Anle licked her lips. She also disliked women who made a lot of noise, as it was annoying.
"Let's go later then. Besides, the person Auntie needs right now isn't us, but my uncle."
"Hmph, your uncle is still working in the palace and has no idea that he has lost a child."
Anle frowned, suddenly thinking of An Dalin.
"My grandfather—"
"Oh, your grandfather probably doesn't know about this yet. The doctor was found by your aunt's maid. He hasn't had a chance to be informed of this yet."
Anle originally intended to keep it a secret from her grandfather, but then she thought that it probably couldn't be kept secret from the mansion anyway, and they would find out sooner or later.
"Let's go out of the mansion first and buy some tonics for my aunt."
Yan Qingxue nodded, "Okay, perfect timing. I arranged to meet Bai Naijiong at Tangji Rouge Shop today. I plan to bring some rouge back for my mother when I go back."
My mother particularly liked the rouge and face powder from Tang's Rouge Shop; many wealthy ladies and young women bought theirs there.
Anle blinked. "Even better than the cosmetics and face powder in our Jincheng store?"
"Of course there's no comparison. However, Tang's rouge and face powder have always been quite famous. My mother is used to using them and often asks someone to bring them back from here."
Moreover, the prices of Tangji's rouge and face powder are relatively acceptable.
The ones in Jincheng are just too expensive.
Anle blinked, seemingly lost in thought, and asked, "Is this Tang's Rouge and Face Shop also owned by the Tang family?"
"Yes, I heard that the Tang family's rouge and face powder business has already expanded beyond Tianqi. Although the rouge and face powder from Jincheng is indeed exceptionally good, the price is too high for many noble ladies to afford. Those wealthy women can afford to spend it on rouge and face powder, but some noble ladies really don't have much of their monthly allowance to spend it all on rouge and face powder."
Anle smiled. Originally, she wasn't in business selling affordable goods; she was dealing with luxury brands and targeting the high-end market.
"If they can do business overseas, then the Tang family must be very well-connected abroad?"
Yan Qingxue nodded in deep agreement, "That's right, you're right about that. The Tang family has a legitimate daughter who was sent to Israel. It seems she married into the royal family and became the king's woman. So, the Tang family is very influential in Israel."
Especially now, the Tang family is practically untouchable in the capital and within Tianqi territory. With Israel as their backer, they are naturally thriving in Israel.
Especially in the capital, even the emperor is trying to curry favor with the Tang family, hoping to ease tensions with Islaile through their connections.
Anle narrowed her eyes. Ah, she seemed to understand a little about what was going on with that liquor business.
It seems King Islay has finally reached his limit. He actually let a woman whisper sweet nothings in his ear, and is he trying to win her over with her liquor business?
Anle's eyes instantly turned as cold as ice, sending a chill down Yan Qingxue's spine. She was quite bewildered.
"W-What's wrong?"
Anle smiled at Yan Qingxue, "It's nothing, I just think that the women of the Tang family are really a magic weapon for doing business."
"Wow...you actually know that? Yes, it really is like that. The Tang family is a bit strange. They almost always give birth to girls and have a lot of women."
"So the daughters born into the Tang family have almost all their personal value used for marriage alliances and consolidating relationships." As she spoke, Yan Qingxue rubbed her arms with disgust and muttered to herself.
"It's a good thing I wasn't born into the Tang family, otherwise I wouldn't have escaped being manipulated into an arranged marriage either. The women of the Tang family are all quite pitiful."
Tang's Rouge Shop.
The shop was very large and decorated in a magnificent style. You could tell at a glance that it was run by a wealthy family. Even the cabinets were made of chicken wing wood.
Naturally, the wealthy and powerful family is the Tang family.
Bai Naijiong was already waiting at the Tang family's rouge shop as agreed. He wasn't in charge of rouge and face powder, so he didn't know much about them and didn't seem particularly interested. He simply found a place to sit down, drank some tea, and waited for Yan Qingxue and Anle to make their selections.
He Yusheng sat next to Bai Naijiong, drinking tea and waiting together.
Xiaoya and Yan Qingxue were chatting excitedly, discussing what price range of lipsticks to choose for Zhao Shi, when suddenly a little girl popped out from behind the counter, bumping into Xiaoya and knocking her flat on her back.
"Ouch—" Xiaoya winced in pain. Yan Qingxue stared blankly at the little girl who rushed out of Tangji Rouge Shop. Before she could chase after her, she quickly helped Xiaoya up.
Then a group of thugs suddenly appeared from behind the rouge shop, rushed out of Tang's shop, and chased after the young girl—
"Stop right there, you brat, you dare to run away?"
Xiaoya was pulled up by Yan Qingxue and rubbed her sore bottom. "Ouch... What happened? What's going on?" Xiaoya was confused and felt a little wronged.
"My esteemed guests, I apologize for any inconvenience caused and for offending you. Please forgive me. Since you two have taken a liking to this rouge, I will give you one for free. Please forgive me."
Yan Qingxue frowned and asked the waiter, "What's going on? Why did that girl run away? And why are these people chasing after her?"
The waiter gave Yan Qingxue a polite smile, looking embarrassed. "Well... it's hard to say, so please don't ask, miss. Here are two of these lip rouges for you."
Yan Qingxue, seemingly sensing something amiss, sneakily approached the waiter and quietly slipped a small piece of silver into his ear.
"Hey buddy, tell me what happened?"
The waiter was taken aback, glanced around furtively, and then quickly clutched the silver that Yan Qingxue had stuffed into his hand. He muttered a few words under his breath, "This little girl was originally here to work in our shop, but the owner took a liking to her and plans to take her to his mansion, train her well, and then give her to the lord of a small country as his adopted daughter."
But the little girl didn't want to, and she was incredibly strong; even five big men couldn't subdue her, so they starved her for five days.
We thought this little girl was too weak from hunger, but who would have thought that after a few days of starvation, she could still cause chaos in the backyard, and even five big men couldn't subdue her.
After causing a ruckus in the backyard for an hour, they thought they couldn't make much of a fuss, but they still managed to escape from the backyard and get away from those big men, who were the boss's henchmen.
This little girl, I don't know where she came from, she has extraordinary strength and is incredibly good at fighting.
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