Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 809 - 810 Expensive Rouge (5)

Chapter 809: Chapter 810 Expensive Rouge (5)

Du Ruohai sat in the chair, his face carved with a stiff smile, but inside he already felt as bitter as if he had eaten Coptis.

He truly didn’t want to agree to this marital affair, but Li Hai’s words had already clearly informed them that if the State Duke’s Mansion did not agree, Jin Guifei would definitely blame them.

Jin Guifei was a woman who had been favored by the Emperor all her life, her means and schemes were exceptionally formidable. If the State Duke’s Mansion displeased her, their death would not be far off, as she needed only to whisper a few words in the Emperor’s ear, and she could cause the State Duke’s Mansion to be reduced to ashes!

The expressions of the whole family were observed by Li Hai, who sneered mockingly, flicked his sleeve, and said lazily, "It’s getting late, The Za Family must return to the palace to report. In a moment when The Za Family sees the Empress, I will tell her that this marriage proposal is inappropriate, as the daughters of the State Duke’s Mansion do not wish to marry someone disabled, hehe..."

Speaking thus, he lifted his chin and stood up, intending to leave the place.

Upon seeing this, Du Yongbang could no longer care about his father and older brother’s intentions, and quickly stepped forward, standing in front of Li Hai, and said with an ingratiating smile, "Eunuch, please wait a moment, please sit down, let’s discuss this slowly!"

Li Hai glanced sideways at Du Ruohai and his son, and said with a mocking smile, "Forget it. Since both the Duke of the Country and Du Adult disdain our Mansion of Marquis Wuchang, what’s the use in discussing further? As the saying goes, a melon forced off its vine isn’t sweet. Since the mansion is unwilling, I might as well hurry back and report to the Empress!"

This statement terrified Du Ruohai and his son, disdaining the door of the Mansion of Marquis Wuchang! How could they dare to disdain the door of the Mansion of Marquis Wuchang? They knew well that Jin Guifei originated from the Mansion of Marquis Wuchang, even if they had ten heads, they wouldn’t dare to look down on the door of the Mansion of Marquis Wuchang!

Seeing that Li Hai was truly annoyed and even saying such words, Du Ruohai got so frightened that he couldn’t care about anything else and repeatedly bowed, saying, "Eunuch Li has exaggerated, our humble State Duke’s Mansion, how dare we look down on the Mansion of Marquis Wuchang? It’s killing us, oh, and please, help us convey to the Empress that the State Duke’s Mansion agrees to this marital affair, whenever she decides to carry out the marriage is fine..."

Upon hearing this, Li Hai’s anger turned to joy, and he said, "Ah, the Duke of the Country is truly an understanding man. Alright, let’s go back now. I’ll help her arrange the marriage, hehehe..."

Du Ruohai and Du Yongzhi accompanied him out with smiles, sending Li Hai off.

As soon as Li Hai left, the smiles on the faces of Du Ruohai and his son collapsed.

"Oh, it really is a case of misfortune coming on the heels of rain!"

The father and son of the Du family sat down dejectedly, as if frost-stricken. The family had just held a funeral, Du Yu Lang’s family had died tragically, Lady Wang was paralyzed, and the family had not yet recovered from the grief, and now their daughter was being forcibly married off to a notorious eunuch. What sin had the State Duke’s Mansion committed?

When Cai Wei heard about this from Brother Parrot, she could not help but sneer, they had been throwing their weight around for half their lives, it was time they tasted what it felt like to be bullied by others!

That night, Mu Zhongqing returned early, bringing back a box of ’Mi Fangzhai’ rouge for his birthday daughter.

He remembered last year when the family was strolling at the night market in Yushu County, Mu Zhongqing had bought imitation ’Mi Fangzhai’ rouge for the three women in his household. At that time, Fei’er was overjoyed, and even secretly used it a few times afterward, but because the rouge had an overly pungent scent and the powder wasn’t evenly ground, it looked like a monkey’s butt when applied to the face. In the end, she had to reluctantly put that box of rouge away, not daring to apply it lightly again.

This time, Mu Zhongqing brought back for his daughter an enameled flat round box with silver thread, which contained a pink cream rouge, exuding a faint fragrance that was extremely pleasant, but if you didn’t smell it carefully, you really couldn’t tell!

Fei’er held the box of rouge, looking and smelling it again and again, her affection evident as she admired it, and seeing his daughter happy, Mu Zhongqing also felt glad, thus he smiled and said, "This is, the most expensive rouge from Mi Fangzhai called ’Skin Moisturizing Cream.’ It’s highly nourishing for the skin, I hear even the women inside the palace are using it!"

Cai Wei took the box of rouge, looked at it, and sniffed it, casually asked, "Dad, how much did this box of rouge cost?"

Mu Zhongqing glanced nervously at Lady Du, smiled, and hesitated, fearing that his wife would accuse him of wasting money.

Only when he looked at his wife did he quickly gesture the number fifty with his hands, vainly hoping to deceive her.

Little did he know, he would be betrayed by both his mischievous daughters at the same time.

"Fifty taels?"

Cai Wei and Cai Fei both exclaimed at once, both shocked. Oh my, that was too expensive, fifty taels for a small box of rouge, that, that was simply more expensive than gold!

Mu Zhongqing was betrayed by his daughters, his body stiffened momentarily; he felt guilty as he turned his head to look at his wife and quietly explained, "Lady Mei, this isn’t just ordinary rouge, it’s made from the rare flower Green Manzi from Qu Luo Kingdom, which only blossoms once every three years, each plant flowering only three or four times. A box of rouge like this requires hundreds of flowers to be steamed!"