[Red Chamber] Buddhist concubine

Zhou Yao was stunned at that moment, almost getting angry on the spot.

Tu Min seemed to find it funny, and burst out laughing on the spot.After laughing enough, the big housekeeper returned the paper to Zhou Yao: "Mr. Meng Honglou, why can't you take a joke? Even if I don't want to part with the original work of Mr., I have to wait until the story is over before coming to ask for it." , now sir is still one chapter away from writing, this king will have to wait until the end is uncomfortable, but I dare not offend sir."

Zhou Yao glared at Tu Min after receiving the manuscript, but didn't answer.

The butler coughed next to him, causing Zhou Yao to look over, but saw that he didn't look at her, but seemed to be reminding Tu Min.

Zhou Yao immediately had a good impression of the big housekeeper, but at the same time, she also felt a lot of dislike for the so-called idle king.

If there is a score, His Royal Highness Xianwang must have a negative score in Zhou Yao's heart.

Tu Min didn't know that Zhou Yao already had negative points in his heart, and his emotions were still immersed in the story he had just read: "This story seems to be coming to an end, but why didn't I see the title of the book? Mr. Haven't given the story a name yet?"

Zhou Yao's eyebrows twitched, and she said with a smile: "It has been taken."

"What's the title of the book?" Tu Min was curious.

Zhou Yao's thoughts raced through her mind, and soon she thought of a fairly suitable title——

"The title of the book is "Hou Men Changing Girls."

In Zhou Yao's opinion, this title is actually not satisfactory, because although this title highlights the theme and content of the novel, it does not mention the most attractive "resurrection", that is, the novel element of "rebirth".

But the ancients paid attention to implicitness in naming. If the title of the book really gave too much information, I am afraid they would not be too happy.

For example, after the title of this book was proposed, Tu Min's expression seemed a little disgusted.

But Zhou Yao didn't care about him, because of Tu Min's expression, she was even more determined to use this title.

Tu Min didn't intend to use his power to threaten Zhou Yao to change the title of the book. Although he was not satisfied, he just wanted to make Zhou Yao change his mind through other people's insinuations before the story came out.

It's a pity that he didn't know that his various arrangements would only make Zhou Yao more determined to use the title of the book.

Soon, Zhou Yao finished writing the finale of "Hou Men Changing Girls". After revising the whole text, she asked Qing Liu to hand it over to the shopkeeper of the teahouse.

The next day, the shopkeeper arranged for the "Hou Men Changing Girls" session.

Zhou Yao originally worried that this title would make many customers feel vulgar, but unexpectedly, this easy-to-understand title has attracted more people's attention. The title of the book aroused curiosity, and I wanted to go to the teahouse to find out.

The story of "Hou Men Changing Girls" mainly tells that the heroine successfully rescued a prince of the Hou family by relying on her ingenuity and wisdom, and won the favor of the other party, and promised to come to propose marriage after the heroine got married.This is a great thing, and the hostess also thought that her mother, who had been dependent on each other since she was a child, would be very happy when she heard the news.

But what the hostess didn't expect was that her mother, who always disliked the poor and loved the rich, and who always beat and scolded her since she was a child, did slap her in the face when she heard the news, and then scolded her for being indiscreet. He prevented her from meeting the young master, and even fabricated a lie to deceive the young master, saying that she felt that her status was not worthy, so she refused the marriage.

After the hostess found out about this, she went to her mother to inquire, but unexpectedly discovered that her mother was talking to the daughter of the house where she was a nanny, and what she was talking about was still related to that son.

The hostess ran in angrily to question, and was knocked unconscious by her mother, and then woke up to find that she was already in a mass grave, and her mother wanted to strangle her to death.

Before dying, the heroine learned the truth that she was not her mother's own daughter.

The hostess thought she was going to die, but she didn't expect that there was a chance to wake up again, and this time when she woke up, her identity became the biological sister of the young man she had saved.

And at this time, she also knew that after the young man was rejected for marriage, he actually began to contact the daughter of the family she admired as a nanny. Perhaps he thought she was a nice person, and finally decided to marry her.

The heroine instinctively felt that there was a fraud in it, so she took advantage of her identity to directly ask someone to investigate the matter, and finally found out that the young master would hook up with the daughter, and it was the adoptive mother who helped the two of them in her own name. .

Isn't the adoptive mother too kind to that daughter?

Thinking of her own identity, the hostess couldn't help but have doubts about the daughter's identity.

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Many novels of this era cannot set up conflicting points. Sometimes the whole story may only have such a turning point, so it is not long at all.

And the story of "Hou Men Changing Girls" is just...

When the shopkeeper got the box of manuscripts, he was in a daze.

But after he was immersed in the story, he didn't pay attention to how long the story was. Even when he stayed up late to watch the finale, he still felt that the story could be longer.

At that time, he felt that this story would definitely be popular, and it would be a big hit, even more popular than "The Widow" and "Lu Sheng".

And the facts are as expected by the shopkeeper. The first day the story of "Hou Men Changing Girls" started to be told, it aroused great repercussions among the guests. A large number of guests who are attracted by the plot.

And the most surprising thing is that these customers have not lost at all, and are still increasing.

In less than half a month, the gate of the teahouse was crowded with guests who came to listen to the story.

The shopkeeper laughed happily.

And what made the shopkeeper even more happy was that the story of "Hou Men Changing Girls" was noticed by the sixth princess, and then the sixth princess mentioned this story to her mother and concubine. I don't know how it developed later, anyway, it was later spread The news is--

The emperor admired this story very much, and praised Mr. Meng Honglou in front of several princes.

This greatly stimulated the curiosity of those who were not interested in novels, and attracted several times the number of guests to the teahouse.

The shopkeeper had no choice but to rush to the Lin family to ask Mrs. Lin who was still in the capital for instructions, and finally succeeded in obtaining the promise to open two more branches.

If the novels that caused such a sensation were "The Widow" or "Lu Sheng", the shopkeeper might not have to worry about so many things, because although these two novels are longer than others, they are not that long. Pay attention to supporting the successful opening of the new teahouse.

But the story of "Hou Men Changing Girls" is very long——

Even if four novel chapters are commented on every day, this novel can still be talked about in the teahouse for three or four months. After the new teahouse is established, it will tell the story directly from the beginning, and it will definitely attract enough guests.

The shopkeeper eagerly started to expand his business territory. Of course, before that, he did not forget to tell Zhou Yao about it, and signed a supplementary agreement with her——

The old teahouse has been bound to Zhou Yao, but the new teahouse has nothing to do with Zhou Yao. If he wants to use the novel "Hou Men Changing Girls" to promote the new teahouse and attract customers for the new teahouse, then he cannot ignore it. Zhou Yao is the author of this novel.

The shopkeeper thought of Mr. Meng Honglou's repeated classic influence, and without any hesitation, he signed a sharing contract with Zhou Yao that was the same as the old teahouse.

Not long after, the new teahouse opened successfully.

As the shopkeeper expected, only relying on Meng Honglou's novel, the two new teahouses were full of customers.

During this period, Tu Min also found Zhou Yao, and signed a publishing contract with her for "Hou Men Changing Girls".

This novel is different from the previous two. It is not published until the end of the novel, but is released and sold one by one as the story of the teahouse develops——

Of course, the content of novels sold in bookstores must have a few more chapters than teahouses.

It's also meant to appeal to anxious guests.

Everything seemed to be moving in a good direction, and then after Tu Min returned to Xian Wang Mansion one day, he invited Zhou Yao to the study room and told her a piece of good or bad news——

Concubine Ru, who is now in the midst of divine favor, suddenly felt alienated from her beloved daughter after reading the story of "Hou Men Changing Daughter". She even went to the emperor and said that she was not her own daughter. In front of others, Rufei even said the ridiculous thing that her daughter must have been exchanged.

"Nowadays, the palace has long been in trouble," Tu Min said with a heavy expression, "Although the emperor treats Concubine Ru very favorably, he doesn't have much affection for her. It's hard to say whether the Emperor will be angry with Concubine Ru or not. Will you blame the chief culprit for Rufei's words and deeds? "

The culprit?

Zhou Yao was stunned: "Are you talking about me?"

Tu Min nodded: "Yes, after all, Concubine Ru came up with such an absurd idea after reading your "Hou Men Changing Girls". After careful inquiry, the emperor will definitely know about it, and what will he do then? No one could have predicted it."

Zhou Yao was struck by lightning: "I'm just a novelist, how could I be involved in court battles? Are you royals not out of your mind?"

Zhou Yao originally thought that it would be weird enough for the prince Tumin to arrest her, the author of the novel, and put her under house arrest because he wanted to read novels. She never thought that this concubine Rufei was even more ridiculous. Think your daughter is not your own.

She had nothing to say.

"How about I notify the shopkeeper and ask him to stop the novel "Hou Men Changing Girls" first?" Zhou Yao thought that her hard work in the past few months might be in vain, she just felt that her heart dripping blood.

But Tu Min shook his head: "You said it all, you're just a novelist."

Zhou Yao: "???"

"How can an ordinary novelist know about the situation in the palace?" Tu Min sighed, "And if you stop the book at this time, it will easily attract the attention of others, and they will only think you are guilty. I will give it to you at that time." Put on a hat, I'm afraid you will be in danger."

"No," Zhou Yao was shocked. "What does this matter have to do with me? What kind of label can I be given? And... what do they pay attention to me as a novel writer?"

Tu Min also felt that Rufei was absurd, but this matter was so unreasonable, and there was nothing he could do about it.

"Since Concubine Ru thinks that her daughter is not her own because of your novel, if someone puts her hat on you as a demagogue, you will definitely not be able to escape."

Zhou Yao: "..." mdzz!

Tu Min comforted him with kind words: "Anyway, the novel is over, so you don't have to worry about it. I will continue to pay attention to the situation in the palace, and if there is anything wrong, I will tell you as soon as possible. Just one of you is more than enough."

He sighed, "I'm telling you this just to make you mentally prepared, lest you be invited into the palace but still not understand the situation when your gaffe becomes irreversible in the future. But the situation is still It’s not out of control, you don’t need to scare yourself at all.”

Zhou Yao smiled, is she scaring herself?The brainless one is the emperor's favorite concubine, what if the emperor gets angry and just slashes her with a knife?

Tu Min had no choice but to say, "You really don't have to worry. The emperor values ​​my son more than the concubine. If the king must protect you, the emperor will not give me face."

Zhou Yao was stunned, and then he remembered that the person in front of him was still the emperor's own son, compared to a favored concubine, of course...

She looked up at Tu Min with serious eyes: "How is the emperor treating you?"

Tu Min nodded dumbfoundingly: "Very good, it was good before, but it's even better in recent years."

Because Tu Min's body deprived him of any hope of ascending to the throne, he naturally had no threat to the emperor, and the emperor naturally felt more at ease when he favored him.

Only then did Zhou Yao nod her head, completely relieved.

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At the end, I'm a bit stuck, I don't know what to write a good chapter, let's see it tomorrow, okay~