Chapter 15: The Auction of Hairpins (8)

Everyone looked at the emperor and saw that he was still sitting upright without saying anything, so another yellow-clothed palace maid tentatively spoke.

"Fifteen taels." Another yellow-clothed palace maid spoke timidly.

"Twenty taels." The crowd gradually became active, and the oppressive atmosphere was swept away.

"Twenty-five taels."

"Thirty taels!"

Jiang Ning watched everyone bidding with a smile on his face, and looked at the hairpin on the table, and his heart suddenly bloomed.

As the bidding continued to rise, the price on the field was shouted all the way up to five hundred taels.

During this process, Mu Jingzhao always sat upright, looking at the peacock feather hairpin on the table from time to time, without saying a word.

There were only two people left who participated in the bidding, one was Lu Feng, and the other, Jiang Ning remembered that it seemed to be someone from the queen's palace.

"Five hundred and fifty taels!"

When Lu Feng shouted these words, Zheliu felt that his heart was trembling.

She clearly remembered that she had already collected all of Lu Feng's silver, how could he still have so much money?

"Six hundred taels!" Prices have risen again.

In the crowd, the palace maid in green clothes shouted out the price with a leisurely expression.

Jiang Ning was almost sure that the money she actually brought was far more than she imagined.

The palace people who withdrew from the bidding around looked lively and talked in low voices, but they didn't expect that the queen mother had always been simple, and she also had a soft spot for this peacock feather hairpin.

Only Zheliu was the only one, who almost fainted in the constantly rising price of the land breeze.

"Seven hundred taels!" Lu Feng raised his hand again.

Ori Willow even began to pinch his own people.

The palace maid in Tsing Yi seemed to have lost her patience, and just shouted shallowly, "Five thousand taels." ”

The crowd fell silent in an instant, and some people even gasped.

Although the people in this palace have always been short of money to spend, five thousand taels is really a huge amount of money that many low-level palace people in the palace dare not think of in their lives.

Jiang Ning felt that his face was about to smile sourly.

Those grievances of climbing the wall late at night and being exposed to the wind and sun disappeared in an instant.

"Six, six-" Lu Feng just opened his mouth to say a word, and was blocked back by life.

I really couldn't bear to look at my sweetheart's bankrupt Ori Liu, so he couldn't bear to rush to Lu Feng's side and covered Lu Feng's mouth.

"I know your intentions, don't spend any more money!"

Under the threat of the willows, Lu Feng's struggling movements gradually subsided.

The palace maid in Tsing Yi looked at the twisted willow and Lu Feng together, and smiled slightly.

Jiang Ning no longer cared about Lu Feng and the two, she reached out and patted her face with a stiff smile, stood up, and reached out to pick up the peacock feather hairpin on the table.

"This peacock feather hairpin is made by the palace himself, carrying the blessing of the Bodhisattva and the love between me and the emperor."

Jiang Ning glanced at Mu Jingzhao as a thief, and saw that his expression was not the slightest abnormal, so he continued to speak.

"Now that it has been auctioned for 5,000 taels of silver, is there a higher price?"

She glanced at the audience, everyone clutched the money bags around their waists, and lowered their heads timidly.

The crowd fell silent.

"Five thousand taels onceβ€”"

"Five thousand two two-"

"Is there anyone else who wants to pay a higher price for this hairpin? A hairpin that can bring good luckβ€”"

However, no matter what Jiang Ning said, the palace people all lowered their heads and didn't say a word.

Jiang Ning knew that this was far beyond the scope of the palace people's ability to bear, and he no longer insisted.

"Five thousand two or three timesβ€”"

Jiang Ning raised the plank high.

"Ten thousand taels." In the crowd, a voice that was not angry and self-righteous sounded lightly, and it forcibly stuck Jiang Ning's hand that was about to fall in place.

"Hahaha!" Jiang Ning felt that her waist was broken, and she sat down with difficulty in the chair, raising her eyes in the direction of the voice.

At the source of the voice, I saw Mu Jingzhao staring at her intently.

The palace maid in Tsing Yi followed the prestige, and when her eyes touched Mu Jingzhao's figure, she lowered her head and stopped talking.

Jiang Ning was stunned for a moment, then didn't think about it, and decisively fell off the board, for fear that Mu Jingzhao would suddenly regret it.

"Let us congratulate the emperor for taking this peacock feather hairpin at a price of 10,000 taels!"

The crowd remembered the thunderous applause, and the crowd began to whisper, sighing about Mu Jingzhao's love for Jiang Ning.

Holding the wooden box in both hands, she walked in front of Mu Jingzhao, squatted down, and held the hairpin in her hand in front of Mu Jingzhao.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty."

Mu Jingzhao stretched out his hand and put away the wooden box.

Jiang Ning grabbed Mu Jingzhao's arm, pulled him up from the chair alive, and stood still facing the palace people.

"Congratulations to the emperor!"

The applause was like thunder, and in front of the crowd, Jiang Ning and Mu Jingzhao stood side by side, like a pair of wall people.

Jiang Ning nodded appreciatively at Zheliu and Lu Feng, cleared his throat and said.

"The emperor is sympathetic to his subordinates, and in order to thank the emperor for his kindness, the palace specially drew one thousand taels of silver from today's auction to distribute it to everyone as a reward!"

There was a cheer from the crowd.

Everyone knelt down in unison, shouting monstrously, "Thank you emperor, thank you Niangniang!" ”

Jiang Ning suppressed his voice and bumped Mu Jingzhao's arm, "10,000 taels of silver, buy the surrender and love of everyone in the palace, and give you a hairpin." ”

She tilted her head and smiled, her smile bright and bright, "How about it, it's not a loss, right?" ”

Mu Jingzhao raised his eyebrows at her, and there seemed to be a thousand words between his eyebrows.

But Jiang Ning, who was in bliss at this time, didn't want to think about it, "Remember to give me the silver!" You are the emperor, and you are a man of his word! ”

With that, she walked back to her seat and sat down.

She picked up her tea and swallowed her ecstasy.

"In that case, let's leave it for today." Jiang Ning raised the plank high and was about to fall.

At this moment, Mu Jingzhao got up on the bench, held a peacock feather hairpin, and walked slowly towards Jiang Ning.

Her hand holding the plank froze in place for a moment, and the crowd that had been noisy instantly held its breath.

Seeing Mu Jingzhao approaching him step by step, Jiang Ning secretly said in his heart.

Could it be that he repented and wanted to take back the 10,000 taels of silver?

Jiang Ning's eyes widened, and he waved his hand again and again, "Once sold, it will not be refunded or exchanged!" ”

Mu Jingzhao didn't answer, he still stepped forward slowly, he opened the wooden box and handed it to Jiang Ning.

"I saw that my concubine's life was hard, and my heart ached, and I really couldn't bear it. Today, I bought this hairpin and gave it to my concubine, and I only want her to smile. ”

Mu Jingzhao's bony hand reached into the wooden box, took out the hairpin and twisted it on his fingertips.

"Can I put on a hairpin for my concubine?"

Mu Jingzhao slowly approached Jiang Ning with his hand holding the hairpin, his expression was serious and cautious, as if he was doing the most important thing in the world.

She stared intently at Mu Jingzhao's heroic face, and for a while, she forgot to breathe.

She no longer had time to care about what the palace people thought and thought.

The knobby hand had already reached Jiang Ning's hair, and she even felt the temperature of Mu Jingzhao's fingertips.

Jiang Ning's eyes widened and he retreated again and again, "Don't you think about it!" I'm never going to buy this thing back for double the price! ”