Concubine Li brought Concubine Rou back, but this time they stood a little further away from Concubine Ning. Concubine Ning didn't notice it, but seeing that it was difficult for them to talk from such a far distance, she gritted her teeth and took a step forward.

It would have been fine if she didn't move, but when she moved, Concubine Li pulled Concubine Rou and hid behind her as if she was frightened.

Concubine Ning: "..." Okay, you look down on her, right? If she doesn't need anything from them, just wait and see how she deals with them.

Ningpin's calculations were clattering. Once she got the perfume powder, she would go find the Imperial Concubine. By then, these two little bitches would be at her mercy.

Concubine Li realized that she had overreacted just now. It was not the first time that she made a fuss out of nothing.

She coughed dryly to ease the embarrassment, "Well, Concubine Ning, if you want perfume powder, you have to buy it from us. After all, my sister and I had a hard time buying it."

"Isn't that what you said?" As I said that, I, Concubine Li, looked at Concubine Rou and winked at her.

Concubine Rou nodded helplessly, "Yes, I bought it with great difficulty."

It's not a big deal. The Queen has told me to cheat Concubine Ning. I just need to cheat her out of money. I'll just cooperate with her.

The smile on Concubine Ning's face froze, and she had to force the corners of her mouth to maintain her expression.

Fortunately, she had experience in pleasing the imperial concubine, otherwise she would have been in trouble for the two of them.

How dare two childless vixens show off in front of her?

She secretly made a note for them in her little notebook, "Of course, elder sister, just say it. As long as the younger sister can afford it, just ask for it."

In fact, Concubine Ning was quite confident. She came from a merchant family. Although she had paid a lot of tributes to Concubine Yin over the years, her small treasury was still more than enough to buy a box of perfume powder.

Concubine Li nodded and held up two fingers.

Ningpin understood and smiled happily, "Two hundred taels? It's not expensive. Sister, bring the banknotes right away."

But Concubine Li shook her head, and Concubine Ning exclaimed in disbelief, "Two thousand taels?"

How could a box of broken perfume powder be so expensive? Could it be that this bitch was using her for fun?

Concubine Li scratched her ears. She was so frightened by just two thousand taels. It turned out that the random price she mentioned just now was all a lie?

Besides, she didn't say two thousand taels. Concubine Li ignored Concubine Ning's anger and waved her hand, "Twenty thousand taels."

"What? Twenty thousand taels?" Ningpin's shout almost shattered Lifei's eardrums.

Concubine Li nodded. Since the price on the black market was 200,000 taels, then 20,000 taels should be a reasonable price for her.

Concubine Li said impatiently, "Ningpin, you know the wonderful effects of this perfume powder. I see that your skin has become much smoother. We both spent all our money to buy this box. You always come here to get it for free. We don't have such a deep family background to give you money."

Concubine Ning blushed at what Concubine Li said. In fact, she did have this idea in the beginning. She thought that the perfume powder was not that expensive, so she made such an exaggerated promise.

But... Concubine Ning touched her face. This perfume powder was indeed a good thing, otherwise Concubine Yin would not have taken it away.

She got angry when she thought of this. Originally, the perfume powder covered up the smell on her body, so she dared to pay her respects to Concubine Yin.

Unexpectedly, when she went there, it was an unfortunate coincidence that Concubine Yin was beating and scolding a palace maid because the maid was wearing a new pearl flower. Concubine Yin thought she was making fun of her old age and ugly appearance.

How can you not age when you are over 40? Concubine Ning sneered in her heart, but Concubine Yin looked at her face and said, "Why do I feel that your skin is smoother? What did you use?"

Helplessly, Concubine Ning had to confess everything about the perfume powder, and as expected, Concubine Yin took all the perfume powder away.

In fact, Concubine Li had prepared herself for failure, but who knew that when Concubine Ning got better, she really jumped in front of Concubine Yin and successfully tricked her.

Just one day later, the smell of Concubine Ning came back, otherwise she would not have come to see Concubine Rou again.

But this box of perfume powder actually cost 20,000 taels. Her current private money only had a little more than 20,000 taels, and the rest was spent on buying clothes for Yan'er.

Ningpin gritted her teeth and decided to buy it no matter how expensive it was. What else could she do if she didn't buy it? Could she stay in her palace forever? What about Yan'er?

Her marriage has not been settled yet, so it still requires her, as her mother, to make plans.

Concubine Li had been paying attention to the changes in Concubine Ning's expression. Seeing that she had made up her mind at this moment, she winked at Concubine Rou anxiously.

As if to say, do you think I am powerful? I easily got 20,000 taels.

Concubine Rou nodded politely. It was indeed a good idea. If it weren't for Concubine Li, she might have given it away in vain.

Ning Concubine put on her signature smile again, "Okay, twenty thousand taels is twenty thousand taels."

Concubine Li smiled brightly, her eyes curved into crescent shapes, "Okay, okay, I'll pay you and give you the goods."

Ningpin bit her teeth so hard that they were about to break. "Sister, please come in a moment. I will be back soon," she said and left without looking back.

Concubine Li raised her hand to high-five, but Concubine Rou did not respond, but she was not annoyed. She just raised Concubine Rou's hand and high-fived her.

Concubine Rou chuckled. She was indeed still a child. She was obviously one year older than her.

Last time, Concubine Rou gave half of her share to Concubine Ning, and the rest to Concubine Li. This time, the share to be given to Concubine Ning is the one that Qi Wuyou just gave to Concubine Li.

She had to sell it to Concubine Ning before she could even warm it up. Between the perfume and 20,000 taels, Concubine Li chose the 20,000 taels without hesitation.

Concubine Ning came back soon, holding a flat box in her hand, which seemed to contain silver bills.

Concubine Li had a smile on her face and didn't care whether Concubine Ning smelled bad or not. As long as the money smelled good, that was enough.

Concubine Li took the initiative to hand over the box of perfume powder and reached out to take the box from Concubine Ning.

However, Concubine Ning had great strength in her grip and refused to let go of the box. Concubine Li was so excited that she managed to snatch the box away.

"You're welcome, sister. Come again next time." Concubine Li had borrowed money from her and didn't even care about her age. If she wanted to be a sister, then she could be a sister. She shouldn't refuse the money given to her by her sister.

Concubine Ning gritted her teeth, smiled and thanked her for the sake of appearance, then left.

Only after Concubine Ning was completely gone did Concubine Li hold her head high and chest puffed out, like a victorious rooster, holding the box and looking at Concubine Rou with anticipation.

Concubine Rou stroked her forehead and said against her will, "You are so smart, so amazing, how come you are so great."

Concubine Li didn't care whether Concubine Rou was sincere or not. She was so happy to receive the compliment that her nose was lifted to the sky.

Concubine Rou sighed, shook her head, and ordered Zuixiang to open all the doors and windows to dissipate the smell.

Then let the palace servants wash the plants in Jingyang Palace to remove the bad luck.

Concubine Rou just hoped that Concubine Ning would not come again, because coming and going had really caused her a lot of trouble. The last time Concubine Ning came, she even killed several of her favorite trumpet creepers with the smoke.

And the fish in her pond, although not a rare species, all of them turned belly up after suffering this, which was a good thing for the greedy Concubine Li.

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