Xue Rong opened the lid of the box, dipped her fingers in some powder, and applied it on her face. Her already charming and enchanting face became even whiter and more beautiful.
Xue Rong glanced at the bronze mirror with a graceful smile, and placed the peach blossom powder on the dressing table. Yu Jiao took the powder box and sniffed it, then dipped her fingers in some powder and rubbed it on her fingertips.
"My lady, this fan..."
"What's wrong with this fan?" Xue Rong raised her eyebrows slightly and took over the conversation.
"It seems that a lot of medicinal herbs are used in this Jade Face Peach Blossom Powder." Yu Jiao said.
Xue Rong nodded slightly. "It's rare that you can tell that this Jade Face Peach Blossom Powder is made using an ancient recipe. It's not the kind of powder that ordinary people on the street use. Although powder can whiten your face and is not easy to fall off, it will turn your skin blue if you use it for a long time."
"Your Highness, do you think there is no lead powder in this Jade Face Peach Blossom Powder?" Yu Jiao inserted the silver needle into the powder, and soon the entire silver needle turned black. She said, "This powder uses gypsum, talc, lead, clam powder, wax, motherwort, sunflower seed juice, and musk deer."
Xue Rong was so angry that she slammed the table, "Fan Kui, you actually lied to me!"
Fan Kui was the one who presented the Jade Face Peach Blossom Powder to Xue Rong. He claimed that his family had an ancient recipe passed down from generation to generation. The peach blossom powder he made was not only free of makeup, but also contained a variety of beauty-enhancing herbs. Regular use was not only harmless to the skin, but also could maintain and nourish the skin.
Xue Rong immediately asked in confusion, "Since this peach blossom powder also contains lead, why is it that after using it for many years, my skin is not only intact, but also always white, delicate, smooth and tender?"
Yu Jiao frowned slightly. At this moment, the little palace maid who had carried the Zijicao out hurried in. Behind her followed two eunuchs carrying soup bowls. "Madam, the kitchen cooked two pots of Zijicao according to Yu's instructions. The pot with clear water didn't look anything special, but the pot with strong tea..."
"Why are you hesitating so much? What's the matter?" Xue Rong shouted coldly.
Yu Jiao walked closer and looked at the two pots. She picked up the spoon and stirred the bowl with the strong tea. A large amount of sediment appeared at the bottom of the pot.
She said to the eunuch holding the other bowl, "Shake this bowl."
The young eunuch raised his eyes and looked at Xue Rong, who nodded slightly, indicating that he should do as Yu Jiao said.
The young eunuch shook the bowl, and a lot of foam soon appeared in the soup.
Yu Jiao motioned Xue Rong to come and take a look, and scooped up the sediment in another bowl, "The herb is poisonous." If a large amount of sediment is produced when strong tea is added to the boiled soup, it means that it contains heavy metals or alkaloids. If the soup produces foam after shaking, it means that it contains saponins.
Xue Rong looked at the two pots with an unpredictable expression on her face. Her long nails, which had just been dyed with Impatiens flowers, were broken in her palm.
Yu Jiao suddenly figured out why there was musk deer in peach blossom powder. She went to the dressing mirror, took out the box of peach blossom powder, scooped a spoonful of the boiled soup, and dripped it into the peach blossom powder. Soon the air was filled with the same charming fragrance as Xue Rong's.
When Xue Rong smelled the scent, she turned around, her eyes cold and grim.
"Your Majesty should have smelled it, too." Yu Jiao said, "The so-called body fragrance is the smell of the two herbs, the Herba Cibotii and the Herba Musk Dermot, that Your Majesty took. The reason why the smell on Your Majesty's body is much lighter is because Your Majesty did not take the Herba Musk Dermot directly, but applied peach blossom powder on her face, and the Herba Musk Dermot slowly penetrated into Your Majesty's body through her skin."
Xue Rong took a deep breath and asked slowly, "Besides this strange fragrance, is the reason why I have not been able to conceive in recent years also because of the Ziji grass and peach blossom powder?"
Yu Jiao said, "Although I have never seen any record of Zijicao in medical books, I have tasted it just now. Zijicao is cold in nature, while musk deer has the effect of promoting blood circulation and inducing labor. It can be used to treat dystocia and stillbirth. However, if you frequently come into contact with musk deer over the years, it will cause miscarriage and infertility. The combination of the two with Zijicao is the reason why the queen's three yins are extremely cold and she cannot get pregnant."
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