Chapter 613 (1/2)

Chapter 613

Since Yu Xiaocao was unable to stop Zhu Junyang’s ridiculous behavior, she decided to ignore him and said to Shopkeeper Zhang, “How much would it cost to buy all the remaining jades?”

“Uh…” Shopkeeper Zhang secretly looked towards his master . His master had already given away a top-grade mutton fat jade worth over a thousand taels, so would he still care about this ‘little money’? Although these added up to over six figures…just thinking about it made his heart ache!

“Why are you looking at this prince? Just accept what you’re supposed to take!” Although he said this, Zhu Junyang avoided the la.s.s’s line of sight and secretly made an implicit expression at Shopkeeper Zhang . They definitely had to collect some money; otherwise, the la.s.s would get angry and leave without taking any of the jades . As for his betrothal gifts, it would probably be difficult to even send them out after the New Year .

Shopkeeper Zhang received his master’s signal and said with a polite smile, “Miss Yu, for the two mutton fat jades in your hands, the smaller one cost 10,000 taels and the bigger one is 15,000 taels . I’ll just take 5,000 taels for the remaining white jades and green jades . Thus, it’s a total of 30,000 taels . You’re bought over by the master himself, so I’ll offer you the best discount available at the store . You just need to pay a total of 15,000 taels!”

Yu Xiaocao didn’t continue to argue . After all, if Zhu Junyang went to shop at her stores, she would also give him the best discount . After she swiftly paid the money, she felt an aching pain as she looked at the several pieces of unimpressive looking jades .

‘People often say that gold is valuable and jade is priceless, but this is too expensive ah!’ Yu Xiaocao sighed in her heart . If she didn’t have the money-making business ‘Blossoming Beauty’, there was no way that she would spend over ten thousand taels for several worthless rocks!

“Miss Yu, rest a.s.sured, this old servant will definitely pick the best craftsman to process these jades for you . Do you have any special requests?” Shopkeeper Zhang spoke in a very humble and polite manner . His master had that he would send the betrothal gifts after the New Year, so it was certain that status of the future lady of the house belonged to this young maiden .

When Shopkeeper Zhang first saw Yu Xiaocao, he was confused by her casual and indifferent att.i.tude . He had originally thought that when a peasant girl entered the grand and imposing ‘Wisdom Jade Pavillion’, she would feel uneasy and slightly nervous . However, this young maiden wasn’t like that at all . Furthermore, the bearing of Lady Fang and the two maidservants behind her gave him the wrong impression that his master had changed the target of his pursuit . (Author’s note: If Zhu Junyang knew what he was thinking about, he would definitely want to crack open his head to see what was inside!!)

But, afterwards, his misconception was broken by the name ‘Miss Yu’! Was there anyone who didn’t know that the Yu Family were a nouveau riche family in the capital? They came from a low origin and had a low-ranked official’s position and an awkward status, but no one in the capital dared to publicly offend the Yu Family .

One should know that in the winter, they had control of the meals on the dining tables of the n.o.ble families in the capital! Even if one didn’t care about the food, there was no guarantee that one’s wife and daughter didn’t love beauty ah .

Loving beauty was a woman’s nature . Due to the excellent quality of the products and services at ‘Blossoming Beauty’, many ladies with troubled skin had obtained satisfactory results after using their products . These results were spread by word of mouth, and now, most of the n.o.ble madams and young misses in the capital had a ‘Blossoming Beauty’ members.h.i.+p card .

Even if they couldn’t apply for a card due to lack of financial resources, they would use their long-time savings to buy a set of skin care products suitable for their skin . During the winter, the climate in the capital was cold and dry . If they tried to use other products after using Blossoming Beauty’s products, their skin would feel dry and uncomfortable as if they were wearing a mask .

Recently, Blossoming Beauty had launched skin care products for children, which were naturally non-irritating and could protect the child’s skin . This was good news for the children in the capital .

One must know the strong influence of bedside whispers . Even if there were officials who were dissatisfied with Yu Xiaocao being an official, they wouldn’t be able to take up the idea of going against the Yu Family due to the gentle advice from their fierce wives and precious daughters .

It was just that Shopkeeper Zhang hadn’t expected that Miss Yu had such poise and composure . She didn’t seem rustic at all and might be even more graceful than some of the n.o.ble young misses in the capital . What he admired the most was that such a small person was able to tame his master, who was such a big monster . She could get Royal Prince Yang, who was known for his ruthlessness and cruelty, to be so obedient and vowed to marry no one else but her . How skilled was that? It seemed like, in the future, he must do his best to please his mistress in order to secure his status!

Shopkeeper Zhang had actually thought about so much in this short period of time . Xiaocao, on the other hand, was still discussing with Lady Fang about what the jades should be carved into and how to carve them!

“This smaller piece of mutton fat jade can be carved into a pair of dragon and phoenix pendants . It’s quite fitting to gift a pair of dragon and phoenix pendants for Third Young Master Zhou’s upcoming marriage!” Lady Fang thought about the hairpin that Third Young Master Zhou gave last time and felt that a ten thousand taels jade pendant should be considered presentable . Yu Xiaocao nodded her head and decided to also give the bride a pink pearl bracelet . In this way, the wedding present wouldn’t seem stingy!

“This piece can be made into a pair of bangles . Cao’er, I noticed that you don’t have much jewelry, so let’s make it according to the size of your wrist!” It was difficult for women to resist jewelries, and Lady Fang was no exception . However, it was hard to find exquisite jades . As a mother, how could she try to take a fine piece of jade from her daughter?

She didn’t have much jewelry? How was that possible? One should know that the man in front of her, in order to gain her rea.s.surance, did everything he could to send her gifts from time to time, and most of them were jewelries worn by young maidens . As long as there was something that he liked at Treasure Pavillion, it would be sent over to her . There were things like diamond earrings, diamond necklaces, diamond bracelets, and jewelry made of ruby, sapphire, and emerald . There were also a lot of jades and corals… There was barely any s.p.a.ce left in her little treasure box .