Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 465 - 463

Chapter 465: 463

It was another bright and sunny morning.

Xiao’er, Jingrui, and Shangguan Xuanyi arrived at the auction house.

In reality, this auction house had only just been established, inspired by the way Xiao’er’s family auctioned their jewelry.

This was its second year of operation, and it was already known by many in the trade.

Many people who had high-grade jade stones on hand brought them here to auction, hoping to fetch a high price.

The jade stones auctioned here were all pre-processed, having had their outer rough layer removed.

At least everyone could see their quality.

As the three entered, a staff member immediately approached them.

If one attended the auction as a common merchant, their seats would be quite in the back.

So Xiao’er chose to participate in this auction as a representative of her own jewelry shop, Pohli Jewelry.

Pohli Jewelry had a small number of shops nationwide, only five in total. Some people from prefectures and small counties had never heard of it.

But inside the industry, this name resonated like thunder.

Because for Pohli Jewelry, every season’s new items became the imitation and learning target of major jewelry stores.

There was no need to mention the quality of various gems they carried. Everyone doubted exactly where Pohli Jewelry’s owner found so many such exquisitely rare gemstones.

Also, their styles were updated every quarter, which attracted a lot of high-end ladies to scramble for them.

Seeing Xiao’er stamping the distinctive and unforgettable design of Pohli Jewelry on the registration form, the staff were excited.

Pohli Jewelry had also come to attend the auction?

This was definitely the biggest highlight of this year’s auction!

The staff, somewhat excited, gave the number plate that they had specially set aside for honored guests to the three of them.

For convenient arrangement. The number plate was also the seat number.

Apart from the front VIP seats which had special arrangements, the rest of the seats were distributed in the order they come, which is quite acceptable to the audience.

Indeed, because of this arrangement, many people arrived early.

The auction house was in the midst of a sea of noise.

There were still two hours before the formal auction. In a spacious main hall, more than a dozen glass cabinets displayed the gems that would be auctioned off today.

Martial-arts trained guards stood at every corner of the grand hall, while outside of the auction house was filled with security forces. It was layers upon layers of security, almost daring anyone foolish enough to attempt a theft!

Many people were looking at the goods to be auctioned during this time.

The three of them strolled around and looked at all the jade stones that were to be auctioned.

The jade was good, and the stones were good, but Xiao’er felt a bit bored: the reserve price for each was not low, and after auction competition, they would become extremely high-priced.

She still felt stone gambling was more suitable for someone with a golden touch like her.

The auction finally began.

Everyone there was in the business of jade, stones, and jewelry, and the people in the VIP seats all knew each other.

They had never seen the three of them before, but they sat so upfront, causing everyone to guess who they were.

Faced with everyone’s gaze and whispers, the three remained unperturbed, as if they were used to being the center of attention.

It was this calm and composed attitude that made them seem even more mysterious. Everyone became more curious, but no one recognized them, and it was too impolite to go up and disturb them rashly.

Zhuge Meiyu could not help but ask Zhuge Jinquan: "Big brother, who exactly are those three? Why are they seated so far up front?"

"I don’t know, they are probably the sons or daughters of some jewelry clan." He was not from Minze Country, and he had never seen these people among the jewelers he had dealt with, so he wasn’t sure.

Someone nearby overheard their conversation and said, "They seem to be from Pohli Jewelry."

"Pohli Jewelry?" Zhuge Meiyu remembered a set of jewelry she received recently for her birthday. The craftsmanship was exquisite, dazzling, and superbly beautiful, making it impossible to put down! And on the box was the logo of Pohli Jewelry.

"No wonder!" Gong Qinghua looked at the woman sitting in front of him, whose attractive figure made people even more curious about her face.

"No wonder what?" Zhuge Meiyu looked at Gong Qingnian, who was eyeing the woman up front intently, and felt extremely uncomfortable.

"That young lady possesses such discernment at such a young age. The owner of Pohli Jewelry must have extraordinary taste, no wonder Pohli Jewelry became a shining star as soon as it started and surpassed many jewelry brands." Gong Qinghua thought Xiao’er was the successor of Pohli Jewelry, unaware that she was the actual mastermind.

"With such a young genius stone gambling master, Pohli Jewelry might remain prosperous for decades. The position of the jewelry world’s reigning champion might fall to Pohli Jewelry." Zhuge Jinquan remarked objectively.

Making a set of jewelry with excellent workmanship was not difficult, all you needed was to find a good craftsman.

But to make a set of high-quality gem-set jewelry with exquisite workmanship required skilled craftsmen and stone gambling masters.

Producing set after set of globally coveted and industry-imitated jewelry, in addition to the above two, required a person with a keen sense of trends, unique eyesight, agile thinking, and expert control over color combinations. Simply put, it required a jewelry genius!

This kind of exceptionally talented person was the most difficult to find.

Zhuge Meiyu pursed her lips when she heard this, she always felt that that seductive woman had won shamelessly!

She was going to see what she was going to bid on; she would bid and make her spend more!

Xiao’er sat there, watching everyone competing fiercely, without raising her card once.

As the auction progressed, the items got more and more expensive.

Zhuge Meiyu was not surprised to see that Xiao’er didn’t raise her card earlier.

The last and most anticipated item of the auction was a Tianhuang stone!

Tianhuang, known as the "emperor’s stone", was much more valuable than gold.

One inch of Tianhuang costs one inch of gold!

Tianhuang was admired by scholars and connoisseurs for centuries, not only for its cultural connotations of elegance and sophistication, but also for the scarcity of Tianhuang stone.

People seated in front all straightened their backs and tightly gripped their bidding paddles, they were ready to go.

The starting price for Tianhuang was 3000 taels, with increments of 100 taels.

The item Xiao’er was most interested in was this piece of Tianhuang. So when the price of Tianhuang went to 4,500 taels, and no one raised their card, she raised her card for the first time: "4,600 taels."

The clear and pleasant voice echoed across the auction hall, giving people a jolt of excitement, and they immediately shifted their gaze towards the source of the voice.

Many people recognized Xiao’er.

Wasn’t this young lady the one who gambled an imperial green stone worth a fortune yesterday with only 100 taels at the stone gambling venue?

Did she want to bid for this Tianhuang?

Could it be that this Tianhuang was more valuable than they had predicted?

Since ancient times, it was said that identifying Tianhuang was harder than ascending to the heavens. This was because it was very difficult to tell from the outside whether the hue of Tianhuang was consistent inside and out. If sawed open, it might either increase in value by many times or fall drastically in price.