usatvline Chapter 207 Harem Auction (Revised)
Chapter 207 Harem Auction (Revised)
Tang Xiluo took out the magic water at this moment, "Are you all ready? I'm going to start the auction."
The concubines took out their silver coins one after another and said, "We are all ready, let's get started."
Lady Yao was a little anxious. Didn't they agree to keep one bottle for themselves yesterday? How come there was only one bottle left today?
"Princess Chen..."
Tang Xiluo shook his head soothingly, and Concubine Yao felt a little relieved.
Tang Xiluo curled the corners of her lips. She originally had two bottles, but she thought of a way to make more money.
The first bottle will be given to Concubine Yao first, and the second bottle will be released after she has maximized the publicity effect.
With the sky-high price of the first bottle, no one will offer a lower price for the second bottle. In this way, the price of the second bottle will be even higher, and no one will underestimate this magical water.
“Now let’s prepare for the auction.”
Everyone sat up straight, and the maids and eunuchs in Concubine Zhao's palace began to tremble. They felt that they were doomed. Seeing how confident these concubines were, they knew that they would definitely not be able to bring back the magic water.
“It starts with a box of gold, silver and jewelry.”
When Tang Xiluo said this, many concubines took a deep breath.
What a big mouth! He wants a box right away, so won't he want more later?!
When they came, they only brought two or three boxes at most, and they hoped to have two boxes left when they took them back.
Now it seems that what they brought is not enough to bid.
Some concubines have already started to back out. The emperor's promotion to the rank of Stone Concubine may not be entirely due to the magic water. After all, the emperor had promoted her continuously when there was no magic water.
So the emperor has always doted on her, and it’s not necessarily all due to the magic water, but Princess Shi is indeed getting more and more beautiful.
Some concubines began to wonder whether this magical water was worth buying.
When Concubine Yao saw that no one was bidding, she was extremely happy.
She didn't care about all that, whether she could be used to win favor or whether the emperor would look at her more. Anyway, she was beautiful and she was happy.
"Then I'll sell two boxes!"
Concubines: "!!!" She is indeed the powerful enemy in their hearts. She is so generous right after she comes. With her here, who can compare with her?
The maids and eunuchs in Concubine Zhao's palace looked at each other in hesitation. They only brought three stacks of banknotes...
If you count them, it should be three small boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, right?
They only had this one chance to bid, and Concubine Yao looked so confident that they would definitely not be able to bring back the magic water.
So he could only reach out his hand in despair, "We are in the third grade box."
Then, Concubine Yao quickly said, "I'll give you four boxes!"
All the concubines widened their eyes. No way? You can't spend money like this even if you have it? This person is simply stupid but has too much money!
Another concubine raised her hand and said, "In that case, I will give you five boxes."
"?!!!" I didn't expect there would be someone dumber than Lady Yao! That's five boxes of gold, silver and jewelry!
Lady Yao glanced at the concubine and continued to raise the price, "Six boxes."
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The palace suddenly became silent, and one could hear a pin drop.
"Six boxes at a time."
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Tang Xiluo frowned. This was much lower than he had expected. Fortunately, he had kept a trick up his sleeve. If he had brought two bottles with him today, his plan would have been half ruined.
Why hasn't anyone raised the price yet?
"Six boxes twice."
"I'll give you seven boxes!"
At this time, another concubine spoke up, and she was very nervous.
In fact, she herself did not have that much money, but she had some grievances with this Concubine Yao. Seeing that Concubine Yao was determined to win at this moment, how could she not cheat her?
She is stupid and has a lot of money, and she will continue to increase her bets.
Tang Xiluo looked at her gratefully.
Sure enough, Lady Yao immediately raised the price, "Then I'll offer eight boxes!"
The other concubines were completely stunned. This was truly an outrageous price! How dare they ask for such a high price?
This is just a bottle of water, named "magic water", is it really magic water?
"Eight boxes at a time!"
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"Eight boxes, twice."
"I'll give you nine boxes!"
"!!!"
Everyone looked at the concubine named Jiajie with a look of disbelief.
At the same time, everyone was deeply shocked in their hearts. Everyone in the harem seemed to be living an ordinary life on the surface, but it turned out that they were so rich in private!
Concubine Yao glared at the concubine fiercely, then said arrogantly, "I'll give you twelve boxes!"
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Tang Xiluo blinked. The price had exceeded his estimated price, which was only ten boxes.
"Twelve boxes at a time!"
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"Twelve boxes twice!"
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"Twelve boxes three times! Deal."
"Congratulations, Lady Yao, for buying this bottle of magic water at the price of twelve boxes."
Yao Guiren raised her chin proudly and looked around at the concubines. What if their family background was better than hers? When it came to money, she was still the first.
"Thank you, Princess Chen."
"You're welcome. I wish you become more and more beautiful, Lady Yao."
This superficial blessing made Concubine Yao narrow her eyes with joy.
"Thank you for your blessing, Princess Chen. I'll take my leave now." She couldn't wait to try this magical water.
After Concubine Yao left, the other concubines also left one after another.
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Princess Zhao looked at the servants who returned empty-handed and kicked one of them in anger.
"You are a bunch of useless things! Someone, take these four useless people away and beat them to death!"
"Empress Zhao, please spare my life!"
"Empress Zhao, spare my life!"
"Madam Concubine Zhao, even if I have no merit, I have worked hard!"
"Empress Zhao, please give me another chance!"
Concubine Zhao snorted coldly, "If you can't even do such a small thing, what's the point of keeping you around?!"
"Madam Zhao, our budget is simply not enough!"
"Yes! That noble lady Yao directly offered twelve boxes of gold, silver and jewelry to buy them, and we...we only took three boxes."
When Concubine Zhao heard this, she was shocked.
"What?! How much? How much do you think Concubine Yao paid?!"
"In reply to Concubine Zhao, Concubine Yao sent out twelve boxes..."
Concubine Zhao widened her eyes in disbelief, "So many? Is she crazy? Why don't the two sisters from the Tangxi family go and grab them?!"
"Empress Zhao, the minimum is one box... We only have one chance..."
Princess Zhao frowned. Twelve boxes in exchange for the so-called magic water? Who knows if it's worth it? She felt that three boxes were too much.
There are actually people who sell twelve boxes.
"...Forget it. I'll spare your lives. Please retreat first."
The servants then breathed a sigh of relief and kowtowed to express their gratitude.
"Thank you for sparing my life, madam!"