Chapter 843 - 760: Black Jade Token

Chapter 843: Chapter 760: Black Jade Token

The shopkeeper is torn, oh the gleaming silver!

But no, the rules!

He subconsciously glanced at Xia Wenjin again.

If this young lady were to bid again, then of course it’s still sold to this young lady! He is a man of integrity!

Xia Wenjin’s expression changed slightly, showing some hesitation and a hint of struggle, but still gritted her teeth, and made a desperate bid: "Two hundred and fifty!"

Not daring to bid a hundred taels more, now only daring to add fifty taels? Exhausted!

Over here, Xu Man bursts into laughter, seeing sweat on her forehead, pretending to be rich while poor! She sneered at Xia Wenjin, what use is a sharp tongue? If not at the same level, there’s no comparison.

What is she even proud of?

Even Xu Man can see it, naturally Zhao Keyan and Luo Fu can see it too.

Especially outside the shop, that crude blue cloth carriage seems to be blatantly announcing that she is a pauper!

If she were truly wealthy, could she be riding such a broken carriage, which could be rented for three days with just ten taels of silver?

The reason she can appear in this rouge shop and wants to buy that Colorful Spirit Green is simply because now she is Prime Minister Xia’s niece, and the Chancellor Xia Mansion would certainly show some favor to this niece, giving her some personal silver.

But, how long has she been related to Prime Minister Xia? Accumulating such personal silver, having over two hundred taels is already quite a lot.

Two hundred and fifty taels, should be her limit.

But Zhao Keyan came today to put her down, and because of this farce, not only were the shop’s original customers paying attention, but even outside, people gathered watching the spectacle.

With so many watching, she wanted Xia Wenjin to lose face, spreading the news through word of mouth that Xia Wenjin is nothing but a poor wretch.

Zhao Keyan originally did not think much of Xia Wenjin, but during that sword dance, Xia Wenjin made her carefully practiced dance seem dull. She was merely displeased, but didn’t know Xia Wenjin’s background, this dissatisfaction just stuck silently in her heart.

She sent out people to investigate Xia Wenjin, who turned out to be from Jinzhou, whose father and brother were commoners without official positions, merely borrowing Prime Minister Xia’s favor and as his niece, moving within the noble lady circle of Capital City.

Just a daughter of a common warrior, not worth mentioning!

But in the Prince Ning Mansion incident, she went to such lengths, sacrificing her honor and the dignity of a noble lady, yet Young Master Xuan, because of Xia Wenjin, did not want to take responsibility, and even mentioned having a marriage contract with Xia Wenjin!

Although in the end he did take responsibility, she knows that Young Master Xuan has Xia Wenjin in his heart. Otherwise, how could a young master from Prince Liang Mansion possibly form any marriage contract with a country girl?

More importantly, she knows how her marriage grant came about, almost through her father’s threats and inducements. Young Master Xuan agreed to this marriage not out of affection for her.

But because her father is the Imperial Tutor!

One of the twin beauties, a leading figure in the noble lady circle of Capital City, outstanding and privileged. She has her pride and dignity, but her marriage contract wasn’t because her talent or beauty attracted the other party.

Even all her attributes are disregarded by the other party.

If she hadn’t decisively abandoned her honor and boldly stayed alone with Young Master Xuan, even her father’s power might not have attracted Young Master Xuan!

All because Young Master Xuan was first drawn to Xia Wenjin!

This is sheer humiliation for her.

Raised in luxury, pampered since childhood, standing aloft, looking down upon everything, yet overshadowed by a country girl who has been in the Capital City for merely a year or two, how can she swallow this?

Her eyes cold and proud fell on Xia Wenjin’s face, seeing her clearly embarrassed yet pretending to be composed, clearly impoverished yet still trying to hold up, Zhao Keyan felt more disdain for her, spoke without hesitation: "Five hundred taels!"

Then, looked at Xia Wenjin with an attitude of superiority, overlooking everything.

Xia Wenjin said Luo Fu only added one tael, too stingy, now she directly doubled the bid.

The three words ’five hundred taels’ also caused a sensation around, the shopkeeper involuntarily licked his dry lips, swallowed hard, five hundred taels, tenfold, tenfold!

Although the shop has its rules, it also needs to make money.

If it were merely fifty taels and neither would yield, surely he would follow the rules of first come, first served, then try to compensate the later one, perhaps even offering some benefits, so that she leaves joyfully. Doing business requires both principles and flexibility.