Quick wear: a good pregnancy, the treasure in the palm of an emperor's hand

Shi Jingyan stayed at Liu's house until the sun set and dusk deepened, then he slowly got up, said goodbye and started his journey back to Prince Chen's Mansion.

As soon as the news that the Emperor had granted marriage to Prince Yu Chen and a commoner girl spread, it was like a huge rock thrown into a calm lake. It instantly caused an uproar in the capital, and officials from all major forces and families were talking about it.

Everyone knows that although the Prince of Chen is infected with toxins and has a weak physique, he is a member of the royal family after all and his status is extremely respected.

And Liu Ran is just a commoner girl. No matter in terms of family background or status, she is not worthy of the noble Prince Chen.

What's more, this girl who is about to become the Princess of Chen is only eleven years old and as tender as a newly blooming flower. What qualifications does she have to become the Princess of Chen?

For a while, all kinds of doubts and ridicules came one after another.

Many people whispered in private, thinking that the emperor was crazy to make such a ridiculous decision; at the same time, they were also greatly surprised by the Prince of Chen's uncharacteristic behavior and thought that the Prince of Chen had also gone crazy.

The emperor had thought of arranging a marriage for the Prince of Chen before, but was rejected every time.

Because he was ill and wanted to save the emperor, the emperor always followed his wishes.

But who could have expected that this time, the Prince of Chen not only did not refuse, but instead came to visit in person with generous gifts.

This behavior was really puzzling, so some absurd speculations began to spread.

Some people boldly speculated that the Prince of Chen had a special fetish and loved underage girls.

Some people with good character and integrity could not help but denounce the prince as a beast in human clothing behind his back; while those villains with ulterior motives had cunning looks on their faces, as if they had other implications for the matter.

Despite the various opinions, many powerful families could not suppress their curiosity and secretly dispatched capable personnel to investigate Yun Youran's background and past experiences.

Yun Youran herself completely turned a blind eye and turned a deaf ear to the rumors circulating in the outside world.

It was as if these words were just an insignificant breeze that could not create a ripple in the calm lake of her heart.

Time passed quickly, and after a few days, the third store she had carefully prepared was finally opened.

This time the shop is no longer a food store, but a bookstore.

This bookstore was originally the site of a brothel. The building was extremely spacious and open, with two floors. After some clever decoration and renovation, the entire building was divided into two, becoming two independent storefronts on the left and right.

The upper and lower floors of the bookstore on the left are filled with a wide variety of books.

Whether it is classics, history, poetry, or astronomy, geography, medicine, divination, and astrology, everything is available.

They are open to students for free reading, and the fees charged are extremely low. Even students from poor families can easily afford the expenses.

How cheap is it? You can start reading for just one penny.

The only requirement is that the books cannot be taken away or destroyed.

If a book is destroyed, compensation shall be paid according to its price.

In order to prevent people with ulterior motives from destroying books, Yun Youran specially asked someone to place a pot of flowers on each row of bookshelves.

This way, no matter what happens, she can convey the true message through the grass.

The storefront on the right is also a bookstore, but the difference is that it mainly sells a variety of popular storybooks.

These storybooks cover a wide range of topics, including love legends, chivalrous stories, myths and legends, etc., enough to meet the tastes of different readers.

As for why Yun Youran has so many books, the answer is of course because she knows movable type printing!

Compared with traditional manual copying methods, movable type printing undoubtedly has huge advantages.

——It not only greatly improves the efficiency of book production, saves a lot of time and labor costs, but also reduces production costs.

Because of this, she was able to provide customers with a wide variety of books at relatively low prices, allowing knowledge to be spread more widely and making her storybook shop profitable, killing two birds with one stone.

As soon as this shop opened, it attracted everyone's attention and quickly gained the attention and warm love of a wide range of people.

People flocked here, making the shop crowded with people.

Yun Youran has successfully earned wave after wave of good reputation with his unique business philosophy and outstanding business acumen, and has become a hot topic of discussion on the streets.

At the same time, her wealth grew like a snowball, making others envious.

Even the emperor, who was high above everyone else, could not help but admire Yun Youran after hearing about her deeds, and repeatedly praised her talents and wisdom.

For a time, Yun Youran gained both fame and fortune and enjoyed unlimited glory.

Although her shop was so popular, she did not encounter any envy or suppression from her peers.

The reason was that while these colleagues were still secretly planning how to frame her, they heard a shocking news - the emperor actually arranged for Yun Youran to be married to Prince Chen!

After hearing the news, those who had been secretly harboring evil intentions and trying to do bad things turned pale with fright, and quickly retracted their outstretched evil hands, never daring to provoke Yun Youran again.

After all, who would dare to offend the Prince Chen’s fiancée?

And those princes and dukes who had always been jealous of Shi Jingyan (Prince Chen), after they took great pains to find out that Yun Youran's true identity was just a rural girl of ordinary birth and no background, suddenly lost interest in her and began to look down on her.

Some people were even secretly delighted, hoping that she would quickly marry Shi Jingyan so that Shi Jingyan would have one less helper.

Then they will have a better chance of seizing the throne.

Shi Jingyan knew exactly what they were thinking, but he never took it to heart from beginning to end.

In the past, he took the knife for the emperor not only because he was his father, but also because he was a rare good emperor.

So under such dangerous circumstances, he would resolutely block the assassin's knife.

Although he was very weak after being poisoned, resting every step and coughing every two steps, and sometimes the poison made him feel worse than death, he never regretted blocking the knife for the emperor.

But when he heard the rumors that he was a beast with strange habits, he still panicked.

He was afraid that Yun Youran would dislike him.

So he went to visit again with a bunch of gifts.

After entering Liu's residence and seeing Gu Jiuyue, he said directly: "Aunt, I want to talk to Xiao Ran'er about something. Is it convenient?"

Although they are already an engaged couple and he is a prince, he still has to ask for the opinion of his future mother-in-law.

I was afraid that she would think I was being reckless and ignorant of etiquette.

After knowing his purpose, Gu Jiuyue quickly arranged for Jiuyou to take him to Yun Youran's yard.

After entering the room, he saw Yun Youran still looking through the accounts, so he quietly sat down opposite her.

Yun Youran had known about Shi Jingyan's arrival. When she saw him enter the room, she just sat down quietly without saying a word. She put down the account in her hand, raised her head and looked at him, with a smile on her face, "My Lord, do you have something to ask me?"

Shi Jingyan looked at her beautiful face, wavered for a moment, and said with a hint of resentment, "Can't you come to find Xiao Ran'er if you have nothing to do?"

Yun Youran picked up the teapot on the table, poured a cup of tea, handed it to him and said, "I couldn't ask for more, Your Majesty, to come and see me!"

Shi Jingyan took the teacup and took a sip of tea and said, "If I don't come to look for you, can't you go to Prince Chen's Mansion to look for me?"

"I also want to go look for the prince, but I've been too busy lately and haven't been able to find the time. I've been busy for more than half a month and just rested today.

I thought I would take some rest today and visit you at the palace tomorrow, but I didn't expect you to come visit me today."

In fact, she said this, but she didn't really think so in her heart.

Tomorrow she plans to take her mother to meet her father. She has already found out that her father will go to a hot pot restaurant with his good friends tomorrow.

However, there should be no problem in telling some lies to please a man.

Shi Jingyan smiled slightly, "Really, Xiao Raner didn't deceive me?"

"Why would I lie to you? We haven't seen each other for more than half a month since the day of the marriage. I was just thinking of going to see if the prince has been seduced by some other fairy."

"No one can seduce me except you, a little goblin who has not grown up yet."

"Are you so devoted?"

"Yes. From the first time I saw you, I was obsessed with you."

He didn't dare to say too much for fear of scaring the little girl.

He held her in his arms and asked like he was coaxing a child, "Xiao Ran'er, what do you think of the rumors out there? Do you also think that this king is a beast?"

Seeing that he asked cautiously, Yun Youran smiled, "If the prince is not a beast, how can I marry you?"

She really hated this young body that bound her and made her unable to do anything. Otherwise, she would have taken advantage of him long ago.

Shi Jingyan stayed at Liu's house for a whole afternoon before returning to Prince Chen's Mansion in a happy mood.