Lu Linglin looked at the delicately painted Lu Lingjiao in the mirror. Not to mention that the women of the Lu family all tended to have heroic looks, even the ladies nowadays liked dignified and steady women.
This kind of tearful makeup and the demeanor of a concubine are what the ladies dislike the most.
She ignored Lu Lingjiao and redrawn her eyebrows. The tips of her eyebrows were slightly thicker, making her look more heroic.
She pressed some blush with fine powder and wiped off some of the shadows on her cheeks and on both sides of her nose. Although her makeup was not as good as before, it was much better than before.
After this, Lu Lingrui also wanted to change. She looked at Lu Lingjiao and pursed her lips again.
Lu Lingjiao looked down upon her this way the most. She rolled her eyes at her and said, "If you want to change, change it. Why are you looking at me? I'm not your aunt."
Lu Lingrui shrank back, lowered her head, and looked at a loss as to what to do. Lu Lingjiao rolled her eyes at this, "You're acting like I'm bullying you."
"Alright." Lu Linglin finished her makeup and looked at Lu Lingjiao. "Eighth sister, please be quiet. Fifth sister has entered the palace, which has raised our status. However, when you go out, you must remember to be careful with your words and actions."
Lu Lingjiao restrained her expression upon hearing this, but she disagreed in her heart. Lu Linglin had entered the palace and became an empress with such a temper. Why couldn't she also be independent and act like a superior person for once?
Apart from the fact that they, concubines' daughters, do not have the dowry provided by their mistress, what else do they lack compared to others?
Looking at Lu Lingjiao like this, Lu Linglin knew that she didn't listen, so he sighed lightly and said no more.
Bai Wanyi came out and saw that Lu Linglin had changed her makeup. She was immediately unhappy: "Do you think my makeup is not good?"
Lu Linglin smiled gently and appropriately. "Sister-in-law's makeup is nice, but ladies these days probably don't like such delicate makeup." At this point, a hint of blush appeared on her ears. "If I get married in the future, this kind of makeup might work in front of my husband."
That's more like it.
Bai Wanyi didn't understand the underlying meaning of Lu Linglin's words - such a pitiful makeup was either that of a prostitute or a concubine, and it was totally inconsistent with the temperament of a lady from a wealthy family.
But as a rich lady, she couldn't say such a thing, otherwise people would ask her: Have you seen a girl from a brothel?
Do you still want fame?
Bai Wanyi hadn't thought carefully about the meaning of Lu Linglin's words until she got in the car. Seeing her like this, letting her two younger sisters go out with such makeup, Lu Linglin frowned. Her two sisters-in-law were not reliable in her marriage, and her grandmother would not care about a concubine's daughter like her.
Although the concubine is capable, she is trapped in the inner house and cannot go out. How will her marriage end?
Lu Linglin's brows were furrowed, and they didn't relax until the carriage stopped at the gate of Chang'an Marquis Mansion. The future was worrying.
Bai Wanyi had completely forgotten what happened between Miss Qian and the merchant's son at the flower viewing banquet last year.
She believed that a man and a woman who were in love and had a dream together in one night should be a good story, not a scandal, so she didn't take it seriously, naturally didn't take it to heart, and would never remember it.
As for Lu Linglin and the others, they were originally girls, and this matter was avoided from them at the beginning, so they knew almost the same thing as outsiders. They only knew that there was some disagreement between the Marquis of Chang'an and the Marquis of Pingyang at the flower viewing banquet last year.
No one knows what happened afterwards, but the Marquis of Chang'an asked the Marquis of Pingyang to act as a matchmaker and arranged a marriage for the eldest daughter.
Now that the Chang'an Marquis' Mansion had sent out invitations to them to attend a flower-viewing banquet, they all thought that nothing was wrong.
It's just that the fact that Miss Qian, the daughter of the Marquis of Chang'an, married the son of a merchant caused a lot of discussion.
But now, seeing the cheerful look on the face of Chang'an Marquis' wife, Wei, she must be very satisfied with this marriage.
Wei was entertaining others, but when she saw Bai Wanyi coming, she hurried forward to greet him: "Madam Bai is finally here."
Wei was particularly fond of Bai Wanyi, and one marriage made her earn 100,000 taels of silver! Who wouldn't like her?
Wei took Bai Wanyi's hand and looked at Lu Linglin and the others: "Are these the young ladies from your family? They are really pretty."
Bai Wanyi ordered someone to deliver the gifts: "This is the new cosmetics I brought for my wife and the two young ladies. There is also a small bottle of perfume inside. Just one drop can last a whole day. You can try it."
Upon hearing this, Wei immediately opened the box in public. In addition to several small square boxes, there was also a beautiful glass bottle.
The bottle was crystal clear, which made the rose-red perfume inside look even more beautiful. She immediately opened the bottle and dropped a drop on the back of her hand. Suddenly, a rich fragrance hit her face.
When I first smelled it, it was strong and overbearing, even a little pungent, but when I smelled it again, it seemed to smell very good, especially when I held it farther away, the smell was surprisingly good.
She waved her hand gently again, and the fragrance still remained on it, as if it would last for a long time.
Bai Wanyi took her hand, dipped the perfume in it, and rubbed it behind her ear. He smiled and said, "Madam, you use a lot. Just a little bit of fragrance is very pleasant, especially when applied behind the ear. It makes people want to smell it."
She deliberately lowered her voice for the rest of the sentence and smiled meaningfully. Wei Shi understood instantly and smiled for a moment. Then she remembered that her two daughters also had perfume in their hands, so she became alert: "Could their perfumes smell like this too?"
Bai Wanyi smiled and shook his head: "This one is still rose scented, so the fragrance is a bit overbearing. The ones for the two ladies are jasmine scented and orchid scented. They are the most fresh and elegant."
Mrs. Wei was still worried, so she asked her two daughters to take out the perfume, put a drop of it in and smell it. It was indeed as elegant as she said, almost imperceptible from a distance, but smelled particularly good up close.
She was relieved at this point, and ordered someone to put the things away. She smiled and said, "Come in quickly, everyone is almost here."
Wei took Bai Wanyi's hand and personally escorted her in, with several young ladies following behind.
Miss Qian Si and Miss Qian Liu were in charge of entertaining the young ladies from various families today. They did not greet Lu Linglin and her sisters, but instead smiled at their makeup.
Fourth Miss Qian's gaze fell on Lu Lingjiao's face and she said sneerfully, "The young lady of the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion has a very unique makeup style."
Hearing this, Bai Wanyi turned around proudly and said, "I drew this specially for you. Isn't it beautiful?"
Wei thought to herself, "Where is she beautiful? She's such a rich young lady, but now she looks like a girl from a brothel."
Mrs. Wei was embarrassed to say this, but Miss Qian was not polite at all. She walked up to Lu Lingjiao and wiped her face: "Hey, why is your face so dark? Did you get some dust on it?"
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