Mu Yi knelt on one knee. "My lord looks extremely handsome whether in battle robes or white clothes! In Mu Yi's heart, you'll always be the best lord."
Gu Ruobai raised his hand, signaling Mu Yi to get up and sit beside him. After taking a sip of hot tea, Gu Ruobai said indifferently, "Actually, I'm just tired of wearing clothes stained with others' blood..."
Hearing this, Mu Yi lowered his head.
Maybe this was the reason why Gu Ruobai couldn't stand even a trace of blood on him outside the battlefield.
Xia Mian was quite efficient. Early the next morning, she took the arrangement from Su Mingyu and went to the Su Mansion.
Su Zhengyi was about to go to the morning court. But when he saw the group Xia Mian brought and the bill, he almost spat out blood in anger.
Wang Manwen quickly helped Su Zhengyi back and whispered in his ear to comfort him. "My lord, this is just malicious competition from our peers. I just accidentally broke a set of tea sets on her table, and she actually asks us for a hundred taels of silver. It's so black - hearted."
Su Zhengyi's face turned ashen. "Give it to her! Get her out of here!"
Hearing Su Zhengyi's words, Wang Manwen called the steward. "Go to the warehouse and get a hundred taels of silver."
Just as the steward was about to leave, Su Zhengyi stopped him. "Wait a minute."
"You go." Su Zhengyi pointed at Wang Manwen. "Take a hundred taels of silver from your shop."
Wang Manwen froze on the spot. "Wh... My lord, what are you talking about? There isn't that much silver in my shop."
Su Zhengyi gave her a sidelong glance, making Wang Manwen shiver. "You caused this trouble yourself. Sort it out on your own. I'm just a minister. How can our mansion casually take out a hundred taels?"
Hearing this, Wang Manwen understood.
Su Zhengyi didn't want to show off their wealth and arouse suspicion.
But Wang Manwen still looked unhappy. A hundred taels! Recently, the shop had been suffering an unprecedented blow. Asking her to take out so much all at once would force her to close it down.
Seeing that Wang Manwen still didn't move, Su Zhengyi frowned. "What are you standing there for? The market will get more crowded later. Aren't you ashamed?"
Yelled at by him, Wang Manwen could only nod. "I... I'll go right away, my lord. Don't be angry."
As she walked out, Wang Manwen cursed Su Zhengyi and also scolded Su Mingyu severely.
Originally, she thought that Si Nan was just talking. She never expected that they would actually come to the house. It was simply going too far!
Wang Manwen asked someone to carry a tray and walked out of the Su Mansion. Looking at the people singing and dancing in front of her house, she gritted her teeth in anger. "Stop! Stop! All of you stop! Don't dance anymore!"
Seeing her come out, Xia Mian stepped forward and curtsied. "Madam Su, is the silver ready?"
Wang Manwen glared at Xia Mian with an ashen face. "Why should I pay whatever amount you ask for?"
"Those things of yours are just ordinary items of an ordinary family. You say it's a hundred taels and it's a hundred taels?"
"Do you know that a hundred taels of silver can buy three or five of your shops!"
"That little girl Si Nan really dares to ask for an exorbitant price. Does she really think our Minister's Mansion is easy to bully?"
Wang Manwen spoke righteously, looking like a bullied daughter - in - law.
Seeing Wang Manwen trying to renege on the debt, Xia Mian couldn't help but laugh secretly. Su Mingyu had really guessed right.
This Wang Manwen really wanted to renege.
Smiling slightly, Xia Mian's eyes were full of mockery. "We've made a detailed list. If Madam Su doesn't trust us, you can check it yourself."
Saying that, Xia Mian asked someone to hand over a list. The prices of other things were okay, but the prices of the chair and the cup of tea at the end were incredibly high.
The cup of green tea she had taken a sip of was actually worth ten taels of silver, and the rosewood chair was as high as eighty taels of silver.
Wang Manwen almost crushed the paper in her hand before she could catch her breath.
She glared angrily at Xia Mian. "I didn't know that the tea served by your Sinnan Pavilion requires guests to pay for it themselves."
Xia Mian smiled faintly. "My lord said that the tea is free for others, but for Madam Su, it should be charged as it should be."
Wang Manwen snorted. "What kind of tea costs ten taels of silver? You want to swindle me but can't even find a good reason!"
"That tea was given to my lord by a friend. It's the Imperial Longjing, planted by the current emperor when he was a child while playing outside a suburban temple."
As soon as Xia Mian said this, all the onlookers in the Su Mansion gasped.
This thing was really priceless.
Even Wang Manwen was shocked.
Did that little girl Si Nan have connections with the royal family?
But soon she denied it. If she really had the support of the royal family, why would she have allowed herself to pirate her clothes for so long before?
Looking at Wang Manwen's expression, Xia Mian knew that she definitely didn't believe it.
In fact, even Xia Mian herself had found it unbelievable when she heard Su Mingyu say this.
But Su Mingyu said that this tea was produced in that temple. Since the emperor had planted tea in the temple, all the tea in the temple was planted by the emperor.
So, she would charge such a high price.
Although Xia Mian despised her lord's fallacy in her heart, she still continued to make up stories. "This tea only produces two taels every year. Besides being supplied to the emperor, it can only be obtained as a reward from the emperor. My lord charging ten taels is actually a bargain."
Wang Manwen sneered, as if looking at a big joke. "You're just a good - looking girl with a glib tongue. Do you think I'll believe whatever you say? Do you think I'm stupid?"
Knowing that she wouldn't admit it, Xia Mian sighed silently in her heart.
Looking at Wang Manwen, Xia Mian asked patiently. "So Madam Su doesn't plan to pay?"
Seeing that Xia Mian neither quarreled nor made a fuss, Wang Manwen thought she was in the wrong. She snorted. "Such unreasonable things. Why should I pay?"
Xia Mian didn't waste any words. She directly called a young servant behind her, whispered something in his ear, and then the young servant ran away quickly.
Wang Manwen looked down on everything haughtily, with a contemptuous tone. "What? Realizing you're in the wrong, are you going back to find Si Nan to help?"
Xia Mian smiled. "Of course not. I'm just doing what my lord told me to do."
"Since I've come to ask for the silver and shown the details to Madam, and Madam doesn't want to pay, it means I'm not capable of handling this matter well. Xia Mian will leave for now."
After saying that, Xia Mian straightened her back and left the gate of the Su Mansion.
All the onlookers looked at Wang Manwen, who was looking arrogant, with disdain.
They thought that the lady of this wealthy family was just the same as an ordinary shrew, hot - tempered and unreasonable.
Seeing everyone leave, Wang Manwen was secretly happy. That little girl Si Nan still wanted to fight with her!