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Chapter 163 True and False Red Coral
  "There is indeed something." Shen Zhuoxi took Wei Zhiting's hand and said, "To be precise, I have something I need your help with."
  "Just say it." Wei Zhiting agreed and said, "You have helped me so much. As long as I can do anything, I will definitely help you!"
  "It's nothing else." Shen Zhuoxi looked around and whispered: "There is something scandalous in the house. It is a family scandal that should not be made public, but it involves too much and has to be dealt with."
  Wei Zhiting understood, and immediately sent all the unimportant people in the room away, saying, "What is it?"
  "The congratulatory gift that Madam sent to Prince Yu's Mansion was a gold-plated fake." Shen Zhuoxi sighed, "My grandmother was both shocked and angry when she found out. "
  "On second thought, I thought that the eldest lady was so bold. I was worried that the goods she sent to other houses were also fakes. If someone discovered them, wouldn't the Taishi Mansion be embarrassed?"
  "The eldest lady of Taishi Mansion has always been famous for her virtuous nature. How could she do such an unmeasured thing?" Wei Zhiting asked in surprise: "She even dared to fake what she sent to Prince Yu's Mansion!"
  Speaking of this, she suddenly thought of something and said: "Second Young Lady came here to ask about the gift from the Grand Master's Palace to Zuo Xiang's Palace?"
  "Yes." Shen Zhuoxi nodded and said, "If it's convenient, don't let anyone know."
  "It's not difficult. All the account books in and out of the house are in the hands of my grandmother." Wei Zhiting thought for a while and said: "I want to give you a wedding as an excuse, so I came to take a look."
  Shen Zhuoxi nodded and said, "Sorry to trouble you."
  "It's a small matter." Wei Zhiting stood up and said, "You sit here for a while, I'll be back soon."
  Shen Zhuoxi didn't wait long before Wei Zhiting came back in a hurry. He walked too fast and spoke with uneven breath: "I found it. A few years ago, my grandmother had a birthday. The Imperial Palace gave her a red coral to celebrate her birthday."
  "Red coral, it shouldn't be fake!"
  "Not necessarily." Shen Zhuoxi paused and asked, "Where is the red coral statue now?"
  "It's in the small Buddhist hall in the backyard." Wei Zhiting said: "Grandma said that the red coral statue has excellent color and is suitable to be placed in front of the Buddha. It has been placed there since it was sent from the Taishi Mansion."
  It is true that red coral cannot be faked, but natural red coral is rare, especially if it can be made into ornaments, and the price cannot be cheap.
  Shen Zhuoxi felt that Yu Qinglian could not be so generous and said, "Can you take me to see it?"
  "Yes, but you have to hurry up." Wei Zhiting glanced at the sun outside and said, "Before lunch, grandma went back to the Buddhist hall to burn incense. It would be difficult to explain if she encountered someone."
  The two of them went to the Buddhist temple in the backyard from the path. The temple was not big, but it was very neat and filled with a faint scent of sandalwood.
  As soon as you enter, you can see red coral placed in front of the Buddha statue.
  The sunlight from the window came in and fell on the table, making the red coral look very beautiful.
  "Look, this red color is so authentic, it doesn't look like a fake." Wei Zhiting pointed at the red coral and said, "Grandma likes it so much that she sends someone to scrub it every day."
  Shen Zhuoxi felt something was wrong at a glance and didn't say anything. He took a closer look and said, "It's really fake!"
  "Ah?" Wei Zhiting was full of doubts. She picked up the red coral with both hands and looked at it carefully, and said, "How do you know?"
  "Authentic red coral is crystal clear under the sun, and it has a light-transmitting feeling. Look at this." Shen Zhuoxi pointed at the top branch of the red coral and said, "Logically speaking, this is the thinnest place."
  "But even the thinnest part has no light transmission, don't you think it's strange?"
  The red coral ornament was very heavy, and Wei Zhiting had a hard time holding it. She looked at the sun carefully and then put it back in place: "It's true, it's not transparent at all!"
  "Besides, there is one more thing." Shen Zhuoxi took out his purse, pointed at the red color on it, and said, "Look, is this color more positive than red coral?"
  Wei Zhiting couldn't tell, so she compared it and said, "It's a little bit. In comparison, the color on the red coral is very lifeless."
  "That's right. Really natural red coral has vivid colors, while this one is dull and dull." Shen Zhuoxi smiled: "There are also textures. Red corals have natural textures."
  "Speaking of texture." Wei Zhiting remembered something and said, "My grandmother once praised it, saying that this red coral is a whole piece without any lines at all, and it is of top quality."
  "It's impossible to have no lines at all." Shen Zhuoxi already knew what it was and said, "Unless this red coral is painted."
  "Bring it out?" Wei Zhiting didn't seem to understand.
  Shen Zhuoxi explained: "Red coral is rare, but white coral is plentiful. To get a high price, many people will paint the white coral red and then bake it to pass it off as red coral."
  "This one is exactly like this. Generally, laymen can't see it, and naturally they can't tell the difference."
  "So that's it!" Wei Zhiting admired Shen Zhuoxi even more: "Then how did you see it?"
  There were a lot of these things in the Valley of Divine Doctors before, and Shen Zhuoxi also collected two of them, so he knew it.
  She couldn't explain it, so she used the previous reason to excuse it: "I read it in a book."
  "There is a golden house in the book." Wei Zhiting said with emotion: "It's the same as reading a book. You are knowledgeable and understand everything, even medical skills. I am stupid and only know some sour poems."
  "Miss Wei, please don't belittle yourself. Your talent is well-known in the capital list." Shen Zhuoxi said quickly: "Didn't you say that your grandmother might come over?"
  "Yes." Wei Zhiting finally remembered and said, "Let's leave here first."
  On the way back to Wei Zhiting's courtyard, she couldn't help but say: "You should not be judged by appearance. Your eldest lady is really brave. The people she gives gifts to are not small families, but she actually gets them all defective!"
  "What if she meets a knowledgeable person who exposes her? How can she still gain a foothold among the ladies of Shengdu?"
  Shen Zhuoxi had thought of this problem just now. She thought about it carefully and said: "The gifts are not given separately. Just because we are not a small family, when there are many people, no one will take them apart and look at them at the time. They will be returned together." In the warehouse."
  "Moreover, the gifts she gave were things that the owner didn't understand or didn't like. For example, the golden sword she sent to Prince Yu's Mansion. Because of Prince Yu's identity, the golden sword was destined to lie in the warehouse without ever seeing the light of day. People found out.”
  "She must have asked about it before giving it to you. No one in Zuo Xiang's house understands red coral. It's not the most precious if it's mixed in a gift, and no one will notice it."
  Wei Zhiting also felt that it made sense: "This is the only possibility. The eldest lady has gone to great lengths to exchange things. Is it because she wants to gain personal gain from it?"
  "Yes, for example, red coral and white coral are both corals." Shen Zhuoxi gave an example: "But because red coral is rare, the price is almost ten times that of white coral."
  "White coral can be bought for fifty taels of silver, but red coral costs five hundred taels. She reported it to the Grand Master's Mansion, and the entire difference of 450 taels went into her pocket."
  "Tsk, tsk." Wei Zhiting said with emotion: "Madam, this move is really powerful, and it all costs a lot of money. You must have made a lot of money this way over the years! What are your plans next?"
  (End of this chapter)