Caixing handed Xiaohuai a lump of cotton, signaling her to block her ears, this day everyone in the courtyard complained, for no other reason, the second lady was practicing again.

One day, Chu Yue'an saw the precious guqin sent by the eldest princess, and thought that it could not be wasted, so he only put it as an ornament, so he found a book of piano scores, and began to play the piano when he was free.

But she is not this piece of material at all, and the sound that pops up is worse than playing cotton, and the maid is miserable.

"Who's playing the piano, it's so ugly!" Chu Yuean entered in a huff.

Cai Xing said with a bitter face: "Who else can it be, Second Miss!" ”

Chu Yueyun covered her ears and entered, ran in front of Chu Yue'an in a few steps, and interrupted her: "Please, you can do it, don't play, listen to you play again, you will be deaf this day." ”

Chu Yuean couldn't believe it: "Is it so ugly?" ”

"How are you playing, don't you have a point in mind?" Chu Yueyun shook his head, "Just let them go!" ”

Chu Yue'an got up, poured himself a cup of tea, and asked, "What happened to you?" ”

"Of course!" Chu Yueyun said, "You asked your uncle to find something." ”

"Really!" Chu Yue'an stood up happily, "Let's go first and have a look." ”

The two quickly went to Yongji Pharmacy, and the shopkeeper Lu said with a smile: "The second lady hasn't been here for a long time." ”

"yes, I haven't been here for a few days, how is business lately?" Chu Yue'an asked.

"With Second Miss's medicine, how can there be a problem with the business?" Shopkeeper Lu smiled, "I used to be pressed by the people of Pule Prescription, but since the King of Chu became a shareholder, it has reduced a lot of pressure on us, and I was worried that King Chu's shareholding would have an impact on the owner's business, but now it seems that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages." ”

"That'll be fine." Chu Yue'an smiled slightly, "What do I want?" ”

"Second Miss, please." Shopkeeper Lu asked Chu Yue'an to go into the inner room and wait for a while, but he entered a secret room, found a secret compartment, took out a black box from it, and then presented the box to Chu Yue'an, "The things that the second lady wants are inside." This thing is extremely rare, and our caravan searched all over the Central Plains for several months before finding it. ”

Chu Yue'an opened it, just smelled the smell, nodded and said, "Sure enough, it's the Wenchuan clam I need." Shopkeeper Lu, thank you uncle for me, this is a great favor for me! ”

Chu Yueyun leaned over and asked, "What is this for?" ”

Chu Yue'an smiled mysteriously: "It's useful, you'll know it in the future." ”

"You're really good at selling off." Chu Yueyun wrinkled her nose, "I'm just waiting to see if you can give a mysterious surprise!" ”

Subsequently, Chu Yuean called Bai Guangyang in again and asked him about his recent medical affairs.

The more he talked to him, the more Chu Yuean felt that this kid's talent in medicine was too high, even more so than himself, his comprehension was too strong, if he was born in his own era, with a large number of medical literature studies and high-tech equipment assistance, he would definitely be famous overseas.

"Second sister, are you done talking?" Chu Yueyun walked outside for a while, then asked.

"Almost, what's wrong?" Chu Yue'an asked.

"I just heard that there is an auction house on West Street, let's go and join in the fun." Chu Yueyun said, "The others are nothing, but there is a famous painting that is the handwriting of the master of Chinese painting Wu Ziqing, which is very valuable, and it is said that the eldest princess likes Wu Ziqing's paintings very much." ”

"Let's take a look." Chu Yue'an said, "The eldest princess gave me a famous piano, I have to return the gift, if I can get this famous painting, it would be good." ”

The two left Yongji Pharmacy and went straight to the auction house, they got the news late, the auction had already begun, and there was no box on the second floor, so they had to squeeze below, waiting for the last auction item Master Wu's painting.

Chu Yue'an glanced at the auction house, but saw a few acquaintances, in the middle of the second floor, the person who won three auction items in a row was Feng Nan, who had only fought with him some time ago, worthy of being the son of the richest man, rich and very flamboyant.

In the box in the upper left corner is Shangguan Xun, and the box on the right makes Chu Yuean a little surprised that it is the county lord of Minzhi, but the road is really narrow.

The two of them didn't seem interested in his other lots, and they thought they were here for this last lot.

Finally arrived at the final auction item, two beautiful maidservants slowly unfolded the scroll, a majestic picture of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains presented in front of everyone's eyes, amazing, even after a hundred years, this painting is still vivid, which shows that the painter's pen power is profound, the power through the back of the paper.

"This is the finale of this auction house, a picture of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, it is the real work of Wu Ziqing's event, the low price is three thousand taels, the highest price will get, start now!"

Chu Yueyun whispered: "This painting of Master Wu is a rare product, and this picture of the country and mountains was collected by all forces in the previous dynasty, and three thousand taels is not much." Second sister, what's your budget? ”

"I'm afraid we'll meet an opponent today." Chu Yue'an said lightly, "Let's take a look at the situation first." ”

"Four thousand taels." The county lord of Minzhi was the first to speak, she was not interested in this picture of rivers and mountains, but Qi Yuzhi liked the work of this master Wu very much, in order to please the lover, so she was bound to get this painting.

"Five thousand taels." Shangguan Xun lifted the curtain slightly and said in a loud voice.

"Why are they here?" Chu Yueyun whispered, "It seems that it is not very easy for us to get this map of the country." ”

"Don't worry, let's see the situation first."

"Six thousand taels." The county lord of Minzhi was a little anxious, and glared at Shangguan Xun opposite unhappily, secretly hating him for being troublesome.

"Seven thousand taels." Shangguan Xun was silent for a moment and shouted.

I didn't expect the price to be raised so high, and the county lord of Minzhi couldn't help but feel pain, but now, she had to take the painting down, otherwise wouldn't it be a joke.

"Eight thousand taels."

Shangguan Xun didn't increase the price anymore, he nodded to Lord Minzhi, indicating that the painting belonged to her.

Lord Minzhi smiled proudly, but he hadn't been happy for too long, when an unexpected voice disrupted his plan: "Ten thousand taels." ”

She stood up in surprise, her eyes followed the sound of the voice and forgot about it, only to see that this person was none other than Chu Yue'an, who had a holiday with her before.

"Do you have so much silver?" Lord Minzhi gritted his teeth and asked, "This is not the place to talk nonsense!" ”

"Don't bother the county lord, it's my business." Chu Yue'an smiled indifferently and calmly faced the puzzled gazes cast by everyone.

"10,000 taels once!" The host above sang, "Ten thousand two or two!" ”

"Twelve thousand taels!" Lord Minzhi gritted his teeth, almost shouted in a low voice, and glared coldly at Chu Yue'an below.

"Fifteen thousand taels." Chu Yue'an said lightly, not looking at Lord Minzhi at all.

Chu Yueyun was afraid that the second sister didn't have so much money, so she whispered to cheer her up: "You just shout the price, I'll go to my uncle to ask for money later, let's be angry with her!" ”

"Chu Yue'an, you're here to make trouble, right?" Lord Minzhi gritted her teeth, she wanted to continue shouting, so the entourage next to her stopped her, and only shook her head at her, but fortunately, her reason had not been completely lost, and she sat down hatefully.

"Fifteen thousand taels, is there anything higher than fifteen thousand taels?" The host shouted excitedly, he never dreamed that this painting would be shouted at such a high price, "Fifteen thousand taels once, fifteen thousand two times, fifteen thousand two times, one thousand two times, deal!" ”

Immediately applause was like thunder, Chu Yue'an smiled lightly and saluted everyone.

Feng Nan swallowed the melon seeds, and said unsatisfactorily: "The last time I gambled with me, it turned out to be Miss Chu Er from Ninghou Mansion, which Miss Chu should I be, she has good luck, and I have to talk to him again next time." ”

Shangguan Xun on the other side was also very surprised by this result, he didn't expect Chu Yue'an to shout out a high price of 15,000 taels, he didn't expect Chu Yue'an to have so much silver, as far as he knew, this Second Miss Chu was not very favored in Ninghou Mansion, even if she was very favored, so much silver could not be taken out casually by Ninghou Mansion. The second is to admire Chu Yue'an's courage, a woman in the boudoir can actually have pride, but she has also gained knowledge.

Chu Yueyun didn't know about Chu Yue'an and Feng Nan's gambling, and a Chu Yue'an didn't have so much money in his hands, even if he sent his maid to explain the situation to the shopkeeper Lu and ask them to send the money over quickly.

It is impossible for Cai Xing to carry the silver ticket with him, so Chu Yuean did not refuse Chu Yueyun's kindness, and he had to explain to other people afterwards that he would return the silver ticket after he went back.

After taking the painting, Chu Yueyun stroked her palms excitedly and smiled: "Second sister, have you just seen it, the face of the county lord of Minzhi is white, and it can be regarded as a relief to see her deflated appearance." ”

"It's a pity that the fifteen thousand taels of silver." Chu Yue'an smiled slightly, "Guess, if my father knew what the two of us were doing outside, would his nose be crooked?" ”

"Not really!" Chu Yueyun laughed, "There is such a thing as silver, my uncle often tells me that spending it is silver, and if it is not spent, it will be a pile of broken copper and iron." ”

The two of them were talking and laughing and walking towards the Hou Mansion, but on the way, they called a few people to stop them, and only saw the county lord of Minzhi sitting in the carriage not far away, looking at the two people below with a cold face.

"What advice does the county lord have?" Chu Yueyun asked.

Lord Minzhi looked at Chu Yue'an coldly and asked, "You bought this painting at such a big price, what do you want to use it for?" ”

"What do I want to do, I guess it has nothing to do with the county lord." Chu Yue'an smiled faintly.

Lord Minzhi said coldly: "You give me that painting, and I let Chu Yuezi go." ”

Only a few people knew about the eldest princess's rescue of Chu Yuezi from the heavenly prison, and it was not a public announcement, even the county lord of Minzhi himself did not know anything.

She continued: "Chu Yuezi is your own sister, and now she is suffering in the prison, you should be unbearable if you want to, as long as you give me the painting, I will let her out, what do you think?" ”

"Not how." Chu Yue'an said lightly, "The county lord had a good relationship with my third sister before, and I should know everything about it, why did Qi Yuzhi and I get married, how could she marry the Duke of Qi, since she doesn't regard me as a sister, why should I bother with it?" Besides, we don't have a third lady in Ninghou Mansion anymore, she is not our sister at all, what the county lord wants, just do what she wants. ”

"Why are you so ruthless, you don't even care about flesh and blood for a painting!" Lord Minzhi shouted angrily, "Ninghou Mansion is also a scholarly family, how did you teach a selfish and affectionate daughter like you?" ”

Chu Yue'an smiled slightly: "The county lord was born in a heavenly family, isn't he doing such a blackmail thing?" ”

"What did you say!" The county lord of Minzhi shouted angrily, "You dare to insult the county lord and the heavenly family, this county lord has to give you some colors to look at today, otherwise do you really think that the majesty of the heavenly family is something you can violate?" ”

"What's wrong?" Chu Yue'an smiled fearlessly, and looked at the county lord of Minzhi with a grim gaze, "Is the county lord planning to rob the street?" Didn't the county lord take the law of the court seriously? ”

"Bastard, come on, take her down!" The county lord of Minzhi shouted, "You Ninghou Mansion are all cheap bones, so you have to let this county take the initiative to be hard." ”

While speaking, several guards drew their swords and surrounded Chu Yue'an's sisters, Chu Yue'an protected Chu Yueyun behind him, with no fear in his eyes, and looked straight at Lord Minzhi.

Lord Minzhi looked at her gaze and there was a chill, as if she was being targeted by something, she shook her head, and dispersed all those uncomfortable thoughts, what can a little Hou Mansion girl do against her?

At this moment, an angry voice came: "Stop! ”

But he saw Shangguan Xun rushing over a few steps and asked, "What happened?" ”

Lord Minzhi said lightly: "These two girls insulted the heavenly family, and I was about to give them a little color to see." ”

"She wanted to snatch this painting from us!" Chu Yueyun immediately said, "If we don't comply, we just want to use force us to comply." ”

Chu Yue'an took out a fire fold and said lightly: "My temper is always that I would rather be broken than broken, if the county lord wants to rob it, all you get may be gray foam." ”

"Don't!" Shangguan Xun hurriedly said, "This is Master Wu's true handiwork, Second Miss, don't be impulsive." ”

He is a person who really loves painting, and he can't bear to see the damage to the masterpiece, so he hurriedly said: "County Lord, I know that the County Lord also wants to get Master Wu's picture of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, but since this picture has been taken by Miss Chu Er, you should accept the reality." If the county lord wants to grab it today, first ask Shangguan Xun if he agrees! The county lord is noble, don't do such a thing as losing your identity, otherwise tomorrow, I will definitely write to Your Majesty and explain today's affairs. ”

Lord Minzhi gritted his teeth: "You dare to threaten me!" ”