"Your Majesty, don't you want to go out and have a look?"
Inside the Chongyuan Hall, among the curtains, the Queen walked over holding the hand of Shizi Concubine, and asked with a smile.
Emperor Jing shook his head and said, "If I go out, they won't let me go. We'll wait until all the colored glazes are sold."
Chang De came in from the outside, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the largest glazed Buddha statue has been bought by Fahua Temple for 30,000 taels of silver."
"Thirty taels..."
A sneer appeared on Emperor Jing's face, and he said: "I have to carefully consider the 30,000 taels of military expenses allocated to the Ministry of War. These monks are so generous..."
"Qin'er, let's go out, it's very noisy here." The queen took Shi Zifei's hand and said with a smile: "Which colored glaze jewelry do you like, tell your empress, and your empress will ask them to bring it over."
"No need, ma'am, I want to see my husband..."
The empress patted her hand and said: "Okay, wait a while for the appreciation meeting to end, I'll send someone to call him over."
Outside the curtain, a guard said to several monks who came over: "Masters, I'm sorry, this colored glaze seems to be wanted by the imperial concubine, and it is not for sale today."
"What?" The expressions of the two monks changed immediately.
For them, these glazed Buddha statues are the most important things in the temple today. Fortunately, the Buddha statues are huge and expensive, ordinary dignitaries can't afford them, and few people will compete with them.
However, these Buddha statues are still too few. Dozens of temples are competing for ten glazed statues. Originally, there are too many monks and few Buddha statues. Several large temples have already allocated them. And return—who wants to be that monk who returns empty-handed
"Amitabha..." One of the masters uttered a Buddha's name and said, "In this case..."
The monks breathed a sigh of relief, as long as someone quits, their Buddha statues will be kept.
The old monk looked solemn, and said, "In that case, for the peacock Daming King next to me, my Wanhua Temple will add another five thousand taels."
A monk's complexion suddenly changed, and he said, "I'm afraid this is inappropriate. Didn't we agree that this Peacock Daming King will belong to our Thousand Buddha Temple?"
The old monk shook his head and said, "Amitabha, Your Majesty has something to say, the one with the highest price will get it. There is nothing wrong with this old monk's move."
The monk gritted his teeth and said, "For my Thousand Buddha Temple, add another five thousand taels!"
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The crowd in the hall was distinct, and around the few booths, there were bald heads.
On these booths, there are naturally Buddha statues and beads.
As for those glazed jewelry, there are mostly women, and of course, there are also many men around them.
On weekdays, His Majesty and the Empress invite banquets separately, but today's glass appreciation meeting is one of the very few occasions where men and women are not separated.
"Miaoyu, do you have any jewelry you fancy? The second brother bought it for you." Standing beside the white-haired woman, Chen Chong asked with a smile.
The woman shook her head and said, "As long as the jewelry can be worn, how many things can be done with three thousand taels, forget it."
Chen Chong waved his hand and said, "You don't have to worry about it, you just tell the second brother which one you like."
The white-haired woman smiled and said, "I don't like any, let's go over there and have a look."
Chen Chong nodded, and after the white-haired woman turned around, she waved to the person beside her, "Miaoyu just looked at this hairpin for a long time and bought it."
Chen Qing waved his hand and said, "I know, you can go and accompany her."
"Three thousand taels."
"Three thousand five hundred taels." A young man stood by the booth, glanced at the woman beside him, and said helplessly.
Hearing a voice coming from beside him, he froze for a moment. When he turned his head, his expression changed, and he immediately said: "Sorry, I made a mistake just now, we don't want this hairpin."
The eunuch looked around, and saw that many people who were eager to try just now had retreated, and said helplessly: "Three thousand taels for the first time..., three thousand taels for the second time..., three thousand taels for the third time—congratulations, Mr. Chen, this You can take the hairpin, remember to send the silver to the palace within three days."
"Susu, do you plan to buy one back?" A woman named Shen Su was standing by a certain platform, and a woman beside her asked in a low voice.
"I won't buy it." She shook her head, it was easy to buy it, but the trouble was how to explain it to grandpa and father when she went back.
"That's right, it's too expensive, let's just take a look." The woman beside her swept her gaze, pointed to a distance away and said, "That Buddha statue over there is so beautiful, let's go and have a look..."
"Miaoyu, this Buddha statue looks pretty good. Would you like me to buy it for you and put it in the Buddhist hall at home?"
The white-haired woman looked back at the middle-aged man, and said helplessly, "No need for second brother, this Buddha statue is 20,000 taels of silver, worshiping Buddha pays attention to sincerity, there is no need for such extravagance."
Chen Chong waved his hand and said, "I bought it because of sincerity."
He walked over and said: "This Buddha statue, Chen Guogong's mansion wants it."
The imperial guard looked helpless and said: "Master Chen, this Buddha statue is what the imperial concubine wants."
"The imperial concubine?" Chen Chong frowned. If it was someone else, he would be able to fight for it, but if it was the imperial concubine, it would be difficult.
The imperial guard pointed to one side and said, "Master Chen, there is another one over there, do you want to go and see it?"
Several monks who were bidding looked over at the same time, making the guard shiver involuntarily.
The white-haired woman walked up to look at the Buddha statue, and behind her, a young woman also approached.
"What a beautiful Buddha statue..."
The woman sighed softly, and was about to move forward, when suddenly a huge force came from behind, causing her body to rush forward involuntarily.
She almost slammed into the white-haired woman's body, and the latter slammed directly into the booth and fell to the ground again.
Snapped!
The incident happened suddenly, and a crisp sound resounded in the hall. Several guards around looked down and their faces paled instantly.
"Susu!" A figure beside him immediately helped the woman up.
"Miaoyu, are you alright?" Chen Chong rushed forward after looking back, and asked eagerly.
Seeing blood oozing from the white-haired woman's palm, her expression changed, and she immediately said, "Prince doctor, send the message to the doctor!"
"Broken, broken..."
A guard looked at the shattered Buddha statue, his face was pale and bloodless, and he said in a trembling voice.
The glazed statue worth 20,000 taels was broken, and it was the glazed statue hand-picked by the imperial concubine. Who of them, the guards in charge of guarding, can take this responsibility
The woman named Susu also turned pale, and hurried to the white-haired woman and said, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, are you okay?"
"The imperial physician, where is the imperial physician!" Chen Chong pushed the woman away, his eyes were bloodshot, and shouted loudly.
A figure came out from the crowd, knelt down, took a look at the white-haired woman's hand, and said, "It's just a slight scratch, it's fine."
Li Yi looked back at Li Mingzhu and asked, "Is there a clean handkerchief?"
"I have!"
The woman named Susu immediately took out a handkerchief from her bosom, and Li Yi picked out a few tiny glass shards, bandaged her briefly, and said: "The imperial doctor will come in a while, after cleaning the wound , and then re-wrap it with clean gauze, remember not to touch the water these few days... "
Chen Chong glanced at Li Yi, his face turned cold, but he didn't speak. He stood up, looked at the woman and asked, "What were you doing just now!"
"I, I..." The woman named Su Su turned pale, shocked by his momentum, and was speechless.
"Master Chen is so dignified, why should he bully a weak woman."
Li Xuan raised his eyebrows, since this woman is likely to be Shen Shu's younger sister, and also a member of the Shen family, he naturally couldn't keep silent.