"With that assurance from you, Lord Jiang, I can rest easy. Thirty thousand taels in all. Will you pay in silver notes or silver?"
Jiang An's eyes widened like an idiot's.
"Th-thirty thousand taels? What medicine costs thirty thousand taels?"
It was obviously extortion!
But without any evidence, Jiang An dared not act out.
Murong Tianci looked perfectly solemn and innocent. "I've been frail and sickly since childhood, and I've always relied on several medicinal pills to sustain me: the Icebound Snowfield Pill, the Great Luo Golden Immortal Pill, and the Deep-Sea Beauty Elixir. I can't do without any of them. Their ingredients are extremely expensive. Thirty thousand taels is already a discounted price out of respect for the Marquis's Residence."
Jiang Shuyue: The Icebound Snowfield Pill and the Deep-Sea Beauty Pill? Why have I never heard of them? Could they be high-grade medicines created by some mighty expert?
Huahua: What high-grade medicines? He made them all up on the spot!
Jiang Shuyue: He's that good? Silver-haired hunks really are clever. He can lie without even blinking. Amazing.
Everyone: ...
Was lying something worth praising?
It seemed she really wanted to make Jiang An choke on this humiliation.
As long as that goal was achieved, she didn't care what methods they used.
Murong Tianci added sincerely, "If you don't believe me, Lord Jiang, you can ask the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau, or my elder sister."
The director of the Imperial Medical Bureau might not have been a particularly high-ranking official, but his son-in-law belonged to a powerful aristocratic clan, and his younger sister was close to the Noble Consort in the palace.
He was not someone Jiang An could afford to offend lightly, either.
Jiang An tallied the money in his pocket. Seventy thousand plus thirty thousand would