After reading Lin Ruhai's books, the great Confucian scholar Liu Zhengqing immediately understood what Lin Ruhai meant.

He immediately understood what Jia Shu wanted. Then, he annotated the manuscripts that he had saved up over the years as a professor and found a few examples himself.

Then, the full text was sent over from the Marquis An's residence.

He didn't know if it was because he had a business mind.

Or if he really wanted to praise his favorite student. In the two big boxes of manuscripts, the great Confucian scholar Liu Zhengqing specially found some excellent articles and poems written by his students, including but not limited to Lin Ruhai.

Then, he wrote his own comments and recommendations.

Then, he came up with the manuscripts for two or three books.

Jia Su had seen them before, but because he didn't know much about the literati in Great Xia, he didn't know anyone except for Lin Ruhai.

It was a pile of books that Lin Ruhai sent over from the printing workshop that were almost as tall as a person.

Then, when he flipped through them, he found that those books didn't point out any problems and were almost completely full of praise.

They were books that were used to promote his favorite students.

Jia Su looked at the people in the book with a blank expression.

He then explained to her seriously, "This Senior Brother Liu is one of the first students that the Teacher taught after he retired from the officialdom in his twenties.

The Teacher once said that Senior Brother Liu's talent in reading.

Was the best he had ever seen.

Unfortunately, after Senior Brother Liu entered the officialdom, the Teacher cut off contact with him.

Your husband once talked to Senior Brother Liu.

However, he found that the literary essays that he had once filled in his stomach,

Had already forgotten all of them and didn't have much to say to your husband. "

"This Senior Brother Zhou's talent in learning was very praised by the Teacher. Although he didn't do well in the imperial examinations, he quickly chose to give up and is now traveling around to study.

I heard from the Teacher that Senior Brother Zhou was planning to start writing his travels and travel for a few more years before returning to the Teacher's side to study knowledge. "

"The Teacher didn't mention much about this Senior Brother Zhao, but he is now a second-rank official in the imperial court and has an excellent official reputation."

"This Senior Brother Liu …"

Jia Su listened for a long time. Although he still didn't know who was who, he knew the most important part of Lin Ruhai's words.

The articles in this book were all written by big shots!

Her eyes shone brightly. Even her belly, which had grown bigger, could not hinder her movements. "Ruhai, this book will definitely be more popular than the other books you've written!"

Lin Ruhai was stunned and looked at her doubtfully. "Isn't this a matter of course?"

Jia Su leaned over and kissed the corner of his mouth. Then, without waiting for the blush on his face to fade, he simply waved his hand and said, "Next month, let's promote these books first!"

To sell all the books in a month's time, not to mention the fact that the students might not have enough money to buy them all, the bookstore might not even have enough manpower.

Moreover, although the books written by the great scholar Liu Zhengqing were different from the modern College Entrance Examination, she believed that the pain brought by these books would not be less than the pain brought by the College Entrance Examination.

Although she really wanted to let the ancient scholars have a taste of being stuffed with all kinds of materials all the time, she didn't want to be too exaggerated at the beginning, so as not to scare them away.

When the College Entrance Examination was mentioned, Jia Su's mind suddenly recalled her high school life where she was tortured to death by all kinds of questions. The obsession that she had almost forgotten appeared again …

A chilling smile appeared at the corner of Jia Shu's mouth. "Husband, can you see His Majesty now?"

Lin Ruhai shuddered. Ruosang's tone was very gentle, but he felt that there was a conspiracy behind it. "Ruosang, why do you ask?"

Jia Su's eyes lit up. "I have a business that I want to cooperate with the Emperor, and I think that the Emperor will definitely not refuse."

Lin Ruhai's eyes widened. "What business?"

"The College Entrance Examination in Spring and the College Entrance Examination in Spring!"

Lin Ruhai: "… What do you mean?"

"Every year, the College Entrance Examination in Spring and the College Entrance Examination are all taken away by the Imperial Court, and outsiders can't easily see them, right?"

"So?"

"The Emperor can take out the previous exam questions and sell them!"

Jia Su smiled. "Believe me, those scholars will definitely hold money and beg the Emperor to sell the exam questions!"

Lin Ruhai: "…"

Although he felt that his wife's suggestion was very good, and if it could be done, there would indeed be many people who would buy it …

If these exam questions were taken out by the Emperor to sell before he became a Jinshi, even if he was very confident in the College Entrance Examination, he would definitely spend money to buy one or two copies.

However, it was obviously a good thing, so why did he feel that it was wrong?

Jia Su blinked with a pure expression.

Lin Ruhai looked at her face for a long time and could only conclude that she really did think that this was a good business that could make money.

Moreover, she chose to cooperate with the Emperor because other than the Emperor, no one else had the right to take out the previous years' exam questions to sell.

Lin Ruhai hesitated for a long time before finally nodding. "Because His Holiness hasn't decided what kind of book he wants to write, he will summon this husband, the Assistant Lecturer, the Head of the College, and other relevant officials in the Imperial Court during this period of time."

Therefore, he was able to meet with the Holy Emperor almost every day during this period of time.

Jia Su was even happier. "Then husband can mention this business when you meet His Holiness."

Lin Ruhai hesitated, but in the end, he didn't refuse.

Did Jia Su really only want to make money and have no other intentions?

Of course not!

Thinking back, she had just become an adult at the age of eighteen and suddenly awakened her supernatural ability. Then, she was taken away by the country's supernatural ability related department for training and directly entered the Combat Department, mainly responsible for intelligence gathering.

However, after so many years, it wasn't that she didn't have any resentment …

Of course, protecting the country was good, but the timing was too awkward!

In her previous life, her birthday was during the summer vacation. When she was seventeen years old, she was in her third year of high school. Not to mention the five years of college entrance exams and three years of mock exams, even the various supplementary teaching books written by Teacher Wang Houxiong and Teacher Qu Yixian were all read by her in that year.

However, right after the hellish mode before the college entrance exams ended, her supernatural ability awakened!

She was taken away before she even saw her university acceptance letter!

If it had been a year earlier, she wouldn't have had to go through the dark third year of high school. If it had been a year later, she would have been able to enjoy the fruits of her success in the dark third year of high school and spend a year in university.

But it was such a coincidence that it was the summer vacation when she was eighteen years old, not more, not less!

How did Jia Su feel when she was taken away?

She felt that she had suffered for nothing in the past year!

Now that she could let the people of ancient times experience what she had experienced back then, she was really …

Super happy!

Moreover, from Lin Ruhai's tone, there were many great scholars in this era. How could one Great Scholar Liu Zhengqing be enough?

She must gather all the great scholars in the Great Xia Dynasty who were still alive today and make them publish books like Great Scholar Liu!

Publish as many books as possible!

While earning money, she could also let others experience the pain she had experienced back then. She was simply too happy.

-

When Lin Ruhai saw the Holy Emperor of Enlightenment, he looked as if he wanted to say something, but hesitated.

The Holy Emperor of Enlightenment didn't react at first and was about to ask, but when the words were about to come out of his mouth, he suddenly remembered Lin Ruhai's expression when he had asked him to discuss the Color Pavilion business.

It was a bit similar.

Let's just assume he was overthinking it. But if it was true, if Lin Ruhai asked him again if he wanted to do business …

He and Lin Ruhai weren't the only two people in the Upper Study Room. If he ruined his image in front of the officials, he really would kill him!

Fortunately, Lin Ruhai wasn't stupid. He didn't say anything until the day's work discussion was finished.

The Holy Emperor of Enlightenment sighed in relief and directly asked Lin Ruhai to stay. "Do you have something to report?"

Lin Ruhai's eyebrows jumped. He said, "This humble subject has a business that I want to cooperate with His Holiness, but I'm a bit uncertain."

The Holy Emperor of Enlightenment raised his eyebrows. "My beloved subject, speak first!"

"This humble subject's bookstore has recently sold a few books. Scholars are very popular.

However, the other bookstores won't sit idly by. This humble subject heard that the other bookstores have already begun contacting other top scholars and second ranked scholars. They also want to publish a few books to compete with my bookstore. "

The Holy Emperor of Enlightenment's expression was a bit strange. "Love, don't tell me you want us to publish a book in your bookstore?"

Lin Ruhai was just thinking about how to phrase it when the Holy Emperor of Enlightenment's words smashed into his brain.

After hesitating for a moment, his tone was a bit uncertain. "It seems like … it's also possible?"

The Holy Emperor of Enlightenment: "What kind of tone is that?

Could it be that our books can't compare to yours? "

Lin Ruhai hurriedly knelt down. "This humble subject is afraid!"

Fortunately, the Holy Emperor of Enlightenment didn't mind. He waved his hand to have him stand up and then asked, "Speak, what exactly is the business you mentioned?"

The Holy Emperor of Enlightenment could see that Lin Ruhai coming to him was definitely his daring wife's idea. Moreover, she definitely didn't want him to write a book.

He was puzzled. He was an emperor. Could it be that the books he wrote weren't as many as the books Lin Ruhai bought?

But after thinking about it, he still decided not to ask. He was asking for trouble.

Lin Ruhai carefully thought about it before speaking to the Holy Emperor of Enlightenment. "This humble subject was previously apprenticed to the great scholar Liu Zhengqing and studied under his tutelage for nearly five years. I understand very well that teacher wants to teach and educate people. Thus, I directly wrote a letter to invite teacher to publish a book."

The Holy Emperor of Enlightenment put his hands in his bosom and suddenly became expressionless.

Hearing this, wasn't the problem of the Lin family's bookstore already solved?

What did they want with him?

Could it be that they wanted him to give them a plaque and use him as a backer?

Naturally, the fewer things the emperor bestowed, the more precious they were. If they were bestowed something here, bestowed something there, bestowed a plaque here, bestowed a plaque there …

Who would take the emperor's bestowments seriously?

Moreover, the Lin family's bookstore was doing well, but they were giving him a bonus to use as a backer …

Even if they wanted to curry favor with him, they couldn't use such a straightforward method!

Lin Ruhai had no idea what the Holy Emperor of Enlightenment was thinking. He continued to talk about Jia Su's thoughts. "It's just that teacher is eager to educate people, so he directly sent over dozens of manuscripts."

The Holy Emperor of Enlightenment's eyes widened slightly. "Dozens of manuscripts?

Liu Zhengqing hasn't taught and educated people in all these years. He's been writing essays, right? "

Lin Ruhai lowered his head. "That's not the case. Teacher doesn't care about fame and wealth. The manuscripts he sent over were mostly written by students like us who once studied under him. Teacher only wrote comments on them."

The Holy Emperor of Enlightenment nodded. "That's how he lives up to his reputation as a great scholar."

"It's just that after my wife read them, she felt that something was missing."

The Holy Emperor of Enlightenment was stunned. Dozens of manuscripts weren't enough?

When he thought about the height of those books added together, he completely lost the desire to buy one to read.

Lin Ruhai's wife actually felt that it wasn't enough?

Was she crazy about making money, or did she have a grudge against the students under his tutelage?

"Later on, she remembered that there were no exam papers in these books."

The Holy Emperor of Enlightenment: "… Exam papers?"

"My wife felt that the spring and palace examinations that are held every three years could be published in a book."

After Lin Ruhai finished speaking, he lowered his head in embarrassment.

Although he felt that this would be good for the students, his wife directly linked it to business. He didn't feel it before, but when she mentioned it in front of the Holy Emperor of Enlightenment, he felt that it wasn't too good.

The Holy Emperor of Enlightenment didn't know what Lin Ruhai was thinking, nor did he know what Jia Su was thinking. He only thought, "Not only can it make money for me, but it can also give the students under my tutelage a way to learn. It'll make it easier for the imperial court to choose talents. This is a good thing!"

Lin Ruhai raised his head with a smile in his eyes. "Your Majesty agrees?"

The Holy Emperor of Enlightenment was about to nod when he suddenly paused.

Lin Ruhai suddenly became nervous. Who knew that the Holy Emperor of Enlightenment would ask him, "You only want the spring and palace examinations?

You don't need the autumn examinations?

You don't need the county examinations? "

Lin Ruhai's eyes widened. "You also want the autumn examinations?"

There was also the county examinations …

"Your Majesty, how many books are you planning to publish?"

"I'll publish as many as I can."

The Holy Emperor of Enlightenment smiled. "I can't let the students think that the imperial court only values scholars who have the title of Jinshi. The imperial court also values scholars and elementary scholars!"

Lin Ruhai: "…"

If it weren't for the look in his eyes when he heard that he could get 20% of the profits from the Color Makeup Pavilion, he would have believed him.

Since then, the Holy Emperor of Enlightenment's image of a 'wise ruler' in Lin Ruhai's heart had completely collapsed. All that was left was the impression of a 'money-grubber'.

Sure enough, his mother and wife were right. His Majesty really was poor.

-

When Lin Ruhai returned home, he passed on the Holy Emperor of Enlightenment's words to Jia Su.

If it weren't for the child in her stomach, Jia Su would have jumped up. "Your Majesty doesn't have any enmity with those students, right?"

At this moment, Jia Su and the Holy Emperor of Enlightenment's brain circuits strangely collided.

Lin Ruhai was somewhat puzzled. "What do you mean?"

Jia Su patted Lin Ruhai's shoulder. "Husband, if I remember correctly, the spring examinations are held the second year after the provincial examinations, right?"

Lin Ruhai nodded. "Indeed.

The provincial examinations are also known as the autumn examinations. They are held once every three years in August. The metropolitan examinations are also known as the spring examinations. They are held in February of the year after the provincial examinations. The palace examinations are held in April of the same year. "

"I remember that second brother Zheng just set off for Jinling to prepare for the provincial examinations, right?"

Lin Ruhai still hadn't reacted. "That's right."

"So, if the bookstore publishes a book called 'Autumn Examinations' next month, do you think those students who are going back to their hometown to take the exams will buy it?"

Without waiting for Lin Ruhai's reply, Jia Su continued, "But even if it's our bookstore, it's impossible to sell this book to the entire Daxia in a month, right?

If they hear about this book and can't buy it anywhere, then there are some places where they can buy it. Some well-connected students with good family backgrounds can also ask someone to buy it … "

Wouldn't the students who couldn't buy it really feel flustered?

They couldn't stay calm before the exams. Could it be that the Holy Emperor of Enlightenment felt that these students' psychological endurance was too good, so he wanted to train them?

Lin Ruhai also came back to his senses and immediately became anxious. He lifted the official's robe that he hadn't taken off and was about to rush into the palace.

Jia Su hurriedly grabbed his hand. "This matter isn't urgent. We haven't even seen the shadow of the autumn examinations. It's still too early to publish a book."

Lin Ruhai finally let out a sigh of relief.

It was just that the 'Five Years of Spring Examinations' and 'Three Years of Palace Examinations', which were originally prepared to torture the "Third Year of High School Examinations", "Five Years of Autumn Examinations", "Preparing Before the Prefectural Examinations", and "Don't Panic During the County Examinations" …

He sympathized with the scholars of the Great Xia Dynasty for three seconds and couldn't take any more.

-

Although the Holy Emperor of Enlightenment loved to make money, he was also a good emperor who loved his people as if they were his children. Thus, after Lin Ruhai raised his objection, he felt that it was reasonable and temporarily put aside the plan to torture the students who were preparing to take the provincial examinations.

However, the Holy Emperor of Enlightenment didn't plan on letting go of the opportunity to do so for the metropolitan and palace examinations that were still quite some time away.

Within a few days, the Holy Emperor of Enlightenment had sorted out all of the metropolitan and palace examination papers since the establishment of the Great Xia Dynasty and sent them to Marquis Wen 'an's residence.

Those who didn't know the situation would think that the Holy Emperor of Enlightenment was very fond of Lin Ruhai, so he sent him a box of rewards.

However, those who knew the situation looked at the box of exam papers with tears in their eyes.

Jia Su turned around and looked at Lin Ruhai, whose eyes were red for some reason, with a blank expression.

Yes, he was talking about him.

Lin Ruhai didn't really want to cry, but he felt a bit emotional. "Your husband didn't expect that His Holiness would actually send over all of the exam papers from the past years …"

Jia Su blinked. "Isn't this a good thing?"

After she finished speaking, she didn't wait for Lin Ruhai to speak and had people begin to sort out the contents of the exam papers.

The ancient imperial examination papers were quite scientific. The modern examination papers basically had all of the types of questions except for multiple-choice questions.

Things like fill in the blanks, reading comprehension, poetry, policy …

They couldn't just directly print out the blank exam papers and sell them, right?

If that was the case, the Holy Emperor of Enlightenment might as well let the craftsmen in his Imperial Plantation directly print out the books, and he wouldn't have to split the money with the Lin family.

"Write down the same types of questions together, eliminate the repetitive and simple ones, and sort them out to see how many there are."

Jia Su looked at Lin Ruhai again. "Husband, if you have time, you can also look at these exam papers and try to come up with a few sets of exam papers yourself. When the time comes, you can directly print them into books as a gift for these books. As long as you buy a complete set of books, you can give it to them."

Lin Ruhai was quite happy at first, but then he hesitated. "Your husband has only been a Grand Scholar for two years. I don't have enough qualifications to set questions for other students."

Jia Su took his hand and led him to the door of the study. As they walked, she said, "What's wrong with this? It's not like I'm asking you to set questions for the Spring Imperial Examinations or the Palace Examinations. Just treat it as fun and be happy. The people who buy the books won't think much of it."

In any case, they were all gifts. If the quality of the exam papers was good, then the people who bought the books were lucky. They could also test how far they were from becoming a Grand Scholar. If the quality of the exam papers was bad, then they could just treat it as a test to see if there were any gaps in their knowledge.

Of course, if the exam papers were popular with other students, then it could also give Lin Ruhai some qualifications. In the future, he might be able to participate in setting questions for the Imperial Examinations.

Lin Ruhai was convinced by Jia Su. Then, as if he had been injected with chicken blood, he went to the study to check the exam papers every day after his shift ended. Even the task of compiling books given to him by the Holy Emperor was not as sad as before.

Of course, no matter how much importance Lin Ruhai attached to the exam papers, he did not forget Jia Su. After dinner every day, he would accompany Jia Su to walk around the garden. Then he would come back to wash up and wait for Jia Su to fall asleep before entering the study again.

Lin Ruhai was so careful with the questions he set. When the finished product came out, the quality would naturally be very good.

Time passed quickly. Soon, it was the second month.

According to Jia Su's arrangements, Liu Zhengqing wrote the book. It was basically a collection of the works of the students he had taught before. It was published.

Just like before, the shopkeepers of the three Lin family bookstores did not need Jia Su to instruct them. They found the beggars they had previously hired to shout and advertise the new book.

Unlike Lin Ruhai's previous books, which had simple titles, the great scholar Liu Zhengqing gave his books especially elegant names.

Therefore, the words these beggars shouted as they walked through the streets became poems specially written by Lin Ruhai.

It was simple, easy to understand, and catchy.

Even people who did not understand poetry could understand the meaning of the words.

Those scholars who considered themselves to be virtuous and virtuous were obviously more willing to accept this recommendation.

Moreover, this book also mentioned Lin Ruhai, the great scholar Liu Zhengqing, and the imperial court's second-rank officials …

Even if it was just to buy it and take it home to read it, it would be good!

Scholars in the capital flocked to the bookstore. The Lin family bookstore, which had been deserted for a month, once again had a snake-like queue in front of it.

Fortunately, the printing workshop had enough stock this time, so there was no problem of not having enough books.

If even the great scholar Liu Zhengqing thought that the essays and poems were good, how could other people find fault with them?

There were even better reviews than Lin Ruhai's books. Not to mention the scholars, even the daughters and madams of aristocratic families who had read books sent people to buy a few poetry books.

Just as Jia Su had predicted, the sales of these books were even better than Lin Ruhai's books in the Lin family bookstore for two days.

Without waiting for the popularity of these books to cool down, the Lin family bookstore launched another new book —

A set of five supplementary books to teach students how to learn. Take a look at them?

A few days later, a set of ten supplementary books to teach students how to learn. Take a look at them?

Wait a little longer …

The scholars in the capital had been bombarded with wave after wave of books, so they accepted the three words "supplementary books" very well.

But no one was willing to wait any longer. The scholars who had gathered in the capital all came knocking on the door and insisted that the Lin family bookstore take out all the supplementary books to teach students how to correct mistakes!

The Lin family bookstore's insistence on taking out the books step by step made those scholars who were already scholars scratch their heads —

If they really took it slow, they would have to wait a long time for the books they wanted!

They knew that the Lin family bookstore had those books, but they could only wait and not buy them. Who would be willing to wait?

However …

"Replying to the masters, there are indeed follow-up books, but the owner doesn't allow them to be sold for the time being."

Shopkeeper Hu looked at the large group of scholars who had gathered in front of the bookstore and sighed, "I think everyone has already noticed that these books were written by Liu Zhengqing, the great scholar Liu Zhengqing, for the sake of the future of the scholars. Not only the scholars and scholars, but also the scholars and scholars who want the books, the great scholar Liu Zhengqing has also written them."

"Then why don't you take them out and sell them?

If you delay our time, can you afford it? "

Shopkeeper Hu had a bitter expression, "Have you all forgotten that in a few months, the Fall Imperial Examination will begin?"

Most of the people who came to the bookstore to rush the books were scholars who had already become scholars. Most of their attention was on the Spring Imperial Examination, so who would care about the Fall Imperial Examination?

But there were also scholars who were about to participate in the Fall Imperial Examination.

"Precisely because of this, shouldn't the store quickly take out all the follow-up books and sell them?

We're just waiting to read these books so that we can get a good ranking in the Fall Imperial Examination. "

Shopkeeper Hu hurriedly explained, "But the Lin family bookstore has limited manpower, so they can't put these books in other places in a short period of time.

The owner feels that only the capital has supplementary books, so it's unfair to the students from other places. So, they plan to wait for the Lin family bookstores in other places to get the books and set a time to sell them together. "

Although the other students didn't want to, they felt that there was nothing to criticize and could only keep their mouths shut.

But they weren't willing to give up, so they just stood in front of the Lin family bookstore and didn't want to leave.

But there were always one or two people who weren't clear-headed, and there was no lack of selfish people who weren't clear-headed.

Everyone was silent for a moment, but someone couldn't help but throw a tantrum at Shopkeeper Hu: "How can you only care about the students from other places and not consider us from the capital?

Isn't the owner of the Lin family bookstore also from the capital? Why isn't he thinking about the well-being of his fellow citizens in the capital, but considering the people from other places? "

This scholar's words naturally attracted the disdainful gazes of the others. But since it involved their own interests, even though they felt disdain in their hearts, they didn't open their mouths to criticize him.

Shopkeeper Hu froze for a moment and looked at the scholar who spoke. It was unknown what kind of attitude he had when he said, "You may not know, but my master's surname is Lin and my ancestral home is Gusu. I am not from the capital."

That scholar: "… …"

Seeing that the Lin family bookstore wouldn't sell the remaining books as they wished, the other students could only scatter and leave.

The Lin family bookstore's business was booming again, so it naturally attracted the attention of the other bookstores.

Most importantly, it was different this time.

Although the Lin family bookstore took the meat last time, because of the inventory, the other bookstores also took a sip of the soup.

But this time, the other bookstores didn't even benefit from the Lin family bookstore's glory.

It was inevitable that some people were jealous.

They also didn't go against the Lin family bookstore. Instead, they sent people to the Lin family bookstore to buy the books that were put up for sale this month. Then, they made their own copies and secretly printed the books to sell.

Although they didn't make much money because of the finished products, the amount of money they made couldn't be underestimated.

The three shopkeepers quickly noticed the abnormality in the sales volume, so they directly went to Jia Su.

After Jia Su found out, she thought: Isn't it just piracy?

But even in modern times with copyright protection laws, piracy can't be stopped, let alone in ancient times.

Jia Su thought for a moment, then asked: "Did the sales drop by a lot?"

The three shopkeepers looked at each other, and Shopkeeper Chen was the first to speak: "Madam Countess, because everyone knows that the Lin family bookstore is backed by the Marquis of Wen 'an's Mansion, no one dares to go overboard, so the sales volume didn't drop too much."

Most importantly, with the Lin family bookstore's pricing, those books didn't make much money. Other people pirated the books, so they could only set the prices lower than the Lin family's.

But piracy was for the sake of making money. If the prices were set too low, they wouldn't make much money at all.

Therefore, the bookstores that secretly printed the books sold at prices that weren't much lower than the Lin family's bookstore. Most importantly, the quality of the books couldn't be compared to the Lin family's bookstore.

With these two reasons added together, in the end, there weren't many scholars who were willing to buy books from other bookstores.

Jia Su nodded: "Then it's fine."

"Have you set a time for the remaining books?"

Jia Su asked: "In half a month's time, as long as nothing unexpected happens, the bookstores in other places can start selling them."

Just like before, after the Great Scholar Liu's books were printed, Jia Su had people send them to other bookstores.

The bookstores nearby had already started selling them. The bookstores further away had more or less received samples and were ready to start printing.

When the three shopkeepers heard this, they each calculated the time in their hearts and said at the same time: "Then let's sell them at the end of the month."

Jia Su nodded.

-

After dealing with the bookstore, Jia Su had some free time.

At this time, Jia Su's stomach was almost six months old.

The supplementary books written by the Great Scholar Liu to teach the scholars how to take the imperial examinations had already started selling at the end of last month.

To Jia Su's surprise, this set of books was the most popular.

But when he thought about it, he didn't find it strange.

After all, most people's goal in studying was to pass the imperial examinations, and the contents of this set of books were obviously the closest to passing the imperial examinations.

Even if they couldn't understand it at home, they could still motivate themselves and set their minds at ease.

And this month, the 《Five Years Spring Imperial Examinations》 and 《Three Years Palace Examinations》, which was a collaboration with the Holy Emperor of Qi, was about to be published.

However, because Jia Su's stomach was already as big as a normal person's stomach in August or September, Mother Lin and Lin Ruhai didn't allow her to work with the bookstore anymore.

She couldn't even sit and come up with ideas.

Jia Su was either sleeping or walking around in the courtyard all day.

Because her stomach was too big, Jia Su had already been deprived of the right to go to the garden.

Jia Su was so bored that she was about to go crazy.

Who knew that at this time, the news of Jia Zheng failing the provincial examinations would come …

"Second Brother Zheng really did fail the provincial examinations?

You gave him so many books, but he still failed? "Jia Su leaned on Lin Ruhai's shoulder and said with a tone of schadenfreude.

Although Lin Ruhai felt that Jia Su shouldn't use such a tone to talk about Jia Zheng, he was also a bit speechless when he thought about the news of Jia Zheng failing the provincial examinations.

"The Duke told me personally, so it shouldn't be false."

Jia Su's eyes lit up. "Do we need to make a trip to Rongguo Province?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head. "Let's not talk about the fact that Second Brother-in-law hasn't returned to the capital yet. Even if Second Brother-in-law had returned to Rongguo Province, we still shouldn't go there at this time."

This wasn't comforting, this was stabbing Jia Zheng's lungs!

Who told Lin Ruhai to come in third?

However, for Jia Zheng's sake, Lin Ruhai didn't want to go to Rongguo Province to stab his lungs. However, when Jia Zheng returned a month later, his tone was full of resentment when he mentioned Lin Ruhai to Duke Rongguo.

"Father, Brother-in-law Lin gave me two boxes of books. I thought he was doing it for my own good, but who knew that not long after, all the students in Jinling had books. What do you think Brother-in-law Lin's intentions are?"

As soon as Jia Zheng returned to Rongguo Province, he angrily ran to Jia Daishan and complained tearfully.

Because he was tired from the journey, his clothes were untidy, his beard was unshaven, and he looked very embarrassed.

If he was in front of Madam Jia, she would naturally feel sorry for him.

However, when Jia Daishan saw him like this, he only felt hurt. "When you get home, you don't want to wash up and rest. Instead, you came to me to complain about your brother-in-law. Jia Zheng, you are really something!"

Jia Zheng's spirit was lifted. He quickly lowered his head, as if he just realized that his travel-worn appearance was not suitable to be seen.

He hurriedly left the hall and returned to his room.

When the Wang Clan heard that Jia Zheng was almost home, they had already ordered the servants to boil some hot water. They thought that when he came back, he could immediately take a bath to wash off the dust on his body.

However, after waiting for a long time, even Zhou Rui came back, Jia Zheng was still nowhere to be seen.

The Wang Clan called Zhou Rui over. "Where is your Second Master Zheng?"

"Second Young Mistress Zheng, as soon as Second Master Zheng entered Rongguo Province, he went to Duke Rongguo's courtyard. I don't know what Second Master Zheng is going to do."

The Wang Clan was stunned. "When he got back to Rongguo Province, he didn't think about washing up and went to Duke Rongguo's courtyard?

What does he want to do? "

"Why do you care what I do?"

When Jia Zheng returned to the courtyard, he heard the Wang Clan's voice. He was already in a bad mood, so it was natural that he would vent his anger on the Wang Clan.

The Wang Clan was very angry, but because of his identity, they could only hold their anger.

Jia Zheng glanced at the Wang Clan, then turned to the charming Concubine Zhou. "Is the hot water ready?"

Concubine Zhou glanced at the Wang Clan, then lowered her head and sneered. "Perhaps Grandmother has prepared it."

The Wang Clan gritted his teeth. "The hot water is ready. Second Master, just go ahead and use it."

Jia Zheng snorted impatiently and went straight to the side room.

Halfway there, Jia Zheng turned back. "Concubine Zhou, why aren't you coming over to serve me?"

Concubine Zhou's expression became more and more proud. She replied repeatedly, "Yes."

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Two days later, Lin Ruhai thought that Jia Zheng should have walked out of the shadow of his failure in the Fall Imperial Examinations, so he took Jia Su to the Duke Rongguo's residence.

Mother Lin didn't want Jia Su to go out, but Rongguo Province was Jia Su's home after all. This time, it was related to Jia Su's second brother's imperial examinations. It wouldn't be right if she didn't go.

Jia Su didn't care about what others said about her, but she had been stifled for a long time. She ignored Mother Lin's resentful gaze and got on the carriage to Rongguo Province with Lin Ruhai.

When the two arrived at Rongguo Province, Jia Daishan, Jia Xie, and Jia Zheng were both present.

The two saluted, and the others returned the salute.

Perhaps it was because the Chang Clan had given birth to a son not long ago, but Jia Xie had a good impression of Jia Su, who was also pregnant. After returning the salute, she walked to Lin Ruhai's side. "Brother-in-law Lin, is Sister Shu's belly okay?"

Lin Ruhai glared at him. "Brother-in-law!"

Jia Xie reacted and quickly slapped herself. "It's my fault for shooting my mouth off!"

When Lin Ruhai's expression softened, he asked again, "Sister Shu is pregnant with twins. Why don't you let her rest at home?

Her belly is so big. What if something happens? "

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Two days later, Lin Ruhai thought that Jia Zheng should have walked out of the shadow of his failure in the Fall Imperial Examinations. He took Jia Su to Duke Rongguo's residence.

Mother Lin didn't want Jia Su to go out, but Rongguo Province was Jia Su's maternal home. This time, it was related to Jia Su's second brother's imperial examinations. It would be unreasonable if she didn't go.

Jia Su didn't care about what others said about her, but she had been stifled for a long time. She ignored Mother Lin's resentful gaze and got on the carriage to Rongguo Province with Lin Ruhai.

When the two arrived at Rongguo Province, Jia Daishan, Jia Xie, and Jia Zheng were both present.

The two saluted, and the others returned the salute.

Perhaps it was because the Chang Clan had given birth to a son not long ago, Jia Xie had a good impression of Jia Su, who was also pregnant. After returning the salute, she walked to Lin Ruhai's side. "Brother-in-law Lin, is Sister Shu's belly okay?"

Lin Ruhai glared at him. "Brother-in-law!"

Jia Xie reacted and quickly slapped herself. "It's my fault for shooting my mouth off!"