Chapter 1018: Conferring the Crown Prince (3)

When Xiangyun saw the set of violet jade jewelry, she couldn't let it go. She picked up the hairpins, rings, bracelets, and jade pendants one by one, and looked at them in the sun. The more she looked, the happier she was. She exclaimed: "It is worthy of being the treasure of the town. It is really beautiful!"

Caiwei joked: "Since you like it, buy it as a dowry!"

"Well, that's fine, but this set of headwear is so cheap? It must be very expensive, right?"

The shopkeeper came over and said: "This set of headwear is seven in total"

Before he finished speaking, Caiwei took over and said: "Five thousand taels!"

The shopkeeper was stunned. What is the boss talking about? Five thousand taels can't even get back the cost. The other day, the wife of Yao Yuanpan of the Imperial Hospital wanted to buy this set of jewelry and give it to Concubine Yao De. She gave seven thousand taels but didn't sell it. How come it was sold for five thousand taels? Is the boss crazy?

However, he only dared to complain in his heart, but did not dare to say it out loud. He could only look at Wu Xiangyun helplessly, hoping that she could not even afford the five thousand taels.

Sure enough, when Xiangyun heard that a set of headgear would cost five thousand taels of silver, she swallowed hard and put down the things in her hand awkwardly.

Five thousand taels, for a young lady from an honest official family, is really not a small amount. Although she likes to pursue the latest clothes and jewelry, the prices of those things are limited. She can afford a hundred or eighty taels of silver, but this set of things costs five thousand taels of silver. She really can't afford so much silver!

The girl who accompanied Xiangyun came upstairs after strolling downstairs. When she went upstairs, she saw the set of things on the table. Her eyes lit up and she exclaimed: "Wow! Is this the legendary treasure of the Treasure Pavilion, the famous violet jade face?"

"That's right, Miss, you have good insight!" Caiwei nodded and smiled, expressing her agreement.

The girl said without any modesty: "Of course, I heard my mother talk about this thing before, but unfortunately, it costs 7,500 taels of silver, which is too expensive, otherwise my mother would have bought it for me!"

"7,500 taels?"

Xiangyun shouted in surprise, and said to the girl: "Xiao Wei, you mean, this headdress costs 7,500 taels?"

The girl said: "Yes, I heard my mother say that. My mother bargained down to 6,500 taels and still didn't sell it!"

The shopkeeper laughed and thought, Auntie, what's your 6,500 taels? I offered 7,000 taels the other day and it still didn't sell!

Xiangyun understood what was going on at once, turned around and looked at Caiwei, and said gratefully: "Caiwei, thank you for your kindness, but 5,000 taels is also very expensive for me, I don't want it, let's look at something else!"

Caiwei had already lowered the price of marriage to the lowest, and the price of 5,000 taels was already a loss of several hundred taels of silver, and it couldn't be lower. Caiwei had no choice but to ask the shopkeeper to put away the jewelry and accompany her to look around.

Finally, Xiangyun chose a red gold phoenix wearing a peony hairpin, a pair of eight-treasure gold bracelets and a pair of coral earrings. Caiwei asked the shopkeeper to sell these things to Xiangyun at a 40% discount. Not only did she not make a penny, but she also lost dozens of taels.

Xiangyun was a lady from an official family and had seen many good things, so she had a rough estimate of the prices of these jewelry. Seeing that Caiwei had lowered the price so much, she was naturally very grateful.

Jing Xiaowei, the daughter of the Fuguo Duke who came with her, also bought a lot. For Xiangyun's sake, Caiwei also let her enjoy the same treatment as Xiangyun, and gave them a big discount, so that the two ladies left satisfied!