The Lucky Heiress

Xiumei observed the crowd excitedly. The people who came were either well-dressed sons and daughters of esteemed families, or house managers representing their masters. These people had completely blocked Suzaku Street.

“When a person is alive, they have as many belongings as they desire, thus they don’t hold any value. When they’re dead, what’s left are the few worldly possessions they leave behind, which naturally become rarities. More people are naturally drawn to bid on these items,” said Wei Ruo.

“Miss, your idea is really great!” Xiumei admired Wei Ruo as always.

“Also, having King Rui Residence as our backing helps a lot,” Wei Ruo added.

If it weren’t for the support of King Rui Residence, the Qi Family and Lu Family would likely both be applying pressure, and they wouldn’t be allowed to auction off Xu Heyou’s possessions.

Butler Yun Zixiu from Wang Residence is presiding over the auction ceremony.

The auction items included: ten boxes of Scar Removal Cream, eight bottles of Hemostatic Medicine, three bottles of Wind-cold Medicine, twelve pieces of Tiger Balm, and twenty Pain-relieving Patches.

The auction was conducted with each type of item sold separately, with the highest bidder taking all.

The first item to be auctioned off was the ten boxes of Scar Removal Cream.

Everyone had thought it would be a lively bidding war. However, as soon as it began, the representative from the Qi Family offered an astonishing bid of five thousand taels of silver.

This caused the other families who were just there to participate in the auction to lose interest.

No matter how good Divine Doctor Xu’s medicine was, it was just for minor ailments, not life-saving ones. Who would spend such an enormous amount of money just for some scar-healing cream?

Additionally, no one wanted to unnecessarily provoke the Qi family.

Only the Lu family didn’t back down and started to compete with the Qi Family. After ten-or-so rounds of bidding, the price quickly escalated to over ten thousand taels.

The crowd watching was stunned. They didn’t expect the competition today to be so intense.

Anyone with a keen eye could see that today’s fight wasn’t just about the medicine, but a grudge match between the two families.

Both the Qi Family and the Lu Family had ongoing grudges against each other since the explosion incident. It was clear to see that, despite the Emperor’s mediation in the past, the two families still despised each other.

After several more rounds of bidding, the Qi Family finally won the ten boxes of Scar Removal Cream with a winning bid of sixteen thousand taels of silver. This worked out to be one thousand and six hundred taels per box.

This was just the first item, and it had already reached such a high price. There are still several more items to be auctioned. Today’s auction might net the King Rui Residence tens of thousands of taels of silver!

Wei Mingyong was stunned upon hearing this.

Was it really that easy to earn money? A few boxes of scar cream sold for such an enormous amount of silver? That’s an amount that many common families wouldn’t earn in several generations!

Looking at it this way, it wasn’t so foolish for Wanwan to spend two thousand taels on a box of Scar Removal Cream.

Previously, he and his wife had laughed at Wanwan behind her back, saying that she must have been out of her mind to borrow two thousand taels to buy a box of Scar Removal Cream.

It seems that there really are a lot of fools who care about their appearance in this world!

In the crowd, Wei Ruo was quite satisfied with the outcome.

“Capital City is indeed a great place,” Wei Ruo said.

If this was in Huzhou Prefecture, where she used to live, this kind of spectacle wouldn’t be possible, and the prices wouldn’t be so high either.

Lin Fang nudged Xiumei with her elbow and asked, “Has the young lady always been so skilled at making money?”

“Yes, the young lady has always known how to earn money,” Xiumei proudly replied.

Lin Fang couldn’t help but exclaim, “The young lady and the master are really incredible. They have utilized this opportunity to the fullest extent.”

At first, it seemed that arranging for Xu Heyou’s death was merely to free the young lady of his clutches. However, the master and young lady exploited this opportunity far beyond that, achieving additional objectives.

The master used this opportunity to sow discord between the Qi Family and King Jing, whilst the young lady used Xu Heyou’s death to turn a huge profit! There’s no denying their genius!

The auction continued. The remaining Hemostatic Medicine, Wind-cold Medicine, Tiger Balm, and Pain-relieving Patches were all purchased by the Lu Family and Qi Family. None of the other families won any of the items.

It wasn’t that the other people didn’t want to buy, but they didn’t have the capacity to compete with the Lu Family and Qi Family. Even those who had the money were unwilling to offend these two families over these items.

After the auction, Wei Ruo returned to the back courtyard of Wang Residence.

Lin Fang handed the silver notes from the auction to Wei Ruo.

“Young Miss, a total of fifty-three thousand six hundred taels of silver,” she reported.

Wei Ruo took the silver notes, satisfied, “As expected of the Lu Family and the Qi Family, they really are wealthy.”

For Wei Ruo, the cost of the medicines was not high, but they sold at extravagant prices. She had made a killing!

“Young Miss, with your medicine being so valuable, you don’t need to go through so much effort to buy so many fields and lands. Just sell more medicine and you’ll have everything,” Lin Fang remarked.

“No. First of all, I can’t sell too much of the medicine. Rarity makes it valuable. If I sell too much, its price will drop. Do you know why today’s medicine could be sold at such a high price? In large part, it’s because everyone thought that, with the death of Xu Heyou, these were the only remaining medicines in the world. Additionally, the rivalry between the Lu Family and the Qi Family also resulted in the abnormal high prices today.”

“Secondly, farming is not just about making money. If there is a food shortage and people have no grain to eat, what good would it do to have a bunch of silver? Silver can’t fill your stomach, only grain can.”

Wei Ruo explained to Lin Fang.

Lin Fang thought carefully about Wei Ruo’s words, then said, “I was being shallow.”

“Enough about that. I happened to have my eye on a few pieces of land near Capital City, along with several shops on White Tiger Street. They are pricey, so I hesitated to buy them before. Now, I just happen to have the money for them. You two accompany me on this trip.”

“Yes, Miss,” responded Xiumei and Lin Fang in unison.

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On the 8th day of the 8th month, Prince Yu had his grand wedding.

Compared with the grandeur of Wei Ruo’s wedding, today’s Loyal and Righteous Duke Residence was a lot quieter.

It’s not that the Loyal and Righteous Duke Residence didn’t want to hold a grand ceremony for Wei Qingwan, but rather, they couldn’t.

If they were to arrange Wei Qingwan’s wedding with the same standards as Wei Ruo’s, it would be seen as provoking, not only the Qi Family but the Royal Family as well.

The standard for a concubine’s wedding should never surpass that of the principal wife.

Furthermore, in Wei Ruo’s wedding, the Emperor had granted permission for Wei Mingting to return and preside over the ceremony. But for Wei Qingwan’s wedding, this privilege was not provided.

The dowry from the Old Madam Wei for Wei Qingwan was the same as promised to her legitimate daughters, without exceeding that of Wei Ruo, the eldest legitimate daughter.

Madam Yun also prepared the dowry for Wei Qingwan as originally promised, nothing more.

Madam Bai, on the other hand, was quite attentive. She added two large boxes of dowry for Wei Qingwan, containing jewelry, silk, and porcelain. It was clear she had spent quite a lot of silver.

Wei Yichen didn’t provide Wei Qingwan with any additional dowry. He didn’t even say a word of advice to her.

As for Wei Qingwan’s wedding, he had been indifferent from beginning to end.

Wei Yilin paid even less attention to Wei Qingwan. When it came time to send her off, he stood aside with the other elders, silently watching her boarding the bridal sedan chair.