After Li Xiangjun finished speaking, he lowered his head and sweat broke out on his forehead nervously. Dong Xiaowan was equally uneasy and blamed her for talking too much. It would be terrible if she angered the Queen Mother.
Zhang Yan didn't speak, but frowned, thinking that Xun'er seemed to attach great importance to the newspaper, otherwise it would be impossible to let the two women behave like this. Even if she didn't beat the two women herself, she would still let her take care of it, but in fact
In the past two years, Xinger has never mentioned anything about the Propaganda Supervisor and Fengyue Division.
This was also the reason why she didn't want to take care of it. Thinking of this, she pondered for a moment and said: "We must print out four million copies each within three months. There must be no errors or omissions, and not even half of the content must be leaked. By then, Aijia
The army will be dispatched to garrison the printing workshop. As for how to keep it secret, you can make your own arrangements and leave other things alone. Can you do it?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will ensure everything is done flawlessly. There will be no mistakes, let alone any leakage of the contents."
When the two women saw that the Queen Mother had relaxed the deadline, they both breathed a sigh of relief. They also knew that the matter was of great importance and quickly promised,
I couldn't help but feel a little excited. The Queen Mother actually handed over such an important matter to them. From now on, they will no longer have to worry about being looked down upon by those literati.
"Well, the Aijia will leave this matter to you two." Zhang Yan nodded with satisfaction, her tone softened as never before, and after thinking about it, she added: "Your newspaper sells for three cents a piece.
The Aijia will give you five copies of each exam question. The total of eight million copies is 40,000 taels. The Aijia will provide you with 40,000 taels of silver. Is that enough?"
"Thank you Queen Mother, forty thousand taels is enough."
Both women nodded quickly, but they couldn't help but secretly thought that the rumors were indeed true, and the Queen Mother was really not an ordinary stingy person.
For such an important exam paper, there are eight million copies, but they were only allocated a mere 40,000 taels of silver. This was their propaganda, otherwise any printing workshop would be in trouble.
In fact, even their publicity supervisors will be at a loss. After all, the test questions must not be written carelessly. They must use good paper and ink. In order to prevent errors and omissions, they must be time-consuming and laborious to check one by one. Fortunately, the size is about the same as a newspaper.
, saved a lot.
However, the two women have long been accustomed to losing money. In the past, the propaganda supervisor almost lost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every month. Although things have improved, they still lose tens of thousands of taels every month.
"Well, please step back."
"It's the Queen Mother, please leave!"
"etc…"
The two of them just bowed and retreated, but Zhang Yan shouted again, calmly took out a stack of paper from the desk, and said: "This is something that the Ai family wrote in their spare time. Take it and take a look."
Come on! Don't let anyone know about this, understand?" After saying that, his face turned slightly red.
"Yes, I understand." Dong Xiaowan quickly took the stack of papers respectfully, lowering her head and not daring to look at the expression on Zhang Yan's face.
The two of them took the test papers and manuscripts given by Zhang Yan, and were escorted by the imperial guards back to the Propaganda Prison. They closed the door and couldn't wait to see what stories Zhang Yan had written.
"Tsk, tsk, Sister Dong, I didn't expect that the Queen Mother looks so cold, but the love stories she writes are so unrestrained, bold, and tear-jerking. It's really..."
"Please keep your voice down, are you going to die?" Dong Xiaowan quickly covered her mouth. Although she felt incredible, she felt relieved after thinking about it.
After all, the Queen Mother is also a woman. She has been a widow for many years. She is in the palace with no one to accompany her. When she is bored, it makes sense to write something to pass the time. The only thing she did not expect is that the Queen Mother actually wants to publish the story she wrote in
Get the newspaper.
It took the two women a full hour to read the manuscript carefully, and then they looked at each other with shock and disbelief on their faces. They looked like they had discovered a major secret, but this time they
Even they dare not say it out loud.
"Sister Dong, do you think the Queen Mother will silence us two in the future?"
Li Xiangjun shuddered and wiped his neck, looking scared.
"Should...shouldn't be right?"
Dong Xiaowan also shrank her neck, but she was also a little worried. After all, only the two of them knew that this story was written by the Queen Mother.
"Hey, forget it, as the saying goes, it's a blessing, not a curse. It's a curse that cannot be avoided. If the Queen Mother really wants to silence her in the future, I will have to shout out when I die." Li Xiangjun waved his hand.
"Do you think that if the Queen Mother really wanted to silence you, she could still let you shout out?" Dong Xiaowan rolled her eyes at her.
But I didn’t worry about it anymore. After all, it would be too easy for the Queen Mother to kill them both. There was no point in worrying about it now.
"It's better to think about what pen name to give the Queen Mother. If the Queen Mother is dissatisfied, I'm afraid she will really kill both of us."
Then the two women racked their brains and began to think of a pen name for Zhang Yan. Although the Queen Mother did not say it clearly, she certainly could not publish it under her real name, nor their pen names, nor their names, nor anyone else.
To publish it in the name of others, otherwise it is an act of seeking death.
Through this story, the two of them almost got a glimpse of Zhang Yan's true personality. They thought about more than ten times in a row but were rejected one by one, and for a while they began to have a headache.
"It's so stupid. We don't need to rename it. Can't we just use the names of the characters in the story?" Li Xiangjun slapped his forehead.
Dong Xiaowan also woke up and hurriedly agreed: "Yes, the Queen Mother must be satisfied with the name in the story. Maybe the Queen Mother means this. It's just that we two are too stupid. We only want to understand this now. If we make our own decisions, really
If I give it a new name, I'm afraid it will really be over."
After finalizing the story, the two women immediately started to type it themselves, striving to publish the beginning of the story in the romance chapter in this issue.
But inside the palace, Zhang Yan was already filled with regret.
After reading so many issues of Fengyue novels, and being bored on weekdays, I wrote one to pass the time. I once thought about publishing my story in a newspaper, but I just thought about it and didn’t dare.
She really put it into action and even hid the manuscript tightly. No one except herself has ever read it.
She didn't know why she got lost today, and there was no one else in the study, so she took out the story she had written. But as soon as the two left, she regretted it, and was even a little scared, but the deal was already done, and there was no point in regretting it.
Zhang Yan sat alone in the study, distressed. The more she thought about it, the more scared she became. When she thought about the possibility that someone would find out that she had written the stories, she felt like a mess in her heart. She even had the idea of sending someone to recover the manuscript, but
Thinking that the two women must have seen it, it would be useless to chase them back, unless the two women were killed and silenced.
But she really couldn't do this kind of thing, so she finally sighed, shook her head and smiled bitterly. The two women probably didn't dare to reveal her identity. Thinking of this, she felt a lot more at ease in her heart, and she was vaguely looking forward to the next step.