Chapter 250 Master Li is the Emperor

Daya laughed and said, "What I said may not be true. But the rouge and powder shops near the docks rarely have high-end customers. So when they first started, they mostly sold high-quality and inexpensive rouge and powder. But whether it's cheap or expensive, these have to be purchased from other places, and they have the final say on the cost..."

"I'm also very troubled by this. But I can only make a few things myself, and I figured it out by myself, so the quality is not good." Erya said, "It would be great if there was a recipe."

"I read some prescriptions in the book, but I don't know if they are effective."

"That's okay. We have plenty of time anyway. Let's give it a try." Erya was eager to try.

"Yes." Daya nodded. "Also, I'll slowly search for other recipes. What I want to talk about today is Huadian."

"Flowers?" Erya's interest immediately dropped when she heard that.

The so-called Huadian is a beautiful pattern painted on the face. For example, there was a sixth girl in the Zhou family. Because she had a scar between her eyebrows when she was young, she would paint various Huadian on her face every day.

The most commonly painted one is the eight-treasure flower pattern.

In order to paint her flower ornaments, the mansion specially invited a painter with excellent painting skills.

"Sister, are you going to paint for others?" Erya asked, "But that's not a long-term solution."

Before, Erya envied the sixth girl’s flower ornaments, so she asked Daya to help her draw them.

Daya is very good at painting. Although she is not a master, she can easily draw any common patterns.

She is a very clever girl.

"That's certainly not a long-term solution, but think about it, ordinary girls can't afford jewelry, and it's not easy to collect so many paints. Not many of them can hold a brush..."

For girls from ordinary families, flower ornaments were an unattainable luxury.

The most they could do was have adults put a red dot on their foreheads with cinnabar when they were young, and that was all.

But the truly beautiful flower ornaments have rich colors and various patterns.

"You're all right," Arya said dejectedly, "but I can't hire someone to paint my hair. How much would that cost per person?"

This clearly goes against the requirement of being cheap.

"No. I read in a book that hundreds of years ago, flower ornaments could be stuck on the face. What I'm saying is that we should make the flower ornaments in advance and sell them."

"Selling flower ornaments? I've never seen that before. But how do you make them? And how do you stick them on your face?"

"You can use colored glossy paper, fish bones, fish maws, silk, mother-of-pearl shells, mica flakes, gold foil, silver thread, anything. It's up to you how much you want to spend," Daya said. "Once you're done, use a special glue. Just breathe on it or dip it in water, and you can stick it on."

"This is great, this is great!" Erya's eyes lit up. "Big sister, let's try it out in the next few days. A flower ornament like this should only cost a few dollars, maybe a dozen or so. I'm sure many people would be willing to buy it!"

You can't afford a hair ornament for two taels of silver, but you can always afford a hair ornament for a few or a dozen coins if you save up some money.

Although it is good to do business with rich people, there are too few rich people and too many people are watching them.

Doing business with the poor masses is also good, provided that the flow of people is large enough.

"Yeah." Daya smiled and nodded. "I just thought of it while reading. Let's give it a try. If this business is successful, we can hire some women to do this for us in the future."

"Also, we have to establish our own brand from the beginning. That way, when there is competition in the future, we will be the first to launch, and many people will believe that we are the best."

After listening to this, Lu Qiniang couldn't help but ask, "Did you see that? What did I say? You still have to study, right? There's everything in the book!"

Erya pouted, "Mom, we're talking about making money, please don't spoil the fun. Dad, take Mom away quickly and don't let her cause any more trouble."

Xiao Yan smiled and said, "You three sisters, take your time to study. When you need us to contribute money or manpower, just ask us. As for your business, you are the ones who make the decisions."

Erya didn't even want to sleep, and she dragged Daya to study until very late.

Perhaps because she didn't do much work during the day and wasn't tired, Lu Qiniang didn't sleep as well as before at night and had many messy dreams.

Once you’re done, forget about it.

When it was almost dawn, her last dream was that Daya was getting married.

The house was full of red, and she was busy with guests coming in and out.

Then, Mr. Li came.

She hurried forward to greet him.

But Master Li angrily said, "You love your daughter, but don't I love mine? Why did you scold my daughter like that and make her commit suicide? The coffin is at the door now, you need to give me an explanation!"

Then Lu Qin's mother was frightened awake, gasping for breath.

The dim light of dawn has already shone through the window paper.

Ah Huang is still snoring.

It turned out to be a dream.

Lu Qiniang breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the beams, unable to come out of the emotions of the dream for a while.

Dreams are always the opposite, she said to herself.

What did Xiao Yan say?

What you think about during the day, you dream about at night.

Did she feel so good scolding Aunt Bai a few days ago, or did she hope that Aunt Bai could have some normal thoughts, so she dreamed of her?

What does it have to do with Master Li?

ah? ? ?

ah! ! !

Lu Qiniang's eyes suddenly widened.

She remembered.

Mr. Li is Xiao Yan’s grandfather!

She said she forgot something!

No, Aunt Bai’s surname is Bai, and Mr. Li’s surname is Li. Is that correct?

Lu Qinniang usually doesn't think too much about many things, especially other people's family affairs. Moreover, the complicated family relationships in wealthy families are a headache to think about.

But now it seems like I have found that thread, and when I pull it, a lot of things go wrong.

Aunt Bai is a concubine, she is not even a real mother, and her relatives are naturally not real relatives either.

Her father didn't dare to call himself Xiao Yan's grandfather.

And to take a step back, even if he could be called that, it was obvious that Mr. Li came from a wealthy family. He was generous and often sent rare items. How could he raise a daughter like Aunt Bai who looked like a servant, and how could he let his daughter be a maid?

Xiao Yan's maternal grandfather should be his stepmother's father.

But his legal mother was a princess, a princess...

Then Master Li...

Impersonating an imperial relative is a capital offense, and impersonating the emperor means the entire clan will be executed.

Even if Mr. Li himself didn't want to live, people who knew him, such as Xiao Yan and Yun Ting, would not fail to remind him.

The answer is obvious -

Master Li is the emperor!

Oh my God!

Lu Qiniang was completely stunned.

She actually met the emperor and talked a lot of nonsense to him!

She has a pretty strong head!