Hearing the madam’s words, Second Master Qi’s pent-up fury finally found an outlet. He kicked over the table in front of him with a violent crash and roared, "Do you think I, your master, cannot afford the silver? Why don't you go out and ask around whose house I come from!"
The madam recoiled in terror, lamenting the mess on the floor while still forcing a smile onto her face. "Oh, Second Master Qi, who in this Capital doesn't know you? It’s all just a misunderstanding!"
Her eyes darted around as she frantically weighed her options, finally arriving at a compromise. "Second Master Qi," she said with an ingratiating laugh, "the truth is, you have raised Yunniang’s price to the heavens. We are simple folk with no vision, and having never seen such an exorbitant sum, we momentarily lost our heads and misspoke. Please, do not be angry. Why not bestow upon us some token—a jade pendant or a scent pouch? We can take it to Yunniang later and tell her it’s a gift from the doting Second Master Qi."
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