RPAGF Chapter 269 Who is the most suitable candidate?
Chapter 269 Who is the most suitable candidate?
Chapter 269, Who is the most suitable candidate?
The sales assistants smiled and said, "All the products in our shop are made with the finest medicinal herbs. Although they are not cheap, they are extremely effective. When your skin is healthy, your makeup will adhere better and look more natural."
"Moreover, these things are plentiful and durable! You can spend a sum of money and use them for two or three months."
"If the results are not good in two or three months, ladies and young ladies can simply stop patronizing our Jiaoyan Pavilion."
"If it works well, then this money will be well worth it!!"
Upon hearing this, the ladies changed their minds from hesitation and became very interested, readily taking out their money to buy the items.
"Ladies and misses, today is the grand opening of our Jiaoyan Pavilion. Everyone who purchases our products can enjoy our makeup service today."
Before he finished speaking, the store suddenly became lively.
Especially the lady who just washed her face and tried skincare products.
There were also ladies and young women on the first floor who only tried one cosmetic product.
They all took out their purses, afraid of missing this rare opportunity.
The silver jingled, and the silver ingots piled up like a small mountain on the counter.
After paying, the lady sat down at the dressing table on the first floor, where the well-trained sales assistants were on high alert.
"Madam, don't be nervous. I'll do your makeup in a bit, and I guarantee you'll look ten years younger."
The sales assistant first took out the moisturizing toner and gently patted it onto the lady's face. After the toner was absorbed by her skin, she continued with the next step.
The foundation evened out her complexion, giving her a radiant glow, while the concealer meticulously covered any dullness on her face...
Then continue to refine...
Afterwards, the lady looked at herself in the mirror in disbelief, touching her cheek, "Is...is this me?"
The onlookers were stunned; the woman, who had previously looked somewhat haggard, was now radiant.
The fine lines on my face have disappeared. I look not only ten years younger, but fifteen or twenty years younger, and people would believe me.
"Mom, you...you look just like my sister." The daughter beside her was also surprised.
When it was her turn, she specifically reminded the sales assistant, "My nose is too flat, can you fix it for me?"
The lady, who was particularly pleased with her makeup, interrupted, "Darling, don't make things too difficult for her."
The daughter stuck out her tongue, not holding out much hope.
But...
As the makeup was finished, the sales assistant took out a brush and lightly outlined the bridge of her nose, then used another brush to sweep the sides of her nose a few times...
The nose in the mirror suddenly looked more prominent, and the entire facial contours became more defined.
"Oh my god!!" the young lady exclaimed excitedly.
The lady turned her head. "What's wrong, little one?"
"Mother, look..." The young lady jumped off the chair and excitedly brought her face close to the lady's.
"My God, is this magic? Mother..."
A plump woman stepped forward and said, "Oh dear, if my nose can become more defined, will my face also become thinner?"
"Don't worry, Madam, we will do our best." After applying makeup to the plump lady, the sales assistants took out contour powder and gently swept it across her jawline.
Then I used highlighter to brighten my cheekbones and forehead.
The face in the mirror suddenly looked smaller and more delicate than before, and the previously very noticeable double chin had disappeared.
The plump lady already had noticeable wrinkles around her eyes. The young woman gently massaged her eye with eye cream, then blended eyeshadow into her eyelids, drew a delicate eyeliner, and finally applied mascara...
"These eyes..." the plump woman said, her voice choked with emotion as she looked in the mirror, "...are even more beautiful than when I was young..."
"Have I bought all of these?"
"I'll order the ones I didn't buy, and then I'll make sure it's complete."
The ladies rushed to buy the products, afraid of missing out on this opportunity to become more beautiful.
Silver ingots kept falling onto the counter, keeping Wan Xinran extremely busy.
"I want every single color of this lip rouge!!" I might not use it, but I can't live without it!!
*
"How about it?"
"Madam, there's a long queue outside Jiaoyan Pavilion on Imperial Street, business is booming!" A maid ran in from outside.
Upon hearing this, Madam Qi's hand trembled, and she slammed the teacup down on the table.
She jumped to her feet. "Really?"
“Madam, it’s true,” the maid replied. “I saw it with my own eyes. Those ladies and young ladies were scrambling to buy them, and those items were especially expensive, costing over a hundred taels each.”
With a loud slam, Madam Qi slammed her hand heavily on the table, her chest heaving violently, her carefully drawn willow-leaf eyebrows furrowed tightly.
"That country bumpkin!!" Madam Qi gritted her teeth, "Relying on the Crown Prince's power, she doesn't respect the Qi family at all!!"
"She dares to openly protect the person my Qi family wants to suppress!!"
"I want to see if she, a newcomer, can protect herself!"
"Chunhua, go find those people..."
The maid shook her head repeatedly, "Madam, we can't let those people cause trouble anymore..."
"Why?! Are those people afraid?"
Chunhua said, "The people who were imprisoned in the government office last time haven't been released yet... I've inquired and found out that someone from the palace has instructed us not to release them."
"And... I just saw someone who looked familiar outside Jiaoyan Pavilion."
"Who?"
Chunhua whispered in Madam Qi's ear, "It's Her Majesty the Empress."
"What?!" Madam Qi exclaimed in shock, "The Empress is here too?"
Chunhua guessed, "This servant sees that the three characters 'Jiaoyan Pavilion' are similar to the handwriting on Her Majesty the Empress's imperial edict. Perhaps Her Majesty also has a share in Jiaoyan Pavilion."
"Madam, if we can't do it openly, we have to do it covertly."
"Oh?" Madam Qi narrowed her eyes. "Tell me about it."
"I heard that recently some people in the capital have started making counterfeit versions of the expensive rouge and face powder from the Zui Hongyan family..." Chunhua lowered her voice, "We can..."
"If word gets out that Jiaoyan Pavilion is selling counterfeit goods..."
Mrs. Qi's eyes lit up. Yes, the worst thing for a shop like this is selling counterfeit goods, especially if those counterfeit goods can damage the skin...
“At that time…we won’t need to lift a finger.” Chunhua revealed a meaningful smile. “Those nobles who bought counterfeit goods will naturally not let Jiaoyan Pavilion go.”
"Even with the Empress's backing, this shop is still useless."
"By then, Her Majesty the Empress... will be faster than anyone else."
Madam Qi slowly walked to the window, looked towards the Imperial Street, and a sinister glint flashed in her eyes. "Not bad!!"
"This Tian Tian thinks that with the Crown Prince backing her up and the Empress as her protector... I can't do anything to her? Does that mean she can rest easy?"
"Let's see if the Crown Prince and Empress won't protect her after her shop's reputation is ruined!"
She snorted coldly!
"The Emperor and Empress are both confused!!"
"They actually let a lowly countrywoman become the Crown Princess?!"
"Once Tian Tian is completely disgraced, you'll all know who is the most suitable candidate for Crown Princess!!"
*
There are countless shops on Imperial Street, but only Jiaoyan Pavilion had a long queue forming early in the morning.
Seven days have passed since the store opened, and Jiaoyan Pavilion's reputation is growing stronger.
Even with all three shops opening at the same time, there were still long queues.
Many people who had bought things before came back with their relatives and friends.
Everyone praised the products from Jiaoyan Pavilion.
"This face mask is really effective. I've only used it for three days and my face is already so soft. Look, I got up early today and didn't have time to put on makeup, but my skin is still so soft."
"This concealer is great! I had a mole on my face, here, here! You can't see it now, right?"
Wan Xinran was helping out at the counter today, while Tian Tian was at the dressing table helping the sales assistants do customers' makeup.
Suddenly, a commotion arose at the door.
"Make way, everyone make way, don't block the way!!"
A sharp female voice interrupted the lively atmosphere in the store, and all the customers stopped what they were doing and looked towards the door.
A woman wearing a veiled hat stormed in aggressively, followed by several people who looked like they came from Jiading.
"Your shop is a rip-off!!" As soon as the woman entered the shop, taking advantage of everyone's attention being focused on her, she suddenly ripped off her veil, revealing her face covered in red rashes.
"Oh my god, how could this happen..."
"That's scary! What happened?"
An uproar erupted in the shop, and the customers behind the woman quickly backed away, fearing they might be infected.
Wan Xinran was taken aback and came out from behind the counter. "Madam, what happened to your face?"
"What's going on?!" the woman sneered. "I should be asking you what's going on!"
She pointed to her face, "My face became like this because I used your products. Tell me what happened?"
"Impossible!!" Wan Xinran retorted without even thinking!
More and more people gathered outside the shop to watch, and the ladies who were trying out various cosmetics inside stopped what they were doing.
"I knew this 'Jiaoyan Pavilion' thing was too mysterious."
"I don't know what they added to it."
"That's right, I heard that it makes your face itchy and eventually it gets sore."
"seriously?"
Tian Tian walked over from her dressing table and noticed several people stirring up trouble in the crowd outside.
Someone is fanning the flames... This shows that these people came prepared.
Tian Tian stepped forward and said, "Madam, may I see what you're using from my house?"
The woman pulled a porcelain box from her sleeve and threw it heavily on the counter. "It's your concealer."
Tian Tian picked up the porcelain box and immediately noticed something was wrong after just one glance.
Although the bottle's style is very similar to theirs, there are quite a few differences in the details.
"Madam, are you sure you bought this from our store?"
The woman paused for a moment, then quickly hardened her tone, "Of course I bought it from your store."
She also looked at a sales assistant, "She was the one who gave it to me on the first day of business."
The sales assistant was also taken aback for a moment, then shook her head firmly at Tian Tian, "I don't remember."
Not to mention the huge crowds on the first day of opening, it's already been six days, how could she possibly remember?
Tian Tian gave the sales assistant a reassuring look.
This is not the time to prove yourself.
Tian Tian held the porcelain bottle, looked at the bottom, then at the inside... and finally said, "This thing wasn't bought from our shop at all."
"You're talking nonsense!!" The woman put her hands on her hips and was about to start cursing.
Tian Tian raised her voice at just the right moment, completely drowning out her voice.
"Although this porcelain box is from our Jiaoyan Pavilion."
"But the things inside don't belong to our Jiaoyan Pavilion."
The woman's expression changed. "I can't care about all that. All I know is that I bought my things here."
"Since the porcelain boxes are the same, how can you prove that the contents inside are not yours?"
"I bet it's you guys... selling a mix of genuine and fake products."
"I'm so unlucky, I bought a fake product from your company."
People in the crowd began to discuss it.
“Speaking of counterfeit goods, I met a vendor a few days ago who said he had Zui Hongyan powder at a cheap price. I bought a box, but it turned out to be counterfeit. I couldn’t find it when I went to look for it later.”
"Oh dear, there are so many vendors selling counterfeit goods these days."
"They only sell in one place for one day, and then move to another place the next day."
"Is Jiaoyan Pavilion really selling a mix of genuine and fake products?"
"Impossible! This is clearly a deliberate frame-up."
Tian Tian never expected that there really were counterfeit goods being sold in the market.
This matter cannot be simply dealt with hastily...
She put the porcelain box down. "It's simple. Didn't you say you bought it from our shop on the first day it opened?"
"We always come with a small brush for this concealer. Please take out the brush."
"I'll admit that you bought this from our Jiaoyan Pavilion."
brush?
The woman was taken aback.
That lady didn't give her a brush...
Tian Tian was also taking a gamble. Since there was only a porcelain box, she guessed that the person behind the scenes had asked the person who actually bought the concealer for it in order to frame Jiaoyan Pavilion.
But the owner of the concealer couldn't bear to part with such a good thing, so he put the real concealer into another porcelain box, and then put it into the porcelain box of Jiaoyan Pavilion with other things.
Since the owner is reluctant to part with the concealer, then they must use this one.
And to use it, you need to use that little brush; the owner of the concealer certainly wouldn't want to hand it over to someone behind the scenes.
"Yes, take the brush out and let's take a look."
"That little brush is small and cute, you couldn't have lost it, could you?"
Tian Tian raised an eyebrow. "So? Are you going to go home to get it, or go find the person who sent you to cause trouble?"
"I can go with you to get it."
The woman's expression changed drastically, and she turned to leave.
Tian Tian took a step forward and stopped her directly. "Please wait."
"Things have escalated to this point; you can't just leave and let it go."
"Go report this to the authorities!!"
"This will allow us to find out exactly who is selling counterfeit goods and who is behind it."
The woman panicked even more, "No, is that alright?"
She doesn't care who sells counterfeit goods; she's afraid of finding out who's behind it all.
"What? Didn't you just say we were selling counterfeit goods? Now that we're going to report this to the authorities to find out the truth, are you backing down?"
The onlookers began to stir, shouting, "Yes, report it to the authorities!!"
"Have the government investigate thoroughly and find out whose fault it is!!"
"We cannot allow anyone to slander Jiaoyan Pavilion without cause."
"Isn't this shopkeeper Princess Fufeng?" Suddenly someone in the crowd recognized Tian Tian.
The woman who came to cause trouble was frightened, Princess?
That person didn't tell her that the shop was owned by a princess...