Chapter 378 Photographed
The Minister of Personnel's Mansion certainly has enough money, but the Zhu family has more than just this branch of the family. If they spend a high price to buy the herbs, the other branches will definitely be unhappy, and then it will be difficult for their mother, the lady in charge, to manage the inner house.
Two thousand taels is not a small amount, and no one else is bidding.
Zhu Hongxiu was unwilling to accept the offer and said, "Two thousand one hundred taels."
"Three thousand taels." Li Congxiao said lazily.
Zhu Hongxiu looked unhappy, called the waiter, and muttered a few words to him. The waiter nodded and took the order to leave.
"Is there a higher price? If not, this rare herb will belong to the owner of the auction."
After waiting for a while, and seeing no one else bidding, the man made the final bid and said loudly, "Congratulations, sir, for obtaining a rare herb."
Zhu Hongxiu's face was as black as charcoal, and she didn't even have the mood to socialize with Qin Huiyin and others. Zhu Jingxuan's eyes were dim, but he didn't say anything.
After a while, the waiter came back and said to Zhu Hongxiu, "The other party said that he is of great use and cannot be parted with."
"You didn't tell me who I was?"
"I did. He said that even if she was a royal relative, he would not give her up."
"Forget it, Hongxiu, let's leave it at that!" Zhu Jingxuan stood up, "I have other things to do, so I'll go back first."
"Brother." Zhu Hongxiu stood up and said, "I'll accompany you."
"No need. Just play with your friends!" Zhu Jingxuan looked at Qin Huiyin, and when the latter looked at him, he shifted his gaze with a somewhat stiff expression.
"Grandmother will definitely ask about this matter. With your personality, you won't tell her the truth. I'll go back with you. If Grandmother and Mother ask about it, at least I'll have an explanation." Zhu Hongxiu said angrily, "When I find out who bought the herbs, I'll make him pay. I begged him so kindly, but he didn't even give us the face."
Qin Huiyin and Xia Ruwan also stood up.
"You guys can continue to play, don't be restrained." Zhu Hongxiu said, "We came here for the herbs. Now that we haven't taken any pictures, we are not in the mood to look at anything else."
"Maybe there are other ways. Don't worry. Besides, the herb is so miraculous, but hasn't it been found by someone? If someone can find it the first time, they can find it the second time. Before, no one knew what it looked like, but now that they have seen it, more people will definitely look for it. Maybe soon it will not be a rare thing anymore."
"Thank you, Sister Qin, for your comfort." Zhu Hongxiu forced an unnatural smile, "We'll leave first."
After the Zhu brothers and sisters left, Qin Huiyin and Xia Ruwan looked at each other and then breathed a sigh of relief.
"The person you just photographed is Mr. Li, right?"
"Probably...right!" Xia Ruwan wasn't very sure either.
"It must be him." Qin Huiyin said, "Shall we go back now?"
"Don't worry, aren't we going to bid for Aunt Li's bracelet? We've come all the way here, but if we don't win anything, then it would be a waste of time, right?" Xia Ruwan said, "And the inkstone, let's see if we can win the bid."
Although the bracelet and inkstone were valuable, they were not rare items, so Qin Huiyin bid for them at 500 taels and 600 taels respectively. After the two items were successfully auctioned, the entire auction was coming to an end. Neither of them liked to start and end, so they persisted until the end. Xia Ruwan bid for a set of gold silk soft armor, and Qin Huiyin bid for a sleeve arrow. After the auction ended, the two returned home with a lot of goods.
"Miss Xia, Second Miss, Mr. Li is here and has been waiting in the tea room for a while." The butler reported.
Qin Huiyin and Xia Ruwan looked at each other.
The two strode towards the tea room.
In the tea room, Li Congxiao was lying on the tea table, the tea stove beside him was bubbling, and the aroma of tea was everywhere. Li Congxiao's followers saw them coming in and called out to Li Congxiao.
Li Congxiao sat up, looked towards the door, yawned and said, "You are finally back."
"Why did Mr. Li think of coming to have tea with us?" Qin Huiyin's eyes rested on the ice box next to her.
Li Congxiao got straight to the point, opened the ice box, and handed the herbs in front of him to Qin Huiyin: "This is the herb that Doctor Wei mentioned before. Now that the herbs are available, I hope the young master of your house can make the ointment as soon as possible so that Wan'er can use it earlier."
"Wan'er..." Qin Huiyin looked at Xia Ruwan mischievously, "When did you two become so close that you can call each other by your nickname?"
Xia Ruwan pinched Qin Huiyin's arm: "Don't talk nonsense."
"Hiss, now that you guys are on good terms, you're starting to pinch me, right?" Qin Huiyin said aggrievedly, "Forget it, I'm redundant, I'll give you room to talk."
Xia Ruwan held Qin Huiyin and looked at Li Congxiao awkwardly. When she saw the latter's deep eyes, her face flushed and she asked tentatively, "Where did this herb come from?"
"I found someone to buy it from." Li Congxiao said, "I was lucky. When I was out playing, I happened to see a herbalist selling it. The herbalist didn't know the value of it and only wanted ten taels of silver. Fortunately, he met me. I'm not the kind of person who likes to take advantage of others, so I gave him three hundred taels of silver, which is enough for him to live a life without worries."
Qin Huiyin gave Li Congxiao a thumbs up.
"High, really high."
"That's right! I'm a profiteer. Although I won't take advantage of him, I won't suffer any loss either." Li Congxiao said, "Wan'er's injury is also related to me. I should pay for it. Wan'er, please don't be polite to me, or you will take this opportunity to blackmail me. You won't have this opportunity again in the future."
Qin Huiyin sat at the tea table and turned to Xia Ruwan and said, "Sit down and talk."
Xia Ruwan sat beside her and looked at Li Congxiao: "You don't have to pay back the three hundred taels, but what about the three thousand taels? You don't have to pay back either?"
Li Congxiao: "...What do you mean by three thousand taels?"
This was the first time that such a carefree and unrestrained man showed such a guilty look.
"We went to the auction today." Qin Huiyin said, "Because there was no wing room, we happened to meet the young lady of the Zhu family. She invited us to join her, so we stayed in the wing room of the Zhu family. The Zhu family also wanted to grab this herb, but Sister Wan'er and I were in a difficult position to speak up. We had originally prepared for the herb to belong to the Zhu family, but we didn't expect a Cheng Yaojin to show up. The young lady of the Zhu family gnashed her teeth and said that it would be better if that person didn't fall into her hands, otherwise she would make him suffer. Who do you think that person is?"
Li Congxiao coughed lightly: "You know, I have been singing for so long in vain, right?"
"The show is pretty good, and we're quite happy to watch it." Qin Huiyin said with a smile, "I'm a little sleepy, so I won't talk to you anymore, you guys can chat slowly."
Qin Huiyin stood up, looked back at them and said, "Don't worry, I will have servants guard the door and no one is allowed to disturb you... talking."
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