Chapter 9: Two women confront each other, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms is successfully released!
Fan Sizhe may not be reliable in other aspects.

But in terms of business acumen, he is no less capable than any businessman who has been immersed in this field for many years.

Soon, under his arrangement, the bookstore immediately printed the first three chapters of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Moreover, different marketing strategies were formulated based on the three versions provided by Li Chengde.

The first version to be sold is the one with the largest print run, which is a semi-literary and semi-vernacular version. As long as you can read, no one can fail to understand what is written on it.

However, Fan Sizhe did not sell all three volumes of the book at once, but instead held a new book launch event first.

"Sister, why hasn't His Highness come over yet? Look how well I've done it, it suits His Highness' temperament so well!"

Fan Sizhe was busy setting up the scene.

Looking at the place he specially prepared, Fan Ruoruo's eyes flashed with disappointment, "It's inconvenient for Your Highness to come to such a small occasion, so forget it."

Fan Sizhe was stunned for a moment, then immediately said with a smile, "Whether His Highness comes or not is his business, I have to do my job well!"

"After all, this is His Highness's first new book launch. I have a feeling there will be a next one!"

"By that time, I will try to get His Majesty to come to the bookstore to help us sell books!"

When saying this, Fan Sizhe lowered his voice, but it still scared Fan Ruoruo.

She glanced around hurriedly, then scolded Fan Sizhe harshly, "Fan Sizhe, you are so bold that you dare to talk about His Majesty. You will die!"

Fan Sizhe came back to his senses, still frightened, with a panicked look in his eyes, "Sister, what I just said was nonsense, you won't sell me out, will you?"

Fan Ruoruo glared at him fiercely, "When you go back, you will be punished by the family rules!"

Fan Sizhe's face turned bitter, and he muttered, "If His Highness becomes His Majesty, then everything will be fine, right?"

At this point, he seemed to remember something, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said excitedly: "Sister, weren't you the queen at that time? You can come and support me!"

A blush quickly passed over Fan Ruoruo's ears, "Fan Sizhe, you are really getting bolder and bolder!"

Fan Sizhe didn't know how to restrain himself at all, and continued to ask, "Sister, how far have you and His Highness developed? I saw you were so serious when you were in the Prince of Wei's mansion?"

This made Fan Ruoruo a little confused.

In fact, she didn't know their current relationship.

My affection for Li Chengde started when I was young.

When she reached teenage years, this affection inevitably transformed into another kind of emotion.

It is for this reason that she feels nervous whenever she sees Li Chengde.

And always pretending to be businesslike is also to hide this feeling.

As for the relationship between the two...she really hadn't thought about how to proceed.

Wait, that’s not right. Aren’t they preparing to sell the book written by the Fourth Prince? How did Fan Sizhe divert her attention?

"Fan Sizhe, you are so young, what are you thinking about?" Fan Ruoruo's eyes narrowed, "Go home and copy the Fan family rules a hundred times."

Fan Sizhe rolled his eyes and asked, "Sister, does that mean we don't have to kneel?"

"First learn the family rules, then copy the house regulations."

These words completely shattered Fan Sizhe's fantasy, making his face even more bitter, "I should have stopped talking nonsense earlier..."

But Fan Ruoruo ignored him and cast her eyes towards a carriage slowly approaching from a distance. Her eyes instantly became alert, "Why is she here?"

"Who is it?" Fan Sizhe looked around and immediately noticed the unique carriage.

"Isn't that Miss Yuan Meng? How do you say that word... Oh, right, love rival!"

"Sister, your love rival is here to support the bookstore!"

Fan Ruoruo couldn't hear any of this. Her attention was all on Yuan Meng's carriage.

As a famous courtesan on Liujing River, Yuan Meng met His Highness much later.

But even so, Yuan Meng was soon highly valued by His Highness.

In today's Kyoto, the largest restaurants are all owned by His Highness, and the so-called boss behind the scenes is Yuan Meng in the luxurious carriage in front of him. Seeing Yuan Meng slowly getting off the carriage, Fan Ruoruo thought for a moment and went straight to meet him.

"Where did this wind blow today? How could Mr. Yuan have time to come to my small No. 1 Bookstore in the World?"

Yuan Meng held Fan Ruoruo's hand in a very intimate manner, "Sister, this is really inappropriate. Since His Highness's new book is on sale, I will naturally come to take a look."

Fan Ruoruo quickly said, "Ms. Yuan, you are flattering me by calling me that. I am not really an 'elder sister'."

Yuan Meng smiled humbly, "Everything should be based on first come first served. You and I both work for His Highness, so we are naturally worthy of this title. Sister, please don't refuse."

Seeing that she was being humble, Fan Ruoruo did not continue to embarrass her. "Then I won't be polite. I dare to call you 'Sister Yuan'."

Yuan Meng held Fan Ruoruo's hand tightly, "Your Highness's new book is on sale today. I guess you have a lot of things to do. You must be very busy."

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot. His Highness asked me to send you a plaque written in his own handwriting."

Yuan Meng glanced behind him and said, "Carry it up."

After hearing this, Fan Ruoruo couldn't help but clench her other hand.

It's obvious that this woman is here to show off.

However, the plaque was written by His Highness, and she felt a sudden warmth in her heart.

This bookstore opened not too late, but there have been no major developments since then.

Usually, I am responsible for printing books on the market.

His Highness doesn't seem to care much about this.

But once this plaque is hung, the situation will be completely different.

This means that His Highness publicly acknowledged that the bookstore was the property of the Prince of Wei's Palace.

In contrast, the restaurant run by Yuan Meng is still a secret business.

From this point of view, she won!

"The No. 1 Bookstore in the World, what a great name!"

Suddenly, a voice sounded.

Fan Ruoruo and Yuan Meng looked to the side at the same time, "Shaoqing Xin?"

Xin Qiwu smiled and pointed at the plaque, "This calligraphy is really good. I have been an official for so many years and have seen at least a thousand people.

But no one has ever been able to write such good characters, it is simply perfect!"

Fan Ruoruo asked, "How does this handwriting compare to the prince's handwriting?"

"Of course they each have their own merits." Xin Qiwu smiled awkwardly and quickly changed the subject, "Are you selling a new book? I wonder which great writer wrote it?"

Fan Ruoruo also promoted it, "Xin Shaoqing, would you like to buy a copy?"

Xin Qiwu looked at the book that Fan Sizhe handed to him and took it reluctantly. The moment he saw the cover, his eyes widened, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms?!"

In the recent court, the word "three" is still very sensitive.

Originally, only the Crown Prince and the Second Prince were competing for the throne, but ever since the Fourth Prince was crowned King of Wei, everything has changed.

Although the Fourth Prince has not yet begun to win over the court officials, this is something that is bound to happen sooner or later.

Moreover, he still vividly remembers the scene of the carriages blocking the gate of Prince Wei's mansion that day.

He would not believe that no one among those people wanted to join the Fourth Prince.

But at this time, the Fourth Prince's bookstore published a book called "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"...

hiss!
Is there any deeper meaning behind this?
Xin Qiwu immediately made the decision on the spot, "I want to buy it!"

"Fifty taels of silver, thank you for your patronage."

"Robbery?!"

(End of this chapter)