After being expelled from the mansion, I changed the dynasty by writing novels.

It's strange, wasn't he dismissive of her before? Now he's helping her in every way; his feelings have changed so quickly.

No one could answer Qiao Songqing's inner thoughts.

Ye Yuwu noticed that nothing seemed amiss until after they finished eating and went home, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Ye Yuwu returned to her courtyard, while Qi Jingyue slept in the Xiao Pavilion on the second floor of the bookstore. Looking at the bed where he couldn't even stretch his legs out, he couldn't help but click his tongue.

A moment later, there was a knock on the small window outside the attic, and he opened it just wide enough to fit an arm.

A man wearing a ferocious beast mask and dressed in black handed him the letter.

Qi Jingyue opened the letter, glanced at it, and sneered, "You're quite composed."

He then took out a tinderbox from his pocket, burned the letter, and blew on it. The envelope, now reduced to ashes, disappeared without a trace.

Tsk, looks like I'll have to stay here a few more days. This women's clothing is really suffocating. I wonder what this woman is up to, making him dress up as a man! It's outrageous. Once I regain my true identity, I'll make her pay.

He thought viciously, completely unaware that he would later be proven wrong by these words.

Although he didn't yet know why Ye Yuwu wanted him to wear women's clothing.

He found out as soon as he woke up in the morning.

As soon as I got up, she dragged me to stand at the entrance of the bookstore, and I didn't have to do anything.

Even with his dark face and displeased expression, he still attracted many male readers.

Meanwhile, Zhang Rouyan upstairs had already tallied the number of people who had bought the new storybook over the past three days.

Overall, it sold more copies than the novel "The Overbearing Prince Falls in Love with the Little Peasant Girl" which was serialized in the "Between Square Inches" series and ended in the few days before.

However, Ye Yuwu was still not satisfied with this, feeling that she had not made any breakthroughs. She suddenly remembered that she had passed by the teahouse yesterday and saw that it was packed with people, and she had an idea.

That day, she took the painted screen to the largest teahouse in Bianjing.

Upon entering, one sees a tall wooden platform erected in the center of the teahouse, upon which sits a wooden table, a chair, and a storyteller.

As expected of Bianjing's largest teahouse, the crowd was enormous. As soon as she entered, there was a cacophony of noise, probably because they had reached the climax of the story.

She didn't rush to observe, and waited for the waiter from the teahouse to come over and ask them if they wanted a private room.

Ye Yuwu directly requested a superior private room, which was in a very good location. She also ordered the finest tea and pastries.

Sitting in the private room, Ye Yuwu and Huaping listened to the storyteller below the stage recount how the fox spirit turned into a human and how she and the scholar became entangled in a passionate romance. They overcame all difficulties to get married, and then the story continued, mentioning how the fox spirit's true identity was discovered and she was about to be captured by a Taoist priest.

By this time, many people in the audience had already asked for more tea.

Although Huaping didn't know why the young lady had come here, she remained silent and listened with great interest to the story downstairs.

Suddenly, while eating her pastries, she abruptly said to Ye Yuwu, "Miss, the stories told by this storyteller are not as interesting as the stories you write!"

"Really?" Ye Yuwu was both amused and exasperated.

"Hey, you little girl, you're talking big without even blushing." At this moment, the waiter who had just entered the private room to refill their tea couldn't help but speak up.

"The storyteller on stage is our teahouse's star performer. We spent a fortune to hire him, and many high-ranking officials and dignitaries love to listen. Look how crowded it is today, everyone is here to hear this gentleman tell stories. You wouldn't normally be able to get into this VIP room today, but if it weren't for a distinguished guest being absent, you might not have been able to get a seat."

The waiter clearly looked down on them, his eyes full of disdain. Ye Yuwu noticed this when they came in, but she chose to keep quiet.

Hua Ping was so angry that she was about to argue, and her sleeves were almost rolled up, but Ye Yuwu stopped her.

Ye Yuwu maintained her calm smile. "Brother, my sister is right. The stories in your teahouse are too old-fashioned. You tell the same stories all the time. The customers will get tired of it. Right now, the large number of people are only there because of the storyteller's reputation. In the long run, you won't be able to keep them here."

"What do you women know?! This is the latest story."

"Tsk, you won't listen to reason. Don't force me to curse you. You, a mere waiter, dare to talk back to a customer? Go! Call your manager here, or don't blame me for turning this place upside down today!"

Finally, realizing he was in the wrong, the waiter sheepishly ran off to call their manager.

The shopkeeper arrived quickly. He seemed to know that his waiter had caused the trouble, and offered to waive the cost of tea and snacks for them.

"Manager Ma, we can skip the tea and snacks..."

Shopkeeper Ma thought she was going to cause trouble, so he quickly apologized again and again, which made Ye Yuwu a little embarrassed to continue the conversation.

"Manager Ma, there's no need for that. We have no intention of causing trouble for your establishment; we simply wish to do business with your teahouse."

Manager Ma was a little confused; how did the topic change so quickly? "What kind of business does the young lady want to do?"

“Of course I want to cooperate with your teahouse.” She then explained her identity as the owner of the bookstore.

“We provide new stories, and you are responsible for providing the existing venues for storytellers to tell our stories. We welcome your feedback.”

I have just observed your teahouse carefully. The stories are too old-fashioned, the customer base has been unstable for a long time, the climaxes are too few and too short, there are no interesting moments, and the customers rarely ask for a second pot of tea. However, your teahouse makes a lot of money from tea.

I bet less than half of them will come back for a second visit.

"Are you joking, young lady?"

Upon hearing the young girl's well-reasoned and logical analysis, Manager Ma's expression turned serious. The girl in front of him was dressed in pink and had a charming appearance. His gaze towards Ye Yuwu was full of arrogance.

"Does the young lady know the reputation of our teahouse? Do you see the private room across the way? That's where the Princess Consort lives..." Manager Ma raised his head slightly and pointed to the private room across the way. Sure enough, a group of guards and palace maids were waiting outside the private room.

Manager Ma seemed to be showing off, and had lost the respect he had shown Ye Yuwu earlier. "Even the noble princess loves to come to our teahouse to listen to storytelling. How can you, a woman, draw such a conclusion so hastily based on just one day of observation? Besides, your storybooks are not as good as those written by Mr. Liu."

"You haven't even read our storybook, how can you draw such a conclusion?"

"In that case, young lady, you may take out your storybook, and I will reward you accordingly. Let's see if the storybook is as confident as you say." Manager Ma smiled obsequiously, appearing capable, but his demeanor was arrogant, as if he disdained Ye Yuwu's storybook.

Ye Yuwu gave a fake smile, not wanting to deal with Manager Ma, and gave up the idea of ​​taking out the storybook she had prepared. Showing it to this kind of person would simply tarnish the purity and cleanliness of her storybook.

So she politely declined, saying, "I'm sorry, Manager Ma, it seems we are not able to cooperate."

She subtly touched the storybook in her arms.

After saying that, she strode away from the noisy teahouse with Huaping in her arms. No one in the bustling crowd noticed the two women leaving angrily.

As soon as Ye Yuwu left, Manager Ma dropped all pretense and snorted coldly, "Those two women actually exaggerated their claims. They don't even know their own worth, yet they dare to come to our Tianxia Teahouse seeking cooperation."