Chapter 136: Mao Mao Rabbit's new book is selling very well!

"Seek justice from the emperor? Can he possibly avenge everyone?"

Kong Fengming watched as Jiang You nimbly slipped out of the house with her precious belongings, used the money she earned to buy a pigeon to bribe the eunuch, and successfully became a palace maid. He found the tightrope-walking timeline incredibly exciting, but also felt that Mao Mao Tu hadn't considered everything thoroughly this time. However, when writing, it's normal not to know some things.

After entering the palace, Jiang You did not stop striving. Relying on her financial power, she successfully reached the emperor's side within seven days and became a palace maid. Kong Fengming, outside the paper, looked at that shiny title and slapped his forehead.

She didn't know what to say, but this mission taker was really... unconventional.

The story explains the duties of the "Red Date Palace Maid": when the emperor went to the toilet, this person was to help plug the emperor's nostrils to prevent the emperor's nose from smelling the smell of dragon excrement. Because the material used to plug the nostrils was mostly dates, they were called "Red Date Palace Maids".

But Pink Rabbit, don't think that just because you explain it this way, I can't see the original design!

Kong Fengming looked at this passage, which at first glance seemed to make a lot of sense, symbolically observed three seconds of silence for Wang Dun, and then turned the page with great interest. [1]

Contrary to her plan of using the opportunity to seek justice, Jiang You, while the emperor was using the toilet, simply grabbed the small knife hidden on her person and castrated him. She did it so swiftly that the piece of flesh, along with two testicles, fell off with a soft thud.

Kong Fengming: ? ? ?

Kong Fengming: !!!

Kong Fengming rubbed her eyes and reread the passage word by word. She recognized all the characters, so why couldn't she understand them when they were put together?!

The words on the paper did not change despite Kong Fengming's shock. In the story, the emperor, without even realizing it, had completely and permanently lost his manhood, and the culprit, after being caught, showed no remorse, only shouting:

"Kill one of me, and there will be others to follow! As long as one member of my family remains, I will not let your entire family live in peace!"

[A tyrannical and incompetent ruler deserves to be killed by everyone. The strongest army makes the king. With my family here, your reign won't last long!]

[You dog emperor, your whole family deserves to die! My entire family will perish with you! Even if you slaughter us all, it doesn't matter! My family has countless disciples and friends everywhere; surely there will be righteous men to avenge us!]

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Kong Fengming gasped upon reading this, realizing he had made his own contribution to global warming: These words, coupled with the deep-seated hatred, would have been enough to warrant the execution of nine generations of a family, no matter how magnanimous the emperor was!

The rest of the plot is quite simple. Jiang You escaped from this body just before being executed by slow slicing. The emperor was furious at her swift death. Coupled with the words she spoke, not only her relatives and friends, but the entire family was literally split in two, the eggs were shaken until the yolks were broken, and even the ancestral graves were dug up and used as fertilizer.

The original owner's resentment dissipated, and she entered reincarnation with her parents. Jiang You's mission was perfectly accomplished. She grinned as she looked at her reward and went to the next mission. Kong Fengming thought it was over, but little did he know there was a sequel. It was about how the emperor in the original owner's world was a devoted lover. Although he didn't live long, he settled down after marrying the empress. Even though the empress only gave birth to one daughter, he had no intention of finding someone else.

Looking at the evaluations of this emperor by later generations, Kong Fengming couldn't help but smile: "Infatuated my foot! He's already lost his manhood, and this one girl is his only offspring. He can only put on a show outside."

However, this emperor deserved this outcome, given what he did... The princess was excellent, and it was only right for the empress to ascend the throne!

Because "The Best Way to Take Revenge" is a short story, many parts are glossed over. Strictly speaking, Pink Furry Rabbit's article is not as exquisite as the previous one, and many parts are not logical. However, the word "satisfying" is like the moon in the night sky, overshadowing all the starlight that has flaws. Whether to publish it or not is a matter that does not need to be hesitated at all.

Three days later.

A newsstand owner looked at the pile of magazines in front of him, somewhat puzzled:

"Why were so many sent over this time?"

It's one thing for the magazine to lose money if it doesn't sell, but the real problem is that they only have so little space here, there's no room for it all.

"It seems another author sent in their manuscript, so the editorial department of Jinchaixu printed a few extra..."

The young man said as he moved the magazines that his memory wasn't very good, and even after reciting the words several times, he still couldn't quite remember them.

"What author could make them so impulsive? Move out, move out, I can't sell this..."

The boss shook his head and waved his hands like a windmill, firmly refusing. The young man, having carried so much stuff in one go, had ringing ears and didn't hear what the boss said, only finishing his sentence on his own:

"...The author's name is Pink...Fluffy Rabbit, the one who wrote The White Jade Hairpin."

The young man had only come to Shanghai this year to make a living, and he didn't quite understand why the editorial department kept repeating this sentence. But wasn't making money just about following orders? Even though he didn't understand, he parroted it back before looking up at his boss.

"What did you just say? I didn't quite hear you."

The young man lived in a large courtyard. Last night, a rickshaw driver suddenly vomited blood. He helped carry him to the clinic, raised money for him, and even gave him money for his own meals. He was so busy doing all this that he couldn't keep up.

The boss calmly swallowed back the words he had just uttered.

"I said put it here so it will be convenient for me to take it when I sell it later."

He was a little unfamiliar with the name Pink Furry Rabbit, but he was very familiar with the story of White Jade Hairpin. With this author's articles, it wouldn't be hard to sell these things, let alone double the price. Seeing the young man say "oh" and then obediently move the things, his head and face covered in sweat, the slightly guilty stall owner even stuffed a steamed bun he had bought that morning into his hand.

The young man thanked him, put away the last two bundles of magazines, and happily left while eating his steamed bun. The shopkeeper, who had been struggling to decide which book to use to pass the time, no longer hesitated. He picked up a well-preserved copy of "The Golden Hairpin" and started flipping through it. The first article was an extremely eye-catching title: "The Best Way to Take Revenge!"

Running the newsstand was a bit boring. When he had nothing to do, he would pick out books that interested him to read. He always read very fast, so by the time he realized that his eyes had caught something, it was too late.

Mao Mao Tu's choice of words was too precise, and Jiang You's methods were really neat and efficient. He had no good feelings towards this emperor who committed all kinds of evil, but because they were of the same gender, he also felt phantom pain in a certain place.

He quickly skimmed over this part, finished reading the whole story in a short while, and then let out a long sigh of relief.

This article is really enjoyable to read. It would be even better if the scene with the knife wasn't so immersive. But then again, the story is already perfectly natural. If that part were changed, it would be like a dent on a sphere, and it wouldn't look right.

Ultimately, it was the emperor's fault. If he hadn't abolished the system of establishing female households, the original little girl could have been established, her life could have continued, and Jiang You wouldn't have come into the world...

"Any new books have arrived?"

A voice interrupted the shopkeeper's thoughts. The shopkeeper subconsciously looked up and saw a student with a braided hairstyle and a bag; it was a regular customer.

"There isn't a new book yet, but you can buy one of these."

The shop owner waved the gold hairpin in his hand. He not only sells books but also reads them. Because he has a keen eye, regular customers who don't know which books meet their needs will ask the shop owner, and nine times out of ten they will get a satisfactory answer.

"This book may not be to everyone's taste, but I'll just say one thing: this issue has an article about the pink fluffy rabbit, written by the author of 'White Jade Hairpin'."

The female student was still hesitating, but when she heard the name "Pink Furry Rabbit," her eyes lit up. She picked up a book, flipped through it, and after confirming that what the shopkeeper said was true, she took out her money and bought it without hesitation.

This pink rabbit has finally published a new article!

Just as the boss predicted, mentioning the name "Mao Mao Tu" would sell five or six out of ten copies of "Jin Chai Xu". Of the remaining three or four, seven out of ten people would buy it after mentioning that the author was "Bai Yu Zan". The once impressive magazine display visibly shrank and decreased. Before the sun had even set, the space where "Jin Chai Xu" was displayed was already empty, and other books were also boosted and sold out.

The shop owner, looking at the heavy drawer, didn't care that it wasn't dark yet. He put the money in his bag, closed the door, and headed home. His wife was a little surprised to see him come home so early, but the shop owner just smiled mysteriously and tossed the bag onto the table—

"Clatter, crackle, jingle..."

Yuan Shikai silver dollars, silver dollars, copper coins, legal tender... all sorts of banknotes and coins were spread out on the table. His wife was stunned for two seconds, then exclaimed and rushed over to start calculating.

The boss smiled as he watched his wife grinning from ear to ear, not wanting to disturb her little pleasure. His wife loved counting money, sorting through piles of gold and silver banknotes one by one, saying that the feeling of neatly organizing a large amount of money was particularly good.

After glancing at his busy wife, the boss dragged a chair to the window, took out his privately treasured Golden Hairpin Novel, and started reading it again. There were quite a few foreshadowings planted by the fluffy rabbit, but he had been busy all day, so now he finally had time to read it slowly.

If there's still stock tomorrow, we can order more of Jinchai Xu's magazines. Mao Mao Tu's articles, like those of Miss Qiu and others, hold their value quite well. It's okay if we don't sell them all in a short time; we won't lose money even if we sell a few copies every day.

The return of Pink Furry Rabbit didn't cause much of a stir initially, but thanks to the vigorous promotion by the booksellers and children's bookstores, it was a seamless and successful comeback. It even created a synergy with the recent newcomer, Ambitious One. Some tabloids, in an effort to grab attention, even speculated that Ambitious One and Pink Furry Rabbit were created by the same person—such a daring protagonist must be the work of the same person.

Of course, once this claim was published, the tabloids were scathingly criticized and quickly disappeared from Shanghai, making it impossible for any other newspaper to use it as a sensational headline.

Yao Xiaoyu: ...

After this issue of "The Golden Hairpin" was published, Kong Fengming bought many copies to send back to her mother and sisters. After a long process, they finally... unsurprisingly, were stopped outside the Kong family home.

It doesn't matter. These were just a smokescreen. The copy of "The Best Way to Take Revenge" that Kong Fengming cut out had already been successfully smuggled into the Kong family through gaps in clothing, linings in shoe soles, and other hidden places, reaching Kong Fengming's mother and sister.

They quietly took out the papers late at night and read them word by word under the dim light of an oil lamp, their eyes gradually lighting up.

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Author's note: [1] Red Date Palace Maid: An allusion to the story of Wang Dun eating dates.

Original text: When Wang Dun first married the princess, he did not know that dates were used to plug his nose when he went to the toilet. Dun Zhe took one and ate it, which was already despised by the palace women!

Translation: When Wang Dun had just married the princess, he went to the palace to use the outhouse. Not knowing that dates were for stuffing the nostrils, he took some and put them in his mouth, which became a laughing stock in the palace.

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