This lady was extremely picky, and even looked at the jewelry in front of her with disdain. Those things that Feng Yuheng considered to be very fine were worthless in her eyes. Even the maidservant accompanying her snorted and said, "If it weren't for the long journey, we would have brought good things from the mansion. I thought the capital was a treasure land with everything I wanted, but I didn't expect that this jewelry store, which was said to be the best in the capital, would only sell such inferior products."
Qingyu was so angry that she looked at the lady and asked, "If these are all inferior products, then may I ask, Madam, in your opinion, what is a good thing?"
"Tsk!" Before the imperial concubine could speak, the maid asked back, "Let me ask you, if the lady in the palace wants to buy jewelry, would you be embarrassed to send these things to the palace?"
Qingyu smiled and replied: "Of course not, there are better ladies in the palace."
"That's it!" The girl's eyes bulged, "You clearly don't take my wife seriously. Quickly bring out the things you can send to the palace and stop talking nonsense."
Qingyu also snorted coldly, "You want something that can be sent to the palace? Then may I ask if this lady is a concubine in the palace?"
"Why do you care so much..." The little girl wanted to interrupt again, but was stopped by the lady, who then asked Xiang Qingyu: "We have already said that we came from the south, so we cannot call ourselves concubines. But let me ask you, if we don't tell you, how do you know that I am not from the palace? What if I am, wouldn't you have offended the concubines?"
Qingyu looked at the woman as if she were a fool for a while, and then said, "She is indeed from the south. Otherwise, anyone who is closer to the capital would never say such a thing. Madam, I think you are really a concubine in the palace, and you are really easy to serve."
"Oh?" The woman was puzzled. "What do you mean?"
Qingyu told her: "Because the concubines in the palace would never come to this Nirvana Pavilion to cause trouble, let alone come here to seek trouble."
"You said my wife is causing trouble for you?" The girl screamed again, "Are you guys actually open for business? We came here with money to buy things, and you actually said we are causing trouble for you?"
Qingyu spread her hands, "But I have already taken out the best things I can sell to you, and you are still not satisfied. This is how business is done. If this store doesn't have what you like, you can just go out and go to another store. You can't just mock this store just because it doesn't have what you like. If you say today that the things in my Nirvana Pavilion are inferior, I will not make a fuss about it since you have come from afar. Madam, please go back!" After that, she immediately ordered the waiter to put away the jewelry on the table.
The girl was indignant, but she felt that Qingyu was also sharp-tongued and difficult to deal with, so she had to turn her attention to her own wife, but she heard the wife say: "Why don't you take out those jewelry that are only sold to the ladies in the palace? If I like it, I will definitely not let you down in terms of money."
Qingyu shook her head, "No."
"Why?"
"You don't deserve it."
Each one of them said something, which made the lady feel very embarrassed. But the little girl was not happy with it anymore and said sternly: "Do you know what you are talking about? Our lady is not worthy? It's just a piece of broken jewelry, why is our lady not worthy?"
Qingyu felt that she couldn't explain the reason to these two people, so she stood up and said as if to see them off: "Because that is something that only the empresses in the palace can afford. If you feel that your status is equal to that of the empresses in the palace, then I don't mind sending you to the palace immediately. Please make your decision. In addition, I would like to remind you that the so-called empress is the main position of a palace above the concubine. What do you think your status is?"
Qingyu was very confident when she said this. Whether in the capital or in the palace, everyone knew that this jewelry store was opened by Princess Ji'an Feng Yuheng. Why did she come here to cause trouble? Not to mention that the main lady in the palace had to give her some face, even if the queen came in person, she would pick out nice things to say after entering the door, and she would never be so picky. This person in front of him really didn't know how high the sky was and how deep the earth was.
"Madam, please take care. I won't see you off." Qingyu was not polite at all and directly asked her to leave.
The girl seemed to want to say something, but was stopped by the woman. She did not go downstairs and leave, but walked around the three floors until her eyes fell on Xuan Tianming and Feng Yuheng. She said "Huh", and then stared at the big box that Xuan Tianming was holding.
"Are you here to buy things too?" she asked, directly to Xuan Tianming.
Xuan Tianming is such an arrogant person! Who can talk to him? His eyelids fluttered, he leaned back on the chair, and simply closed his eyes to rest.
The woman was very embarrassed, and the little girl was so angry that she blurted out, "Hey! My wife is talking to you, are you deaf?"
As soon as these words came out, the people in Nirvana Pavilion were frightened. Qingyu hurriedly stepped forward to block Xuan Tianming, turned his head and whispered: "Don't be impulsive. Our place can't withstand a fight. If it is damaged, it will cost money."
When Xuan Tianming heard this, his anger gradually subsided, and he withdrew his hand that was about to reach into his sleeve to grab the whip. Qingyu was right! If he made a scene here and broke something, his wife would be heartbroken. You can't hit people, you can't hit people.
"Madam, please let the servants around you respect themselves!" Qingyu turned around and said, "This is a place for serious business. We cannot tolerate people being presumptuous! All the serious industries in the capital are protected by the government. If Madam's maid really can't speak, I can send someone to send her to the government to have someone teach her a lesson."
Qingyu's words were very impolite, and her eyes were also unusually cold. The woman obviously knew how to read people's expressions. Seeing a maid from a jewelry store talking so arrogantly even though she knew she was the wife of an official, she knew that the owner behind this jewelry store must be someone of some importance. She remembered what her master said on the way, saying that the capital is not like other provinces. Under the emperor's feet, anyone you pick up may be related to a big family. Any shop with a facade on the streets of the capital may have a well-known person behind it, or even a royal relative, so you have to be very careful when you arrive in the capital, and you can't do whatever you want like you did in the south.
So she suppressed the maid beside her and stopped her from talking any more. She walked around Qingyu and asked with a faint smile at Feng Yuheng, "Are you and this young master together?"
Feng Yuheng rolled her eyes at her, "If Madam wants to ask me a question, then at least you should add the word 'please ask' before asking the question, and you can't just say 'you', but call me 'this girl'." After that, she shook her head helplessly, "People from the south just don't know the rules."
The lady was already angry, but she tried her best to hold it back and asked again, "Excuse me, young lady, are you with this young master?"
Feng Yuheng nodded, "That's right."
The other party continued, "I see that the wood of the box you are holding is very precious. The things inside the box made of such precious wood must be very valuable. Are you buying these valuable things from Nirvana Pavilion?"
Qingyu was also angry, and immediately answered for Feng Yuheng: "Madam, there is no need to worry."
Feng Yuheng stopped Qingyu for a moment, then smiled and said, "Yes, that's right. It's some top-quality jade material, and I plan to take it back to make some things."
The woman's eyes lit up. Jade materials, her favorite thing was jadeware. She had long wanted to find some top-quality jade in the capital. She didn't expect that today she might stumble upon a treasure by accident.
She quickly asked again: "Can you show me?"
Feng Yuheng was puzzled: "Why should I show it to you?"
"If my wife likes it, she will buy it at a high price and make sure you don't suffer a loss." The girl was also a quick-talker and couldn't help but interrupt.
After hearing this, the woman nodded, indicating that she meant the same thing.
As a result, Xuan Tianming was amused by this nod, and he just said: "There is nothing strange in the world. Such a strange thing as today has not been seen by fools like you for many years."
Feng Yuheng didn't find it funny, but when she saw her eyes roll, she said again: "You can take a look, but you can't watch it for nothing."
"Oh?" The woman also became interested and asked, "Then what do you think would make it worthwhile?"
A sly smile appeared on the corner of her lips, but no one noticed it. Feng Yuheng said, "Madam, you have a good eye and can tell that this box is made of extraordinary materials. As you said, the extraordinary box contains extraordinary things, but as for how extraordinary this thing is and whether it can catch Madam's eye, that is not something I can be responsible for. In short, this box is mine, and the things inside are also mine. Madam, you are begging me to see it, so I will let you take a look for a fee." She thought for a moment and held up five fingers, "Five hundred taels of silver, you can see it."
"What?" the girl screamed again, "Are you trying to rob me of money?"
Feng Yuheng nodded, "Yes, it's to rob the money. Who made your wife insist on looking at my things? Why should I let anyone see my things casually?"
"Who do you think you are?" The little girl looked at her with disdain. Although she was dressed well, she was far inferior to her own wife. Such a person was probably a daughter of a wealthy family, or at most a daughter of a minor official, and could not have a high status. So she said even more impolitely, "My wife wants to see your things, that's a compliment to you, don't be shameless."
Bang!
Suddenly, Qingyu raised her hand and slapped the girl hard on the face. A slap mark immediately appeared on the left side of the little girl's face. "Little girl, you are so careless with your words. I will teach you a lesson on behalf of your master, so that you don't bring her out again to embarrass your master and cause trouble."
The girl was beaten silly. She had followed the Madam for so many years. When she was in the south, she always acted arrogantly. No one dared to mess with her, not to mention being domineering. How come when she came to the capital, a businessman dared to slap her in the face?
This slap also made the woman shudder. She ignored her maid and pointed at Feng Yuheng and asked Qingyu: "What is her relationship with you?"
Qingyu replied: "Master and servant."
"The master of Nirvana Pavilion?"
Qingyu nodded, "Exactly."
The woman was puzzled. She was just the owner of a jewelry store, but she was so imposing. She couldn't help but look at Feng Yuheng again, wanting to ask who this little girl was.
But at this time, Feng Yuheng asked her again, "Five hundred taels of silver, do you want to see it or not?"
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