Two days later, what she experienced was like a dream! The two of them traveled together to the capital of literature and art, visited a private museum like a castle in Florence, and rested for the night in a luxurious room in a palace.

Coming to Florence and meeting Giulio had a great impact on Su Xiaoqi - he is an aristocrat, no matter how he looks at it, he is not from the same world.

I don't know if it's luck or fate? It's just that because of the same hobby, there is no identity barrier between the two people. Maybe it had something to do with Julio's social skills, a child of a big family like him, who was born to deal with a lot of people.

She returned to Rome, stayed in her room, picked up the necklace and looked at it, at a time when the ladies of the Medici family were leading the way, and they were at the forefront of their clothes, shoes, and jewelry.

The aesthetics of the Medici family are undoubtedly very high, this necklace is naturally elegant and beautiful, and even when she wears it, she has a sense of nobility.

I opened the vase box on the necklace and took out the silver coin and looked at it.

After reading historical documents, she knew that the bloodlines of some large families could be traced back thousands of years, and that the ancient Roman gods on the silver coins were the patron saints of the Bellini family.

If the god of luck is its patron saint, then Florence, the city must be the place that is favored by the god of luck.

I suddenly remembered one thing, the Medici family is not written about in the novel, however, this is more like a universe parallel to the real world, maybe different from the novel?

When he returned to his home in Rome, he began to take care of the gallery again, but now the learning process has obviously become much easier, Su Xiaoqi followed Mr. John in and out, learning about all kinds of antiques while learning about appraisals.

Leaving her family's antique shop, she and Mr. John passed by Piazza Barberini, home to the Fountain of Neptune, a sculpture by the Baroque master sculptor Lorenzo Bernini.

The square is named after the Barberini family, one of Rome's most prominent figures, and three bees can be seen at the lower end of the statue of the sea god, the family emblem of the Barberini family.

Mr. John once told her the story of the master sculptor: Bernini the Younger, who was so clever and brilliant that he was able to carve a realistic child's head alone at the age of eight, to his father's surprise. Later, he became an all-round master of the arts as a sculptor, architect, painter, stage designer, and writer.

The last time I visited with Mr. John, they went to the door and turned back to the antique shop at home, and Mr. John told her that the Italian 50,000 lira banknote has a self-portrait of the master and the Fountain of Neptune, and he is the most glorious representative of Roman Baroque art.

She finally walked into the Palazzo Barberini in the alleys of the square, where the art gallery houses paintings by Raphael, Libby, Martini, El Greco, Angelico...... And so on the hand of the master.

The palace's extravagant and romantic Baroque style is a testament to the status and wealth of the Barberini family. On the way to visit, she went to the bathroom and looked up at the artwork on the wall, and couldn't help but sigh, this family is really amazingly wealthy!

When they walked to the last exhibition hall to visit, a little blonde boy came down from the upper floor of the exhibition hall and came to Su Xiaoqi, he stopped through the fence and asked, "Are you here to visit near my house?"

The place where the little boy came in and out was not at all a place where tourists could pass through. Su Xiaoqi was stunned! Didn't she see this child in France? Prince Palestrina? She seemed to have heard the waiter say this at a French social reception.

"Katerina, do you know him?" asked Mr. John, turning his head.

"Well, it just so happens that I know this kid. Su Xiaoqi replied, swept over, and behind the little boy, through the fence, I saw a group of people standing there in a circle, and a middle-aged man in a suit stood next to the young man, and they were talking about something.

Prince Palestrina came to Rome with Giulio?

Su Xiaoqi felt that she should keep a low profile at this time, but fortunately, she had not taken off her hat when she went out today, and she would not be recognized from a distance.

Seeing Julio standing in the middle of the crowd, he hadn't noticed her yet. She bent down, scratched the little boy's nose lightly, and said, "Sister is gone, next time come to play." ”

No way, this child is so cute! She has no self-control over children. Retracted his finger, only to remember that the other party was a prince.

She smiled and waved goodbye to the boy, and left with Mr. John before the group could come.

The next day, Ms. Su went to an auction in Italy. Headquartered in New York, Christie Auction House is one of the leading auction houses in Europe, and its branches are mainly involved in auction items such as oil paintings, ancient antiquities, precious porcelain and so on.

The auctioneer's routine introduction before each lot is presented, when the content of a painting hits the big screen at the same time, Su Xiaoqi's eyes suddenly widen, and the staff presents the painting on the shelf at the same time, and the bid in her hand suddenly falls to the ground, which is particularly abrupt in this quiet space.

All the buyers who admired it up close were all amazed, and one of them asked aloud from the audience, "Can you tell us who the author is?"

"Sorry, the client asked for confidentiality. The auctioneer said.

She smiled coldly in her heart, "Keep it a secret?" The auction house probably doesn't know who painted it? It was a painting by Mr. Orrenzi, and it belonged to the Cartross Gallery.

She sat still, angry and angry, is the auction house qualified to auction it? wanted to rush to the front of the stage, but reason told her again, at this time, she should be calm, suppress her feelings, and ask the people around her, a gentleman in the front row kindly answered Su Xiaoqi's question, "That's right, there is only one left, it is sold on the spot, and the payment is delivered." ”

Auction Starts -

"Five hundred thousand,"

"550,000 ......"

"600,000 ......"

The bidding for oil paintings has skyrocketed, which is already a miraculous increase for an unfamous painter, but the connoisseurs present are sure that when the painter is truly famous, it will increase dozens of times.

Almost all of them are discerning collectors, and participating in the auction is simply a surefire deal, and its value is immeasurable. She frowned slightly, and the painting had already been sold!

What to do?...... Is she going to stop the auction from going on? Closing the deal on the spot, which means that it will be too late for anything to go down!

We can't let things go like this!

"A million. ”

As soon as the words fell, Su Xiaoqi finally stood up and walked towards the stage without hesitation. The gentleman in the front row turned around and said, "Miss, the police and security will kick you out." ”

Every time Su Xiaoqi took a step forward, the eyes that fell on her were a little more, the young girl did not hesitate, and walked forward, people went from curiosity to surprise, and even some buyers stopped shouting, they already intuitively felt that there was a problem.

Before she could walk to the stage, she was stopped by the security guard, "Miss, you can't come forward again." ”

"I'll get the things back from the gallery!" Su Xiaoqi stared at the paintings on the stage, pushed away the arms in front of her, looked at the people on the stage coldly, and went on stage.

By the time the security guards reacted, there was already an uproar below.

"This young lady," said the auctioneer, "you should sit in your place during the bidding. ”

"Miss, let's go to the backyard and talk about it?" said the staff, Su Xiaoqi was unmoved, and reached out to take down the painting on the shelf, and the notary on the side was dumbfounded.

The young girl's behavior also made the auction house angry, and the auctioneer walked down from the hammer table, stopped her, and said, "Miss, are you interfering with the auction, do you know what you are doing?"

"Of course I know what I'm doing!" she was unexpectedly calm, her voice amplified by the megaphone, but it became sonorous, "Are you accomplices of the thieves, or do you all want to sit in the courtroom?"

The auctioneer retorted, "It's nonsense, we signed an agreement with the consignor, and the auction house obtained the ...... from legal sources."

"Oh, who is that consignor?" Before the auctioneer finished speaking, Su Xiaoqi interrupted him, even if she was in a predicament at the moment, she was not weak at all, her eyes were level, and she asked the auctioneer and the security guard, "Is he on the scene? I was just about to call the police to arrest the thief." ”

The security guard had to let go of her, and the young girl's words made the venue reach an unprecedented level of noise.

The sudden situation made the manager of the auction house have to come out to adjust, "Little girl, is there any misunderstanding, let's go to the backyard to solve it?"

"This stolen painting, are you still going to auction?" Su Xiaoqi was not at all confused by the kindness on the face of the auction house manager.

"No, no," the person in charge motioned for the staff to take down the painting, and as they left, the auction resumed normal.

However, the people at the scene became interested in this matter, and they wanted to know more about who she was and the author of the painting.

There are many unknown artists in Paris, and often such people are not even qualified to participate in the auction, and the plagiarists believe that Mr. Orenz is one of them, so they are so fearless, but they do not want Su Xiaoqi to appear at the auction.

As soon as the young girl and the painting left, a group of people greeted the auction floor, "Mr. Julio?" and the head of the auction house greeted them.

"I heard about something happening here when I first arrived?" the young man asked.

"Mr. Giulio, that must have been a misunderstanding. "The person in charge of the auction house was sweating profusely, and being known to Giulio about such a thing would undoubtedly have a bad impact on the auction house.

In addition, if the girl sues Christie Auction House for executing the auction of the stolen art, they will also be charged with selling the stolen art.

"We'll deal with this right away—" the person in charge said immediately. When Giulio found out what had happened, he knew that Caterina had arrived.

He asked, "Where is the young lady?"

"She's behind the scene. ”

"Caterina is my friend, and if her painting is stolen, your auction house will definitely do its best to deal with it impartially, right?"

"Of course...... We'll take care of it right away!" nodded the person in charge.

"Mr. Julio, this kid next to you is—" The person in charge asked, seeing the kid beside him.

Giulio said in a soothing tone, "He is the seventeenth Prince of Barberini Palestrina. But this sentence is like a pebble thrown into the water, stirring up a layer of ripples.

The presence of the Barberini and Bellini families at the same time once again brought the scene to an unprecedented uproar. The staff handed the painting directly to Julio, who was present, and in their opinion, the identities of the two of them were obviously more important than Su Xiaoqi.

When Su Xiaoqi came over with the staff, she saw the blonde-haired child and also saw Julio.

"The current head of the Barberini family is Mr. Francico, who is deliberately fading out of the public eye, although the title is 'Prince of Palestrina', and now that the little prince has inherited his title, he will appear in public?"

Su Xiaoqi's eyes widened, the Barberini family? Isn't it? The legitimate male heir of the Urbano Barberini family in the sense of blood is this child? The Fountain of Neptune in the Roman Forum is the symbol of the Urbano Barberini family, and the National Museum of Antiquity of Italy is a testimony to the wealth and power of this family.

Su Xiaoqi walked in front of Julio and the little prince, she secretly admired, sure enough, things gather like and people are grouped, and the two of them don't seem to be in the same world as themselves at all.

"Is he your friend?" Giulio picked up the painting, his eyes swept over the painting lightly, and without waiting for Su Xiaoqi to answer, he continued, "Believe me, with time, his talent is enough to shock the entire oil painting world, no, I'm afraid he has already done it now......"

The people at the scene were even more surprised, with Mr. Giulio's words, the future of this painter is limitless.

Everyone turned their eyes to the painting, not everyone could see the works of the great painters of the future, Giulio handed the painting to Su Xiaoqi's hand, and his movements were as light as if he were treating those antique treasures.

"Yes, two paintings have already been sold. The auction house staff checked all the customer profiles, and he came over and reported, "Ms. Thales has some trouble here. ”

The lady was the buyer of one of the paintings.

"Didn't you explain to her why?" said Giulio.

She had been told, and Ms. Thales said she couldn't help it, and the painting had been sent to the European fair. ”

"What about the other painting?"

Another stream has already flowed into Montreal, one of Europe's largest auction houses. The staff said apologetically.

Su Xiaoqi had to be a little gloomy, although the auction was stopped in time, and only one of Mr. Orrenzi's paintings was recovered.

Although she wanted to keep a low profile and be principled, today, when she encountered this kind of thing, she had to raise her profile in order to recover the painting, and it happened here that she met Giulio and Prince Palestrina.

I guess everyone present will be impressed, right? However, when they are curious, they will pay more attention to Mr. Orenz's paintings, which is also an unexpected gain.

Because the last time I met Giulio, I made an appointment to invite him to tea, but the venue was set in the garden of Prince Palestrina's house in Rome, and the three of them drank tea together.

On the long table are several delicate dim sums, all of which look delicious. She looked curiously at the cheese and tomato-flavored biscuits in a silver vessel in front of her, took a piece and tasted it.

The little prince sat opposite them to make tea, and the little boy's movements were very gentle, and the whole process of making tea did not make much sound. This grace seemed to be innate, and she immediately thought of Julio opposite, who also carried this demeanor in him.

Even if the tea residue is filtered, the action is still elegant, and the whole process is like a static painting, gorgeous and noble, not deliberately done, but inadvertently will make people admire his demeanor and posture.

Julio looked up at her and suddenly said, "Don't worry, I'll help you catch up on that painting." ”

"The TEFAF in Europe will be held in two months, so go and join it!"

"Tefaf Expo?"

"Yes," said Giulio, who asked Mario, the butler behind him, to bring an invitation and place it in her hand, "let the gentleman take his best work." ”

Back at home, she told Mr. John about it at dinner.

Mr. John looked at the letter in his hand, the invitation from Tefaf, and the invitation he had received the other day for a noble lady's coming-of-age ceremony.

Mr. John frowned slightly, he had never taught his daughter about things in the aristocratic circle, and now he was going to such a place?

The daughter is casual, it is a world where drinking water from a paper cup will be picked on by the ladies. He used to think that his daughter loved to study history and antique collecting, so he tried his best to cultivate her hobby. As for how she will develop in the future, it is all up to her own choice - the important thing is not to let herself be wronged.

The daughter of the Asandra family may be destined to face such a world.