Chapter 042: It's almost silver
The seating area of the auction is planned according to a semicircle, the closest to the high platform is the VIP area where the ladies of the palace sit, the middle floor is the area where the ladies of the family sit, and the outermost layer is where the ladies of each province sit.
"This auction is to raise donations for the disaster-stricken areas in Xining," Fu Yuanqing smiled faintly, "We in the Pingguo Mansion have to contribute." ”
Fu Yuanhua is full of expectations: "The clothes made by this Nishang Building are really the most beautiful in the world, and I don't know which set my mother will photograph." ”
Fu Yuanqing pursed the corners of his lips, such expensive clothes, if it weren't for the relief of the disaster area to earn fame, I'm afraid most people would be reluctant to buy it.
They have always been favored by the Pingguo Mansion, and on such occasions today, they must be enthusiastically supported.
However, the auction of clothes is made of silver from the public school, and with Liu's all-round character, it is impossible to auction the clothes for the juniors.
Therefore, no matter which set of clothes Liu takes, it probably has nothing to do with them.
Fu Yuanhua saw that Fu Yuanqing looked thoughtful, and asked again disappreciatively: "Eldest sister, with so many sets of clothes, which one do you think looks the best?" ”
"It's the one taken by the queen." The corners of Fu Yuanqing's mouth raised slightly.
Wearing that red palace suit, not to mention the elegance, what is more important is the noble status that looks down on the world.
"I prefer the one in Concubine Hui's mother's picture." Fu Yuanhua sighed.
In fact, no matter whether the Guogong Mansion takes pictures of the clothes or not, Fu Yuanhua knows that it has nothing to do with her.
Even if Liu took pictures of clothes suitable for the girl's family, he would give them to the eldest sister instead of her.
Lowering his eyes a little dejectedly, Fu Yuanhua's mood was suddenly clouded with a layer of haze.
Fu Yuanqing didn't notice Fu Yuanhua's abnormality, or maybe in her opinion, it was normal for everything in the Guogong Mansion to take precedence over her.
The two sisters had different thoughts, and suddenly heard Liu's voice sound: "Three thousand five hundred taels." ”
Several girls from the Pingguo Mansion looked over in unison.
In addition to the first five sets of clothes, the back clothes are all auctioned at a reserve price of 3,000 taels.
Liu's bid is a set of dark green Sihe Ruyi rich skirts, although dignified and decent, glorious and restrained, but from the style and color, it is an elderly woman's clothes.
Most of the ladies who participated in the auction were middle-aged women who were in charge of the middle feeds in various provinces, and there were not many people who were interested in such clothes.
But whether they are interested or not, most people come here with a mission today, especially the money in the house is not so loose, and they are more attentive to such clothes.
Sure enough, the sound of follow-up soon sounded.
"Three thousand six hundred taels."
"Three thousand seven hundred taels."
Liu is not in a hurry to chase the price, in her opinion, this set of clothes will not exceed 5,000 taels at most.
And it is very suitable to use the silver in the public to take such a set of clothes for the old lady.
Although she was very excited about the clothes at the auction, Fupingshan's official position was not high, and the money in the big house was not enough for her to auction such expensive clothes for herself, so she could only sigh with admiration.
While pondering, I heard someone speak again: "Three thousand eight hundred taels." ”
The bidder is the wife Zhu of Chang Taifu's mansion, Chang Taifu's mansion is the queen's mother's foreign family, because Chang Taifu is noble and honest, so the money in the house is not abundant.
However, on such an occasion, as the queen's family, she has to help out.
Therefore, Zhu also took a fancy to this set of clothes, and there would not be too many bidders, and the price would inevitably not be too high.
Zhu opened his mouth, and the vast majority of bidders stopped thinking.
It's just an auction of clothes, and there is no need to compete with the queen's mother.
And those who have the confidence to compete are not very interested in this outfit.
Therefore, Zhu auctioned off the clothes at a price of 3,800 taels.
Liu sighed silently, and secretly said that it was a pity, this was probably the cheapest clothes in today's auction.
Of the 20 sets of clothes in the first auction, the first five were specially designed for the ladies of the palace, the middle ten were for the ladies of the family, and the remaining five were for young girls.
During this period, three sets of the noblewoman's clothes were prepared for the elderly noblewoman.
Liu missed this set of clothes, and no longer had reservations when bidding for the next set of clothes, and after a fight, he successfully auctioned it for 5,000 taels.
Liu took a sip of tea with satisfaction, and then heard Shen on the side say, "Congratulations sister-in-law." ”
Liu pulled the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Why don't the second brother and sister take a set?" ”
With Shen's wealth, shouldn't she spend a lot of money at the auction, so that the provinces can see her gold and vulgarity.
Shen covered his mouth and smiled: "It's too expensive, I can't bear it." ”
"Will the second brother and sister be short of silver?" Liu looked incredulous.
"The husband has just taken office," Shen stroked his hair and sideburns in a variety of ways, "I still have to work everywhere on weekdays, and my younger brothers and sisters want to save as beauty." ”
Save a fart!
Liu glanced at the golden phoenix Izumo ruby hairpin between Shen's sideburns, if I was not mistaken, it was the latest treasure of Fengxiang Building.
Look at the pigeon-egg-sized ruby, pure and transparent, it is an authentic pigeon's blood red, as bright and intense as a flame burning, and extremely precious.
Inlaid in the hairpin is more exquisite, ingenious.
If you don't have a few thousand taels of silver, you can't get down!
Silently looking away, Liu decided not to discuss the topic of saving with Shen anymore, so as not to be so angry that he vomited blood and internal injuries.
The auction was in full swing, and soon began to show the clothes of the nobles.
Different from the clothes of the ladies and ladies in the palace, the clothes of the nobles are full of young and playful atmosphere, just like the flowers that bloom in the spring rain, delicate and bright, refreshing.
In addition to the queen and the concubines in the palace today, there are four princesses attending the auction.
The eldest princess Qin Yushan was born by Hui Guifei, and she was arrogant and wanton on weekdays, and she didn't even leave the opportunity to bid for others when she came up, and auctioned off the first two sets of clothes at a high price of 9,900 taels.
If it weren't for Hui Guifei's warning eyes, I'm afraid that the next few sets would be taken away together.
After pursing her lips and looking at the second princess Qin Yinqi and the third princess Qin Mengyao each patting away a set of clothes, the eldest princess glanced at the county lord of Birou.
Lord Birou is friendly with the eldest princess, and she understands what she means just by looking at her.
In order, this last set of clothes should be the turn of the four princesses.
The fourth princess, Qin Yuehui, was originally the daughter of Concubine Qin, and after Concubine Qin died of illness, she was raised by the queen in Kunning Palace.
The eldest princess hates the most on weekdays is the soft and glutinous fourth princess.
After the last set of clothes was unveiled, the county lord of Birou got the instructions of the eldest princess, so he no longer resisted the urge to auction in the spirit of courtesy to the royal family, and came up directly and shouted: "Five thousand taels." ”
When it was over, he smiled sweetly at the fourth princess.
The fourth princess smiled back kindly, but did not open her mouth to follow.
On the contrary, it was the nobles of the various mansions who originally did not dare to bid with the royal family, but when they saw that the county lord of Birou broke the law, they couldn't help but follow the photo.
"Five thousand one hundred taels."