Concubine's Survival Handbook

Chapter 493 Bidding
"Guest officers, there are three books that are going to be auctioned. The first book is how to do business, the second book is how to obtain fame, and the third book is the complete collection of medicinal herbs. There is only one of these three books in this world, so the one with the highest price Yes." A middle-aged man on the stage said.

Xiao Yuan is not interested in the first two books. The only thing she is interested in is the latter book, The Encyclopedia of Herbs. Although Mr. Baicao taught her how to identify some herbs, she still doesn't recognize some of them.

During the auction of the first two books, Xiao Yuan sat on a chair and ate sunflower seeds boredly. Xia Longyu was very helpless at the side. The bidding time for the first book was so long that Xiao Yuan fell asleep directly.

Xia Longyu had been watching the auction with relish, until he heard the sound of snoring in his ears, he turned his head in doubt, and saw Xiao Yuan sleeping soundly, and even snoring.

When he saw Xiao Yuan like this, he twitched the corner of his mouth and smiled.

Xia Longyu, who was usually seen by the people present, never smiled, and always had a serious face. Until today, everyone was surprised when they saw him smile. Many women were moved when they saw his smile.

But Xia Longyu only had eyes for Xiao Yuan who was sleeping soundly.

"Okay, now is the last book of medicinal herbs, and the asking price is 100 taels of gold." The voice of the auctioneer came from the front.

Xia Longyu just wanted to wake Xiao Yuan up, but saw the crystal clear liquid flow out from the corner of her mouth.

Seeing this, people around whispered disgustedly about Xiao Yuan, but the latter was fast asleep and didn't hear anything.

A woman, it's fine to doze off outside, but she's still drooling, she doesn't look like that at all.

Xia Longyu shook his head helplessly, and stretched out his hand to help her wipe away the drool. This was the first time he did this, and his movements were a little blunt, which woke Xiao Yuan up.

"Huh? What's the matter?" Xiao Yuan opened her big eyes and innocently looked at the hand in front of her, which still had faint traces of water on it.

Xia Longyu stretched his hands back into his sleeves and said, "The auction has started, so I wake you up."

Hearing this, Xiao Yuan blushed, and only then did she notice that she had fallen asleep, "Then where is the auction now?"

"500 taels." The bidding price of Herb Daquan has gone from 100 taels to 500 taels, but the price keeps going up, until when the price is 1 taels of gold, the number of people bidding for the price gradually decreases.

Xia Longyu didn't speak all the time, he was waiting for the last person, and then started shouting, otherwise everything before would be a waste of words.

In the end, there was only one person left to shout, and the price was set at 5 taels of gold.

Just when everyone thought the book would be sold at a price of 5 taels, Xia Longyu's cold voice came out, "6 taels."

6 taels? !As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes turned to this side.

"7 million taels."

"Eighty thousand."

"9 million taels."

"One hundred thousand."

It was a woman who shouted to Xia Longyu, a beautiful woman, with jet-black hair that reached to her waist like a waterfall, and her face like a peach blossom, with an aura all over her body, Xiao Yuan was also stunned.

The woman gritted her teeth and raised her hand to shout, but was stopped by the man next to her. In the end, the woman could only stare at Xia Longyu and Xiao Yuan bitterly.

The last book of medicinal herbs was sold to Xia Longyu for 10 taels of gold, but Xia Longyu didn't even read it, and gave it to Xiao Yuan directly.

Because of this incident, everyone in the Xia Kingdom knew that the Jade King spent thousands of dollars for a woman, and he didn't even frown. Everyone became more curious about the woman around him.

Looking at the encyclopedia of medicinal herbs worth 10 taels of gold in her hand, Xiao Yuan suddenly felt a little sorry in her heart. She looked at Xia Longyu and said softly: "Xia Longyu, you have cost me..."

"It's okay, I have money." Xia Longyu grinned, revealing her white teeth.

This smile directly shook Xiao Yuan's heart, she put the whole collection of herbs on her chest, her heart was warm, except for her family, it was Xia Longyu who treated her so well.

After the auction, Xia Longyu also picked some books from the Chenxiang Pavilion and went back, planning to read them in his spare time.

Xia Longyu asked his servants to bring all the books back to the palace. He looked at Xiao Yuan who was tired from shopping, and took her directly to Mingxiang Pavilion for dinner.

Ningguo.

"King Lin, the Southern Kingdom sent a princess to the Xia Kingdom." Xi Jiu stood beside Xiao Lin and reported.

According to the news from the spies, the princess of the Southern Kingdom wants to marry the Xia Kingdom, but no suitable candidate has been found yet.

After listening to Xi Jiu's words, Xiao Lin murmured: "Nanguo."

Nanguo has nothing to do with Ningguo, and there is no war between the two countries, so Xiao Lin has never understood what kind of country Nanguo is.

It is said that the queen of the Xia Kingdom was originally a princess of the Southern Kingdom. I don't know if this news is true or not.

Originally, Xiao Lin didn't pay attention to the news of Xia Guo, if it wasn't because Xiao Yuan was still in Xia Guo, he wouldn't care about these small countries.

"I asked you to check Yuan'er's news, did you find it?" Xiao Lin asked, and now he wants to confirm where Xiao Yuan is. trouble.

Xi Jiu lowered his head and said: "The subordinates are still investigating, and there is no news from the spies sent out."

Xiao Lin nodded and remained silent. It had been so many days, it was useless for him to worry.

"Wang, why don't I go to Xia Guo in person!" Le'er, who had been silent at the side, said, his face was calm, but his heart was suffering. He wished to go to Xia Guo to find the murderer immediately, and then kill him. Piece!

Xiao Lin knew the purpose of Le'er's visit this time, "Le'er, I know what you're thinking, but Ningguo still needs you. As for the murderer, I've already asked someone to investigate."

Although Ningguo is now considered a big country, the country is peaceful and the people are peaceful, but there are still a few grains of mouse feces in a pot of porridge, and there are not many trustworthy people around Xiao Lin, or there are not many people he can trust.

Le'er is still young, and there are many emotions that may not be able to be controlled. Xiao Lin now keeps Le'er in Ningguo, one is for the sake of the country, and the other is because he is afraid that Leer will go to Xiaguo and find out something at that time. lost his life.

Xiao Rin felt sorry for Jing Ning for not protecting Prime Minister Zheng's family, and he felt even more guilty for not protecting Le'er's only family member.

Sometimes, he really wants to kill the damned people directly, but now he is the king of a country, and there are many things that cannot be done by his temper.

Le'er is also a wise person, he understood Xiao Lin's words and what Xiao Lin meant when he moved his mind.

The so-called revenge of a gentleman, ten years is not too late, every time Le Er wanted to abandon everything and go to Xia Guo to kill the murderer, she would comfort herself like this.

"I understand. If there is nothing else, I will leave first." Le'er's body looked very weak in front of Xiao Lin.

"Yeah." Xiao Lin took a deep look at Le'er's expressionless face.

(End of this chapter)