Chapter 46: Chapter 48: The Eldest Miss is a Village Girl? Chapter 46: Chapter 48: The Eldest Miss is a Village Girl? “Changsheng Hall wants me to concoct the Jade Skin Flower, and since there’s still a bit of time, I’ve done it to avoid the delay of going to Ningzhou which I don’t know how many days it will take. They would keep rushing me day in and day out.” Qin Liuxi said to Qi Huang by her side: “Later, take out the Snow Lotus and cold fragrance among others and soak them in Medicine House.”
“Hmm.” Qi Huang said: “Jade Snow Skin has fetched tens of thousands of taels in the capital, still with no market for ready buyers, a bottle is hard to come by; no wonder Boss Feng is anxious.”
Jade Snow Skin is a fragrance highly sought after in high society ladies’ circles in recent years; priced exorbitantly, it has extraordinary effects on women. Applied on the body, it makes the skin snowy and tenderly smooth, a true ice-cool skin like snow. After prolonged use, one can emit a faint cold fragrance that is captivating and heartwarming; hence it is named Jade Snow Skin.
Moreover, it can fade blemishes.
But this miraculous Jade Snow Skin is extremely rare, not to mention the secret formula for its concoction, just the ingredients themselves are exceedingly rare. The primary ingredient, Jade Skin Flower, along with the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, grows only on glaciers and snowy land. The human labor, material, and financial resources required to seek it are tremendous.
Therefore, Jade Snow Skin, only a bottle the size of a woman’s finger, is priced at tens of thousands of taels, with no fixed price to speak of. In recent years, one could only get it at the Jiuxuan Auction Hall.
Jade Snow Skin is said to be concocted, which is nearly similar to refining, except the process is complex: adding every material needs precise steps and fire control. A single mistake, and an entire pot of Jade Snow Skin would be wasted.
This is why only Qin Liuxi can concoct Jade Snow Skin.
And Qin Liuxi… Well, one cannot say she’s not lazy and without ambition, but no one can do anything about her. Unfortunately, as the small family’s cherished ancestor, she can only be indulged.
Now, for the Wind Spirit Flower that’s even more precious than the Jade Skin Flower, Qin Liuxi has bent her back.
Alas, it’s all due to lack of money.
“He can be anxious if he wants to, anyway he’s not short of the money from Jade Snow Skin to do business.” Qin Liuxi said: “Concocting that thing, one must at least stick around for eight hours, keeping vigilant. You know that. I’m not in good health; I can’t overexert myself and waste all these years of cultivation!”
Qi Huang held back from exposing her pretense and laughed: “Indeed, your compassion is like that of a Bodhisattva; you can’t bear to see Boss Feng getting sick from anxiety.”
“Heh, Qi Huang knows me best. No wonder I can’t do without you…” Qin Liuxi’s voice paused, her smile also retracted as she looked at several people in the courtyard who were looking around, with their hands clasped behind their backs.
The visitors in the courtyard could be called rare guests. They were Qin Liuxi’s younger sisters and cousins.
Upon seeing Qin Liuxi, Qin Ming Yue and the others felt somewhat unsure and embarrassed, their eyes resting upon her.
Qin Liuxi’s attire was not elaborate, nor was it flamboyant, but the material was of the finest. She currently wore a simple cyan robe with wide sleeves and lucky cloud patterns, the hem embellished with a few embroidered pomegranate flowers in gold and silver. Her slim waist was cinched, with two silk tassels hanging down, standing with her hands behind her back, her posture upright.
Her face was bare, without makeup; her skin was pale and delicate, not the gentle kind of visage, but rather sharp and hard. She just pinned up her hair casually with a wooden hairpin, without any embellishments. Her pair of eyes were calm and clear, quietly gazing over, not uttering a single word. Yet she was tall, and her gaze from above gave others a subtle sense of pressure.
How curious, Qin Liuxi’s mother, Aunt Wan, was so beautiful that it made all these young ladies feel inferior. Even Qin Mingchun was born extremely beautiful. But Qin Liuxi seemed to have taken another path; she didn’t possess that breathtaking beauty, but when her gaze shifted, her face took on an enigmatic androgyny and an air of supremacy.
Next to this ‘peasant girl’, they seemed all the more like real peasant girls!