Doted By The Regent King-Chapter 507: Glorious in Defeat

With Wufu’s self-request to withdraw her first place, the rankings were inevitably reshuffled, and Yu Zhen, who had scored only one point less than her, moved up to first place.

The rest of the competitors also moved up a rank, but as for Wufu herself, despite her voluntary withdrawal, President Lou of the Thousand Treasures Tower refused to allow it, saying that although the spirit of the piece was not quite like the portrait, the likeness was still close, and at most it was just not very similar.

Therefore, she still received a distinction award, her score remaining remarkably high.

Wufu didn’t seem to mind, since the first place was already handed over, and she didn’t care about the other prizes. The only thing was that she felt sorry for the Hundred Treasures Silver Building.

But was someone else that pleased?

Wufu definitely didn’t think so.

Thus, when Yu Zhen was accepting the reward, Wufu once again offered her congratulations. This time, her voice was so loud it was as if she wasn’t using a loudspeaker only because she didn’t have one. If she had internal strength, she would have likely used it to broadcast her voice.

Even without it, her loud voice ensured that those who were supposed to hear her congratulations did.

"Congratulations to Craftmaster Yu for securing first place; it is truly well-deserved. This Barehanded Guanyin is exquisitely beautiful. I have to say, the disciple of a master is indeed different. The carving of Guanyin’s hand is identical to Master Lin’s work. I almost thought this was created by Master Lin himself."

Yu Zhen, looking at Wufu’s sly smiling face, was so angered he almost went up to slap her. She was deliberately drawing others’ attention to it.

He glanced out of the corner of his eye at the merchants, seeing their inscrutable expressions, and his gaze narrowed.

Wufu was smiling proudly, thinking that giving him first place was her being generous, but it wouldn’t be that easy for him to accept it. She was determined to add to his troubles!

Indeed, Wufu’s words had a significant impact. Even President Lou looked at the situation twice longer than usual, and others were left to speculate on their thoughts.

Yu Zhen’s face turned dark.

President Lou had long lost his patience with him and directly offered a price to the Thousand Treasures Tower to purchase the work, as had been previously mentioned.

Qu Liu undoubtedly saw his displeasure, especially after Wufu’s remarks. Although they had secured first place, it had been a contentious win, and being described as rightfully deserved seemed quite a stretch.

Yet for this very reason, he dared not set the price too low for the work, and he stated a reasonable amount. Since Lou Wanyuan’s family was immensely wealthy, he had no interest in haggling and accepted the offer immediately.

Qu Liu’s expression was very unsightly.

But there were even more unsightly scenes to come, for Wufu’s jade carving sold for one hundred thousand taels, not offered by anyone else but Lou Manlu, the son of Lou Wanyuan, who had proposed the figure himself.

Although it was understood that Wufu’s piece was intricately exquisite and the quality of the jade was not poor, one hundred thousand taels was a staggeringly high price.

The first place work had only sold for twenty thousand taels, and even the second-place Maiden Statue sold for thirty thousand taels. However, this one hundred thousand taels was an overt slap to the face of the first place winner.

And according to Lou Wanyuan and his son, this price was for Wufu’s perfectly heartfelt intention. They believed it was worth it, and it had high commemorative value, not to mention the carving technique was also extremely rare.

Defeated yet glorified.

These four words were like scalding oil that singed everyone from the Thousand Treasures Tower.

These words came from another’s house, and though their own had won first place, they were nowhere near the other party who had also managed to slap their face. How could they swallow such humiliation? ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

Had they known earlier, they would have rather not won the first place—having offended others and lost public favor for nothing.

Qu Liu glanced coldly at Yu Zhen.

Yu Zhen was somewhat dazed, feeling that the box containing the reward money and the first place commemorative Jade Token was like a hot potato, making it difficult for him to hold on to it.