The ugliest queen ever

Chapter 120 127 Propaganda
The news of Fang Leyao's pregnancy spread throughout the harem.
That was the first child of the monarch of Xidan Kingdom. If it was a boy, he might be the heir apparent in the future.
Needless to say, Fang Leyao's net worth soared, almost overshadowing the Queen Mother who had just saved Moon City.
In the past two days, Xian De lived in congratulations, and those who gave gifts were simply trying to break through the threshold.Fang Leyao's natal family also feel disgraced, and some relatives will visit from time to time.This is really in line with the sentence, one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven.
The world is like this, when some people are proud, then some people are frustrated.For example, Fang Leyao is now the favorite of thousands of people, all in one.Then Dai Qifu is the neglected and forgotten concubine.My sister has just entered the limbo, and I am rejected by the emperor, and my strongest love rival is pregnant with a dragon species. This is an extremely powerful trump card in my hand.
She couldn't eat well day and night, and couldn't sleep well, hoping that the emperor would change his mind and give her another look.It's a pity that the current Sikong Jue has no time to take care of this woman who disappointed him so much.
As for Su Xueqing, although she didn't go to Xiandeju much these days, she still had a lot of things and gifts.She was not jealous of Fang Leyao, but she was planning another big event.That is the matter of raising donations for Yuecheng. It will be a good thing after the Xidan state is established, but the people of Yuecheng are still in dire straits. Someone must come out to take care of their affairs, and she is the only one who has not forgotten them. .
That day, she went out of the palace once to go to Yeran and others.
Yeran briefly introduced to her the current business model of the gambling house, as well as the account book and silver.
From the accounts of the past few months, it can be seen that this gambling house is well managed, and the three of them put their heart into it.
Su Xueqing nodded in relief and said, "By the way, why haven't I seen Fengtang since I came back this time?"
Dong Ling proudly heard the words, and said with a slightly teasing smile; "Recently, the Moxiang Building has just opened, and Miss Moxiang is a bit overwhelmed, so she went to help."
"The brothel and gambling house are so close, can't you come back for a while?"
"Who knows, anyway, Miss Mo Xiang was poached by us with a lot of money, and the bustard of Huamanlou seems to have a grudge in her heart and intends to take revenge. And Fengtang is afraid that something will happen to Miss Mo Xiang, so it can be said that she never leaves her body for twelve hours a day!"
After hearing this, Su Xueqing suddenly nodded and said, "So that's how it is!"
After saying this, the door inside the secret passage was suddenly pushed open.
The three of them were slightly startled and raised their heads at the same time.A woman in a blue shirt came into view.
The woman strode in, without the slightest coquettishness of a younger daughter. She was wearing a light blue blouse with silver patterns embroidered with a hundred butterflies, rustling in the wind.The waist is tightly tucked, and underneath is a long dress with light yellow embroidered with white magnolia.She wears a simple peach heart bun, wearing only a few stars of milky white pearl wreaths, which reflect the black and green luster of the clouds, and a thin strand of silver tassel hangs from a slanted emerald hairpin.She has a standard heart-shaped face, a small and straight nose, curved eyebrows like willow leaves, and lips like cherry blossoms. The thick black hair is softly let down and hangs down on her shoulders.There was a contented expression on his face, and a charming smile that seemed to be a smile that was not a smile at the corner of his mouth.
She was not afraid of strangers, when she saw Ye Ran and Dong Lingao, she shouted loudly; "Brother Ye, Brother Dong Ling, are you all here?"
The two nodded together and said, "Why did you come back so early?"
The woman smiled sweetly and was about to answer when she suddenly saw Su Xueqing in purple and asked curiously, "Huh? Who is this?"
Similarly, Su Xueqing was also full of doubts.He stared at Ye Ran and the others with puzzled eyes.
Yeran stood up a little shyly, and smiled shyly; "Let me introduce it!"
After finishing speaking, she said to the woman; "Mo Xiang, this is the empress we often refer to, she is also the master behind our gambling house and Moxiang Tower. You can call her "Madame"."
"Are you the empress?"
"Are you Mo Xiang?"
The two asked in unison.Immediately, each showed a sizing look, and scanned each other from head to toe.
"Miss Mo Xiang is really charming and beautiful!" This was a heartfelt admiration, and at the same time, Su Xueqing felt that her name and appearance had deceived her character.This woman is not so gentle on the surface, she has a heroic personality like a son and daughter of the quack, which makes people not too restrained when contacted, and is very comfortable.
And this glance also made Mo Xiang feel surprised and happy.In her memory, the Empress Dowager must be an extraordinary person who can make such a great career, and who can gather such great figures as Yeran, Dongling Ao, and Beifengtang, heroes and heroes under her command.She must be a serious person, with the proud spirit of a general and prince.Even without this, she is still a woman full of awe, not like a thunderbolt, but also like a thunderbolt.
However, she never expected that the beautiful woman in front of her was the present empress, the manipulator in all these situations.
Not only is she gentle and pretty, but she also has no airs at all, and she speaks softly. When she looks at herself, she is full of warmth, but does not have that kind of contempt or disdain.
What surprised her the most was that she praised her beauty without hesitation.It can be seen from that kind of praise that it is completely sincere, not ironic, nor is it perfunctory and false to please.
For her, how untouchable and supreme is the lofty Empress Empress. How dare she say a word about a city girl like her?However, she in front of her respected herself so much.
At the moment, Mo Xiang was startled for a long time before she slowed down and said, "Your Majesty, you..."
"What's the matter with me?" Seeing the other party's wide eyes, as if full of unresolved doubts, Su Xueqing couldn't help but respond softly.
Mo Xiang immediately shook her head and said, "Are you really the Empress? Why don't I feel like that?"
Su Xueqing "Puchi—" smiled; "Then what should I be like in your heart?"
When Mo Xiang was asked like this, she felt a little embarrassed.Looking at the kind smile on Su Xueqing's face, all the fears in her heart disappeared, and she regained the boldness of the children of the world; "Anyway, I don't think the empress is like you, she is respected A person I'm afraid of. Every time Fengtang mentions her, I feel an inexplicable fear in my heart."
"Afraid? Am I that scary?" Su Xueqing asked with a wry smile.
Mo Xiang quickly explained: "No, no, that's just my imagination. Besides, that dead guy in Fengtang talked nonsense, saying that the empress looks so extraordinary, and told me not to be afraid or panic when I see her, Not to mention let me not be too surprised. This is all fart, the empress looks so gentle and kind, beautiful and dignified, she is so generous, that Fengtang is really hateful, misleading me and hurting me Every time I think of meeting you, Empress, I tremble with fear."
Hearing Mo Xiang's unadorned, snarky words, Ye Ran and Dong Ling Ao felt a headache, and quickly stopped them softly; "Mo Xiang, why are you talking to your mother?"
After being reminded by them, Mo Xiang realized that she had said something wrong, and quickly stuck out her tongue to express her apology; "Mother, I'm sorry, Mo Xiang was rude."
After Su Xueqing heard this, she shook her head with a smile and said, "Don't...don't be too formal, I still like your appearance just now. This is not the palace, so you don't have to be too nervous."
Seeing what Su Xueqing said, Mo Xiang was even more happy and said: "Look, my mother is a person who doesn't stick to trivial matters. How many of you make things so serious every time. It makes me feel scared all day long, alas ..."
"Mo Xiang, who scared you, tell me, I'll help you solve it!" Beifengtang, who was coming towards him, hadn't understood the situation yet, when he heard the second half of his sweetheart's words, he was suddenly startled. Hastily walked in.
Seeing that the person who misled him was coming, Mo Xiang poked his waist forward, grinned and said, "It's not you, who described my appearance to me indiscriminately, which scared me to death. If it weren't for your kindness, if I knew that you described it like this behind my back She has already put you in jail."
Beifengtang couldn't figure it out, stood on tiptoe, and looked around; "Your Majesty? Is Your Majesty here? Where are you? Where are you?"
"Where are you going to look? Am I the one?" Su Xueqing was a little convinced by the two of them, not wanting to continue the misunderstanding, so she stood up and walked under Beifengtang's nose.
Beifengtang's already pale face became even paler after seeing Su Xueqing.
He stepped back exaggeratedly, and turned to Yeran in disbelief, "This...this...is really the Empress?"
Ye Ran and Dong Ling Ao nodded together.
"Nonsense, it's not the empress, can she come in here? Besides, haven't you seen the empress? You even described her appearance to me, why are you seeing a ghost now?" Mo Xiang saw that Beifengtang's reaction was bigger than his own, At the moment, he cursed in confusion.
Beifengtang heaved a sigh of relief, looked at Su Xueqing carefully again for a moment, and finally put his eyes full of murderous intent on Yeran; "Brother Ye, when you returned to Xijing, you only told me that my mother had changed and lost weight. , but you didn’t tell me that the empress has become like this?” After finishing speaking, Beifengtang looked at Mo Xiang innocently and said, “Xiang’er, don’t get me wrong, I just found out, the empress…” At this point , Beifengtang has a feeling that it is difficult to speak.
"Hmph, now you understand the misunderstanding? When I asked you to go to see the empress together, you were making a joke if you didn't go!" Dong Lingao laughed coldly as he stood aside.
"I..." Beifengtang was speechless.
At this time, Ye Ran stood up and asked with a deep face, "Fengtang, did something happen to Moxiang Building again today?"
"Hey, ever since I left Huamanlou, that mother Liu found a group of people back, and she found a flowery girl from nowhere, and then competed with us all day long. Today I am Huamanlou There is a [-]% discount on drinks, and my guests here all ran over after hearing the news. They knew that we were newly opened, and the funds were not as solid as theirs, so they bullied us like this, I was really mad."
Speaking of this, Mo Xiang gritted her teeth and stomped her feet again, looking like she wanted to find Mother Liu desperately, which made Bei Fengtang feel a little distressed.
He slowly stepped forward, held her hand, and said softly, "Xiang'er, don't worry, those customers are considered your regular customers and will come back."
"Well, if they are really regular customers, they won't run away. Next time, I'll drive them away one by one!"
"This……"
Beifengtang wanted to interject, but saw Su Xueqing who was deep in thought, and immediately couldn't say why.
And Mo Xiang thought that his words had angered Su Xueqing, and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I was just joking, how dare I drive the guests away, I'm just angry, just angry."
Beifengtang chimed in and said, "That's right, ma'am, don't mind, Mo Xiang is naughty, so she won't treat customers like this. It's just that these days, there are too few customers, and we spent a lot of money on the decoration of the store. Now It can’t be compared with Huamanlou, not to mention [-]% off drinks, not even [-]% off!”
After hearing this, Su Xueqing nodded in understanding and said, "I understand. I have already considered these things. I have already thought about the solution. I will communicate with Mo Xiang in private later. Now, I have a mission I want to give it to you!"
"What task?" As soon as they heard the word task, and it was entrusted by the empress, everyone's eyes immediately focused on her.
Su Xueqing nodded in satisfaction, narrowed her eyes slightly, and began to confide in all her thoughts.
"That's right, I'm going to hold an auction."
"Auction?" Everyone was surprised and frowned.He stared at Su Xueqing puzzled, but couldn't see why.
"Auction is a kind of transaction. It is a special commodity transaction method. It is to put an item up for auction. In the form of public bidding, the item is sold for silver taels, and the right is transferred to the highest bidder. For details, we will I'll talk about it in detail later. Now, I just hope that on the day of the auction, you can win over some powerful or wealthy people to participate. Anyway, the more the better."
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I've been in the brothel for so many years, and I know countless rich merchants and armors, and my sisters are all dressed in gold and silver, and their families are rich. This time, why don't I take them all here?" ?”
After listening to Mo Xiang's words, Su Xueqing felt that she had succeeded for a little while, so she nodded in satisfaction and said, "Well, it's up to you."
"Your Majesty, it's not easy to let them go? There are thousands of people who gamble in our gambling house every day. As long as I release the news, even if there are not a thousand people going, there are still eight hundred."
"No, what I mean is that you have to pay for a ticket to go to our venue. And the ticket price is very expensive. Most people are definitely not willing. But you are the best ones to induce them to buy tickets."
"Niangniang, we are confused now, can you explain it clearly?"
Su Xueqing looked at everyone who didn't understand, and explained carefully; "This auction is actually the intention of the emperor and me, but we don't want the people to know that it is held by the royal family, so we put this title on the auction table. Chu Yaofan, the royal musician, we now need a lot of money, so we held an auction. In order to make a certain profit, we will even sell the tickets at a high price. At that time, you will send thousands of people to Fengtang It doesn't matter if the folks spread the news everywhere, it doesn't matter if you stick a sticker or pull a banner, you have to let everyone in the world know that Master Chu is going to hold an auction and auction some rare things. At that time, the queen empress will be the guest of honor, the number one oiran in the world today Miss Mo Xiang will sing, and Dr. You, a doctor who is unparalleled in the world, has personal belongings for sale... Wait... You guys should try your best to release these gossips, the more attractive the better."
"Wow? Ma'am, do I want to go too?" Mo Xiang stared at Su Xueqing excitedly, her watery eyes shining.Meanwhile, Beifengtang on the side became worried.
Su Xueqing nodded and said, "This has many advantages. Firstly, it will make you famous. Secondly, it will make you shine in front of the richest and most powerful people in the world. Thirdly, it can earn me a lot of money." Silver, you also gave your heart to the people."
"Wow, there are so many benefits, my mother admires you so much, you can think of such a complete solution!"
"Hehe, everything depends on publicity. After all, the common people need something to talk about after dinner!"
"But ma'am, you just said that if we want us to lure those people to sell tickets, what can we do?"
"Yeran, this question is a good one, and it's absolutely right. The rich people nowadays usually have nothing to do when they are full, and they like to find new and exciting things. If they know, this is a royal sponsor I don’t want to miss the auction, and there are auctions with peerless beauties. However, when you hear the high ticket prices, you will definitely hesitate, and then I will put a price of 50 taels on the ticket price. But I Put the ticket price in your hands, and you can sell it at 30 taels."
"Ah? So expensive, ma'am? Although 30 taels is 50 taels less than 20 taels, it's still very expensive. With these 30 taels, you can find ten girls to drink for a day and a night in our Moxiang Building!"
Hearing that the fare is so expensive, Ye Ran couldn't help being surprised.
Su Xueqing smiled coldly; "What I'm selling is not a ticket, but a nobleman's status."
"Then what if they think it's too expensive?" Mo Xiang asked softly with some hesitation.
"Then you tell them that the ticket price is 50 taels, which is not available to ordinary people, but you only sell 30 taels here, because you have a close relationship with Music Master Chu. In this way, no matter how expensive everyone thinks it is, But that kind of greedy heart will prompt them to grit their teeth and buy one. In this way, the tickets are easy to sell, and at the same time, they have earned a huge favor for the gambling house and Moxianglou. Give you face, who won't come to join us?"
After Su Xueqing said this, everything suddenly became clear, and they all stared at her with incredible eyes.
Especially Mo Xiang, who adores her so much.Yes, she has grown up so big, she has never seen a woman as smart as Niangniang, no wonder Yeran Beifengtang and the others will follow her command.
"Niang Niang, it seems that this time, we have successfully taken another step forward."
"Yeah, the empress's resourcefulness is always so perfect."
Hearing the envious gazes from several people, Su Xueqing smiled lightly, and said without pride: "Okay, let's get to this point first, and you each follow my instructions. If there are no accidents, the tickets will be passed on tomorrow. into your hands."
"It's your mother! No, ma'am!"
"Now, Mo Xiang, come with me!"
After finishing speaking, Su Xueqing pulled Mo Xiang into the back room, and Bei Fengtang looked at it reluctantly, trying to catch up, but was stopped by Ye Ran; "Fengtang, why are you becoming more and more ugly now? Damn, Mo Xiang just asked Madam to call in and say a few words, why are you nervous?"
When Fengtang heard this, his handsome face turned red; "Who is nervous, the life of that girl has nothing to do with me."
"Humph!"
"What are you humming?"
"Who just wanted to settle Madam for the sake of Miss Mo Xiang?"
"I..." Suddenly, Beifengtang was speechless.

(End of this chapter)