Yang Xuanji stroked his gray beard, feeling quite happy: "Let's go to Weiyanji to buy two boxes of snacks for Madam. If Madam can't eat her favorite snacks tonight, she will kick me to sleep in the study."
The round-faced servant covered his mouth and chuckled: "Only the Madam dares to kick the Master."
The curtain was lowered, and the carriage moved slowly, disappearing into the bustling streets of Yanjing.
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Princess Zhaoyang is the only princess of the Daqing Kingdom and the favorite of the emperor and empress. She has always been the leader of the noble ladies in Yanjing and a beauty trendsetter. Her dress and makeup are often imitated by the noble ladies.
A few years ago, Princess Zhaoyang was drunk and sleeping in the warm room, and a red plum blossom fell on her forehead. After Zhaoyang woke up, he had a new makeup inspiration. He painted a lifelike plum blossom between his eyebrows and a few plum petals on his cheeks, and named it "Plum Blossom Makeup".
Noble ladies followed suit and plum blossom makeup became popular for a time, which shows the influence of Princess Zhaoyang.
Today, Princess Zhaoyang got a makeup powder called "Yuyan" from a shop called "Qixiangzhai". This makeup powder can even out skin tone, cover blemishes, and is not easy to fall off when applied on the face. The news soon spread throughout Yanjing.
There is no shortage of rich people in Yanjing. Rich mistresses and daughters all sent people to Qixiangzhai to buy "Jade Face Makeup Powder".
After using it, the buyers found that the effect was really excellent. As word of mouth spread, Qixiangzhai's "Jade Face Makeup Powder" was in short supply, and the market price kept rising, even to the point of being hard to come by at a high price.
A month later, Qixiangzhai launched another 30 boxes of Yuyan makeup powder, which were sold out in an instant.
At the same time, Shen Wei received news from Ye Qiu Shuang that Mr. Yang Xuanji from the Yang Mansion wanted to meet the owner behind the rouge shop.
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