Jinxiu Cloth Shop
Princess Changle brought Xingqing to Jinxiu Cloth Shop.
Xing Qing looked at the fabrics in the fabric shop with amazement, "The fabrics here are so beautiful! I have never seen so many patterns and such beautiful fabrics."
Changle smiled and said to Xingqing, "Sister, this is the largest cloth shop in the capital. There are all kinds of cloth here, including those from Jin, Yan, and Zhao. Of course they are beautiful. Let's pick two pieces of good cloth to make two sets of clothes today! I'll give them to you, sister."
"How can that be so embarrassing?"
Changle felt disdainful when she saw that she looked like she had never seen the world, but she still smiled and said, "Sister likes it, hurry up and pick out two pieces!"
Xing Qing shook her head: "Such fine material must be very expensive, how can Changle spend so much money!"
Whenever Princess Changle heard her call herself Changle, she felt as sick as if she had eaten a fly.
Will I die if I say my name
Why must we talk about Changle!
She still smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. Sister has been granted the title of Princess. It is a great joyous event. I can still afford to give Sister two sets of clothes. Sister, please feel free to choose."
The really expensive materials in the cloth shop were not displayed, but given directly to the nobles in the private rooms. The best materials were displayed, and making two sets of clothes would cost only one or two hundred taels at most. She was willing to spend this money so that she could be favored by the envoy of Zhao State.
Although the imperial edict came down today, there were very good materials among the rewards. Not only the emperor gave rewards, but also the empress dowager and concubines in the harem.
But most of those materials were gorgeous, and except for those given by the emperor and the empress dowager, most of those given by others were outdated, but they were complete and whole, and she would have to buy a dowry, so they were kept for her dowry. Otherwise, they would not be used for her dowry after being cut.
She had already picked out several items from her own fabrics to make clothes for her, and she was reluctant to give away any more.
Those materials were all gifts from the Queen Mother to her, and she liked them very much.
So I could only bring her out to pick out two more sets of clothes, and make seven or eight sets of clothes, enough for her to wear something different every day when she appeared in front of the Crown Prince of Zhao.
Xing Qing looked embarrassed and picked the lowest priced material, and the colors were white and light yellow: "I like these two, so I'll take these two!"
My sister taught me last night that I should first suggest going to the fabric shop tomorrow, and then pick out the cheapest and simplest fabric, and act as if I am embarrassed to take advantage of her.
So she picked the cheapest and plainest one.
Princess Changle frowned when she saw this. The colors of the two materials were too plain and the quality was too poor.
If the Crown Prince of Zhao saw this, how could he believe that she was a favored princess
She smiled and said, "Sister, these two materials are not good, and the colors are too plain! Let me pick them for you!"
Princess Changle has good taste. Although she doesn't want to admit it, this vixen is just like her mother, with fair skin and delicate features. When she wears goose yellow and purple, two colors that are more picky, she can definitely stun people at first sight.
So she picked out two pieces of the most expensive, lightest, and most flowing soft gauze in the store, which was also the worst-selling color. She bought two pieces, which cost more than two hundred taels in total. Xing Qing quickly pulled her aside and said, "It's too expensive! I don't need to wear such expensive clothes."
Princess Changle felt distressed, but she still smiled: "Sister is a princess now, she can afford the most expensive clothes! Let's go to the rouge and powder shop."
Next door is the rouge and powder shop.
When she came to the rouge shop, Xing Qing specifically picked the cheapest ones.
The effects of good quality powder and bad quality powder on the face are completely different. Princess Changle had already spent more than two hundred taels of silver, so she didn't mind spending this little bit, so she decisively bought the most expensive one.
Xing Qing kept refusing, but Princess Changle insisted on buying it!
A box of cosmetics costs hundreds of taels.
Princess Changle comforted herself that the house the emperor rewarded her was worth tens of thousands of taels, and it was worth the few hundred taels she spent today!
She could never have imagined that the emperor would actually bestow that mansion upon this vixen.
Finally, the two came to the Treasure Pavilion.
Princess Changle: "Sister, this is the largest silver shop in the capital. Go in and take a look to see if there is anything you like. I will give it to you to congratulate you on being named a princess."
Xing Qing waved her hands vigorously: "How can I feel embarrassed? You've already given me so many things, and they're so expensive. It's too wasteful! No, no, I don't want them! I've never liked wearing these things since I was a child."
Princess Changle smiled and said, "As long as Sister likes it, it's not expensive."
Princess Changle said to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, show us some nice jewelry. I want to buy a headdress for my sister."
Xing Qing said hurriedly: "No, no, I don't want to buy it!"
"You are welcome, sister. Shopkeeper, bring all the good jewelry here, even the best ones."
She originally wanted to secretly ask the maid to tell the shopkeeper to take the jewelry at that price.
There is no need for that now, as she is too embarrassed to choose anyway.
In the end, I had to choose for her!
The female shopkeeper of the silver shop immediately smiled and said, "Princess and this girl, please follow me to the private room and choose carefully."
The female shopkeeper has been receiving distinguished guests from the capital for many years, and she also knows Princess Changle.
"Shopkeeper, my sister is also a princess, the Princess Funing bestowed by the emperor."
The shopkeeper was surprised for a moment, and quickly bowed to Xing Qing to apologize, then respectfully invited the two into the private room.
Xing Qing and Princess Changle entered the private room together.
Soon the shopkeeper brought five or six jewelry boxes and placed them in front of Xingqing and Changle. He opened them one by one and said with a smile, "Princess, please take a look and see if there is anything you like. These are the latest styles in our store."
Each box has a price tag on it.
Princess Changle took a look and saw some expensive and some cheap ones. The cheapest one was about two hundred taels, and the most expensive one was over one thousand taels.
She said to Xing Qing, "Sister, you pick one! You're welcome! I'll give it to you."
Xing Qing took a look and saw the price, then waved her hand and shook her head, "So expensive? No need, these sets look similar to me, I can't pick a favorite, no need to spend money."
"I've already told you not to be polite, are you still being so formal with me?" Princess Changle thought she was embarrassed, so she said, "Shopkeeper, bring more for my sister to choose from. It doesn't matter if the price is a little higher. Bring some at all prices, bring more, so that my sister can choose what she likes!"
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Princess Changle is so kind to your sister!"
Princess Changle smiled and said, "What's mine is my sister's, we are the same, shopkeeper, go get it!"
"Okay! Please wait a moment, my two princesses."
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Princess Changle had been walking around for a long time without going to the toilet. She had eaten two super salty snacks she made in the morning and drank a lot of tea along the way. She was a little anxious now, so she said, "Sister, you can pick whatever you like later. You're welcome! I'm going to the toilet for a while."
Princess Changle's maid followed to serve.
Princess Changle wore a long dress with three layers inside and three layers outside. Toilets in ancient times were not as convenient as modern ones, so she needed a maid to help her when she went to the toilet.
Xing Qing nodded: "Go ahead!"