Chapter 19: Buying and Humiliating
"Hey, what about the third girl?" just entered the building, seeing that Liu Hanxue and the maid were gone, Juqin and Zhencha were puzzled, but Liu Zhilan knew it very well in her heart. Hmph, it's this trick again.
"Since she is gone, then this king will come to accompany Miss Liu Er to go shopping. Mo Yunchen, who was following behind, walked to the three of them, and saw the murderous intent hidden under Liu Zhilan's smile, his heart sank, but his face was relaxed, he unfolded the folding fan to cover his lips, and his voice was amplified "inadvertently": "Miss Liu Er, don't worry, although this king is a man, but these daughters' things, this king also knows a little about fur." ”
His voice was neither loud nor small, just enough for the guests on the first floor to hear clearly. Hearing the words "Miss Liu Er", everyone looked at them in unison, followed by a deliberately suppressed whisper.
"That's the second lady of the Weiguo Mansion who returned to the house a month ago......? It's really plain. "The people who can come to this treasure building to buy things are either rich or expensive, but this willow branch orchid's identity is really valuable, in front of me, even if it is whispering, those nobles don't dare to say anything. Of course, it is not excluded that some people who are outspoken will dare to speak out.
"Hey, it's so shabby, in the end, it is raised in the mountains and wilderness, and these jewels still have to be picked by a man from King Yixi. ”
"Shhhh
At this point, many people were silent, but it was still a little like the sound of mosquitoes.
Liu Zhilan practiced martial arts and had good ears, and she heard all those words word for word. Juqin glared at those who chewed her tongue hatefully, if it weren't for Zhencha quietly pulling her behind, I was afraid that she would have to repair it with these nobles now. Zhen Cha was playing the Qin while peeking at Mo Yunchen, what does this King Yi mean, how can he harm his allies like this?
Not seeing the interaction between the two behind her, Liu Zhilan's bright eyes swept over the people around her, and wherever she looked, the people there lowered their heads and stopped talking. Liu Zhilan chuckled, and her eyes finally fell on Mo Yunchen. She turned her head to look up at him standing beside her, and her body moved a little farther away, and he was close in front of the public.
"The prince laughed, how dare you bother the prince with such a trivial matter. Liu Zhilan turned her head to signal to Qiqin, and Qiqin moved around the building with her head held high. There was only a jewelry pavilion on the first floor of the Zang Rose Building, so it didn't take much effort for Juqin to come out of it and return to his master. She saluted Liu Zhilan, and reported to Liu Zhilan in front of everyone's eyes: "Girl, the things in this house are really boring, and the slave and maid just looked at the jewels, which are all medium objects. Although it is a bit superior, it is just a defective product in the upper class, and the girl wears such a thing as a girl, but I am afraid that it will be an insult to the dignity. ”
"Hey, how can you talk about this girl, the things in our Tibetan Treasure Building are all high-quality goods, how can you bury people like this!" As soon as Jiaqin's words came out, the store manager who had been watching the play and did not receive it was the first to stand up and refute her.
Ju Qin glanced at this thoughtful-looking steward, and was curious that this steward was good-looking, but his mouth was full of fire: "Your things are good things, but they are not worthy of my girl." ”
"Your girl?" the shopkeeper glanced at the person beside Qiqin, the man was King Yixi, a noble person, and the woman was ...... Dressed in a white gardenia ink skirt, with a wooden hairpin on her head, "Hmph, although I have only been in charge for a long time, I have never seen such a plainly dressed nobleman in the imperial capital." ”
"Poof!" Listening to the words of the shopkeeper, many ladies and ladies couldn't help but laugh twice, and after two sounds, they struggled to hold back.
"You!" Qi Qin wanted to step forward to make a move, but was stopped by Zhen Cha. Zhencha looked at Liu Zhilan, why was the master laughed at, and the master could still smile so decently?
"Yes, how can there be a nobleman in such simple clothes in the imperial capital?" After watching the play for a long time, Liu Zhilan finally opened her mouth. She bent her eyes to look at the steward. I didn't go to a store, but what I experienced was the same as my previous life.
Feeling the low pressure around him, Mo Yunchen raised his eyebrows, put away the folding fan, and took Gui Yan around the housekeeper to find the stairs and go up.
"Master, let's leave now, Miss Liu, can she handle it?" went up to the second floor, and on the second floor were some ready-to-wear shops and material shops. Mo Yunchen walked straight into the material shop and looked carefully, while Gui Yan followed him behind him to take the materials he was optimistic about.
"Don't underestimate her, she's not easy. Mo Yunchen's fingertips swept over the soft and silky silk satin, first selected seven or eight good materials for Gui Yan, and finally selected a good Ai Qing Yunjin and handed it to him, "Take this carefully." ”
"Yes. Gui Yan held this lot of cloth and regretted that he didn't pull out the other attendants when he left, and he saw his master go upstairs after picking up the cloth with satisfaction, and suddenly felt his hands tremble. said that he would accompany Miss Liu Er to go shopping, why did the master go shopping first.
Unlike Mo Yunchen upstairs, who spent money leisurely, the air on the first floor was much more active than before at this time. Many noble ladies and ladies were blocked at the door of the jewelry shop, looking at the willow branch orchid in the jewelry shop with awe like a bamboo tube pouring beans, picking a few high-priced objects in the jewelry shop and carefully commenting on the advantages and disadvantages, and the housekeeper of the store was escorted by Jiqin and Zhencha to listen behind her, and the expression on her face gradually tensed, and a layer of fine cold sweat appeared when she looked closely. Because Tianqin was too interested in the dignity of the concubine, it was normal for Liu Zhilan to escort the store manager in Tianqin, so no one made any accusations.
"Tibetan fog green bracelet, carved from the condensing mist stone of Qingwu Mountain, it is lubricated and cool to the touch, but it is a pity that the fog flowers condensed in this stone are not very clumped, otherwise it will not only be sold for three hundred taels of silver. ”
"The jade fox nine tails drip blood hairpin, the fox kiss is the hairpin tail, the fox body turns into a hairpin body, and the hairpin head and nine tails each wear a soft gold wire of different lengths and falls with a red agate the size of a fingernail...... Shopkeeper, I want this hairpin, can you sell it?" After speaking, Liu Zhilan played with the hairpin, and the smile on her face was like a spring breeze.
"Sell, of course sell!" The shop manager who was held by Zhencha and Lianqin nodded fiercely, "The girl has fiery eyes, the small, the small one really admires." It's better to give this hairpin to the girl, and the right to make amends for the girl is small. ”
"Oh, can you, the person in charge, be in charge and give away the good things in this building at will?" said Juqin, sneering, and the hand that was holding the shopkeeper's arm loosened a little.
"Good sister, I can't. The store manager turned his head to look at Juqin with difficulty, with a flattering smile on his good-looking face, "Isn't this blind and offended the nobles, thinking of paying out of his own pocket to settle this disaster, after all, this bowl of rice in the Zangguilou is really good, and the whole emperor can't find a second one!"
"Hmph, I think it's just that I raised you well, so I don't know what to do, how can the girl of our Weiguo Mansion be bullied by you as a shop manager......"
"Alright. ”
Juqin was about to scold when she was interrupted by Liu Zhilan, who walked up to the store manager and motioned for Juqin and Zhencha to let him go.
"Miss Xie Liuer, Miss Xie Liuer......" The store manager kept kowtowing to Liu Zhilan, although he was smiling, but in fact, he felt a lot of pain in his heart. The two maids who held him just now didn't look very strong, but in fact, it was almost a little bit, and his arm was probably dislocated. He kowtowed and peeked at the tea, especially this maid, the place where her fingers were pressed was painful and sore, and she estimated that she was a doctor who knew how to treat. Hiss...... This Miss Liu Er is really not easy to mess with, and I blame him for owing to his mouth, and he provoked such a big Buddha for nothing!
"It's not easy to look at you, and it's not difficult for me to do it for you, I'll pay for the silver, but it's just ......" Liu Zhilan took the hairpin a little higher to appreciate, and the beautiful goose egg face was covered with doubts, "I obviously came out with the third sister, and I also watched her enter your building, why did she disappear as soon as I came in?"
Hearing this, the people outside the door began to talk again.
"Hmm, did the third lady of the Liu family come, why didn't you see her?"
"Yes, Miss Liu San has always been high-profile when she goes out, and we can't be unaware of her coming. ”
"Isn't it ...... Miss Liu Er made it up. ”
"How could it be, Miss Liu Er is making this up blindly?"
"The money given by Aunt Ming is all from the third sister, and if I can't find her, I won't be able to pay the silver. When everyone was about to be silent, Liu Zhilan took the hairpin in front of her, her eyebrows were a little sad, and she rubbed her fingertips on the hairpin, as if she had unintentionally added a sentence. Sure enough, when this sentence came out, the crowd outside the door exploded.
"What! Miss Liu, as a concubine, can't even carry her own share of the money!"
"Haven't you heard, a month ago, Liu Weigong and that little lady were punished by the heavenly family, isn't it because their Liu family spoiled their concubines and killed their wives, no, a good concubine is not even as good as a concubine. ”
"Alas, it's really a to be blind to the identity of the concubine of the Weiguo Mansion. ”
"Who's to say it isn't. But this Miss Liu Er is also pitiful, she was born without a mother, and she was sent to the mountains before she was weaned. ”
"For hundreds of years, where has my Tianqin had the absurd thing of a concubine oppressing the main room, this Liu family has set a precedent! I'm really afraid that other families will follow suit in the future!"
Seeing that the fire was almost over, Liu Zhilan removed the hairpin and looked down at the little guy who was shrinking on the ground, the eyes of the bright willow leaves were gentle like ripples, "Steward, do you know where my sister is?"
It was clearly a gentle voice, but the store manager only felt the cold to the bone. He didn't dare to look up at the face of the person standing in front of him, now he only knew that he was afraid, and even so scared that his whole body was trembling slightly.
Seeing that the store manager didn't reply, the corners of Liu Zhilan's eyes drooped slightly, "It seems that the person in charge doesn't know, it's just that, it seems that today I have no chance with this jade fox nine-tailed blood hairpin." Liu Zhilan turned around and wanted to put the hairpin back in its place, but she emphasized the word "dripping blood", which stunned the store manager. He looked up suddenly, and saw that Liu Zhilan was about to walk into the jewelry table where the hairpin was placed, and he hurriedly shouted: "I remember, I know where Miss Liu San went!"
Someone suddenly shouted behind her, and Liu Zhilan was so frightened that her body trembled, and the hairpin in her hand was almost on the ground and shattered.
"It's so loud that it scares our girls. Juqin rushed to the shop manager and was about to slap him, but Zhencha hurried to Liu Zhilan's side, stroked her chest, and helped her calm down, "Girl, are you okay?"
"Hmph, my girl has just recovered from a serious illness, what if you scare her out of the disease again!"
"I'm fine. Liu Zhilan's face was slightly pale, and when she heard the crisp sound behind her and the begging for mercy from the store manager, she immediately turned around and stopped: "Juqin, stop!"
"Yes......" The master spoke, and Juqin consciously retreated behind the master, but there was still some anger in the fox eyes of the store manager.
"Miss Liu Er is not angry, the little one is blunt, and it scares Miss Liu Er, and the little one will tell you where Miss Liu San is. The shopkeeper fell to the ground, and the slaps of the Qin just now completely woke him up. He can't make any benefit from being a commoner with the concubine of the Weiguo Mansion, and he can't even lose his life if he can't be prepared! Glancing at the wonderful faces of the nobles outside the door, although the expressions are different, without exception, they all contain more or less an emotion: fear.
Gritting his teeth, the shopkeeper closed his eyes and said, "After Miss Liu San came in, she ordered her personal maids to lead me to the corner, and they gave me some silver, saying that it was inconvenient for them to leave through the main entrance, and asked me to open the back door so that they could be secretly released." At that time, most of the nobles on the first floor were looking at the jewelry, and Miss Liu San deliberately hid herself with the veil hidden in her sleeves to cover her face, so no one noticed......" After speaking, he also took out the bulging purse hidden in his arms, and then straightened up and knelt in front of Liu Zhilan, and presented the water-red purse in his hand to her, "Second Miss, look, this is the purse, the silver in it is all there, and I didn't take a small penny." ”
The people outside the door watched Liu Zhilan take the purse from the store manager like a playful look, and Liu Zhilan stared at the purse with a solemn face, "There is no mark on it, how do I know that what you said is true?"
"This ......," the store manager wiped the cold sweat that kept oozing from his face. It's over, it's over...... Why did he get so confused for a while!