diskusbooks Chapter 129 Price Discrimination
Chapter 129 Price Discrimination
[Tsk tsk tsk, if those people who bought the fire-avoidance diagram and the storybook knew about this, they'd definitely chase after Chen Decai's godson and beat him up.]
At this moment, there was a rustling sound outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
From this perspective, it wasn't just one person who bought from Ziqi Bookstore, but a group of people.
"You bought it?"
"You bought some too?"
"It's perfectly normal to buy one. In the entire capital, only Ziqi Study has the most elegant paintings and the most expressive calligraphy, so you bought one too?"
“Yes, I bought it. I spent one tael of silver. That little eunuch is truly heartless.”
"What? You only spent one tael of silver? I spent a whole five taels of silver."
"What? You only spent five taels? I spent ten taels of silver."
The Minister of Rites looked at the scene before him, and the corner of his mouth twitched violently.
Unable to contain himself, he swept his sleeves and said, "What kind of behavior is this! What kind of behavior is this! Minister Chen, look at this! This is not how an official of Da Ye should behave!"
To everyone's surprise, when he turned around, Chen, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, shouted in great indignation, "I spent twenty taels of silver! What a sin! When did I offend that little eunuch?"
Minister of Rites: "..."
"You only have twenty taels, but I have fifty taels!!!"
Everyone turned around, and the one who let out that mournful cry was none other than the Left Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial.
The Minister of Rites couldn't help but twitch his lips, and subconsciously asked, "Was it bought with your wife's money?"
Left Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial: ...
The fact that someone used his wife's money to support a mistress was common knowledge throughout the court.
Unexpectedly, he no longer dares to keep mistresses and has started using his wife's money to buy fire-avoidance paintings.
"Look, there's that little eunuch over there!"
The Left Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial rolled his eyes and spotted Chen Decai's godson, who was about to leave the palace to visit his study.
A group of people dressed in official robes rushed forward instantly.
Chen Decai's godson was so frightened that he fell to the ground.
What's going on?
[Wow, Chen Decai, your godson is a fake eunuch!!!]
The official who was looking for Chen Decai's godson stopped abruptly, turned around, and prepared to go find the old emperor.
The one who got promoted the fastest was the Left Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial.
He was cheated out of the most money.
Just one, just one.
He was charged a full fifty taels of silver.
He couldn't bear not venting his anger.
Vice Minister Chen of the Ministry of Rites also walked very fast. He thought that Ziqi Study had always been like this, simply selling things at high prices. Who would have thought that he was being discriminated against!
At this moment, Chen Decai looked at the sea of court officials and was about to kneel down.
Oh no, he was kneeling all along.
The old emperor looked sharply at Chen Decai and lowered his voice, saying, "Tell me what's on your mind. Do you know that your godson is a fake eunuch?"
Chen Decai shook his head frantically: "This servant doesn't know."
The talented young man is truly pitiful; he was utterly ruined by his godson.
The old emperor's gaze finally relaxed.
It's confirmed, but I don't know.
He was just a lowly eunuch. Although he did earn a lot of money, he was also accused of embezzling money and deceiving the emperor. These two crimes were enough to warrant the extermination of his entire family.
But for the sake of Ziqi Study, we can pardon his entire family; we'll just have to cut off his head.
[However, the Purple Aura Study is nothing compared to what happened to that little eunuch—no, now we should say the fake eunuch—who had a little affair with one of the old emperor's daughters.]
The old emperor had a colon above his head.
How come this melon has ended up on his head again?
Holy crap, which of his daughters is so blind as to fall for a little eunuch?
Although the old emperor might have been a little neglectful due to having so many children, he felt he hadn't mistreated them. How come there's still a poor little princess in the harem who's being bullied even by the palace maids and eunuchs?
The old emperor's breath hitched, and he gestured to Chen Decai: "Summon Consort Zhang over."
"Here."
Upon receiving the order, Chen Decai felt liberated.
He's completely ignoring his godson now, who almost cost him his life; there's something wrong with him thinking about him.
[After the poor little princess was bullied by palace maids and eunuchs for the nth time, the fake eunuch finally appeared.]
After that, the little princess's life became much easier, because the fake eunuch was watching over her. Over time, the little princess grew fond of the fake eunuch, and she knew that this matter must not be known to anyone.
Even if it were an unfavored princess who fell in love with a eunuch, if this were recorded in history books, it would surely become a topic of gossip in the future.
After reading it, Shen Zhiyi couldn't help but sigh. Just as she was about to continue reading this gossip, she looked up and found that many ministers had come to see the old emperor.
[Wasn't the old emperor inside the palace? Why did he suddenly come out?]
Zhang Sheren's forced smile was clearly a sign of his true intentions. He had originally intended to watch the General of the Central Army make a fool of himself, but unexpectedly, the amusement ended up falling on him instead.
His eyes lit up, and he had more material for unofficial historical accounts.
Unfortunately, the Purple Qi Study belonged to the old emperor, which meant that unofficial histories could no longer be sold there in the future.
Unfortunately, a large sum of royalties was lost.
Why would a fake eunuch embezzle the old emperor's money if he had nothing to do? He was a fake eunuch, and he was doomed.
The old emperor glanced at the ministers who came to lodge complaints, then with a half-smile, he flicked his sleeve and entered the Yanying Hall.
He wanted to see how these old guys dared to talk to a mere eunuch like him.
Upon entering the hall, a surge of heat immediately calmed everyone who had been disoriented by the cold wind.
The old emperor chuckled and said, "My dear ministers, what important matter warrants such a grand mobilization?"
Vice Minister Chen of the Ministry of Rites patted the arm of the Left Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial.
The Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies, Zuo Shaoqing, also wanted to flatter Vice Minister Chen of the Ministry of Rites.
The two ended up being photographed together by chance.
Wow!
[I want to tell the wives of Vice Minister Chen of the Ministry of Rites and the Left Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial that your husbands are out as gay! They're openly holding hands in the imperial court.]
This is outrageous!
Minister of Rites: Isn't this his poem?
The Vice Minister of Rites, Chen, and the Left Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial, exchanged a glance, both of them able to see the other's disdain.
If even the two highest-ranking officials dared not speak, then the rest were even less likely to speak.
A bunch of people came over so aggressively just to report that a minor eunuch was a fake eunuch.
It's so funny it would make people laugh to death if they heard it out loud.
The historian will certainly record the situation of today.
They still have some sense of shame.
So you can't say it, but you feel uncomfortable if you don't.
What's the difference between this and suffering a loss in silence?
but……
Everyone looked up and saw Chen Decai, who had just returned.
Chen Decai almost knelt down.
The way those courtiers were looking at him was as if they wanted to devour him.
They can't say it, but Chen Decai can.
That fake eunuch is his godson!
He has a responsibility and an obligation to report and expose this!
[Tsk, I almost forgot about the poor little princess; I haven't finished watching it yet.]
It's strange, why is it that only this little princess in the entire harem is having a bad time?
It was as if Consort Zhang was deliberately making things difficult for him.
At this moment, Consort Zhang, who was behind her, said: "What? She did it on purpose, so what?"