"You are an outsider, what qualifications do you have to decide my marriage with her?" Zhang He couldn't help but panic when he heard her say that. After all, he still needed the dowry from the Li family to supplement the family expenses.
Hearing this, Li Xia Xia said in a deep voice: "When my father arranged this marriage for me, he had no idea that you would take in so many concubines. The marriage between you and me will be explained after I return to my grandfather."
After saying that, Li Xia Xia turned and left. Li He wanted to chase after her, but Ah Cheng stood in front of her. Shang Ruoyi sneered and said, "Get lost now."
Zhang He looked at Wang Zhou and saw that everyone was looking at him with a hint of disdain. He became angry and turned away.
Shang Ruoyi came to the room she had booked long ago. Although Li Xia Xia had made her relationship with her clear in front of everyone, she was now dressed as a man, and being a man and a woman alone in a room would always give people a chance to talk about her.
Not long after, the charming shopkeeper Xiao came out of the stage.
"Everyone, welcome to our auction house." She curled her red lips slightly, her eyes flickered, and the souls of the men in the audience were almost hooked away.
Shang Ruoyi was in the room on the third floor, looking at Xiao Xiao on the stage, and said with a sigh: "She is really graceful and charming. Which man would not be moved by such a woman?"
Hearing this, Ah Cheng quickly glanced at Shaoyao, and seeing her nodding, he quickly said, "Miss, I don't like women like Manager Xiao."
"Oh?" Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "Then tell me, what kind do you like?"
"Subordinate, subordinate likes..." 놛's dark face turned a little red, Shang Ruoyi joked: "It seems that Ah Cheng has a favorite girl!"
Ah Cheng didn't say anything and lowered his head even more.
Shang Ruoyi narrowed her eyes. Ah Cheng, this bad boy, was always the first to rush into a fight, but when it came to love, he couldn't even kick him to death.
"Peony, you are old enough to get married. I think Yunqi and Yuner, who are by He Jingheng's side, are both good and trustworthy. Do you like them?" Shang Ruo rested her chin on her hand, her eyes full of smiles: "I think Yunqi is good, with strong martial arts and steady work. When you get married, I will prepare a generous dowry for you."
Shaoyao's face turned slightly red, and she lowered her head to look at Ah Cheng beside her.
Ah Cheng looked a little anxious, his hands clenched tightly into fists. After a while, he raised his head and looked at Shang Ruoyi firmly: "Miss, I do have a girl I like."
"Oh? Really? Tell me about it." A triumphant smile flashed across Shang Ruoyi's eyes: "If you have someone you like, I will help you."
"Your subordinate, your subordinate likes Miss Shaoyao."
Shaoyao, who was standing next to 놛, blushed completely when she heard this.
"Oh! But what can I do? I was thinking of marrying her to Yunqi!"
Upon hearing this, Shaoyao hurriedly said, "Miss, I don't want to marry Yunqi."
"Then I'll promise you to Ah Cheng, are you willing?"
Shaoyao pursed her lips and nodded shyly: "Yes."
Shang Ruoyi sighed, shook her head and said, "It's just a layer of window paper. Since you are in love, why not take a step forward? If I, your lady, am an unromantic person and casually arrange your marriage, wouldn't it be a waste of life?"
The two of them couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this.
At this time, the auction of the platform has begun.
The maid was holding a tray with a jade hairpin on it.
"This lily hairpin is emerald green all over, warm to the touch, and in excellent condition. The starting price is eight taels."
She picked up the jade hairpin and said, "If any young lady could receive such a beautiful hairpin, she would surely be very happy."
As soon as she finished speaking, the men in the audience began to raise the price.
"One hundred taels!"
"One hundred and fifty taels!"
"Two hundred taels!"
"Three hundred taels!"
The price of three hundred taels is far more than the value of the hairpin itself, but the bidding is still going on.
Shang Ruoyi watched this scene in the room and couldn't help but shook her head and sighed: "The world is as black as crows, but this Shopkeeper Xiao is really capable."
In the end, the hairpin was sold for five hundred taels of silver.
The middle-aged man in the photo held the hairpin in his hand with an enthusiastic look in his eyes, and he didn't feel at all that he was at a disadvantage by paying too high a price.
The next items brought in were several ancient paintings from previous dynasties. Shang Ruoyi was not interested in them. She watched coldly as people below the stage kept raising the prices. Some of the bids were not very enthusiastic, but Shopkeeper Xiao could mobilize those who had already calmed down again with just a few words. Each item was worth far more than its own value.
Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "This Shopkeeper Xiao is really a talented person."
"One thousand taels!"
A familiar voice sounded.
Shang Ruoyi raised her eyebrows slightly, her eyes fell on the room where the voice came from.
If she remembered correctly, this voice should be the voice of the maid who poured the milk tea on Li Xia Xia.
Shang Ruoyi looked at the item being auctioned on the stage, which was a jewelry box made of jade.
The quality is not bad. The broken hairpin just now was sold for five hundred taels. Now this box is so much bigger, one thousand taels is really not expensive. However, if you spend so much money on such an item, you must be stupid.
At this moment, Li Xia Xia's voice came.
"One thousand five hundred taels."
Shang Ruoyi almost choked on the tea in her mouth.
Okay, she took it back.
At this moment, a gentle female voice came: "Two thousand taels."
"Two thousand five hundred taels."
"Three thousand taels."
Shang Ruoyi couldn't help but laugh. It seemed that the hatred between Li Xia Xia and this woman named Zhang Ruru was quite deep!
Li Xia Xia came over and looked at Zhang Ruru's room with anger in her eyes: "Zhang Ruru, are you arguing with me?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the door opposite opened and a woman in a white robe walked in.
Zhang Ruru said weakly, as if she was being bullied: "Xia Xia, what are you talking about? You like this box, and I like it too. Isn't the so-called auction the one who bids the highest wins? I just raised the price, so why am I arguing with you? Xia Xia, I never argue with you about what you like, but this thing is a gift to someone very important to me, and I absolutely cannot give it to you."
"you!"
Zhang Ruru's appearance aroused the desire of everyone in the auction hall to protect her. They all cast disapproving glances at Li Xia Xia, and some even started to discuss her in a low voice.
"I didn't expect that the young lady of the Li family would be so aggressive. Look at how the young lady of the Zhang family has been bullied."
"Ms. Zhang's appearance makes me feel sad."
"Yeah! If he's like this in front of so many people, you can imagine how he bullies people in private."
At this time, Xia Ling, the maidservant beside Zhang Ruru, came over and said, "Miss Li, she usually tolerates you in everything. If you like something, she will give it to you even if she is reluctant. But you can't just bully my girl because she is easy to talk to!"
Li Xia Xia instantly became the target of public criticism.
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