Because of said thoughts, there was no shortage of those who had already labeled Yang Qing as some wasteful silk pants young master with more wealth than sense. And if they saw him in that "delicate pearly coat" from Mao Yunru that he was wearing, his look would only serve to further cement their assumption of him. Luckily for him, he had dense layers of isolating arrays and artifacts that hid his view from them. Not that he would have cared anyway, given the state he was in.
After a short period of confusion, surprise, wonder, judgement, envy, and more judgement and confusion, Li Gang, having regained much of his bearings, guided the auction's procession forward as he graciously thanked Yang Qing for his bid and, with the same graceful nobility, called for one of his colleagues to head to Yang Qing's gallery seating for the sap.
