Xuan'er turned her head and looked at her sister-in-law with big watery eyes.
Ming Ruo shook his head at Xiaotuanzi and filled the cup in front of him with sour plum soup: "Drink some sour plum soup first, and we will play later."
The bidder was still waiting for the guests in Room Tianzi No. 1 to bid, but the auction hall was completely silent. After waiting for a long time, the bidder dropped the bidding hammer with blood dripping from his heart.
After that, the bidder no longer dared to let anyone raise the price at will, and the prices of the two subsequent lots did not increase. If the auction continues like this, although it will not lose money, it will not make much money.
The steward of Jubaozhai gave a signal to the bidders, and the auction ended hastily without even the final lot being put on the market.
"Ah... Is this the end?" Mingruo was a little disappointed. She still wanted to wait for the final auction to take another trick.
"Is it over?" Xuan'er was so surprised. He hadn't had enough fun yet.
"Well, you will have fun tomorrow." Mingruo touched Xuan'er's little head, "It's still early, let's go play on the street."
Mingruo waved her hand and set off with Xuan'er and the shopping team.
After the bidding at Jubaozhai ended, the customers who had photographed the items checked out and picked up the goods. The four accounting clerks sat in a row, the abacus in their hands crackling. Today's bidding meeting was actually only halfway through, and the items auctioned were not
If there are more, the account will be considered as a piece of cake.
The steward of Jubaozhai sent away several well-known 'rich households' in Yun'an City, and then went to the accounting room at the back: "How is the surplus today?"
"Reporting to Manager Zhu..." Mr. Accountant, who had finished compiling the general ledger, hesitated and said, "After deducting the cost, today's income resulted in a surplus of 1,137 taels of silver..."
"How much did you say?" The manager's voice rose a few degrees. He knew that today's opening was not going well, but he never expected that it would be so bad. According to common sense, if an item is sold, he can earn a few hundred taels at least.
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"One thousand one hundred and thirty-seven taels." The accountant's voice was a little softer than before, and then he added without fear of death, "This does not include labor, space and other losses..."
Manager Zhu's head was buzzing after hearing this. The master is coming to Yun'an City tonight. When asked about the opening of the auction house, how can he explain it?
"Didn't you sell a Xuefeng sword?" Manager Zhu remembered that the sword was sold for hundreds of thousands taels, and he could earn tens of thousands of dollars at least.
"Xue Maple Sword... the last bid... was given by our people..." The bidder, who had been hiding in the corner without daring to say a word, had to speak.
"Uh..." Manager Zhu patted his forehead, how could he forget this?
The auctioneer also felt that today was a bad start, and expressed his doubts: "Guanshi Zhu, this place is not getting hot at all today. Not to mention it is in the wealthy Jiangnan area, even in a small border town, it will not be like this. People don't know that there is
Regardless of any scruples, I was very restrained in bidding... This is very strange..."
"For fortune and treasure, you two go out and inquire to see if someone is causing trouble on purpose!" If you want to find out who is causing trouble, it will be easier for you to explain it to your master.
Xiaotuanzi rarely had the opportunity to go out on the street, so he was now being held by his elder brother and sister-in-law, and he was very happy. His sister-in-law not only bought him many exquisite gadgets, but also bought pastries and snacks to eat with him.
Mingruo picked up a piece of red bean cake and handed it to Xiaotuanzi: "Try this."
Xuan'er took the red bean cake and took a bite, then smiled sweetly at Mingruo: "It's delicious."
Mingruo also picked up a piece and tasted it. The red beans were soft and turned into sand, and had a slight milky fragrance, and it was not very sweet. He put a few pieces of red bean cake on oil paper and brought it to Si Haochen: "This is not very sweet.
, you should like it."
Si Haochen did not go to get the red bean cake, but held Mingruo's wrist, pulled the red bean cake she had eaten in front of him, lowered his head and took a bite: "Well, it's not bad."
Mingruo looked at the sky speechlessly. There are children watching here. Can't you be more reserved? Mingruo glanced at Xiaotuanzi quietly. Xuan'er received her sister-in-law's gaze and immediately showed an innocent and healing smile - I
As a baby, I didn’t see anything, and even if I did, I wouldn’t understand it!
"..." Mingruo was even more speechless. Your little expression was so rich, it was like "there is no three hundred taels of silver here"...
The three of them played in the street for a long time and had dinner before returning to the palace. Mingruo and Si Haochen took the little dumpling back to the courtyard where he lived, and Grandma Jin was waiting at the entrance of the courtyard.
"Go to bed early later, the child will not grow taller if he sleeps too late." Mingruo let go of Xuan'er's little hand.
"Yeah." Xuan'er nodded, "I'll go to bed after I finish my homework."
"Be good." After watching Nanny Jin and Xuan'er go in, the two of them walked towards the main courtyard where they lived.
As soon as they reached the gate of the courtyard, the secret guard came to report: "Master, the fifth prince is in front of the city gate and has entered the city."
"Huh?" Si Haochen raised his eyebrows slightly. Doesn't Lao Wu like to stay behind the scenes? Why did he take action personally, "Going to Jubaozhai?"
"No." The secret guard shook his head, "The fifth prince traveled with ten guards. He neither went to a post house nor stayed in a big inn. The guest in the west of the city rented a small courtyard to stay. He should have traveled incognito. I didn't want to
Attractive."
"Keep an eye on this person and see what he is going to do." Si Haochen ordered.
"I understand." The secret guard took the order and left.
"Since he's here, shouldn't it be difficult for us to confiscate his house?" Mingruo felt that if the fifth prince came to plead for mercy, Si Haochen, as an elder, would not be able to refuse.
"Not to mention that he left the capital privately and did not dare to show up as a prince. Even if he lowered his face and came to beg me... he would not know that I am in Yun'an City..."
"What if he finds out and uses this as a threat to ask you to return the house to him?" Mingruo asked with a smile.
"What can he 'blackmail'?" Si Haochen said with a arrogant look on his face, "This king is not leaving the capital privately, but is returning to the capital on orders. I am just passing through the fiefdom to stay for a few days, why not?"
"It's okay, you're very 'okay'..." Mingruo was also convinced by Si Haochen's words.
At this time, in the small courtyard of the inn, Manager Zhu lowered his head and reported to the fifth prince on the opening of Jubaozhai today.
The fifth prince slapped the table: "I invested so much silver and treasures and only made a thousand taels?"
"Your Majesty, please calm down. This is all a deliberate mischief by the 'Qizhen Pavilion'. Not only will they hold an additional auction tomorrow, but they will also make a picture album of the auction items and send it to the 'rich man's' house early in the morning..." Manager Zhu lowered his head more and more.
He came lower and lower, and beads of sweat fell to the ground.
"What's the background behind Qizhen Pavilion?" The fifth prince raised his eyebrows slightly.
"My subordinates sent people to check when they first arrived in Yun'an City. The people behind the scenes could not be found, but the yamen and the wealthy squires all gave the 'Qizhen Pavilion' face..." Manager Zhu lowered his voice and said, "My subordinates are suspicious.
I'm afraid Qizhen Pavilion has Prince Yun as its backer."
