Forensic Imperial Concubine

Chapter 728 Buy The Medicinal Herbs (Part Two)

"That's great! It has been a while since the last time I encounter a great buyer like you. Please followme, madam." The shopkeeper clapped his hands and burst into laughter.

Glancing at Matthew, Harper then followed the shopkeeper into the backyard. The mansion consistedof a storefront with warehouses and living space in the back. After the shopkeeper brought themdirectly into the innermost part of the warehouse, he opened the door and said, "Feel free to lookaround and see if there's anything you want inside."

As Harper roamed around, she noticed that there were a lot of shelves with various kinds of boxes onthem.

"Some of the medicinal materials can't be mixed together. Some are poisonous, and some are not, sowe have to store them in separate specially made boxes. Otherwise, the medicinal materials will losetheir effects. Each box has a label that states the function of the medicinal material inside it. You canchoose the ones you like."

As Harper walked inside, Matthew simply stood at the door and waited. Harper carefully examined themedicinal herbs with the shopkeeper following her closely behind. Whenever Harper focused herattention on a specific box, the shopkeeper would tell her the name, price, and effect of the medicinalherb inside it right away.

Harper simply nodded her head without telling him whether she would buy them or not. Despite that,the shopkeeper seemed patient enough to tell her all he knew.

After a while, Harper finally finished scanning all the boxes and got a rough idea of all the materialsthey could offer. With that, the shopkeeper asked, "Madam, which medicinal herbs have you taken afancy to?"

"I like all of them. Make a price," Harper said in a flat tone.

Left a bit dumbfounded, the shopkeeper asked, "Madam, do you mean you want to buy all of them?"

"Yes, I want all of them."

"All the herbs that we have here are precious. Meaning to say, they are all very expensive. If you wantto buy everything, you're going to need to spend a large amount of money. Take this herb as anexample. A single plant already costs five hundred taels of silver, let alone the other rare herbs."

"A hundred thousand taels of silver. Is that enough?" Harper showed him a bank note worth suchamount of money and put it on the table. "Don't tell me you think it's not enough."

The shopkeeper wanted to raise the price, but then, he thought of the fact that it wouldn't be easy tofool Harper. After all, she could tell all of the medicinal materials in the tea just by taking a sip. Fromthat, he concluded that she was not a simple person. So, he had better not offend her.

"Madam, that's too little. You're going to need to pay me at least this much." The shopkeeper raisedthree fingers.

When she heard this, Harper squinted her eyes and thought, 'He wants three hundred thousand taelsof silver? He's asking for such an unreasonable amount. The medicinal herbs in this place should, atmost, only be worth a hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver, but he's asking for twice that amount.'

"I can offer one hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver at most," Harper replied.

"Madam, believe me. They are really worth three hundred thousand taels of silver." A peculiar grinappeared on the shopkeeper's face as Harper looked at him without saying anything.

Although Matthew didn't know much about medicinal herbs, he could tell that Harper really wantedthem. Three hundred thousand taels of silver shouldn't be that big of a number for them. They could

easily afford them. That being said, since Harper thought that they shouldn't be worth that much, healso thought they were definitely not. So, he decided not to chime in and just watched them negotiate.

"Do you have other goods aside from the ones in this warehouse?"

"Madam, I have the most precious treasure of the South Kingdom. Would it be worth the price?" theshopkeeper whispered under his breath.

A light flashed across Harper's eyes. "I would like to examine the goods first."

The shopkeeper walked toward a wall and knocked rhythmically on it, and then a box popped out. Themoment the shopkeeper opened the box, Harper saw clearly that there were three red fruits storedinside the box, which happened to be the sacred treasure of the South Kingdom—the Rosefinch Fruit.They went to the South Kingdom this time with one goal, which was to find the location of the SacredSeal. But there was one other thing—finding the Rosefinch Fruit, which was an essential herb Harperhad to use to refine the pill she needed.

"Deal." Taking over the box, Harper took out a pile of bank notes and put them on the table. "Havethese medicinal herbs sent to the general's residence."

The look on the shopkeeper's face shifted dramatically. "The general's... The general's residence?" heconfirmed.

"I'm in the general's residence at the moment, so you have to send the medicinal herbs directly to thegeneral's residence. Got it?" Harper wanted to take the Rosefinch Fruits away, but the shopkeeperquickly stopped her.

"Madam, I won't sell my medicinal herbs to you!"

"Why is that?" Harper asked, taking a step back. "Honesty is the most important thing in business."

"Anyway, my medicinal herbs will not be sold to anyone from the general's residence!"

"I'm not really from the general's residence. I'm only staying there for the time being." How couldHarper give back the Rosefinch Fruits she just found? "Don't worry, sir. People in the general'sresidence won't make any trouble for you. They wouldn't dare to."novelbin

"No more of this nonsense. I won't sell my herbs to you!"

"It's not up to you!" Harper took out an official token and put it down on the table. When the shopkeepersaw this, his hand froze in the air as he tried to take back the Rosefinch Fruits. Looking at Harper inastonishment, it seemed as though he couldn't believe his eyes. Then, he looked at Matthew, and aftera long while, he finally withdrew his hand in frustration.

"Fine, fine. I apologize for not recognizing you, Your Highness. Please take the Rosefinch Fruits withyou."

"What about the medicinal herbs?"

"I'll ask my men to send the medicinal herbs to the general's residence. I hope your people can takethem over themselves." As he took another glance at the token on the table, he helplessly sighed.Then, he exhorted Harper, "These herbs cannot be touched by the people from the general'sresidence."

"Don't worry, sir. My stuff won't be handed over to others. I'm leaving now."