Abandoned Princesses
Mask Rong

Although Qiao Rong's victory banquet was over, the palace was still preoccupied with the wedding of Qiao Lan and Su Xiao. Qiao Rong hoped that it would happen tomorrow, no need to wait another month.

Of course it's impossible. The Emperor had ordered that the marriage be made as grand as possible. All the eunuchs and ladies and gentlemen are now running back and forth to the palace hall, where the wedding will take place.

Although the palace hall was still used for meetings with the officials in the morning, it seemed that they were not bothered by the bridal decorations that had begun to be installed.

In his heart, Qiao Rong simply laughed amusedly. The poor emperor would probably be very sorry to throw such a grand wedding and spend so much money.

However it would probably be even more unfortunate for Qiao Rong, he would be very bored to spend time just by practicing pill making and cultivating.

Therefore, Qiao Rong thought of a way to overcome his boredom, as well as to fill the time until Princess Lan's wedding. And he found it.

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"Chu Yue, what is the total income of Yun Pavilion per month?" Qiao Rong called Chu Yue to come closer.

Chu Yue immediately walked forward towards her nona. "30 silver coins, Your Majesty." Qiao Rong was somewhat surprised to hear that.

"That much? Where's that money going?" Qiao Rong asked.

"His Majesty rarely went out of the palace or went shopping, so some maids even took the money a few years ago. So now I'm the one keeping all the money I'm given." Qiao Rong nodded. Looks like the ladies must teach him a lesson next time.

"So how much money is that?" Qiao Ring decided to come clean.

"About three gold coins, Your Majesty." Answer Chu Yue.

"Then it's enough." Qiao Rong smiled. Chu Yue was quite confused by the intent of Qiao Rong's words, yet she knew Qiao Rong must have been up to something. Whatever it is, it will support it.

Qiao Rong told Chu Yue to go to buy the materials she wrote on a piece of paper, then she relaxed on the bed.

"Other than your plan this time?" Li Junyan suddenly appeared and came into play together with him. Now they rolled together in bed and made the bed a mess.

"Hmm. I was a bit awkward to call you Li Junyan with your body size. What if Xiao Li was just like that?" Qiao Rong whined.

"Hey! What can I choose to be like? This is all the wish of the damned book! Just answer me, you sly woman! Huh!" Li Junyan displayed the look of her pouting face and folded both her hands furiously.

"Haha! You should try to be a little more courteous with the master you know." Qiao Rong pinched the child's cheek, and Li Junyan grimaced while pitting. " Xiao Li~ Xiao Li~ Xiao Li~" Qiao Rong mocked the boy.

The truly enraged Li Junyan finally silenced the girl. After seeing Li Junyan so angry, only then did Qiao Rong stop mocking him and start talking seriously.

"You know what's stronger than cultivation?" Qiao Rong asked.

"What's? Of course you need expertise, such as medical, making pil—" Li Junyan released his thoughts one-on-one. But not yet finished he spoke, Qiao Rong had already cut off his conversation.

"That's not what I mean, stupid." Qiao Rong clamored at the boy slowly. "Money. Money can make you powerful." Qiao Rong.

"Oh! So that's what you mean asking all that money? What are you gonna do? Hiring someone better?" The irritated Qiao Rong nailed the boy a second time. Fortunately, the boy seemed to be so immune.

"Of course invest!" Qiao Rong looked at Li Junyan instead more confused. Finally he continued his words, "I will set up shops with many branches and various services." With that Li Junyan understood. In short, the girl just wanted to be a merchant.

"That's the first product. You'll see the magic later, more surprisingly, I concocted the recipe alone." Qiao Rong bragged. Li Junyan simply nodded, and Chu Yue arrived.

In Chu Yue's hands, there were already a few leaves of the plant that were on top of the grinding tool. There is also a small bowl and a cup of water.

"Your Majesty." Chu Yue called Qiao Rong to tell him that everything was ready. Qiao Rong let him in. Chu Yue also placed all of those materials on the dressing table.

Qiao Rong immediately stood up from the bed and walked towards the dresser followed by the curious Li Junyan. A while later, all the ingredients were crushed into powder and he poured into a bowl with water.

Qiao Rong started stirring up the mixture slowly. Over time, the mixture thickens and the color becomes clear.

"Your Majesty.. It's.." Chu Yue who saw that from the side felt puzzled. He's never seen anything like it.

But Qiao Rong did not reply and placed the mixture on Chu Yue's face, as well as flattening it. Chu Yue felt very strange. The thick mixture was very cold, also the texture was very strange. But since he was already determined to support Qiao Rong completely, Chu Yue did not say anything.

"This is a face mask. Next it will be called 'Masker Rong' because I made it." Qiao Rong smiled.

"You see Chu Yue, the leaves of the wei flower make the texture of this mask thick. Kuang leaves make the color clear so that it is good to see the eye. And the rest are medical plants that benefit the skin." Hearing that, Chu Yue nodded. Although it was puzzled where Qiao Rong knew it all from, Chu Yue could only swallow the question wholeheartedly.

Qiao Rong also saw Chu Yue's puzzled expression, yet seeing that the girl did not make a sound, he smiled. Thankfully, the girl trusted him very much. Qiao Rong was so grateful in life this time to be able to find such a friend.

About five minutes later, Qiao Rong told Chu Yue to wash her face. What made Chu Yue surprised was that the benefits of the mask turned out to be even better than she had imagined.

In such a short time, the skin of his face became smoother and smoother. He also felt that his face was getting brighter. Chu Yue felt extremely astonished.

Qiao Rong simply chuckled at the girl. Especially when he saw Li Junyan who was also sculpting.

"What the fuck's recipe? Even the Book of Yin Yang that had a whole collection of great medicinal recipes had nothing like it." Li Junyan said in confusion.

Qiao Rong just laughed. "of course. Because I'm the only one who made it." He said with confidence. "When I'm bored, I like to mix drugs. Didn't accidentally find anything like that." Qiao Rong.

Li Junyan could only be dumbfounded. It seemed that despite being used to Qiao Rong's surprises, the girl still had a lot of things she hadn't let out yet.

Chu Yue was still staring at his face. Finally Qiao Ring called out to him, and he came to a realization.

"Chu Yue, how is it?" Qiao Rong asked.

"Good God, Your Majesty! How could you create something like this?! If the wives of the officials knew, they would surely hunt this kind of thing to the ends of the world." Chu Yue seemed to be very impressed.

Qiao Rong smiled. Sure, that's what he's gonna do. Moreover, the function of the things he produces except to make money?

Qiao Rong suddenly stood up. He then brought the rest of the mask into a flat container and closed it tightly. Then told Chu Yue to prepare a veil and horse carriage, also carrying several hundred silver coins in the form of a check. He's going to go out of the palace.

"What are you going to do, Your Majesty?" Chu Yue asked curiously. It seemed like lately that Qiao Rong was indeed fond of going out of the palace, he was also still subscribing to the Chi Yuan Pharmacy.

"Prepare, Chu Yue. We're going into business." Qiao Rong smiled.