The daily life of the little princess of the royal group

Chapter 164 Buying a casket, therefore buying pearls

When Mingyue returned to her bedroom, she was already sweating profusely. After taking a shower, she saw the tidy desk and felt very comfortable.

"Thank you so much, Aunt Yunying!"

"It's my duty."

Finally, Mingyue decided to reply to Xu Yan. Although he might be unhappy, she still had to make it clear. She also replied to the others.

Then she opened the bundle sent by Wen Xun. Inside was a wooden carving of a small koi fish, and a note attached, which seemed to be written by Wen Zhi: Zhi has gone to Jiangnan to recuperate, I hope the princess is in good health.

For some reason, Mingyue's hands felt weak and the note floated to the ground.

He left? Why didn't anyone tell me?

Is he going to Jiangnan to recuperate? Is his illness serious?

Will there be a chance to come back again?

...

Taotao and Zhizhi didn't know why Mingyue was unhappy again, so they pointed at the little koi next to them, trying to divert Mingyue's attention.

"Wow! Miss, is this koi real?"

“It seems real!”

"Miss, we can also make a pendant to hang on your purse!"

Only then did Mingyue notice the small wooden sculpture next to it. Although it was only half the size of a child's hand, it was vivid and even painted. It was a fat koi carp with golden light.

Maybe it was because she thought of her chubby self, but Mingyue laughed out loud.

"Okay! Find the best craftsman to thread it onto a tassel and use it as a pendant! I want to wear it every day!"

Then he opened Liu Guiren's letter. This letter was written by two people. It was obvious at a glance that when Liu Guiren wrote it, Lin Siyu was right beside him, and they both competed to write it.

"Sister Mingyue, I'm Brother Liu!"

"Sister Princess, I'm Second Brother Lin!"

"Sister Mingyue, ignore Lin Siyu, the dumbest, with the ugliest handwriting and the fattest. I wrote this letter first."

"Sister Princess, don't listen to him, this..."

For the first time, Mingyue felt that a piece of paper was noisy...

The two of them were arguing for a long time, and finally stopped abruptly by saying, "When are we going to come out and play? Lin Siyu's family has opened a new antique shop!"

It was finally quiet.

Mingyue pinched her wrist and muttered, "Writing is so tiring."

Yunying smiled but said nothing. These few words were all written in a dog-like manner. Only her daughter could write like this.

As for Zhizhi and Taotao, these two lackeys, they naturally said - "Oh, Miss, you have worked hard!"

"Miss, you are awesome. You wrote so much today!"

"Miss, you've made progress again! You should reward yourself with a chicken drumstick today!"

Mingyue was lost in such praise...

But she still had a little bit of common sense: "The day after tomorrow, let's go to the antique shop!"

The two little girls cheered! The young lady is finally willing to go out!

"Aunt Yunying, remember to prepare a fatter purse for me!"

Yunying smiled and replied, "Yes."

Then he called out to the young eunuch who was sitting at the door drinking tea, "Little Mazi!"

Hearing this, the pony hurriedly put down his teacup and stumbled in from the doorway, "The pony is here! Master, please speak!"

"Do you know anyone in this palace who is good at collecting and appreciating antiques?"

Xiao Mazi thought for a moment and looked at Mingyue. "My Lord, that Minister Wen is actually quite powerful."

"Ah? Lord Wen? You're not talking about Wen Xun's father, are you?"

"Yes, it is said that Lord Wen's appraisal of treasures was a popular topic in the capital."

The master and servants became interested. "Little Ma, you're not much older than us, how come you know so much?"

"Oh, these are all things I heard from the eunuchs when I was serving them."

Mingyue nodded, expecting him to continue.

Little Ma Zi, like a storyteller, even took up a fan and slammed the table, "Thinking back to the days, Lord Wen was just an editor in the Hanlin Academy. One day, he was strolling on the street and came across a vendor selling pearls."

"Lord Wen immediately became interested and came forward to ask, 'How much is this pearl? I want to buy it for my wife.'

The vendor saw that Mr. Wen was dressed like a nobleman and asked for fifty taels of silver.

Lord Wen waved his hand and said, "I don't want it. It's too expensive. I only took one or two taels of silver with me when I went out."

The vendor hadn't expected to make much money. These pearls weren't actually pearls, just broken stones. Seeing he'd been taken advantage of, he acted like he'd lost a lot and said, "Well, since you're really serious about it, I'll give you one ounce of silver and take it!"

"Brother, I bought your pearls but I don't have money to buy the packaging. Can you give me the box as well?"

The vendor took the silver and smiled with his teeth showing. One ounce of silver was enough to buy the whole stall. He didn't care about anything else and said, "Take it away, take it away; take it all away!"

Lord Wen: "Look carefully, we have already paid for the goods!"

Vendor: "Yes! Yes! Yes! You bought it voluntarily, so you can't return it."

The two of them were like this, afraid that the other would find out that they had taken advantage of each other, so one of them closed up his stall, and the other one slipped away.

At that time, many colleagues who had resigned from the same job looked at Lord Wen with a smile, saying that he didn't even know what pearls were and had bought a defective product. He would probably be beaten by Mrs. Wen when he got home.

But the next day they couldn't laugh anymore. Lord Wen cleaned the box containing the beads and presented it to the late emperor.

Well, guess what! Unexpectedly, this box is made of a long-lost star wood, and now it is worth at least 500,000 taels.

To buy something worth five hundred thousand taels with one tael of silver is truly incredible!

Everyone praised Lord Wen for his keen eye for identifying the box! This clearly shows that Lord Wen is quite knowledgeable about ancient things.

Mingyue thought, this story is so familiar, isn't it just another case of buying the casket and returning the pearl? It's just right to ask Lord Wen! He's an acquaintance! He's trustworthy!

While he was thinking about it, he sent a letter to Lord Wen. The letter returned to his desk a short while later, with a big "proof" written on it and an exclamation mark imitating Mingyue's.

Mr. Wen: Ah, I don't know what this lever is, but it looks cute when it speaks! Let's learn it!

He had originally planned to visit this newly opened antique shop during his day off the day after tomorrow. It was said that it had many Western items.

So, the old man and the young boy reached a consensus. That night he returned home and happily stayed in the study until midnight before returning to his room.

It made Mrs. Wen think that something had happened to him.