gently.

"Is your father so impatient? I haven't even found a good place to sell books yet. He can't wait to buy books?"

"Of course, my father admires Your Majesty very much, so he naturally wants to support Your Majesty."

Zhao Shuyi paused for a moment, as if she thought of something, and uttered a soft "ah".

"I just remembered that my father has an unused shop in the most prosperous area of ​​the city."

"If Your Majesty doesn't mind, father is willing to give the shop to Your Majesty."

The emperor patted Zhao Shuyi's hand and said softly, "Your father is very thoughtful. I wonder how many copies your father wants."

Zhao Shuyi was secretly delighted and bowed quickly. "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your help."

The emperor laughed and scolded: "I haven't agreed yet, but you are making me the boss."

Zhao Shuyi leaned back into the emperor's arms, took the emperor's hand and fiddled with it gently.

"Then will your Majesty agree?"

The emperor laughed softly, "Of course I agree, it's just a few books."

Zhao Shuyi then spoke, "About 500 copies."

After hearing this, the emperor frowned slightly and looked a little embarrassed.

Zhao Shuyi saw that the emperor looked troubled and hesitated, "Your Majesty, is my father asking for too much?"

"If Your Majesty is in a difficult situation, I will write to my father and ask him to ask for less. At most, we can let the students in the clan middle school share one book."

When the emperor heard this, he suddenly looked a little embarrassed. "You also know that I told the public that a book costs about 100 wen because of the students in the world. This is a loss-making business."

"Your father needs hundreds of copies. The time and manpower required... Although it is a bit difficult, for the sake of my beloved concubine, I am willing to give priority to your father."

"But I have also promised all the students in the world, so I naturally have to leave some for them."

After hearing this, Zhao Shuyi quickly comforted him, "Your Majesty, you are right. My father is willing to buy it at a high price. He will definitely not let Your Majesty make a loss."

"Your Majesty, please sell less to the students first. It won't be considered as breaking your promise. When Your Majesty has more money, you can hire more people to copy. It won't hurt for the students to wait a while."

The emperor looked very satisfied after hearing this, and even took Zhao Shuyi to the imperial study to accompany him. Zhao Shuyi did not leave the imperial study until after dinner.

The emperor looked at Zhao Shuyi's leaving back with a smile on his face.

Mingyuan Hou Mansion.

Marquis Mingyuan couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw the news his daughter handed over.

"The emperor guarded the papermaking place strictly and prevented us from getting in. I thought he was very capable."

"It's just a few hundred books now, but it's already so difficult for him. But with such a small output, what can he do if he makes paper at a low cost?"

Then he said to the servants: "Go and tell each family that the plan has begun."

After the man left, he said to his son, "Thanks to your idea this time. I want to see how much the emperor can find someone to copy. When the time comes, we will buy as much as he sells."

Yang Zhize, the eldest son of Mingyuan Hou, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.

Youyou said: "Even if we can't stop the books from leaking out, we can still sell them at a high price and make a profit. The emperor is just making wedding clothes for us."

After saying this, the father and son looked at each other and laughed heartily.

When several other families heard the news, they also asked their daughters in the palace to beg the emperor for help.

Those who didn't have daughters would simply enter the palace themselves and pester the emperor, saying that His Majesty should not favor one over the other and that as all were his subjects, they should be treated equally.

The emperor was so annoyed by the harassment that he had to close the door and refuse to see anyone.

However, the ministers did not give up and continued to ask for an audience every day.

The emperor, who had previously looked exhausted and miserable, now couldn't suppress the smile on his face as he sat in the imperial study.

He called over Chief Steward Zhao and said, "Tell these ministers to come here tomorrow."

"Since they all want to get it first, let them all come to the palace to bid."

Lin Shu, who was lying in the crib nearby, curled his lips.

[What's so good about bidding for the first batch of books? If you really want them to bid, just copy some of the private collections in the palace. It's best to find some poems and songs, which are not very useful.]

[They made money this way, but those people didn’t get any new knowledge. They were so angry that they found out that they could print as many books as they wanted.]

When the emperor heard this, he changed his mind and stopped the steward Zhao who had just walked out and added a sentence.

"By the way, call Mencius here."

Manager Zhao understood what he meant and did it immediately.

After a long time, Mencius came to the imperial study.

"Zidu, is Mr. Meng in good health?"

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. The imperial physician sent by Your Majesty said that Grandfather was just a little agitated and there was nothing serious."

The emperor nodded after hearing this, and then he continued to ask Meng Zidu: "There are a lot of books to be copied this time, do you have enough manpower?"

"Is the printing of the book going smoothly?"

Meng Zidu's eyes lit up, "We have enough manpower. Now all the books have been printed. We are just waiting for your Majesty's order to start the plan."

"Okay, you did a good job, Zidu."

[Wow, so sad. Dad and the others actually kept me in the dark. The books in the box were all hand-copied.]

[I felt bad that no one had discovered Daddy's skills, but I didn't expect that Daddy had hidden a trick up his sleeve.]

[No wonder he has been so keen on fishing recently. It turns out that this is the fish he wanted to catch.]

The emperor and Mencius smiled at each other after hearing the inner voice.

At the same time, I responded in my heart, there are more things you don’t know than just these, there are also things you don’t know.

This time, we caught not just one fish, but a bigger fish.

Lin Shu felt puzzled by their laughter.

[Every time these two meet, they act weird and weird, which is not normal at all. ]

[Hehe, they must be hiding something. ]

[I am so anxious. Can't they just say what they want to say? They are all riddlers. I am angry!]

The emperor walked to Lin Shu helplessly and patted him on the shoulder to comfort him.

I said silently in my heart: You will know soon.