Chapter 64 Just because she's a princess
Wu Xinyi couldn't help but cover her mouth and burst out laughing. "Miss Jiang, are you saying you can take these things without paying?"
"What? Does this Jin Yu Fang belong to your Marquis's mansion?"
"Since it belongs to your Marquis's mansion, how could there be a concubine borrowing money at exorbitant interest rates?"
Princess Ping'an smiled and said, "If you can't afford the money, you can buy less."
"I can tell the shopkeeper, since I just bought so many things."
The shopkeeper would surely give me that much face.
Jiang Wan Ning nodded, "What the princess says is true."
"The shopkeeper will naturally give you face, but I suddenly don't like these things anymore, so I don't need to pay."
"You!" Wu Xinyi snorted coldly, "You think you can just say you don't want it anymore?"
"Everyone knows that once you go up to the second floor of this Golden Jade Shop, you have to choose at least one thing."
"And once you've chosen something, you can't go back on your word."
"You want to back out? You'd better see if you have the ability!"
A small gold and jade workshop is nothing to fear; what's frightening is the people behind it.
One time, someone broke the rules, and the house was looted the next day.
Not only that, but the family's business suffered a severe blow.
On one occasion, when the emperor went up to the second floor, he bought one item according to the rules.
Which of these prominent families doesn't have some kind of business of its own?
Furthermore, given the Emperor's actions, these officials and nobles dared not easily make things difficult for Jin Yu Fang.
Princess Ping'an said coldly to the shopkeeper beside her, "What? Are you just going to stand by and watch your Jin Yu Fang's rules be broken?"
“The rules of Jin Yu Fang cannot be broken.” Mo Mo bowed slightly. “However, if it is Miss Jiang, then it is perfectly acceptable.”
"Why?!" Wu Xinyi roared in anger upon hearing this.
Pointing at the shopkeeper, he asked, "Why can she do whatever she wants?"
"This is what our master instructed."
Mo Mo straightened his back as he faced Wu Xinyi; he didn't bend his back to just anyone.
"If this young lady is not satisfied, she can go and argue with our boss."
"You...you all...you..."
Wu Xinyi was at a loss for what to do. The owner behind this was very mysterious, someone even the Emperor gave some face to.
How could she possibly question them so casually?
Shen Ruzhi crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow. "Hey, our Ningning is such a kind-hearted person, she always has benefactors wherever she goes."
"Not only can you do whatever you want, but you can even take all the jewelry in this shop home for free."
"Unlike some people, who would have to kneel in the ancestral hall if they bought so much jewelry, right?"
"Who wants to kneel in the ancestral hall!" Wu Xinyi shouted angrily. "You're nothing but her lackey."
"What's there to be so smug about? She can take whatever she wants. What has she ever given you?"
"Lackey? We're the same. I'm happy to be Ningning's accomplice, so what's it to you?"
"Don't mention what Ningning gave me. See?" Shen Ruzhi pointed to herself. "All of these things I have were given to me by Ningning."
"And what did you, you lapdog, get in return?"
Shen Ruzhi smiled as she looked at Wu Xinyi and Princess Ping'an, whose expression was not very good.
"You...I..."
Wu Xinyi was speechless for a moment. This Shen Ruzhi, when others called her a dog, she actually admitted it so openly.
"I just happened to run into the princess and came together. You think I'm the same as you!"
"Oh~" Shen Ruzhi deliberately dragged out the sound.
"Shopkeeper, hurry up and deliver the goods to your residence, lest some people deny it later."
Jiang Wanning continued Shen Ruzhi's words, "Zhizhi, I don't think the princess is that kind of person."
"Otherwise, if word gets out, it will damage the royal family's reputation."
Princess Ping'an gritted her teeth, "Jiang Wan Ning, how dare you scheme against me! You just wait!"
"If the princess needs anything, I will be at her service at any time," Jiang Wanning replied with a smile.
Princess Ping'an flicked her sleeves and turned to leave.
Seeing this, Wu Xinyi hurriedly chased after her, "Princess, Princess, are we really going to go back in such a sorry state?"
“You didn’t see Shen Ruzhi’s face just now.”
"Princess..."
"Smack!"
Princess Ping'an turned around and slapped Wu Xinyi hard across the face. "What do you expect me to do if I don't go back?"
"You're both dogs, but Shen Ruzhi is so good at biting. Why don't you try biting me too?"
“Princess…” Wu Xinyi covered her burning cheeks, tears welling in her eyes, biting her lip in grievance.
"Return to the manor!" Princess Ping'an turned and boarded the carriage.
"Princess, wait for me! I haven't gone up yet, Princess..."
Wu Xinyi lifted her skirt and chased after him. Today she was originally accompanying her grandfather.
I was on my way to deliver something to the Grand Princess when I happened to run into Princess Ping'an leaving the residence.
She then shamelessly rode in the Princess's carriage to go there together.
Originally, they were strolling around hoping to show off their power by invoking the grandeur of the Princess's residence, but then they saw Jiang Wan Ning and Shen Ru Zhi enter the Golden Jade Shop.
In order to regain the face lost at the Spring Banquet, she encouraged the princess to go along.
Who would have thought it would turn out like this?
Princess Ping'an completely ignored Wu Xinyi, who was chasing after her in a disheveled state.
Wu Xinyi had no choice but to walk back, and it took her a full half hour to get back to the Minister's residence.
I had barely gotten back inside, and before I could even sit down, the bill was delivered to my door.
Wu Xinyi was 'invited' to the study.
"Grandfather," Wu Xinyi knelt on the ground, "it was all Jiang Wan Ning's doing, deliberately framing me."
"You're so stupid you didn't even understand such a simple plan! And you're criticizing others!"
“But my granddaughter went with the princess…” Wu Xinyi tried to argue.
Minister Wu, who had just stood up, slammed the teacup in his hand down, yelling, "You idiot!"
"I'm suggesting you get closer to that princess, but that's to gather information about the princess's residence."
"I didn't mean for you to be a sucker!"
"My granddaughter was wrong, but that princess was also swindled out of a lot of money..."
At this point, Minister Wu became even angrier, slamming his fist on the table with a deafening roar, and throwing the bill in his hand at Wu Xinyi's face.
"You've ripped off quite a few people? Look at that! Quite a few indeed."
"Do you think the Grand Princess would pay for this herself?"
"No sooner had Princess Ping'an left Jin Yu Fang than she sent someone to deliver the bill to the Minister's residence."
Wu Xinyi looked at the bill of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, plus the things she had bought.
He was stunned for a moment, "This...this is what the princess wanted to buy herself, why should we pay for it for her?"
“She kept all those things.”
"On what grounds?" Minister Wu said, "On the grounds that she is a princess, the only daughter of the Grand Princess."
"The Wu family's current position is all thanks to the Princess's residence!"
To put it bluntly, the Wu family was just a dog by the side of the Grand Princess. Whatever the master wanted the dog to do, the dog would naturally obey.
Disobedient dogs usually don't end up well.
Wu Xinyi slumped to the ground, "But...but how can we possibly scrape together over ten thousand taels?"
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