The Concubine Strikes Back: The Marquis Insists on Me to Be His Wife

Chapter 395: Below one person, above ten thousand people

The shopkeeper didn't want to offend anyone. He looked at Su Qing carefully and said softly, "Madam, can you please be kind and give the gold lock in your hand to that lady? It can be regarded as a favor to me. Do you think this is okay?"

Su Qing couldn't help laughing after hearing what the shopkeeper said. "Haha... Shopkeeper, do you think I'm easy to bully? I was obviously the first one to see this thing, so there should be a first come first served rule, right? How can you just sell it to whoever has the loudest voice? In my opinion, shopkeeper, you'd better go find some donkeys. Their braying could dominate the whole world!"

"Someone come! Take the golden lock from her hand and tear her mouth apart!" The woman was furious when she heard this and turned to give orders to the maid and attendant behind her.

Hearing the woman's order, those people came towards Su Qing. However, Su Qing did not retreat at all. She stood firmly in place, and Ruxue and Rumei beside her quickly stepped forward to block Su Qing.

They were very agile and quick. Every time someone came over, Ruxue would chop them with her hand, and they would fall to the ground. When another person came over, Rumei would kick them with her foot, and another person would be kicked out. Seeing this, the other people in the shop were so scared that they retreated one after another, fearing that they would be affected.

"Oh! Otherwise how could he be so tough? It turns out that you have a master with you! Everyone, get out of here!" The woman ordered her subordinates with a hostile look on her face.

After all the men had left, the woman came forward alone, stretched out her hand to Su Qing and said, "Take out the things! This lady advises you not to refuse a toast and drink a forfeit. Do you know who I am?"

However, facing the woman's questioning, Su Qing ignored her and turned to ask the shopkeeper: "How much money do you need?"

The shopkeeper looked at the woman, then looked at Su Qing, and then lowered his voice and said, "Three thousand taels."

"What?" After hearing this number, Wu Yanran immediately felt that the shopkeeper was asking for an exorbitant price, so she angrily questioned, "Are you deliberately raising the price because you think we are easy to bully?"

Su Qing did not respond, but in fact she also thought that the price was a bit high. It was not that they could not afford it, but she felt that it was not worth spending so much money.

"Miss, please don't make a fuss. If you can't afford it, then that lady wants it!" The shopkeeper said impatiently.

"What are you talking about? What do you mean we can't afford it? How much is a piece of gold worth? You are clearly... you are deceiving customers. Believe it or not, I will report you to the government!" Wu Yanran became more and more excited.

"Oh, to be honest with you, young lady, my shop has connections in the palace and not just anyone can threaten it!" The shopkeeper looked fearless.

When the woman saw Su Qing and the others were short of money, she said smugly, "Why are you standing here without any money? Shopkeeper, is this how you do business? You don't sell to rich customers, but insist on selling to these poor people. You look so poor~"

Su Qing was too lazy to pay attention to this woman. Although she was dressed beautifully, judging from her words and actions, she was just a vulgar person.

"Yanran, pay the money." After Su Qing said this expressionlessly, she stuffed the gold lock in her hand into her sleeve, but actually put it into the space she carried with her.

Wu Yanran reluctantly took out three silver notes with a face value of one thousand taels and handed them to the shopkeeper. At the same time, she glared at the woman fiercely and cursed in her heart: "Humph, vulgar!"

However, the woman didn't notice Wu Yanran's anger at all, and instead taunted her even more: "So? I was right, wasn't I? You poor bastards deserve to be trampled under my feet! You dare to argue with me? Don't you even know how much you weigh!"

Hearing this, Wu Yanran was so angry that she was shaking all over. If Su Qing hadn't been holding her back, she would have rushed up to argue with the woman.

Su Qing remained calm. She knew that arguing with such a person was meaningless and would only put herself in a worse situation. So, she took Wu Yanran's hand, motioned for Ruxue and the others to follow, and turned to walk out.

"Stop them! Who allowed you to leave? You can go if you want, here's the golden lock. That's the hundred-day gift I'm going to give to Princess Shaohua's child. I advise you to be sensible." As soon as the woman finished speaking, many guards gathered at the door and blocked Su Qing and the others' way.

Su Qing was really annoyed. Some people just think you are easy to bully, so they treat you as a soft persimmon. She turned her head and looked at the woman and said, "No matter who you are, there is no etiquette for robbing. Tell your people to retreat. I will pretend that what happened today never happened. If you insist on doing this, I am not someone to be trifled with."

The woman raised her lips slightly, revealing a contemptuous smile, and looked at the person in front of her with disdain: "Just you? Humph! I want to see how capable you are. Let me tell you, my master is the left prime minister in front of the current emperor. He is second only to the emperor and above everyone else!"

Su Qing heard this, and her eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light, and her eyes became extremely cold: "At the foot of the imperial city, under the feet of the emperor, how dare you be so arrogant and domineering?"

At this moment, the maid beside the woman leaned close to her ear and whispered a few words. After hearing this, the woman's expression changed slightly.

"Oh? So you are the legendary miracle doctor Su Qing." There was a hint of surprise in the woman's tone.

Seeing this, Su Qing couldn't help but frowned, and her voice became serious: "Since you already know who I am, why don't you let your men make way for me?"

However, the woman's eyes suddenly turned, and her attitude changed 180 degrees: "Oh, Doctor Su, it was all a misunderstanding just now. I offended you. Please forgive me. How about this, I am willing to pay double the price for this gold lock."

Su Qing sneered, "Do you think money can solve all problems? I won't sell this gold lock."

"Then don't blame me for being rude." The woman waved her hand to signal the guards to take action.

Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, a majestic voice came, "Stop it!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a middle-aged man in fancy clothes walking in.