Chapter 276: Six Thousand Taels
"How can we talk business here? Go ask the boss for a private room." With so many people on the first floor, how could she inspect the flowers?
However, the two sisters immediately disagreed and refused to go to the private room.
The reason is very simple.
The two sisters were just ordinary civilians, but Wen Ruyue was obviously from a powerful family.
If they were to enter the box, the sisters would be helpless and would cry out to heaven and earth for help.
Therefore, they would definitely not go to the box.
Wen Ruyue was furious: "How can I check the flowers if you don't go to the private room?"
He called the shopkeeper and wanted to book the entire teahouse and kick out the rest of the guests.
Unexpectedly, her decision was once again opposed by the two sisters.
"Isn't it just checking the flowers? I'll show it to you." My sister reached out to grab the gauze cover.
In short, since they cannot trade in public, they would rather not sell the flowers.
He even revealed that he would rather destroy the flowers than sell them.
Wen Ruyue's heart trembled.
She didn't want the news about the 'Suguan Heding' to spread.
Even if tomorrow is Concubine Lan’s birthday, it’s not possible!
She had to ensure that this flower was mysterious enough so that it would not be flaunted in public like the fifth-rank official in her previous life.
Finally, Wen Ruyue had to pull up the curtain next to her seat.
Only then did he slowly lift the gauze covering the flowerpot.
A tall and blooming orchid appeared before my eyes.
The leaves are slender, green and sticky.
A single flower branch grew next to it.
The orchids are in full bloom, and the flowers are pure and simple, as if little lotus leaves have just begun to emerge.
The petals also look like they are carved from the finest white jade.
If you face the light, you can see a few light green veins on the petals.
The whole flower is like a fairy among flowers, otherworldly and charming.
Wen Ruyue had never seen the real 'Suguan Lotus Cauldron' in her previous life.
In her previous life, Concubine Lan carefully brought the flowers back to the palace after receiving them.
She pestered the emperor to invite the best gardener from Dayong to take good care of the plant.
Unfortunately, the 'Suguan Heding' is very delicate and only blooms two or three times before withering.
Although it only has a lifespan of three or four years, every time it blooms, it causes heated discussions among the powerful circles in the capital.
Because Concubine Lan would hold a flower-viewing banquet in the palace in its name.
Those rich ladies also take pride in this flower-viewing banquet.
In order to catch a glimpse of the beauty of this flower, everyone racked their brains to find a way to send a gift to Concubine Lan.
In her previous life, Wen Ruyue married the poor boy Ying Zhilin and had no chance to enter the palace and see the stunning beauty of "Su Guan He Ding" with her own eyes.
However, after she and Huo Yaoxing secretly crossed Chencang, she saw the portrait of "Suguan Heding" in Huo Yaoxing's study, which truly looked like a fairy descending to earth.
With just one glance, Wen Ruyue knew that the flower in front of her was the one that Concubine Lan received in her previous life.
At this time, I saw living things.
She then realized that the "Su Guan He Ding" in those paintings was not even one ten-thousandth as graceful as the real thing.
I didn’t expect that!
She had been searching for so long, visiting all the flower markets in the capital, and finally she encountered this flower at this time and place.
Wen Ruyue felt that God was helping her.
Tomorrow is Concubine Lan’s birthday.
She had given up hope of finding either flowers or spices.
Unexpectedly, there was a sudden turn of events.
Isn't this God helping her?
Wen Ruyue's eyes turned red with excitement.
However, it is said that the family of three selling flowers is a couple with a son.
How did they become two sisters?
But none of this matters.
All she cared about was the spices and the orchid.
The two sisters hugged each other in fear, looking like they wanted to run away at any time.
Then they started negotiating the price.
Wen Ruyue said directly: "Name your price, we want this flower.
Oh, and Ceylon incense. I'll take all the finished spices you have.
I also want to buy the recipe for Ceylon incense."
The two sisters looked terrified: "Sorry, we can't sell these flowers."
Wen Ruyue's expression changed instantly.
My sister still said stubbornly: "We are not trying to embarrass you, it's just that this flower is not ours.
We just have some knowledge of flower cultivation and help people buy flowers. Even the money for buying flowers is paid by others. We can't resell flowers to you."
My sister emphasized the word "resale".
Wen Ruyue grasped the key point instantly.
She said, "Hasn't your flowers been handed over to that person yet? How about this? You give the flowers to me now, and then when the time comes, you can go back and tell the customer that you were a little late and I bought the flowers."
"How can that be? We businessmen value integrity above all else. We cannot do such immoral things."
The two sisters refused to sell it no matter what.
"Tell me how much you spent on this pot of flowers. I can add another 500 to the original amount."
"You could never make this much money selling sachets in your entire life, but you only need to resell this flower to me, and you can live comfortably for the rest of your life. Do you really want to give up such an opportunity?"
The two sisters seemed to be persuaded by her words.
The two of them whispered to each other for a while before finally offering a price: "Six thousand taels."
"How much did you say?!" Wen Ruyue, who considered herself to be very well-mannered, also exclaimed in surprise at this time.
"Six thousand taels." My sister said frankly.
"Are you robbing me? How could this flower cost seven thousand taels? Even in my previous life..." It was never sold for such a high price in my previous life.
The fifth-rank official only spent three thousand taels to buy the pot of flowers.
However, they tampered with the contract and only gave the flower farmer three hundred taels in the end.
The gardener waited to sell money to save his wife's life.
He didn't get the money, and his wife died of illness soon after.
The gardener was so angry that he reported the matter to the capital, which caused a big uproar at the time. If Concubine Lan had not been quick to suppress the matter, she would have been implicated.
From then on, Concubine Lan gradually distanced herself from them. After promoting him a few times, she ignored him.
She would never leave such a big hidden danger for just two or three thousand taels of silver.
She had already made up her mind and would never follow the old path of a fifth-rank official. She would spend at most three thousand five hundred taels to get the flower.
After all, if a scandal arose, it would not only affect her image in Concubine Lan's eyes, but the Huo family would not let her off easily.
She could still afford a mere three or four thousand taels of silver.
But the sisters asked for a huge price and wanted to sell it to her at double the price.
Do you really think she is a sucker?
The blackmail has come to her head, she is simply asking for death.
Wen Ruyue was so angry that she wanted to curse, but she tried hard to remind herself that the 'Suguan Heding' must not have any flaws or stains.
She had no choice but to suppress her anger.
no.
She couldn't suppress it at all!
She glared at the two sisters sternly, "I can't possibly give you that much. You'd better not ask for too much."
at this time.
On the elegant seat on the second floor of the teahouse.
Wen Yan and Pei'er drank tea and ate snacks leisurely.
Pei'er stretched her neck to look downstairs: "Although that orchid is really beautiful, Miss, would Wen Ruyue really spend so much money to buy it?"
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