freenovelworld Chapter 374: Clouds Rise, Slap
Chapter 374: Clouds Rise, Slap
She was going to buy two shops today, and after saying hello to Princess Ding, Shang Ruoyi left the house directly.
You can hear people talking every few steps on the street.
"Have you heard? The biological father of the Princess of Prince Ding is not the former Prime Minister Shang at all."
"Who is that?"
"I don't even know who it is. From what I can see, it might be a coachman or a guard."
"Tsk tsk tsk, how can someone with this background be worthy of our prince?"
"If you ask me, the prince should just divorce her. The Dingguo Palace is the guardian of our Tianshun, and we can't let a bad apple mess it up."
When the people heard this, they all agreed.
Shang Ruoyi frowned, and Shaoyao beside her clenched her fists and said angrily: "These civilians, when fighting, they all ran faster than anyone else, but they worked together to gossip."
Yunqi said in a deep voice: "Princess, do you want me to drive them away?"
Shang Ruoyi smiled, shook her head and said, "It's just some gossip, what's there to worry about? Besides, what they said is also true, I am indeed not Shang Nian's daughter."
She turned around and was about to leave, while the people behind her were still talking.
At this moment, several strong men rushed out and shouted at the gossipers: "You are not allowed to slander the Crown Prince's Consort!"
Shang Ruoyi paused. She didn't expect that someone would speak up for her.
She looked back and found that she didn't recognize those people at all.
"You are not allowed to slander the Crown Prince's Consort. She is not at all what you say she is." said one of the sturdy men.
"How do you know? She is the Crown Prince's Consort. Could it be that you are working in the Dingguo Palace?"
“We didn’t work for the Dingwang Palace, but we were all saved by the Dingwang Crown Princess. During the drought, our village had no harvest, and the Crown Princess saved more than a hundred people in our village on the way to exile. They had nothing to eat, but she still shared food with us. She is the great benefactor of our entire village. The people of our village will never allow anyone to defame the Dingwang Palace or the Dingwang Crown Princess!”
After hearing what he said, a woman stepped forward with her hands on her hips and sneered, "I think you were all sent by Princess Ding! Humph! Do you think you can restore your image in our hearts by using such means? How ridiculous."
"We were not sent by the Crown Princess of Prince Ding. It is well known that she saved our entire village. If you don't believe it, you can go and ask. Even if her biological father is really not Prime Minister Shang, so what? This does not affect her being a good person. You gossipers only know how to gossip about her behind her back. When I heard that the Crown Princess fought bloody battles in Qingzhou and blocked thousands of troops from Southern Xinjiang with her own strength, why didn't you go?"
When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other, and the woman who had just spoken fell silent instantly.
Shang Ruoyi raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at Yunqi, and whispered, "This person was arranged by your prince, right?"
Yunqi blushed slightly and coughed softly: "It was just a few words of advice from someone, but they are sincerely grateful to the Crown Prince's Consort."
Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "Let's go."
The few of them came to a very busy street, and Yunqi said softly: "Princess, there is a shop here. Their owner is going back to his hometown, so this shop is ready to be sold. Please take a look."
Shang Ruoyi glanced back and forth at the street a few times, then walked towards the shop.
This shop is a cloth shop, located in the middle of the street. On the left is a jewelry shop and on the right is a teahouse.
Shang Ruoyi walked in and found that there was only a two-story shop with a street behind it.
"Sir, are you here to look at the shop or to buy some cloth?"
"Come and take a look." She walked to the counter, which was filled with all kinds of cloth.
"Sir, you have a very good eye. This cloth is brocade, which has been the most popular in the capital in the past two years. Many young ladies from official families love it very much."
"Boss, how do you sell this shop?"
"Sir, my shop only costs six thousand taels."
Six thousand taels.
Shang Ruoyi frowned slightly: "Why is it so expensive?"
"Sir, six thousand taels is not expensive. My shop is in the best location on this street! If I were not going back to my hometown, I would not sell this shop no matter what."
Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "Boss, the prices of shops in the capital are between 2,000 and 3,000 taels. Shops with good locations are 4,000 taels, and shops with yards are 5,000 taels. You don't have a yard, and the shop is small, but you're asking for 6,000 taels. Isn't that a bit too much?"
Hearing her say this, the shopkeeper's face changed slightly, and he smiled awkwardly: "Sir, my shop has a very good feng shui. I relied on this shop to make a prosperous business. You can spend a little more money to buy some luck to make a fortune every day. What's wrong with that?"
Shang Ruoyi couldn't help but sneer when she heard this.
Luck of making a fortune every day?
If I really bought this shop, would I be the one making a fortune, or would he be the one making a fortune?
"It's too far-fetched to ask for more money with this gimmick." Shang Ruoyi shook her head: "It's still too expensive." After saying that, she was ready to turn around and leave.
Seeing that she was really going to leave, the shopkeeper was about to ask her to stay when he heard a sneer coming from the door: "If the princess can't afford it, just say so. Your family is so rich and powerful, but you still lack this little money from the common people. It really brings shame to your palace." Mu Qingning walked in with a mocking smile on her face: "How much money can a shop have? I'll buy it!"
Shang Ruoyi raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard this and looked at Mu Qingning with interest. How could Prime Minister Mu raise such a brainless daughter?
"Since Miss Mu likes it, I won't take it away from her." She didn't want to pay attention to her and walked straight out.
Mu Qingning took a step forward and blocked Shang Ruoyi's way.
Seeing this, Yunqi was about to take action but was stopped by Shang Ruoyi.
"What? Do you still want to beat me up?" Mu Qingning sneered, "I really didn't expect that you would still have the nerve to walk on this street. If I were you, I would have already hidden in my house and wouldn't dare to come out."
"Why don't you dare to come out?" Shang Ruoyi said with a smile on her face: "I haven't done anything wrong, why don't you dare to go out?"
"Haven't you heard what everyone is talking about now? The princess consort of Prince Ding, her biological father is unknown, maybe a groom? A coachman? Or a guard? Can you tell clearly?" Mu Qingning glanced at her with contempt: "If you were a concubine of the prime minister's mansion, even though you were humble, you would still be considered a descendant of a famous family. What was the result? Your biological mother actually cheated on her husband. Such despicable behavior is really despicable. No wonder she died early. I think even God couldn't stand a woman like her and wanted to take her away."
Shang Ruoyi's expression did not change when she heard this.
"Why, aren't you eloquent? Why aren't you talking?"
Shang Ruoyi curled her lips slightly and said calmly: "Yunqi, slap your mouth."