Jin Jinzhi rolled her eyes at him. Fights and brawls are common in military camps. New recruits and veterans naturally get to know each other after fighting. What's there to panic about in such a small matter?
"Eh? Your Highness, is it too hot inside?"
Why is your face so red?!
Cao Canjun's gaze fell on Jin Jinzhi's face, and he noticed that there were patches of red on Jin Jinzhi's face. He asked curiously, "Your Highness, not only is your face red, but your ears are also very red."
"Military Advisor Cao, are you too idle? Get out of here!"
Jin Jinzhi glared at him and yelled at him.
...
The next morning, Yun Duoduo groggily opened her eyes. She remembered being in the operating room with Jin Jinzhi the night before, and how she had been very proactive. She couldn't help but cover her face.
[My God, that's an operating room!]
As a medical student, Yun Duoduo was somewhat afraid to look directly at her own hands.
"We've been married for so long, why is the princess still so shy?!"
Jin Jinzhi's pleasant and gentle voice reached her ears. He usually called her Duoduo, but when he called her Princess, it meant he was about to tease her.
"Yesterday's princess was indeed, well, unrestrained. I quite liked her."
Jin Jinzhi propped her head up with one arm, lying on her side watching the clouds.
"Your Highness, you?!"
Yun Duoduo nudged him shyly.
"Alright, I'll stop teasing you. If you're tired, take a nap. I'm going to court now."
After saying that, Jin Jinzhi got up, covered Yun Duoduo with a blanket, dressed herself in her official robes, and left the bedroom.
This man really does have boundless energy...
Hearing Jin Jinzhi leave, Yun Duoduo stayed in bed for a while before getting up to wash and change her clothes.
"Qingdai!"
"Qiuju, help me change my clothes!"
"Yes, Your Highness."
After lunch, since it was still early, Yun Duoduo took A Xiang out to check out the shop.
"Your Highness, shall we go to the clinic today?"
Ah Xiang followed beside Yun Duoduo. Seeing that Yun Duoduo did not call for a carriage, she guessed that they were probably going to Huichuntang Medical Clinic, which was closer to the Prince's Mansion.
Yun Duoduo shook her head: "I haven't seen Guan Guan for a while. Let's go to the bookstore. Besides, we still need to ask Guan Guan for a birthday gift for the Empress Dowager!"
When they arrived at the bookstore, Guan Guan was writing on the second floor. Just as Yun Duoduo was about to greet him, she suddenly noticed that there was another person sitting opposite Guan Guan, who was staring intently at Guan Guan as he wrote.
Even without getting a closer look, Yun Duoduo could feel the intensity of his gaze.
When the shopkeeper saw that it was Yun Duoduo, he was about to greet her, but Yun Duoduo made a shushing gesture.
The shopkeeper understood and stepped aside, instructing the waiter to prepare tea and snacks.
"Oh dear, Erhuo, if you keep staring at me like this, you'll turn into a wife-gazing stone!"
Hearing footsteps on the stairs and Yun Duoduo's voice, Sun Huohuo and Guan Guan both looked in her direction.
"Duo'er, you're here! Please have a seat!"
Sun Huohuo wholeheartedly agreed with her words and urged her to sit down quickly. Guan Guan blushed and looked at her with a smile.
When are you planning to propose?
Yun Duoduo whispered a question in Sun Huohuo's ear. She knew that Guan Guan was shy, so she naturally couldn't ask him loudly in front of her. If she did, Guan Guan's face would probably be red for a couple of days, and he would probably avoid her the next time he saw her.
"It'll be here soon, it'll be here soon."
Sun Huohuo winked and made faces.
"You'd better hurry, such a good girl, I've heard that many noble families are inquiring about her!"
Upon hearing this, Sun Huohuo became somewhat anxious, "Are you serious?"
Seeing that Yun Duoduo was unsure whether to agree or not, Sun Huohuo immediately became anxious. He stood up abruptly, looked at the two of them, and said, "You two can continue your conversation. I have something to attend to and need to leave quickly!"
"Guan Guan, eat the pastries while they're hot!"
After saying that, Sun Huohuo ran off in a flash.
"Erhuo is really something. He came back from Yuze without telling me. So, he came here instead."
"Duoduo, have some snacks."
Guan Guan opened the lid of the food box and took out exquisite hibiscus cake and red heart custard.
"Oh, these are pastries from Qinxiang Pavilion?"
"Mmm, it smells really good!"
"I heard that people have to line up before dawn to eat the snacks here. Here, have some. Erhuo specially brought them for you."
Yun Duoduo pushed the plate of pastries back, raised her eyebrows, and looked at Guan Guan with a mischievous smile.
Guan Guan's face immediately turned red, the redness spreading all the way to his ears.
"Okay, I'm not teasing you anymore."
"Let's talk about serious matters." Yun Duoduo's expression turned serious.
"Guan Guan, are all the books in our bookstore still handwritten?"
Guan Guan nodded: "It's handwritten."
"The books you sent last time sold very well, but we have a limited number of people to copy them, so many readers have to wait for the new books to be available."
"I've been having a lot of headaches about this lately too."
"I've come up with a good way to solve this supply shortage problem."
"Supply falls short of demand?" Guan Guan pondered the meaning of these words.
Yun Duoduo nodded: "It's just that we have fewer books, but more people want to read them."
"Hmm, does Duoduo have any ideas?"
"We can use ceramic molds to make characters."
What does "making characters from clay molds" mean?
As the two were talking, the shop assistant brought over tea and snacks. Yun Duoduo picked up a piece of hawthorn cake and said while eating it, "Tao can be understood as pottery, which is made of clay. Mo is the mold we use when making mooncakes."
"Then ink is applied to the mold, and it is printed onto paper, just like our official seal."
"Ah, I understand!"
Guan Guan clapped his hands in surprise, "It's about making Chinese characters into molds, arranging them, and then printing them onto paper."
"Brilliant!"
"Yes, Guan Guan is smart. You understood as soon as I explained it."
She knew that if she told Guan Guan about this idea, Guan Guan would definitely understand and she could also find a suitable workshop to make the mold.
“Use clay to make characters. Shape the clay into a square column, carve a single character on one side, and then fire it to harden it into a ceramic material. Each character is a seal.”
“We make molds out of the characters we use, arrange them according to the content of the article, then brush them with ink, and print them on paper. That’s it.”
“I can ask my father for help with this. He likes porcelain and makes some pottery himself. He’s definitely good at this.”
"It can be completed in three main steps: making movable type molds, typesetting, and stamping. This is much faster than scholars copying books."
"That's a great idea!"
Guan Guan praised him repeatedly, and for a moment he was also very excited.
Yun Duoduo felt that Guan Guan's personality had become much more lively since he started spending more time with her.
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