Chapter 148 Is the prince crazy?
The treasures were auctioned one by one, until finally, Mu Zhiqiu brought out a Kongming lantern.
The Kongming lantern was covered with silk cloth, and you could vaguely see the tattered body of the lantern underneath.
Mu Zhiqiu introduced, "This is the last item for sale. I know you must be wondering why this broken lamp is the last one to appear."
After she finished speaking, whispers began to rise in Jinweizhai as she had expected.
She glanced meaningfully at Wen Xingluo's private room. The other party covered the white porcelain teacup with an expressionless face, obviously preparing to take action.
Directly opposite Wen Xingluo is the Tianzihao private room.
Xie Guanlan sat upright on the official hat chair, slowly turning the black jade ring.
The Tianzihao private room is exquisitely designed and offers a panoramic view of the entire restaurant, but when looking from the lobby and other private rooms, one can only see a few low-hanging purple bamboo curtains.
Xie Yanchen was also there, and asked curiously, "Brother, do you know what's so special about that Kongming lantern? It looks tattered to me, just an ordinary thing I bought from a street stall."
tattered……
Xie Guanlan chewed on these two words silently.
He raised his eyes and looked across through the purple bamboo curtain.
The girl wore a lotus purple round-necked jacket and a turquoise and gold skirt with twelve tatters. Her oval face, framed by a hibiscus rabbit fur jacket, looked exceptionally fresh and delicate. However, she had round almond eyes and plump cherry lips, yet she wore her hair in a bun with rabbit earlobes, making her look particularly...
She is beautiful, delicate and harmless.
She was looking down at the Kongming lantern in the lobby, her slender white fingertips curled up deeply.
That's her stuff.
That was her secret.
Xie Guanlan whispered: "That's not junk."
"If it's not rubbish, could it be a treasure?" Xie Yanchen was confused. "Brother, you're not trying to take a picture of that lamp, are you?"
Xie Guanlan remained silent.
Downstairs in the lobby, Mu Zhiqiu smiled and said, "The value of this lamp lies in the fact that it hides a secret. I don't know what the secret is, but I only know that the mysterious person who brought it to auction said that the secret is related to a girl present. Since I don't know the exact value of the secret, the starting price is tentatively set at one copper coin."
She removed herself from the matter completely.
In order to humiliate Wen Xingluo and to destroy her feelings for Xie Guanlan, she even priced the Kongming lantern at a copper coin.
Wen Xingluo had a blank expression on his face, but a cold look flashed across his almond-shaped eyes.
The lobby was noisy:
"Mystifying!"
"Although it may seem like a pretense, I'm actually quite curious!"
"Then take some photos! Consider it a donation to charity!"
"Hehe, I'll give you two copper coins!"
"I'll give you three!"
"It's just a broken lamp. Let alone three copper coins, I would find it tacky even if you gave it to me!"
"A secret of one of the girls here... Could it be that the lantern says who she likes? Quick, quick, someone take a picture of it so we can see who that man is and whose handwriting is behind it!"
Wen Xingluo's fingertips dug into his palm.
The last time she visited the garden in spring, her calligraphy was displayed in the Xihe Gallery.
If someone familiar with the lantern gets it, they will definitely recognize it as hers...
People kept bidding, but the prices were not high.
Wen Yueyin received Mu Zhiqiu's gaze, smiled sweetly, and said softly, "I'll give you ten taels of silver."
Wen Ruyun frowned, "Yue Yin, you spent ten taels of silver to buy a broken lamp, are you crazy?!"
"Mu Zhiqiu told me to bid," Wen Yueyin replied. "I don't know why, but she told us to just keep raising the price!"
With Wen Yueyin as the lead, some curious young men and women followed suit and raised the price, and the auction price quickly rose to one hundred taels.
"Buy when it's high, don't buy when it's low. This lamp must be very important!"
There was discussion at the table.
So the price quickly soared to one thousand taels.
Wen Xingluo tapped the table lightly, but was never in a hurry to take action.
Wen Yueyin shouted happily, holding up the sign and shouting, "I'll give you two thousand taels!"
Spending two thousand taels of snowflake-patterned silver to buy an unknown secret was really a pain in the ass for the guests present.
Seeing that no one continued to raise the price, Wen Xingluo said quietly: "Three thousand taels."
Wen Yueyin bit back, "Four thousand taels!"
Wen Xingluo: "Five thousand taels."
Wen Yueyin said loudly, "Double it, ten thousand taels!"
The whole audience was in uproar.
"Could it be that these two girls from the Wen family know the secrets of the Kongming lantern? Perhaps it's a very valuable secret, so they're competing with each other to bid for it!"
"Then I'll join too! I'll offer 12,000 taels!"
Wen Yueyin shouted loudly: "Twenty thousand taels!"
There was an uproar on the field again.
Wen Yueyin faced everyone's astonished and envious gazes, held his head high, and glanced at Wen Xingluo's private seat with a sneer.
Although she didn't know what was going on with the Kongming lantern, she was willing to do anything that would cause trouble for Wen Xingluo.
Who told her to want to snatch away her opportunity in her past and present life?
Xie Yanchen couldn't bear to see Wen Xingluo being wronged, so he sneered, "Miss Wen, you're so arrogant! Can you come up with 20,000 taels? You're just shouting here? Before Miss Mu invites guests, shouldn't she check everyone's financial resources?"
Wen Xingluo was stunned and subconsciously looked across.
If my second brother were here, then he...
A few rolls of purple bamboo curtains were hung in the private room opposite, and only through the gaps could one vaguely see a bit of a crimson brocade robe.
She clenched her hands.
He's here...
Wen Yueyin felt humiliated and her face turned red, not knowing what to do.
Mu Dong shouted at the right moment, "The Wen family can't afford 20,000 taels of snowflake-patterned silver, but our Mu family can! I, Mu Dong, want to take possession of this lamp. Sister, I'll offer 30,000 taels!"
Even the prefectural governor's office got involved...
Everyone's gaze towards the Kongming lantern changed again.
They followed the price:
"Fifty thousand taels!"
"Sixty thousand taels!"
“…”
In just half a cup of tea, the price soared to two hundred thousand taels.
Wen Xingluo steeled his resolve and was about to continue bidding when a low, cold voice suddenly rang out from the other side, "Five hundred thousand taels."
It’s Xie Guanlan.
The girl's pupils trembled slightly.
The whole room of Jinweizhai was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Everyone looked at each other.
What kind of precious secret is worthy of 500,000 taels of snowflake-patterned silver?
The prince of Zhenbei Palace, the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Army, who has always been known for his strictness and solemnity... Is he crazy?
Mu Dong grinned grimly and was about to raise the price again when a slender, bony hand slowly and leisurely lifted the purple bamboo curtain.
The young man who appeared at the railing was gorgeous in his crimson robe and jade belt, but his eyebrows and eyes seemed to contain the dry mountains and wild waters of spring, revealing the natural pressure of a superior.
He looked down at Mu Dong expressionlessly, "Mu family, do you want to compete with me?"
Xie Yanchen sneered, "The Mu family is a humble family. Where did they get hundreds of thousands of taels of snowflake-patterned silver? Could it be that Prefect Mu... embezzled money?"
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