Chapter 30 Makeup as Good as a New Head

Chapter 30: The Art of Makeup Equals a Total Face Swap

For other women returning to their parents' home, their husbands would come along. There was no way Luo Junhe would accompany Ji Yuntang. A woman going back alone was sure to be mocked by everyone, making her lose face. That was the first reason.

The second reason was that Nanny Xu knew Ji Yuntang was not favored in the Marquis Yongning's household. She and Ji Qingqing were polar opposites.

No matter how Ji Yuntang might throw her weight around in Prince Ye's mansion, once she returned to the Marquis Yongning's residence, there would naturally be people there to teach her a lesson and settle the score for the mother-daughter pair.

Therefore, regarding the matter of Ji Yuntang's return visit, the benefits for Nanny Xu and Liu Linlang far outweighed the drawbacks.

But things didn't work out as they'd hoped. They had miscalculated one point: Ji Yuntang was not someone so easily led by the nose.

They hadn't anticipated that Ji Yuntang would refuse to go back. In their view, a married woman returning to her family home was a rule left by ancestors for thousands of years, not to be broken. Any woman with a natal family would definitely return on the third day. Yet, Ji Yuntang had defiantly broken this tradition.

Given the situation, Liu Linlang gave Nanny Xu a look telling her to calm down, then questioned, "Qiao Ye, I put you by Ji Yuntang's side to monitor her, and to report anything to my mother and me right away. Why haven't you come to us for so long, forcing me to send someone to fetch you?"

Qiao Ye cast her eyes down and immediately spoke up, "Don't be angry, Miss Liu. The Princess Consort keeps a tight watch; this servant did not dare to leave. However, this servant does have something to report to you and Nanny Xu regarding the Princess Consort."

Liu Linlang's interest was immediately piqued. "Tell me."

Qiao Ye said, "This servant discovered that at noon today, the dark spots on the Princess Consort's face suddenly disappeared. Her entire skin became fair and beautiful, even outshining Second Miss Ji who had deliberately dressed up."

"Even His Highness Prince Ye's face has shown signs of the festering flesh gradually healing these past few days. This is all thanks to the stuff the Princess Consort applies to her face daily."

Liu Linlang immediately pressed, "Do you know what she applies to her face?"

If it could remove the dark spots from Ji Yuntang's face, perhaps using it could restore her own face as well.

No wonder Liu Linlang was excited.

Qiao Ye's expression grew complicated. She suddenly thought of something and seemed hesitant to speak.

Seeing her hem and haw, Nanny Xu directly cursed, "You stupid girl, speak up quickly! If you don't, I'll cut out your tongue!"

"It's shit."

"What did you say?" Liu Linlang couldn't believe her ears, her eyes widening in disbelief.

"This servant is not lying to Miss Liu. What the Princess Consort applies to her face daily is truly shit. Last time, this servant overheard the Princess Consort telling Chen Hu that she was using shit to beautify herself."

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, Qiao Ye wouldn't have believed that the black substance Ji Yuntang smeared on her face daily could actually remove her dark spots.

It sounded like magic, but for Ji Yuntang, it actually worked.

Nanny Xu still couldn't believe it, but she considered that Qiao Ye's indenture papers were in her hands, so she likely wouldn't dare to deceive her.

"There are so many types of shit. Do you know which kind she uses?"

Qiao Ye was instantly speechless. How would she know which type of shit Ji Yuntang used?

What an impertinent question!

Under their fierce glares, Qiao Ye had a brainwave and immediately had an answer.

"The shit the Princess Consort applies to her face is black. This servant thinks it looks very much like the dog shit she shovels in the courtyard every day."

It just so happened that Ji Yuntang kept dogs. What are the odds?

Afraid that Nanny Xu and Liu Linlang wouldn't believe her, Qiao Ye added another sentence.

"This servant noticed that the stuff the Princess Consort smears on His Highness's face daily is green and has a foul odor. It looks very much like the shit from the two ducks in the West Garden."

Nanny Xu and Liu Linlang exchanged a glance, both seeing doubt in each other's eyes.

Could shit really be good for the skin?

Nanny Xu and Liu Linlang were also aware that Ji Yuntang had recently been keeping dogs and ducks in the mansion.

Initially, they thought she was just craving meat and didn't think much of it.

Little did they expect that Ji Yuntang was doing it to treat her own and Luo Junhe's faces.

No wonder she was raising those two creatures in the prince's mansion.

After dismissing Qiao Ye, Liu Linlang immediately dispatched Bi Chi to the West Garden to investigate and see if Ji Yuntang's face had truly improved as Qiao Ye claimed.

Bi Chi returned quickly and reported truthfully, "In reply to Miss Liu, this servant saw with my own eyes that the dark spots on the Princess Consort's face are gone. Her skin is now fair, tender, and dewy."

Liu Linlang was stunned but overjoyed at the news.

There was hope! Her face finally had hope!

It seemed she also needed to find some dog shit to remove the dark spots on her face.

Determined, Liu Linlang immediately sent people outside to purchase top-shelf dog shit at a premium price.

When Ji Yuntang heard Chen Hu report this news to her, she was utterly baffled.

"What does she want dog shit for? Did the food at Prince Ye's not agree with her?"

Chen Hu scratched his head, equally confused. "This subordinate suspects that perhaps Liu Linlang's face is disfigured, and the shock has driven her mad, leading to such a deranged action."

Ji Yuntang looked disdainful. "Ignore her. Anyway, without this Princess Consort's antidote, her face will never recover in this lifetime."

Not only that, but those dark spots on Liu Linlang's face would also spread across her body until they covered her entirely, leading to heart failure and death.

Nanny Xu was Luo Junhe's lifesaver. Ji Yuntang could show some leniency considering that relationship, but she would show no such courtesy to Liu Linlang.

"The Princess Consort is wise."

After Chen Hu finished speaking with a chuckle, he witnessed a scene he would never forget for the rest of his life, causing his pupils to tremble in shock.

He saw Ji Yuntang pour some liquid from a bottle, wipe it on her face a few times, and the dark spots on half her face reappeared.

However, the color of the spots now was noticeably much lighter than before.

Chen Hu was so shocked he stammered, "Princess Consort... you... your face was already healed, wasn't it? Why have the spots reappeared now?"

"Who told you my face was healed?"

Ji Yuntang raised an eyebrow and glanced at him. She had simply used some foundation and concealer to cover the dark spots on her face when she saw Ji Qingqing arriving.

For this face to completely heal, she would need to apply the medicinal mask several more times to thoroughly eliminate the dark spots.

Modern makeup techniques are often called a total face swap—how could people from ancient times possibly understand how miraculous they are?

Ji Yuntang offered no explanation and only instructed Chen Hu to go early the next day to retrieve the custom-made fitness equipment she had ordered.

Starting tomorrow, she would begin exercising.

That evening, Ji Yuntang prepared chicken and mushroom porridge, half an apple cooked until soft, and a cup of fresh warm milk for Luo Junhe in the small kitchen.

For herself, she made a bowl of beef ramen, along with some fried chicken wings and an iced cola.

She really missed the old days of ordering takeout. Now, if she wanted something, she had to cook it herself.

She had thrown out all the food sent by the servants of Prince Ye's manor.

It wasn't that she was wasteful, but those things weren't helping Luo Junhe's wounds heal.

Ji Yuntang had even discovered that the daily medicine Qiao Ye brought was problematic.

Just then, Luo Junhe's magnetic and pleasant voice came, "A Tang, who taught you these cooking skills?"

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