Jin Tingjiao

Chapter 98 The lion speaks

"Sister Xi!" When Huang saw her, he walked around Pearl and came to her, and said, "Sister Xin got into trouble outside and was extorted 2000 taels of silver. Now she can't even come back. Please come with me." Just look!"

As he spoke, he told her the ins and outs, and looked at her anxiously.

At this age, it was probably the first time she spoke humbly to her juniors.

Shen Xi secretly scolded Shen Xin a few times!
Ning Mei thought about it here, then immediately turned around and went to change clothes and make up.

If it was normal, it would be fine, even if her long room was extorted 2 taels, it's none of her business!

But now that she has taken over her job, she has to pay attention to it. After all, she knows that Shen Xin's temperament is not good enough. If she throws a splash on the spot, she will be humiliated!

She came to change clothes and make up in person, and within two quarters of an hour, she packed everything up and went out.

Although Huang was very anxious, she couldn't help being amazed when she saw that she had put on new clothes and cleaned herself up neatly.

"Let's go!"

Shen Xi took the fan on the porch, and went out the door first.

Although Huang Shi walked behind, she didn't feel aggrieved at all.

Qionghua Terrace is located in Nancheng, three streets away from Lumingfang. The name Shen Xi has never heard of before.

On the way, I heard Mrs. Huang say that it is a famous goldware and jade jewelry shop opened in recent years. Its scale is not smaller than the previous hairpin jade building, but it is said that the head and face jewelry it sells are extremely gorgeous and expensive.

In general, ladies from official households only come to buy a few pieces for their outfits before they get married or get married.

The carriage was moving fast, but it was time for a cup of tea to arrive at the gate of Qionghua Terrace.

This place is really magnificent, there are many people in the shop downstairs, standing, sitting and sitting.Most of them are female relatives, who can tell from their clothes that they are either rich or noble, and most of them speak softly.

Of course, there are bold and informal ones, but after all, they are not too exaggerated.

It can be seen that after 400 years of Helian clan rule, the Tuoba nobles have become more particular, but the Shen family is a different kind.

When Shen Xi arrived at the store, he looked around, but did not see Shen Xin.At this time, Dongying came back after some inquiries, "It's in the back hall!"

Huang couldn't bear it anymore, and followed her first to lift the curtain from the back door of the store, and arrived at their back hall.

A staff member had already seen that it was a member of the Shen family, and immediately stepped forward to lead the way.

After passing through this door, Shen Xi heard Shen Xin's low sobs.

The back hall is also a courtyard, but there are three open halls in a row at the other end of the patio. Now people are sitting in three directions, and the person at the top is a shopkeeper, presumably the shopkeeper of Qionghua Terrace.

On the right was Shen Xin, who was accompanied by the maids, her eyes were already red and swollen, she was wiping her tears with her head hooked, she was inexplicably useless.

On the left is a woman in her thirties, wearing gold and silver, and her makeup is very fine. A golden phoenix spreading its wings and striding forward on the towering cloud bun is particularly conspicuous.

Even if she was sitting here waiting, she still had a calm demeanor, she didn't seem to be bullying, and there was no ridicule or anger, just a sense of contempt all over her body.

It's just that in her eyebrows and eyes, after all, she still showed a bit of her usual low-browed and pleasing attitude.

On the table among them, there is a jadeite bracelet.

"The wife and the second girl are here." Dongying stepped forward and said something.

Shen Xin immediately stood up, but being glared at by Shen Xi, she immediately sat back down, changed to a slow and leisurely posture and stood up, and gave Huang's a short blessing, and then called "Mother".

Huang Shi couldn't help being surprised when he saw her posture at first, but in a blink of an eye she was ready to rush up.

Shen Xi stretched out his hand to pull her clothes, coughed, and then she looked at the other side again, and asked Shen Xin: "What happened?"

"I think this must be Mrs. Shen."

At this time, the shopkeeper who was sitting above stood up: "My surname is Liu, and I am the second shopkeeper of our shop.

"The thing is like this, this jadeite bracelet was polished by Mrs. Qi in the shop, and she mistakenly thought it was the goods from the shop, and when she took it to look at it, she accidentally made a gap.

"Right now, Mrs. Qi is negotiating compensation with Miss Shen. Now that you are here, it will be easier to talk."

Shopkeeper Liu bowed his head and stepped aside after speaking, obviously not wanting to get involved in this dispute.

Mrs. Huang didn't seem to be familiar with Mrs. Qi, but after all she was wrong, so she bowed her head first to pay her respects.

Then he picked up the bracelet and took a look. Sure enough, there was a gap the size of a grain of rice on the outer edge, making the bracelet ugly.

But asking for 2000 taels of silver for such a small gap is too dark!
Huang-shi held her breath in her heart and looked at Shen Xi.

Mrs. Qi also slipped her gaze over and stared at them.

Shen Xi took the bracelet and went to a place with bright light to examine it carefully. He saw that the bracelet was clear and floating green, and the clear part was like ice, while the floating green part was very full of green. .

But it costs 2000 taels to knock a gap, which is really a bit dark.

She put down the bracelet and looked at Mrs. Qi, there were no decorations on her body to tell her identity, and she didn't even know Mrs. Huang, so she must not be a big official in the family.

But since she knew that Shen Xin was the lady of the servant's mansion, and she was also the servant in charge of the criminal department, the strength behind her would not be too weak.

After thinking about it, she saluted Mrs. Qi first, and then said: "I wonder how much Madam thinks we should pay?"

Mrs. Qi also looked at her, and said with a smile: "I wonder who the girl is?"

"I'm also a young lady of the Shen family, and this is my eldest sister. It's the same as Madam told me and her." Shen Xi nodded.

"It turns out that she is also the young lady of the Shen family." Mrs. Qi stood up and said, "Then I'll just say it straight.

"My bracelet cost 3000 taels when I bought it, and it was specially bought for my birthday by my master, so the value of this bracelet can be said to be very valuable. This gap, let alone pay me 2000 taels of silver!"

"Why do you need so much money—"

Shen Xin blurted out, and when she caught Shen Xi's gaze, she cleared her throat and stopped.

She has long since stopped crying.For some reason, after seeing Shen Xi following him, her heart also settled down.

Shen Xi first looked at the shopkeeper Liu: "Dare to ask the shopkeeper, how much is the price of such a bracelet?"

Shopkeeper Liu didn't expect to cause misfortune, so he glanced at Mrs. Qi, coughed and said, "The best old pit ice seeds are also worth several thousand taels of silver."

"Then you see, is this bracelet a few thousand taels of high-quality goods?" Shen Xi asked him again.

Shopkeeper Liu took a long breath and touched his nose.

Obviously, this Mrs. Qi cannot be offended, but the Shen family is not so easy to provoke.

This kind of question made him very difficult to be caught in the middle.

But since he asked, he couldn't keep silent.After a slight pause, he raised his eyes and said, "From the girl's point of view, what is the quality of this bracelet?"

(End of this chapter)