The heat of the fight between Shanhe Academy and Guozijian was quickly overshadowed by the garden party.
The sky was clear that day.
The ladies dressed up and took carriages to the garden party with excitement and anticipation.
What a beautiful scenery!
Without the supervision of elders, everyone is free to do what they want.
Chirp chirp, laugh ha ha!
Have fun in the Hundred Flowers Garden.
"My Shichiro!"
"My Scholar You!"
"The most popular female character in novels must be Meng Niang."
"No! It must be Sanniang. Mengniang is ten blocks away from Sanniang."
hehe!
The two scholars glared at each other and came to the service desk to buy bookmarks.
A bookmark costs one hundred wen, which is neither expensive nor cheap.
The voting result is to see which novel character gets the most bookmarks.
The characters with the most bookmarks are the most popular characters in the novel, including both male and female characters.
Scholar A bought twenty bookmarks at once and gave them all to Meng Niang, the heroine of "The Love between Humans and Ghosts in Past Lives and Present Lives".
Scholar B was a cunning person. He saw Scholar A bought twenty bookmarks, so he followed and bought twenty-five bookmarks, voting for Sanniang, the heroine of "Seventh Brother and Ten Battles with the Flower Thief".
Scholar A felt a mouthful of blood stuck in his chest. He was so shameless!
Unexpectedly, a young man came and bought two hundred bookmarks in one go, voting for the heroine of "Past Life and Present Life: Love between Humans and Demons", Red Fox, also known as Red Lady.
This piece of writing, "The Love of a Demon", is Huang Qubing's masterpiece.
It brings profit to the bookstore every year.
Although its popularity has declined after being published for many years, it still occupies a place in the book market.
Seeing this, the two scholars gnashed their teeth in anger.
"Because you have money, you can do whatever you want."
The two men rushed to the service desk and questioned.
“Is there no limit to how much you can buy bookmarks to vote for?”
"Minimum one, no upper limit."
So shameless!
Wenqing Bookstore must be making a lot of money.
He has lost all the integrity of a scholar.
"Give me five hundred bookmarks."
Another young man was generous and bought 500 bookmarks at once.
Scholar A and Scholar B were extremely curious and their eyes followed the generous young man.
"He voted for Meng Niang, haha!" Scholar A jumped up excitedly.
Scholar B looked frustrated and cried out from the depths of his soul, "Is there no young man who likes Miss San?"
"A thousand bookmarks!"
The eldest prince Liu Yu wore a royal blue robe and held a folding fan. Apart from that, he didn't even wear a jade pendant, and was very low-key.
Although he dresses modestly, he is very generous in his spending.
Liu Zheng and the second prince Liu Heng followed him.
"Buying a thousand tickets is too many." Liu Zheng didn't understand Liu Yu's preference at all.
Liu Yu smiled and said, "It's okay."
In order to facilitate the rich, Wenqing Bookstore specially produced a larger purple bookmark.
Each purple bookmark is equivalent to a hundred small pink bookmarks.
The so-called one thousand bookmarks actually only give you ten purple bookmarks.
After getting the bookmark, Liu Yu walked towards the voting station.
Every popular fictional character has a full-length portrait, printed in color, painted realistically, with every detail visible and extremely lifelike.
Countless people stopped to watch, comment, and shout excitedly...
In front of each portrait, there is a closed wooden box with only a voting hole.
Every time Liu Yu passed by a portrait of a female character, he would put in a purple bookmark equivalent to a hundred small pink bookmarks.
Ten bookmarks, ten popular female characters, just one for each person.
This crazy move even sprained his waist.
The scholar A and scholar B following behind him were so depressed that they almost vomited blood and died.
They both complained.
"He actually voted for 100 tickets by himself?"
"Isn't there a particular character he likes?"
"It's terrifying how fraternal it is."
"Do you know which family that man belongs to? He is so stupid that he doesn't even realize it."
“Too shameless!”
"Maybe it's Wenqing Bookstore's agent."
"How can you do that?"
Liu Yu didn't hear the complaints behind him.
He is quite cheerful.
After voting for the popular female characters, he asked his guards to buy two thousand bookmarks.
This time he had no fraternity.
He voted for his favorite fictional character, Lord Xu, a cunning and treacherous bureaucrat in the novel "Officialdom" written by Zhou Shi'an, with both good and evil characters.
This character is somewhat popular, but his audience is far less extensive than that of the characters in legendary novels.
Voting was also sparse.
It was not until Liu Yu cast two thousand bookmarks in one go that Lord Xu became the king of votes.
Others were anxious.
It is a great shame that a middle-aged greasy official was elected the most popular character in a novel.
Others rushed to catch up on the number of tickets, and soon the service desk was overcrowded with people all buying bookmarks.
Liu Yu was very satisfied with the competition he had provoked.
He whispered to the guards, "Buy another 5,000 bookmarks and wait until the voting is about to end before voting."
The guard's mouth twitched, "Your Highness..."
He opened his mouth but quickly changed his words, "Sir, even if we add 5,000 votes, there's no way Mr. Xu will be elected the most popular fiction character."
The guards complained in their hearts that His Highness’s preferences were really weird.
She doesn't like passionate men, but actually likes a cunning and treacherous official who is both good and evil.
The key point is, look at the portrait, the image is really ordinary.
Although he is tall, his vicious eyes are chilling.
It can be said with certainty that the painter has captured the essence of Mr. Xu, and his eyes are particularly vivid.
However, few people like this character, and only His Highness is willing to spend a lot of money to buy bookmarks to vote.
Liu Yu glanced at the voting area and asked, "If I buy 10,000 tickets, can I win first place?"
The head guard kindly advised, "Sir, this action will incur public outrage!"
That’s too much!
This is a grand event in the novel world.
How can we let a villain be elected as the leader?
How is a passionate man inferior to a cunning official?
Logically speaking, the characters in the book "Officialdom" should not participate in the selection.
I don’t know what Wenqing Bookstore was thinking, but they actually displayed the characters in "Officialdom" and even set up a voting box.
Liu Yu frowned and asked Liu Zheng and Liu Heng, "Will there really be public outrage?"
They both nodded.
Liu Zheng explained to him, "All the people attending the garden party today are young people. Young people don't like 'Officialdom,' and they dislike the characters in it even more. If Wenqing Bookstore chooses a character from 'Officialdom' as the winner, it will definitely cause a stir."
Liu Yu looked regretful. "Officialdom" is such a good book, but young people don't like it."
"Brother, you are also a young man. It is obvious that your taste is not in line with the public." Liu Heng complained about him.
My eldest brother's liking is just like that of an old man, so boring.
Liu Yu smiled and ordered the guards, "Five thousand bookmarks, vote before the end. Even if we don't ask for the first place, we must let Master Xu enter the top five."
The guard's mouth twitched, and he complained secretly: His Highness really loves Lord Xu deeply.
Liu Zheng secretly reminded Liu Yu, "Brother, you are here for a blind date today, not to attend the garden party."
Liu Yu was happy. "Neither of the two things will be delayed. Brother Zheng doesn't have to worry about me."
Liu Zheng complained: "Why aren't you anxious at all?"
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Liu Yu asked back.
Liu Zheng sighed.
If you don't agree with each other, there's no point in talking!
He and Liu Heng exchanged a look that showed mutual understanding.
"Ever since your brother went to Jing Daying for training, he has become more and more difficult to understand." Liu Zheng said quietly.
Liu Heng agreed, "What he thinks in his head is different from what we think in ours."
Liu Zheng asked himself, "Are we too stupid to follow his train of thought?"
Pooh!
You are stupid!
Liu Heng was extremely angry.
The Hundred Flowers Garden is huge.
There are all kinds of flowers and precious plants.
Liu Heng told Liu Yu, "This place is dedicated to the cultivation of rare flowers and trees. It is beautiful all year round. It has become the best choice for everyone to hold banquets."
Liu Yu nodded with a smile on his face.
He was enjoying the flowers and watching the people.
Wherever he went, there were people coming and going.
The ladies let themselves go and rarely concealed their personalities and tempers.
Just be a little reserved when talking to the gentlemen.
Liu Yu had seen the portraits of the ladies and had also seen their real faces at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet.
He could recognize the faces and names of most of the ladies.
It was the first time he saw some of the ladies, and they looked very unfamiliar to him.
"Niuniu didn't even come to such a lively garden party." Liu Heng looked regretful.
Liu Yu said, "Although my sister is a young girl, she is very thoughtful. She has her reasons for not coming to the garden party."
"Big brother always dotes on her."
Liu Yu turned around and looked at Liu Heng, "Don't you love her?"
Liu Heng chuckled, "Of course I dote on her. The garden party was great, it's a shame she missed it."
Liu Yu smiled and said, "Having seen so many beautiful things, she naturally doesn't care about a garden party. What she wants is different from what the ladies present want."
Liu Heng asked curiously, "What's the difference? Don't they all want to marry into a good family?"
Liu Yu looked at Liu Heng and smiled, "Superficial!"
This made Liu Heng very depressed.
"Brother Zheng, am I superficial?"
Liu Zheng sobs!
Brother, don’t drag me into this trap, we are still good brothers.
"Ouch, my stomach feels a little uncomfortable. I must have eaten too much on the way here. I'll be right back."
Liu Zheng ran away, very fast.
The excuse was perfunctory enough.
Liu Yu laughed and said, "Second brother, you scared Brother Zheng away. Reflect on this."
Liu Heng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Is it really that serious?"
His eyes swept over the many guards.
The guards avoided his gaze. The Second Prince was too scary. He was dragging people into the pit.
…
Huang Qubing strolled around the Hundred Flowers Garden, observing the reactions of the people around him.
This novel character selection activity went very smoothly, which made him very satisfied and proud.
Look at that life-size portrait, how lifelike it is!
Everyone buys bookmarks to vote for their favorite characters. How positive!
He asked quietly, and learned that the bookmarks had already sold for thousands of taels of silver. This was just the beginning, and by the end, they might be able to sell for tens of thousands of taels of silver.
marvelous!
Huang Qubing was in a good mood.
Similar activities should be held more often in the future to make them a feature of Wenqing Bookstore.
His good mood was slightly dampened when he saw the eldest prince Liu Yu.
How could the characters from "Officialdom" appear on the selection stage? This is all Liu Yu's fault.
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