Chapter 63 I don't need to pay money
"Shopkeeper, bring out your cheapest items from the second floor, so that this wealthy Miss Wu won't be unable to afford them later."
"What are you saying? Who can't afford it?" Wu Xinyi shouted in a shrill voice.
"My grandfather was the Minister of Rites. What a joke! How could he not afford such a small thing?"
"Oh? If you can afford it, then go ahead and buy it. I promise I won't fight you for it." Shen Ruzhi stepped aside to let her pass.
The shopkeeper, Momo, pointed to a set of pure gold jewelry, "This is the cheapest set of all the jewelry on the second floor."
"Miss Wu, would you like me to wrap this up for you?"
Wu Xinyi frowned slightly. "Who do you think you are?"
"Then please, Miss Wu." The shopkeeper stepped aside.
Wu Xinyi hesitated for a moment, "Why should I choose first, while the other two haven't chosen yet?"
"Let them choose first."
“I also want to know, which one will they choose?” Princess Ping’an said.
Jiang Wan Ning glanced at the jewelry filling the room and said, "There's nothing here that I like. Princess and Miss Wu should choose first."
"Is it that there's nothing you like, or nothing you can afford?" Wu Xinyi mocked.
"Everyone who goes up to the second floor is required to buy one item. If I don't buy one, the shopkeeper will naturally step in."
"What are you afraid of, Miss Wu?"
"Miss Wu, have you thought this through? If we choose the cheapest one, you'll have to spend more money on the others."
Wu Xinyi glanced at the price tag below each piece of jewelry.
Apart from the pure gold headdress, the rest of the items were more than twice as expensive.
Wu Xinyi swallowed hard, feeling a little guilty, and pointed to the cheapest set of jewelry, "That one will do."
"The others are all so-so, I don't even look at them."
Shen Ruzhi clapped her hands, "You really have good taste."
Of all the jewelry in this room, this is the ugliest.
"You!" Wu Xinyi blushed as she was exposed. "I'd like to see what you want to choose!"
That set of pure gold headdress was indeed very ugly, yet such an ugly headdress cost a thousand taels.
Even a wild outfit made of gold that is dozens of times more beautiful would only cost a hundred taels.
Shen Ruzhi looked around and pointed to a set of white jade hairpins inlaid with pearls and emeralds, priced at three thousand taels of silver. "I think this one is quite nice."
As she spoke, she nudged Jiang Wan Ning with her elbow and blinked, "Ning Ning."
Jiang Wan Ning nodded, "This is indeed very good. Shopkeeper, we'll take it. Wrap it up."
"Yes," the shopkeeper, Mo Mo, replied respectfully.
I carefully took the hairpin down from the display shelf.
Jiang Wan Ning turned around and casually picked up a plum blossom hairpin. "This is nice, it suits the crabapple blossom."
After the three candidates had made their choices, only Princess Ping'an remained.
"What? Is there nothing here that the princess would like? How about we accompany the princess to the third floor?" Chen Ruzhi said.
It is said that there is a gold hairpin with a phoenix facing the sun on the third floor of Jinyufang.
It belonged to the former empress and later ended up in the hands of a wealthy merchant.
Later, somehow it ended up in Jinyufang.
The way to get to the third floor is simple and straightforward: just buy everything on the second floor.
Although the Grand Princess's residence was wealthy, and Princess Ping'an was very favored...
However, it is impossible to spend tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy these items.
But how could Princess Ping'an be content to lag behind others, especially Jiang Wan Ning and Shen Ru Zhi?
Jiang Wan Ning chose an item worth five thousand taels of silver and said she wanted to give it to a maid.
Princess Ping'an naturally couldn't accept a price lower than five thousand taels, so she pointed to the white jade pendant priced at six thousand taels and said, "This princess will take it."
The shopkeeper, Momo, was in a great mood and quickly ordered someone to pack the items. "How many of you will pay?"
Princess Ping'an tore off her personal seal and casually tossed it over, saying, "Seal it yourself, and send it to the princess's residence along with the items later."
"Yes." The shopkeeper, Mo Mo, neatly signed the receipt and stamped it with Princess Ping'an's private seal.
He then returned the private seal.
Wu Xinyi also took out her personal seal, looking at the amount of nearly ten thousand taels on the receipt.
Besides feeling the pain in my heart, I was also thinking about how to explain things when I got home.
"We're tired from shopping, Ningning, let's go back." Shen Ruzhi said with a bright smile.
He pulled Jiang Wan Ning downstairs.
"Wait!"
Wu Xinyi grabbed Shen Ruzhi's arm and blocked her way.
"You want to leave without paying?"
"What do you mean by 'pay'?" Shen Ruzhi asked deliberately.
"Don't pretend you don't know, the shopkeeper here is watching."
Shen Ruzhi crossed her arms. "Are you trying to sneak away?"
"Shopkeeper, someone has broken your shop's rules. Quickly take her away and give her a good beating."
"What? Miss Jiang, do you also not have the money to pay?"
Princess Ping'an covered her mouth and chuckled, "Would you like me to lend you some silver?"
"I thought the Marquis's mansion had become rich someday, able to buy jewelry worth five thousand taels of silver for a servant without batting an eye."
Jiang Wan Ning smiled calmly, "The princess is right."
"Of course I don't have as much money as the princess. Everyone knows that the Grand Princess's mansion has more money than the national treasury."
"Judging from the way Your Highness is selecting things, it doesn't seem like it's for real."
Princess Ping'an sneered, "Jiang Wan Ning, you pay your bill first."
"I have already paid, it is you who have not paid."
“The princess is right. What? If you want to back out now, you’ll have to ask the shopkeeper for his permission first.”
The shopkeeper, Mo Mo, who was standing bent over to the side, had her brows furrowed tightly. "This..."
"Shopkeeper, why aren't you letting them pay?!" Wu Xinyi urged.
"this..."
The shopkeeper, Momo, was at a loss for words, as the future princess had not said whether or not to let them know the truth.
I really didn't know how to continue acting for a moment.
Jiang Wan Ning smiled and said, "Don't rush, I've chosen one for the crabapple, so naturally I'll choose one for the peony too."
As Jiang Wan Ning spoke, she pointed to several pieces of jewelry priced between seven and eight thousand taels of silver, saying, "I'll take all of these."
After speaking, he didn't forget to give Princess Ping'an and Wu Xinyi a provocative look.
When has Princess Ping'an ever been looked down upon because of money?
How dare Jiang Wan Ning look down on her? Enraged, she pointed to items priced higher than Jiang Wan Ning's chosen ones, declaring, "I'll take all of these!"
He then took out his private seal again and threw it into the shopkeeper's arms, saying, "Anything they want."
"This princess wants one that is more expensive than theirs."
"Princess, why do this?" Jiang Wan Ning deliberately stopped her. "Don't do this just to spite someone."
"Who's angry with you? This princess likes it."
"Since the princess likes it, then so be it."
After Jiang Wan Ning finished speaking, she pointed to a few more items. For each item she chose, Mo Mo packed one that was more expensive than the one she had chosen and gave it to Princess Ping An.
In the end, Jiang Wan Ning bought half of all the jewelry on the second floor.
The other half was bought by Princess Ping'an.
"I'd like to see what you're going to use to pay," Ping An said defiantly.
“Your Highness, I don’t need to pay any money,” Jiang Wan Ning said with a smile.
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