Baoling Pavilion consists of five floors, and the value of the merchandise increases with every floor one ascends. While a gold hairpin on the ground floor might cost a hundred taels, that amount is hardly worth mentioning on the upper levels.
Those who can descend from the upper floors are, more or less, people of status, and those who know Li Feng is a pauper are naturally not of ordinary standing. Although Li Feng holds the noble title of a prince of the Xia State, he is, in reality, completely penniless.
However, the mockery reached Xiaocui, who interpreted it quite differently: "How can you speak to him like that? Do you even know who he is? If I told you, you’d be scared to death!"
Chapter 23