Pilgrim turned to face the Gold Star. "Well, old sir? What did I say?

朝 is cháo, to turn and face, not the zhāo of morning. The gesture matters: he has just been untied and bowed to, and the first thing he does is round on the man who told him he had handled it wrong.

I said lose first and win after. That is how the trade is always done.

He is quoting himself from before the ropes came off, and the repetition is the point — this is a man collecting on a prediction. 買賣兒 takes the little tag on the end that makes trade sound like a small everyday business.

Hurry him along to the throne, and do not make me lose my master."

催 is to urge on, to press somebody to move — and Pilgrim uses it of a Heavenly King as though the man were a slow porter.

The Gold Star said, "Do not be in a rush. We have been at this a while; have a cup of tea first."

弄了這一會 is we have been messing with this for a while now, and the flatness of it is very funny after an attempted beheading. 鍾 is a small handleless cup. Venus's answer to a crisis is always to propose refreshments.