Chapter 18, East Market West Market
According to Loperin's idea, he naturally went to the West Market.
The shops in the outer city are mainly concentrated in four places, and the sisters often visit East and West Markets.
Dongji mainly welcomes high-ranking officials and nobles, all of which are shops opened by some strong merchants. Some shops are comparable to those of the mansions in the Forbidden City, and most of them sell valuable products such as antiques, calligraphy, paintings, jewelry and porcelain.
Loperin has only brought less than ten taels of silver now, and only had a few cups of tea and two plates of snacks in Dongji.
The western market is different. The shops there are mainly for ordinary people. Although there are occasional places of high prices, they are just to satisfy the desire of wealthy people to make peace. Although they are mixed, they are all about food, drink, and fun, and are the most lively places in the royal city.
Who knew that as soon as she said this, Luo Zelan shook his head vigorously and said, "If you can't do it, you want to buy gifts to please your father. How can those cheap things in Xishi be attracted to him? Don't make him unhappy again. In my opinion, it's better to go to Dongji."
Loperin couldn't help laughing: "You are still rich and powerful in the second sister. My annual share is just a few taels of silver. Where can I afford the expensive goods in Dongji? Zuo is just talking about his heart, and his father won't care about me."
"You can't say that. Either you don't buy it, you have to spend some time..."
Halfway through Lozelan's words, he glanced at Loperin's calm face, and then saw Dingxiang's awkward appearance behind her, and suddenly realized.
"Didn't you bring enough money? Maybe I have dozens of taels left here, so I will take them first. If not enough, I will write a note and hold it in the store and let them go to the house to get it."
However, Loperin had no intention of seeking his father's forgiveness with any gift. He originally wanted to make a false statement and choose whatever he wanted, and even if he had hidden it from Loezlan's eyes.
Seeing that Luo Zelan really waved to Muxiang to get the silver, he hurriedly grabbed her hand and smiled and said, "The gifts are not important, they are all my wishes. How can you get the silver? It's just..."
Just as I was thinking of an irrefutable reason, I went to the west market, but suddenly I heard the crowds of people at the intersection ahead, and many people gathered by the road, pushing each other, all standing on tiptoe to look at the notices on the wall.
Lozelan also saw that she was the most lively person, so she stopped arguing with Lopelan again, and glanced at Muxiang and said, "Come over and see, what's going on?"
Muxiang agreed to go.
Loperin looked at the layers of people not far away, and wanted to see how the petite Muxiang would squeeze in and see the notice.
But when he saw Mu Xiang stopping outside the crowd, he saw a burly man squeezed out of it, so he went up to call him, said a few words, then took out something from his pocket and handed it to him. The man went out with a smile, and Mu Xiang walked back quickly.
Loperin thought to himself that Mu Xiang must have used some silver as a thank-you gift and asked the man to tell her the content of the notice. This trick is very smart, and there is a master of the servant. It seems that Loezlan is not inferior to that.
Mu Xiang had already come close, her eyes wide open, and she said in surprise: "Miss, the second lady, it turns out that people are going to kill people in the West City today! I heard that the one who is going to kill was a great official of Shangshu, or the fourth prince was personally executed."
In an instant, Loperin felt as if struck by lightning, and he was stunned.
Chapter completed!