Rouge Pavilion returned to peace.
Shen Yuexi asked Liu Qiu to look after the business downstairs, and she took Liang Yuyu and led the queen to the second floor.
As soon as she entered the room, the queen's tense back suddenly relaxed.
She took off the hair crown covered with pearls and jade and put it aside.
The crown left a faint red mark on the queen's head.
She frowned slightly, found a bronze mirror, and while looking in the mirror, she complained to Shen Yuexi: "Look at how this hair crown has weighed me down."
Liang Yuyu was placed on a small chair beside Shen Yuexi. From her point of view, she could just see the queen's coquettish look.
She pouted her red lips slightly, her brows slightly furrowed, holding a mirror in her right hand and rubbing the mark on her forehead with her left hand.
She looked just like a teenage girl, completely different from the aloof queen she had seen in the palace before.
Liang Yuyu was fascinated by the sight, smacking her lips and thinking secretly in her heart.
[The Empress and my mother have a very good relationship.]
[Otherwise, how could the Queen be so relaxed in front of my mother? ]
Liang Yuyu was just thinking when Shen Yuexi walked out of the inner room with a bottle of prepared skin care products in her hand.
"This is what I'm going to give you."
Shen Yuexi placed the bottle on the table and pushed it in front of the Queen.
When the Queen saw the bottle, her face lit up with smiles. "Isn't this the rejuvenating cream we developed together when we were little? Why are you still keeping it?"
Shen Yuexi and the queen looked at each other, and the corners of their lips lifted in a faint smile.
She turned sideways and picked up Liang Yuyu, gently pinched the little guy's cheek, and smiled at the queen: "It's all because of this little guy."
Because of me?
Liang Yuyu blinked her big eyes, her face full of confusion.
What does this have to do with me?
She turned her head away and stared at the bottle for a long time, but still didn't understand what the relationship between her and the bottle was.
"That day I was in my house worrying about what business to start. This little guy somehow reached under my pillow and accidentally knocked this thing to the ground."
Shen Yuexi smiled at Liang Yuyu, her eyes filled with pride. "I remember when we first developed this rejuvenating cream, we said that if we ever had the chance, we would definitely promote it. Ideally, every woman in the world would have one."
The queen nodded repeatedly, opened the bottle, scooped out a piece, and smeared it on the red mark on her forehead.
Liang Yuyu watched helplessly as the mark on the queen's forehead disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.
She was dumbfounded, her eyes wide open.
[Oh my god! What kind of black technology is this, mother?]
[How can it be so fast? Even a repair mask can't be this fast.]
Liang Yuyu was extremely curious and waved her little hands, wanting to take the bottle to study it.
The queen was concentrating on wiping the mark on her forehead and did not notice Liang Yuyu's actions.
One of them stretched out his hand while the other retracted it, then one retracted his hand while the other stretched out his hand.
Several rounds were perfect misses.
In the end, Liang Yuyu had no choice but to breathe heavily, her nose flaring, and look at the queen angrily.
[Ahh~ This Queen has no good judgment. Can't she see how hard it is for me to get this?]
Liang Yuyu turned her head and looked at Shen Yuexi eagerly.
[Mother, I want to see that bottle too.]
After the queen finished applying the last piece, Shen Yuexi took the bottle and handed it to Liang Yuyu.
She smiled and sat opposite the Queen: "Do you think this thing is very useful?"
The Queen looked at her intact face in the bronze mirror and nodded slightly. "It still works just as well as before. By the way, have you changed the formula?"
Shen Yuexi and the Queen looked at each other in silence for a long time.
After a few seconds' pause, the queen suddenly stood up.
She moved so violently that she knocked over the bronze mirror next to her.
Bang--
The mirror fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
Liang Yuyu was so scared that she almost dropped the bottle in her hand.
She widened her eyes and looked at the queen in panic.
The latter frowned, put his hands on his waist, and looked at Shen Yuexi in disbelief: "Xi'er, you haven't changed the formula, right?"
Shen Yuexi grabbed the queen's sleeve with one hand and gently pulled it down a few times, signaling the queen to stay calm.
Sure enough, not long after, the voice of the head palace maid came from outside the house: "My queen, are you okay?"
The queen fixed her hair, looked outside the room, and whispered, "It's okay."
When the footsteps of the head maid faded away, the queen frowned and looked at Shen Yuexi again: "Xi'er, this rejuvenating cream contains that substance. Since the death of the late emperor, that substance has been banned by the court. It cannot be sold if it is added."
Shen Yuexi let go of the queen's sleeves, placed her hands on her legs, and rubbed them up and down awkwardly.
She frowned slightly, nodded slowly, and whispered, "I know."
"Are you planning to sell this when you open Rouge Pavilion this time?"
Shen Yuexi turned her head slightly and glanced at the queen.
The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and before Shen Yuexi could speak, the Queen already understood what she meant.
"No!" The emperor shook his head repeatedly, "Absolutely not!"
Shen Yuexi turned sideways and looked at the Queen: "Listen to me."
"That thing wasn't banned by the court because it was harmful to humans. It was because of the late emperor..."
Shen Yuexi glanced outside the room twice and lowered her voice even more: "Many people speculated that the death of the late emperor was related to that substance, so the court banned the sale of all items containing that substance."
"But, you and I both know that it's beneficial to humans and not harmful. If you add some to a rejuvenating cream, the effect you'll get will be many times greater than anything else."
"If we can add that substance to the rejuvenating cream, it will definitely sell for a good price. By then, Rouge Pavilion's investment will be recouped quickly."
The queen's originally resolute expression gradually became more hesitant.
She frowned and muttered softly, "But, most of these things are now under the supervision of the court. Where can I find so many?"
Shen Yuexi grasped the Queen's wrist, tapping the back of her hand with her fingers. "I've found the source of the item. Now I just need you to do me a small favor."
The Queen looked at Shen Yuexi tentatively: "What?"
Shen Yuexi pulled out something she had prepared long ago from her sleeve and handed it to the Queen: "Everything in Rouge Pavilion needs to be registered with the Ministry of Works. As long as they sign, I'm sure the Ministry of Works won't dare to make things too difficult for you."
The Queen looked nervous: "Are you really okay?"
Shen Yuexi nodded slightly: "Don't worry, nothing will happen."
The queen hesitated for a long time, finally took the thing from Shen Yuexi's hand and signed it quickly.
Liang Yuyu blinked at the two of them, then lowered her head to look at the bottle in her hand.
[What makes the Queen and Mother so nervous? ]
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