Yan Shiyue glanced at the stones and asked, "How much silver is one?"
Ling Zisheng, with a face full of ink, answered her with bright eyes: "If the Prime Minister wants to buy it, no money is needed. I will give it to you."
She said coldly, "No, I don't recognize you, and I don't need to take advantage of you."
Ling Zisheng had no choice but to say, "One hundred taels of silver a piece, please take your pick, sir."
Yan Shiyue waved down, and the butler Ding Xiaoyan immediately took out a silver note worth one hundred taels, jumped up and handed it to him.
Then Yan Shiyue took a step forward, looked around, and picked up a piece very casually.
Ling Zisheng couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Does the Prime Minister not understand gambling on stones?"
"Yes," Yan Shiyue said, "I have never seen this since I was a child."
Ling Zisheng chuckled and said, "Then...thank you for the money, Lord Prime Minister."
Yan Shiyue smiled and said, "Don't worry, just open it and take a look first."
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Ling Zisheng then waved his hand down gracefully: "Come here, open the stone for the Prime Minister."
“No need to be so troublesome.” Yan Shiyue put it in front of Huo Qijing. Huo Qijing drew his sword with his backhand and chopped the stone in half with a clang.
Another round of applause!
Ling Zisheng was in mixed feelings, feeling that today's stage seemed to be specially set up for this young couple, and the show would never end, right?
But when he looked at the stone again, his heart trembled, and he quickly picked it up to take a closer look, then smiled and said, "Not bad, it's not bad at all, at least there is a small piece... Prime Minister, it can be considered a return on investment."
In fact, this small piece is worth three or four hundred taels, which is already very good, but... it does not match the title of Empress Fu who is in her heyday.
He couldn't suppress the little monster in his heart, and said with a smile: "I misunderstood. I thought the Prime Minister was really Empress Fu."
Everyone was silent.
Yan Shiyue looked at him with a smile.
Ling Zisheng couldn't stop laughing when she looked at him, so he asked, "What's wrong?"
Yan Shiyue smiled and shook his head, and asked him: "Are you the boss of this gambling stone shop?"
Ling Zisheng said: "That's right."
Yan Shiyue chuckled and said, "I didn't want to say more, but... you are so persistent, I can only refuse disrespectfully."
She took a graceful step forward and said to the crowd below, "From the time I was born until now, I have never seen gambling on jade with my own eyes. Today is the first time I have touched jade... But, because the saint loved me by mistake and gave me the title of Fu Yan, I think I can be called blessed and prosperous."
She pointed at the stone and said, "So, even though I don't understand, the one I got must be the best one. If none of the ones I got are good, it can only mean..." She smiled and looked at Ling Zisheng, "Boss, your goods are not very good!"
Ling Zisheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Prime Minister, this is not fair of you! If you can't choose, why don't you say my goods?"
Yan Shiyue nodded: "Yes."
Huo Qijing suddenly said, "Sixty-two pieces."
Ding Xiaoyan jumped up again: "Here, six thousand two hundred taels."
Lingzi was stunned.
Yan Shiyue was very satisfied with the tacit understanding among everyone. It felt even more fun to pretend to be cool!
She said, "Although I am the Goddess of Fortune, I am not a sucker! I said that what I got must be the best piece here. If you don't believe me, I will give you money to buy all the stones. Let's cut them one by one and see if I am right."
She paused and said, "Boss, do you dare to bet?"
Everyone was so excited that they shouted, "Don't you dare! Don't you dare!"
Ling Zisheng was stunned. Why did he suddenly become the one who was in a dilemma? He gritted his teeth and looked at the whole board of stones, and said through gritted teeth: "I dare! Of course I dare!"
Yan Shiyue said: "What if I win, what if I lose?"
He said, "If the Prime Minister is right, I will return the six thousand three hundred taels today and apologize to the Prime Minister! But what if the Prime Minister loses?"
Yan Shiyue said loudly without saying anything else: "If I lose, I don't want this silver, and I will never call myself Empress Fu again."
His heart was trembling. He never expected that this person would be such a... reckless person. Isn't she afraid of really losing?
He closed his eyes and said, "Okay! It's settled!"
The next moment, Huo Qijing raised his knife and slashed it down...
After a lot of noise, he rushed over to check the stones, one by one. He was speechless! It must be difficult to collect such a small piece of waste stone from such a high-quality jade mine! How could he just pick it up and put it all together? ?
Yan Shiyue looked at him leisurely with his hands behind his back. He checked again and again unwillingly. Finally, he turned around slowly, took out the silver bill that he had just received and it was not yet warm, and presented it to him with both hands.
The people's boos, cheers, and voices calling out to the Goddess of Fortune... all combined together, were so loud that they almost broke through the sky.
Amidst such noises, Ling Zisheng gritted his teeth and said, "You are indeed the Empress Fu. I am convinced."
Yan Shiyue nodded and smiled, then took the banknote, bowed to everyone with Huo Qijing, and jumped down.
Ling Zisheng stood there, wanting to cry but without the tears.
Is he not destined to be a businessman? He was sure to succeed this time, but he ended up offending the goddess of fortune... How can he run his gambling stone business now? Everyone would say that he only found green in one of the more than 60 stones he cut! What kind of luck is that!
Yan Shiyue and his wife walked leisurely back to the Prince's Mansion.
The crowd followed them for a long time until they entered the government office, then they left one after another, talking about something.
Jia and the others also came in, chatting and laughing.
At this moment, a man in a green robe rushed over, held the door open, and said with a smile, "Empress Fu!"
When I heard the voice, it was Ling Zisheng again.
Jiahe said, "You're not done yet, are you?"
He glared at him and shouted again: "Niece! Niece-in-law, I am your fourteenth uncle!"
Yan Shiyue and Huo Qijing quickly exchanged glances.
Then Yan Shiyue turned around and said, "Jiahe, close the door!"
Jia He didn't know what was going on, so he quickly closed the door. Then Yan Shiyue pointed at him and said, "How dare you, you thief, pretend to be my fourteenth uncle! Beat him up!"
You know, after such a long period of negotiation, Jia and the others really hit wherever they pointed, no matter who your fourteenth or fifteenth uncle is, they just pounced on you immediately.
Prince Ke had never expected such a miracle to happen. He was stunned and was hit several times at once. He said anxiously, "I really am your fourteenth uncle!"
Yan Shiyue said indignantly, "How dare you talk nonsense! Everyone knows that the Imperial Grandmother is seriously ill in bed, and my father has repeatedly summoned her. My Fourteenth Uncle is not a beast, how could he still have the mind to open a store at this time, and make such a fuss to make fun of me! You are scolding my Fourteenth Uncle for being disloyal and unfilial! Worse than an animal! You are slandering my Fourteenth Uncle's reputation! I must avenge my Fourteenth Uncle!"
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