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

The test questions sold well, which made Long very happy.

The emperor closely monitored the sales of the booklet every day.

Looking at the account book handed over by the Minister of Finance, I saw that the deficit on it had turned into a positive number.

Moreover, this number will increase day by day.

Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

The fifth brother married a really good daughter-in-law, she is simply a fortune-bringing girl!

No, he has to find a way to reward the fifth brother's wife.

What should be the prize? Gold, silver, or treasures?

Even he, the emperor, lacks this!

High position and generous salary?

It's a pity that she is a woman and a royal daughter-in-law. It's impossible for her to be taller than the fifth brother, right?

The emperor pulled his beard and frowned.

The Minister of Finance secretly glanced at the emperor sitting on the dragon throne. He had such a warm look on his face just now, why did he look so gloomy in a moment?

Is it not necessarily because you are dissatisfied with the current situation?

The prince has tried his best. It is normal that the estimate is lower than expected as this is the first time this booklet is published.

He decided to help the prince gain some favor.

"Your Majesty, although the Crown Prince has underestimated the situation this time, he is already making up for it. I believe that it will be effective soon."

"Oh? How did you underestimate it?"

No one mentioned this to the emperor.

The Minister of Finance was dumbfounded. The emperor didn't even know?

Is he doing the prince a disservice?

Initially, Xiao Minshen suggested stocking up in large quantities so that if they couldn’t be sold out this year, they could still be sold next year.

However, the prince thought that this was a new thing and might not have a market.

Moreover, there are only so many students who can take part in the autumn examination.

What's more, some of these students come from poor families.

If there is too much inventory and sales are not good, he will be reprimanded by the emperor, who may even think that he is unable to bear the burden.

So he decided to print only a portion to test the waters.

If the first batch is sold out, the second batch can be put on the shelves.

The prince and his staff estimated that if they printed three batches at most, the market would be saturated.

Originally, the prince was not willing to take charge of this matter, as he felt it was a matter of losing money but gaining publicity.

The fame belongs to his father and has nothing to do with him.

Helplessly, his father insisted on naming him to be responsible.

So, he just showed up at the beginning to go through the motions, and the rest was handled by his staff and subordinates.

When the prince realized that things were out of control, he rushed forward to solve the problem.

Fortunately, the title of prince was very useful and the matter was resolved quickly.

The emperor guessed something as soon as he saw the finance minister's expression.

Crown Prince Xiao Minxuan was born to the Queen and was his eldest son.

Since childhood, the emperor has been training him as the crown prince.

However, Xiao Minxuan's talent was disappointing, and he was even addicted to women.

The emperor didn't care much about his obsession with women.

It's abnormal for a man not to like women.

Anyway, when the prince becomes emperor in the future, he will have three palaces and six courtyards and plenty of concubines to satisfy him.

In terms of talent, the emperor was a little disappointed.

Among the princes, the crown prince is of mediocre character.

In addition, the Queen was very protective of the Prince, and his attitude towards his studies was very perfunctory.

The emperor pressed his temple with his hand. Was it wrong for him to appoint the crown prince so early on?

How great would it be if the fifth child came from the queen’s belly?

The emperor still remembers the first time five-year-old Xiao Minshen went to the Shangshufang to study.

Although he started learning later than his brothers, he has the ability to remember everything he sees.

A poem can be recited by heart just by reading it, but the ten-year-old prince needs several days to recite it haltingly.

The Grand Tutor at that time was a very strict person and had very high expectations for the princes.

But he admired Xiao Minshen very much.

He praised it in front of the emperor more than once.

Unfortunately, Xiao Minshen fell ill several times later.

The former intelligence was no longer there, and the Grand Tutor felt extremely regretful whenever he talked about it.

Thinking of this, the emperor decided to take the opportunity to reward the fifth son's daughter-in-law.

The emperor thought that the fifth son's wife was so smart that she would definitely be of great help to the fifth son.

When Xiao Minshen told Shen Yunjin that the emperor summoned her to the palace, Shen Yunjin was slowly moving her body with the support of Yuzhi.

Thanks to Linglong's careful treatment, the scars on her body have begun to heal and new flesh to grow.

Thanks to Shen Yunjin's protection, Yuzhi was not seriously injured and was back to being full of energy after a few days.

The most annoyed one was Jinzhi. Linglong ordered her to stay in bed for at least a month before she could go out to work.

"Ah? The emperor wants to see me?" Shen Yunjin widened his eyes.

She thought quickly and realized that she had not done anything wrong recently.

Apart from the fact that she climbed over the wall to leave the house, it was impossible for Ning Ruyan to report this to the palace, right?

It was a rare sight for Xiao Minshen to see Shen Yunjin's cute side with her mouth slightly open and her eyes wide open.

He couldn't help but reach out and rub Shen Yunjin's head.

"Well, the book is selling well, so the emperor should reward you."

Shen Yunjin felt relieved when he heard this.

On the second day, Shen Yunjin changed into palace clothes early in the morning and went to the palace to meet the emperor with Xiao Minshen.

"Your son greets you, father." Shen Yunjin and Xiao Minshen knelt on the ground at the same time.

"Stand up." The emperor sat on the dragon throne and looked at Shen Yunjin who was standing below.

Shen Yunjin had an oval face, a delicate nose, rosy cheeks, a slender figure, and was wearing a pink palace dress. She was very charming, and standing together with Xiao Minshen, they looked like a perfect match.

The emperor couldn't help but nodded secretly.

"Lao Wu's wife, Lao Wu said it was you who suggested giving up the test booklet?"

Shen Yunjin lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, it was the test questions that the prince brought back that made me think of this. I dare not take credit for it."

"Hahaha!" The emperor stroked his beard and laughed happily.

"My father often said that many students from poor families are very talented, but unfortunately they don't have good teachers to guide them."

"My father often lamented that if students from poor families could have the opportunity to be taught by famous teachers, our dynasty would surely have many more pillars of society."

"So I was thinking, can I ask the famous teachers in the court to prepare some test questions and guide the students?"

The emperor looked at Shen Yunjin with satisfaction.

"You have a share of the credit this time. What reward do you want?"

"This son does not dare to take credit for himself. If your Majesty wants to reward me, please reward the person who is responsible for this incident."

"Do you know that if you miss this opportunity, it will be gone forever?" The emperor looked at Shen Yunjin with interest.

"My son, I know."

"Forget it. To prevent people from saying that I don't know how to reward and punish clearly, I will reward you with a plate of oriental pearls, a coral, and a string of agate."

"Thank you very much, father." Shen Yunjin knelt down and kowtowed to express his gratitude.

Xiao Minshen stood aside with an expressionless face. When he heard Shen Yunjin refused the reward, he didn't even raise his eyebrows.

Upon seeing this, the emperor waved his hand and told the two men to go back without any further ado.

"Your Majesty, you won't blame me for acting on my own, right?"

Shen Yunjin and Xiao Minshen walked in the corridor of the palace, looking at the King of Qi beside them, and asked carefully: