When they arrived at the front courtyard, there were many people sitting under the corridor.
The moment they saw Ji Yunxi walk in, all eyes immediately turned towards her.
Quite a few people recognized Ji Yunxi and Feng Xingzhi, and quickly turned their heads, not daring to look anymore.
After a while, a group of veiled women slowly entered.
They quickly dispersed and approached each bidder to whisper something in their ears.
A woman walked up to Ji Yunxi and whispered, "Miss, you've won the bid. You can go to the thatched cottage ten miles outside the northern city gate to pick up the item."
After saying that, the woman immediately turned around and left. The people around started to sigh, and some even secretly wiped away their tears.
Some people were unwilling to accept the result. One man drew his sword and shouted at the woman from the Dreamy Elegance Pavilion, "Call your supervisor out!"
"I've spent so much money. Why didn't I win the bid?!"
The woman showed no sign of fear and coldly looked at him, "There are rules for the bidding. Your bid wasn't high enough, that's all."
The man's face changed, as if he had been humiliated. "You!"
"Throw him out!"
As soon as the woman gave the order, a spiritual force rushed towards the man, throwing him out forcefully. The door was also knocked open, and the man was slammed outside.
At this moment, a voice echoed throughout the front hall, "Is there anyone else who is not convinced?"
Ji Yunxi immediately recognized it as Lu Shu's voice. But now there was only coldness and a hint of killing intent in the voice.
People whispered to each other but didn't dare to directly confront Lu Shu.
However, the allure of the Seven - Leaf Star - Divining Fruit was too great. Someone finally couldn't hold back and stood up, saying, "Excuse me, but I'd like to know where we went wrong?"
"Where did you go wrong?" Lu Shu scoffed. "I said the highest bidder would win. Where do you think you went wrong?"
The man's face turned pale. So, in the end, it was because his money wasn't enough?
Ji Yunxi raised her eyebrows and touched the money in her pocket. Not a single coin had been spent.
Lu Shu continued, "Not everything in this world will go as you wish. If you lose, you lose. Don't tell me that in this great capital city, you noble and powerful people can't even afford to lose?"
This remark made everyone look embarrassed. They looked at each other awkwardly.
"In that case, we'll take our leave." Feng Xingzhi suddenly stood up.
Seeing that it was the Prince Feng, the others didn't dare to continue pestering. They all walked towards the door.
Ji Yunxi lagged behind a few steps. She wanted to thank Lu Shu, but Feng Xingzhi took her hand and led her out with the crowd.
"There's no need to stay. We didn't win the bid either. Let's go home early. Maybe eating something will cheer you up?"
Ji Yunxi understood. Feng Xingzhi was telling her not to expose the fact that she had won the bid. So she stopped thinking about thanking Lu Shu and followed Feng Xingzhi out.
The three of them got into the carriage. Ji Yunyi couldn't wait to ask Ji Yunxi, "How did it go?"
"The girl said I won the bid. I just need to go to the thatched cottage ten miles outside the northern city gate to pick it up." Although there wasn't much obvious joy on Ji Yunxi's face, her tone was still excited.
Ji Yunyi was overjoyed. "Great! That's really great... But why do we have to go ten miles outside the northern city gate? It's so far!"
Feng Xingzhi explained, "After each bidding at the Dreamy Elegance Pavilion, they will move the items to other places to prevent someone from causing trouble secretly and robbing the items on the way."
"The Dreamy Elegance Pavilion is really thoughtful."
"I suppose if something happened on the way, it would be bad for the reputation of the Dreamy Elegance Pavilion."
Feng Xingzhi nodded. "They must protect the safety of the buyers well."
After the people around had left, Feng Xingzhi, Ji Yunxi, and Ji Yunyi changed their horses and rushed straight to the north of the city.
After leaving the city, Ji Yunyi finally asked curiously, "Yunxi, how much money did you offer?"
Ji Yunxi pursed her lips and smiled. "Second brother, take a guess?"
"If you won the bid, it must be a lot. I saw the imperial merchant from the west of the city here before. He should have spent all his money."
Ji Yunxi shook her head. "No, no."
"Ah?"
She took out the silver note from her pocket. "I didn't spend a single coin."
Ji Yunyi's face gradually turned ugly. "You... You didn't use just that silk handkerchief, did you?"
Ji Yunxi looked at Feng Xingzhi and nodded with a smile. "Yes."
Ji Yunyi was first incredulous and then extremely shocked. If that was the case, why didn't they just give it to them directly?!
Hearing this, Feng Qi immediately started to speak sarcastically, "Humph, Second Young Master Ji, weren't you skeptical before that our prince couldn't handle this?"
Ji Yunyi paused for a moment and then said with a big smile, "I just didn't know."
"You even said that our prince didn't care about Miss Ji's life."
Ji Yunyi didn't feel embarrassed at all and continued, "It's my fault. Now I know. The prince is truly worthy of his title."
Feng Xingzhi was a bit dissatisfied with Feng Qi's garrulousness. The other person was Ji Yunxi's elder brother. He was just worried about his sister. Since he wasn't familiar with him, how could he force the other person to trust him?
"Feng Qi, go and receive your punishment after we get back!"
Feng Qi was momentarily stunned and timidly moved his lips. "Yes."
Ji Yunxi didn't say a word and continued riding on her horse. Ji Yunyi was her elder brother, so he naturally couldn't be criticized by Feng Qi.
After riding for a while, Ji Yunyi was still very curious about the origin of the silk handkerchief. So he urged his horse forward and rode side by side with Feng Xingzhi.
"Your Highness, where did you get this handkerchief?"
Feng Xingzhi explained, "The pavilion master gave it to me. I helped her before."
Ji Yunyi nodded. "It seems that good people will always be rewarded. This saying is true."
The three of them rode their horses at full speed all the way. They couldn't wait to get the Seven - Leaf Star - Divining Fruit.
There was a thatched cottage ten miles outside the northern city gate.
It was the only one in the whole bamboo forest, so it was quite easy to find.
Ji Yunyi mumbled, "It's so ordinary?"
"Exactly because it's ordinary that it won't attract attention. The Dreamy Elegance Pavilion really has accurate judgment." Ji Yunxi sighed. It seemed that the Dreamy Elegance Pavilion had calculated every step accurately.
Outside the fence, a woman's voice came, "Only one person can enter."
"One person again?" Ji Yunyi frowned and grabbed his sister's foot that was about to step inside. "Yunxi, be careful."
Ji Yunxi nodded in agreement and then slowly walked in.
There was sandalwood burning in the room. The curling smoke made people's eyes blurred.
A veiled woman in a blue shirt was sitting on the couch, just like the people from the Dreamy Elegance Pavilion.
"Who is here?"
"Ji Yunxi."
As soon as Ji Yunxi finished speaking, a box quickly broke through the mist and flew towards her.
Ji Yunxi reached out and caught the box. She could still faintly feel the residual spiritual force on the box.
"The Seven - Leaf Star - Divining Fruit has been delivered. Miss, please leave."
After saying that, the woman stood up and disappeared in the room.
Ji Yunxi walked out with the box. Ji Yunyi immediately rushed up. "Did you get it?!"
Ji Yunxi opened the box in front of him.
Inside was a snow - white fruit with seven green leaves around it.
"Is this the Seven - Leaf Star - Divining Fruit? It doesn't look very special..."
Feng Xingzhi explained, "The Seven - Leaf Star - Divining Fruit can cure all poisons. It won't wither after it's picked. Second brother, look. This fruit has been separated from its roots, but the leaves are still growing so well."
"It's really true!"
Feng Xingzhi looked at Ji Yunxi with deep eyes. "Xixi, with this, you don't have to worry about the poison in your body and the headaches anymore."