nucmednet Chapter 55, Section 62: Pleasant Cooperation
Chapter 55, Section 62: Pleasant Cooperation
This time, Su Mowan remembered whose familiar voice it was.
Liu Ruxu is Su Huayue's cousin.
However, shouldn't Liu Ruxu be in Youzhou City, three thousand miles away?
Why did she end up in the capital?
Su Mowan walked in without stopping. This time, it wasn't Manager Liu who was being made difficult, but rather the two girls who started arguing among themselves.
Lu Qingtong was the legitimate daughter of the Minister of War, so naturally she looked down on Liu Ruxu, her cousin.
She immediately scoffed.
"So what if she's a cousin? Even if it were a young lady from the General's Mansion, we'd still have to reason with her! Let alone a cousin from the countryside."
Liu Ruxu's eyes reddened at the mention of "from the countryside".
She looked both ashamed and indignant: "You, you don't have to be so smug! So what if he's just the Minister of War? Wait till I get back and tell my uncle, and one word from him will make you beg for mercy!"
Lu Qingtong snorted disdainfully, and was about to retort when a slender woman walked in.
She narrowed her eyes; it was truly a case of enemies meeting on a narrow road.
"Su Mowan, what are you doing here? Are you here to back up this 'cousin'?"
Lu Qingtong deliberately emphasized the words "Miss Cousin," which made Liu Ruxu's eyes widen again.
After glaring at her, Liu Ruxu finally realized what was happening. She immediately turned around, looked at Su Mowan in a daze for a moment, and then said happily, "Cousin Mowan, you've come at the right time. Please teach her a good lesson for me—"
"Miss Liu, watch your words. She is now the concubine of the Prince of Qin, a woman of noble status. How dare you, a country bumpkin, claim kinship with her?"
Lu Qingtong interrupted her with amusement before she could finish speaking.
Although there was a hint of mockery in those words, Su Mowan, unusually, accepted the gesture: "Miss Lu is right, but not entirely right. Even in the past, I was not Miss Liu's cousin, so Miss Liu, please take back that word 'cousin'."
Liu Ruxu blushed with shame and indignation.
"Su Mowan, you! I haven't even looked down on you for being a concubine's daughter! And you have the nerve to look down on me?"
Su Mowan smiled. Yes, this was the Liu Ruxu she used to know.
"Since Miss Liu finds this so objectionable, please leave."
As she spoke, she made a gesture for people to leave.
Lu Qingtong watched with great interest.
Liu Ruxu scoffed, crossed her arms, and sneered, "Why should I pay? I'm here to buy clothes, this isn't your territory!"
Su Mowan nodded.
"That makes sense. May I ask what kind of clothes Miss Liu would like to buy?"
Two maids followed behind Liu Ruxu. One of them said, "Our young lady wants to buy the last 'Rainbow Clouds Flying' item in the shop!"
Su Mowan was unaware that her clothes had been given such a name, and immediately looked towards Manager Liu.
Manager Liu smiled.
“Reporting to Consort Su, this is the last one hanging here.”
Su Mowan glanced at it with slightly raised eyes and recognized that it was a style with newly upgraded fabric, the same batch priced at two hundred taels.
"Since Miss Liu wants to buy it, Manager Liu, you may sell it to her."
Upon hearing this, Lu Qingtong frowned and was about to speak.
Su Mowan turned to Liu Ruxu, who had a smug smile on her face, and asked, "I wonder if Miss Liu has brought enough money?"
Liu Ruxu chuckled.
"You're smart enough! It's just two hundred taels, isn't it? This young lady can afford it!"
As she spoke, she gestured with her chin toward the maid behind her.
The maidservant immediately tried to open the money pouch in her hand.
To everyone's surprise, Su Mowan laughed.
"Two hundred taels? Miss Liu, are you mistaken? This dress sells for six hundred taels."
The maid who was taking out the silver notes paused and looked at Liu Ruxu.
Liu Ruxu's expression changed.
"What nonsense are you talking about! It's clearly two hundred taels!"
Lu Qingtong, who was standing to the side, flashed her eyes and seized the opportunity to say in a sarcastic tone, "If Miss Liu can't come up with a mere six hundred taels, this dress will belong to me!"
That's the most provocative sentence.
Liu Ruxu immediately gritted her teeth.
"It's just six hundred taels! I have plenty of money!"
The shopkeeper took the silver notes and made the account, then smiled and said to Su Mowan, "Consort Su, this batch is sold out. What do you think we should do next?"
Su Mowan said without hesitation, "This time, bring two of each item, priced at three hundred taels."
Manager Liu smiled and agreed.
Liu Ruxu had just finished collecting her clothes and was about to stride confidently across the threshold when she heard this sentence and immediately understood.
She turned around and glared fiercely at Su Mowan.
"Is this shop yours?"
Lu Qingtong chuckled sarcastically, "Miss Liu, isn't that a silly question? The price of a dress is entirely up to them. If it's not theirs, whose is it?"
Even if Liu Ruxu was foolish, she would know that she had been tricked.
The clothes were originally priced at two hundred taels, but Su Mowan immediately said six hundred taels, and Lu Qingtong even pretended to rush to buy them!
The two had already set a trap for her to fall into!
Liu Ruxu's face turned pale, then red, then pale again, and finally she gritted her teeth and said, "So, Su Mowan, things are different now that you've married into the Qin Prince's mansion! You dare to collude with outsiders to dig a pit for me to fall into! You just wait!"
Su Mowan nodded seriously: "Okay, I'll wait."
After everyone left, she got back to the important matter.
"Manager Liu, once the next batch of clothes is finished, let Miss Lu choose one first. We won't charge you any money; consider it compensation."
After giving her instructions, Su Mowan smiled at Lu Qingtong.
"Ms. Lu, it's a pleasure doing business with you."
Lu Qingtong smiled and said, "Since it is Consort Su's kind intention, then I will accept it."
After everyone had left, Manager Liu smiled and said, "Consort Su's arrival today is quite timely, otherwise these two young ladies would have started fighting in the shop."
"I just come and take a look when I have nothing else to do."
Su Mowan glanced casually at the clothes in the store: "Something happened at the restaurant too. I just came from there."
Upon hearing this, Manager Liu immediately asked with concern, "What is it? Is there some trouble?"
"It's nothing, it's been resolved. If something like this happens again, just do it this way: whoever offers the highest price gets the clothes."
As Su Mowan spoke, she added, "Of course, I'm referring to situations where two people both like something but neither of them has paid for it."
Manager Liu nodded in agreement and then saw her out the door.
Compared to Zui Jinzhao, the number of customers here is not as high, so Manager Liu is busy enough that he doesn't need to learn the simplified version. Besides, Manager Liu has to stay in the shop all day and doesn't have time to learn it.
Therefore, Su Mowan does not plan to invite Manager Liu for the time being.
When Su Mowan returned to the gate of the Prince's Mansion and saw Granny Wei who had just come out, she raised her eyebrows in surprise.
"Granny Wei, where are we going?"
When Granny Wei saw her, her face immediately lit up with a smile: "Oh, Consort Su, you're finally back! The Prince sent this old servant to the restaurant to find you!"
As Su Mowan entered, she asked, "What business does Your Highness have with me?"
"Hey, what could possibly be wrong!"
Granny Wei followed her inside, saying, "It's just that I miss you terribly after not seeing you for a moment!"
"..."
Su Mowan stumbled and quickly grabbed onto a doorpost for support.