nucmednet Chapter 36 Some Brains
Chapter 36 Some Brains
Chu Xiaozhu took a look. She knew that this person was the eldest daughter of Duke Mu's mansion. She remembered that her mother was killed by the third son of their mansion. Seeing the eldest sister of the person who killed her mother right in front of her, she couldn't help but said to her in a bad tone: "Heh! Your brother killed someone, and you have the nerve to go out. Sister of a murderer!"
"You...you...say it to me again." Ye Qingyan was so angry that she almost jumped up and hit someone. Fortunately, she was stopped by a group of young ladies behind her.
"I can't change this fact even if I say it a hundred times." Chu Xiaozhu was not afraid of them at all. They were just a Duke's Mansion without real power. Her father was a first-rank general with real power, how could he be afraid of her?
Thinking of this, she suddenly felt confident and stared at Ye Qingyan.
Ye Qingyan put her hands on her chest and rubbed them several times before she calmed down and said, "The Dali Temple has already found out that my elder brother was wrongly accused. Are you questioning the Dali Temple's judgment by saying this now?"
Chu Xiaozhu laughed loudly when she heard this and said without showing any weakness: "I don't doubt that the Supreme Court judge made a mistake in his judgment. My mother's death was ultimately caused by your brother. If there were no enemies chasing him, why would my mother have suffered this unprovoked disaster? Moreover, no one in your family came to apologize. It shows that you are rude. You still have the nerve to point fingers at me here."
Chu Qianyu couldn't help but applaud her when she heard her say these words. She didn't expect Wang Man's daughter to have some brains. Every word she said was reasonable. It was impossible to refute.
As expected, Ye Qingyan was defeated and walked out angrily. Before she left, she turned around and pointed at Chu Xiaozhu and said sternly, "Just wait!" The Queen Mother had already told her mother that she intended to marry her to the Regent. When she became the Regent Princess, let's see who dared to be so disrespectful to her.
Just bear with it for now. It will be too late to take revenge later.
Chu Xiaozhu looked at her leaving back and curled her lips and said, "I thought she was so powerful. But she is just a coward."
After saying that, she walked directly to where the jewelry was displayed and began to choose carefully.
"Oh, the shopkeeper's this, this, and this." Chu Xiaozhu pointed at several of them and said, "Bring them out for me to see."
The shopkeeper was already very displeased with her after she had just made a scene. Originally, those young ladies from the aristocratic families would have bought a lot, but in the end, they all ran away. This made her so angry that her heart ached.
His attitude was not very enthusiastic. After taking out those things, he said, "Miss, these things are all new arrivals. They are unique in the whole capital. Please look at them carefully."
"Heh! What do you mean, shopkeeper? I don't even care about these few things." After saying that, she took the things directly from the shopkeeper's hand.
Aunt Liu, who was standing by, was so angry when she saw her treating those jewelry, which looked expensive, so rudely.
But she didn't dare to go up and cause trouble, in case she told her that she would do the opposite.
As a result, Chu Qianyu said what she hadn't said yet, "Second sister, you should be careful. Grandma said not to be extravagant. Just choose what suits you best."
Chu Xiaozhu held a gilded jewel hairpin with a phoenix butterfly in her left hand and a gold hairpin with a phoenix-cloud pattern in her right hand. Hearing her words, she laughed disdainfully and said, "If that's the case, then you should follow what grandma says. Go pick a hairpin on the street, and then go to a normal store to buy some coarse clothes. You'll see if grandma will dislike you and not let you go to the palace with her."
After saying that, she rolled her eyes, walked to the bronze mirror beside her, put the two pieces of jewelry on her head and compared them.
Chu Qianyu shook her head and said nothing. Aunt Liu saw all this and felt sorry for the young lady. So she stepped forward and said, "Young lady, please take a quick look to see if there is anything suitable. The ones you are wearing on your head are indeed a little too plain."
Chu Qianyu nodded and said, "Okay, I understand." Then she looked at the jewelry on display and found one that suited her taste. It was neither shabby nor too dazzling. She said to the shopkeeper, "Please take the turquoise flower-shaped gold hairpin for me."
"Okay, please wait a moment." The shopkeeper's attitude towards Chu Qianyu was quite different. He took out the things and handed them over very politely.
After taking it out, Chu Qianyu looked at it carefully and felt very satisfied, so he asked, "How much is this?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Oh, young lady, you have a good eye. Although this hairpin looks low-key, the turquoise is of top quality. So it is a little more expensive, fifty taels of silver."
Before Chu Qianyu could say anything, Aunt Liu came forward and asked in surprise, "What? This hairpin costs fifty taels?"
Chu Qianyu handed the hairpin to the shopkeeper and said a little embarrassedly: "Forget it, I'll look at something else."
This made Aunt Liu feel a little embarrassed. She smiled at Chu Qianyu and said, "Miss, you are right. Let's take a look at something else. There should be something better."
"Ah."
"Where is that plum blossom hairpin?" Chu Qianyu looked at the shopkeeper and asked.
"This one also costs thirty taels."
"Okay, thank you. I'll take another look." Chu Qianyu already knew that the price here was not cheap. After all, it was her property.
The two items in Chu Xiaozhu's hand would cost at least a hundred taels.
Chu Qianyu waited boredly for her to finish her selection. She was going to go to other shops to have a look later.
After about a quarter of an hour, Chu Xiaozhu finally decided on the item. A set of jewelry and a gorgeous dress embroidered with exquisite patterns in gold thread, it was very eye-catching in the sun.
After Chu Xiaozhu ordered the items, she looked at the shopkeeper and said, "Just calculate how much it costs, and then put it in the account of the General's Mansion."
The shopkeeper fiddled with the abacus for a while, and then she looked at Chu Xiaozhu with a smile. She felt that this person was much more pleasing to the eye at this time, "Miss, these are a total of 512 taels. Since you bought a lot, I can give you a discount. I will charge you 510 taels."
"What? It's only two taels cheaper. You might as well not give it a cheaper price at all." Chu Xiaozhu said dissatisfiedly after hearing this.
But at this moment, all that was on Madam Liu's mind was the five hundred taels. If the old lady knew about this, she would definitely tell someone about it. After looking at Chu Xiaozhu, Madam Liu consciously shut her mouth and said nothing more.
"Okay, wrap them all up. Put them all on the carriage for me!"
"Okay." The shopkeeper happily told the servant to pack up the things.
She then remembered Chu Qianyu beside her and turned to look over. She seemed to be in a daze and hadn't chosen anything. She frowned unhappily and said, "What are you doing? Why haven't you picked anything yet? I won't accompany you if you go to another store later."
Chu Qianyu raised her eyebrows and said with interest: "Second sister has already spent 500 taels. If I buy another one here, I'm afraid it will cost several hundred taels. What do you think grandma will say?"
"Humph! Since you already know, you should just buy something cheap. Take a look. I want to go back and eat early, and it's getting late."