After everyone was seated, Empress Jing'an entered with Princess Jinyi. After receiving their greetings, Empress Jing'an led Princess Jinyi to her seat. After the opening dance, Zishu stepped forward and announced, "Ladies and ladies, the next performance will be from the Fragrance Pavilion. Please come and watch."

Ten women then took the stage. Unlike previous performances of singing and dancing, they instead demonstrated how to apply makeup, one sitting and one standing. After the performance, which stunned everyone, one of the women, dressed in red, stepped forward and announced, "The cosmetics for this banquet are provided by the Fragrance Pavilion, located at No. 8 East Street." With that, the women bowed and departed.

After the song and dance ended, there was continuous applause. The women in the seats chatted with their acquaintances about their trip to the Fragrance Pavilion. Among them, Bai, who had come with the Fourth House's Dowager, sat alone at the table, her mind full of thoughts.

Then a female musician who was good at playing the pipa came on stage to play. In the middle of the performance, Queen Jing'an raised her glass to all the female relatives and said, "Everyone, I hope that you can come here with joy today and leave with satisfaction. I will drink this cup to the full, and you can do as you please." After that, Queen Jing'an drank the wine in the cup to the full.

The women sitting in the lower seats thanked her in unison: "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your grace."

After the toast, Empress Jing'an helped Princess Jinyi out of the banquet. The other women stood up and respectfully bid farewell to Empress Jing'an and Princess Jinyi: "Farewell, Her Majesty, and farewell, Princess Jinyi."

After the banquet, Xu Wen and Lin Jiaoniang left the palace together. Lord Yu had been waiting at the palace gate long before, much to the envy of the other ladies. Sheng Huairen also arrived. Xu Wen glanced at him and saw that he was even more handsome than before.

Seeing Sheng Huairen coming to pick up Xu Wen, several ladies who were familiar with Xu Wen joked, "Oh, Madam Sheng, Lord Sheng is here to pick you up too." Xu Wen turned around and smiled, then turned around and got on the carriage.

The next day, I heard that the entrance of the Fragrance Pavilion was crowded with people before dawn, and orders were queued up for three months later.

After returning home last night, Bai Shi from the Ningyuan Marquis's residence wrote a letter to her father, telling him about the Mirror and Fragrance Pavilion in the capital. Although the Bai family was a salt merchant, they also had other interests. Not to mention the acres of land they owned throughout the south, the Bai family also owned several cosmetics shops used by women. That night, Bai Shi also tried the cosmetics from the Fragrance Pavilion and immediately understood the difference between heaven and earth.

This Fragrance Pavilion was clearly connected to Empress Jing'an. Although it wasn't explicitly stated, a separate makeup performance was held at Empress Jing'an's banquet. The Bai family knew there was no comparison between the Bai family and Empress Jing'an, so they could only spread the news back to the south as quickly as possible. With Bai's father's business acumen, they knew they would find a way to deal with it.

The cosmetics now had a provenance, but the clear mirror, until the banquet was over, no one knew where it came from. A bold princess from the imperial clan asked Princess Jinyi about it, but she replied calmly, "This was developed with the help of the Ministry of Industry. Once it's in mass production, we'll have a source to buy it."

For a time, the entire capital was buzzing with talk of the mirror and the Fragrance Pavilion. Merchants, upon hearing the news, were eager to secure a spot in the purchase process so they could present the mirror to the rich and powerful.

The news from the capital was delivered to the Bai family in just three days. After receiving the letter, Father Bai issued instructions one by one. Holding the letter, Father Bai looked far away in the direction of the capital and murmured, "Good girl, Daddy..."