Chapter 756 Princess 5
"This thing is really edible. I'm not lying! My family and I ate it and nothing happened to us."
Lin Dakang was a grown man, his eyes turned red with anxiety, but he was tongue-tied and kept repeating the same words over and over again.
He was almost going crazy with anxiety, and also felt helpless because he was wrongly accused. After all, his whole family had really eaten this thing, and no one had vomiting and diarrhea as the shopkeeper said. If his wife was not seriously ill and he was in urgent need of money, he would not have sold this rare thing when he knew that Zuiyunlou collected rare foods from all over the world.
At this time, Sheng Huan in the carriage, her eyes had already fallen on the yellow fruit in Lin Dakang's hand.
This fruit looks very familiar. If it’s not the potato of later generations, then what else could it be?
Sheng Huan recalled and realized that in this world, people did not recognize potatoes and there were no sweet potatoes.
She lowered the curtain thoughtfully.
And outside, it's still going on.
"Get lost! We don't accept this stuff!"
Shopkeeper Fang was getting impatient: "Come here, get him out of here, don't let him affect our Zuiyunlou's business!"
Over there, the waiter from Zuiyunlou stepped forward, and they held Lin Dakang amidst all the pushing and shoving.
Lin Dakang was held down and resisted so violently that he could not hold the yellow fruits in his hands steadily. Both of them fell to the ground and rolled onto the road.
"Shut up!"
Outside the carriage, the guard suddenly pulled the reins and shouted:
"How dare you throw something onto the official road!"
Several guards stood there with knives in their hands, looking menacing.
"Please forgive me, my lord! Please forgive me, my lord!"
When the people around saw the potato rolling over, they knew something was wrong. When they saw the exquisiteness of the carriage and the tall guards, even though they didn't know who the noble person was in the carriage, all the people present knelt down in unison.
Shopkeeper Fang knelt on the ground with sweat on his head. Others did not recognize Princess Fengning's carriage, but how could he not recognize it? Being a shopkeeper in the capital, he naturally had a scale in his heart and knew who not to offend.
Shopkeeper Fang cursed Lin Dakang several times in his heart. If it weren't for him, how could they have bumped into Princess Fengning.
Princess Fengning said she would not marry the Left Prime Minister. The Left Prime Minister was also ungrateful. He dared to make a maid pregnant even though he had the princess as his fiancée. He deserved to be broken off and beaten.
Lin Dakang was just a commoner. When he saw the fruit rolling under the horse's hooves, his legs went limp.
Just when everyone was trembling with fear, a light voice suddenly sounded in the carriage.
"Lin Dakang, what is this thing you said is edible?"
Lin Dakang didn't expect that the nobleman in the carriage would mention his name. He had never met many noblemen in his life, let alone talk to them.
To the point that at this moment, my brain is completely blank and I can only act on instinct.
"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, I, the common people, I don't know either. I just picked it up from a foreign businessman by chance."
When Lin Dakang said this, his face turned red. He was afraid that the nobleman would suspect that he had stolen it, so he quickly explained: "Those foreign merchants didn't know what it was. They only had a little bit, and when they couldn't sell it, they threw it away. I saw it and felt it was a pity, so I picked it up. I fed it to the mice, and the mice were fine after eating it, so I ate it."
Sheng Huan was sitting in the carriage. Upon hearing this, he gave the order:
"Wu Chen, bring the things in."
Outside, one of the guards, actually a servant, picked up the fruit on the ground and handed it into the carriage respectfully.
"Princess."
Tan Yue immediately reached out to take it.
The curtain fluttered in a very slight arc, obviously making it impossible to see who was in the carriage, and no one present dared to look up.
Tan Yue took the fruit, wiped it clean with a handkerchief, and then presented it to Sheng Huan.
"Princess."
Sheng Huan took it and looked at it.
This potato is really small and doesn’t look very fresh. I don’t know how long it has been stored.
When Shopkeeper Fang heard that the people in the carriage had taken the fruit, he was afraid that the nobleman would be poisoned, and by then, his life might be in danger.
So, Shopkeeper Fang summoned up his courage, but his voice was still trembling, and he shouted:
"My lord, this thing really can't be eaten. Zuiyunlou made this thing yesterday, and everyone who ate it had vomiting and diarrhea, without exception. The doctors said it was poisoning."
Sheng Huan was playing with the fruit in his hand, and his voice spread out:
"The potatoes they eat have sprouted?"
Shopkeeper Fang was stunned. Is this called potato? And, sprouting? How would the noble know? If he hadn't gone to the kitchen yesterday and the chef had told him that this thing had sprouted and should be eaten as soon as possible, he wouldn't have known.
"My dear lord, your prediction is as accurate as a god. Yesterday, the chef in our kitchen said that this potato... has sprouted."
"Don't eat sprouted potatoes, they're poisonous." The woman's voice was very noble.
Lin Dakang's eyes lit up: "Yes. The potatoes that I eat at home don't sprout!"
Shopkeeper Fang had not expected that the sprouts would be poisonous. He quickly complimented him: "Your Excellency is very knowledgeable."
In the carriage, Tan Yue saw that Sheng Huan was very interested in potatoes.
He quickly whispered, "Princess, I will go and ask Lin Dakang to buy some for you."
"All." Sheng Huan knew that potatoes were hard to come by. Near the capital, only Lin Dakang had them. She raised her eyes and said, "Give me more silver. This is a good thing."
Being a princess is good, and there is no need to explain what that good thing is or how she knows about it.
"Yes, Princess." Tan Yue bowed.
Outside, everyone no longer heard the nobleman's voice in the carriage, and suddenly became uneasy again.
At this moment, the people who were kneeling down saw from the corner of their eyes a woman who was neatly dressed and had special embroidery patterns getting out of the carriage.
The woman walked over and stopped in front of Lin Dakang.
"Lin Dakang, how many potatoes do you have? Our princess has bought them all."
Princess?!!
Lin Dakang's scalp shuddered, and the other people who didn't recognize her were also shocked. The person in the carriage turned out to be the princess.
Shopkeeper Fang saw that he was in a daze and pinched him calmly. This kid is lucky, but he still doesn't know what's going on!
Lin Dakang came back to his senses instantly. Seeing the clean palace maid in front of him, he dared not look at her anymore and stammered, "Fuck, I still have five at home."
That plus the three remaining in his hand, makes eight.
Tan Yue understood and took out ten taels of silver from her sleeve.
"This is the money to buy your potatoes. The remaining five potatoes must be delivered to Princess Fengning's mansion before dark today."
Lin Dakang was so shocked that his pupils dizzy. He didn't even care about getting so much silver. He just said that the person who bought it was Princess Fengning, who was the most beloved by the Emperor and the Empress.
Just now, he even talked to Princess Fengning. It was like smoke coming out of his ancestral grave!
"Yes, yes." Lin Dakang held the silver in his hand, trembling with excitement. With this silver, the money for his wife's medicine, she would be saved: "I will definitely deliver it to the princess's mansion before dark."
The carriage left before anyone on the scene could come to their senses.
Lin Dakang immediately stood up and ran towards home.
Behind him, the people watching him run away couldn't help but burst into heated discussions.
"These are only eight potatoes, but they are worth ten taels of silver! Each one is worth more than one tael of silver!"
"One tael of silver is one thousand coins, so ten taels of silver is..."
The others were so envious that tears were streaming down their faces. The waiter at Zuiyunlou was even more envious. You know, their monthly salary was only 600 coins, and these ten taels of silver were equivalent to several months' salary!
As for whether anyone dared to attack Lin Dakang, of course no one did. After all, no one dared to offend Princess Fengning.
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