Chapter 529: Enough Money

Si Linglong's eyes were not concealed when she looked towards the Si family. Shi Yongfan, who was standing by, saw the look in the family's eyes almost at a glance.

My heart suddenly understood.

I guess the 38,800 is the price offered by the Si family.

He said that the Si family had not made any bids for the previous few items, so it turned out that they were just waiting here.

If the emperor had not intervened in the bidding, the mink fur coat would not have been sold for more than 30,000 yuan, and Si Jiashi would have won the bid and become the final winner.

When Shi Yongfan thought of this, he was secretly shocked.

Si Zhongqing was still the same as before, appearing calm on the surface, but actually always catching people off guard with a move.

The son he adopted has the same personality as him.

Tsk…

Unfortunately, the emperor is the true prince.

Thinking of this, even though his wife didn't get the mink coat she wanted, Shi Yongfan still felt happy. He turned around and whispered to his wife, "Madam, don't be disappointed. If you see anything you like later, just go ahead and bid boldly. I'll take care of the money."

He had prepared a donation of 200,000 taels of silver for this charity auction.

When Mrs. Shi heard her husband say this, she immediately smiled and nodded at him.

Several merchants nearby: …

Feeling the gazes of their wives, they suddenly felt pressured.

…

Because Si Linglong's mink fur coat set an unconventional precedent, people became more generous when bidding for subsequent items.

After all, the emperor had donated 50,000 taels. If the price was only a few hundred or a few thousand taels after a round of bidding, it would seem so shabby.

As a subject and a citizen of Dayuan, you must follow the emperor's instructions.

During the auction, Si Linglong took two breaks, called Hua Yan up to sing, and also arranged meals.

By the time all the lots were sold, the palace banquet had already lasted for more than three hours without anyone noticing.

"There are only two items left in this charity auction. The item below is a jade seal donated by the Empress Dowager Ci of Wu'an Marquis's Mansion."

Si Linglong held the jade seal in her hand so that everyone could see it clearly. The jade seal was made of the finest Hetian jade, the size of a finger joint, and engraved with four large characters "Wu'an Hou Ling".

It was carved by the late marquis himself for the old lady. Whoever holds the jade seal can ask the Wu'an Marquisate to do something within its capabilities.

Even the people in Marquis Wu'an's mansion could not have imagined that when the old lady was critically ill, she heard about the charity banquet being held in the palace and specially asked someone to donate the jade seal. She even specially called Marquis Wu'an to her bedside and told him to secretly arrange everything for this banquet.

Wu An Hou and his wife initially thought that the old lady said this because of the Queen Mother, but they didn't expect that the old lady actually said -

"I heard that this palace banquet was organized by Lang Zhaoyi. It is inevitable that some people will be dissatisfied with her status. If someone finds fault with her at the palace banquet, remember to protect her."

Marquis Wu'an and his wife were both stunned at the time.

Old lady, is it all for Lang Zhaoyi?

Since the old lady took over as Marquis of Wu'an, she has basically stopped taking care of things unless it involves major matters concerning the survival of the Marquisate. Now that she is on her deathbed, she is still thinking about Lang Zhaoyi, whom she only met once. How can they not be concerned about her?

Especially since Lang Zhaoyi was not treating his own great-granddaughter well.

Could it be... because of the ointment that Lang Zhaoyi had someone send over earlier?

Although the old lady is in better spirits these past two days, but... is it that serious?

They were completely puzzled, but they dared not disobey the old lady's orders.

When Madam Bai spoke up earlier, Madam Wu'an Hou intended to speak up to help, but she was still a step too slow. What's worse, they felt that even if they didn't speak up, Lang Zhaoyi would be able to handle it with ease, not to mention that the Queen Mother was behind her.

As I was thinking this, I heard the Queen Mother's voice coming from the throne.

"Eighty thousand taels."

Almost everyone's eyes were focused on the Queen Mother's direction; even Si Linglong was secretly amazed.

[After Ayue, will the Queen Mother also come to participate? 】

Helian Yue was not too surprised by this.

Although the Queen Mother's status was there, she did not need to compete with others even if she wanted to donate silver, but he also knew that if the Queen Mother still had one or two people she respected as elders, they were only the old lady.

This charity banquet was held in the name of the Queen Mother. In the eyes of the Queen Mother, this was a show of support from the elders who donated their jade seals even though they were still ill. Naturally, the Queen Mother had to express her gratitude.

Although Helian Yue felt that the reason why the old lady donated the jade seal was more because of Si Linglong.

However, some truths are better left unknown.

For example, the old lady he respected was actually a fox...

Si Linglong didn't think as much as Helian Yue did. She just stuck to her post and asked in a serious and responsible manner, "The Queen Mother offered 80,000 taels! Is there a higher price than 80,000?"

Perhaps because of the emperor's previous experience, some people only tried to raise the price, but were quickly suppressed by the empress dowager.

Now everyone understands.

The Queen Mother was also determined to win.

Therefore, the Queen Mother finally bid 88,000 taels.

"Then let's take a look at the highest silent bid for this item. Can our queen mother become the final winner of this item?"

As Si Linglong spoke, she took the card with the highest silent bid written on it. As she opened it, she hoped that the price written on the card was lower than 88,000 yuan. Otherwise, she would have to think about whether she should do the same as Ah Yue just did and put a river running or something like that...

Thinking of this, she unfolded the cardboard and looked clearly at the price on it and the signature on the back. Si Linglong fell into a strange silence for a moment.

【Ah, this...】

I only saw what was written on the card -

Bid: 100,000 taels;

Bidder: No. 3 Si family.

Si Linglong is really entangled this time.

[Question: What should I do if my family is too rich? ]