The old procuress sat restlessly in her private room. She was used to saying everything in the brothel. She was used to the liveliness of the brothel, but she was not used to the silence.
The door to the private room was pushed open and a beautiful woman walked in.
Although the old procuress thought that she was very beautiful, she did not have the slightest intention of coveting her.
"Madam, you've come the wrong way. This private room has been reserved by me." The old procuress kicked him out impolitely.
The noble ladies in the capital despised those in their line of work, and similarly, they looked down on those noble ladies.
If it weren't for the fact that they had to take care of all the bed matters, their business wouldn't be as flourishing.
"That's right, I'm looking for you." Du Jinse sat down by herself.
Hearing that, the old procuress looked at Du Jinse with contempt, "You are the family member of some master, if you don't want your master to come to my Zangxiang Pavilion, you can just cut off his leg and grow it on him. I am just opening the door for business, there is no reason to push the guests out, please go back, I will not have time to entertain you today."
She had arranged for Young Master Du to come today, and seeing that the time was about to come, it would be bad if Young Master Du saw all of this.
"Miss, I've brought it." Xiao Ying pushed the door and entered with a stack of paper and pen in hand.
"Speaking of which, I'm so busy, and I actually dropped such an important thing. It's been hard on you, Xiao Ying." Du Jinse smiled as she received the thing in Xiao Ying's hands. She would definitely not say that she had done it on purpose.
The old procuress was stunned, she looked at Xiao Ying, then at Du Jinse.
"This is?"
Du Jinse was neither humble nor arrogant, I am the Prince Mo's concubine, it is not convenient for a woman to go to a brothel, so I disguised myself to see you.
"Young Master Du? could it be the Prince Qing … "
The old procuress was well-informed, and had long heard that the Prince Mo’s Manor was related to the Princess Qing who had passed away. At this moment, she could not help but gossip.
Du Jinse smiled faintly, "Make it up, Young Master Du."
In other words, there was no such young master.
The old procuress was immediately sober. So what if she was that person? Even if she knew something she shouldn't have known, she had to pretend that she didn't know, lest she invited a fatal disaster upon herself.
"So that's how it is, I say, you have a lot of subordinates, so why do you want someone like Xiao Ying who isn't sensible? Xiao Ying must have never given you any trouble, I watched this girl grow up and left just like that. I really can't bear to part with her."
The old procuress cleverly changed the topic.
"Mom, let's hurry up and get to business. It's not easy for Miss to come out."
Xiao Ying reminded.
When the old procuress heard this, she smiled apologetically, "Yes, yes, young master. No, young lady, I want to run your fat powder in the capital. What do you think?"
Originally, she had felt that she had a lot of confidence before she came here. However, after hearing that Du Jinse was a Princess Mo, her confidence immediately deflated.
Another reason was that while the bawd was dealing with men, she was not very good at dealing with women. Normally, she was very arrogant when dealing with women, be it the girls in her building or the ladies who came looking for her.
Now that she had a request from Du Jinse, her attitude could not be wrong.
As a result, she had to be restrained.
This was Du Jinse's objective for this trip to begin with. This was what business was all about, not being able to suppress the other party in terms of momentum. Naturally, she would not have the advantage in negotiations, so why was it beneficial to him?
"I do have plans to meet them at the capital as well." Du Jinse muttered to himself.
When the old procuress heard this, her heart sank.
Du Jinse smiled, "Frankly speaking, I am lacking people, if there is someone like mother who is good at management, he would be willing to manage things for me."
Being in charge of someone else's business, how could it be better than being in charge of someone else's business?
Du Jinse squinted, concealing the calculations in her eyes.
"Frankly speaking, it's not that big of a deal for Mom to manage my cosmetic shop. The only thing she can do is make me the brand used by brothels, and I want the capital, or even the entire country, to use me as her makeup."
The old procuress was getting more and more unconfident as she said in a low voice, "I have a high status here. If those ladies heard that it was my shop, they would not even come in, much less visit it."
"In terms of reputation, you don't have it, but I don't have it either. However, I can find famous people to advertise for us. I have a plan here, take a look."
Du Jinse handed over the plan she had prepared.
The old procuress flipped through a few pages and felt her blood boil.
"Miss, you mean …"
The corner of Du Jinse's mouth raised perfectly, "I have always been worried about the management talent, but mother is not a talent that is ready, just that, mother, your reputation in the capital is too big."
Du Jinse did not say that her reputation was too bad, but it was too big.
"I can change that a little, mom will help me nurture some people, they need to be smart, beautiful people. Oh right, mom can't bring all the girls in your brothel to my place, even if they are, they won't be able to see the guests."
Not to mention anything else, none of the girls that the bawd had groomed were dumb. If they could poach a few to sell her some makeup, they would all be happy.
Du Jinse knew that even if she said that, the old procuress would not give her those outstanding looks. However, even if they were ordinary, how many could be saved?
"No problem." The old procuress agreed immediately.
Du Jinse's proposal was simply too perfect, but it was useless even if he gave it to her, because she had money and ability, but had no position or status. Making such a reputation, in the end, she wasn't even able to keep a single piece of her undergarment for herself.
"Mom is rich and has plenty of money. How much money do you plan to take out first?"
The old procuress stretched out a finger hesitantly, "Ten thousand taels."
Du Jinse smiled and nodded, "10,000 gold is indeed enough."
The old procuress's jaw dropped to the ground. She was clearly talking about silver, but seeing how light Du Jinse was, she felt that ten thousand gold was no different from a brick. She swallowed her words.
Ten thousand taels of gold is ten thousand taels of gold, but it hurts.
Du Jinse said indifferently: "Mother's son should also be entering school now. When he can go take the examination for the High Scholar, if we cooperate well and manage well, Mother can transfer Zangxiang Pavilion to your sister who you know, so as to not delay your son's future."
The bawd's facial expression changed drastically.
"How do you know I have a son?"
She could not help but look at Xiao Ying, who was looking at him with disbelief. What nonsense was she spouting, when did her mother ever have a son?
The old procuress calmed her heart down. No one in the entire Zangxiang Pavilion knew about her having a son, and it was impossible for Xiao Ying to know about this matter. It seemed that Du Jinse did not lie, but King Mo really doted on her and was willing to do anything for her.