Triumph in Her Rise and Love-Chapter 204 - 202

The Registrar in charge of announcing the results was starting to panic.

For many years, the Song Family Kiln Factory had been making porcelain for the Imperial Kiln Factory. No matter what extraordinary objects were needed in the palace, as long as the Song Family Kiln Factory was there, there was someone to back them up. Now that the Song Family Kiln Factory wasn’t participating in the bidding, who would take on the challenging tasks for the Imperial Kiln Factory in the future? Who else had the capabilities of the Song Family Kiln Factory?

He held a thin sheet of paper in his hand, his voice stuck in his throat as if blocked, unable to simply announce today’s successful kiln factory bid—once he declared the results, the Imperial Kiln Factory’s choice would be set in stone. To change it would be like shamefully slapping his own face!

With resolution, he turned, regardless of the watching eyes, and whispered to Eunuch Wan, "What do you think about today’s bid documents?"

Eunuch Wan’s face was burning hot, as if he had been publicly slapped, his ears buzzing with a "buzzing" sound.

How dare Song Jiyun?!

Wasn’t she afraid he would make things difficult for her?

Or did she think she had grown wings, and no longer regarded him at all?

Eunuch Wan thought so, his heart burning like fire, yet it also cooled him down gradually.

Seeing that the Registrar was still waiting for his decision, he couldn’t help but let out a cold chuckle.

If Song Jiyun didn’t appreciate what he had done for her, then she couldn’t blame him for being impolite.

"Announce the results of the bidding," he said coolly, not realizing that his face was an iron shade of blue and looked extremely ugly.

The Registrar silently sighed in his heart but could only obey the command.

He complied, stood up straight in front of everyone, and was about to announce the results when suddenly a "hurried" sound of footsteps came from outside the hall.

The footsteps were very heavy.

Such a way of walking was considered extremely impolite not only on such a significant occasion but even under normal circumstances.

Everyone instinctively looked towards the sound.

Yet the footsteps stopped at the entrance to the hall.

It must be some servant who was not following the rules.

Without much concern, the crowd refocused their attention on the Registrar and Eunuch Wan.

Unexpectedly, Eunuch Wan, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, suddenly burst into a furious rage and shouted, "Who is outside? Get in here! Who is on duty today? Are you dead? Is anyone allowed to walk around the Imperial Kiln Factory as they please?"

The crowd was astonished and quickly lowered their heads, fearing they might be swept up in his tempest.

Outside, the servants hurriedly brought someone in.

Upon seeing who it was, Li Zixiu’s legs went weak, and he couldn’t stand anymore.

"Lord, Lord Wan!" he said, pale as a ghost, but no one paid him any attention.

All eyes were drawn to the blue and white porcelain Plum Vase, about a foot high, in the newcomer’s arms, ignoring him completely.

And the person who was brought in was already kneeling on the ground, begging loudly for mercy, "My lord, spare my life! My lord, spare my life! I am the Steward of the Li Family Kiln Factory, sent here on the orders of our Owner to find him!"

Only then did the crowd’s gaze shift to Li Zixiu.

Trembling, Li Zixiu explained, "Today the Song Family Kiln Factory opened their kiln. I sent people to watch, hoping to see what kind of thing their kiln would produce..."

Once again, the crowd’s focus returned to the foot-high blue and white porcelain Plum Vase in the man’s arms.

A Plum Vase of that size was something everyone present had seen before. However, the vase in question had a glaze as white as jade at its base, the blue and white decoration had a hint of purple, and from a distance, though the pattern was not entirely clear, one could feel its dignified elegance mixed with rich charm.

"Could this be a new blue and white porcelain piece fired by Boss Song?" 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"I have never seen such craftsmanship before?"

"The glaze at the base is piled up like Jixue; could it be the color of the legendary sweet white porcelain?"

"I just don’t know if she has fired a pair or just one? If it’s a pair, the Song Family Kiln Factory is going to make a fortune!"

"No wonder she looks down on the Imperial Kiln Factory. With such skills, she can make a living anywhere!"

The eyes of the crowd seemed glued to the Plum Vase, and despite Eunuch Wan’s presence, they couldn’t help but whisper secretly amongst themselves.

Song Tao’s heart sank to the bottom.

Song Jiyun, how could she use the sweet white glaze to make blue and white porcelain at this time?

In her past life, sweet white porcelain, as imperial sacrificial ware, held an exceedingly special status in Jingde Town and the Song Family Kiln Factory, with the formula always exclusively in Song Jiyun’s possession.

The common sacrificial white porcelain had always been made of jade porcelain.

It wasn’t until eight years later, for Noble Consort Wan’s birthday, that Eunuch Wan, in order to be reassigned to the Capital City, had Song Jiyun fire Longevity Porcelain for him. Song Jiyun saw an opportunity to retrieve the formula for sweet white porcelain. It took nearly a year of experimentation before she succeeded in firing blue and white porcelain with sweet white glaze, creating a pair of life-sized Buddhist Eight Treasures Blue and White Plum Vases. Only after Noble Consort Wan took a liking to them did Eunuch Wan get reassigned to the Capital City. Only then did the Song Family Kiln Factory start using sweet white glaze for the Imperial Kiln Factory’s blue and white porcelain.

Because Song Jiyun always controlled the formula for sweet white porcelain, the Imperial Kiln Factory had no choice but to let almost all the blue and white porcelain be fired by Song Jiyun, with their craftsmen reduced to assisting her.

However, blue and white porcelain fired with sweet white glaze was also exclusively for the Imperial Kiln Factory.

It was not sold to the public.

In this life, everything was in chaos!

Thinking of all this, she felt bewildered.

Is Song Jiyun that formidable?

It’s as if she knows how to fire every kind of porcelain.

Song Tao couldn’t help but look up at Eunuch Wan.

Eunuch Wan’s gaze was grim, staring at Li Zixiu as if there was a ghost fire in his eyes, flickering dimly and startlingly.

Li’s face was pale, and sweat soaked his undergarment.

He had no choice but to grit his teeth, step forward, kick the Steward to the ground, and start berating him, "I sent you to check on things; what are you doing here? Don’t you know where this is? Is this a place where you can just wander around?"

The Steward knew he had caused trouble and was also afraid that Li Zixiu might break the Plum Vase he was carrying, so he had no choice but to turn his back, protecting the vase while pleading desperately, "Owner, Owner, it wasn’t my idea to come here, it was Boss Song. She saw me squeezed in the crowd, curious, and she called me over, handed me this Plum Vase, and told me to bring it to you to have a look!"

Listening, Li Zixiu’s anger found no outlet.

Song Jiyun wasn’t just sending someone to deliver a Plum Vase; she was sending him to his doom!

He kicked the Steward again, "You just take it because someone tells you to?"

Whether the Steward was too frightened or hadn’t caught on yet, protecting his Plum Vase, he cried out, "Owner, it’s because I saw Boss Song had fired a big batch of Plum Vases; she even said, ’This Plum Vase is for you,’ so I brought it here."

She fired a big batch of Plum Vases!!!

The eyes of everyone present turned green upon hearing this.

Even the Registrar couldn’t help but step forward anxiously to inquire, "Boss Song fired a big batch of Plum Vases, are you sure you didn’t see wrong?"

The Steward nodded repeatedly, speaking incoherently, "It wasn’t just me; everyone saw it. What I got isn’t rare. Boss Song also fired more than a dozen pairs, all life-sized like the one I’m holding. There are several hundred of them, and there are Offering Plates, all the size of washbasins, and hundreds of those too."

This wasn’t just a pile of porcelain being fired; it was like a pile of gold!

The crowd erupted.

The Registrar was in a panic.

There was still time to adjust the results of the Imperial Kiln’s bidding.

"Lord Wan!" he called Eunuch Wan, trying to get him to change his mind.

But as soon as the words left his mouth, Eunuch Wan’s mouth twisted, his body swayed, and he toppled over from the Taishi Chair.