My Evil Imperial Wife is Too Arrogant

Chapter 28: Something Suspicious

As soon as Ni Juns words fell, the excitement of many were extinguished. What was the use of obtaining a Peak-Quality Spirit Tool shield, but it wouldnt be used? Were they looking to abuse themselves?

According to you, then its useless for us to buy this shield! They wouldnt believe nonsense like it was only suitable for a fated onethey only believed that this shield was faulty.

Thats right. Then can we try whether we can use it before we buy it? If we can use it, then wed buy it. Some people still held a great desire for this shield, so they wanted to try.

Following, a series of doubts sounded from the seats, and there were also some who didnt want to give up and give the shield a try. If they could control it, then theyd buy it.

Ni Jun seemed to have expected such a situation, so he said without rush: Letting those who want to buy it to try to use it was definitely impossible. This shields value is indeed very high, and its also true you would have to risk the possibility of being unable to use it. Whether you buy it or not is your choice, but our Ming Alliance of Merchants wouldnt joke with our reputation.

This shield was entrusted to them for auction by a regular client of theirs and he didnt allow potential buyers to test it. Besides, if someone decided to buy this shield, then they should bear the unforeseen risks. After all, it was a fortuitous opportunity if they bought it and could use it.

Due to the strength of the Ming Alliance of Merchants, even though Ni Juns words made some people unsatisfied, but no one dared provoke him. The result would only be death.

The value of this shield depends on what you personally feel its worth. Well start the bid now. The starting price is five hundred thousand ink-gold coins. Ni Jun quoted the minimum price. If this shield didnt have the defect, then the starting price definitely wouldnt be lower than three million ink-gold coins.

Six hundred thousand

Nine hundred thousand

Regardless, it was still a peak-quality defence-type Spirit Tool, not to mention it was made by Great Master Yan, so many still participated in the bidding, but they had their individual baselines. If it exceeded it, then theyd stop.

To them, it felt like food that was tasteless, yet was a pity to discard¹.

When the price reached nine million, Lou Mu Yan saw Yun Lan hesitating, tapping his finger on the table gently. She looked up and said: Cousin, this shield is definitely worth it.

Lou Mu Yan, such a defective product isnt even worth spending ten million ink-gold coins or more. Theres still Spirit Tools to bid for later, ALan can definitely choose a more practical one. Seeing Lou Mu Yan instigate Yun Lan, Yun Luo frowned in displeasure, but his tone was still considered tactful.

Lou Mu Yans eyes overflowed with brightness. She didnt answer Yun Luo, but instead chuckled and turned to Yun Lan. Cousin, you need to believe in your instincts.

Yun Lan was a little hesitant at first. He leaned towards buying the shield as that shield gave him a mysterious feeling, but what Yun Luo said was also the truththats why he was tossing between to bid or not to bid.

Now that he heard Lou Mu Yans words, he suddenly became enlightened and bid: Ten million.

Yun Lan, I say your heads full of water today². Yun Luo said with a little displeasureYun Lan was just unreasonable today, constantly accompanying Lou Mu Yan in her craziness.

Yun Lan smiled helplessly. He knew that his cousin was doing this for his own good. But he also didnt know why, when he saw Lou Mu Yan radiate such self-confidence, he also inexplicably wanted to believe in her.

Twelve million. A voice rang from another private room.

Thirteen million. Yun Lan followed.

Fourteen million. The other party still didnt give up.

Fifteen million. This was all the ink-gold coins Yun Lan had on him today, but luckily, the other party stopped after hearing the price.

In the end, Yun Lan won the bid for this shield for fifteen million ink-gold coins. Chi Yi Xuan and Xiao Zi Ang both revealed a disapproval look, but since it was Yun Lans choice, they didnt say anything. However, their understanding of Lou Mu Yans wilfulness increased another layer.

Yun Jin had the opposite reaction to the others, however. He smiled merrily at Lou Mu Yan and asked: Theres something suspicious about this shield?

Smart. Lu Mu Yan was rather surprisedYun Jin actually believed her as well. She was in a good mood, which was rare, as she nodded.

Whats suspicious about it? Lets hear it. Yun Jin continued to ask.

Youll know in a bit. Lou Mu Yan was too lazy to explain. Besides, when the people from the Ming Alliance of Merchants arrived with the shield, theyd know.

The corner of Yun Jins lips twitched. But he realised hed know the answer soon, so he didnt pursue it.

Ridicule flashed in Gu Yan Rans eyes as she took delight in her coming misfortuneas if shed believe that there was anything suspicious about the shield. This was no doubt all a ruse to show something to Chi Yi Xuan. It was just that this stupid woman didnt know that Yi Xuan didnt like this sort of sloppy behaviour.

Zeng Rou snorted, but when she saw Yun Lan cast a cold look at her, her smile quickly vanished and her hatred for Lou Mu Yan increased.

Yun Luo and Xiao Zi Ang glanced at each otherthey didnt believe in Lou Mu Yans words and only hoped Yun Lan would learn his lesson after this and stop spoiling his trash cousin unscrupulously.

Lou Mu Yan saw everyones expressions, but she didnt care. She only ever cared about people she valued, and the rest were nothing to her.

When she glanced over to Yun Xin, she saw a gentle smilea sliver of interest rose in her eyes. This womans scheming sure was deep. She didnt display either happiness or anger. As expected from a princess raised by the Imperial Family.

After a while, a knock sounded on the door.

The auction items of the Ming Alliance of Merchants were all inspected and paid for on-site with their crystal cards. One auction was divided into several rounds, and after one round, the auctioneer will announce a break of a quarter of an hour, then after the transactions of the items, theyd continue the next round.

The person who sent the shield over was Shopkeeper Lu. Towards every superior in the Imperial Family of every kingdom, the Ming Alliance of Merchants would all have secret ways of cooperation and contacts. Knowing Yun Lan was Yanzhou Kingdoms Emperors favourite son, he naturally caught the attention of the person in charge of the Alliance in Yanzhou Kingdom.

Third Prince, this is the Spirit Tool you won, please inspect it. Shopkeeper Lu took the tray from an attendant behind him and handed it to Yun Lan.

Yun Lan nodded with a smile, Weve troubled Shopkeeper Lu to come in person.

When saying that, he reached out and took the palm-sized shield from the tray. After channelling some Elemental Energy into it, the shields reaction was the same as the demonstration by Ni Jun. Only a layer of light-yellow light surrounded the shield and there was no other response.

Upon seeing this, Shopkeeper Lu smiled helplessly and reminded: The shield was identified as a Peak-Quality Spirit Tool precisely because it couldnt be controlled. If the Third Prince could discover how to control it in private, then its level wouldnt simply be a Spirit Tool.

These kinds of auction items were just like that. It depended on luck. If one couldnt find a way to control it, then it would just be a burden. But if one did find a way, then its value was definitely several times higher, perhaps dozens of times higher than the auction price.

No worries. I can still bear this risk. Yun Lans expression remained unchanged. He always felt that this shield wasnt that simple. After the auction was over, he could carefully examine it.

Lou Mu Yan, didnt you say that the shield was suspicious, so you got the Third Prince to win it? Zeng Rou jumped out after receiving Gu Yan Rans look, Now that the Third Prince couldnt use this shield, then I trust you have a solution?

After she said that, everyone cast their gazes onto Lou Mu Yan.

Coldness flashed in Yun Lans eyes. He saw Gu Yan Ran and Zeng Rou exchange glances just now. The Gu Clan had become more arrogant because the Imperial Noble Consort gained favour, while Zeng Rou dared to be so presumptuoustheir education was definitely horrible. It seemed that it was time for the Zeng Clan to change their head of the family.

Translated product by May Our Come True

¹idiom meaning it didnt have a lot of value, but they were reluctant to part with it.

²equivalent to having a screw loose or ones heads not in the right place.