Yet since Shen Heng had managed to swap the real seal for a fake right under their noses without anyone noticing, and had even persuaded the timid, trouble-averse Pei Liujun to turn against them at the critical moment, forcibly placing Pei Liujun in the auction's surveillance footage as well, would he really allow the Jin family to cover everything up?
At that thought, the refined young man's heart sank.
At the auction pickup area, seeing everyone clamoring to review the surveillance footage, Jin Zhongxuan's mind went blank. He forced himself to patch things up: "It must have been negligence on the part of the staff. They brought over a prop version of the Emperor Yongzheng's Imperial White Jade Nine-Dragon Seal. We will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly. Please rest assured. Our High-End Auction House would never do anything that damages our reputation, much less harm our clients' interests."
The person in charge looked at Jin Zhongxuan in surprise. He opened his mouth as though he wanted to say something, but in the end, he shut it dejectedly.
"A prop?" Hearing Jin Zhongxuan's explanation, the big shots frowned even more deeply. "So your High-End Auction House really prepared a fake?"
"Could the items you displayed during the auction have been props too?"
"Impossible." At that moment, Grandpa Gu, standing at the entrance, finally came back to his senses and blurted out, "The Emperor Yongzheng's Imperial White Jade Nine-Dragon Seal displayed at the auction must have been genuine."
As a veteran appraiser with decades of experience, Gu Eight Blades clearly had great faith in his own eye. There was no way he could have been mistaken.
The other appraisers invited to the event also nodded in support of Gu Eight Blades's judgment. "The imperial seal displayed at the auction was indeed genuine."