Chapter 21

  Xia Ting brought Wan Yu to Nuan Yan Lou after crossing the street.

  The situation here is obviously not much better than Mei Ren Tang.

  The spacious hall upstairs and downstairs had more than a dozen tables added, but there were still many guests in brocade clothes standing aside, seemingly having no seats to sit on. They were talking to the smiling waiter.

  The other young waiters in the building were all busy rushing up and down stairs, serving dishes and taking orders.

  The owner of the Warm Smoke Building was busy running around in circles, but as soon as he saw Xia Tingjing, he hastily rushed over to greet her.

  Xia Ting nodded with her eyes, signaling him not to speak for now, and went upstairs to a private room that was only open to her.

  The shopkeeper hastily spoke up, "Miss, you've arrived. This floor has already added over a dozen tables, and there really isn't any more space to squeeze out. But outside, there are still so many customers with nowhere to sit, and inside, there are quite a few high-ranking officials from the capital, we can't afford to offend them."

  Xia Tingyu slightly frowned and rubbed her forehead with her hand. She knew that business should be good, but she didn't expect it to be so explosive.

  "Alas, where's Uncle Chang? Go and fetch him."

  The shopkeeper nodded and said, "Let's get the person who usually takes care of things in the kitchen to come over." After finishing speaking, he quickly walked out of the room and down the stairs.

  Before long, Chang Shu and Zhang Gui hurriedly came upstairs. After entering the door, they first paid their respects to Xia Ting with a bow.

  Xia Ting nodded and said directly, "Uncle Chang, go and open the 'Yuyan Building' next door, and invite all the guests waiting outside to come in."

  "Yu Yan Lou" is another restaurant she has been preparing recently, specializing in providing beauty and health food for women. It will take some time to open. Now it's really helpless, can only open the door to provide a venue to cope with the emergency, can't drive away those guests or let them wait all the time.

  Chang Shu hastily responded with an "uh-huh" and went downstairs to make arrangements.

  Xia Ting Cong said to the shopkeeper, "In this situation, I'm afraid the ingredients in the building will be in short supply. Hurry up and get a few people to bring over some fresh ingredients. Don't let it happen that there are guests but we can't make any dishes. Also, tell Xiao Er to refill the tea for the guests, don't let them sit there waiting."

  The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly, he really hadn't thought of this. He had to hurry up and make some arrangements.

  "Also, tell the kitchen to prepare a table of dishes, I'll go pick up my mother and brother to come over for dinner. Nothing else, you can go busy yourself." Xia Ting continued to add.

  The shopkeeper then bowed and took his leave, going straight down to the kitchen.

  "Let's go, we're going to Meiren Hall to pick up Niang and brother." Xia Ting turned her head and said to Wan Yu.

  It was just a short while later, Xia Ting had returned to the Beautiful Person Hall.

  After going upstairs, I saw my mother and younger brother still sitting in the corner position, with Hongyin standing beside them from time to time saying something. It seemed like they were doing some explanation and introduction for my mother.

  Xia Ting brought Wan Yu and walked straight past.

  Shui's eyes lit up as he saw his own daughter and exclaimed delightedly, "Ning'er, you're back!"

  Xia Ting nodded and swept her eyes over the table, where she saw various lip balms and snowflake creams, including some that Shui Shi had been using all along, as well as some newly developed ones, all of which were top-notch products from Mei Ren Tang.

  Satisfied, he turned his head towards Hong Yin and said, "Pack all of these up."

  "Shui's eyes widened in surprise, 'Jing Er, Mother hasn't decided which ones to choose from inside yet.'"

  "No need to choose, let's just go with these. I've already booked a room and if we keep deliberating, it'll be too late for dinner." Xia Ting helped up Shui Shi and pulled her brother along as they headed downstairs.

  Hong Yin quickly put various lipsticks and creams on the table into a tray, picked up the tray with both hands and followed Xia Ting's back downstairs.

  Dai Hongyin finished packing things up and Wan Yu came forward to take them over.

  Shui was supported by his daughter and said while walking, "Ning'er, we haven't paid the silver yet."

  Xia Ting helplessly perfunctorily said "I already paid when I came back just now."

  Following behind to see Xia Ting out, the sound of the door closing was heard, and it only felt a bit amusing. The young lady was holding her own things, yet she still had to be repeatedly asked by the madam if she had paid for them. It really made one want to laugh.

  Just as Xia Ting was about to leave, she saw another exquisite and luxurious carriage arriving at the entrance of Meiren Hall. A slender and elegant noblewoman with a beautiful face got out of the carriage.

  What caught Xia Lian's attention, however, was the crest of the Jing Wang Fu on the carriage, and upon closer inspection, he saw that the elegant noblewoman being supported by the wet nurse seemed vaguely familiar.

  It reminded me of the prince of Jing Wang Fu I met at 'Zui Xiang Lou', whose eyebrows and eyes were quite similar to those of this noblewoman. Could she be the princess of Jing Wang?

  Xia Ting lowered her eyelids and helped her mother and brother onto the carriage. She turned around, lowering her voice to say to Hong Yin, "You personally go and attend to that elegant lady wearing a sable coat, she is the Queen of Jing, be careful, don't be slow."

  Hong Yin's eyes widened as she hastily nodded. As Dai Xia Ting got on the carriage, she hurriedly went to greet Jing Wang Fei who was walking towards her with a gentle pace.

  "Ah, madam, this way, please."

  The queen nodded slightly and felt that the service of this beautiful hall was quite thoughtful, and she couldn't help but feel a little satisfied.

  Hong Yin carefully led Jing Wangfei to the second floor and sat down, gently moving the album on the table in front of her.

  "With a slightly tense tone, he said: 'Madam, this is the carefully crafted catalog of our Mei Ren Tang, which lists all the samples in our store, with detailed descriptions and pictures. Please take a look.'"

  Hong Yin sounded a bit nervous, after all, her opponent was a princess, and she had never spoken to someone with such a noble status before.

  The queen flipped through the album with some curiosity and saw that it indeed had exquisite patterns, accompanied by texts introducing and explaining them.

  Nodding slightly while watching, "Not bad, you Meiren Hall really has a lot of good stuff."

  Seeing the other party seemed quite satisfied, Hong Yin secretly let out a breath of relief and continued: "The small shop also provides trial products. For each price range of rouge and snowflake cream, there are corresponding trial products. As for soap, there isn't any, after all, their effects are more or less the same."

  The queen listened and suddenly became interested "There are also trial products? This is refreshing. So, if you want to buy a 50-liang box of rouge, you will give people a 50-liang trial product to try. If you buy 100 liangs, do you give 100 liangs of trial products?"

  Hong nodded "Yes. Because the things here have prices ranging from low to high, the higher the price, the better the effect of use. The customer wants to buy something at which price point, we will give a trial product at that price point."

  The queen flipped through the album with great interest, and the more she flipped, the more shocked she became. Some of the prices were so high that they made her gasp in amazement. It was really hard to imagine that a small box of rouge could be worth such a price. Especially this Snowflake Cream, the best one actually cost six hundred taels.

  She wanted to see what kind of thing it was and how good its effect was that it could be sold at such a price.

  The queen closed the album and said, "Bring me those trial products of the most expensive rouge and snowflake cream. If they really work well after trying them out, then I'll buy them."

  Hong Yin nodded and asked in a soft voice, "I don't know what color of rouge you'd like to try, madam?"

  The queen thought for a moment and said, "Red and pink."

  "Alright, madam, please wait a moment." Hong Yin bowed before turning around and going downstairs to fetch the trial products.

  Before long, she came with a tray. When she arrived in front of Jing Wangfei, she put down the tray and saw that inside were three small boxes of trial products, a mirror, a clean wet cloth, and a bowl of water.

  Hong Yin picked up one of the small boxes, gently twisted open the lid and handed it to Jing Wangfei, saying "Madam, this is a red lip color. The trial product does not have any fragrance added, when Madam decides to buy, we can choose the fragrance you like."

  The queen nodded slightly, this didn't matter much. When it was time to make the final purchase, she could just choose the fragrance she liked.

  She took the small box and was extremely surprised to see the rouge inside, which was extremely bright in color, red to the point of being dazzling. Just based on this color alone, it was much better than what she used every day.

  The old woman behind her was also surprised to see this small box of rouge, and the color was so good.

  The maid beside her was about to take the rouge to paint the queen's makeup, but she blocked her hand and shook her head, saying "I'll do it myself."

  Hong Yin heard Jing Wangfei's self-proclaimed words, although she had already known it for a long time, but her heart still shook. The young lady was indeed right, this madam was indeed Jing Wangfei.

  The maid retreated upon hearing this. Hong Yin handed the mirror over to the nurse standing beside her.

  The queen consort took the mirror and placed it in front of Jing Wangfei. She saw Jing Wangfei lightly apply some rouge and wipe it on her lips. Although not much, it was enough.

  After applying, the lip color appears exceptionally bright and radiant, with a subtle shine that is extremely beautiful.

  The queen looked very satisfied with this rouge, which was different from others. The color seemed deep, but when applied, it turned out to be much lighter.

  She then dipped her fingers, which still had some rouge left on them, into the water in the bowl, and gently patted it onto her cheeks. It looked as if the red color was coming from within her skin itself, extremely natural and beautiful.

  Looking at her makeup in the mirror, Jing Wangfei was more than satisfied.

  Smiling at Hong Yin, "Not bad, this rouge is mine."

  Hong Yin happily handed over the wet cloth and said, "Madam, would you like to try this Snow Flower Cream? Just apply it to the back of your hand for now, so as not to ruin your makeup. When using it in the future, first apply the Snow Flower Cream, then use the rouge."

  "It sounds like I'm definitely going to buy it, the way you put it." The Queen of Jing smiled and teased, but still reached out to take the Snow Flower Cream. She was quite curious, having tried the rouge earlier and not being disappointed, only feeling that it was worth the money.

  I don't know what kind of surprise this 600-yuan box of Snowflake Cream will bring her.

  A white paste-like substance that disappears quickly after applying it to the back of the hand, feeling very smooth and moisturizing.

  Hong said, "Using this snow flower cream regularly will make your skin smooth and white, and it won't dry out. This is an effect that those cheap snow flower creams don't have. And now that the weather is cold, applying this every day can also prevent dry cracking of the skin."

  The queen was delighted and exclaimed, "Is it really that good?" If it truly has such an effect, selling it for 600 taels is not excessive at all.

  "Of course, if it didn't have this effect, how could we dare sell it at this price?"

  The queen said with great joy, "In that case, I'll take all of these lip balms and snowflake creams. I want four boxes each of the red and pink lip balms, and also four boxes of the snowflake cream. I only want the best kind."

  Hong Yin smiled and said, "I wonder what fragrance the lady wants? There are various floral fragrances to choose from. In addition, there is also a bamboo fragrance snow cream, which is not feminine in taste, just right for men to use."

  The queen flipped through the album and said, "Then we'll need jasmine-scented ones. Also, bring five more boxes of bamboo fragrance snow cream, and make sure they're the best."

  Hongyin rushed downstairs excitedly after hearing the news. This quiet Wangfei is really generous, buying so many at once.

  After the maid behind her took over the things that Hong Yinyu had just packed, Jing Wangfei paid the silver with relish and left with the maid and a group of maids.

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