"Who are you!" The servant beside Wang Ping was furious and started to curse at the other party.
Unexpectedly, Wang Ping raised his hand and slapped the servant three times. "Please forgive me, Second Prince. I neglected to discipline you. May I ask what you think of Li Xian's behavior?"
What do you think? This is a counterattack. So what if he is the second prince? Wang Ping is also arrogant - my sister is Concubine Hua, and the entire Wang family supports the third prince.
The second prince sneered, "I don't have any wise opinions, but I do have some foolish opinions. But, it's better not to say these foolish opinions."
The second prince left leisurely, not bothering to explain a single word to Wang Ping.
Wang Ping looked at the Second Prince, snorted in his heart, and thought to himself, "What can a descendant of a businessman do!"
It turns out that the second prince was born to the "beauty" Yue Zhaohua; Yue Zhaohua was the daughter of a merchant and her status was only "beauty". Naturally, few people supported the second prince.
Now, Li Yulong and other old officials support the eldest prince, also known as the crown prince; the Wang family and others support the third prince. Only the second prince is left alone.
On the other side, the eldest prince also came, accompanied by Li Wei, Li Xian’s second brother, and Yuan Cai, Yuan Zhao’s eldest brother.
"Li Wei, your brother is not a simple person." The eldest prince smiled and seemed not to care about the dispute over the crown prince at all.
"Just a little cleverness." Li Wei was very modest.
"A little cleverness? Haha, this is not a little cleverness, this is great wisdom." The eldest prince began to analyze, "If fierce bidding hurts the harmony. But this way, it not only adds a festive atmosphere, but also maintains the fair price principle that the Brilliant Star Business has always adhered to. It also conforms to the main theme of this expo - to celebrate a cheap New Year. Your brother is not simple! Even I didn't understand this move until after the fact. Li Wei, when there is a chance after the New Year, how about you invite Li Xian to come to my house and have a seat?"
“It’s an honor.”
Here, Li Xian had already distributed paper and pens; facing this novel way of playing, many people who felt that they had thicker pockets and could take out 55 taels of gold were tempted.
Action speaks louder than words. I filled in a number that I thought was very good; then I wrote down the names of my father and grandfather; when the names of three generations were added together, there would basically be no duplicate names.
Next, Li Xian selected a dozen people from the audience to count the votes, supervise, record and calculate.
"52 taels of gold, 3 taels of silver, 665 copper coins."
"51 taels of gold, 7 taels of silver, and 6 copper coins."
…
There were quite a lot of people participating, and the person counting the votes took half an hour, or an hour.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the first secret bidding ended, and the final average figure was: 53 taels of gold, 1 tael of silver, and 8.92 copper coins.
Li Xian picked up a note and said, "Congratulations to Han Yuanshan, Han Dapeng, and Han Yunxiang for winning the first red crystal chandelier. His bid was 53 taels of gold, one tael of silver, and 10 copper coins, which is closest to the average."
"Ah..." A man dressed rather gorgeously jumped up, "My name is Han Yunxiang, Han Dapeng is my father, and Han Yuanshan is my grandfather."
The man squeezed under the red crystal chandelier in one breath, looked up, and was instantly mesmerized. Although this crystal chandelier was smaller than the emperor's, it was also 9 feet high, with more than 30 wine-red prism curtains emitting a luxurious and gorgeous light. Each prism was so perfect, as if it had plucked the stars from the sky.