Empress Running Away with the Ball! - Chapter 573

Chapter 573

Chapter 573: Having eyes but not recognizing the gold and jade

The old man opened the paper and took a look .  His eyes lip up and he revealed a smile .

He nodded and then picked up a brocaded box .  That man then came off the stage and walked towards Chen Ning .

When everyone saw this, they immediately gave a “hua” sound .  They knew that Chen Ning had guessed the riddle and they looked at her with eyes of envy .

This old man was a well known merchant in the capital .  He would host this large riddle game every year and the prizes for guessing right were very expensive .

No one had guessed the riddle he made last year and this year, so the old man had raised the stakes .  As long as someone could guess the riddle this year, they would receive a mysterious prize .

The man led the old man and walked through the crowd .  When they arrived in front of Chen Ning, he said, “It was this miss that guessed the riddle . ”

The old man said with a smile, “Little miss, you have answered the riddle of the rectangular lantern .  This is the prize this old man has prepared for that riddle, I ask this miss to accept it . ”

Chen Ning smiled as she took the brocaded box from the old man’s hand and said with a smile, “Many thanks . ”

Her hand suddenly sank down and she almost dropped the box onto the ground .  It was a good thing Chu Shao Bai’s hand moved fast and he caught it .

“Yi, this box is so heavy!”  She never expected that with a box this small, the unknown thing inside would actually be this heavy .

“Ning’er, open it and take a look .  What is this mysterious thing and why is it so heavy?”  Chu Shao Bai was also curious .

That box was only a square inch in size .  Even if the box was cast of iron and copper, it wouldn’t be this heavy .

Chen Ning nodded and she opened the box .  There was a strange stone inside the box that was around the size of a fist and looked very dark .

The surrounding people had already stretched out their necks and were prepared to see what kind of precious item this mysterious prize was with curious eyes .  Who would have thought that it was an ordinary stone, causing them to break out in laughter .

The ones that laughed the loudest were those old scholars that had been scolded by Chu Shao Bai .

“Ha, ha .  I was wondering what good item it was, but I never thought it would be a broken stone!”

“Interesting, truly interesting!”

“We really need to congratulate this miss, congratulate her!  I thought she would obtain a treasure, but never thought she would get a broken stone!  Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!”

These people all revealed gloating expressions .

Chen Ning was wearing a mask and the crowd couldn’t see her face, but her laughter that was as clear as a silver bell rang out .

“Many thanks owner .  This is a truly valuable item, but it is a pity many people have eyes but can’t recognize gold and jade, treating it like an ordinary stone .  They truly are blind . ”

When the old man heard this, his eyes couldn’t help lighting up, “Miss, do you know what treasure this is?  It really doesn’t matter . This old man accidentally picked it up and only knew it was not ordinary, but did not know what was special about it .  If this miss knows what it is, I hope this miss can tell me what it is . ”

Chen Ning did not know what treasure this stone was, but she knew that extremes met with this stone .  This stone looked very ordinary, but it was ten times heavier compared to a normal stone, so it surely wasn’t normal .

“Profound Cold Iron Stone!  It’s actually Profound Cold Iron Stone!”  Chu Shao Bai held the stone as he looked it over and suddenly shouted out in an excited voice .

“Xiao Bai, what is this Profound Cold Iron Stone?”  Chen Ning asked in a curious voice .