An Divine Supreme Doctor and A Noble King novel Chapter 16

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“Why don’t you ask around for the name of the Lu family’s Fourth Young Master?”

It suddenly dawned on Chu Liuyue.

Things haven’t even begun to take shape, yet he was trying to claim his connections. Indeed, people who didn’t belong together also didn’t get to live together.

The old man scoffed. “I don’t care who you are! Ten thousand silver taels, not a penny less. You can’t afford it, but there are many who can.”

Lu Zhitao was so furious that he could only laugh. Playing with that red stone, he spoke openly, “Really? I’d like to see who would be willing to buy this thing.”

He glared at his surroundings with a look of warning. Those who had been interested in the red stone stopped in their tracks. Nobody could afford to offend the Lu family’s Fourth Young Master.

A red stone of this size would cost 2,000 silver taels at most. Nobody would pay 10,000 silver taels for it.

Moreover, Lu Zhitao deliberately made a spectacle of himself by announcing his name. One would be going against him if they bought the stone.

Most people had heard that the Crown Prince was fond of Chu Xianmin. For the past two days, it was even rumored that the Crown Prince’s personal bodyguard, Song Yuan, had hand-delivered her invitation to the Crown Prince’s birthday banquet.

It seemed that Chu Xianmin would be the future Crown Princess. To offend the Lu family was akin to offending the Crown Prince.

There was dead silence in the area.

Lu Zhitao was proud of himself. “Old man, you should know better. No one will buy this except me.”

“Ten thousand silver taels. I’ll take it.” A cold and clear voice called out. At the same time, a fair hand suddenly came out from the side and took that red stone away.

Lu Zhitao never expected anyone to have the guts to steal what he wanted. It took him a while before he reacted.

At first glance, the other party seemed to be a young girl dressed in a black robe with a bamboo hat.

Lu Zhitao was so angry he almost hit the roof. “Who do you think you are? Did you eat a bear’s heart or a leopard’s gall? You dare to steal what I wanted?”

The old man was surprised too. He finally opened his other eye and took a closer look at Chu Liuyue. “Really?”

Indeed, the red stone had excellent color, but it was definitely not worth 10,000 taels. He had casually said he would sell it for 10,000 taels because he was short of money lately, and he didn’t want to sell it to Lu Zhitao. He didn’t expect anyone to buy it willingly.

Chu Liuyue took out a 10,000 silver tael banknote and gave it to the old man.

At first, the old man hesitated, but when he saw the banknote, his eyes lit up, and he immediately accepted it. Recently, he was in a state of poverty.

“Don’t you understand that the highest bidder gets the item? Besides, this red stone is worth 1,000 silver taels. If you want to buy it for 100 taels, where in the world would you get such a deal?” said Chu Liuyue with a laugh. “Or did the Lu family gain its fortune by resorting to such tactics?”

Lu Zhitao’s face turned scarlet-red from anger. His family had been implicated. Without a thought, he drew out his sword at his waist, intending to strike Chu Liuyue. “I will do as I please. You are in no position to lecture me! Meet your doom!”

The old manwho had just received the banknoteclasped his hands. His eyelids fluttered, and he was about to move. He stopped in surprise and looked at Chu Liuyue.