Chapter 323 Afraid of Being Angry to Death
Guo Shuangwen sat in a chair, drinking tea leisurely, complaining as she drank, "This tea is too bad. It's far worse than what I'm used to. Lord Wei, I'll give you some silver later. You can find someone to buy me the best tea in Yicheng."
The envoy did not come with them because he borrowed so much silver from them and did not return it. As soon as he got the silver, he followed the princess to the jewelry store to buy jewelry. He said that his Taoism skills were not high enough and he was afraid of being angered to death.
Looking at Guo Shuangwen's expression, Wei Jieying had to say that the envoy was really foresighted. If he had stayed any longer, he would have been so angry that he would have died.
"Princess, have you forgotten that you still owe..."
Before Wei could finish his words, there was a knock on the door, which made him hold back his words about wanting to settle the bill.
"Princess, please take a look. These are the finest pearl jewelry we have in our store. They are all suitable for a young princess of your age."
"And these white jade and gem ones are suitable for girls. They are the best we have here."
The shopkeeper asked the waiter who followed behind him to put the tray on the table, and then he placed the tray in his own hands in front of Guo Shuangwen.
"Princess, this is our shop's most valuable treasure, the Phoenix Tail Pearl Crown. It's made of rare purple pearls strung into the shape of a phoenix tail, and the crown is inlaid with a purple gemstone. These round purple pearls are rare, and a purple gemstone this large is even rarer. If a larger one hadn't been sent to the palace, this one wouldn't have come to me by chance."
Guo Shuangwen fell in love with the Phoenix Tail Pearl Crown at first sight. She could even imagine what she would look like wearing it after her eyes and arms were healed. This pearl crown was not common even in the Beining Imperial Palace.
"It's really good. I didn't expect that your little shop could have such good things. I want it. How much is the price?"
"Fifty thousand taels."
"How much...how much?" Guo Shuang asked, staring at the shopkeeper with wide eyes. "This pearl crown costs fifty thousand taels? Why don't you just go and rob it? Are you asking for an exorbitant price just because I'm the Princess of Beining?"
"Master Wei, come and see how much silver this pearl crown is worth?"
Wei Jieying looked at the phoenix-tail pearl crown with a flicker of amazement in his eyes. "I once saw the Empress wearing a similar crown at a palace banquet, but the Empress's crown was not adorned with gemstones but with oriental pearls. Judging by the materials and workmanship, the shopkeeper certainly didn't want too much for the 50,000 taels."
The old shopkeeper nodded repeatedly, "This gentleman is indeed a connoisseur of goods. I originally offered this pearl crown for 66,000 taels, but I'm lowering the price because you came with the princess."
"But it's only natural that the princess finds it expensive. After all, fifty thousand taels is no small sum. Since the princess can't afford it, I will take this pearl crown away first. Princess, you can look at other things."
Guo Shuangwen's face flushed red. Seeing the shopkeeper about to take the pearl crown away, she quickly spoke out to stop him: "Wait, who said I can't afford it? I want this treasure of yours."
After saying that, she asked her personal maid to take out 50,000 taels of silver and handed it over with a painful look on her face. Seeing this, Wei Jieying wanted to strangle her to death.
The banknotes and the letter all passed through his hands. He naturally knew that Concubine Rou had only sent a total of 50,000 taels of banknotes this time, and she also advised her to spend frugally in the letter.
Unexpectedly, the princess had just received the silver note and had not even left the gate of Yicheng when she spent the silver note, and she had not even asked for the money back.
If the envoy were here... he would probably faint from anger.
Guo Shuangwen had finished shopping, and Bu Ruo had almost finished picking out everything.
"Mom, Bubu wants this pearl. The others are too big for Bubu."
Bu Ruo smiled and touched the top of the little girl's head, then picked up the pearl hairpin and inserted it into her hair. "It's so pretty, what a beautiful girl. You don't have to give up those big ones. We have many big pearls in our house. When Bu Bu grows up a little, mother will ask the palace craftsmen to make them into hairpins and rings for her to play with. Such small and delicate ones are really rare."
"These are made of small colorful gemstones in various shapes that would suit you, too. Take them all. And buy that little jade ring for your brother to play with."
"As for the others... they all look good to me. Shopkeeper, pack them all up and let the girls go back and take their time choosing. If there are any good ones left, you can pack them up as well."
Bu Ruo said as she picked up a sapphire hairpin and put it in Guo Lu's hair: "This person must know what suits him. Look, how beautiful it is."
Guo Lu looked in the mirror and bowed to Bu Ruo. "Thank you, Princess. This sapphire is indeed beautiful. My mother loved sapphires when she was alive. She said they were as fascinating as the starry sky and the sea."
Bu Ruo seemed to be in high spirits and picked out a few pieces of jewelry for Bi'er and Meiying to wear one by one, on their heads and hands, until they were all dressed up and the shopkeeper came back.
"Princess, isn't it a coincidence? These are new jewelry items that have just been delivered. They are being unloaded outside. I quickly picked out the best pieces suitable for children and sent them over."
Bu Ruo looked at it and nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, I'll take them all. How much silver is it in total?"
"Five thousand taels in total. These newly arrived items don't require silver. They are gifts from me to the princess and the young princess. Thank you so much for helping Yicheng when it was in trouble and saving so many people."
Bu Bu waved her hand: "No, shopkeeper grandpa, Bu Bu can't take things that don't require money. Mother said that we can't take other people's things casually."
The old shopkeeper smiled and put a white jade carved little rabbit bracelet on the little girl's hand: "Princess, please accept it. This is a token of my heart. I am happy that you and the princess have accepted it."
Bu Ruojian had no choice but to accept it. Five thousand taels for so many things... The shopkeeper was afraid that he couldn't even get his capital back, so he decided to go back and ask her father to repay the favor.
Seeing the other party rushing to give gifts, Guo Shuangwen snorted softly, "The shopkeeper is really generous. The things they picked out are worth more than five thousand taels, right? The jewelry you gave away must also be worth several thousand taels. I have never seen this princess treated so well."
The shopkeeper snorted, "They are the regent princess and the little princess of my Great Zhou. I can give them as much as I want. If I wasn't afraid that the princess wouldn't accept it, I wouldn't give all the five thousand taels to the princess and the little princess."
"Princess, if you want to be envious, go back to the jewelry store in Beining and ask them to give you as much as you want. We, the people of the Great Zhou, will not give gifts to the Princess of Beining who is always thinking about taking over other people's husbands."
The old shopkeeper had just gone downstairs to get something and heard from the gossipy waiter that Guo Shuangwen wanted to force Bu Ruo to be his concubine and that she was the regent princess. He was so angry that he wanted to slap himself a few times and said that 50,000 taels was too little and it should be 150,000 taels.
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