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Chapter 554 Flowing Clouds and Silk
Amid the chaotic commotion, a young shop assistant stepped forward with a smile, cupped his hands in greeting to those around him, and said, "Dear neighbors, gentlemen, and distinguished guests, thank you all for your appreciation of our 'Flowing Clouds Silk.' This fabric is extremely rare in both its materials and weaving techniques, and its cost is very high."

"Stop talking nonsense! I'm not short of money! If you like this cloth, just name your price and be straightforward!" A man in a wide-sleeved silk robe with a stubble beard shouted impatiently at the young shop assistant from the crowd. "No matter how much it costs, just tell me, I'll pay you, and sell me the cloth!"

"That's right, just tell us the price! Whether you can afford it or not, at least tell us the price so we can weigh it. If you can afford it, the highest bidder wins; if you can't, I won't waste my time here!" another person chimed in from the crowd.

As soon as one or two people asked, others joined in the commotion, and even more people craned their necks to look. Although they couldn't afford to buy the fabric, they were happy to see something so rare and join in the fun.

The young waiter remained unhurried, observing the chatter and urging from those around him, without saying a word. Only when more and more people joined in the clamor and urging did he finally speak.

"I am truly sorry, everyone! This piece of 'Flowing Clouds Silk' in our shop has no price. Today, we are simply showing you a scrap of fabric so that you may appreciate it."

This piece of fabric is so intricately crafted and made with such rare materials that it was immediately reserved by a distinguished customer as soon as it arrived at our shop.

This scrap of fabric is a sample piece we kept from back then. Our manager thought it was a very rare find, so he specially brought it out to show everyone. We're really sorry about that.

"What kind of powerful person is so domineering? This thing hasn't even been seen by anyone else, and he's already placed his order?!" The unshaven man questioned unhappily. "Don't your rare and high-quality materials usually go to the highest bidder?!"

Why didn't you offer to let the rest of us take a look first? Do you think none of us can afford that price?!

"Just tell me how much you're selling it for, and I'll add another ten percent! It's just a bolt of cloth; even if it were made of pure gold, I could afford it! Stop haggling!" The bearded man waved his hand impatiently. "Name your price!"

"I'm so sorry, this batch of fabric really can't be sold."

"What's going on with your shoe shop?! In the past, when there were good items, the prices went up, and I never complained. I've been a regular customer here for a long time. What do you mean by this now?!" The bearded man seemed annoyed, and his voice suddenly rose a lot.

"Please calm down, sir, please calm down..." The young shop assistant, unhurried, smiled and cupped his hands to the man. "It's not that we look down on you, sir, or think you can't afford this money, but no matter how much money you have, we can't sell this Flowing Cloud Silk to someone else."

To be honest, the nobleman who took this flowing cloud-patterned silk was none other than the Duke of Yan, the maternal grandfather of Prince Yi.

Next month is the birthday of Lady Yan, so the Duke of Yan has taken a fancy to this piece of fabric and wants to make a dress for Lady Yan to wear at the birthday banquet.

By now, that fabric has probably already been used to make dresses. Please bear with us and take a look at this piece of material first to broaden your horizons.

If our manager can get our hands on such materials again in the future, we will definitely do the same thing as before: announce the reserve price and let the highest bidder win!

Please forgive me, gentlemen!

The group of people who had been chattering and complaining suddenly fell silent when they heard that the person who had given the fabric to was actually the Duke of Yan.

Indeed, if the Duke of Yan has his eye on something, unless the emperor wants it, who would dare to compete with him for it!

The bearded man grumbled somewhat sullenly as he turned and pushed his way out of the crowd, seemingly annoyed that such a good item was right in front of him, yet he couldn't buy it. Many others, after hearing the young shopkeeper's words, desperately pushed forward, wanting a better view.

Although they all lived in the capital, it was not easy for them to meet important people on ordinary days.

First, let's talk about the mansion where the Duke of Yan resided. Not to mention the area in front of the gate, even the street in front of the gate was not a place that anyone could just walk through.

Even on ordinary days in the capital, on the bustling streets, if the carriage of the Duke of Yan's mansion were to pass by, guards would loudly shout to clear the way for bystanders.

Therefore, most people only know that the Duke of Yan is extremely powerful and unapproachable, but they do not have a clear understanding of what he is actually like.

Now it's different. They can see up close what kind of rare fabrics the Duke of Yan had prepared for his first wife, which allows them to imagine what a wealthy family looks like.

“Since this piece of material is too expensive for ordinary people to buy, let’s go inside and see what we can buy.” Lu Qing gestured to Zhu Yu.

Zhu Yu nodded and followed him inside.

People were all gathered outside looking at the flowing clouds and mist, so there were far fewer customers inside the shop.

Because they even had all the young shop assistants outside wrapped in cloth to prevent anyone from getting close, the shop was practically abandoned and ignored.

This was actually just right. Zhu Yu and Lu Qing casually strolled around the shop, looking here and there.

The Tse-Leg Shop was very large, with the entire first floor filled with uncut fabrics. They had all kinds of silks and satins, and there was almost no color or quality that they wouldn't sell.

The two of them looked around briefly. To Zhu Yu, these things were all pretty much the same, just cloth, and didn't hold any appeal. Especially since there was no familiar scent, he became even less interested.

So they went up to the second floor.

The second floor is slightly smaller than the first floor, and mainly sells various ready-made clothes, shawls, capes, and trinkets such as embroidered shoes that are sold together with the clothes.

Zhu Yu wasn't particularly interested in any of these things, but as she walked up to this floor, she faintly smelled a familiar scent, as if she had smelled it somewhere before, but it was so faint that she wasn't quite sure.

So she pretended to be very interested in the things on this floor and started "picking" things out.

She quickly realized that there was a faint, distinctive herbal fragrance permeating the air on the second floor.

She had smelled that herbal scent before at Fairy Castle.