"Extra! Extra! Miss Cheng of the Cheng family did this for the Regent! All the truths are in this issue of Gossips in the Capital. It's ten wen per issue. The first monthly subscription is only five wen per issue!"
The peddler shouted as he walked along the street. Soon, a crowd gathered around him.
Not far away, in the mansion of the left prime minister, Miss Cheng, Cheng Xiran, whom the peddler had mentioned, was sitting leisurely on a chair. There were pastries and fruits beside her, and she was reading a copy of Gossips in the Capital.
"My writing is really excellent. The titles and articles I've written are so appealing." Cheng Xiran took a sip of the warm tea. While she was indulging in self - admiration, her personal maid, Zhuque, walked over.
"Miss, how can you still be so relaxed?" Zhuque looked at the book in Cheng Xiran's hand and said with some concern, "The prime minister seemed to know that you've been writing these articles a few days ago. I'm afraid he'll be angry."
"What's there to be angry about? Didn't he scold me for being illiterate a few days ago? Now that I can write articles, what's there for him to be angry about?"
Cheng Xiran curled her lips and put the magazine aside.
While others wrote famous poems and anthologies, Cheng Xiran wrote countless amorous anecdotes, and what's more, they were about her own amorous affairs.
Zhuque glanced at the magazine on the table. She had always wondered what her young lady was writing these novels for.
But to be fair, they were really good. Zhuque was a loyal fan.
"But... Miss, in your articles, you've written about the Regent. Is that really okay? What if His Highness the Regent hears about it? Won't he be angry..."
"I'm actually hoping he'll be angry." Cheng Xiran waved the round fan in her hand and began to recall what the original owner had done to the Regent before.
It was really incredible. Cheng Xiran was originally a magazine editor in modern times. But during a wine party, she was pushed into the swimming pool and accidentally drowned. Then, by some strange twist of fate, she was reborn into the body of Cheng Xiran, the legitimate daughter of the left prime minister's family.
The original owner was well - known in the capital. She was not only an idle and good - for - nothing fool but also a lovesick girl. She pestered the Regent, Helian Duo, every day and made a lot of jokes. Finally, she chased Helian Duo to a painted pleasure boat and drowned in the lake.
Now that Cheng Xiran had been reborn, she naturally didn't want to have such a bad reputation. So, in the days after her rebirth, after much thought, she finally decided to pick up her old skills and write articles to rehabilitate herself.
She planned to use public opinion, and even guide it in the end, to change people's opinions. After all, it was a piece of cake for her.
"Go to the shop later and give them a red envelope as a reward. They may have to work harder these days." Cheng Xiran stretched and said with half - closed eyes.
"Are you going to write something new, Miss?" Zhuque's eyes lit up.
"Top secret." Cheng Xiran pursed her lips into a smile and made a shushing gesture at Zhuque.
"Miss Cheng really has a lot of ideas."
Just then, a cold male voice came. Cheng Xiran only felt a shadow fall in front of her, and there was suddenly a person standing in front of her.
The man was wearing a brocade robe and a jade cap. He had a handsome face, and it was hard to ignore his cold aura. His thin lips were tightly pursed, and his slightly angry gaze fell on Cheng Xiran's face.
"So it was really you?"
Yes, this man was Helian Duo, the Regent whom the original owner had been infatuated with and the male protagonist who supported Cheng Xiran's Gossips in the Capital.
"Your Highness, I don't understand what you're talking about."
Cheng Xiran tilted her head. Her face was as calm as water, but her heart was in a turmoil.
There were many secret guards in the prime minister's mansion, yet Helian Duo had managed to sneak in without being noticed.
"Maybe I should ask, Your Highness, what brings you to break into my prime minister's mansion suddenly? Could it be that you've missed me after not seeing me for a few days?"