The Empress donated a pair of gold ring-inlaid gemstone jade rabbit pounding medicine earrings. This is a pair of gold and jade earrings with exquisite workmanship, auspicious meanings, and lovely shapes.
The round gold ring looks like the full moon on the 15th day of the lunar month. Below the gold ear hook hangs a crystal clear ruby. Below the ruby is a jade rabbit pounding medicine carved from mutton-fat white jade.
Although they were at a distance, Jiang Changning could still see that the piece of jade used to carve the jade rabbit was very good. It could be described as flawless white jade, warm and delicate.
Thinking about the last time the Queen helped her in the Queen Mother's Palace, no matter what the Queen's real intention was, she helped her after all.
Jiang Changning raised his hand, "One thousand three hundred taels."
She directly added one hundred taels to the base price.
The wife of the Prince of Sui was stunned for a moment because she didn't expect that she would participate in the bidding.
"One thousand three hundred and fifty taels." Song Yirou called the price.
Everyone looked at Song Yirou in surprise. The Queen and the Imperial Concubine seemed to be on good terms with each other, so was Song Yirou mentally ill
Zhao Xifang held the cup and drank tea, covering the slightly raised corners of her mouth.
Song Yirou is imitating her, but Jiang Changning is not stupid, so he will not always carry the queen's sedan chair.
The wife of the Crown Prince of Suiguo didn't dare to bid. The two princesses were competing with each other. She might as well stay still. Anyway, the Queen donated three pieces of jewelry. If she couldn't buy this one, she could just buy the other two.
When the price reached seven thousand taels, Jiang Changning fell silent.
"Is the wealth of Prince Jin's Mansion so limited? Can't they take out more than 7,000 taels of silver?" Song Yirou asked with a sneer.
"Princess Ningxia just bought a hairpin and spent too much money. Now you are short of money and afraid that the earrings will fall on your hands? It's okay, Princess Ningxia, don't worry. I will add another hundred taels, making it seven thousand one hundred taels." Jiang Changning said with a smile.
"Who doesn't have enough money? Eight thousand taels." Song Yirou shouted angrily.
"Princess Ningxia, don't force yourself. Eight thousand one hundred taels." Jiang Changning's previous bid was not aimed at Song Yirou, but Song Yirou insisted on slapping her in the face, so it would be unreasonable for her not to do so.
Song Yirou didn't want to bid any more, but when Jiang Changning said this, she said angrily, "Nine thousand taels."
"It seems that Princess Ningxia really wants to buy it, so I won't argue with you." Jiang Changning leaned back in his chair with a bright smile.
Song Yirou choked up and her face turned red.
The other noble ladies secretly sighed and shook their heads. How did the Song family educate their daughters
How stupid he was. First he was teased by Princess Yu, and then he was teased by Princess Jin.
Gao Yanyun didn't care who auctioned the earrings off. She asked the palace maid to bring up a pair of gold phoenix hairpins inlaid with gems donated by the empress dowager.
"The phoenix holds a pearl and gathers in the corner of the courtyard. It brings me blessings and eliminates disasters." Gao Yanyun picked up the pair of golden phoenix hairpins and showed them.
"The hairpin was made by the Silver Bureau specifically for the Empress Dowager. The phoenix head is made from a whole piece of gold, and the phoenix body and auspicious clouds are all made of filigree." Gao Yanyun praised the golden phoenix hairpin.
“The golden phoenix spreads its wings, steps on auspicious clouds, elegant and beautiful.”
“Slender, beautiful, and exquisitely crafted.”
As the savior of the Queen Mother and a noble relative appointed by the Queen Mother, Jiang Changning, of course, had to support the Queen Mother and raised his hand and said, "Five thousand one hundred taels."
Song Yirou participated in the bidding again, but she didn't raise the price much, "Five thousand two hundred taels."
Jiang Changning raised the corners of his lips slightly, "Six thousand taels."
Song Yirou's eyes lit up, "Seven thousand taels." Not only did she call out the price, she also gave Jiang Changning a provocative look.
"Seven thousand one hundred taels." Jiang Changning raised the price steadily.
The two princesses started arguing again, and the other noble ladies did not bid and just watched the show from the side.
Princess Ding and Princess Ding's Crown Prince smiled at each other. They were good at competing with each other, so they bid high and got a lot of money, which they could report to the Queen Mother.
"Eight thousand taels." Song Yirou shouted.
"The Princess of Ningxia likes this phoenix hairpin so much!" Jiang Changning saw Song Yirou's visibly nervous expression and suppressed his laughter, "I like it too, eight thousand one hundred taels."
Song Yirou felt relieved and didn't dare to raise the price anymore. She was afraid that the hairpin would hit her hand again.
"Eight thousand two hundred taels." This was the first time the Crown Princess of Qing Dynasty bid.
"Eight thousand six hundred taels." The Princess Consort of Prince Qing did not give in at all. As soon as Jiang Changning finished speaking, she immediately started bidding.
Jiang Changning raised the price calmly, "Eight thousand seven hundred taels."
"Nine thousand taels." The Princess of Prince Qing turned around and smiled at Jiang Changning, "We are raising funds. If you have money, you can contribute money. If you have strength, you can contribute strength."
"What the Crown Princess said is true." Jiang Changning smiled and raised his hand to increase the price by another hundred taels.
The Princess of Qing also raised the price. When it reached 10,000 taels of silver, she repeated Jiang Changning's previous words, "It seems that Princess Jin really likes this hairpin, so I won't argue with you."
"Thank you, Princess, for giving way to me." Jiang Changning bowed slightly, smiling.
When Princess Consort of Prince Qing saw that she was not forcing a smile, her heart skipped a beat, thinking of the rumored generous dowry of Jiang Changning.
Thinking about this pair of golden phoenix hairpins, both the craftsmanship and the material were top-notch, and they had been worn by the Empress Dowager. Ten thousand taels of silver was a bargain for Jiang Changning.
The Crown Princess of Prince Qing made up her mind that next time, she would raise the price higher and make Jiang Changning bleed heavily.
Gao Yanyun stepped back. She had auctioned four items in a row and needed to take a break.
The Crown Prince's wife of Prince Ding has come up, and Prince Ding's mansion is holding a disaster relief banquet, and they are also going to put out the auction items.
Of course, the item that Prince Ding took out for auction was not jewelry.
The first piece is a celadon round flower jar with a slender body and a straight and large mouth. The jar is covered with celadon glaze.
"The reserve price is one hundred taels, and the minimum increase is ten taels." Prince Ding's wife said with a smile.
This time, more people were bidding, and soon the price rose to one thousand six hundred taels, far exceeding the price of the jar itself.
In the end, this jar was bought by the Princess of Anping for two thousand one hundred taels.
The second lot is a Hetian jade grain-material sheep-head-ear incense burner. The incense burner cover is gilded and inlaid with red, blue and green gemstones.
"The base price for this incense burner is three hundred taels, and the lowest increase is twenty taels."
Jiang Changning didn't like any of the six items that Prince Ding's Mansion put out for auction, so he didn't bid for any of them.
The Princess of Prince De spent one thousand and two taels of silver to buy a black lacquered pipa. The workmanship of the pipa was excellent, the black lacquer was bright and shiny, and the curves were graceful.
The pegs are placed on both sides of the head of the zither, the string axis is prismatic, the head of the zither is inlaid with white jade relief patterns of chifeng and the word "fu", and the belly of the zither is inlaid with patterns of various treasures. The whole shape is simple and unique.
"You can play the pipa. Please play it for me someday. I want to listen to 'House of Flying Daggers'." Jiang Changning said in a low voice.
The Princess of Dewang laughed, "You are so murderous."
"I want to be more elegant. Is it okay for me to listen to "Highbrow Music"?"
"Okay, when we can have a banquet, I'll host a musical instrument concert to make friends through music. By the way, what instrument do you play?"
"I can play the piano." Jiang Changning can also play the pipa and the flute, but there is no need to say that.
"Do you know what musical instrument the Zhaofu Club plays?"
Jiang Changning thought for a moment and said, "Could it be a suona?"
"Pretty much. She can play the drums."
"Then I must see it some other day."
As the two were talking, Gao Yanyun appeared again.
I suddenly felt dizzy, then turned off the computer and went to bed, forgetting to save it. Well, half of the manuscript was lost.
(End of this chapter)