Chapter 789 You have to agree whether you agree or not!

Qiao Dajiang was about to answer, but Qiao Ran had already spoken:

"I am Qiao Ran, a commoner, meeting His Royal Highness Prince Ping! I have a dragon-shaped jade pendant bestowed by the Emperor, which allows me not to kneel before anyone in the Great Yue Kingdom, including the Emperor. So please forgive me for not disobeying the Emperor's order! These are all my elders, I don't need to kneel, Your Highness, and as they are my elders, naturally they don't need to kneel either!"

"As for Shopkeeper Liu, he is no longer here. He sold the shop to me yesterday. Now I am the owner of the shop. May I ask what advice Prince Ping has for you?"

Qiao Ran pretended not to know the purpose of King Ping's visit and explained in a few words that the shop had a new owner.

King Ping was stunned, and then he looked at the poor people who were dressed like country folk, and asked suspiciously:

"just you?"

Qiao Ran took out a dragon-shaped jade pendant slowly and waved it towards Prince Ping twice. Before he could see clearly, she put it away again:

"Your Highness should have heard of my story, right? I saved the Emperor. This is the dragon-shaped jade pendant he gave me. He told me that I could take out the jade pendant if anyone bullied me in the Great Viet Kingdom. I dare not lie."

"Prince Ping, there is no need to doubt that I cannot afford this shop. I am a decent doctor. I have earned a lot of money from treating patients in the past few months. I have also received rewards from the Emperor, so I have some wealth."

"Also, this is my father. He is the king of Manjushri. He has met the emperor. This is not false. Although Manjushri is poor, we can still make some money by fishing for pearls in the sea. Although this shop is expensive, my family can still afford the three thousand taels of silver."

When King Ping heard this, a hint of anger flashed in his eyes.

Three thousand taels!

Isn't that the price I offered to Liu Quanfu? If this shop were to be resold normally, it would cost at least five or six thousand taels. I was relying on my status to get Liu Quanfu to sell it to me at half the price.

This little girl who looks like a country girl actually bought this shop for three thousand taels?

And now he also remembered, Qiao Ran, wasn't she the little village girl that his father wanted to marry him as his co-wife?

Thinking that this little village girl had dared to reject her father's marriage proposal in front of so many civil and military officials in the court, Prince Ping's anger burned fiercely.

Although he didn't like this little country girl at all, he thought she was ugly even if she became his concubine.

However, this little village girl would never be allowed to refuse the marriage granted by her father.

Isn't that just slapping yourself in the face?

"So, you are Qiao Ran!"

King Ping was extremely angry and snorted coldly with a fake smile.

He really wanted to ask this little village girl why she dared to refuse her father's marriage proposal in the court, but he couldn't ask it out loud. If he asked it, it would seem that he cared a lot about this marriage.

Besides, the most urgent task now is to seize the shop first, and the other accounts can be settled slowly later!

"Since you bought the shop for three thousand taels, why don't you sell it to me now for three thousand taels? You just bought it yesterday anyway, and I won't let you suffer a loss."

King Ping suppressed his anger and pretended to be magnanimous.

Qiao Ran pulled the corner of her lip almost imperceptibly and smiled sarcastically, then replied in a neither humble nor arrogant manner:

"I'm sorry, Your Highness. I bought this shop to open a store, not to resell it. I'm sorry I can't sell it to you."

The smug smile on King Ping's face suddenly disappeared, and he couldn't control his anger and sneered:

"Not selling? You know that I was the one who first spotted this shop, and I have already agreed to buy it today. Who do you think you are? How dare you come and snatch things from me?"

Qiao Ran shook her head and said, "Your Highness, buying and selling is a matter of mutual consent. Shopkeeper Liu is willing to sell the shop to me. This is a matter between me and Shopkeeper Liu. There is no such thing as fighting over it. Now the shop is mine, and I don't want to sell it to you. I hope Prince Ping can understand."

"Humph! Forgiveness? Why should I forgive? There is nothing I cannot get that I set my eyes on. Today, you have to agree to it, whether you agree or not! If you don't agree to sell the shop to me, you, a bunch of lowly people, will never be able to step out of this shop!"

After saying that, the guards all took a step forward with a "clatter", and the swords in their hands were about to stab the Qiao family members in the encirclement.