Chapter 43: Offering Treasure
"Brother Huang is asking me not to marry for the rest of my life?" Ling Qingcheng looked at him with a smile. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
"If you want to marry, you have to marry someone who holds you in the palm of your hand, just like me. β
"You and I are both members of the royal family, and my personal feelings naturally have to be placed after Jiangshan Sheji, but if one day, marrying Jun Haoyu is the best choice, I hope that the royal brother will not stop me, I am the eldest princess of Shengguo, these are what I must do. β
Ling Yao frowned and stopped talking, even if he was intelligent, he couldn't spend too much energy, he still wanted to accompany Ling Qingcheng for a longer time, he had to live a few more years.
"Okay, but whatever the decision, I want you to tell me. β
"Hmm. β
Back in his palace, Gonggong De sent two letters, one to Ling Yao and the other to Ling Qingcheng. And the person who wrote the letter was Jun Haoyu, who was thousands of miles away.
Ling Qingcheng opened the letter to Ling Yao first, the content was very simple, that is, the various matters of reporting disaster relief were going smoothly, but because it was still snowing in the north, the return date needed to be extended by a few days.
It's just that the content of Ling Qingcheng's letter is completely different.
Jun Haoyu's words were full of worry, and he used a special way to write the letter.
"I heard that the eldest princess has often been out of the palace recently, if it is because she is greedy for fun, you can read the second page, if you have something to go out of the palace, you can read the third page. β
There are even multiple-choice questions?
Ling Qingcheng sincerely turned to the third page, and when he saw the words on it, he wanted to flip the table.
"Why doesn't Princess Sanssouci enjoy happiness in the palace, but she wants to go out of the palace alone to adventure? Seeing this, if you are very upset about the king's concern, you can read the fourth page, and if you can understand the king's good intentions, you can read the last page. β
Ling Qingcheng naturally saw the fourth page: "The princess is really still a child, and she should learn to calm down when doing big things, if necessary, you can put the gold medal on the silk cloth and hand it over to the palace housekeeper, and she will naturally help you arrange it." β
Ling Qingcheng frowned, who wanted him to care about this more than that? No one was in the capital, and he still looked worried about the country and the people, he really didn't give up on the imperial power.
Ling Qingcheng flipped the letter forward, wanting to see how Jun Haoyu would answer if he chose another answer.
If she chooses to go out of the palace to play, turn to the second page: "If it is really so fun outside the palace, the princess will come to live in the palace after the king returns to the palace, so that it will be much more convenient to play in the capital." β
Ling Qingcheng saw the last page again: "Since the princess can understand the good intentions of this king, this king has nothing else to ask for, if there is any need, the princess, please take the gold medal and hand it over to the palace housekeeper, and he will help you arrange it." β
Ling Qingcheng sighed very much at Jun Haoyu's good intentions, that is to say, no matter how she chooses, in the end, she will be asked to take Yintuo to the housekeeper of the palace to do things.
Hmph, what a naΓ―ve idea, the so-called Tiangao Emperor is far away, no, it's Tiangao Wang Ye Yuan, he has been away for so long, and he is still thinking about the affairs of the capital, and wants her to be obedient, in the next life.
Ling Qingcheng waved his pen and only wrote five words, "I am very good, don't read it" as a reply and threw it to Gonggong De.
But after calming down, she suddenly thought of one thing, although you have no jokes, but she is now a woman, and fickleness is a woman's privilege.
She wrote a handwritten letter, printed a rubbing of the gold medal on it, and went back to sleep satisfied.
The next day, Lingqing City let people spread the news that there was a year-end treasure offering conference in the capital, and there were many treasures auctioned.
Xu Changhou, the head of the household, is very low-key, just like the diligence and honesty of the Zhuang Ran faction, and it is impossible to tell from the appearance that he is a corrupt official.
And Ling Qingcheng let people find out that Xu Changhou has a private treasury, and there are so many things stored here, the so-called cunning rabbit three holes, Zhuang Ran's money is scattered everywhere, one of them is Xu Changhou here.
Xu Changhou pretended to be very good, Ling Qingcheng didn't plan to start with him, but most of his children were not successful people, after all, the upper beam was not right and the lower beam was crooked, his only son Xu Ao was a famous son in the capital, spending money like running water, good face, and liked to eat and drink the most.
In fact, for such a thing, it is not a big fault, and the Xu family is well-off, Xu Ao often buys some rare treasures to show off himself.
This time, she was going to give him a big gift.
The matter of the treasure conference is naturally spread in the capital, and there are many people who come to admire it, and each treasure conference will reveal some of the treasures of the finale in advance, so that the sellers can be prepared.
There has always been a treasure offering meeting in the capital, sometimes by the capital businessmen to do the east, sometimes by the Qilin Pavilion to hold.
When things are sent to the Qilin Pavilion, they will register the price, and the final auction of the silver taels, the Qilin Pavilion will be divided into two.
The treasure will be written clearly who owns it, and pay a certain deposit, and the contract will be signed after the auction, and all the treasures will pay a registration fee, which will be recorded by the government of the capital to ensure that it is not stolen.
Ling Qingcheng offered the jade screen in the name of Gong Yijun, with a starting price of five hundred taels. The people of Qilin Pavilion felt that the jade screen was not only at this price, but Ling Qingcheng didn't want to pay too much on the grounds that the craftsman was not yet famous.
After the inspection of several parties, the Qilin Pavilion let people start to publicize.
In addition to the jade screen, there are other treasures, cold and warm jade chess pieces, noon sun stoves, etc., so there are many people in the capital.
Ling Qingcheng knew that Xu Ao liked things like ladies and the like the most, and this time the screen was a picture of ladies playing music, which was both vivid and festive.
The skills of the Xiao family have been lost for so many years, and the reappearance of the rivers and lakes will still attract attention, on the day of the treasure, the crowd is surging, and the people who can enter are all dignitaries, or famous businessmen.
Ling Qingcheng was also among them, sitting in the elegant seat on the second floor. Zhuang Ran likes to play chess, but he never participates in this kind of activity, which violates his image of an honest prime minister, but Ling Qingcheng knows that there must be his people here, and the cold and warm jade chess pieces will definitely please him.
The lights in the Qilin Pavilion are brilliant, and everyone is waiting to see the demeanor of the baby.
According to the order of the offerings, the treasures are from large to small, so the jade screen is the first treasure of the finale.
Eight servants lifted the screen, and the red silk cloth put it up and pushed it to the middle.
People were looking forward to it, and the moment the silk cloth was uncovered, everyone held their breath and couldn't move their eyes off the screen.
After careful observation, the head of the Qilin Pavilion began to introduce the screen, and then quoted a bid of five hundred taels, with a price increase of fifty taels at a time.
When Xu Ao came up from the screen, he kept watching, and before bidding, he also asked his entourage to go down and take a closer look.
After the entourage came up and heard the price of five hundred taels, they nodded vigorously, and Xu Ao directly lit the sky lantern.
The Qilin Pavilion Bright Sky Lantern means one thousand taels, as long as the final auction price is less than one thousand taels, this treasure is his.
This is the bidding method of local tyrant players, and they don't have to raise their cards to participate in the bidding every time.