Chapter 115 Caught by the Prince
Li Ruanruan asked Gu Yuanqing, "What did Master Gu's second storyline say?"
Gu Yuanqing thought for a moment and said, "Since the first part has already ended with the concubine's death, the second part will naturally be a different story. The previous one had a bad ending, so the second part changed the plot to make it sweeter. I think everyone will like it."
Ye Qiaoqiao listened from the side and nodded vigorously. "My mother cried for several days after reading Master Gu's storybook. Her eyes were red and swollen. She just regretted that lovers couldn't finally get married. If you could write a sweet one, keeping the original plot and just adding a happy ending, that would be great."
Li Ruanruan shook her head: "Wrong."
Ye Qiaoqiao: "Ah?"
"In this world, no matter how sweet it is, how sweet can it be? How did Master Gu end up with his concubine?"
Gu Yuanqing said, "Since then, the concubine has become a concubine, and she and the principal wife have made peace and are now in charge of the mansion together in harmony. They love the prince very much and have raised a pair of children."
Li Ruanruan: “........”
Typical male thinking: the harem should be harmonious.
Master Gu is also inevitably vulgar.
"This is too fantastic. The first part was a clichéd story to begin with. It became popular firstly because of the gossip about me and the prince, and secondly because of the tragic ending. Plus, countless rich ladies are hoping that I will suffer a bad fate, and the young masters are also happy to see the prince have fun and are showing their support."
After a pause, Li Ruanruan continued, "But if we write a happy ending for the second part, you can imagine the effect... Without these people's strong support, the story is too clichéd, and the public won't buy it, then sales will be dismal. Those who buy it will definitely scold Master Gu, saying he's clichéd and boring, and has run out of ideas."
Gu Yuanqing thought about it himself and felt that it was true.
Gu Yuanqing picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then said with a smile: "My concubine doesn't know, but I don't care about being scolded. It's just a pen name. If I get scolded too much, I'll just change it. After all, if people buy what I write, I make money. I'll leave my merits and demerits to others to judge."
"Mr. Gu is a very insightful person, but I have a more brilliant idea."
"Even a shy girl like a concubine boasts about being wonderful. I want to hear it."
Li Ruanruan cleared her throat, revised some of the ideas she had said before, and told them to Gu Yuanqing again: "The second part is about the little Tongfang who didn't die, but lost her memory and was found by her biological parents. It turns out that the little Tongfang's true identity is a princess of a foreign country with nine older brothers. From then on, she lived a pampered life. However, due to the country's defeat, she was reduced to a prisoner. On the night she was executed in the palace, she met the prince, who was already a marquis at the time, and his wife. It was after the little Tongfang's death that the prince remembered her kindness and began to regret it, thinking about her day and night. Now seeing her reduced to this state, his eyes reddened and he pleaded with His Majesty to replace the little Tongfang with an eternal slave. However, the little Tongfang had to watch her nine brothers die tragically."
After a pause, she continued, "The concubine became a slave, and the prince took good care of her. Beneath her heart of revenge, she devoted herself to the prince, but on the day they were about to have sex, she pulled out a dagger and stabbed the prince."
Gu Yuanqing nodded as he listened and even drank two more cups of tea.
Ye Qiaoqiao was deeply distressed when she heard this: "This little concubine is too miserable."
"If it's not miserable, how can the young ladies pay for it?"
Gu Yuanqing also nodded and echoed Li Ruanruan: "In this way, the prince will have a lot of fun."
These two major customers have been firmly secured.
Li Ruanruan coughed lightly and continued, "The prince held the sword and told the concubine to either kill him or continue. Let's write the ending of the second part like this. We'll see how it goes in the third part and we'll talk about it then."
Because that is another price.
Gu Yuanqing's hand holding the teacup was unsteady, and the teacup almost spilled out: "Gone?"
Li Ruanruan nodded: "The second part can't have too much content, so that we can make money."
Gu Yuanqing looked at the prince's concubine and thought that she was really good at business.
He cleared his throat: "But I still want to know what happens next."
What will happen next? It makes him anxious and worried.
It was the first time he knew that a story could be written in this way.
As the author, he was worried and couldn't imagine what people would think of the second part after it was released.
Li Runrun picked up the teacup. After talking for so long, she was thirsty.
Gu Yuanqing saw that she looked mysterious and thought that she would not continue.
So he said, "A birthday picture, right? I drew one and sent it to your house."
Li Ruanruan put down the teacup and said, "I want Mr. Gu to help me paint it on the screen."
Gu Yuanqing understood instantly: "Suzhou embroidery?"
Li Ruanruan nodded.
"Okay, have someone send the screen to my house, and when the painting is done, have someone send it to you."
Gu Yuanqing said this.
Ye Qiaoqiao was very happy. She quickly took out the scroll and unfolded it: "Just draw something like this."
Gu Yuanqing glanced at it and nodded: "No problem."
Then Gu Yuanqing became troubled again: "I have already printed a large number of this second volume. If it is destroyed, it will be a huge loss. If I release it directly, my reputation will be ruined. Who will buy my new second volume?"
Li Ruanruan spun the teacup around before saying, "It's simple. Use black ink to erase the author's name. If asked, just say it was a sequel written by a friend of the author who wishes to remain anonymous. He thought the story was too tragic, so he wrote it in a sweet way. Then try to trick the prince into giving him a piece of his mind, and someone will pay for it."
"Bumping into a car?"
"It's about making people speculate that this friend was written by the prince. Anyway, it's all fake, so what people think is their business. It can ensure that Master Gu can make another fortune."
Gu Yuanqing thought about it, then clapped his hands: "Good, that's good. If it were like this, I would have to be beaten by the prince again."
Li Ruanruan chuckled softly: "Did Master Gu do anything?"
Gu Yuanqing burst into laughter and offered Li Ruanruan a cup of tea instead of wine: "This young master didn't do anything."
Afterwards, he chatted with Li Runrun about some details based on the storybook.
The more we talked, the happier we became. When we heard some clever plot designs and hooks, we couldn't help but clap our hands in admiration.
The young prince's concubine turned out to be a black sesame seed. She looked cute and harmless on the outside, but she was actually a black-hearted ruthless person on the inside. Take the plot of killing all nine brothers, for example. Most people would not be willing to do that, but she chopped off their heads like chopping vegetables.
Doesn't this make everyone wonder whether the two can ever get along with each other after such family and national hatred and blood feud.
It was getting late, so we sent the two off.
Gu Yuanqing stood at the window sill, watching their carriage drive away, the smile on his lips never faded.
"What a wonderful person! His personality is a perfect match for the prince."
It is true that people from the same family tend to be similar.
Gu Yuanqing was very happy. This was a new word he had learned, and it was quite useful.
I guess he has already written the second part, and he will also make a lot of money from this scam.
Not to mention the new book, with such a suspenseful plot, it is bound to be a best-seller.
Gu Yuanqing straightened his back and was happy at the thought of the money coming in.
Ten thousand taels of gold is nothing. Now even one hundred thousand taels can be donated.
After all, the storybooks are a bestseller, and the lower-level provincial governments have imported them and sold them, and they all share the profits with him.
When he gets home, he will do what Xiao Tongfang asked him to do, and he will do his best to fulfill his responsibilities.
Gu Yuanqing sat down and drank a pot of freshly ordered tea. He felt happier than ever before. He didn't even drink any wine and prepared to go home to work.
After getting on the carriage, he lay on his side on the couch, his hands tapping lightly on his knees.
Suddenly the carriage shook violently, then the world spun around and he fell hard.
The carriage collided with something and overturned.
Gu Yuanqing fell flat on his face, but because he was in a good mood, he was not angry.
I think it might be the elder his father offended in the court, and he wanted to teach him a lesson.
This kind of thing is not uncommon.
Gu Yuanqing thought that since he was in a good mood today, he would not curse and just ask the other party to pay compensation and be done with it.
Just when he lifted the curtain, he saw that the carriage parked next to his overturned carriage was actually the prince's carriage, and the secret guards had come down to help support the carriage.
As he supported him, he said to his servant, "It's getting dark, so you're running faster. No matter how I called out to you, you didn't move away. Look, I'm really sorry, brother."
The servant wiped the sweat from his forehead. How could he not dodge? Of course he did. But the prince's carriage seemed to have eyes and still hit them, knocking them over.
It's not that he has good driving skills, it's not as simple as just falling.
But the servant also understood the ways of the world. The Crown Prince's secret guards came down personally to help him. He was a secret guard under the Crown Prince in the past, and his status was very noble.
How could he speak frankly since everyone was so polite? He just wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a weak smile: "I wanted to hide, but I was in a hurry and got knocked over."
Gu Yuanqing ignored them. He directly lifted the curtain of the prince's carriage and climbed up: "The road is so wide, but you didn't hit anyone else, only me!"
Only then did he realize that the prince's face looked very bad. He stared at Gu Yuanqing for a long time before saying, "I chatted with my people all afternoon. What did we talk about?"
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