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

In front of the Empress, she used the word "I" to show her closeness to the Empress. After all, the Empress had watched her grow up and had witnessed what happened back then, so she naturally felt even more sorry for the Empress.

"Yanran has grown up." The Empress did not show a look of relief, but rather a faint sadness and heartache appeared in her eyes.

The eldest princess walked out of the empress's palace, but unexpectedly, Tang Yizhi was also waiting for her outside. However, the eldest princess did not even glance at him and walked straight past him.

The Empress witnessed this scene and simply sighed softly.

After they left, the Empress did not immediately read the storybook; she simply had it put away.

After finishing her palace affairs, she had some free time and was admiring the flowers in the Imperial Garden when she suddenly felt bored. It was only when she was heading back to her palace that she remembered the storybook that the Princess had given her.

Just as she was reading a storybook in her palace, Consort Xu came to find her. She happened to see the Empress's book and shamelessly asked to borrow it from her.

Consort Xu was a simple-minded person and had a good relationship with the Empress. She would often come to the Empress's palace to pay her respects and chat.

She wanted to borrow a storybook to read, and the Empress granted her request.

Unexpectedly, she only read it for two days before returning it.

The Empress didn't think anything of it until a concubine came to pay her respects in a hesitant manner, beating around the bush for a long time before finally explaining her purpose.

It turned out that it was also about borrowing books, which left the Empress both amused and exasperated.

The Empress learned from them that they knew Consort Xu had borrowed books from her ever since she borrowed the storybook last time.

As for how she knew, it was because Consort Xu had read the storybook and was frowning every day, talking to them about its contents.

At first, they didn't want to listen, after all, the storybook was lowbrow and not presentable, and they were afraid that it would corrupt them, so they avoided Consort Xu.

But seeing them like this only fueled Consort Xu's enthusiasm. Since they didn't want to listen, she forced them to listen, constantly following them around and nagging.

If you want to go to the Imperial Garden, you have to listen to her lectures, or you can only stay cooped up in your own palace.

As it turned out, this really piqued their interest.

Consort Xu only speaks a little bit at a time, stopping at the most exciting part, and deliberately leaving the rest unsaid, keeping them on the edge of their seats. It would be a shame if she didn't become a storyteller.

That's why they came here today, albeit indirectly, to borrow the storybook.

The Empress shook her head and smiled helplessly: "If Consort Xu's mouth isn't kept in check, she'll blurt out everything. Luckily, she hasn't caused any trouble."

After Consort Xu returned the book that day, the Empress did not read it again. However, today she became interested in the contents of the book and remembered what Yanran had told her.

Yanran rarely recommends things to others, especially a storybook. Could it be that this storybook is truly exceptional?

Although curious, the Empress lent them the storybook to read, but fearing that lending the book might cause trouble, she also sent people to monitor their movements.

The trouble is over, but more and more people are borrowing books.

He borrowed from almost all the concubines in the palace.

They had heard that the Southern Opera was a satire of the Imperial Concubine, so they didn't dare to watch it, but the Empress herself had watched it (Empress: Not yet, it was borrowed by you and I didn't have time to watch it...).

Moreover, almost all the sisters in the palace had borrowed money, so it seemed that one more person wouldn't make a difference. In fact, more and more people borrowed money afterward.

The more cautious the people who borrowed the storybooks were, the bolder the people who borrowed them became. Several times they almost danced in front of the main character (the imperial concubine), but luckily the main character didn't notice.

The concubine, who had borrowed a storybook and planned to stay up all night to finish reading it, was just informed that her name had been chosen to serve the emperor. She immediately felt like the sky was falling!

The emperor, who always treated his concubines equally, was unaware of what they were thinking, nor did he realize that he was being disliked without his knowledge.

The concubines had finished reading the stories, but a lull had arrived, so the restless concubines decided to enjoy the world first.

Yes, that's right! Some concubines secretly arranged for opera troupes to perform in their palaces.

Some of the concubines also learned that Mr. Wuming had previously published a storybook, which was very popular among noble ladies and even had a special book appreciation event.

So these concubines had their maids secretly leave the palace and bring back another storybook by Mr. Wuming, "The Overbearing Prince Falls in Love with His Little Maid," to read.

The first concubine who brought this storybook into the palace never expected that it would directly trigger a storybook craze in the harem, with everyone buying and reading the storybook!

The Empress, who had just received the novel "Starfall Rain," had only just begun reading it and was completely unaware that the harem had already evolved to the 'era' of reading a second novel!

The Empress was still marveling at the writer's audacity in daring to write about a woman attending the Imperial Academy!

The concubines in the imperial harem are overjoyed to watch the sweet love-hate relationship between the male and female leads!

The Empress is angry because she's watching an amnesia trope!

The concubines in the imperial harem are crying their eyes out! (Substitute literature)

The Empress was furious and cursed the male lead in her heart!

The concubines in the imperial harem are applauding the "wife-chasing crematorium" scene!

The Empress was deeply moved by the heroine's perseverance in embarking on the path of a female official!

The concubines in the harem are all crying their hearts out, screaming for a heartbreaking ending!

In the end, it seems the Empress didn't cry! Seeing this, the Empress was deeply moved, and her previous gloom was swept away.

The smiles, however, will shift to the devastated state of the concubines in the harem, who are being abused.

He exclaimed that Mr. Wuming had no heart!

Fortunately, after they finished reading the storybook, the Empress Dowager wanted to gather the palace women together to watch a Southern opera.

It turns out that I couldn't forget this after watching the Southern Opera last time. Last time I only watched part of it, and it was too late to finish it.

So the Empress Dowager suggested that the opera troupe return to the palace to perform again, continuing the play that was not finished last time.

This matter fell to the eldest princess, since it was she who had brought the opera troupe into the palace last time.

They could watch a play, and it was "The Meteor Shower," which helped the concubines in the harem recover some of their losses.

So the princess, who had just sat down on the round chair in the pavilion, noticed that all the concubines in the harem had red eyes.

Apart from the Empress and the Imperial Concubine, everyone else looked listless.

If you look closely, you can actually see a slight bluish-black mark at the corner of the Empress's eye, but it's covered up by makeup.

As for bookstores, they have recently made a lot of money from storytelling and Southern opera, and have also sold a lot of storybooks due to their promotion.

During this period when the storybooks were selling very well, Ye Yuwu was not idle.

She wants to create an ancient IP called "Starfall Rain," but of course, she still needs to rely on print distribution.

Now that we have the storybooks, we need to get the comics out too!

In ancient times, there were no formal comic books; most were silk paintings and serialized comics, which gave Ye Yuwu a business opportunity.

However, finding an artist proved difficult, as she wanted to use ink painting as the foundation for the book, and the ink figures also needed to be exquisitely painted.

However, it is quite difficult to find a good painter, and you have to look for more than one person.

Ye Yuwu was all alone and had to search everywhere. Fortunately, Qi Yan knew many people who knew painting and calligraphy, so he told Ye Yuwu to go and try to find them.

Just as Ye Yuwu came out of the house she had visited, she saw a dilapidated stall at the entrance of the alley. How dilapidated the stall was could be seen from the rickety table legs.

The dilapidated wooden table was covered with paintings and calligraphy.