Chapter 1767: Chapter 1767

Chapter 1767: 064, Reluctantly Part with a Treasured Possession

She wasn’t pretentious, and directly asked, “Mr. Lu wants this string of pearls; may I know the reason? I heard, sir, that you are neither married nor do you have an adopted daughter. Could it be that these pearls are intended for someone you admire?”

Lu Chong’s face changed, even in the somewhat dim palace path, Lin Yuan clearly saw his ears suddenly turning red.

Seems like she guessed right.

Speaking of which, Lu Chong was already over forty, yet he remained unmarried, a bona fide bachelor.

If this was before, where Lin Yuan lived, he’d definitely be the equivalent of a diamond bachelor. But in Dayong, men of this age could be grandfathers already. For him to remain unmarried, there must be a secret in his heart.

“Alright, I can part with it, but I need silver.”

Lin Yuan cheerfully took out the string of pearls from her sleeve. Although the pearls were beautiful, she wasn’t particularly captivated by them, and besides, they belonged to He Lienuo. Every time she looked at these pearls, she thought of He Lienuo’s string of precious pearls inlaid in his boots.

With that thought, the pearls in her hand seemed to suddenly carry an air that wasn’t very elegant.

Lu Chong didn’t expect Lin Yuan would agree so readily. You should know, pearls are still quite rare in Dayong, especially this string which also contains several rarer colored pearls!

“Thank you, Commandery Princess. The silver is a must, many thanks for parting with it.”

Receiving the lustrous string of pearls, Lu Chong felt his palms heating up, and couldn’t contain his excitement when speaking.

“Oh, where’s the pain in parting with it? I wasn’t particularly fond of this string of pearls anyways, so why not exchange it for silver?”

Admiring the palace walls, Xia Zheng suddenly covered his mouth and laughed.

Lu Chong also looked at her somewhat unexpectedly, only to see Lin Yuan’s bright little face full of excitement and thrill. When she said that sentence just now, the sparkle in her eyes was noticeably more dazzling than when she had obtained the string of pearls in the hall.

Alright, he now somewhat agreed with certain rumors about Lin Yuan in the capital city.

This girl, indeed carved out from the same mold as Xia Zheng, had an almost crazy obsession with silver.

However, Lu Chong was a bit troubled, as Lin Yuan loved silver so much, this string of pearls would surely be sold at an extremely high price.

He, a humble Imperial Chef, gets only a few dozen taels of silver as stipend annually. He couldn’t just work outside as a chef to earn money. It would be quite difficult to come up with an appropriate amount of silver taels!

“Dare I ask, Commandery Princess, this string of pearls…”

Even though he didn’t finish, Lin Yuan knew he was asking how much it was.

And looking at Lu Chong’s appearance, he didn’t seem like someone who could produce a lot of silver.

Lin Yuan casually tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear and smiled, “Anyway, this string of pearls is an unexpected gain; it doesn’t matter whether I have it or not. Since you want it, how about one hundred taels of silver?”

Lu Chong widened his eyes in shock.

Lin Yuan blinked and tentatively asked, “Is it too much? How about eighty taels instead?”

Not only did Lu Chong feel his eyeballs were about to fall out, but even Xia Zheng on the side looked like he was about to bang his head against the wall.

Those were pearls bought from Dongling, with several rare pink pearls on them. Forget eighty, a hundred taels, even a thousand taels of silver would have people scrambling to buy them!

Lu Chong hurriedly waved his hand and quickly said, “Is the Commandery Princess joking? Isn’t this too cheap?”

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Lin Yuan indifferently chuckled, “It’s a gift from someone else anyway, it doesn’t matter.”

Since she said that, Lu Chong couldn’t say anything more, so he nodded, “If that’s the case, then I shall pay one hundred taels of silver! But, I didn’t bring such a large silver note into the palace today…”

“No rush, no rush. Another day, when I send someone to deliver the recipe to your residence, you can give me the silver note then.”

Lin Yuan waved her hand, seeing Lu Chong was about to return the pearls, she quickly said, “Mr. Lu, you can take the pearls first. With your character, you definitely won’t shortchange me on that hundred taels of silver. Ah, it’s too cold, if there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving now.”

Waving a hand, Lin Yuan pulled the sullen-faced Xia Zheng and headed towards the sedan chair at the palace gate, turning around with a blooming smile as she got on, “Preemptively wishing sir success in winning the beauty’s heart soon!”

Such simple words, yet they made Lu Chong feel warm inside.

Watching the little sedan chair wobble out of the palace gate, then looking at the warm pearls in his hand, Lu Chong felt a little dazed, “Winning the beauty’s heart soon, huh? I wonder if such a day will come…”