Chapter 366 Rules of the Game
All the civil and military officials in the court nodded in unison.
The Minister of War smiled cheerfully and said, "Great, great. I wonder what good luck this is?"
The Minister of Revenue was speechless by his colleague's blunt words. He pushed the Minister of War aside and said, "It doesn't matter what the prize is. It's New Year, and we just want to have some fun. I wonder what game we are going to play? And how do we play it?"
With these two taking the lead, other officials also joined in, showing their willingness to play the game together.
System: [Hahaha, I knew that the people of Daxia are united. We work together and play games together. Everything goes smoothly!]
Courtiers: ...
Yuan Ruan nodded with relief. She nodded to the system and then pulled Qi Yue's little hand.
Qi Yue nodded slightly and clapped his hands behind him. Soon, more than twenty palace maids holding beautiful glassware came in one after another, formed three rows, and stood in front of the court officials.
Qi Yue didn't keep the secret and said directly: "This game is called, guess how much the artwork is worth. In other words, you are asked to guess the cost of these objects. If you guess 80% right, the items will be given away directly."
When these words were spoken, the court officials who had just been putting on a show were all shocked!
Such a big deal?!
If you guess right, you can get it for free?
Is the national teacher thinking that it is the New Year and trying every possible way to send everyone expensive New Year gifts?
Qi Yue glanced at everyone and added, "Of course! This game has a few additional rules. For example, if the price guessed by everyone is within 200 coins of the actual cost of the artwork, then even if everyone guessed correctly, it will be given away for free."
After a pause, Qi Yue continued, "Regarding your guesses, if the price you guessed differs from the original price by more than 2,000 coins, then you must buy it back at a hundred times the original price of the artwork."
The court officials suddenly realized.
Here it comes, the mission of being a sucker is here.
The Minister of War immediately supported him and said, "Okay, this game is interesting. It's time to test my foresight. Wait for the prize."
The Minister of Revenue also nodded repeatedly: "I am willing to participate as well."
Other court officials also expressed their willingness to participate.
At this moment, the only thing they were worried about was that if their guesses were too accurate, it would be embarrassing if they couldn't complete the task of being a sucker.
The Minister of Finance even secretly winked at his subordinates, asking them to quote a higher price.
Qi Yue continued, "In addition, if multiple people like a piece of glassware, they will make simultaneous bids. If the prices guessed by everyone are similar, then the one whose guess is closer will win. If by chance two people guess in the same range, for example, the price is 9,000 wen, one guesses 9,200, and the other guesses 8,800, then the person who bids higher than the original price will win. In other words, the person who bids 9,200 will win."
After a pause, Qi Yue continued, "In order to maintain fairness, we have already informed Father of the true prices of these colored glaze exhibits."
The emperor nodded subtly.
The court officials glanced at the emperor symbolically and then refocused their attention on Qi Yue.
Qi Yue waved to the people around her.
A palace maid brought up a crystal pink wine jug, on the body of which was carved a scene of fairies flying down to pick flowers. Under the candlelight, the flowers at the bottom of the jug appeared faintly purple.
Immediately, several court officials showed admiring eyes, and one could not help but ask: "What is this? It is so exquisite."
Qi Yue said: "This is the Yin Zihua wine pot."
When these words were spoken, many court officials showed surprise on their faces. Why did this name sound so ugly?