Qin Wan rubbed her nose and couldn't help but glance back at Xie Qing: "It's still him!"
"Did you hit someone?" Qin Zhan rolled up his sleeves and was about to take action to deal with Xie Qing.
Before Xie Qing could even protest, Qin Yan's husband Zheng Ping'an said, "It must be that the Crown Prince hugged my elder sister, and with so many people around and no regard for severity, he bumped into her."
Qin Yan blushed, turned around and slapped him on the back: "If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb!"
"Oh." Zheng Ping'an touched his nose and couldn't help but remind Xie Qing: "Be gentle, the nose can also be broken."
“Ahem!”
Uncle Qin Hua coughed twice, then pulled Qin Zhan aside and said, "Young couples are bound to be ignorant of the seriousness of things. Didn't Yan'er bump Ping'an's nose back then?"
"Father!"
Qin Yan was really ashamed when her dark history was exposed. Her husband hurt her nose, but she was so careless that she almost broke Zheng Ping'an's nose.
The crisis was resolved, Xie Qing breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Zheng Ping'an with sympathy, and thought to himself, fortunately, Qin Wan is more gentle.
Even so, Qin Zhan still felt sorry for his granddaughter and pulled Qin Wan to walk somewhere else: "Come on, let's go, grandpa will take you to meet the old uncle."
Prince An in the front sneezed, and his right eyelid kept twitching. After seeing Qin Zhan, his eyelids twitched non-stop as if they were cramping. He pressed his eyelid with one hand and pointed at Qin Zhan with the other: "I was wondering who was talking about me, it turned out to be you, kid."
Prince An saw Qin Wan behind Qin Zhan and his expression changed immediately. "Why did you bring her here? No wonder the auction house is so heavily guarded today. The future Crown Princess is here to guard against any villains."
"I will be your granddaughter-in-law in the future. Shouldn't you come and recognize me as your relative?" Qin Zhan sat down next to Prince An with a majestic posture, picked up the snacks and started eating.
Prince An is the cousin of the current emperor, so the crown prince has to call him great uncle.
Qin Wan also knelt and saluted: "Greetings, Prince An."
"I dare not," Prince An waved his hand. From now on, he would have to greet this young man himself. However, he was still nervous. He asked Qin Wan tentatively, "I heard that the Crown Prince is inseparable from me now. Has the Crown Prince come?"
He was really afraid that the prince would come to collect the debt!
Qin Wan turned her head and looked towards the third floor. The auction house had three floors in total. The first floor was for casual seating, the second floor was for private rooms, and a screen blocked the view from downstairs and the surroundings, fully protecting the privacy of customers. The third floor was the auction house's own area. Now standing next to the window was Xie Qing. Noticing his gaze, Xie Qing turned around and nodded slightly to her.
Qin Wan narrowed her eyes slightly and said with a smile, "Come or not, you are here for the auction today, are you afraid of him?"
"Right, right, right. The one we should be afraid of is Marquis Pingyang," Prince An laughed, clapping his hands. "My nephew's wife is so sensible and considerate."
Prince An can only take advantage verbally now, but when Qin Wan becomes the Crown Princess, he will not be able to say a word that goes against the rules.
Qin Wan smiled, did not respond to Marquis Pingyang's words, and turned to look down.
The auctioneer came out and briefly introduced the auction: "As for the items for this auction, they are already listed in the catalog in your hands. You can take a look and buy if you want. Please refrain from malicious bidding that disrupts the auction."
"The first lot is a fan painting by Mr. Xun and Mr. Tao, featuring calligraphy and painting. Mr. Xun and Mr. Tao... The starting bid is three hundred taels of silver, with increments of ten taels each."
The first item to be auctioned serves as a starting point for other items. It is not the cheapest, nor the most expensive, but it can still hit the spot of other people's hearts.
Otherwise, it would be bad if the first lot failed to sell.
When Prince An saw the fan, his eyes lit up and he raised his hand to bid: "Three hundred and twenty taels!"
Qin Zhan was quick-witted and didn't prevent him from raising the sign. He subconsciously glanced upstairs and said, "You old bastard, you still owe His Majesty money and yet you're still so arrogant!"
Prince An was like a thorn growing under his buttocks. He was so excited when he saw that thing: "You are a rough guy, you don't understand anything! These two gentlemen are from the previous dynasty. They are quite accomplished in calligraphy and painting. What is even more legendary is their friendship. They are like Boya and Ziqi, praised by scholars and literati..."
Prince An said this, looking at the fan that was worth over five hundred taels of silver, and wanted to raise his hand to buy it, but Qin Zhan snatched the hand away. He reached out to grab the hand and said, "Give it to me! Don't delay my shopping!"
Qin Zhan rolled his eyes at him. "Is the silver you brought enough to buy Master Penghao's paintings? If not, why do you ask His Majesty to borrow? Will His Majesty give it to you? When His Majesty asks, where is your silver? You can say, 'I want to buy Master Penghao's paintings. Your Majesty, can you lend me some silver?' Then you can see whether His Majesty will take the money or not, and you're done."
Prince An then sat down in disappointment and watched the fan slip away from his sight.
Unable to photograph his beloved possessions, Prince An became idle. His eyes darted around, and he turned back to Qin Wan and asked, "I heard the Crown Prince went to collect the debt from Marquis Pingyang? But Marquis Pingyang hasn't paid back yet, and he didn't come today either. It seems he's really short of money."
Qin Zhan really wanted to punch Prince An: "You really are asking for trouble."
Qin Wan, however, showed no embarrassment and smiled openly, "So, is it possible that he really has no money, and you really have money?"
Prince An's smile froze on his face. After a long while, he forced a smile again and said to Qin Zhan, "Your granddaughter has inherited your sharp tongue. My niece, the queen, is having a headache."
Qin Zhan rolled his eyes at him and said, "I guess your son's brain is also inherited from the same source."
Not very smart.
The prince of Prince An has no job so far and has tried to do business, but as a prince, how can he do business?
He just looked around the street, wanted to open a shop, and told his subordinates to do it. He lost a lot of money, but no one knows why he lost the money.
Prince An was sore by him that he bared his teeth and said, "You old bastard!"
"You old boy, if you don't bid, the thing will be bought by someone else." Qin Zhan pointed down. While the two of them were joking around, they had already bid for the painting by Penghao Zhenren. The starting price was 10,000, and the price had been bid up to 30,000 taels of silver.
Prince An's eyes flushed, and he immediately stood up, took the sign from Qin Zhan, and shouted, "Thirty-eight thousand taels!"
Penghao Zhenren's paintings have never had trouble selling, so something with a market price of more than 20,000 taels of silver was priced at 10,000 taels. Now it has been asked to be 30,000 taels, which is already a high price. Unexpectedly, Prince An directly added 8,000 taels!
The auctioneer pointed to the private room in the direction of Prince An and said, "This person bids thirty-eight thousand taels. Is there anyone else to bid? This is Master Penghao..."
Prince An was annoyed by the auctioneer's nagging. After waiting for a few breaths with no one bidding, he shouted to the outside, "Just bring down the hammer! I've made the highest bid!"
"Thirty-nine thousand taels." Someone in the private room on the second floor made an offer.
Prince An's eyes instantly turned green, and he slammed the table to bid: "Four..."
"Four what? The emperor's uncle has a lot of money."
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