Chapter 410 Expectations
The next day, Li Zhenbao came to the Floating Life Residence at Jiang Yishi’s invitation.
She first hugged CunCun and Yin’er and called “godson” and “goddaughter” a few times, then put them down and put her face close to Jiang Yishi.
She asked, “How is it, isn’t it prettier?”
Today’s Li Zhenbao was indeed prettier.
Jiang Yishi carefully measured Li Zhenbao and complimented one by one, “It seems like the eyes are bigger, the nose is higher, the face is thinner, and the lips are even more full and glistening.” She was a bit puzzled, “Bigger eyes and moist lips are good explanations, using eyebrow pencils and creams. But what’s with the nose and face?”
Li Zhenbao proudly placed seven or eight boxes of lipstick creams and several large and small puffs and two dozen small brushes on the table, almost filling it up. Finally, another set of women’s riding clothes and a silver and jasper-inlaid plum blossom hoop were placed beside it.
These items were all prepared for Meng Xiu, designed by Li Zhenbao herself and made by her workshop.
The noblewomen of this era also liked to ride horses and play cuju, and there were women’s riding suits. It was a modification of the Hu people’s clothes, with narrow-sleeved short clothes, long pants, and long boots.
Li Zhenbao changed the popular cross neck and round neck to a stand-up collar, embroidery and color matching added some modern elements. The decoration of the boots is not embroidery, but a row of beautiful buckles on the side, not only good-looking but also easy to put on and take off.
Cosmetics Li Zhenbao does not know much, just reformed this era’s lipstick cream a little. Makeup tools are complete, as long as she thought of all let people make out.
Li Zhenbao also wanted to take advantage of the Peach Blossom Banquet to launch these things, was looking for models, half a month ago Jiang Yishi recommended Meng Xiu to her.
In Li Zhenbao’s opinion, packaging big beauties like Meng Yue and Jiang Yishi as top beauties was not considered a skill, they were already famous for their beauty. Being able to package a girl like Meng Xiu as a beauty in the limelight was the big skill.
There was something else she couldn’t say to the public, Meng Xiu was a clothes rack in her previous life, she was one meter seventy-five, with a good body proportion and medium to high looks, exactly what she wanted in a model.
Jiang Yishi heard Li Zhenbao talk about the beauty of these things, and also liked them extremely much, sending someone to invite Liu and Meng Xiu and Huang Xin to the Floating Life Residence.
Huang Xin pointed at the things on the table and asked with a smile, “Such a small brush, for writing? It’s not easy to hold.”
She picked up a small brush and gestured.
Jiang Yishi laughed, “It’s for makeup. Sister Xiu sat down and asked Zhen Bao to set your makeup today, and tomorrow she will personally go to the Grand Master’s Mansion to do your makeup.”
“Fixing makeup” is what Jiang Yishi heard Li Zhenbao say, it should be a word from her previous life. As the name suggests, it means to set the makeup.
Liu and Meng Xiu knew that Li Zhenbao had a unique aesthetic. Before she had returned to secularism, many people had described her as the number one ugly woman. But nowadays, not daring to say that she had turned into a great beauty, she was still a sight to behold, more striking than some beauties.
The maid brought a copper basin, and Meng Xiu purified her face and sat down.
Li Zhenbao first let a granny comb Meng Xiu’s hair. This woman was specialized in combing Li Zhenbao’s hair, and had previously combed the Princess’s hair in the palace. The Princess had yet to be harnessed by the side of a horse and left the palace, and was asked by Li Zhenbao to come over.
After combing a few hairstyles, she finally settled on the twisted spinning style. Played a lot of osmanthus oil, and put the plum blossom hoop on. Meng Xiu’s hair was so plentiful and good that the hair on top was in a bun and the hair at the back hung down naturally.
Li Zhenbao personally put makeup on Meng Xiu. Brushes, powder puffs, and eyebrow pencils kept changing, and it took nearly three quarters of an hour.
After changing into the riding suit, Meng Xiu seemed to have transformed into another person. Her face was clear and beautiful, her eyes flickered, she was valiant, and her red coat was brilliant.
Huang Xin laughed, “Auntie Xiu is so beautiful.”
Several maids also incredibly complimented.
Liu didn’t say anything, her eyes shining brightly as she looked at her daughter Le.
Meng Xiu stared blankly into the mirror, somewhat unable to react.
Li Zhenbao laughed, “These are for you.” She also said to Jiang Yishi and Huang Xin, “There are some for you too.”
Meng Xiu danced the sword, Huang Xin played the zither, and the two of them performed a live performance.
Li Zhenbao also asked Meng Xiu how to make her black hair more flowing while she danced the sword ……
Huang Xin knew that the main launch of Meng Xiu would be tomorrow, and she wouldn’t try to compete for the limelight. Not only would she dress in a low key manner, she would even find a place to sit where she wouldn’t be noticed.
Today was the same, Meng Xiu was dancing with a sword in the center of the courtyard, and Huang Xin asked the maid to place the zither farther away from her.
Seeing such a Huang Xin, Jiang Yixi’s heart ached even more. Her father and mother could not be relied on, and at a young age she was practiced in human affairs, knowing how to please people and how to avoid sharp edges.
When Li Zhenbao was guiding Meng embroidery, Jiang Yishi quietly said to Huang Xin, “When you are thirteen years old, we will plan for you, also like your mother, to rate a ‘four beauties’ of the capital.”
Huang Xin laughed, “I know uncle and aunt love me. However, it doesn’t matter if I’m the ‘Four Beauties’ or not, it’s good to be like auntie.”
Her mother had been, and had once been called the first beauty, and her fate was as bad as ever.
At the beginning of lunchtime, Zheng Tingting also came. Before tomorrow’s talent show, Li Zhenbao would be in Zheng Tingting’s yard to do Meng Xiu’s makeup.
Zheng Tingting had another task, which was to sell the new riding clothes and make-up tools to the noblewomen and noblegirls.
Li Zhenbao’s workshop, Jiang Yishi, Zheng Tingting, and Cui Wenjun all had shares in it, and they had to do something as well.
In the middle of the day, a few people gave some instructions to Meng Xiu before Li Zhenbao and Zheng Tingting left.
On the tenth day of the third month, except for Jiang Yishi’s three mothers and the widowed Third Mistress Meng and the pregnant Third Grandmother Meng, all the masters of the Chengguo Mansion went to the residence of the Grand Princess Yichang to attend the Peach Blossom Banquet.
The Grand Princess Yichang didn’t sleep well at night, expecting Jiang Yishi to bring her child to the Peach Blossom Banquet. She knew it was unlikely, but she always had a glimmer of hope.
Before her son left the capital, he repeatedly told them not to disturb Jiang Yishi and not to take the initiative to go to the Duke of Cheng’s residence.
The Grand Princess’s heart is as hard and anxious as a cat’s scratch. But also do not dare not listen to advice, for fear that the son angry no longer return to the capital.
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A wobbling twenty years, the son finally put down the complaint to add the capital, can not push him out again.
Today, He is not in, Xie and Zheng Tingting help to treat guests in the inner courtyard.
When Elder Dowager Meng brought a group of latecomers to the main hall, the Grand Princess saw that Jiang Yishi and her great-grandson and great-granddaughter really didn’t come, she was angry and disappointed in her heart, but she didn’t dare to show it yet.
She beckoned and had Yi Ge’er placed into her arms, and also rewarded him with a set of literary treasures.
She smiled at Old Mrs. Meng and said, “I love your grandchildren, they are beautiful and smart. Why aren’t those two here?”
Old Mrs. Meng smiled and said, “My daughter-in-law had two accidents at the flower banquet and was too scared to come. Those two children are still too young to leave their mother, so I didn’t let them come.”
The Grand Princess babbled her lips and couldn’t speak. In the beginning, Jiang Yishi was pushed into the lake at the Peach Blossom Banquet, and she sent her own Sister to reprimand her, and poked her backbone for a long time.