After giving up being the wife of a powerful official, Ling Yunlu became a concubine

Shen Yunjin found Manager Zhou and without saying a word, he took out the silver note and asked him to go through the formalities with Manager Liu later.

Then, she took out the blueprint she had drawn and told Manager Zhou what she wanted.

"Manager Zhou, do you understand? I will only give you ten days to get it done."

Shen Yunjin looked at Shopkeeper Zhou, who looked at the blueprint again.

"Boss, can you please keep this blueprint so I can study it?"

This is a new thing, he needs to think about it.

"Okay, this is a hundred taels of silver, you can use it first, and you can return the excess and make up for the shortfall after you are done."

After Shen Yunjin made all the arrangements, he hurried to the bookstore.

The bookstore was easy. She had seen it before. All they had to do was move the books at the door away and make some space.

It just so happens that Manager Chen is in the store today.

"Hello, boss." Shopkeeper Chen understood as soon as he saw the land deed in Shen Yunjin's hand.

Shen Yunjin didn't waste any words and directly stated his purpose.

And she pointed out the place she wanted and asked the shopkeeper to sort it out in advance.

The shopkeeper was a little hesitant. Even though the business of this store was slow, it was not necessary to vacate such a large space, right?

What's more, what if the imperial examination questions the boss is talking about are completely fictitious? What should we do?

"Boss, there are a lot of rumors before the imperial examination every year. How about you investigate it first?"

Shen Yunjin understood that Shopkeeper Chen thought he had been cheated.

"It's okay, just do as I say."

Shopkeeper Chen had no choice but to agree. There weren't many people in the bookstore anyway, so it would be a piece of cake when the time came.

After Shen Yunjin finished her instructions, she prepared to return home. She turned around and saw a familiar figure.

"Zhao Zhao?" She walked behind the woman and called out.

Wang Zhaozhao, who was looking around, was shocked.

"Jin'er, why is it you? You scared me to death!"

"What are you doing, sneaking around?"

"I don't have any. I just want to see if there are any new books."

Wang Zhaozhao's eyes were wandering and he talked about other things.

"You look like this, it's easy for people to misunderstand that you are here to secretly meet your lover?"

Seeing her like this, Shen Yunjin couldn't help but tease her.

Wang Zhaozhao's face suddenly turned red.

Shen Yunjin took a look and wondered, wow, what is going on?

"Were you tricked by some scholar to come here and have a secret meeting with him without your family's knowledge?"

Shen Yunjin became nervous when he thought of this.

Since ancient times, the most common story in vernacular novels is the love between a poor scholar and a rich lady, which creates a beautiful story.

Every time her best friend reads this kind of storybook, she would be moved to tears.

Could it be that she was really deceived by some scholar?

Wang Zhaozhao hurriedly covered Shen Yunjin's mouth and pulled her to a corner.

"Jin'er, listen to me, it's not what you said."

"Then tell me the truth, or I'll tell my uncle and aunt."

Shen Yunjin felt heartbroken when she thought about the tragic end of her best friend in her previous life.

She has already stopped Wang Zhaozhao and Cao Meng from going on a blind date.

Could it be that the two of them met again?

"Don't tell me, I'm telling you."

Wang Zhaozhao looked at Shen Yunjin awkwardly.

It turned out that after that day, Wang Zhaozhao quickly finished reading the storybook he bought.

She went to the bookstore to buy it again, but after flipping through the bookstore, she found that there were only a few kinds of books.

One day, when she came to look for him again, Han Yang was there.

Han Yang advised her to read less storybooks and recommended other books to her.

After hearing his explanation, Wang Zhaozhao felt for the first time that the book she originally thought was boring was actually so interesting.

So, after she finished reading a book, she would ask Han Yang to introduce the next one to her.

After coming here many times, the two became familiar with each other.

Only then did Wang Zhaozhao know that Han Yang's parents died when he was young and he was raised by his older brother and his wife.

He couldn't bear to see his elder brother and sister-in-law having to support him in his studies and raise his nephews and nieces.

So, whenever he had time, he would come to Manager Chen to copy books and make money.

Unconsciously, Wang Zhaozhao developed feelings for him.

When Shen Yunjin heard that the other person was Han Yang, he took it to heart.

"What did he say? For a lady like you to meet a man in private is detrimental to your reputation."

"He told me to wait and come to my house to propose marriage after the autumn exam is over."

Having said this, Wang Zhaozhao couldn't even raise his face.

"Do you dislike his poverty? Are you afraid of suffering with him?"

"Of course I'm not afraid! I want him to be a kind person!"

Wang Zhaozhao said it with absolute certainty.

"Then why are you waiting for the autumn exam? Aren't you afraid that if he becomes the top scorer in the imperial examination, he will abandon you?"

"Students will never do such a treacherous thing!"

Han Yang's voice came from behind. Wang Zhaozhao was so embarrassed that she ran out of the door.

Han Yang bowed and saluted towards Shen Yunjin.

"Thank you, Concubine, for clearing up my doubts!"

"I'm not doing this for you. I'm warning you, if you're not sincere in asking for my hand in marriage, get out of here as far as you can. Otherwise, I have plenty of ways to make you live a life worse than death!"

When Han Yang heard Shen Yunjin's threatening words, he smiled and did not refute.

He bowed to Shen Yunjin, returned to his old seat and began copying books.

Just having a goal in mind, the boring task of copying books became interesting.

Shen Yunjin climbed onto the carriage and sat next to Wang Zhaozhao.

"You have to be mentally prepared. It won't be easy to get past your uncle and aunt."

Shen Yunjin saw that her best friend looked like she was falling in love, so she poured cold water on her.

Wang Zhaozhao was the youngest daughter of the Minister of the Honglu Temple, while Han Yang was a student from a poor family.

Although Han Yang was indeed talented in literature, the two families were still not a good match.

"Then go talk to mother. She listens to your advice the most. Sometimes, I get jealous. I feel like you are more like her own child."

Wang Zhaozhao also understood this, so he set his sights on Shen Yunjin.

Shen Yunjin saw that it was still early, thought about it for a moment, and agreed.

It is not easy for her to come out now. If she can help her best friend and Han Yang, it will be a wish come true for her.

When Mrs. Wang saw Shen Yunjin coming, she was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling, and hurriedly ordered the kitchen to prepare delicious food.

"Aunt, don't worry. I came here to tell you something. I'll be leaving soon after I'm done."

"It doesn't have to interfere with the meal to talk about things. There is no rule in our family that you can't talk while eating or sleeping."

Shen Yunjin had no choice but to agree, and Mrs. Wang took her to the flower hall to drink tea.

"Yunjin, is there something wrong? Are you pregnant? Do you need your aunt to give you some advice?"

Mrs. Wang looked Shen Yunjin up and down and found that she was no different from usual.

"No, I want to talk to you about Zhao Zhao."

"Zhao Zhao? What's the matter, Zhao Zhao?" Mrs. Wang looked at Shen Yunjin with a questioning look.

"Uh... today, I ran into Zhao Zhao in a bookstore and found out that she knew a student from the Imperial Academy..."

As Shen Yunjin spoke, he was thinking about how to organize his words.

Mrs. Wang understood what was said, and she shouted to the outside of the door, "Wang Zhaozhao, come in!"