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Chapter 89 Bright Star - Moissanite
No matter what these people think in their hearts, everyone who came today had a happy face.

The person presiding over the auction today is Xiao Xizi, who is close to Emperor Yonghui. Although he is not a high-ranking eunuch, he is also a well-known figure.

Everyone in Beijing knows Xiao Xizi. Even if they don’t know him, they will find an opportunity to get to know him.

Emperor Yonghui usually likes to entrust him with matters outside the palace, such as delivering a message to someone or announcing an imperial decree.

He appeared at the auction today and was the one who hosted the auction. His deterrent effect was quite great.

Xiao Xizi walked onto the stage with a kind and humble smile on his face, and looked around the venue without losing his smile.

"Hello everyone! We are here today because of the support of Prince Fu. The prince said that our name is festive and our smiles are festive. Every guest is happy to see us, so the prince chose us to host today's auction."

"It is a great blessing for our family to be liked by the prince. When we heard that the prince wanted someone, we came here happily."

Xiao Xizi's mouth was as sweet as honey, full of nice words.

"I'm sure you all don't like us wasting time here, so I won't waste your time any more, let's get to the real stuff!"

At this time, a maid brought up a small box on a tray. It was a small red box used to hold diamond rings in modern times. Because the box was small, only the front half of the person could see the box, and the back half could not be seen clearly.

Whether you can see it or not, everyone knows that this is a small thing. Everyone is confused, why is the first item to be auctioned so small?

You know, in an auction, the first and last items are usually the best. The first item, needless to say, everyone likes to have a good start, and the last item is the finale.

Today is even more special. Today's auction puts the rich and powerful together with the merchants. The merchants certainly don't dare to compete with the rich and powerful for things. So there is an unwritten rule that the first item must belong to the rich and powerful, and the last item must belong to the merchants. The rich and powerful generally won't break this rule.

So the first lot today must be the most expensive of all the lots. Then the question is, this small box is also a piece of jewelry, and it is a single item, not a set.

It would make sense if the first lot was a set of jewelry, but such a small box could not possibly be a set of jewelry.

Could it be that Xiao Xizi made a mistake? Then everyone denied this speculation. Even if they made a mistake, it couldn't be that Xiao Xizi made a mistake. If someone could come in and out of His Majesty's side for more than ten years and make a mistake about this question, he would have died countless times.

Xiao Xizi held the box in his hands, gently opened the lid, took a look, and closed the box again with a "click".

"Eunuch Xi! Is there something wrong with the item?" someone asked from the audience at this time.

"There's nothing wrong with the stuff." Xiao Xizi sighed and said, "It's our fault."

"I thought that with our thick skin, we could handle this auction, but it turned out to be a problem for us right from the start."

"This is a piece of jewelry, a very beautiful piece of jewelry, but my clumsy hands are not worthy of the beauty of this jewelry."

Xiao Xizi looked around the stage and said, "We want to invite a beautiful lady to show off its beauty. Oh! There are so many beautiful ladies today, we are overwhelmed by the choices."

"Miss that is wearing light blue clothes, could you please come and show us these jewelry?" Xiao Xizi asked politely.

"You are the closest to our home." Xiao Xizi added.

In fact, as long as Xiao Xizi invites, few people will refuse.

Sure enough, the young lady walked onto the stage with grace and grace. Xiao Xizi waved to the young lady to come over, and using the table as a barrier, Xiao Xizi quietly put the ring on the young lady's finger.

When the young lady first saw the dazzling diamond ring, she was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth: "Ah! It's so beautiful!"

She had always been secretive, and this time the lady who was invited to the stage looked so surprised, she didn't seem to be faking it, which aroused everyone's curiosity.

Xiao Xizi said: "This lady is so surprised that she cried out, do you want to see what kind of treasure it is?"

"want!"

"Yes!" "What is it?"

Xiao Xizi said: "Just look if you want to, don't blink!"

Then Xiao Xizi grabbed the young lady's hand and held it up for everyone to see.

At that moment, all you can see is the dazzling light shining from that delicate hand. Especially people far away can only see the dazzling light.

"Miss, could you please show it to everyone so that everyone can see it clearly?" Xiao Xizi said.

The lady walked back and forth along the middle corridor.

I have to say that Tang Qiao has put a lot of thought into this. The lights in the corridor and on the stage are the brightest. Under the lights, the moissanite emits a dazzling glow.

It is indeed a gem that shines brighter than diamonds. Many people have forgotten that hand and that ring, but still remember that touch of brilliance.

As the lady in blue walked around, sounds of “Wow!” and “Oh wow!” could be heard one after another in the hall.

This lady was actually specially found by Tang Qiao. During this period, beauties with slim and graceful figure were popular in the Ming Dynasty, and such beauties simply could not support such a large ring face.

It is not easy to select such a beautiful woman with a round face, tall figure and good looks from a powerful family. It is really not easy.

"Eunuch Xi, does this ring have a name?" someone asked from the audience.

"It doesn't have a name yet. The recipient of the treasure will need to give it a name later." Xiaoxi said.

The tall beauty walked back and put the ring back into the box.

Xiao Xizi held the box in his hand and said, "This gem was obtained by the prince from a distant place. It was not easy to obtain. The starting price is 5000 taels. You can make an offer now."

In fact, the price Tang Qiao offered him was two thousand taels, but seeing that the market was so heated, he directly raised it to 5000 taels.

In any case, the emperor has to give face. For such a long time since the disaster, there has been no riot among the people, and no one has starved to death since the disaster relief. It has to be said that Emperor Yonghui's governing ability is still very strong.

No one dares to get into trouble at this time. People say that extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Since it has been said, you don't need to test whether it can be done.

So everyone's enthusiasm is still very high.

"Six thousand taels!"

"Seven thousand taels!"

"Eight thousand taels!"

……

The price quoted had already exceeded 10,000 taels. At this time, an old voice rang out in the hall: "I am here to ask for good luck, so I will quote 11,800 taels!"

When Xiao Xizi heard the quote and looked at the person who made the quote, he thought that was basically it.

"Madam Fu's offer is 11,800 taels. Is there a higher price?"

He asked three times in total, but there was no response at the scene. In the end, the first moissanite was bought by Madam Fu.

"Please give me a name, old lady!"

"Then let's call it the Star of Light! What our Ming Dynasty needs is light."