kingnovel Chapter 168: The Jade Purchase Dispute (Part )
Chapter 168: The Jade Purchase Dispute (Part )
Murong Yanhui's palm was very big, and it directly covered Yu Qingli's palm, and also covered the warm jade under his palm.
The shopkeeper nodded and said, "This young man has already paid. Miss, I'll have to inconvenience your daughter this time. We will definitely keep an eye on her and make sure she has good..."
This servant girl, married into the Prime Minister's family, was used to being a tyrant and bullying her way through life. How could she have ever endured such humiliation? Now, she suffered setbacks one after another. She looked at Murong Yanhui, then at Yu Qingli, then at the shopkeeper. Seeing that the onlookers around her all had expressions of gloating, as if they thought she deserved it, her superficial self-esteem could no longer bear it. She felt that everyone around her was against her and was waiting to see her fall.
The maidservant was embarrassed and immediately interrupted the shopkeeper, "Why keep it? My young lady wants this piece!"
"But..." The shopkeeper frowned and looked bitter.
"No need for that, isn't it just a thousand taels? We have plenty of silver in the Prime Minister's Mansion." After the maid said that, she seemed to have finally found a reason to be proud and said loudly: "Boss, I will give you one thousand two hundred taels, and this warm jade hand warmer is mine!"
Murong Yanhui raised his eyebrows and said calmly, "One thousand five hundred taels."
The maid glared and said angrily, "One thousand eight hundred taels!"
"Two thousand taels." Murong Yan continued without a pause.
The maid also said angrily: "Two thousand two hundred taels."
Murong Yanhui smiled coldly and said neatly, "Three thousand taels."
He immediately added eight hundred taels. No matter how valuable this warm jade was, it was not worth three thousand taels. Everyone couldn't help but be shocked.
Yu Qingli just frowned slightly and thought, although it was Murong Yanhui who paid for it on her behalf, she would still have to pay Murong Yanhui the three thousand taels later. She didn't want to owe Murong Yanhui too much, and it would be even more difficult to explain from now on.
The maid was frightened by Murong Yanhui's momentum. She bit her lower lip and stopped talking. It was obviously only a warm jade hand warmer worth one thousand taels. If she bought it for three thousand taels, wouldn't she be scolded?
But if she couldn't buy it back, she would still be punished given the young lady's temper. The maid hesitated.
Seeing this, Murong Yanhui slowly moved the hand covering Yu Qingli to his side, then took out three thousand taels of silver from his arms and slammed it on the counter with a "bang", and then stuffed the one thousand taels of silver on the table back into Yu Qingli's hand.
"Lili, since you like this warm jade hand warmer, I bought it for you." Murong Yanhui's eyes were full of doting, but it made Yu Qingli feel a little uncomfortable.
When everyone saw the appearance of Murong Yanhui and Yu Qingli, most of them sighed in their hearts that the world is going downhill. This young man brought out Rabbit God so blatantly.
Murong Yanhui didn't care about that. He just pulled Yu Qingli towards the door with a doting look in his eyes.
Seeing that the maid was silent, Yu Qingli thought that she might not see the 'Prime Minister's daughter' today. Suddenly, a thought struck Yu Qingli's mind. As she passed by the maid, she whispered in her ear, "So what if she's in the Prime Minister's Mansion? After all, she's just a dog in the mansion."
Yu Qingli's tone was frivolous and contemptuous when she said this, which immediately made the maid stunned with anger. Then the maid remembered the way the young lady punished the servants in the mansion, and she couldn't help but shudder.
The maid turned around and looked at the two people gradually approaching the door. She was filled with fear and hatred, and the anger in her chest became more and more intense. Just as Murong Yanhui stepped out of the threshold of "The Story of the Stone", the maid suddenly flew towards the two people, hugged Murong Yanhui's knees, and screamed: "Robbery, robbery, report to the police, robbery!"
The maid's scream immediately attracted a lot of onlookers, and the guests in "The Story of the Stone" who had just witnessed everything also gathered around. However, seeing that Murong Yanhui was dressed in extraordinary clothes and had an outstanding demeanor, they did not dare to report to the police rashly.
Seeing this, the shopkeeper hurried over to Murong Yanhui and said, "Sir, in the imperial capital, the prime minister is the most important person. It's better to have less trouble than more. It's just a piece of warm jade. I will return the two thousand taels. Young master, give the jade to the maid, and the matter will be over."
Murong Yanhui smiled faintly upon hearing this and asked, "In the imperial capital, the prime minister is the most important person?"
The shopkeeper didn't understand and just nodded, "Young Master, please give it up, otherwise our shop will probably close down."
Murong Yanhui patted the shopkeeper's shoulder and said comfortingly, "Don't worry, shopkeeper. Today I will let them all know who is truly the boss in the Imperial Capital!"
Seeing Murong Yanhui speaking calmly and emitting a kind of pressure naturally, the shopkeeper began to think in his heart. The imperial capital is a mixed bag. Although the prime minister is powerful, there are many people who are more powerful than the prime minister. For a moment, he couldn't figure out whether Murong Yanhui was arrogant or really not afraid of the prime minister. He thought for a while, ordered people to lock the inner room, and invited all the guests to the door.
Murong Yanhui pulled Yu Qingli to a safe place beside him, then lowered his eyes to look at the maid who was hugging his knees and said coldly, "Let go!"
The maid raised her head proudly and wanted to shout even louder, but when she met Murong Yanhui's gaze, she suddenly felt a chill on her back. She opened her mouth but couldn't say a word.
"I'm telling you to let go!" Murong Yanhui said word by word, murderous aura emanating from his body. In an instant, the air seemed to become much colder with him as the center.
The maid couldn't help but shiver. She was so frightened by Murong Yanhui's aura that she couldn't move.
Murong Yanhui frowned slightly and cursed, "You blind dog." As he spoke, Murong Yanhui raised his foot and swung it. The maid screamed and flew far away in an arc in the air, and happened to fall next to the sedan chair in the distance.
The maid came to her senses and, regardless of the blood flowing from her nose, immediately threw herself beside the sedan chair and burst into tears. "Miss, Miss, you have to help me. I just bought jade for you, but who knew that this man would insult the Prime Minister's Mansion and snatch the warm jade that you liked..."
The maid chattered incessantly and cried even more miserably than Dou E.
Murong Yanhui looked at it coldly, but Yu Qingli looked at the sedan chair with a hint of interest. The shopkeeper glanced at Murong Yanhui and Yu Qingli with some worry, and gave a slight wink. The waiters immediately left and locked the door while the guests were surrounding them.
The maid cried for a long time before she heard the woman in the sedan chair sigh softly. Then another maid lifted the curtain, and a hand as white as jade was handed out. Then a woman dressed in gorgeous clothes, with a graceful temperament, exquisite makeup, and covered in dazzling gold and silver, bowed slightly and slowly got out of the sedan chair.
Everyone couldn't help but gasp, thinking that this woman was so gorgeous that she looked like a fairy from heaven, making people reluctant to blaspheme her. Then they thought that a lady with such grace in the imperial capital must be from an extraordinary family.
For a moment, everyone looked at the young lady, then looked at Murong Yanhui and Yu Qingli with their own thoughts, thinking that this young master was going to be in trouble.
Everyone looked at Murong Yanhui but was stunned. It was not for any other reason, but because Murong Yanhui was holding Yu Qingli's hand and was about to leave, as if saying I didn't see this young lady.
Yu Zhenzhen saw her maid being bullied. Although she knew that this girl was usually domineering, she knew that she had to look at the owner when beating the dog. Now she was finally bullied. Regardless of whether she was right or wrong, she could only protect her own people. If she did not step forward, others would think that she was an easy target for bullying!
But who would have thought that as soon as she got out of the sedan chair, the culprit actually wanted to escape with his men. Yu Zhenzhen was stunned for a moment, not knowing what this man meant. How could he dare to snatch the jade from the maid and not dare to meet her face to face?
Before Yu Zhenzhen could say anything, the maid, backed by the servants and her mistress, immediately chased after Murong Yanhui and Yu Qingli. "Boy, if you have the guts, don't run away! What are you afraid of? I told you not to offend the Prime Minister's Mansion, but you're looking for death, aren't you?"
Murong Yanhui heard this, turned his head to glance at Yu Qingli and said, "Lili, it seems that there is nothing fun to stroll around the street today."
Yu Qingli nodded, "I know."
Murong Yanhui said again, "From now on, when we buy jade, we should not go to the shop called 'The Story of the Stone'. Nothing good ever happens when we go there."
Yu Qingli nodded again, "It's a bit troublesome."
Murong Yanhui reached out and straightened Yu Qingli's collar. "But it's nothing. As long as you want to go, I'll accompany you. You don't have to worry about these trivial matters."
Yu Qingli said "hmm".
Seeing Yu Qingli's cooperation, Murong Yanhui suddenly smiled cheerfully. He looked around, walked to the side and chased a fat man away, then brought a stool and placed it in front of Yu Qingli, sweeping it with his sleeves. He said happily, "Lili, sit here and enjoy the show. I'll be back soon."
Yu Qingli glanced at Yu Zhenzhen standing over there and saw that her face, which was covered with powder, had completely fallen. It was not difficult to imagine how bad her face looked at the moment, and she couldn't help laughing.
The prime minister's daughter? Is that all she has?
Murong Yanhui settled Yu Qingli, then turned to look at Yu Zhenzhen. His expression changed as he turned around. If he was as warm as spring breeze to Yu Qingli just now, now he was as cold as ice.
But Murong Yanhui didn't know that when he was cold, his sculpted facial features became more prominent, and coupled with his innate temperament, his whole body exuded an attractive masculine charm.
Yu Zhenzhen was attracted by Murong Yanhui's temperament. She blinked and looked at Murong Yanhui carefully.
A jade crown, a brocade robe with dark silver patterns on a moon-white background, and rare fur dotted on the sleeves. A soft circle of fur, shining brightly and extremely precious, but even more brilliant was Murong Yanhui's face, which seemed to be a concentration of the colorful beauty of the world, all condensed into one person's eyebrows, instantly stunning the vast landscape.