Chapter 63 The prince is very angry, the consequences are very serious
"If it's fake, it must be fake."
Fan Jian roared: "Others must have seen that our green and exquisite pearls are selling well, so they made fake ones. It must be like this."
The old shopkeeper could tell that Fan Jian was not setting up a trap with that Hu Shang, but this also made him feel helpless.
He slumped down in the chair, unclenched his fists, and stretched them out in front of Fan Jian: "Take a look."
In his hand was a flawless glass bead.
Fan Jian picked it up and looked at it curiously: "Weren't those three glazed beads sold yesterday? Didn't Prince Kang's house come to pick them up yet? No, I remember taking them away at that time?"
The old shopkeeper roared: "Idiot, I asked someone to buy this from the jewelry store across the street. It costs one hundred taels of silver each. You can buy one for only one hundred taels of silver."
Fan Jian was stunned. He raised the glass bead in his hand in disbelief and looked at the sun carefully.
Yes, it is exactly the same as the one Hu Shanglaier sold to them. It has no bubbles, is pure and flawless, and has a slight green light. It is a high-quality, flawless green pearl.
"How could it be? How could this happen?"
Fan Jian's legs softened and he sat down directly on the ground.
"What should I do? Old shopkeeper, what should I do?"
Fan Jian was confused for a moment and his mind went blank.
They held an appreciation event with great fanfare, and sold jade-green glass beads at sky-high prices, which turned out to be on the street. Didn't Changsheng number become a liar?
"Old shopkeeper, why don't we refund the money?" Fan Jian cried sadly, as if the sky was about to collapse.
The old shopkeeper also looked sad: "But how can we have so much money? Yesterday we sold more than 200,000 taels of glazed beads alone. All the money was given to the Duke yesterday."
"But what if someone comes to your door?"
No matter who it is, it is extremely difficult to take out the money that has been put into their pockets, not to mention that they have worked hard and planned for so long to earn the money.
Besides, if this money is really returned, what will happen to their one hundred thousand taels of silver?
The old shopkeeper is in a dilemma. If he doesn't refund the money, the reputation of Changsheng will be ruined and it can be closed down directly.
But if you refund the money, you will not only lose one hundred thousand taels, but your reputation will also be greatly affected.
The most important thing is that the money has to be taken out of Duke Xin's pocket.
By then, I'm afraid there will be no good end for both of them.
One hundred thousand taels of silver. The total money earned by the Changsheng account since it was opened is not much more than this.
"Old shopkeeper, we still have to refund this money, and we have to do it quickly, otherwise we will be passive when others come to our door."
Fan Jian gradually came to his senses and immediately came up with an idea.
The old shopkeeper was reminded by him and woke up. If he took the initiative to refund the money, as long as he announced to the outside world that they had been deceived, they might be able to maintain the reputation of Changsheng Hao.
However, this matter is not something he can decide. It still depends on the wishes of the Duke.
He suddenly stood up and said, "You are right. I will go find the Duke now. You are in the shop. If anyone comes to return the glass beads they bought yesterday, you should hold them steady and wait for my letter."
But by this time, it was already a little too late to react.
A large group of people swarmed in and surrounded the Changsheng.
The old shopkeeper can't get out anymore.
These people knew very well that the Changsheng was the property of Duke Xinguo, and they didn't dare to come to look for trouble at first. But after suffering such a big loss, no one could bear it. After a series of contacts, they came together.
Among them was someone who knew the old shopkeeper. When he saw that the old shopkeeper was about to leave, he stopped him directly.
"Old shopkeeper, this Changsheng No. is also one of the best jewelry shops in our Yingtian Mansion, but one hundred taels of glass beads are sold to us for thousands of taels of silver each. This doesn't make sense."
"What you're saying is, this is making us look like fools."
"Those glazed beads costing several thousand taels of silver are not as good as the ones that cost a hundred taels. Changsheng Hao is too evil-minded."
The crowd was agitated for a while, and the old shopkeeper tried to speak several times, but was interrupted every time.
Even though all the clerks in the shop were trying to explain things to everyone, no one was willing to listen. Everyone just said, "Refund the money."
The old shopkeeper and Fan Jian were willing to refund the money, but they did not dare to do so without the consent of Duke Xin.
While everyone was noisy, several guards pushed everyone away, and then a man who looked like a butler walked in.
Someone who knew him exclaimed: "Isn't this Butler Liao from Prince Kang's residence?"
"Yes, yes, yesterday Prince Kang spent 50,000 taels of silver to buy those three flawless green beads."
Youdao is a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister. Although he is just a housekeeper, his aura is not something ordinary people can possess.
Butler Liao didn't make any fuss or fuss, he just took out the sandalwood box containing three jade green beads, opened it and placed it gently on the counter, then glanced at the two of them with a sinister look.
"My prince has said that he is very angry. I hope that the Duke's house can give him an explanation."
After saying these words, Butler Liao turned around and left.
It seemed like an understatement, but the gloomy tone and the meaning behind the words made the old shopkeeper and Fan Jian completely lose their minds.
If you offend others, it's easy to say, the worst thing is to refund the money. Now it's Prince Kang who has offended, but it can't be solved by refunding the money.
Who is Prince Kang? He is the uncle of the emperor of the dynasty. His majesty wants to betray him. How dare you offend him?
After Butler Liao and the guards left, those people started making noise again.
The old shopkeeper and Fan Jian seemed to have come back to their senses, and then they felt a chill all over their bodies. Just now, their bodies were soaked with cold sweat.
The next day, in front of the Prince Kang's Mansion, the old shopkeeper and Fan Jian were pushed to the ground, and two tall and thick guards beat them with water and fire sticks. The screams of ghosts and wolves howling spread throughout the streets and alleys of that area.
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In the end, the old shopkeeper and Fan Jian's legs were broken in front of a crowd of onlookers, and then they were thrown out of the city.
At the same time, in the Changsheng Hao, everyone who bought the green and exquisite beads returned their money, and the glass beads were not taken back, saying that this was the Changsheng Hao's apology.
After that, Changsheng closed its doors directly.
At Prince Hui's house, when His Royal Highness Prince Chun told Prince Hui the whole story, Prince Hui was also amazed.
"At such a young age, he can be so cunning and scheming. It's really inexplicable for Duke Xin, who is so dull and unlucky."
Prince Hui twirled his beard and said, "It's a pity that he has no intention of becoming an official, otherwise the court might be turned upside down by him."
His Royal Highness Prince Chun nodded and said: "I suddenly felt that it was fortunate that we were good friends with him, otherwise, we would have fallen into a trap one day without knowing why."