Chapter 969: Putting on Makeup for the Person One Likes

Translator: Atlas Studios    Editor: Atlas Studios

Yu Youyao shook her head. “I’m fine. There’s a pavilion on the mountain. His

Highness and I were sheltering from the rain. What about you?”

Chun Xiao was finally relieved. “We were close to the foot of the mountain, so we rushed down. Although we were all drenched in the rain, we changed into dry clothes in time and drank some ginger soup to ward off the cold. We’re fine.’

The ground was muddy. Yin Huaixi carried Yu Youyao on his back until they reached where the carriages were parked. Then, he put her down.

Looking at the black-gold cloak on Young Miss, Chun Xiao suddenly understood.

It was no wonder that in the morning, when Dong Mei wanted to bring a cloak for Young Miss, Auntie Xu said, “Don’t worry, your Young Miss won’t be cold!”

With His Highness around, how could he let Young Miss freeze?!

Chun Xiao helped Yu Youyao into the carriage.

Xia Tao quickly handed her a bowl of ginger soup. “The mountain is humid. Young Miss has been on the mountain for a long time. Hurry up and drink a bowl of ginger soup to ward off the cold.”

Yu Youyao looked disgusted. She pinched her nose and forced a bowl of ginger soup into her stomach. Her mouth was filled with a spicy taste. Even pastries couldn’t suppress the taste.

Her eyes darted around with a hint of slyness. “By the way, His Highness was drenched in the rain on the mountain previously. Hurry up and send a bowl of ginger soup over to him to ward off the cold.” With that, she emphasized, “He needs a big bowl.”

Xia Tao burst out laughing. “Your Highness isn’t afraid of spicy food. Not to mention a mere bowl of ginger soup, even if it’s a bowl of Chinese goldthread soup, as long as it’s sent over by Young Miss, it’s still very sweet. Your Highness will drink it too.”

Yu Youyao blushed at these words. She immediately felt that it was boring and glared at Xia Tao angrily. “I’ll make a bowl of Chinese goldthread soup later.

Let’s see if it’s sweet.’

“Young Miss.” Xia Tao was shocked, and her face immediately turned bitter. She quickly begged for mercy from her Young Miss. “l was wrong, alright? The Chinese goldthread soup is so bitter. How can Young Miss bear to let His Highness drink it?!”

Yu Youyao felt embarra.s.sed and angry again. “If you spout nonsense again, I’ll punish you by making you drink eight to ten bowls of Chinese goldthread soup.”

Xia Tao’s eyes widened and she quickly shut her mouth. How could she have forgotten? Young Miss couldn’t bear to let His Highness drink the Chinese goldthread soup, but she was fine if it was Xia Tao!

Chun Xiao couldn’t help but laugh. “Chinese goldthread soup is good! During the period when spring becomes summer, the weather is hot and humid, so it’s easy to suffer from excessive internal heat. If you drink Chinese goldthread soup, you can also cool down. I think Young Miss’s idea is not bad.”

Xia Tao looked at Chun Xiao in disbelief with an expression that said, “1 treat you as a friend, but you hit me when I’m down.” Yu Youyao laughed.

The three of them laughed for a while.

Chun Xiao helped Yu Youyao wash up briefly, changed into clean clothes, and combed her hair into a Feitian bun.

Yu Youyao carefully looked at the smooth muscles and delicate face in the bronze mirror. She twirled the love hairpin with her fingers and touched her hair.

Her slender fingers fiddled with the hairpin. Her slim fingers were like hooks.

At the side, Chun Xiao felt that Young Miss’s long fingers were curled like orchids. When her long fingers hooked and curved, they were soft, white, slender, and thin, making them seem like full moons. They were soft and flexible. They were really pleasing to the eye and graceful.

“How about putting the hairpin here?” Yu Youyao looked at herself in the mirror as she tilted her head and moved the love hairpin. For a moment, she couldn’t make up her mind. “Isn’t it a little too high?”

Xia Tao looked at the hairpin that she had taken off Young Miss’s head just now. It was not the one that she had inserted in the morning, so she knew that His Highness had given it to her today.

The jewelry made by His Highness was better than anything else. Even the Internal Affairs Department couldn’t make jewelry that was as exquisite and vivid as this.

No wonder Young Miss liked it so much.

Xia Tao leaned closer to the mirror. “It’s quite good. It’s neither high nor low.”

Yu Youyao gestured a few more times, feeling a little dissatisfied. She lowered the love hairpin a little more. “Would it look better if it was a little lower? Isn’t there a poem that goes, ‘The pearls reflect your two dimples, and you look dazzling.’ It means pearl and jade jewelry complement good looks.”

Chun Xiao also leaned over to take a closer look. “Lower. It looks more agile,”

Yu Youyao immediately felt a sense of joy at being acknowledged. She couldn’t help but smile. “l think this looks better too. Let’s use this hairpin.”

As she spoke, she couldn’t wait anymore. She slowly inserted the love hairpin into her bun.

At first glance, it was like a branch that was lowered. The apricot flowers seemed to be blooming in her black hair. They were beautiful. Beads of different lengths fell to her ears and temples. The longest red beads gently brushed her cheeks, making her face look beautiful.

Yu Youyao gently fiddled with the bead in her ear. “It’s really beautiful.”

Xia Tao spoke quickly and praised, “This is a hairpin that His Highness personally made for Young Miss. From what I see, it’s just like a real flower that was plucked from a tree. It’s fresh and beautiful.” She looked surprised and moved closer to the mirror, saying pleasant words as if they were free. “Look, every apricot flower on the hairpin has a different shape, Every petal has a subtle change in shape. The petals are as thin as paper. I wonder how they were carved…”

As she spoke, she exclaimed repeatedly. Even Chun Xiao leaned over. “It’s true. There are actually patterns and creases on the petals. Look at the protruding point on the petals. Doesn’t it look like a sparkling dewdrop? If I hadn’t taken a closer look, I would have thought it was real…”

The two maidservants were so shocked, as if they had never seen the world. This made Yu Youyao have the urge to take off the love hairpin and take a closer look.

She had never seen it so carefully before.

Yu Youyao opened the makeup box and picked out some purple brow powder.

Her orchid fingers gently twirled the eyebrow pen and drew carefully between her eyebrows. At the end, her thin eyebrows suddenly raised a little.

Immediately, her clear eyes became more mellow.

This brow powder was made from a type of purple sh.e.l.l that was only produced in the Western Region. After grinding it into powder and modifying it, the color was like violet. When it was lightly used between her eyebrows, it made her thin eyebrows look even more gentle, like a misty cloud. They were light and soft, revealing a hazy state. This revealed the gentle side of a woman.

As it was too rare, she usually couldn’t bear to use it.

Yu Youyao looked left and right in detail. She smiled and asked, “Does it look good?”

Seeing that it was rare for Young Miss to act like a girl, Chun Xiao and Xia Tao covered their mouths and laughed. “You should ask His Highness about this. How can we guess what he’s thinking?”

Yu Youyao’s face was slightly red, but she did not lose. “Who’s going to ask him? I didn’t dress up specially for him. This is called taking a look at myself and admiring myself. Do you understand?!”

Xia Tao couldn’t help but laugh. “Yes, yes, yes. You can dress up however you want. Even if you don’t ask His Highness, you’re still the most beautiful in his heart.’

Chun Xiao chimed in, ‘Young Miss is usually as beautiful as a little fairy. Now that she’s dressed up meticulously, she’s very beautiful. If His Highness sees her, he’ll definitely be stunned..”