Yang Cui smiled and said, "Manager Ma, don't worry. In a few days, we'll be making dried plums and peaches. That'll keep you busy enough."
Upon hearing this, Manager Ma felt that Yang Cui must have other ideas, and excitedly said, "Madam Cen, I'm not afraid of being busy, really! At worst, I'll just hire a few more people to do the work. Madam Cen, it's better to make money sooner rather than later. It's always better to have the money in your pocket, don't you think?"
"The time isn't right yet. Let's wait a while, at most two months, and then we'll talk."
"Then it's settled. The price is negotiable, but we absolutely cannot sell it to anyone else, Mrs. Cen, it's a deal!"
Although they didn't get the dorayaki, Yang Cui said there would be profitable business in three months, so Manager Yu and Manager Ma left satisfied. Manager Yu immediately sent a letter to Kyoto to report the situation.
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Meanwhile, in Kyoto, Su Murong had already received Yang Cui's script and Manager Yu's letter a few days ago.
Su Murong thought that Manager Yu had done a good job in spending a lot of money to buy Yang Cui's recipe. He sent a letter to Manager Yu, first praising him, and then directly authorizing him to buy any recipes or other items that Yang Cui wanted to sell.
As for Yang Cui's letter, all he knew was that Yang Cui wanted him to print and sell her newly written story. He didn't read the content of the story and directly gave the manuscript to his cousin. His cousin had also printed and sold Yang Cui's previous storybooks.
As soon as his cousin Guo Zhenyu received Yang Cui's manuscript, he immediately arranged for it to be printed and sold overnight.
Guo Zhenyu was also a shrewd businessman. Before the book was even printed, he had already put up notices saying that the author of "The Domineering CEO Falls in Love with Me" had released a new book. This time the story was even more exciting, and the book was available for pre-order at one or two taels of silver!
As soon as the news spread, good heavens! The study was packed with maids and servants, all there to order new books for their young mistresses and wives.
In just one day, more than 300 copies were pre-ordered!
In an era when literacy rates were low, three hundred books was already a very high number.
On the third day, "The Villainous Female Supporting Character" was officially released, with a total of 880 copies.
They sold out as soon as they hit the shelves.
The ladies and young women of wealthy families almost all owned a copy, and even the Empress Dowager, Empress, and concubines in the palace read it with great interest.
After reading it, someone finally realized something was wrong.
How come the villainous female supporting character looks so much like Qiu Mingxuan?
*
Not only are their personalities similar, but they also did similar things in the early stages, such as traveling a long distance to chase after each other to their homes.
Gradually, rumors began to circulate that Qiu Mingxuan was the villainous female supporting character in the book, and that she had done all the things the villainous female supporting character had done to the female lead. It was also said that General Cen was originally going to take his wife back to the capital after the New Year, but now his wife was frightened and unwell, so the return to the capital had to be postponed. The rumors were quite detailed and convincing.
Qiu Mingxuan's vicious reputation spread throughout Kyoto.
After reading the entire book, Chen Shiqi exclaimed indignantly, "I knew Qiu Mingxuan was no good! That heartless, sickly woman!"
"Qiqi, don't talk nonsense!"
"Mother, I'm not lying. I said back then that my cousin's death was definitely related to her, and none of you believed me. Now you still don't believe me? Hiring someone to kill her, you're absolutely wicked!"
Madam Lu said earnestly, "This is a storybook. Don't take it personally. There are rumors about this storybook, which is obviously someone's doing on purpose."
And she was absolutely certain that Yang Cui was the one who did it!
"If Qiu Mingxuan weren't so wicked, would anyone target her like this? Yingying's death must be related to her. This time, she chased after her to Wan'an County, perhaps trying to repeat history, wanting to kill Madam Cen the way she killed Yingying. But she failed, so she's being retaliated against. But she deserves it! My Yingying was such a good person..."
Chen Shiqi couldn't help but shed tears when she thought of Song Yingying's death. Of all her cousins, she was closest to Song Yingying, who was also the gentlest and most understanding. Yet, this very girl was murdered at the prime of her life.
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Qiu Mingxuan has now returned to the capital, but she is in poor health. She originally thought that her father's request for the emperor to grant her a marriage would be foolproof, but she did not expect the emperor to refuse!
Moreover, she also learned something she had never known before—Cen Xiao was a son-in-law who married into the family!
Cen Xiao, a dignified general, is actually a son-in-law!
How could she possibly accept this?
She was a young lady from a noble family with a clean background, yet he rejected her and instead made her a live-in husband to a divorced woman. This was the greatest humiliation for her!
Qiu Mingxuan got so angry that she fell ill, and she was sick for half a month.
Because she was sick, she hadn't gone out much and was unaware that her reputation had been ruined in Kyoto's elite circles.
She found out about this in April.
Zheng Xiaowan, the daughter of the Minister of Works who was on good terms with her, showed her "The Villainous Female Supporting Character" and told her that everyone in the capital thought she was the villainous female supporting character in the book. Qiu Mingxuan was so angry that she almost died on the spot!
"Yang Cui, that bitch, I won't let her get away with this!" Qiu Mingxuan almost ground her teeth to powder. Back in Wan'an, she should have sent her strongest expert to kill her!
Afterwards, Qiu Mingxuan went to find Qiu Tianyun and tearfully told him what had happened. Qiu Tianyun was furious when he found out. His precious daughter had suffered so much in Wan'an, and now Yang Cui had resorted to such tricks, ruining his daughter's reputation!
Doesn't she know how important a daughter's reputation is?
It's absolutely hateful!
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