Strongest Lady's
Ch. 19-Annual Auction of the Blue Lotus Association
Unfeelably the day of the auction had arrived, Weiruo naturally used her identity as the crown princess as long as she replaced Xuan Guoxin later on.
Weiruo wore a dress with high quality materials, wore some jewelry that was suitable for her, her hair was neatly styled by Yinyi. Weiruo's appearance was now much different from ordinary days, today she looks more elegant and dignified with the dark blue dress she wore.
Seeing her nona appearance made Yinyi so happy because it was the first time to see the lady with such an authoritative aura.
“Ya, pretty.” Weiruo noticed her reflection in the mirror, inexplicably the girl felt like she was looking at herself in her first life.
‘I am still me.’
Weiruo left his place and went to meet Xuan Guoxin accompanied by Yinyi who followed him.
“Daughter, you look so beautiful,” praise Xuan Guoxin when Weiruo enters her study.
“Thank you for the compliment, Dad. I'll go to the auction, everything I bought today will be completely Daddy responsibility, ‘kan?” Weiruo smiled meaningfully.
Xuan Guoxin certainly agreed with Weiruo's words, but somehow felt bad after seeing Weiruo's smile.
“Dad not need to send a bodyguard, I already have one.”
“One? It can't be like that, you're the Crown Princess, what if something happens out there?”
“Something happened to me and the special forces that I'm proud of can't even handle. One person was more than enough,” argued Weiruo.
Xuan Guoxin was at a loss for words, naturally knowing that Weiruo had alluded to the kidnapping incident that befell him, which even Shadow Warriors were unable to handle. As a result of the incident, Shadow Warrior received retraining by Commander Gong.
“I go first.”
Weiruo said his farewell and immediately left Xuan Guoxin.
...***...
“Lang,” call Weiruo.
Xiao Lang turned his head, finding Weiruo already waiting inside the horse carriage that had just come out from the south gate of the palace.
“Come to leave.”
Weiruo had actually asked Xiao Lang to wait at his residence, but the young man refused and waited beside the palace gate.
“Groomed.”
“No need.”
“Aish, quick ride only!” Weiruo opened the door of his carriage and pulled Xiao Lang inside.
The horse-drawn carriage immediately drove past the road to the Blue Lotus Association, foot-streaching immediately opening the way when it learned that the royal horse-drawn carriage was about to pass through the road.
Soon they arrived at the association after half an hour of travel, actually it could be faster, but due to the crowded road conditions the horse-drawn carriage often stopped.
“Come back, I'll be back with him later,” Weiruo said to the coachman who drove him.
Weiruo entered with Xiao Lang, after showing the emperor's special VIP card, Weiruo was escorted by an employee to the emperor's special VIP room.
The place looks so luxurious with so many high-quality wood furniture. There are two chairs that directly lead to the auction stage, behind the seats there is a partition that limits the lounge.
The auction had yet to begin so Weiruo chose to enjoy the dishes prepared for VIP guests. Xiao Lang chose to stay in the corner of the room while watching Weiruo.
“What are you doing?” weiruo asked to look at Xiao Lang who was silent in the corner of the room.
“Observing you, now I am your controller.”
“It was just to avoid a bodyguard from Dad, act like normal.” Weiruo held out a cake to Xiao Lang.
Xiao Lang initially wanted to refuse, but somehow he could only obey and sit not far from Weiruo.
“It can be directly eaten.”
“I don't like apple peel, it tastes bitter.” Weiruo got up from her seat and peered behind the curtains to see the people who were busy looking for their seats.
There were a total of 20 VIP rooms, 1 specifically for the emperor, the VIP room was located at the top, while the ordinary guests were downstairs who could accommodate five hundred guests.
“Already peeled.”
Weiruo turned around and immediately came to Xiao Lang who had already peeled an apple for him.
While Weiruo was enjoying the dishes given, Xiao Lang was busy practicing. Weiruo observed the young man during his time before the event began.
Half an hour later the auction event immediately began, Lao Mian became the host.
The first item was a sword made from the bones of a spiritual beast, sold for quite a high price.
Then one by one the items began to be shown, Weiruo just observing from behind the curtains. Since the curtains in the VIP room were made two-layer, Weiruo could see the auction without having to show his face as it was covered in transparent curtains.
“We arrive at the 12th item! Some of you may already know what this egg is..” Lao Mian showed a golden-red egg that was much larger than a normal poultry egg.
“Fire Bird Egg?”
“Have finished practicing?”
Xiao Lang nodded and sat down on the chair beside Weiruo. The young man explained that Weiruo had seen Fire Birds once in the Mist Forest.
“Ah, red bird of the time.”
“Price starts from three thousand gold coins! Offer multiple hundred gold coins!”
“Three thousand hundred!”
The guests started bidding, but not too many even the VIP guests were still silent from the beginning of the auction.
“Four thousand!” Weiruo is now bidding.
Weiruo was initially ordinary, but after his offer no one bid.
‘What is my identity?’ inner Weiruo.
“Four thousand one time! Four thousand twice! Four thousand three times! Firebird Eggs sold in VIP guest room 1!”
Lao Mian immediately took out the next item and the re-auction continued with a fairly high price competition, the higher it would be according to the order of the item.
After the 20th item, Luo Mian gave a pause for five minutes before returning to resume the event.
The event continued to take place but Weiruo was not interested in the items on display, he only enjoyed the event while enjoying the dishes provided, occasionally observing Xiao Lang who returned to training.
“The 36th Stone is Dragon Scales Fruit with high quality!”
Weiruo returned to consciousness after a long period of daydreaming, hearing the name of the item that had just been issued made Weiruo think of Ye Nian and Ye Jinhai.
Bidding continued to rise and quite a lot of interest in the fruit, Weiruo occasionally heard Ye Jinhai's voice raise the price.
However, when the bidding touched the high price, not the slightest bit of Weiruo heard Ye Jinhai's voice.
“Ten thousand one time—“
“Sebelas thousand.”
Lao Mian was wide-eyed, usually raising one or two times the price of multiples, but Weiruo unhesitatingly raised the price by ten times the price of multiples.
No one bid after Weiruo, they would think twice about bidding a higher price considering there were still dozens of other items. Finally the Dragon Scales Fruit fell into Weiruo's hands.
