"How much is the headband?" Su Cheng asked.
"Two taels," the peddler said.
"So expensive?" Su Cheng said. "You're not ripping me off, did you?"
In the countryside, a headband was only three or four copper coins!
The vendor explained, "These are real pearls. One costs more than a hundred copper coins!"
Su Cheng had never worn clothes worth more than a hundred copper coins.
He took out his money bag and counted a few scattered pieces of silver. He gritted his teeth and bought them.
…
At the Marquis of Northern Zhen's Estate, Su Xiaoxiao ended the treatment for the day.
Physician Fu was sweating. He was not tired, but frightened.
When he saw Su Xiaoxiao stick something unknown into the Old Marquis's nose, he was shocked.
Later on, she inserted needles into the Old Marquis. Those acupoints were so dangerous that he usually did not dare to touch them.
