Traveled through time and became the darling of the whole family

"I haven't heard any news about the Fourth Aunt, but the Third Madam often goes to the Lin Mansion to visit the Fourth Aunt."

"Since Third Aunt goes there often, it must be nothing."

"Yes, Fourth Uncle is really good to Fourth Aunt. Even after she got married, she was able to have her family visit her often."

"Is this good?"

"Yes, many husbands' families will not let their wives go back to their parents' home often, nor will they let their wives' family members visit so frequently. If the neighbors knew about this, they would gossip." Lixia said.

"As expected, from ancient times to the present, neighbors are always gossipers. Ignore her. Keep an eye on the layout of Qingshuizhai in the next few days to ensure that everything goes smoothly."

"Yes, ma'am."

*

"Miss."

Ye Ziyu nodded, "How are the preparations going?"

"Miss, everything has been arranged. Tea and snacks have been prepared according to everyone's taste."

Most of these ladies bought their snacks and tea from Qingshui Tea House and Qingshuizhai, so Ye Ziyu could easily know everyone's tastes.

"Okay, the people who are arranged should be smart and be ready to deal with various emergencies at any time."

"Yes, ma'am."

"You continue with your work." After Ye Ziyu finished speaking, the shopkeeper left.

"Miss, Young Master Ling is here." Lixia said.

In order to avoid no one taking care of Ling Sichen and the others due to the large crowd, Ye Ziyu asked Ling Sichen to arrive earlier.

"Just take her to the private room on the second floor. We'll also have to get ready. It's almost time."

"Yes."

"Master Ling, Young Marquis Fang." Lixia saluted.

"Where's Ayu?"

"The young lady is busy with the auction. Let this servant take the two young masters to the private room."

"Okay, I won't bother her. You lead the way."

"Please come this way." Lixia made a gesture of invitation and led the way.

"Ah Xiu, you know what, Ah Yu did a pretty good job. Look at the decorations, it looks like a place to watch a play."

"Is she planning to hire a stage first?"

"I don't know. Let's go up and wait."

After Lixia brought the people to the box, a waiter brought tea and snacks, and Lixia left.

"Miss, Master Ling and Young Marquis Fang are already in the box."

"Well, arrange someone to serve them outside the box. It's almost time, let's get started." Ye Ziyu handed a mask to Lixia.

She also put on a mask. Some people knew that Ye Ziyu was the owner of Nishangfang, but no one else knew that she was the designer of these drawings except her family and a few close friends.

Young ladies and wives came one after another and were led in by the servants at the door. "Madams and young ladies, please sit wherever you like. There is no special seating arrangement today."

Because they were all wearing masks, no one knew who the other person was. Some people could only roughly guess their identities based on their appearance and clothing.

After everyone sat down one after another, their maids stood aside, and the servants from Qingshuizhai brought tea and snacks. Others might not know each other's identities, but the people from Qingshuizhai knew, because the sachets everyone brought were proof of their identity.

"Aren't these my favorite Biluochun and Baicao cake?" A young lady looked at the snacks brought up by the servant.

"Yes, these are my favorite oolong and honey cakes." replied the other lady.

Those who haven't received their snacks yet are all looking forward to whether the ones served are what they like.

"Miss, there are some situations outside, and you may need to deal with them."

Hearing this, Ye Ziyu walked towards the door.

Lixia briefly explained the situation. It was the sachet of Miss Chen, who was supposed to be auctioned. The brand and mask were missing, but all the people inside were present. Xiaohua remembered that this was Miss Chen, but without the brand and sachet, Xiaohua didn't know what to do.

Seeing Lixia invite Ye Ziyu out, Xiaohua immediately made way.

"I was really invited by you, but all my things were stolen." Miss Chen said anxiously.

"Miss, when did you find out that the things were missing?"

"Just before I was about to leave today, I saw that the time was almost up and was getting ready to go out, and then I realized that my things were missing. I often buy things from you, and this girl must remember me." Miss Chen pointed at Xiaohua.

"I'm sorry Miss Chen, we have limited places. Please enter by sachet. Everyone inside is already here."

"What should I do? I can't usually get one, but this time I finally got a few more, so I have a chance to get one, but now..."

"I'm sorry Miss Chen, this is the rule. Our servants have already made it clear when we delivered the things."

"Is it really impossible to be flexible?"

Ye Ziyu shook her head. "Well, since you are a loyal customer of Nishangfang, and since this time your opportunity was stolen, Nishangfang will release a new model just for you this year."

"you are?"

"This is the owner of Nishangfang." Xiaohua said.

"Well... thank you. Is it within this year? Can I tell you my thoughts?" Miss Chen said excitedly.

"Okay, write down your ideas and have someone send them to Nishangfang."

"Okay, that's great, thank you. I won't keep you any longer then." After saying this, Miss Chen left with her maid.

"Miss."

"Let's start as normal and pass out the signs."

"Yes." Lixia and Xiaohua distributed the signs according to the order of seats.

Ye Ziyu walked to the middle of the stage, bowed lightly to everyone, and then walked to the small stage that had been prepared.

"Welcome everyone to today's auction. I am today's auctioneer."

"What is an auctioneer?"

"I don't know. This is the first time I've heard of it."

The people below were whispering.

"The auctioneer is the person who leads the auction. Let me first explain the auction rules.

Five pieces of clothing will be displayed at once. You can take a look and decide which one you want to bid for. I just gave everyone a tag.

There will be a reserve price before bidding on each model. Everyone will raise their placards and bid their own price. After you bid, you will knock three times. If no one raises the price after the third knock, the model will be yours.

Please remember that you only have three chances to bid for each brand. Please consider carefully. In order to allow more people to have the opportunity to bid, you will withdraw from the remaining bidding opportunities after bidding on one item. This is the rule. Is there anything else you don’t understand? "

"This is the first time I've heard of this way of playing. It's quite interesting." Ling Sichen said.

"It's really interesting." Fang Jingxiu took a sip of tea, "But why do the people below prepare different teas, while ours are the same?"

"Ah? I don't know, but I like everything that Ayu prepared." Ling Sichen said with a smile.

"So she prepared what everyone liked, except me." Fang Jingxiu said gritting his teeth.

"Oh, don't be angry. After all, she doesn't know what you like, right?"

After hearing Ling Sichen say this, Fang Jingxiu calmed down a little. It seemed that she didn't know him very well. He needed to let her know more about himself.

"If everyone has no problem with this, then our auction today will officially begin. Present the five pieces of clothing."

The first piece is a turquoise dress that ripples like the water on a lake. The smooth texture of the silk and the tranquil color are like a Chinese ink painting, with exquisite cloud embroidery on the body.

The second piece is a white peony smoke soft gauze, with a soft smoke gauze tied around the body, a large peony emerald green smoke gauze Bixia Luo, a winding ground-length pink daffodil scattered flowers and green leaves skirt, and a gold-thread thin smoke emerald green gauze.

The third piece is a plain white long brocade dress with ingenious and vigorous branches embroidered on the fabric with dark brown silk thread, and blooming plum blossoms embroidered with pink silk thread, extending from the hem of the skirt to the waist. A wide dark purple belt tightens the slender waist, showing the graceful figure, giving people a feeling of elegance and luxury. She wears a light purple open gauze dress on the outside, and every move makes the gauze dress feel rippling. A jade pendant is tied around the waist, adding a sense of elegance.

The fourth piece is a white floor-length skirt with plum blossoms shrouded in mist, a moon-colored satin cloak embroidered with magnolia and flying saucers, a light pink brocade chest wrap lining, delicate gold butterflies embroidered on the cuffs, a few lace edges on the chest, a layer of thin silk gauze shrouded in mist, and a gold belt tied around the waist, which makes her look noble and graceful, and as elegant as orchids.

The fifth piece was a light blue dress, embroidered with delicate floral designs of various kinds, with tassels swaying freely like water plants in the wind.