Since Bianjing is not close to the sea and is located inland, the price of "seafood" is relatively expensive. In addition, the ancients regarded "rare" as a treasure, so there is no doubt about the value of coral.
The best corals are shaped like "mountains", followed by "trees".
Liu Yu's coral tree is somewhere between the two. It looks like a tree, but it already has the charm of mountains, so it is valuable.
The neighbors watching the excitement outside are all wealthy and powerful people. Naturally, they understand that it is too tacky for real noble families to compete for financial resources. They use a "battle of treasures" to show off their financial resources. This pretense will leave no trace.
If Zhao Huan wants to stabilize Liu Yu, he must come up with treasures that are equally valuable and full of artistic conception.
"The official price of a coral tree of this grade is no more than a thousand taels of silver, but it is priceless. If you find one you like, you will be willing to pay even a few thousand taels of silver."
"That's right, the shops that specialize in corals in the city only sell small clusters of coral worth dozens or even hundreds of taels of silver. Most of them are objects played by literati. They cannot be compared with this kind of real treasure."
"Most of such large coral trees are given to the ministers of the DPRK and China, and there are few private collectors."
"The previous gold hijab was still reasonable. After all, it was a wedding gift. No matter how shabby the Prince Ding's palace was, it was impossible to lower the standard."
"But the problem is, this coral tree is a pure luxury. At least I can't think of any treasure in King Ding's hand that can overwhelm the coral tree."
This time, the neighbors simply felt that Zhao Huan did not have enough financial resources to compete with Liu Yu.
As everyone knows, Zhao Huan had previously raided Gao Qiu's mansion and obtained many good treasures. He originally planned to let Chen Zhao gradually liquidate the proceeds and transfer all the proceeds to Yizhou for use against the Jin people.
However, because many treasures are too precious and expensive, and His Majesty promotes thrift, these rare treasures have become extremely difficult to sell.
Until now, those rare pearls and jade are still kept by Chen Zhao.
Looking at the coral tree that Liu Yu was proud of, Zhao Huan couldn't help but laugh.
This smile only made Liu Yu even more angry. He didn't understand where the confidence of Zhao Huan, a shabby prince, came from.
"Why are you laughing! What's so funny?"
"I don't believe that a poor prince like you can come up with a treasure even rarer than this coral tree!"
"If you want to admit defeat, do it as soon as possible. I will still give you some dignity. If you try to make yourself look fat, hahaha, you will definitely become the laughing stock of the entire Bianjing!"
Faced with Liu Yu's provocation, Zhao Huan not only didn't get angry, but instead smiled even more: "Mr. Liu, don't get me wrong, I am just surprised. I didn't expect that in this world, there is such a thing as pie in the sky."
"On behalf of Qingyun, I would like to thank Mr. Liu for sending me another thousand taels of silver."
Liu Yu clenched his fists angrily, and his heart was bleeding when he thought of the makeup-inducing flower bun that had been sold earlier.
Is it possible that the coral tree he collected will also be sold?!
No!
Absolutely impossible!
How could Zhao Huan, a poor prince, collect any rare treasures?
At this moment, at Zhao Huan's signal, Changfu brought a large dark wooden box. As the lid of the box was opened, everyone present gasped.
"This is...Coral Mountain?!"
"It's not just mountains, it's just continuous mountains!"
"Oh my God, how can King Ding have such a level of coral?!"
Everyone at the scene was extremely shocked because Zhao Huan moved out of a coral mountain!
The coral mountain, which was as bright as blood and weighed at least twenty kilograms by visual inspection, was moved out and placed next to Liu Yu's coral tree.
The coral trees that were jaw-dropping just a moment ago were instantly eclipsed.
Zhao Huan's coral mountain is more than twice the size of Liu Yu's coral tree, and the color is more gorgeous. You must know that the larger the size and more peculiar the shape of coral, the more valuable it is.
The most shocked person was undoubtedly Liu Yu.
He rubbed his eyes vigorously and took a closer look to confirm that the coral mountain Zhao Huan took out was indeed genuine, and the shock in his heart became even stronger.
"No! This is impossible. How can you, a poor prince, hide such top-notch coral?!"
"Did you steal this?"
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Huan slapped Liu Yu in the face with his backhand.
Snap!
The crisp sound echoed in the Liu Family Courtyard, waking up all the servants. Prince Ding was still Prince Ding, and anyone who dared to challenge his authority would have to pay the price.
For a moment, all the servants' faces turned pale and they did not dare to talk to each other rashly.
Liu Yu was even more stunned. He looked at Zhao Huan blankly and couldn't recover for a long time.
Zhao Huan spread his hands, shrugged, and said with a harmless face: "Everyone has heard that Mr. Liu framed me for stealing. Even if there is an iron certificate in the alchemy book, it will not be tolerated by the law."
"I am punishing you a little, I hope Mr. Liu will learn from you."
Not to mention the servants, even the neighbors gathered outside the door held their breath. They had just been attending to join in the fun, and they had forgotten the violence of the prince in front of them.
The atmosphere at the scene changed drastically.
Liu Yu's face turned red even more, and he received a slap in the face, but he couldn't find anything wrong with it. He could only blame himself for his bad words.
At this moment, the nursing home attendant on the side suddenly whispered in Liu Yu's ear.
"Master, when I went to the Gao family to deliver gifts, I accidentally caught a glimpse of this coral mountain."
Upon hearing this, Liu Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately shouted to Zhao Huan: "I'm just telling you, how can you have this kind of coral!"
"This coral mountain clearly belongs to Lieutenant Gao. You must have taken advantage of the confiscation to line your own pockets!"
Faced with Liu Yu's accusation, Zhao Huan smiled even more and said with deep meaning: "So, Mr. Liu plans to sue me?"
"I wonder if Mr. Liu has any evidence?"
this……
Liu Yu was speechless again, and Gao Qiu was imprisoned in Yushitai. One of his two sons was dead and the other was disabled. The whole Gao family was in the same situation as "a broken family".
At this time, even if the Gao family was beaten to death, they would never dare to come forward to testify against Zhao Huan.
Without evidence, it is tantamount to false accusation.
Before Liu Yu could figure it out, Zhao Huan's big-eared post had already slapped him again, making Liu Yu dizzy and confused, with stars in his eyes.
Zhao Huan sighed and said seriously: "I have warned you. If there is no evidence, you should not frame me arbitrarily. Why don't you have a good memory?"
"Or do you just like to be slapped by me? Do you think you are a bitch?"
Liu Yu almost cried with anger. He had never been humiliated like this before in his life, but... the iron certificate of the Danshu could only exempt him from "regular punishment", and falsely accusing the prince was obviously not among them.
After being slapped twice, he felt extremely resentful, but he could only eat Coptis chinensis in silence.
Liu Yu was completely crazy, shouting at the top of his lungs: "It's not over yet! Keep fighting for treasures!"