diskusbooks Chapter 343 Another incident
Chapter 343 Another incident
"Right, it's broken now, and they say it's their prized possession. Can you argue with that?"
I just think they're trying to extort money from people.
[They're just trying to extort money, what can you do about it? Gu Xuening did break it.]
【what to do? 】
"Just pay up. We're not short of these things. We haven't even touched what we robbed from the Zheng family back then, have we?"
Can those things be taken out?
【cannot. 】
She's not stupid. This is the capital, and it's the Treasure Pavilion. If she can produce something, people will definitely find out.
She didn't want to cause trouble for herself; she'd rather sell those things to other countries.
Seeing this, Lin Wan'er revealed a smug look on her face: "Hmph, Gu Xuening, you've caused a huge disaster today. Let's see how you compensate for it!"
Does your Rongguo Duke's mansion still have any silver? I heard that all the silver in your mansion was...
"Lin Wan'er, shut up!" a man walked over and shouted.
"Cousin," Lin Wan'er said dismissively, drawing out her words as she coaxed the man beside her.
"Is it because the Rongguo Duke's Mansion is short of money?"
Ruyi, [Disgusting!]
Dongfang Jin glanced at her. "Indeed."
Someone in the crowd said, "Why don't we ask Duke Wen for it?"
"This time, even the Duke of Wen's mansion probably won't stand up for her; this is no small sum."
"That's right. Every time they get into trouble outside over the years, it's Duke Wen who has to step in."
"The Duke of Wen is old, how much longer can he help them? Besides, the Duke of Wen's family has quite a few people."
……
Ruyi, [Is it really that bad? It doesn't seem like it.]
Hearing their discussion, Dongfang Jin said, "I think so too."
This is really complicated.
【kind of.】
Hearing the increasingly unrestrained and loud discussions of those people, Gu Xuening turned pale with fright, her eyes welling up with tears.
She looked helplessly at Duan Jing'an and Dongfang Jin, shaking her head: "Mother, Aunt, I...I didn't mean to."
Duan Jing'an frowned, about to speak, but Dongfang Jin stepped forward and walked to the waiter's side: "Hello, I will definitely compensate for this loss at the original price."
However, this matter arose because of Miss Lin; if she hadn't been so aggressive, this unexpected incident wouldn't have happened.
Upon hearing this, Lin Wan'er immediately jumped up and said, "Don't make false accusations! It was clearly Gu Xuening's own carelessness, what does it have to do with me!"
Dongfang Jin sneered: "If you don't compete with Ning'er, will she avoid you?"
If she doesn't dodge, will she run into that shelf?
Miss Lin, am I wrong?
Just as the two sides were deadlocked, the manager of Zhenbaozhai came out from the inner room.
He looked at the shards on the ground, then at the crowd, but he didn't show the same shock as the other guy.
After staring at the fragments for a moment in thought, he looked at Dongfang Jin and Duan Jing'an and said, "This matter is indeed a bit difficult to handle. However, for the sake of Duke Wen and Duke Ning, I am willing to offer a compromise."
"If you can produce treasures of comparable value to these porcelain pieces, this matter will be dropped."
Dongfang Jin nodded and smiled. Sure enough, after looking around the Treasure Pavilion, he didn't expect that they also sold medicinal herbs here.
Thinking of taking out what Ruyi had prepared from her own bag, which was actually from the Ruyi Realm.
A 500-year-old purple ginseng and a box containing a passion fruit.
"Shopkeeper, are these two items enough to offset these treasures in your shop?"
Some of the people gathered there exclaimed in surprise, "She really does!"
"what is that?"
"do not know."
"Who is this?"
"I don't know, but she came with that person from the Rongguo Duke's Mansion."
"What wealthy relatives could a dilapidated duke's mansion possibly have?"
"Stop talking. At least he still has the title of the emperor's brother-in-law."
"Tch, everyone knows that the person in charge doesn't associate with their family."
"Back when that Duchess was still alive, I used to see them going out shopping. Now that they're divorced, they haven't been seen out for a while."
"Who can argue with that? They haven't been seen at any of these banquets lately."
"With someone like that in her family, who would dare to send her an invitation?"
……
Ruyi, [Your father-in-law, whom you've never even met, is utterly inhuman!]
Dongfang Jin frowned as she listened to the murmurs of the people around her. She hadn't expected her father-in-law to be so troublesome.
No wonder my cousin didn't bother with them.
It was this cousin's negligence that led to their family's predicament in the capital.
[Gu Chenglin needs to talk to him about this, and this older brother is incredibly careless.]
That's hard to say.
Let's see how things go when they come back today. Hopefully, my cousin can resolve his issues with his brother-in-law.
【hope so. 】
Dongfang Jin sighed inwardly; her cousin's mother was also involved.
Long Jiu said that the poison his cousin's mother drank pointed to Gu Yunxiao.
Hopefully they can solve the mystery.
The shopkeeper opened the cloth bag, hissed, and then shouted, "Good heavens! Shopkeeper!"
This...this...this is a 500-year-old purple ginseng.
Hearing him shout, the shopkeeper quickly came over, carefully lifted the purple ginseng with both hands, and exclaimed in shock: "Indeed, this is a five-hundred-year-old purple ginseng."
After speaking, he looked at it seriously. The main root of the purple ginseng was thick and sturdy, like an old man who had experienced many vicissitudes but was resolute and calm.
The surface has a deep and rich purple color, but it is not a bright or dazzling purple.
Instead, it has a rich, aged patina, as if time itself has imbued it with a mysterious hue.
Upon closer inspection, the surface is covered with fine, irregular textures, resembling an ancient map.
It records the stories of five hundred years of wind and rain, the nourishment of the earth, and the changing seasons.
A middle-aged man saw the purple ginseng and exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, this...this is a treasure!"
A slightly older man next to him spat at him, "Is this a treasure? This is practically a rare gem, something you can hardly ever see!"
"Five hundred years! I've really seen something new."
"How lucky I am to see such a wonderful thing today."
The shopkeeper excitedly held the purple ginseng, carefully cradling it, and asked Dongfang Jin with great humility, "Madam, are you sure you want to take this to replace all of these?"
Dongfang Jin laughed: "Shopkeeper, tell me, can this thing be worth all of your stuff?"
"Yes, yes, yes, that's more than enough!"
"Madam, my surname is Tao. Are you really going to offer this ginseng as payment?"
If that's the case, then this purple ginseng will be the prized possession of their Treasure Pavilion.
Dongfang Jin waved his hand dismissively: "It's enough to cover it up. Today's incident was my niece's fault."
Not only did you not blame us, but you also compromised, which is already making way for us.
The remark was somewhat sarcastic, but the other person didn't catch it.
"Madam, what is this?" Shopkeeper Tao asked, pointing to the box in Dongfang Jin's hand.
Dongfang Jin saw him pointing to the box in her hand, picked it up and weighed it in her hand: "This is a fruit, just like this purple ginseng, which I obtained by chance."
It was originally intended as a gift for an elder, but now...?
"How about Manager Tao takes a look? If you like it, I can sell it to your Treasure Pavilion."
Shopkeeper Tao carefully placed the purple ginseng in his hand into the box that the shop assistant had just brought.
He took the small box from Dongfang Jin's hand, slowly opened it, and a fruity fragrance wafted out.
"Passion fruit!" someone shouted out the fruit's name.
"It really is passion fruit."
"Is this passion fruit?"
"That's right, the passion fruit that takes a hundred years to flower and a hundred years to bear fruit. I was fortunate enough to see it once at the Four Seasons Auction House."
"Wow, who is this woman? She actually brought out such a fine treasure."
Duan Jing'an walked up to Dongfang Jin and nervously grabbed her arm: "Xiao Jin, you..."
Dongfang Jin patted her hand to comfort her, "It's alright, just watch."