Emperor Chengping looked at the dozen large sets of books sent in, and a smile appeared on his face.

He picked up the book and looked at Xiao Yuan for a while, then looked at him: "This book is well printed, I think it took a lot of effort."

Xiao Yuan smiled and said, "It is worth it to be able to serve the emperor and uncle."

This is a good word, and Emperor Chengping also enjoys it.

He is not the kind of emperor who doesn't know anything. He knows in his heart how much manpower and material resources it takes to print such a set of books. He is afraid that Prince Yu's mansion will take out all the money to print books. If he doesn't give some rewards and subsidies, he may not have a good time for his brothers and nephews this year.

"These dozen sets are enough. You can sell the rest yourself to subsidize your household income, so that your wife can make trouble with you."

Xiao Yuan quickly thanked me: "My wife didn't make a fuss with me. She just took a fancy to a set of jewelry before her. Because I used all the money to print books, she didn't buy it. I just thought of selling more books and giving my wife a few bright sets of bright faces. Otherwise, she would be laughed at when she was visiting relatives and friends during the New Year holidays."

Emperor Chengping quickly shouted, "Huang Pingshun."

A large eunuch came over a few steps: "Your Majesty."

Emperor Chengping said: "Go to my inner treasury and take some of the rubies that had just entered before to Yuan'er, and ask him to turn around and give his wife a bright face."

Huang Pingshun bowed and left, and soon he held a tray, which contained a brocade bag, and half a bag of big rubies.

Xiao Yuan took the thing and said a lot of nice things to Emperor Chengping, which made Emperor Chengping smile, and then he thanked him for leaving the palace.

When he returned home, he asked someone to invite the fifth young master from Prince Huai's Mansion to discuss it.

A few days later, many people from the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College began to discuss the Great Books, and students from better families in the Imperial College began to inquire where they could buy this set of books.

Then, the daughter of the Imperial College Priest’s House got married, and there was a complete set of books in the dowry. When the makeup was shining, it was seen by many people, which attracted countless people to discuss.

Just like that, within half a month, the six government offices, various royal palaces and marquis in the capital began to purchase this set of books. As well as the publicity of literati and scholars, even the big merchants began to be arty and bought many sets of books to give gifts.

When the New Year was over, officials, literati and wealthy merchants in Jiangnan began to find people to come to Beijing to buy books, and booksellers also bought books and transported them to Daqi to sell them.

The 24th day of the twelfth lunar month is the traditional house sweeping day, and all the houses and governments start to do a big cleaning work on this day.

In the Huai Palace, not only the servants are busy, but also the masters are busy.

After a busy day, after dinner in each room, I went back to the house to rest. My fifth grandmother sat on the bed and ate roasted chestnuts with the girls.

The curtain was lifted, and the fifth young master came in with a gust of cold wind.

The girls quickly went over and helped the fifth young master take off his clothes outside.

Grandma Wu also got out of bed and handed him a hot towel, and said, "Why are you back so late today?"

The fifth young master waved his hand and asked the girls to go out.

He sat by the brazier and roasted the fire for a while, then he took out a stack of silver notes from his arms: "Give it, take it."

The fifth grandma took it and counted it, and her face turned pale with fright: "So much?"

"Of course." The fifth young master was particularly proud: "Who told me to be capable? Do you know how many books I have sold for Brother Yuan during this period?"

The fifth grandma shook her head.

The fifth young master lowered his voice: "I sold more than 6,000 sets, and Brother Yuan was happy. Give me the silver according to the agreed number, one set is five taels. How much do you say about these six thousand sets?"

Grandma Wu looked at the silver notes in her hand, then looked at the fifth young master, and was happy after being frightened.

She tried her best to suppress her, so she cried out without surprise.

"Master, you are so promising." Grandma Wu hugged the fifth master, and was so happy that she was a little incoherent.

The fifth young master patted the fifth grandma on the back: "I was wronged by you before, but I won't be able to do it in the future. Now that we have this money, I can find a way to buy some industries."

He thought for a while: "You take the money, and when we buy the property, we say it was your dowry and silver."

Grandma Wu understood what he meant.

Now that the royal family is not separated, it is not allowed to buy private property in each house. If the property is recorded in the name of the fifth young master, it will be difficult to explain when the family is divided.

The fifth young master took a few bites of chestnuts and ordered: "Tomorrow, you will go back to your parents' home and give your father-in-law some silver notes. I can sell these books, thanks to my father-in-law's help."

The fifth grandma's family is poor, but her father was the top scholar back then and was very famous in the Qingliu. This time, the fifth young master sold books and asked his father-in-law to help him to make a name for himself.

Grandma Wu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll buy some New Year's goods to send to my father. In addition, isn't my brother going to marry a wife? My mother is worried about the bride price. I'll get some silver notes so that they can handle this case in advance."

As she said that, she took out a thousand taels of silver notes and put them aside, preparing to send them to her parents' home tomorrow. She hid all the remaining silver notes: "We have money, so I will buy more charcoal in the future. Our house will be burned warmly. I won't have to go to the Ninth Room to get angry anymore."

As he said this, the fifth young master's nose felt sore and tears almost fell from his eyes.

Yu Wang Mansion

Xiao Yuan came back from outside and gave An Ning some gold and silver notes when he got home: "You can collect it first, wait for the beginning of spring to see some industries."

An Ning smiled and put it away, turned around and served a bowl of honey water and handed it to Xiao Yuan: "Drink some, relieve the wine."

Xiao Yuan sat down and drank a small bowl of honey water. He wanted to tell An Ning how much the Ruyi Biography sold after it was reprinted. Then he heard Xiuhong outside say, "Criminal Princess, the princess asked me to tell you, if nothing happened, please go there."

An Ning quickly stood up: "Sister, wait a moment, I'll clean up and come out."

When she changed her clothes and put on a big cloak, she saw Xiuhong standing in the corridor talking to Zhang Xiuer.

An Ning walked over and smiled and said, "Sister, what's wrong with the princess calling me?"

Xiu Hongyao said: "I don't know, it shouldn't be a big deal. It's just about talking about the New Year's Eve palace banquet."

An Ning thought that this should be the same. She and Xiuhong walked and asked Xiuhong: "I heard that my sister had been ill before, but now she looks so neat."

Xiu Hong lowered her smile: "You are worried, the pills you gave are very good, and I became much more relaxed after taking them."

"I still have somewhere. If my sister wants it, just ask Zhang Xiu'er to go."

"So, I'm not polite. Go back and ask Xiu'er for some reason. The weather is too cold now, and there are many things going on during the New Year..."

He was talking and laughing and arrived at the main room. When An Ning went in, he saw Princess Yu directing the girl to search for something.

An Ning went over to greet him, Princess Yu wiped her hands and sat down: "You can sit too."

An Ning sat opposite Princess Yu.

She didn't ask Princess Yu what she asked her to do, but just smiled and said, "What is the mother busy with? I saw that I packed up some old clothes."

Princess Yu smiled: "They are all clothes that I haven't worn for many years. Now I can't put them down, so I think of packing up and giving them the rewards."

She asked the girls to take out their clothes, then took An Ning's hand and whispered: "Isn't the palace banquet going to be soon? I'm asking you to come here to say this. You don't know. Your Majesty likes to give rewards to people at the palace banquet, and the prince is the same. Those two think that whoever is good or who has made contributions like to reward women. A few years ago, several concubines in our mansion were rewarded at the palace banquet. Yuan'er was in poor health before, so he had never given him any rewards. Now he is so happy that he is afraid he can't escape."

An Ning smiled on her face, neither surprised nor angry: "Your Majesty and the Prince must be rewarded with good rewards, and this is also the decentness in our mansion."

Princess Yu frowned and looked at An Ning: "You... can really tolerate it?"

She was a little puzzled. She was old and was not jealous. But she still remembered that when she married King Yu, she couldn't tolerate any concubines. King Yu was actually not bad. He had no concubines in the mansion over the years. Later, in order to have more children, he also took many concubines. However, those concubines were not of high origin and were very honest and never dared to compete for the limelight.

Princess Yu knew in her heart that this young wife, especially the couple, had a good relationship, would definitely not tolerate any concubines and maids.

An Ning pursed her lips and smiled slightly: "Thunder, rain and dew are all kindness, so how can we let our mansion want? We can tolerate everything but can't tolerate anything, but there is one thing..."

Princess Yu felt nervous: "What?"

An Ning's face turned a little serious at this time: "Can you ask Your Majesty not to give the beauty with little feet when you want to reward the beauty?"

"Why is this?" Princess Yu was even more puzzled.

After An Ning looked around, Princess Yu asked all the girls and women who served him to go out.

An Ning then leaned closer and said, "It's the prince's problem. Some time ago, the prince went out to meet the prince of Prince Huai's Mansion and several princes of the Marquis' Mansion, so... went to have a drink of flower wine together."

When Princess Yu heard An Ning say this, her eyebrows were about to stand up in anger: "No, what kind of woman he wants can't buy it, so she goes to the dirty place."

An Ning lowered her head, a little scared: "I didn't know before, but when I found out later, I advised the prince to leave, and he said he wouldn't go again."

Princess Yu's expression then calmed down.

An Ning continued: "There is a red girl in the flower building. It is said that she was out because of the reputation of the three-inch golden lotus. The prince was curious at the time and asked the girl why her feet were so small. The girl behind her said that she had been so bound since she was a child. The prince was curious and insisted on taking a look, and then..."

"What, Yuan'er is afraid of being scared." Princess Yu's expression changed drastically at this time. Why didn't she know what was going on with her little feet? She looked like that when she was wearing embroidered shoes. She looked very beautiful when she looked at her pointed toes, but if she took off her shoes and socks and went to see it, she would be really ugly.

"Yeah." An Ning nodded, and her face gradually turned pale: "The prince came back and vomited for several days, saying that he would not see the little-footed woman again, and that those who tied her feet were too bad, and that her feet would have to be broken. Mother, do you know? At that time, I was really glad that I was born in a poor family and later became a girl, so I didn't tie my feet. Otherwise, the prince would have to divorce me."
Chapter completed!