The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

The boy took out some wrinkled banknotes and a few small coins from his pocket.

"My mother and I only have 50 taels of silver. I sold everything in the house, including my mother's dowry, to get this money. Please! I will pay you back more money in the future and work like a slave for you!"

The shopkeeper stroked his beard and said, "No! This is a losing business."

The boy immediately started crying, and after a moment's hesitation, he took out an object from his arms. "This is our family heirloom, and my mother doesn't know I stole it. How much do you think it's worth?"

The shopkeeper took a glance, was startled, and snatched the ancient carved jade pendant from the boy's hand.

He examined the jade pendant for a few seconds and said hesitantly, "Although it is a family heirloom, it is not a very valuable item. It is worth at most fifty taels of silver, and I paid some money for it. But - "

"Alas...since you are so filial, I can give you the Cordyceps. But I can't bear it and voluntarily lose a lot of money!"

"Shopkeeper!" A slightly excited voice called out. Two men dressed as waiters came out from the inner door, one was an old man, the other a middle-aged man.

The old friend looked at the bearded shopkeeper with a pair of kind eyes, giving him a look that said "please be kinder".

The bearded shopkeeper stood up, understanding the pleading look in his old friend's eyes. "Do you want to die by doing nothing? Don't forget that without Bencaotang, you would have no money and medicine to treat your family."

The young man shrank his head and pulled the old man's clothes. The old man was disappointed and sighed: "This... I..."

The shopkeeper looked back at the boy and said, "Ignore these idle fellows. Come on, pay with one hand and get the goods with the other."

The boy was overjoyed. He immediately gave all his money to the shopkeeper, took the glass bottle and ran away.

Wei Bai outside the door muttered: "The jade pendant is of good quality..."

Yun Mujiu's eyes were stern. "That jade pendant is of good quality and is definitely worth three hundred taels of silver. And more importantly, that sinister shopkeeper is harming people with a guilty conscience. The medicine bottle contains dyed long tree mushrooms, not cordyceps sinensis."

She said to Fu Qian: "Fu Qian, go get that boy back."

Fu Qian responded and ran after the boy.

Yun Mujiu glanced at the wooden plaque and walked in.

When the shopkeeper saw Yun Mujiu and Wei Bai's noble appearance, he secretly thought that another big order was coming.

The shopkeeper forced out a professional smile, "What do you two need? Medicine or medical treatment?"

Yun Mujiu stood with his hands behind his back, looking like a gentleman. "I want to buy some supplements for my wife, she just gave birth."

"Hey, you've finally come to the right place. I happen to have a 500-year-old ginseng here, which is a great tonic for pregnant women! I guarantee that you won't be able to find such a good and affordable ginseng outside of this place."

The reason Yun Mujiu mentioned somehow tickled Wei Bai's funny bone. Wei Bai had a cold face, but he laughed in his heart. The princess said something bad, but she insisted that she had a wife who had just given birth. So funny!

"Oh," Yun Mujiu pretended not to understand, "I don't know much about herbs. Can you take it out and show it to me?"

"Of course that's no problem!" The shopkeeper said happily, "Please wait a moment. I will go to the medicine cabinet inside to get you some ginseng."

As soon as the shopkeeper left, Yun Mujiu paced in the hall, looking up and down at the layout of the pharmacy.

The old man and the young man each came over with a cup of tea and handed it to Yun Mujiu and Wei Bai.

Yun Mujiu said softly: "Thank you!"

The old fellow still looked at her, shook his head slightly, and said silently: "Go!"

"Thank you..." Yun Mujiu smiled, understanding what her old friend meant. She nodded slightly, indicating that she understood. However, the matter was not yet completed, so she would not leave so easily.

Yun Mujiu turned around and gave Wei Bai a look. Wei Bai understood and turned away.

The shopkeeper came out holding a wooden box. He opened it and found a dark brown ginseng inside. "Look, sir! The color of this ginseng is so beautiful! It's a rare treasure!"

"how much is it?"

"One thousand taels of silver."

"It's so expensive." Yun Mujiu held his chin, feeling a little distressed.

"It's not expensive! This is a 500-year-old ginseng! Besides, it's worth it no matter how expensive it is, for the sake of your wife's health!"

"Are you sure this is top-quality ginseng? This ginseng is worth one thousand and two taels of silver." Yun Mujiu suddenly raised his voice, with a painful look on his face.

The shopkeeper got anxious and shouted, "I'm sure it's a 500-year-old ginseng! And 500 taels of silver is still a low price!" Oh my god, it turns out he is worried about the money! However, this young man seemed to know nothing and was the best candidate to be ripped off.

"Maybe it's cheaper?"

The shopkeeper paused, his brows furrowed, "Okay." He held up eight fingers.

Yun Mujiu said: "Well, okay, I'll accept eight taels of silver."

"What!" The shopkeeper was about to vomit blood, "Sir, our business is not easy, we can't take you joking like this."

Wei Bai came back shortly after he left the house. He had just given Ying Liu an order outside the door, and had been listening to the noise inside the house.

Yun Mujiu glanced at the shopkeeper with cold eyes, and a smile appeared on his lips. "Then I'll add some money, ten taels, no more."

The shopkeeper was devastated. He wanted to make money from people who didn't understand the market, but he didn't expect to meet someone who was even more unreasonable than him. Is there such a way to bargain?

The shopkeeper raised his voice again, with a stern face, "Sir, I am serious! Five hundred year old ginseng, eight hundred taels of silver, no bargaining!"

Yun Mujiu was quick to grab the ginseng. "Isn't this just a broken tree root? That fool would spend eight taels of silver to buy a tree root, not to mention one thousand taels! I said ten taels of silver because I paid for the wooden box that holds the tree root!"

The shopkeeper looked at Yun Mujiu in disbelief as if he had been struck by lightning. How could he recognize that it was a tree root?

At this time, a bunch of people gathered outside the door to watch the excitement. Occasionally, people came to Bencaotang to buy medicine, but not many. Yun Mujiu's conversation with the shopkeeper was intense and loud. Seeing that there was something exciting to watch, the people had already slipped to the door to watch the show.

Yun Mujiu looked outside the door, and in addition to seeing the excited people, he also saw Fu Qian rushing back with the boy.

Yun Mujiu walked quickly to the door and raised the so-called "ginseng" in his hand. "Is there anyone who knows what this is? Can you tell me what kind of tree root this is?"

An old man near her observed the "ginseng" for a few seconds and said with a smile: "This looks like a willow root! It's worthless!"

"Stop!" The shopkeeper rushed towards Yun Mujiu angrily with a sharp face.

"Stop! My ginseng!" He felt an unprecedented panic in his heart, and a chill came over his head.

Wei Bai stepped forward and stood in front of the shopkeeper. If the shopkeeper walked to the left, Wei Bai would move to his right. If the shopkeeper walked to the right, Wei Bai would move to the left.

Yun Mujiu stood at the threshold with a calm expression. He took out a white handkerchief and gently wiped the "ginseng", leaving a dark brown mark on the handkerchief.

A man in the crowd whistled: "Swish, swish..." Then he said with glee: "The ginseng in Herb Hall is losing color!" He had bought medicine in Herb Hall and he would remember until his death that the shopkeeper had ripped him off for a large sum of money.