Chapter 291 Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Taels That was the Price Just Now
The maid continued to kowtow, feeling extremely aggrieved. "Princess, please understand. When we first left the palace, you said you didn't like the tea we prepared, so you asked me to buy the best tea from the largest tea shop in our capital. It cost five hundred taels of silver per pound, so I only bought half a pound to save you some money."
"When I came back, you gave me a good beating, saying you had plenty of silver and insisted I go buy three more pounds of tea as a backup...those three pounds of tea would be one thousand five hundred taels."
"During our journey here, you complained about the poor food and asked me to take the money to the best local restaurant to order three meals a day. Every time we arrived at a place, you would take a half-day break and go to the best local jewelry store to buy some hair ornaments."
"Let's not talk about anything else. When we passed by the mountain flowers and waterside pavilions in Jiangnan when we came here, you bought a pair of earrings and a jade hairpin without saying a word, spending a total of four thousand taels."
"After all this journey, including your food and clothing expenses, I really only have three hundred taels left. I dare not lie. I have recorded every expense you have made during this trip. I will go and get the account book for the princess to review."
Not long after, Guo Shuangwen looked at the account book with a gloomy face and kicked the maid again: "Idiot, why didn't you persuade me when I was spending the money?"
"It's all your fault! It's all your fault!"
Guo Shuangwen used his only remaining hand to beat the maidservant repeatedly and occasionally kicked her...
"stop!"
Bubu waved her chubby little hand, and the Beining envoy and Wei Jieying saw their princess fall to the ground in a flash. The speed was so fast that even Guo Shuangwen himself couldn't react.
"She's just a maid and she's doing everything according to your orders. How could you hit her like this?"
Guo Shuangwen struggled to get up, his face full of sarcasm: "What if I hit her? She's just a lowly maid. Even if I beat her to death, she'd still be grateful to me."
Bu Bu retorted: "No, even though she is a maid, she is also a living person. My mother said that every slave has their own reasons. Unless they were extremely evil in their previous life, they should not be treated like this."
Bu Bu walked over, pulled out a pill from his sleeve pocket, and handed it to the maid who was about to be beaten to death: "Sister, you were not a wicked person in your previous life. You even saved a few people and got the opportunity to reincarnate. In this life, you will have a smooth life as a maid in the palace. When you are old enough and released from the palace, you will marry your childhood sweetheart and live a happy life."
"But everything you're going through now is because your luck was taken away by that princess. Otherwise, you shouldn't have to endure all this. You're so pitiful, sister."
"Sister, you will be well in a few days after taking this medicine. But mother said that we should not interfere too much in other people's lives, otherwise there will be consequences. This is all I can do for you."
"But……"
Bu Bu turned around and looked at Buruo pitifully: "But mother, if we really don't care about this sister...she will be beaten to death by that vicious gossip."
Bu Ruo was speechless. Who was it that said we shouldn't interfere too much with others? What did he mean by being so pathetic now?
Never mind, it is her nature to have compassion for the world, as long as she doesn't confuse right with wrong.
"I want that maidservant. Just pay me nine thousand nine hundred taels."
The maid was startled and looked at Bu Ruo in disbelief. The princess meant...she bought her for a hundred taels? But she wasn't worth that much silver.
"No! I won't sell it! I want her to die!"
Guo Shuangwen gritted his teeth in hatred as he looked at the maid who had always been following him. If she hadn't stopped him, how could he have spent so much money without realizing it.
But she forgot that the maid had said this when she bought the tea, and she was beaten up by her.
"Not selling? That's fine too. Fifteen thousand taels. You guys can gather the money. If you can't, I'll cut off her tongue myself."
The Beining envoy almost fell to the ground when he heard Bu Ruo's words: "Princess, it was only ten thousand taels just now, but now fifteen thousand taels is not a bit too much?"
"Too much?" Bu Ruo sat up straight and glanced at the broken teacup on the ground. "That tea set belongs to my Regent Palace. It's worth whatever I say it's worth. You're bullying my people. Just pay whatever I say as compensation to appease my fear."
"You've probably heard that I'm a vindictive princess and I'm particularly protective of my shortcomings. I especially don't like people bargaining with me. Otherwise... Actually, I really don't mind having you accompany that annoying princess."
"Maybe someone can heal her, but I don't know if you two are that lucky."
The envoy was so frightened that sweat broke out on his back. "Compensation, we will compensate you. Nine thousand nine hundred taels. We will definitely pay you not a single copper less."
"Fourteen thousand nine hundred taels. Nine thousand nine hundred taels was the price just now." Bu Ruo looked at Guo Shuangwen who was about to speak again and said with a smile: "If the princess says something that I don't like to hear... then it will be twenty thousand taels~"
The envoy was so frightened that he didn't know what to do. However, the guard was quick to cover Guo Shuangwen's mouth and said, "Since the princess likes this maid, then give her to her. 14,900 taels. We will go and collect the silver now. We will go right away."
Bu Ruo was satisfied: "Remember to write a letter of release, otherwise I am afraid that your princess will deny it later and force me to kill someone."
Seeing the envoy and the guards taking Guo Shuangwen away, the maid swallowed the pill and crawled to a place not far from Bu Ruo, then stopped, fearing that the blood on her body would stain her eyes.
"Thank you, Princess, and thank you, Little Princess."
"My humble name is Luoyun. From now on, my life belongs to the princess and the little princess. I will serve the princess and the little princess well and repay their great kindness."
Bu Ruo waved her hand. "This princess has no shortage of servants around her. You are from Beining, and your family is also in Beining. But there is one thing I must tell you. Because your luck was taken away, your childhood sweetheart married someone else two years ago. Even if I return your luck to you, it will not change this result. You should keep this in mind."
"With the princess's temperament, you might not survive in Beining. If you want, you can go to Nanxia. We're going to Nanxia after sending your princess to the border anyway. The Nanxia Imperial City is closer to Beining, and your mother won't be too physically vulnerable to the bumpy road."
Luo Yun kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you, Princess. I am willing. I am willing. Thank you, Princess, for giving me a way out."
Bu Ruo sighed: "Alright, let Bi'er take you to rest first. Just tell Bi'er the location of your home and she will send someone to pick up your family and take them to Nanxia. Once we get to Nanxia, you can leave."
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