Shop of All Worlds: The First Customer Princess Jinyang

Chapter 23 Huang Rong's Deception

"why?"

Li Shimin asked.

"Didn't you tell Grandpa earlier that the young master welcomes Grandpa to visit?"

"Why not now?"

Little Sizi pouted and said:

"If Uncle Cheng goes with Grandpa, little Nianjun will be scared!"

"Uncle Cheng is so ugly!"

Li Shimin: "..."

Cheng Yaojin: "..."

Changsun Wuji and the other two looked at Cheng Yaojin with sympathy.

I thought something had gone wrong and Princess Jinyang wasn't going.

I didn’t expect it was because Cheng Yaojin was too ugly.

All three of them were officials appointed by the imperial court, and normally they would not laugh.

Unless you can't help it.

If Li Shimin and Empress Changsun had not been here, the three of them would have definitely laughed out loud.

"Ahem, Sizi, your uncle Cheng is just a little darker, he's not that ugly."

Li Shimin defended Cheng Yaojin.

"Yes! Yes! Princess Jinyang, I'm not ugly!"

Cheng Yaojin quickly agreed.

Little Sizi pouted and said:

"What if I scare Xiao Neng-kun?"

"This……"

Li Shimin suddenly didn't know how to respond to Xiao Sizi's words.

Cheng Yaojin was feeling very depressed.

Are you ugly?
I'm just a little taller and darker than others, so how can I be ugly?

Hey……

Empress Changsun then said:

"Sizi, my mother taught you not to judge people by their appearance."

"Everyone's appearance is not determined by themselves."

"You can't assume someone is a good person just because they are good-looking."

"Because someone is ugly, you assume they are bad."

"Although your Uncle Cheng is a little ugly, he is a good man."

"You can't assume that your Uncle Cheng will scare people just because of his appearance."

"Besides, how do you know that your little brother would dislike your Uncle Cheng?"

As the queen, Empress Changsun was the master of the harem. She often preached life lessons to the concubines, princesses and princes in the harem.

As her biological daughter, Xiao Sizi naturally heard more truths than others.

"Well……"

After hearing what his mother said, Xiao Sizi lowered his head and reflected on himself.

"Mother, Sizi knows he was wrong."

Little Sizi said in a low voice.

Li Shimin looked at Empress Changsun with admiration.

I was just thinking about how to tell my daughter, but I didn't expect that Empress Changsun would convince Xiao Sizi with just a few words.

"In that case, your grandfather asked you to take him to find the young master, so you should take him."

Empress Changsun touched little Sizi's head affectionately.

Li Shimin looked at Empress Changsun and said:
"Guanyinbi, you and Lizhi should come with us."

"Your Majesty, isn't this against the rules? The harem cannot participate in politics..."

Empress Changsun did not agree immediately.

"This is not a political matter, it doesn't count as participating in politics."

Li Shimin smiled.

Empress Changsun looked at her brother Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji was not only the brother of Empress Changsun, but also the Shangshu You Pushe of the Tang Dynasty.

Whether this counts as participating in politics depends on whether he, as the Shangshu You Pushe, has any suggestions.

When Changsun Wuji saw the look his sister was giving him, he immediately understood what she meant and said:

"Queen, don't think too much."

"We are going to meet Princess Jinyang's friends, how can we be considered to be participating in politics?"

Fang Xuanling also echoed:
"Yes."

"Besides, if the queen is not here, we will not be able to take care of Princess Jinyang."

Fang Xuanling said that he wanted to take care of her, but what he actually meant was that Empress Changsun was not around and Princess Jinyang did not listen to them.

Du Ruhui said: "It would be best if your Majesty goes with us."

"This also reflects our respect for the gods."

The three of them talked one after another and finally convinced Empress Changsun.

Xiao Sizi took out his black membership card and said to Li Shimin:
"Grandpa, mother, sister, and uncles, please close your eyes."

Everyone agreed and closed their eyes.

When Xiao Sizi saw that they all closed their eyes obediently, he closed his eyes too.

Immediately afterwards, a white light enveloped everyone, and everyone disappeared into Xiao Sizi's room.

……

Southern Song Dynasty.

Changqing Building.

Huang Rong placed the basket on the honest man's table.

"Little brother, I heard from the waiter that you want to do a business with me. What is it?"

The honest man asked curiously.

Seeing him like this, Huang Rong became even more certain that this man was easy to deceive.

"Ahem! That's it!"

Huang Rong said, pointing at the things she bought in the basket.

There are bags of potato chips on the basket.

Below are other snacks that Huang Rong bought.

For example, pickled pepper chicken feet, roast duck, Want Want snow cakes and so on.

"You want to sell this basket?"

The honest man asked doubtfully.

"I don't go out to buy groceries on weekdays, so I don't need this basket."

"I'm afraid you've found the wrong person, little brother. You should look for someone else."

Huang Rong rolled her eyes at the simple-minded man and said:

"Who said I was a basket seller?"

"I mean, sell you some of the things in the basket."

The honest man turned his eyes to the basket again.

The basket was colorful and I had no idea what was in it.

There are words "engraved" on it, such as "potato" and "slice".

"Oh? What are you selling in your basket?"

"This is the first time I, Guo Jing, have seen one."

Guo Jing asked.

This honest man was none other than Guo Jing.

He came to Changqinglou to eat, but unexpectedly he would meet a beggar who wanted to do business with him.

"These are a kind of food!"

When Huang Rong saw that he asked, she answered.

"I made all of these dishes myself, and the ingredients used in each dish are extremely rare."

"I'm short of money recently, and when I passed by Changqing Building, I saw you and I had a connection, so I wanted to sell some to you."

Huang Rong began her own deception.

"What's the price?"

Guo Jing listened and asked directly.

He was so direct that Huang Rong couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

I was still thinking about continuing to fool you, but you just asked me the price directly?
Sure enough, he is worthy of being the one I chose!

"Well... a bag of ten taels of silver!"

Huang Rong thought for a while and gave a price.

"Ten taels?!"

Guo Jing thought it was just a few copper coins, but he didn't expect the beggar in front of him to ask for ten taels.

"Of course! I just said that the ingredients for making food are very rare."

"So, this is only ten taels!"

"I'm telling you, it's because I see that you and I have a connection, so I'm selling it to you at such a low price."

"If it were someone else, I would have sold it for at least twenty taels!"

Guo Jing looked at Huang Rong, then at the potato chips in Huang Rong's basket.

"But...I..."

Before Guo Jing could finish his words, Huang Rong interrupted him again:

"Are you trying to say that you haven't tried it before, so you don't dare to buy it easily?"

"How about this, since we are destined to meet, I'll open a pack for you to try!"

As she spoke, Huang Rong tore open a bag of potato chips, took out a piece and handed it to Guo Jing.

(End of this chapter)