Chapter 170 The truth can be lost!
What's the point of talking about straight or crooked things? Has he ever cared about these?
He was an interesting soul, one in a million, and his feelings for her were gender-neutral.
Sometimes he thought that maybe there was a God-given fate between him and her. For example, they both had abilities that ordinary people did not have. He could read minds, and she could predict many things.
So - they are clearly a perfect match.
But since she didn't understand romance, he could only remain patient.
"Since you have sincerely surrendered to the Song Qing family, I will naturally no longer bother with you about the previous matter."
Jun Li Luo's tone was flat, but his eyes were a little cold, "But you have to remember, if you dare to make mistakes again in the future, I will never tolerate it."
Upon hearing this, Hu Si Niang quickly responded, "Your Majesty, rest assured, Si Niang will never make mistakes again and will behave herself from now on."
She spoke respectfully, but she was actually complaining in her heart.
Lady Song just said that His Majesty was as gentle as jade, but how could he be gentle? The look she gave him was as sharp as a knife, full of coldness.
Moreover, she was seeking refuge with Prime Minister Song, not His Majesty. If she really made a mistake, Prime Minister Song would take care of her. Prime Minister Song hadn't even said anything yet, but His Majesty had already threatened her.
Just as Hu Si Niang was thinking this, Jun Li Luo's voice rang out in front of her again, "Yun Chu, I haven't been to an auction outside the palace for several years. Qianbao Pavilion, not far from here, will hold one in the afternoon. It is said that they have found some rare treasures from the Western Regions. Would you like to go with me to see them?"
"Your Majesty invites me, and I will certainly accompany you."
[Auction... If the dog emperor hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about it. I haven't been there for a long time.]
[I heard from Chu Yuni before that Qianbao Pavilion often releases good stuff at the beginning of the month. Today is the third day of the month, so I can go and take a look.]
[The dog emperor probably heard some gossip, which is why he ran out of the palace today. He has seen so many rare treasures, and he may not be interested in the things at the auction. He probably just wanted to join in the fun.]
Jun Li Luo raised a very faint smile at the corner of his lips.
Fortunately, he picked a place that she was more interested in, otherwise she would definitely curse him in her heart for taking up her day off.
"At this hour, Yun Chu probably hasn't had lunch yet, right? Let's eat first, and then go to Qianbao Pavilion to watch the fun."
Song Yunchu responded with a "yes" and sat down opposite Jun Liluo.
Hu Siniang stood quietly by the side, lowering her head and wringing her handkerchief.
When the emperor was eating, she, as a concubine of a minister, seemed to have to stand aside and watch according to the rules, and she also had to pour wine and serve food to the two of them from time to time.
Although she was not used to doing this kind of thing, when she thought about the clothes and jewelry that Prime Minister Song bought for her, she felt that she should learn those rules well, and abiding by the rules was also one of her responsibilities as a concubine.
After a while, the waiters served all the dishes. Hu Si Niang picked up the wine pot, poured wine for Jun Li Luo first, and then turned around to pour wine for Song Yunchu.
"Sir, I have been to this restaurant several times before. The drunken pork ribs are tender and tasty. Please try them."
Hu Si Niang picked up some pork ribs for Song Yunchu, and then added shredded chicken and fish fillets.
She and Song Yunchu had also been eating together for two days and had a general understanding of Song Yunchu's taste.
When Song Yunchu saw this, he raised his eyebrows.
[I really didn’t pick the wrong person.]
[Not everyone can play the role of a concubine. If you randomly pick anyone from the female guards, none of them would be as smart as Hu Si Niang.]
[Hu Si Niang played the role so well. If I show my affection for her from time to time, no one will suspect that I am gay or think that I have a hidden disease, right? ]
Jun Li Luo felt a little melancholy.
Although he knew that Yun Chu was unlikely to like women, he was really a little worried. If she pretended to be a man for too long, would she really think of herself as a man?
The romantic and unrestrained aura about her can never be erased.
In fact, he liked her free and easy nature, and he had long discovered that she had many gentlemanly qualities that men did not have. He only hoped that she would not forget that she was a woman.
Otherwise it would be even harder for him to impress her...
Hu Si Niang didn't dare to pick up food for Jun Li Luo rashly, so she could only ask him, "What dish would you like to eat, Your Majesty?"
Jun Liluo didn't look at her, but just replied calmly, "I don't need you to serve me."
Seeing that he picked up the food and ate it himself, Hu Si Niang ignored him.
It would be even better if she didn't need to serve him! Anyway, the person who paid her money was Song Yunchu, and she didn't want to serve others.
Although there was no need to add more dishes, Hu Si Niang still did not forget to pour wine for Jun Li Luo.
Seeing that the meal was halfway finished, Song Yunchu looked up and smiled at Hu Si Niang, "Si Niang, please choose a private room to eat by yourself. You can order whatever dishes you want. I don't need you to serve me here."
"Then I will take my leave first." Hu Si Niang bowed and left the private room.
The master just said to order whatever you want? That's great, she still has several signature dishes that she hasn't tried yet!
As she took a step forward, she heard Jun Li Luo's voice coming from the private room behind her.
"Yun Chu, this dish is delicious, you should try it too."
Hu Si Niang thought to herself, Lord Song is indeed the emperor's favorite minister. The emperor even shares a delicious meal with him. His tone is so casual and doesn't sound serious at all.
When these two people get along, there seems to be a lack of distance between a ruler and his subjects, and they are more like a pair of good friends?
Ordinary ministers would be nervous and restrained when they were with the emperor, and would not be as calm as Lord Song.
The emperor seemed to understand Prime Minister Song's temperament very well. She still remembered that when they were at the Sifang Inn, the emperor advised her to defect to Prime Minister Song. He also said that Prime Minister Song valued talent, so he would treat her with courtesy and would not torture her.
From this we can see that the relationship between the monarch and his subjects is really good. Lord Song's wealth and glory must be secure. Only by following him can life be better. Unlike that King Gou Yi, who looks very noble, he can't even get a snake-coiled purple gold crown. He keeps calling Prime Minister Song a thief, saying that he can't stand Prime Minister Song's domineering behavior. Who knows if he is jealous to death.
Seeing that the private room next door was empty, Hu Si Niang ordered her dishes and sat down in.
Song Yunchu and Jun Liluo were very polite while eating, chatting from time to time, so when they had almost finished eating, Hu Siniang was also about 70% full and returned to Song Yunchu's side.
When everyone arrived at Qianbao Pavilion, the first floor was already quite lively.
"Brother Luo, there is a VIP room on the second floor that I have reserved for a long time. The location is very good. You can use my room when you come to Qianbao Pavilion in the future."
Hearing Song Yunchu say this, Jun Liluo smiled faintly and replied, "Okay."
The private room that Song Yunchu booked was very spacious, with three large windows in the front and back, bonsai trees everywhere, and a table by the window made of yellow pear wood, which looked quite impressive.
The two of them sat down on the windowsill, overlooking the bustling scene on the first floor.
After waiting for a while, three gongs and drums were heard outside the window, indicating that the auction was about to begin.
The shopkeeper of Qianbao Pavilion came to the auction table and asked the shop assistants to bring the items covered with red cloth to the stage one by one.
Some of the jewels put up for auction at the beginning looked very ordinary to Song Yunchu and Jun Liluo, and they had no desire to bid for them, until the seventh item came on the stage and the shopkeeper lifted the red cloth, which aroused quite a reaction from the onlookers.
It was a pearl bracelet made of pearls of different shades of blue. The most eye-catching thing was the blue lotus in the bracelet, which was carved from pearls of different sizes and was very unique.
"What a beautiful pearl bracelet!"
"This is in really good condition, and it's carved into the shape of a lotus, so pretty!"
The crowd below praised it endlessly, and Hu Si Niang also echoed: "That lotus is actually peacock blue in color..."
Although she had not gotten many good things from following Prince Yi before, she had been in the world for so long that she still had an eye for appraising treasures. She estimated that this bracelet was worth at least three or four thousand taels.
However, nothing is absolute in an auction house. If two wealthy people compete with each other, it is possible that the transaction price will be much higher than the price of the treasure itself.
"Everyone, this pearl bracelet is one of the treasures from the Western Regions that we found recently. The starting bid is 800 taels."
As soon as the shopkeeper finished speaking, Song Yunchu heard a deep male voice coming from the private room across the street: "One thousand five hundred taels."
Song Yunchu felt that the voice was somewhat familiar. He looked up and his starry eyes narrowed slightly.
From her angle she couldn't see the people sitting in the private room, but the person standing by the window and shouting out prices, wasn't he the follower who often followed that scumbag?
The VIP room on the second floor often changes, and today is the first time she meets Jun Tianyi here.
The blue lotus bracelet on the auction table is indeed unique. Many female guests present would be tempted by it. A man who buys this bracelet will surely win the smile of a beautiful lady.
She remembered that Jiang Rumin liked lotus, and the scumbag had always been in love with Jiang Rumin. If he really bought the lotus bracelet for Jiang Rumin, it could only move himself. The reward that the dog emperor gave to Jiang Rumin included five medicinal gardens. She had already escaped poverty and became rich, and she could only spit on the jewelry given by her ex.
"Two thousand five hundred taels!"
"Three thousand taels!"
The wealthy businessmen seemed to be quite enthusiastic about the blue lotus bracelets and kept bidding.
But everyone also knew how to estimate the price, and after the price was called out to three thousand taels, fewer people started bidding.
Hearing the voice of "three thousand five hundred taels" coming from diagonally opposite, Song Yunchu raised his hand and tapped Hu Si Niang's arm with his folding fan.
"Fourth Lady, come and challenge him. No matter how much he bids, bid one hundred taels more than him."
Hu Si Niang was stunned for a moment, then she understood.
Of course, she could tell that the voice across from her was that of King Gouyi's follower Du Zhong. If she made a sound, they would probably be able to hear it too.
Just to scare them.
So she followed Song Yunchu's instructions, stuck her head out of the window, and shouted loudly: "Three thousand six hundred taels!"
As soon as she said this, the people at the window looked towards her with surprise on their faces.
Hu Siniang, who had been missing for three days, unexpectedly appeared at the Qianbao Pavilion auction.
He quickly turned around and looked at the master at the table, "Your Majesty, it's Hu Si Niang! She is indeed fine, and she is still bidding with us!"
"I heard it." Jun Tianyi said in a deep voice, "Who is she with?"
"I don't know whose territory that is..."
"Don't worry about that for now, just bid your price."
Upon hearing this, the attendant stood up again and shouted loudly, "Four thousand taels."
Hu Siniang took over the conversation, "Four thousand one hundred taels!"
"Four thousand five hundred taels."
"Four thousand six hundred taels!"
The vein on Jun Tianyi's forehead twitched.
Hu Si Niang escaped the disaster but did not return to the palace. She probably guessed that he wanted to kill her.
She even dared to challenge him and compete with him for the blue lotus bracelet. She had the confidence to bid, so she must have joined a new master... Could it be the dog thief Song?
The bracelet was a gift he wanted to give to Minmin, so how could he lose?
"Keep shouting, I want to see how capable she is." Jun Tianyi sneered.
Du Zhong could only continue to bid with Hu Siniang.
The two men refused to give in to each other and within a short while had raised the price to eight thousand taels.
"It looks like he really wants it." In the private room, Song Yunchu said leisurely, "Fourth Lady, stop when he asks for ten thousand taels and let him buy it. We won't compete with him. There are other treasures behind it."
Jun Li Luo on the side wanted to laugh.
It is really interesting to make Jun Tianyi spend tens of thousands of taels to buy an item worth four thousand taels, and after buying it, he cannot give it away...
For most people, spending a huge amount of money to buy happiness is worth it, but Jun Tianyi will probably end up with a lot of anger if he spends a huge amount of money.
"Sir, what if they stop first?" Hu Siniang was a little worried. She didn't want to see Song Yunchu lose money.
"It doesn't matter if they stop first." Song Yunchu said indifferently, "I just received a generous reward from His Majesty some time ago, and I can afford to lose."
[There are so many rewards for fighting the epidemic in the west of the city. If you have money, spend it. Why be a miser? No one knows how long they can live. What's the big deal about spending an extra 6,000 taels? I'm happy. It's not a loss if I don't spend all the reward money.]
[I am not afraid of losing money, but the scumbag is different. He doesn't seem to have done anything good recently? His income is purely from the salary of a prince. Haha, his rank is higher than mine, so what? He has earned less than I earn in two years in a month. ]
[What I squandered was the reward money, but what he squandered was his salary. I didn’t even touch my salary, haha.]
Jun Liluo: "..."
Sometimes he really admired Song Yunchu. He was so happy in his heart, but he could still keep calm on the surface.
But her mentality is really good, and she has worked hard to save thousands of people in the west of the city. With such achievements, how could the court treat her unfairly?
Of course, the purple gold crown with a snake pattern was indeed his favorite.
"Nine thousand five hundred taels."
"Nine thousand six hundred taels!" Hu Si Niang laughed, and when she saw the man opposite glaring at her, she raised her chin provocatively.
Du Zhong cursed and turned to look at Jun Tianyi, "Your Majesty, should we still bid? If they stop, you will lose a lot."
Jun Tianyi clenched the teacup in his hand, gritting his teeth, "Keep shouting."
Minmin likes the shape and color of this bracelet. If she knew that he was so generous for her, perhaps she would be moved, right?
If she is willing to make peace with him, it will be worth it no matter how much money he loses.
Seeing that he was persistent, Du Zhong could only continue shouting as he wished.
"Ten thousand taels."
The crowd was shocked.
The guest on the second floor is really wealthy and generous. He is most likely a royal nobleman.
Upon hearing this, Hu Si Niang shook her handkerchief and said, "Okay, I'll give it to you."
Du Zhong looked at her coldly.
Fortunately, Hu Si Niang gave up the bidding, otherwise if she continued to bid, he would have asked the prince to give up.
"Ten thousand taels once! Twelve thousand twice! Twelve thousand three times!"
As the shopkeeper made the final decision, Song Yunchu stood up and walked to the window, sticking his head out, "Which boss is so generous? Let me see."
Her appearance startled Du Zhong.
At the table behind him, Jun Tianyi recognized Song Yunchu's voice and his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.
It turns out that the lowly maid Hu Si Niang has surrendered to the thief Song!
They deliberately raised the price to him, not because they really wanted the bracelet, but because they saw that he wanted it, and thus forced him to spend an extra six thousand taels.
Jun Tianyi tightened his knuckles in anger.
The teacup in his hand "snapped" and was crushed by his internal force, piercing his palm.
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