The candles burned out, the sky brightened, and another night passed.

Mr. Tao, who was sitting at the table with his head propped up, shook and woke up.

She shook her head and smiled to herself. A woman who was not even thirty yet felt that she was running out of energy and could actually fall asleep even while sitting.

The accounts on the table were not finished yet, so she rubbed her eyes and then bent over the table.

The sound of dialing the dial occasionally sounded.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly there was a joyful exclamation outside the house: "Young mistress, the eldest young master is back."

Then the door was pushed open, and Tanxiang led Wang Zhen and walked away.

"Young lady, have you been awake all night? Now that it's cold, you should put on some clothes." Tan Xiang said.

Mrs. Tao glanced at Wang Zhen behind her, and said softly: "I haven't stayed home for two days in a row, and I don't know who the fox is seducing..."

Wang Zhen smiled self-deprecatingly, said nothing, opened her hands, and let Tanxiang take off her coat.

Seeing that he didn't explain, Tanxiang said on his behalf: "The eldest young master has been busy at the bookstore. The young mistress is all joking. How can she be so charming?"

Wang Zhen sat down opposite Mr. Tao, glanced at the account book on the table, and chuckled: "You are really good at making false accounts."

"I have to thank you for your compliments, don't you?" Tao sneered.

"How much shortfall is there?" Wang Zhen asked.

"You don't have to worry about it." Mrs. Tao lowered his head, feeling a little annoyed, and his eyes were sore, "Don't worry, at worst, I will ask my parents' family for it, and I won't owe you the Wang family..."

The next moment, a stack of banknotes was handed over and stamped on the account book.

Wang Zhen's tone was calm and she asked: "Six thousand taels, is it enough?"

Mrs. Tao was a little stunned, and her mood was a little complicated for a moment. She was moved, but she felt that she couldn't get off the stage.

She had no choice but to bury her head lower.

After a while, she asked: "Where did you come from? If I borrowed it from my second brother, I wouldn't recognize it."

"I know you have a strong temper, how could I tell him?" Wang Zhen said calmly: "I sold the bookstore."

"Oh, your bookstore can sell it at this price?" Tao didn't believe it.

Wang Zhen didn't like her tone and said, "Believe it or not."

Tanxiang smiled and said: "Young lady, it's true. The young master has done a lot of things in the past two days. After deducting the five hundred taels of silver from Pan Bookstore, the young master doubled it tenfold in just two days.

Benefit!"

Mrs. Tao was a little surprised, looked at Tanxiang, and asked her to continue.

Tanxiang was quite excited when she mentioned this matter. She quickly glanced at Wang Zhen, her eyes filled with brilliance.

"The eldest young master held a poetry meeting the day before yesterday, and it has already become famous in the capital..." Tan Xiang started to speak incoherently and said, "I also heard from others that at the poetry meeting the day before yesterday, a Jinshi came to quarrel with the eldest young master.

They started arguing and argued that he wanted to compare poems with the eldest young master. As a result, the eldest young master said that he would never write poetry again. When others asked him why, the eldest young master told the story that the third young master was the reincarnation of Dongpo..."

"Then what?"

"Then the Jinshi ridiculed the third young master, and the eldest young master slapped him. Then, many people scolded the Jinshi, saying that he was shameless and relieved himself in other people's lotus ponds. The Jinshi was very angry and brought many people with him

We came to make a fuss. As a result, things got serious, and a senior official from the Hanlin Academy came, who seemed to be the teacher of the Jinshi."

Hanlin Academy?

Teacher? Or teacher?

Although Mrs. Tao knew that Wang Zhen had returned without incident, she still felt a little worried after hearing these words.

But Tan Xiang continued: "As a result, when the eldest young master read out the two poems of the third young master, those people became dumbfounded. The eldest young master and the third young master are now famous in the capital, and everyone is spreading the word about the third young master.

It's Dongpo's reincarnation..."

Mrs. Tao knew that Wang Zhen would be fine if she had nothing to do, and she didn't care about anything that would make the capital famous. She asked again: "So, you took the opportunity to sell the bookstore for six thousand taels?"

As soon as the words came out, she shook her head again: "No, it still can't be sold at this price."

Tan Xiang nodded vigorously and said: "Of course it can't be sold just like this, but the eldest young master has already ordered people to collect all the "Dongpo Ci" in the capital, and also printed two poems by the third young master at the back. Now.

In the capital city, the price of such a copy of "Dongpo Ci" has increased many times compared with the original price, but it is still expensive but not marketable. I don't know how many scholars are waiting to buy it at the door of the bookstore..."

Mr. Tao sneered: "I don't see them loving reading so much on weekdays. They are just following the trend."

"Also, the senior official of the Hanlin Academy admired our eldest young master very much. The eldest young master gave him a book from our bookstore. In front of everyone, he asked, 'We can't stop fasting? What's the meaning of this name?', and then he said

The young master replied, "A student who fails in repeated examinations will never be able to attend the examinations in the future. However, a gentleman says, "You can't stop learning. Hence the name, endless fasting." The senior official said..."

Tan Xiang imitated the speech of a high-ranking official with a big belly and long beard. He put one hand in front of him and touched his chin with the other hand, and sighed: "How good, if all the scholars in the world have this intention, I will not be alone in my path."

also!"

Her performance was quite cute and smart, and Wang Zhen chuckled.

Tan Xiang was extremely happy.

She was just a maid. In her eyes, she mainly thought that Wang Zhen was extremely powerful. However, she didn't understand the details of it, so she could only take it as a joke.

However, Tao understood that the Hanlin bachelor Tanxiang mentioned was the 'teacher' of the Jinshi. Presumably, he should be the 'seat teacher', which should be the examiner of this subject, He Liangyuan, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.

Such a person who praised the three words "Bi Ji Zhai" in public would be selling for six thousand taels, which is still cheap. If you let yourself run it...

She looked at Wang Zhen, feeling a little pity, and asked unwillingly: "Then the brand name 'Wei Ji Zhai' was also sold together?"

Wang Zhen chuckled lightly and said: "This is just for fun. If you spend another five hundred taels, it will be the same in other shops. By the way, I borrowed one hundred taels from my third brother. You can pay him back for me."

"

Mrs. Tao was a little disappointed and said: "I understand. But you still keep the one hundred taels of silver in mind, but you don't worry about anything else."

Wang Zhen said: "I'm used to being idle."

He won't turn thirty until next year, and he hasn't started growing a beard yet. After not sleeping for two nights, his beard is a little sloppy and he looks a little tired.

Such a tired look fell in Tanxiang's eyes, but she admired her very much. She was originally in awe of the eldest young master's nobility and extraordinaryness, but now she saw him changing his hands, but he still looked calm and clear, and she worshiped nature in her heart

What's more.

What Tanxiang didn't expect was that Mrs. Tao frowned and became a little dissatisfied.

But I heard Mr. Tao say: "So, you are obviously talented in business, but why are you always so careless?"

His tone was sincere, but his mood was clearly unhappy.

Tanxiang felt really strange in her heart. She really didn't understand why the young master made six thousand taels to mend the hole of the young mistress, but instead made the young mistress unhappy?

Wang Zhen still looked neither salty nor bland, waving her hands and saying: "I don't have any business talent."

"You're always like this! It's just like this that makes the second wife feel pressured." Mrs. Tao said, the more she said, the more she felt aggrieved: "I just lost six thousand taels of silver from the inner courtyard, and you have to stay up for two nights, but this

What does a little money mean to the second child? He holds the majority of the family and pretends to be supporting you..."

"That's enough!" Wang Zhen was squinting and pretending to sleep, but now she suddenly opened her eyes and shouted coldly, "I thought your two younger brothers were so close to each other on weekdays, and I thought your uncle and sister-in-law were in harmony. What? I just defeated my mother in a fight.

Are you going to start fighting against your second brother?"

This sentence is quite heavy.

Tao's eyes turned red.

"Fight? Did I let you fight? I just wanted you to find a way out. You were successful in your studies. But what happened? He insisted on planning something for the third brother, Prince Consort, and ruined your future..."

"Is it interesting that we are still arguing about these words? I will say for the last time that I want to find a consort for my third brother. My second brother asked me about this first, and then I strongly advocated for it!"

"Even so, you should always find a way out for the future. Now this exam is in vain. It's either the family business or the bookstore business. There is another way. The business mentioned by my cousin, he asked

Let me ask you what you mean." Mrs. Tao tried her best to suppress her emotions and persuaded: "You can't let others say that you are living under the wings of your younger brother. The sisters from my natal family..."

Wang Zhen also suppressed her emotions and spoke slowly: "Of course I am looking for a way out. Next month I will go to Wendao Academy to be a teacher. The academy is in Lianhua Temple Alley, not far away, and it is pretty quiet there.

Morning…”

Mrs. Tao stood up immediately and said anxiously: "When did you make the decision? You knew that your cousin wanted you to take charge of the business! Why, your Wang family has relied on him for ten years and now that he is a royal relative, why don't you take advantage of it?"

Is he taking it seriously? He wants to cross the river and burn the bridge, and hide the bow after all the birds are gone?"

"Do you know what you are talking about!?" Wang Zhen was displeased and said sarcastically: "We are just merchants, how can we defeat the minister of household affairs?"

At this point, the couple's suppressed emotions could no longer be suppressed.

Mrs. Tao said: "Yes! I lost 20,000 taels by lending money, but this is what I owe to your Wang family alone, not to mention that I also paid for it with my dowry. Our Tao family doesn't owe your family anything! These years,

How many things has your second brother done relying on my cousin? In the end, he still wants me to be looked down upon in front of my sisters!"

As she spoke, she glared at Wang Zhen and said, "Do you know what they said about you and me? They said that you were the most accomplished child of the Wang family back then. You won the imperial examination at a young age and had a bright future. As a result, you deceived us, the general of the Tao family.

I married you, and with this relationship, I made your second brother rich and wealthy, and raised you to be a foodie waiting to die..."

The word "rice bucket" hit his ears, and Tanxiang covered her mouth and exclaimed.

"Have you said enough?!"

Wang Zhen slapped her palm heavily on the table.

There was a loud "bang" sound.
To be continued...