Be Spoiled After Rebirth (Selena and Osvaldo) novel Chapter 1634

Chapter 1634 The Third Treasure

Selena's attention was immediately drawn to Lillian's words. "What? Do you have someone you like?" she asked.

Lillian stared at her face for a few seconds before giving an unexpected answer. "I guess so."

Selena was somewhat surprised. As far as she knew, her cousin only cared about power and ambition, and unless a man had value to her, she wouldn't give him a second thought.

She couldn't believe that Lillian would readily admit that she had someone in mind.

As Selena pondered who this person could be, Bianca opened the last red box.

Compared to the previous two boxes, the third one looked particularly antique and gorgeous with various dazzling pearls and diamonds embedded on its surface. It was evident that whatever was inside must be extremely valuable.

Bianca deliberately paused her fingers on the lid of the box after arousing everyone's curiosity before carefully lifting it open.

To everyone's surprise, what lay inside didn't catch their attention like the Hell Flower or Bodhi Bones did earlier. However, in an instant, it captured everyone's gaze firmly including Selena's eyes which showed some fluctuations.

On top of pure white silk lay a blood-red gemstone no bigger than an infant's palm; its blood-red light shone purely beautiful like flowing blood – ancient yet magnificent!

The air around them seemed to still for just a moment as they all gazed upon it in awe.

"This is..."

"What a beautiful gemstone..."

The gem was truly dazzling, but everyone knew that it was impossible for anyone to come to the central city with just an ordinary gem and use it as a showstopper in a trade with the capital. Bianca was about to speak when another voice beat her to it.

"Miss Turner, do you know where this gem comes from?" said Lillian.

Her cool peach blossom eyes fell on the blood-red gem, shimmering with an unusual radiance that was both deep and longing. Selena also looked at the blood-red gem, her tone somewhat complicated.

"I have a guess," she said.

Lillian smiled slightly and elegantly stood up. She walked towards the table where the gem lay and picked it up gently, rubbing it tenderly between her fingers.

"This red ruby belonged to our first female emperor of Riddle Group Empire," she said. "During Her Majesty Saint Ying's reign, she unified all 72 cities in our alliance by force and made surrounding empires bow down before us. The iron cavalry of Central City crossed three continents even expanding overseas."

"She founded Riddle Group Empire single-handedly; if only Her Majesty had lived longer then our empire would have ruled over all of Alliance."

"Saint Ying never lost any battles during her lifetime except against heaven itself."

"And this ruby is none other than what adorned Her Majesty's crown on coronation day when she became Empress after unifying Alliance under one rule - symbolizing honor and power of Riddle Group Empire."

Lillian finished speaking then turned around to look at Selena smilingly asking: "Miss Turner, what kind of treasure will you use to challenge my Riddle Group Empire's prestige?"

All young ladies present had their faces changed upon hearing Lillian's words.

They looked at the ruby in Lillian's hand, their expressions shocked.

This ruby was no longer just a precious item, it represented the supreme and unshakable power and ambition of Central City.

No matter how expensive or rare the treasures brought out by the capital were, they could not surpass it.

How could one compare a country to a noble family?!

The young ladies present covered their hearts. Some looked at the ruby with envy and longing, while others looked at Selena with concern.