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After reading it, the empress frowned and looked at Su Changan: "It's too short, I can't see anything, but it's quite interesting. What happened to Daiyu later? And this Xue Baochai, now it seems that she has something to do with Jia Baoyu? But you, why did you stop here? I only saw the interesting part. You did it on purpose, didn't you?"
But after saying this, the empress shook her head: "Forget it, don't tell me, I'll read it after I finish writing it tomorrow. If you tell me now, it will be meaningless when I want to read it. But, are you going to practice calligraphy like this in the future?"
The empress was a little worried. Although she could see that Su Changan's handwriting seemed to have improved, it was not improving in terms of beauty. It was just that the strokes looked better.
But if you practice calligraphy like this.
What to do with meals later?
And writing so much in a day is tiring just looking at it.
Su Changan noticed the worry on the empress's face, so he smiled and said, "It's just like practicing swordsmanship. I think it may take a little time at the beginning, but after a long time, you will find the rhythm and it should be much better. There is nothing to worry about. But look at my handwriting, isn't it much better looking."
As he spoke, he picked up a piece of paper with "Dream of the Red Chamber" written on it and admired his own handwriting.
The empress rolled her eyes at Su Changan and said, "So ugly! You're so shameless to ask if someone is good-looking or not!"
But after he finished speaking, he seemed to remember something and took the small box that was placed beside him to Su Changan: "This is a gift from Mu Xu."
Su Changan was originally a little intoxicated in his writing today, but upon hearing this, he looked at the small box in confusion.
Then turn it on.
What I saw was a pair of white jade paperweights.
Just from the fine carving and the pure white jade material, you can tell that it is a luxury item.
The empress said, "Mu Xu was anxious because no one bought today's issue, so he found me in the afternoon and asked me to pass this pair of white jade beast paperweights to you in exchange for ten of your poems. He also said something about how Chang'an made him successful and Chang'an made him fail. In short, it was because of you that the issue was in short supply before, and now no one is buying it because of you."
"But this pair of paperweights is quite valuable. We can exchange them for poems. That stingy old man is willing to give them up this time. But ten poems are too many, and the old man is just trying to take advantage of them. But I will give them to you. It's up to you. If you think ten poems are too many and can only give one or two, that's fine too. I'll go and tell him. If you don't want to, I'll send Mu Xu away. But no matter what, we'll keep the paperweight. I'll tell Mu Xu to use it first and not return it to him. He still owes you the payment from before. He's in the wrong."
Su Changan looked at the empress who came over to look at the paperweight, and thought for a moment: "It's not good. After all, he is your subject. It will be bad for your reputation if it gets out."
The empress said immediately, "He gave it to us, how can it be called robbing? And my father said that if you can use force, don't talk to this old man, because you can't win the argument. If you can just rob, don't take. If you can take, don't borrow. He brought this pair of paperweights to our door today, why not keep them. He was so shameless before that he wanted to take your poems for free, but now that he brought the paperweights, we should just accept them."
Su Changan felt a little sorry for this Lord Chief Priest.
But looking at the pair of paperweights in my hands, underneath each of them were written "I miss you" and "I'm afraid of missing you".
Su Changan gave the empress the paperweight with the words 'Fear of Missing You' written on it: "I still need to write a poem for the Lord of the Imperial Court, but this paperweight is for you."
The empress was about to say "You are such a pushover" after hearing the first one, but when she saw Su Changan handing her a paperweight and asking him to keep the other one, she was puzzled for a moment and said, "The paperweights are a pair and cannot be separated."
Su Changan nodded: "I know. That's why I gave you that one and I kept one for myself."
The empress was confused for a moment and didn't react, but soon she reacted and blushed and scolded: "Su Changan, you think about these things all day long, don't you?"
Su Changan curled his lips: "I know you are unreasonable, but you... forget it, it's nothing."
The empress snorted, but carefully put away the paperweight. Then she looked at Su Changan's helpless expression, thought for a moment and said, "I'll tell you something interesting. Do you want to listen?"
Su Changan shook his head: "She's angry, the kind that can't be appeased."
Hearing this, the empress was a little surprised, because it was the first time she saw Su Changan like this.
Look again, it's quite cute.
But after thinking about it for a while, thinking of the way Su Changan coaxed him, he reached out and pinched Su Changan's face: "Be good, don't be angry anymore."
Su Changan looked at the empress and said, "Give me a kiss?"
The empress blushed a little, and stepped on Su Changan's instep under the table.
Then he said: "I know you are uneasy and kind, what I told you has something to do with your rouge shop. Do you want to listen!"
Su Changan was helpless, but when he heard about the rouge shop, he immediately looked at the empress.
The empress said with a smile: "Didn't you use the queen mother's name to promote your rouge shop?"
Su Changan nodded, not surprised that the empress knew about this.
The empress smiled and said, "Su Liheng used your advertising slogan to promote this to everyone. In one afternoon, everyone in the capital knew that the empress dowager liked his rouge."
"Especially when he set up tables in some of the busiest places in the capital and offered some kind of trial service. The ladies passing by knew that the empress dowager liked this rouge shop and that it even had the imperial merchant mark, so they were naturally curious."
"That's not all. As for the ladies from wealthy families, Su Liheng specially found someone to invite many of their families in an afternoon, and also used this method. He also came up with something like pre-ordering to enjoy discounts, and some of the best rouge and your facial mask were sold in limited quantities. Once you order, you can't buy them even if you want to. Tell me honestly, were these fancy things something you came up with for Su Liheng?"
Su Changan was stunned and looked at the empress: "He did it all this afternoon?"
The empress looked at Su Changan and said, "It was you who came up with the idea. Otherwise, how could he have thought of such a weird way of selling? And your slogan, the empress dowager praised it and wanted to use it again. What were you thinking? I laughed to death when I heard the report from the subordinates. I asked someone to find out. The empress dowager was very angry after she found out in the afternoon. I think she hasn't calmed down yet. And you contradicted her like that in the afternoon, Su Changan. Now I don't know whether you are timid or brave."
Su Changan pursed his lips. He didn't expect Su Liheng to be so efficient. He remembered that Su Liheng was resting after being beaten by Su Zifeng.
But after thinking about it, I guess that brat knew he could make money, so he endured the pain and did it.
But thinking about the order, Su Changan looked at the empress and asked, "Do you know how the sales are going?"
The Empress immediately said, "Look at your money-grubbing face. With all the commotion, you must have sold out."
Su Changan was somewhat relieved, but he couldn't help frowning, because he forgot to remind Su Liheng to control the quantity in the letter. If this money-grubber didn't control himself and exaggerated the quantity, and then couldn't deliver the goods, by the time the business hasn't even opened, the publicity would have already made a name for itself.
I need to write a letter to explain this specifically.
The empress looked at Su Changan and didn't know what he was thinking. She just said, "I'm telling you something important."
Su Changan raised his eyes and looked at the empress.
The Empress said seriously, "Next time you come, tell me first, okay? That woman has had a lot of bad luck lately, and now that you've pissed her off, there's no telling what she might go crazy about next."
Su Changan nodded. Whether to do it or not is one thing, and nodding at the moment is another.
Nodding is to reassure his wife.
Not doing it is to avoid worrying my daughter-in-law.
The empress smiled slightly: "But this time I laughed to death. Thinking of her furious look, I was so happy."
But after saying this, the empress looked at the sky, sighed, and it was getting late, so she had to go back.
But this expression was fleeting, and he immediately smiled and looked at Su Changan and said, "Aren't you going to write a poem for Mu Xu? Can you write it now? Let me see it?"
Su Changan nodded when he heard this. He didn't think the topic of the empress was jumping around.
When a couple is together, what's wrong with changing the topic a little? Isn't that what they call being in pairs and chattering?
So he stood up, took the empress's hand and walked towards the study.
The empress grabbed Su Changan's hand and asked, "What poem do you want to write?"
Su Changan said: "Write a poem called Dian Jiang Chun, telling the story of a young girl's first love."
Hearing this, the empress rolled her eyes at Su Changan and said, "You only write about the kind of things that girls like the most, right? I saw that the storybook just now was also something that girls like to read."
Su Changan was helpless, thinking that the empress was becoming more and more jealous, so he explained: "I wrote it as another way to advertise my rouge shop."
The empress was so smart that she only thought about it for a moment and immediately figured out what Su Changan was going to do.
After all, Su Changan's rouge shop is called 'Dian Jiang Chun', and now Su Changan wants to tie poetry to his rouge. I can't help but roll my eyes: "I don't know where these crazy ideas came from."
But he sighed and glanced at Su Changan, and suddenly felt that Su Changan was becoming more and more outstanding. With his literary talent and good looks, many people would fight for him.
But when he saw Su Changan holding his hand, he felt proud again, but it's mine, come and try to snatch it! ?
……
A song of red lips, a story of girl's love.
Perfect to match with rouge.
After writing Li Qingzhao's "Dian Jiang Chun: After Playing on the Swing", Su Chang'an thought about it and decided not to be too eager for quick success, so he only wrote this poem to be associated with the Rouge Shop.
But thinking about the pair of paperweights that Mu Xu gave me, I felt a little embarrassed to write a poem, and the paperweights were a bit expensive.
However, the empress did not allow Su Changan to write anymore. The reason was very simple. This pair of paperweights was his previous reward.
Su Changan didn't care about this, but after thinking about the long-term benefits, he felt that he couldn't just give away poems for free.
After all, the friendship with Master Yao, Mr. Shuiyun and others has nothing to do with the Imperial College.
After reading the poem "Dian Jiang Chun", the empress felt jealous again, but she did not stop it from being published in the journal, after all, she knew the purpose of this poem.
Afterwards, the empress was still reluctant to leave.
Before leaving, he urged Su Changan to write the sequel of Dream of the Red Chamber quickly tomorrow, and also reminded Su Changan not to just focus on practicing calligraphy but to eat well.
Su Changan responded with "OK".
After the empress left, Su Changan looked at the paperweight in his hand with the words "I miss you" written on it.
'I am afraid of missing you, but I am missing you. When it comes to missing you, I have no words to say, and a trace of sadness appears between my eyebrows.'
Although he knew it had nothing to do with this, Su Changan thought of this phrase when he saw the paperweight. Then he remembered that the paperweights came in a pair, so he gave one directly to the empress.
Although I didn't tell the empress this sentence, but you have one paperweight and I have one, think about the implication, there is no need to tell her.
However, when Su Changan put away the paperweight, he saw Xun Xia and the others coming over.
Su Changan asked, "What's wrong?"
Xun Xia pursed her lips and said, "Miss, can we take a look at the storybook you wrote?"
Su Changan thought something had happened, but when he heard this, he smiled helplessly: "Just take it and have a look, but don't be like Maomao and the others who said my handwriting is ugly."
Xunxia and the others nodded immediately, expressed their gratitude, and then carefully picked up the papers.
Yan Ruyu said at this time: "They asked me outside, and I told them some of it. I don't really understand why they are so interested in this seemingly awkward story."
After all, it was Su Changan who was always by his side when he was practicing calligraphy, so while Yan Ruyu was helping to dry and organize the calligraphy, she had nothing better to do and read some of it.
But after watching just the first episode, I found it boring.
I felt hesitant and thought it was meaningless.
Hearing this, Su Changan looked at Yan Ruyu and sighed, "Yu'er, believe it or not, if I were to serialize and sell this story, many people would urge me to update it."
Yan Ruyu frowned and pondered for a while before she understood what Su Changan meant. Then she thought for a while and said, "If Maomao was here, she would definitely say that you were sick again."
Speaking of Maomao, Su Changan looked around and didn't see Maomao, so he asked, "Why hasn't he come back yet?"
Yan Ruyu said, "I came back once, and then went again. She said that the female doctor in the palace clinic was old and a little overwhelmed. She might have to help there tonight."
Su Changan nodded, but didn't think much about it.
The so-called palace clinic room is the place where palace maids go to see a doctor when they are sick.
After all, not everyone can be diagnosed by the imperial physician, so it is naturally the job of the female doctors to help with the treatment.
Maomao used to go to the palace clinic often when she worked in the imperial kitchen, so Su Changan didn't think anything of it.