The prince's personal bodyguard

As the scene unfolded, everyone was stunned.

What a beautiful painting of “Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix”!

The phoenix stands on one foot on the rockery. Magnolia, peony, and plum blossoms are in full bloom! Green pines and gurgling streams! The composition of the painting is well-organized, and the birds echo each other. The colors are bright and eye-catching, and everything is lifelike. It seems that you can hear the gurgling water and the melodious birdsong in the forest! People who are close can also smell the soothing fragrance of the sunken wood!

The whole picture exudes a feeling of peace and joy.

This is the stunning work "A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" which took Gushan Jushi three years to complete!

Mr. Nan Huai-Chin, who was previously praised by scholars, also stretched his neck to see it and exclaimed: "Wonderful, wonderful! We have learned a lot! We have learned a lot!"

This painting is the product of Bai Xinyin's combination of modern techniques and classical methods.

It is a bit of a hype to say that this painting took three years to complete. In fact, it took more than a year. Bai Xinyin started learning to paint when she was very young in her previous life. She has a mother who is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is also very talented. This painting is ahead of the contemporary in terms of painting skills and is also unique. Yaowang Valley is picturesque with many birds. Bai Xinyin is very good at painting it, and it is lifelike.

The auction house used the child's painting as a prelude, which further highlighted the extraordinary nature of the painting. It has to be said that the people at the auction house are very good at planning, and the title of the world's number one auction house is not undeserved.

"The starting price is five hundred thousand taels of silver!" Man Niang's shouting interrupted the crowd's fascination with the painting.

"Six hundred thousand taels!" someone shouted immediately.

"Seven hundred thousand taels!" Follow up.

"Eight hundred thousand taels!"

"I'll give you ninety."

"One million taels!" A middle-aged man's voice came from the box on the second floor.

"Two million taels!" A bid was shouted from a box in the southeast corner of the third floor, and the whole auction house suddenly heard bidding sounds one after another.

Just now the price was increasing by hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands, but when the price was announced to be 2 million, many people lost interest.

"Two and a half million taels! Oh no, two and a half million taels!" Perhaps because they thought two hundred and fifty didn't sound good, someone in the box in the southwest corner of the third floor shouted.

Qingdai, Nanfeng and others were sitting in the box in the southwest corner. Qingdai had basically recovered after the master's treatment, but she was worried about these people and insisted on coming with them. The voice just now was Nanxing's. They came only for the Kunlun Mountain Resurrection Grass, and they were afraid that the prince would not be able to help, and if the money could not keep up, they would get it themselves. The master said that you should never rely on others, and it is most reliable to rely on yourself.

"Are you going to bid or not?" In the south box, Crown Prince Zhao Hongwen and Fifth Prince Zhao Hongtai were discussing whether they should make a move or not. This price was about the same as what they had budgeted.

Both of them are the Queen's sons. They heard that Gushan Jushi's calligraphy and paintings would be exhibited at the auction. The end of April was the Queen Mother's 70th birthday, so the two of them came here to bid for the painting in order to please the Queen Mother.

Just as they were hesitating, a price of three million taels was called out in the southeast corner of the third floor.

"Go see who's in that box?"

"Your Highness, it's Prince Rong." The guard came to report later.

The prince gasped. Other people might give him face, but he wouldn't dare to do that with Prince Rong, a figure like the god of war who even his father had to give way to.

"Three million and one hundred thousand taels!" Look at the prince's ability.

"Four million taels!" the other side shouted again, and the rest of the people stared with wide eyes, a painting was about to be sold at a sky-high price.

"Four million and one hundred thousand taels!" The Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince shouted with gritted teeth. If the price went up again, they decided to give up.

"Four million and one hundred thousand taels at a time!"

"Four million and ten thousand taels twice!" The deal was about to be done.

"Five million taels!" The gentleman in the southwest corner, who seemed to have just woken up, shouted out this price when he was about to make the final decision.

The "Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" that the prince has set his sights on is really about to fly away.

"Ten million taels!" The southeast corner shouted out a sky-high price again. Everyone stared with wide eyes, as if dumbfounded.

"Ten million taels at a time!"

"Ten million two times!"

"Ten million two or three times!"

"Deal!" The hammer sealed the deal. "Congratulations to the Wealth Hall on the third floor for acquiring this stunning piece!" Man Niang's voice echoed over the auction house.

Then many precious calligraphy and paintings were auctioned. A hairpin-shaped calligraphy by Gu Shan Jushi was bought by the Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince for three million yuan. If they couldn't present it to the Empress Dowager, they could present it to the Emperor. The Emperor liked Gu Shan Jushi's hairpin-shaped calligraphy and had tried to find it many times but failed. Finally, the trip was worthwhile.

By noon, the items being auctioned at the auction house were all bought by different people. Mu Yunxiao also won the "Shen Hou Bing Fa" and gave it to Mr. Nan Huaijin, and gave a piece of the best white jade to Mr. Xuansu.

Young Master Feng Jiu was still pointing and gesturing at first, but Mu Yunxiao thought he was too noisy and pressed his mute point, and he just stood there gesturing. If he hadn't seen his father there, he would have jumped out long ago.

Until the very end, no Kunlun Mountain Resurrection Grass was seen. As the auction ended, Bai Xinyin looked disappointed.

The prince looked at her expression without any expression. After the auction, she told the prince to go get the parrot and wait for her to return to the palace alone. The prince just said calmly: "Go quickly and come back quickly."

Bai Xinyin found Man Niang who was waiting for her and asked, "Excuse me, young lady. I heard that there will be Kunlun Mountain Resurrection Grass in this auction. I wonder why it is not there?"

"Please follow me." Man Niang did not answer, but led the way to the backyard of the auction. I thought the yard was small, but I didn't expect it to be a different world. After passing through a moon gate, a beautiful yard appeared in front of me. The yard was full of many precious flowers and plants, rockery streams, pavilions, towers, flowers and green bamboo.

At that time, a peach tree was in full bloom in the courtyard, and the petals were very red. Bai Xinyin rarely saw this kind of peach tree. Under the flower was a pearwood table, on which were placed teapots, teacups, and a chessboard. There were several chairs beside the table, and on one of the chairs sat a man with his hair untied and wearing a brocade robe. He was wearing a half-mask, but his exposed lips looked very sexy, and he was playing chess with himself. Next to him was a birdcage, and inside it was Ah Dai.

A gust of wind blew, her brocade clothes were whiter than snow, her long hair fluttered, and flower petals fell on the table, chair, hair, and white clothes. Bai Xinyin remembered that in the morning, Si Mochen deliberately used his internal force to shake the pear blossoms off. Thinking of this, she found it funny again.

"Please take a seat, young lady." The man under the tree greeted Bai Xinyin with a smile on his face.

Bai Xinyin looked around, as if looking for someone.

The other person thought it was funny: "Isn't it too obvious that the girl is dressed as a man?"

Bai Xinyin was embarrassed. She dressed up as a man and deliberately asked someone to make a fake Adam's apple for her. This body was well developed, and she also tied several layers of cloth around her chest. Was it obvious? She also took a voice-changing pill when she spoke. Was there a lot of flaws?

Bai Xinyin seriously doubted her makeup skills. She looked down at herself and wondered: Is it really obvious that I'm a woman disguised as a man? Can others see it? Why don't they expose me?

"Ordinary people can't tell that the girl is in this costume, so don't worry." The man looked at Bai Xinyin and pointed out that he was not an ordinary person.

Bai Xiyin saw that the other party already knew that she was a girl, so she simply didn't ask any more questions: "May I ask who you are?"

"This is our master!" Man Niang replied from behind.

"Well... my courtesy!" Bai Xinyin clasped his hands together. He couldn't just call the owner of the auction house the president, right?

"My surname is Huangfu, and my single character is Yan."

"Hello, Master Huangfu! May I ask what advice you have for me that you have brought me here?"

"I heard that this parrot took to you right away?"

"Yes."

"Were you its owner?"

"I guess so." Since it's grandpa's parrot, she can be considered half the owner.

"Do you know that this bird is not native to our dynasty?"

Bai Xinyin thought to himself that this person knew a lot. Not knowing the other person's situation, Bai Xinyin chose to play dumb.

Bai Xinyin pretended not to know: "This bird belongs to my grandfather. I often go to my grandfather's house to play, so I am very familiar with it. As for where this bird comes from? It's beyond my ability to know." Haha, who doesn't know that?

"Oh? Then do you know where I met it?"

Bai Xinyin thought to herself: I don’t care where we meet, it can’t be in time and space, right?

Just as I was about to ask, a thought suddenly flashed through my mind: Could it be that he had also traveled through time? Thinking of this, I suddenly stared at him with wide eyes.