"Come on, don't be angry. I could never forget you, A Ru. Here, this is for you. Try it and see if you like it," Mu Fengqie said as she took out a bottle of lipstick from her bosom.
"That's more like it..." A Ru pouted and took the lipstick from Mu Fengqie's hand. Finally, a smile appeared on her face. "I knew you wouldn't forget me!"
"It's getting late today. Third Lady, you can let the girls rest. It would be counterproductive if the girls get too tired," Mu Fengqie suggested.
It was already dinner time. The girls had been practicing all day and needed some time to unwind. Otherwise, their efforts would likely yield little result.
"Okay, girls, take a rest today. Is Miss Mu done with her business? If so, I'll serve dinner," Third Lady said with a smile.
Mu Fengqie waved her hands repeatedly. "Third Lady, you don't have to go to so much trouble. I have something to attend to outside. You can enjoy your meal."
With that, Mu Fengqie left the Yingchun Tower with A Ru. Now that she had come up with the idea of doing business with lipstick, the first thing she needed to do was to promote it.
A Ru followed behind Mu Fengqie. She looked at Mu Fengqie suspiciously and asked, "Sister, why did you suddenly decide to go out for a stroll? Are you in a bad mood again?"
"No. Let the past be the past. I'm going to find a cosmetics store to sell the lipstick. This will be a new business opportunity, and I'm sure it will be a hit," Mu Fengqie said with a smile.
Although she was already quite wealthy, there was no such thing as having too much money in the world. As the saying goes, money makes the world go round.
"Isn't this a cosmetics store? It seems quite popular. Let's go in and take a look," A Ru suggested.
The two of them walked into the store. It was quite large, indicating that the business was booming. There were also many customers, which was undoubtedly a good choice for them.
As they were walking, a woman suddenly rushed out and bumped into Mu Fengqie. The two women were of similar build, and the impact made them both stagger.
Before Mu Fengqie and A Ru could say anything, the woman's maid started shouting aggressively, "Don't you have eyes when you walk? You bumped into our young lady and don't even know to apologize?"
Mu Fengqie narrowed her eyes. She didn't want to make a big deal out of this accidental collision, but the woman was really shameless.
"I think you've got it wrong. It was your young lady who bumped into me first. Why should I apologize to you? Shouldn't your young lady apologize to me?" Mu Fengqie retorted unhappily.
The maid was about to say something else when the woman beside her interrupted, "You're lucky today. If I didn't have something urgent to do, I would never let you off so easily."
With that, the woman pulled her maid and hurriedly left, as if she was in a hurry.
A Ru spat in the direction the woman had left. "Bah! What an arrogant woman! Does she think we're afraid of her?"
"She's just an insignificant person. There's no need to take it to heart. Let's focus on our business. After we're done, I'll take you out for a meal."
The two of them continued walking into the store. The commotion had attracted a lot of attention, and some people were secretly glancing at them and whispering to each other.
"Who are they? How dare they offend Miss Yang?"
"Who cares who they are? Don't you think it's quite satisfying? Miss Yang is so arrogant. How many people dare to make her suffer in silence?"
The two people having this conversation had both been bullied by Miss Yang. They felt quite satisfied and wished they could just clap their hands.
From their conversation, it could be inferred that the arrogant woman was surnamed Yang. It seemed that she held a significant position in the South Qing Kingdom, or else people wouldn't have been so surprised.
Mu Fengqie successfully found the owner of the cosmetics store. Finally, the lipstick was sold at a price of ten taels of silver per bottle. Mu Fengqie was quite satisfied with this price because the cost of making a bottle of lipstick was only one tael of silver, which meant that she would make a profit of nine taels for each bottle.
"Sister, you're so amazing! You didn't even do much and you got so much deposit. Why did the owner give you the money so easily? Isn't he afraid that you're a fraud?" A Ru exclaimed.
"Do you think the owner is a fool? Since I can produce such good lipstick, it means I'm not a liar. Come on, I'll take you to eat something delicious."
The two of them happily went to a restaurant for a big meal. Unbeknownst to them, two men had been silently following them. Yuan Yuhan frowned and looked at Jing Xinche in confusion.
"Since you're so worried about her, why don't you go and explain things to her?"
"She doesn't seem sad now. If I show up, I might just make her sad. Let's wait and see for now."
Jing Xinche had been investigating the Ruan family's affairs for the past two days. With Ruan Ming by his side, he had received a lot of reliable information. Whenever he had time, he would come to check on Mu Fengqie. It seemed that all his fatigue would disappear the moment he saw her.
A day passed in the blink of an eye. Mu Fengqie returned to the Yingchun Tower and stayed up all night to make ten jars of lipstick. Only in this way could she not delay the girls' training and still meet the demand of the cosmetics store.
In the morning, after giving the necessary instructions, Mu Fengqie left with Zhu Fei. The cosmetics store had pre - ordered ten jars of lipstick, and she was going to deliver them today.
However, she hadn't gone far when she ran into the arrogant Miss Yang. Mu Fengqie didn't intend to pay attention to her, but Miss Yang seemed to recognize her too. She walked towards Mu Fengqie aggressively with her maid.
"So it's you! It's all your fault, you jinx. If it weren't for you yesterday, I would have seen Brother Lü. I'll teach you a lesson!"
With that, Miss Yang raised her hand high. It seemed that it was about to land on Mu Fengqie's face. But how could Zhu Fei give her the chance? She quickly grabbed Miss Yang's hand, and Mu Fengqie also quickly slapped Miss Yang hard on the face.
This commotion attracted the attention of the people around. Everyone surrounded them, and Miss Yang stared at them in disbelief.