Chapter 46: Chapter 46 Disappointment

The closer they got to Agarwood Pavilion, the heavier Mrs. Wang and Hongxiu’s footsteps became, as if they couldn’t lift them.

Xingxing’s impatience.

She was eager to drag the two of them to run.

Upon reaching Agarwood Pavilion, they directly pushed the door open and entered the study.

“Miss, I’ve brought Mrs. Wang,” Xingxing said cheerfully.

Su Jin looked up.

She saw Xingxing forcefully dragging Mrs. Wang in, with an extra tail behind.

Mrs. Wang’s face was ashen.

Hongxiu was trembling, almost about to cry.

Su Jin, “….”

She rubbed her forehead, “Is this how Feihu Village invites people?”

Xingxing said naively, “When we invite people to Feihu Village, it’s not as gentle as this maid. We put a knife to their necks.”

Gentle—

Mrs. Wang and Hongxiu were almost scared to tears by Xingxing’s gentleness.

They couldn’t understand what she ate to grow such strength, it was astonishing.

When she pulled, their wrists faintly ached.

Mrs. Wang glanced, showing blue mixed with red.

She had been at the Duke Mansion for thirty years and had never been treated so rudely before, she had a breath stuck in her chest, not daring to let it out.

Su Jin was speechless, the gentleness in her eyes was not the same word as Xingxing’s.

Mrs. Wang steadied her mind and said, “I don’t know why the Eldest Young Madam has summoned this maid?”

“The Old Madam will be waking up soon, if there’s nothing important, I should return to attend to the Old Madam,” her voice slightly trembling.

“It won’t take much time, wash your face first,” Su Jin said with a smile.

“….”

Mrs. Wang was bewildered.

When she went to other Madams, they always offered tea first. Why was it washing her face first with the Eldest Young Madam?

Was her face dirty?

Mrs. Wang glanced at Hongxiu.

Hongxiu shook her head.

Not dirty.

Su Jin handed a black, coal-like thing to Xingxing, “Take them to wash their faces and make sure to clean thoroughly.”

Xingxing nodded repeatedly.

Seeing the whip on the table, Mrs. Wang and Hongxiu dared not resist and resignedly followed Xingxing to wash their faces.

Washing her face with something black and unfamiliar, Mrs. Wang felt resistant but could only comply.

When done, Mrs. Wang was a bit surprised.

Her face seemed much fresher.

It wasn’t just her, Hongxiu also felt the same, she said, “This stuff is better than bath beans.”

Xingxing brought them back to the study.

“Miss, they’ve finished washing their faces,” Xingxing said.

In the study, Su Jin was vigorously stirring, she said, “Help Mrs. Wang lie on the small couch.”

Xingxing went over to help Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang hastily said, “No need, no need, whatever the Eldest Young Madam needs, she can order, I can stand just fine.”

“That’s the order.”

“….”

Mrs. Wang was practically pressed onto the small couch.

Su Jin brought over the charcoal paste, Xingxing saw it and said, “Miss, is this the charcoal powder we ground last night?”

Mrs. Wang’s face turned pale, she hurriedly said, “Eldest Young Madam, I haven’t offended you.”

Seeing her struggle, Xingxing pressed even harder.

Mrs. Wang struggled more fiercely, she said, “Eldest Young Madam, please spare me, I’ll go back and persuade the Old Madam to allocate twenty thousand taels from the public funds to let you open a shop….”

She thought Su Jin had summoned her to force her to persuade the Old Madam.

After all, she was a confidante of the Old Madam, her words carried weight.

Su Jin smiled, “The missing twenty thousand taels, my husband will help me gather, so there’s no need to trouble the public funds, just lie still.”

Su Jin used a bamboo spoon to apply the charcoal paste on Mrs. Wang’s face.

Hongxiu watched as Mrs. Wang’s face was smeared black—

So frightened that her face turned pale.

After tormenting Mrs. Wang, it should be her turn.

Just after preparing mentally, she heard Su Jin say, “Come over and sit.”

Seeing her not move, Xingxing walked over, scaring Hongxiu into quickly sitting on the stool, grabbing her skirt, letting Su Jin smear her as well.

After finishing, Su Jin smiled satisfactorily.

Mrs. Wang and Hongxiu almost burst into tears.

They held back for a quarter of an hour.

Su Jin then helped Mrs. Wang peel the stuff off her face.

Hongxiu watched from the side, her eyes widening, in disbelief.

Mrs. Wang was scared by her gaze.

She didn’t dare imagine what she looked like now.

Xingxing stood aside, eager to try.

“Let me help you peel that off your face.”

She reached out to Hongxiu.

Hongxiu quickly said, “I’ll do it myself.”

Seeing the stuff on Hongxiu’s face being peeled off in one piece, revealing a fair little face, Mrs. Wang was stunned too.

How was this not what she expected at all?

“Miss, why aren’t they black at all,” Xingxing was a little disappointed, it seemed to waste all the charcoal she ground.

“….”

“It’s for whitening.”

“….”

Xingxing’s eyes lit up.

Su Jin asked her to bring the copper mirror.

Mrs. Wang and Hongxiu looked left and right, unable to see how much whiter they were, but their skin certainly felt much smoother.

After resting for a while, Su Jin asked them to wash their faces.

When they returned, she handed them a Rouge box, telling them to apply it on their faces.

This time, it wasn’t black.

It was light pink, with a faint fresh scent, refreshing to the soul.

Mrs. Wang had served the Old Madam for many years, seen all kinds of Rouge and makeup, but she had never seen anything like this.

She followed the instructions.

Su Jin then picked up a medicine bottle from the table, poured out two pills, and said, “Take one each.”

Mrs. Wang began to lose control, she boldly asked, “Eldest Young Madam, what exactly are you trying to do?”

“I’m going to use you and the maid’s faces to show everyone that my charcoal can really be applied to the face. Once I’ve convinced the Old Madam and the Third Madam, I can persuade others to use my charcoal paste,” Su Jin replied truthfully.

Mrs. Wang glanced at Hongxiu and said, “Eat it.”

She took a pill into her palm, looked at it for a moment, then swallowed it.

Seeing her eat it, Hongxiu also gulped down the pill.

Su Jin gave them the Rouge and black charcoal soap, then let them go, reminding them to come back tomorrow afternoon.

After leaving Agarwood Pavilion, Hongxiu touched her throat, worriedly said, “Could the pills Eldest Young Madam gave us be poison, to force us to obey her in the future?”

“Not sure, let’s have a doctor check later.”

“It’s already in our stomachs, how can it be checked?”

“I didn’t eat mine.”

“….”

Mrs. Wang opened her palm, revealing the pill still there.

Hongxiu, “….!!!”

“Why didn’t you eat it!” Hongxiu wanted to die.

Mrs. Wang gave her a glance, “You don’t even know what it is, yet you dared to put it in your mouth. Just pretended for the Eldest Young Madam, learn more in the future, or you won’t even know how you died.”

Hongxiu, “….!!!”

When they returned to Qihao Hall, the Old Madam was already awake.

Mrs. Wang reported their visit to Agarwood Pavilion to the Old Madam and showed her the pill.

Mrs. Wang was a confidant of the Old Madam, and the Old Madam didn’t want her to be in danger, so she called a doctor to the mansion.

The doctor took Mrs. Wang and Hongxiu’s pulse.

No issues.

The Rouge was tested for poison, no issues.

When the pill was examined, the doctor’s expression became indescribable, uncertain how to describe it.

Hongxiu felt her heart trembling, “Is it poisoned?”

The doctor chuckled, “This pill is even better than the health preservation pills the Old Madam takes daily, how could it be poisoned?”

“So good?” Mrs. Wang was shocked.

The doctor put down the pill and said, “After taking it for seven days, the effects will be apparent.”

Pausing, the doctor shamefully asked, “May I know where to purchase this pill? I’d like to buy some.”

Mrs. Wang, “….”

Old Madam, “….”

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