Juhua saw Ning Huaixiu and joyfully called out, "Sister Ning!"
Ning Huaixiu turned her head upon hearing the voice, and when she saw Cai Wei, Xiang Yun, and Juhua, she exclaid with surprise, "Ah, how co it’s you all? What a coincidence!"
She realized she had been impolite as soon as she spoke and quickly bent down deeply in a respectful bow.
Like Cai Wei, Xiang Yun was also a noble empress, and it was unacceptable for her to address them as ’you.’ Although a thousand and one grievances simred in her heart, because of the difference in status, she had no choice but to greet them with a salute.
Fortunately, Cai Wei and Xiang Yun had co out in plain attire, obviously not wanting people to know their identities. Therefore, they spared her the formality of a grand bow, only requiring her to offer a respectful greeting.
At this mont, her heart was in turmoil, an emotion of discontent and resentnt surging within her. In her past life, Wu Xiangyun had never divorced Mo Zili. Although there were rumors of Mo Zili having an affair with a young lady from the Duke An Mansion during their marriage, Mo Zili eventually returned to his family. Wu Xiangyun was rely a young madam of the Duke Li Guo Mansion, and she had to kowtow to her and address her as "Empress." Moreover, until the ti she died, the Qing Luo Kingdom still hadn’t found the prince of Qing Luo, let alone having Wu Xiangyun as the empress of Qing Luo. But in this lifeti, everything had changed completely. Everyone related to Empress Mu saw their destinies undergo significant changes, while those unrelated to her continued along the trajectory of the past life.
Maybe if she disappeared, everything would revert back to the way it was...
Ning Huaixiu lowered her head, thinking dark thoughts.
She had luckily escaped her fate several tis before, but this ti, she was determined to succeed, no matter what, she must make sure she dies...
"Sister Ning, are you here to buy jewelry? Wow, this pearl necklace is so beautiful!"
Juhua leaned over to Ning Huaixiu’s side, noticing the brilliant and evenly rounded purple pearl necklace in her hand, clicking her tongue in admiration, "Even though I’m not adept with jewelry, I can tell this is a great piece of jewelry. Sister, you truly have an excellent eye!"
Ning Huaixiu laughed and said, "Indeed it is a fine item, but after this year’s natural disaster, everyone is short of money, who can afford such an expensive thing!"
As she finished speaking, she returned the string of purple pearls to the female cashier’s hand, smiled apologetically, and said, "Sorry to trouble you. I’ll look at sothing else."
The female cashier, seeing the business slipping away, quickly said, "Miss Ning, this set of purple pearls is the only set we have at Zhenbao Pavilion. I dare guarantee there’s only this one set in the entire Great Jin. Purple pearls are rare, only about one in ten thousand river mussels can produce a purple pearl. To assemble a whole set matching in size, color, and shape, even mobilizing the power of the country isn’t easily accomplished. Our Zhenbao Pavilion has gathered these for decades since our opening and only by luck have managed to put together this set. If you miss it and soone else buys it, you might not co across a second set like this in this lifeti..."
Ning Huaixiu laughed and said, "It’s indeed a good thing, but jewelry costing more than 13,000 taels, I really can’t afford it, even if it were just over 3,000 taels, I couldn’t produce the money either. So, thank you for your kindness, better put it away and sell it to soone it’s destined for!"
Wu Xiangyun also noticed the necklace, liking it very much. However, although she liked it and could afford it, if she hurried to buy it right after Ning Huaixiu said she couldn’t afford it, it would inevitably seem like she was flaunting her wealth. So, she held back, planning to co back and buy it tomorrow. After all, others couldn’t afford such an expensive piece anyway!
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