Expensive marriage: The concubine is begging for peace again today

Chapter 99 Treasure Hunt
The next day, Jiang Changning changed into plain clothes, took silk gold, and followed King Jin to the Palace of King Baling to express his condolences.

When we arrived outside the palace of Prince Baling, we saw that the festive objects of the new year were replaced by white cloth and white lanterns.

The servant guarding the door also wore a white filial cloth around his waist.

King Jin and Jiang Changning got out of the carriage, and the servants went inside to report: "Prince Jin and Concubine Jin came to the house to express their condolences!"

Prince Baling's son and the second son greeted each other, greeted each other, and led them to the mourning hall to offer incense.

After the salute was lit, King Jin stayed in the hall, while Jiang Changning was invited to the inner hall by the concubine Shizi.

Although the palace of Prince Baling was having a funeral, it was in order and there was no panic at all. From this we can see the ability of the concubine to be a housekeeper.

But no matter how capable a person is, there will always be negligence.

Taking advantage of the concubine's refueling, Mrs. Jiang came up to Jiang Changning, "Sister-in-law Wang is really busy. I have sent letters to the mansion several times, and Mrs. Wang has no time to see me. I miss Mrs. Wang." .”

Jiang Changning also admired Jiang's thick skin. To such a person, tact is not enough, "You and I don't know each other well, there is nothing to see."

"Sister-in-law Wang said this, you know a lot, and you will get acquainted sooner or later."

"Concubine Baling died of illness. You should thank guests behind closed doors and observe filial piety at home. If you break the rules, you will be punished by the family law of your ancestors."

What else did Jiang want to say, the imperial concubine came back after refueling, "Sister and sister, little girl is crying, you should go and have a look."

Xiao Nizi is the eldest daughter of Mrs. Jiang and the second son, who has just turned one year old.

"Crying again. I know how to cry and cry all day long. A one-year-old person can't speak clearly. Raising a pig can be slaughtered and eaten. I don't know what's the use of raising her." Jiang cursed and left.

The concubine made an apology to Jiang Changning on Jiang's behalf, "My brother and sister are a bit confused, Mrs. Wang has a lot of people, please ignore her, what she said is not pleasant, Mrs. Wang should scold and reprimand her."

Jiang Changning smiled, "It's hard for you to have such a younger brother and sister."

The concubine Shizi smiled wryly, but it was not difficult for her.

The mother-in-law is weak and sick and can't manage the house. As a sister-in-law, she can't take care of her brother-in-law's marriage. It's really sad that my brother-in-law came back after marrying such a thing.

King Jin and his wife stayed in Baling Palace for a cup of tea, and then they left.

The son and concubine sent the two of them out, and there was an announcement from the servants outside the door, "Prince Yu and Concubine Yu came to the house to express their condolences."

"Cousin of King Jin, sister-in-law." King Yu bowed his hands in salute.

"Cousin of King Yu, brother and sister." King Jin was still able to salute.

Jiang Changning and Zhao Xifang slightly bent their knees, looked up for a moment, looked at each other, and looked away at the same time.

After passing by, Zhao Xifang suddenly turned her head and looked at Jiang Changning's slender back. She would definitely catch her.

At the door, King Jin said politely: "Please stay."

"Go slowly." Prince Baling's son wanted to go in to greet Prince Yu and his wife, and stopped as he said.

After getting into the carriage, King Jin smiled and said, "Everyone has come out, shall we go treasure hunting?"

"What treasure are you looking for? Betting on stones?" Jiang Changning asked.

King Jin was surprised, "Ning Ning also knows how to bet on stones?"

"It's as if I'm so ignorant. When I was seven years old, I went to gamble with my father on stones, and spent 100 taels of silver to bet on a top-quality emerald." Jiang Changning raised his eyebrows triumphantly.

Jin Wang laughed, he could let a seven-year-old girl spend 100 taels of silver to gamble on stones. His father-in-law, who had never met, was also a person who loved his daughter to the extreme.

When I got to the place, I spent ten Wen and bought a sign.

The sign reads: One Land.

Looking at the tall wooden box on the field, Jiang Changning frowned slightly, and asked questioningly: "There will be treasures in this box?"

"Someone once found Huang Jucai's "Mountain Partridge and Sparrow Picture" in the box, someone else got the Beiye Burmese scripture, and someone got the white porcelain engraved flower injection bowl from the previous dynasty."

"The owner of the box, don't you know there are these treasures in it? It's so cheap."

"If you know it, you won't sell it cheap." King Jin laughed.

Also, if you know that something is worth thousands of gold, you will definitely be willing to sell it cheaply.

"Who are the owners of this box?" Jiang Changning asked curiously.

"A group of people with no vision and no fortune." King Jin laughed.

Jiang Changning nodded with a smile, "Indeed."

This time, the owner of the treasure hunting place put out a total of ten large boxes, about five feet seven inches high, five feet seven inches wide, and six feet five inches long.

A small window was opened, and it was possible to see that it was full of things.

But at first glance, it's worthless.

"This treasure hunt is similar to gambling on stones. It all depends on experience, eyesight, and some luck." Jiang Changning commented.

A toothman came to the stage and knocked on the wooden box with a mallet, "The base price of the first box is five taels of silver, and the price will be increased by no less than one tael of silver every time."

Jiang Changning raised his eyebrows, and brought an auction.

It was cold for a while, and then someone shouted the price. After a while, the box was called 12 taels of silver.

No one raised the price anymore, and the Yaman asked several times in a row, and seeing that no one raised the price, he asked: "The NO.20 customer took the picture of this box. May I ask the customer to inspect the goods now, and send the box away?"

"Give me the lock, first lock it and put it aside, I'll take another look." The man with the No.20 card said richly.

The dental man knocked on another box, "For the second box, the base price is seven taels of silver, and each time the price increases, it will not be less than one tael of silver. Start bidding."

Jiang Changning was not in a hurry to pat the box, but kept observing.

King Jin stayed by her side without urging her.

On the seventh box, Jiang Changning seemed to see the scroll through the gap, and whispered: "Yong Zhou, I want to take pictures of this box."

"Okay, let's shoot." King Jin raised his sign and raised the price continuously.

The man who patted the first box had been competing with King Jin. It was fine to stare at King Jin, but he kept looking at Jiang Changning.

King Jin didn't care about being stared at, and he didn't care about bidding with him, since it was a bidding, of course the highest bidder.

But when Jiang Changning was watched, King Jin was very upset and made a gesture.

"50 taels." King Jin once again raised his placard to make an offer.

The man wanted to increase the price, and Cao Jiang who walked up to him grabbed his arm, "Brother, go out and have a chat."

"I'm not going, what are you. Mmm." The man was covered and dragged out.

The Yaren knew Cao Jiang and knew that he was working with the nobleman. Seeing the man being dragged away, he remained indifferent and continued to ask, "No one has increased the price yet? No one has increased the price. This box belongs to the customer of No. [-]."

Jiang Changning noticed it and didn't dissuade her. The man looked at her with lust, which she didn't like.

If it wasn't for the guards around her to stop her, the man would have squeezed over and teased her.

The box was photographed, but it was not inspected on the spot, but transported back to the palace for inspection.

Take out all the things in the box and put them in the side hall.

Jiang Changning first went to look at the scroll, and unfolded the painting, which showed broken branches of pine, bamboo, and plum.

The ink pen draws the plum branches full of flowers and buds, interlaced and intertwined with star-like pine needles and ink-shadow-like bamboo leaves.

They are slanted across the center of the picture, the gray of the pine needles and the black of the bamboo set off the white of the plum blossoms.

The whole picture is beautiful in pen and ink, clean and elegant, full of interest.

"Yong Zhou, come and see, I seem to have bought a treasure!" Jiang Changning shouted in surprise.

(End of this chapter)