Everyone was waiting to watch the show. By the afternoon, many officials had also gone in with one tael of Silver to take a stroll, but most returned empty-handed. This made everyone feel even more at ease. Gu Wenheng had been too much in the limelight recently; it seemed he was going to suffer a massive loss this time. If everyone just looked and no one bought anything, they wanted to see how he would clean up the mess. Now, they just had to wait patiently and let the Holy Emperor see that his trusted, capable minister was nothing more than this.
Little did they know, a whirlwind had already swept through Shangjing.
Whether it was high-ranking nobles, street peddlers, or even commoners, everyone was intensely curious about what the Imperial Palace's treasures looked like. Moreover, rumor had it that these items flowed directly from the Supreme Emperor's private storehouse and were his personal collections.
