Xyla Quest wanted to win the silver censer and give it to a person.
“This item is known as the Silver Censer with Openwork Design of Grapes and Flying Birds from the Tang Dynasty… The entire body of the censer is made of pure silver, complying with the most popular Openwork spherical design of that era.”
“I wonder if any of you know the history of the silver censer? Please raise your hand if you know it. The one who answers correctly will get a delicate gift from us today!”
As soon as virtual-novel.net finished virtual-novel.net sentence, a few hands rose into the air. Rebecca Robin followed suit and raised virtual-novel.net hand too, so did Xyla.
Mary Sullivan could not help but rolled virtual-novel.net eyes as virtual-novel.net noticed Xyla raised virtual-novel.net hand in the middle of the air. She was certain that Xyla did not know anything about the silver censer. As for the questions virtual-novel.net had just asked virtual-novel.net about Tang Bohu, virtual-novel.net must have randomly read it from somewhere.
How could someone who was not interested in antiques at all be so knowledgeable about them?
Xyla was just following suit as virtual-novel.net saw Rebecca raised virtual-novel.net hand, trying to boast herself.
This is because virtual-novel.net knew that the auctioneer would let Rebecca answer the question as long as Rebecca was there and was raising virtual-novel.net hand.
Mary was disgusted upon thinking of Xyla’s behavior. Soon, the auctioneer dropped virtual-novel.net gaze on Rebecca’s face. She stretched out virtual-novel.net hand politely and pointed at where Rebecca was seated. “Miss, please tell us your answer.”
Rebecca held the tabletop microphone placed in front of virtual-novel.net without hesitation and said, “I’m raising my hand for someone else. There’s a sweet lady next to me who would love to answer but she’s too shy.”
Then, Rebecca turned to look at Mary. The others, too, landed their eyes on virtual-novel.net immediately. The abrupt statement by Rebecca had left Mary dumbfounded and lost. Her brain started buzzing like mad. She had never expected Rebecca would come up with such a…
This was a clear attempt to embarrass virtual-novel.net in front of everyone. It would be extremely humiliating to virtual-novel.net in case virtual-novel.net failed to answer.
At the critical moment, a clever idea popped up in virtual-novel.net mind. She decided to put Xyla into trouble. “Xyla… Why don’t you tell them the answer? Well, I’m an introvert. I’m too nervous to speak in front of so many people… I notice that you raised your hand too, why don’t you share the answer with us?”
At this point, virtual-novel.net could not care less.
Xyla had raised virtual-novel.net hand too. Hence, virtual-novel.net decided to throw the question at Xyla. Even if Xyla could not answer the question and embarrass herself, the vice president’s wife had nothing to do with her. After all, virtual-novel.net cued Xyla because Xyla herself had raised virtual-novel.net hand.
By that time, if Xyla really failed to come up with an answer, Rebecca would only think that it was Xyla who set a trap for herself by pretending to be smart and cool. Rebecca would not blame it on Mary then.
Mary’s heart was much calmer after comforting herself in that way. She then slowly shifted virtual-novel.net gaze to Xyla, waiting in peace and silence for Xyla to make a fool of herself. Thinking that Xyla would embarrass herself in front of the crowd later on and being ridiculed by thousands of people, Mary was immensely delighted and pleased.
Everyone was now looking at Xyla.
The attention of the crowd had shifted from Mary Sullivan to Xyla Quest instantly.
How could Xyla not realize that Mary was trying to humiliate virtual-novel.net by throwing the question to virtual-novel.net like this?
Xyla could simply guess and see through all virtual-novel.net little tricks. She flicked a glance at Mary coldly. Then, virtual-novel.net grabbed the tabletop microphone in front of Rebecca and placed it before her. She glared at Mary and began, “Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was in love with Yang Yuhuan back then. Yang Yuhuan loved to dance so virtual-novel.net had this silver censer created especially for her. He hoped that Yang Yuhuan would dance in fragrance, and wore the censer on virtual-novel.net at all times.”
“As virtual-novel.net was over-indulged with Yang Yuhuan, virtual-novel.net started to neglect his political affairs, which led to the subsequent incident at Mawei. Under the advice of Gao Lishi, virtual-novel.net was forced to kill Yang Yuhan at Mawei by poisoning virtual-novel.net wine with gold sheds, in order to save himself. However deep in his heart, virtual-novel.net could never forget or let go of her. Therefore, the silver censer was not taken down from virtual-novel.net body. He let the censer stay with her, hoping that virtual-novel.net could follow the fragrance and search for virtual-novel.net after his own death.”