Chapter 521 Meeting Lin Yuan the Merchant Again
Chapter 521 Meeting Lin Yuan the Merchant Again
Nan Hua watched the exchange between Madam Qu and the Head Guard from her carriage. Looking at Madam Qu, she silently wondered how this woman managed to survive this far by offending almost everyone. There were a lot of people who hated Madam Qu so much yet this woman still held reign at the highest seat.
How amusing.
There must be someone who has been helping Madam Qu to let her be able to stay on that seat. Nan Hua wondered whether there was any change in personal servants lately or something like that.
There were more and more things to investigate.
The Dark Moon Organization's Intelligence Department would be very busy.
"Madam, Miss, we have arrived. Would you like to stay in the carriage or should this servant order a room?"
Madam Qu swept her gaze across the buildings, disdain apparent on her face. She wouldn't want to stay in this kind of place if it was not because of emergency. At normal times, she would never even consider this kind of place to stay.
It was too low in her opinion.
"Search for the best place." Madam Qu's face was dark.
"Yes, Madam."
The guards moved quickly, not daring to utter any nonsense or anything like that. Right now, they only want to finish their assignment and then had some rest. They really envied their friends who were not selected to this outing this time. Rather than facing such an annoying Madam, it would be better to just stay idle at Nan Family Residence.
What luck they had.
Thankfully, they managed to find a rather decent place to stay that didn't leave Madam Qu to complain anymore. Though, the place was still rather dirty in her opinion.
"This is the place?" Madam Qu furrowed her eyebrows when she saw the scene in front of her. There were poor people walking around and the way these people were dressed only highlighted how poor they were.
It was truly an eyesore for her.
"Yes, Madam." Nan Family Head Guard really wanted to smash his head and applied for a different position. He felt that from the time he followed Madam Qu, he had been under some annoying situation continuously.
Unfortunately, that thought could only cross in his mind but he didn't dare to utter it out at all.
Madam Qu flung her sleeve. "Forget it. Let's settle here. You two can pick your room. I'm going to rest first."
"Yes, Mother."
"Yes, Madam Qu."
Both Nan Xin and Nan Hua had no other choice but to wear veil when they walked out. It attracted the attention of some people since only those of noble families would wear a veil when they went out. Just their clothes had already inevitably revealed their real status in front of these people.
Nan Hua swept her gaze across the people in front of her, but she refrained from saying anything. This was just one of the few small villages around the Capital City. It was originally formed in order to sustain some refugees who were trying to save themselves.
In the end, there were built several dedicated villages for these people alone.
Back then, Nan Hua had visited some of them. The condition hadn't improved that much and considering that Fei Yang Kingdom was focusing on war, there were not much budget that could be used to improve their life quality yet.
The difference between those who lived in the Capital City and in the suburbs were still very apparent.
"Oh my, I didn't expect to see beautiful ladies here~."
Hearing that voice, Nan Hua lifted her head. Not far from her, stood a young man wearing lavish clothes. He looked to be in his early twenties and looked rather frivolous. If not for the guards around him, people might think that he was just a nobody who was trying his best to act as if he was rich.
"Who are you?" Madam Qu furrowed her eyebrows. Her eyes landed on the fur robe the young man wore. That kind of fur robe was not cheap and only those extremely rich or those at extremely high status could possibly wear one.
"My surname is Lin and I'm a traveling merchant." Lin Yuan winked at Madam Qu. "I didn't expect to see such a beautiful woman here. It's simply fate that allowed us to meet."
Nan Hua watched Lin Yuan and silently wondered why these people hadn't arrested him for his glib tongue. He always said some kind of nonsense in front of other people to the point that they wouldn't be able to bear to hear it. Though, those words were always sugarcoated nicely.
"I see."
After giving off a few more rounds of praise, Lin Yuan finally get to the main point. He smirked. "Would you like to see my wares, Beautiful Madam? For someone at your stature, wouldn't wearing ordinary goods be unworthy? I can assure you that my credibility is good."
"Are you sure?" Madam Qu was looking at Lin Yuan and it would be a lie if she said that she was not tempted.
Lin Yuan himself looked so rich that it was hard for her to doubt his words. Not to mention, the clothes he wore for himself was not easy to find and Madam Qu had heard from other ladies that there was indeed a traveling merchant surnamed Lin who had been supplying them with some good silk.
It would be a shame if she didn't browse some.
"I have already done many businesses with other madam." Lin Yuan then began to spout some famous names from the Capital City and looked proud with what he did. "Also, it wouldn't be too late for you to back out once you have seen the goods, Madam. Browsing and not buying is fine as well. I'm sure your pretty daughters are interested as well."
Madam Qu pondered for a moment as she sneaked a glance at Nan Xin. It was clear that Nan Xin was trying her best not to look interested. She then nodded. "Fine. Show me what you got."