Chapter 183: First Round

Han Yao agreed to use all her jewelry to bet with Ling Chu because she was sure she would win.

She had been paying attention to the disaster star when he was selecting the raw stones. He looked like a novice and didn't know how to select at all.

In order to please Princess Dingyuan and show her filial piety, Han Yao had learned the skills of gambling on stones from a master.

Since she learned how to gamble on stones, she always racked her brains to select the raw stones, dig out the jadeite, and then find someone to carve it into jewelry and jade pendants, etc., and gave them to Prince Dingyuan and Princess Dingyuan, as well as Prince Dingyuan.

Her filial piety really made Prince Dingyuan and his wife very happy. They praised them for having an extremely smart and filial daughter whenever they met someone.

This earned Han Yao a lot of good reputation in front of those nobles and royal family members.

"What does the county lady want to gamble?"

"Since we are in the Jade Pavilion, it is natural to gamble on jade. It happens that you and I have both bought raw stones. Let's pick three pieces each to gamble and see who can cut out the higher quality jade. How about two out of three games?"

The other party insisted on giving her so many prizes for free. It was hard to refuse such a generous offer. There was no reason for her to refuse.

Ling Chu smiled and nodded, "Okay, since the county lady wants to play, then I will obey your order."

Han Yao's raw stones were picked from the best quality batch of the Jade Pavilion, and the pile picked by Ling Chu was the waste left after layers of screening, and it was almost impossible to produce green.

Although Liu Dongjia and others felt that the two people's gambling on jade was unfair, they did not want to offend the county lady, and seeing that the Taoist nun agreed, they could not say much.

Ling Chu took a look at the raw stones that Han Yao picked out to gamble with her, and was secretly happy.

Han Yao was confident in the raw stones she carefully selected. In order to suppress the disaster star at the beginning, she picked out the one with the best appearance.

In order to prevent the cutter from damaging the jade inside, she carefully considered the direction of the lines while slowly drawing lines on the surface of the raw stone with a charcoal stick.

Han Yao was still studying carefully, but Ling Chu picked up the charcoal stick and finished the painting with a few strokes.

The people watching the fun saw that she painted casually and shook their heads secretly.

Liu Gui couldn't help but remind her implicitly, "Ling Xiangu, this is your first time gambling on jadeite, do you know the rules? As long as the raw stone is purchased from our Cuiyu Pavilion, we can help cut it for free.

But how to cut it is up to you. If the guy in charge of cutting follows the lines you draw, if the jadeite is cut badly, there will be no compensation, do you understand?"

Ling Chu smiled and nodded, "Thank you for telling me, I understand the rules."

Han Yao sneered secretly, "Miss Ling, since you have already drawn the lines, let's cut your piece first."

"That's what I meant." Ling Chu nodded, turned to the guy who cut the stone and said, "Please help me cut this piece of material."

The guy didn't say anything, nodded, put the raw stone in place, and transferred his internal force to the big knife in his hand.

The hand rose, and the knife fell.

Seeing the white cut surface, no one present was surprised at all.

Han Yao glanced at it and felt proud in his heart. It was indeed a waste.

The disaster star was doomed to lose.

Ling Chu was not disappointed that the jadeite did not turn green, and signaled the waiter to continue cutting.

Soon, the second cut was completed.

Cui Liu took a look and immediately gloated, "No green, this round, you lost to our county master."

The maid's proud voice had just fallen, and the waiter had just finished cutting the third cut.

With the falling cut surface, a touch of emerald green flashed in the sun.

After a moment of shock, someone blurted out, "Ah, it turned green."

Cui Liu's proud smile froze, and she refuted loudly without thinking, "Impossible!"

Han Yao paused in drawing the line, frowned and turned around, and saw the emerald green.

The charcoal stick in his hand snapped with a crisp sound and broke.

Although he was angry, he could not get angry, so he could only comfort himself that the disaster star did not know how to gamble on stones, and maybe he just relied on the skin green.

Liu Gui and the others surrounded him, and they were really surprised that the Taoist nun cut out jadeite from the waste.

Looking at the transparent emerald green, the variety was not bad.

Ling Chu smiled and nodded, "It seems that I am lucky. Please cut the remaining sides."

"Okay." Seeing that he had cut out the jadeite, the taciturn guy rarely spoke a word in reply.

He used his internal force again and cut it with a few strokes.

Ling Chu's rough stone was originally slightly larger than a basketball. After cutting, only about one-third of the jadeite was left.

Although it was not very big, the jadeite was transparent and beautiful in color.

Not to mention the surprise of others, Liu Gui was also surprised. He did not expect that there would be such a good quality fish in the pile of rough stones that he regarded as waste.

Ling Chu washed the jadeite with water, took a look, and was quite satisfied.

Zhao Dongjia of Yongfuxiang could not help but praise, "Ling Xiangu is lucky."

He envied the luck of being able to cut out the hibiscus seed from the waste.

Ling Chu smiled modestly, "It's not a good material, I just got lucky and found a bargain."

Zhao Dongjia originally wanted to ask her if she would sell this piece of jade, but Han Yao took the lead and said to the clerk, "Miss Ling's piece has been cut, please help me cut this piece."

Seeing that her face was not very good, Zhao Dongjia swallowed his words.

Cui Liu saw the clerk preparing to cut, and hurriedly reminded him, "Be careful, don't cut it badly, our county lady must have jade in this piece."

The clerk looked at her expressionlessly, raised the knife, and cut along the line drawn by Han Yao.

As the epidermis was cut open, Cui Liu shouted excitedly, "County Lady, green is out..."

"This crystal clear green actually cut out a top-grade jadeite."

"Top-grade jadeite, the county lady's gambling stone skills are really amazing."

…

Listening to everyone's compliments, Han Yao smiled modestly on the surface, but was extremely satisfied in her heart.

She had worked hard to study the gambling stone skills, not like someone else, but just a blind cat encountering a dead mouse.

After listening to everyone's compliments, Han Yao was satisfied and asked the clerk to continue cutting.

"Be careful, this is a top-grade jadeite, don't cut it badly..." Cui Liu told the clerk with a proud face.

But halfway through the words, she suddenly got stuck.

"This... is gone?"

Seeing that the clerk cut out a white stone with the second knife, everyone was stunned.

Han Yao's face changed, and she rushed over quickly, picked up the basin next to her and splashed it over.

The white cut surface was more conspicuous after being washed by the water, making her face look even darker.

Han Yao was almost mad with anger. She was unwilling to believe that the high-quality jadeite she had just cut was gone.

She asked the clerk to continue cutting with a sullen face.

The clerk didn't say anything, but started to cut.

The third cut, no green.

The fourth cut, still a white stone.

…

The more they cut, the uglier the faces of Han Yao and his servant became.

A piece of raw stone weighing nearly 50 kilograms was cut into a pile of small cubes as big as mahjong by the clerk.

The people present looked at each other, and no one dared to speak, for fear of irritating the county lady.

This high-quality jadeite was only green on the skin. The county lady was probably so angry that she would vomit blood.

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