
It was late in the evening.
Yang Zijin felt tired. She put down the charcoal pencil in her hand, looked at the completed drawings, and couldn't help yawning. That was all for today. She put these drawings away and lay on the bed. After a while, she went to sleep.
Early the next morning, Yang Zijin was awakened by the sound of the doorway. She couldn't help frowning and asked, "Wei, who's out there? Why is it so noisy in the morning?"
"Your Highness, it's Madam. She wanted to see you." Jiang Wei replied.
Hearing the voice of Yang Zijin, Li Mingzi rolled her eyes to Jiang Wei and pushed her away. She hurried to the door and said, "Qingcheng, it's me. The day after tomorrow is the birthday banquet of the old lady of Mansion of Grand Preceptor. I invited the tailor to make clothes for everyone for the banquet. I come here to invite you to measure the size and choose the fabric. If it were too late, I would be afraid that the clothes can't be made before the banquet."
"Thanks for your kindness, Madam. I am grateful, but I don't want to bother you. I haven’t worn the clothes which were prepared for the last reception banquet. I'll wear that one." Yang Zijin replied inside.
After hearing this, Li Mingzi couldn't help gnashing her teeth with hatred. She felt displeased that Yang Zijin rejected her in front of so many servants. If she were not afraid that the Duke of Mu would blame her for not making her clothes, she would not come over again.
It was you who asked for it, Yang Zijin. Don' blame me. The dress had been damaged. Although she had already planned it at the banquet, she didn't mind letting Yang Zijin make a fool of herself again. Thinking of this, Li Mingzi felt comfortable.
Then Li Mingzi smiled and said, "Then if Qingcheng insists, I won't bother you again."
After saying this, she turned around and walked away!
Jiang Wei and Lan said at the same time, "Madam, please take care."
Li Mingzi snorted.
After Li Mingzi left, Yang Zijin saw that it was getting late, and she sat on the bed. Today she still had a lot of things to do so that she couldn't sleep anymore.
She stretched her back and called Lan to comb her hair and help her get dressed.
Later, she asked Jiang Wei to prepare the carriage first.
After prepared, Yang Zijin took what she had painted last night and strode to the door. She got into the carriage and instructed Jiang Wei to go to the Blossoming Peach.
When she arrived at the Blossoming Peach, Yang Zijin went straight to the backyard.
She asked Jiang Wei to find Xian.
A moment later.
"What can I do for you, Your Highness?" Xian walked up to Yang Zijin and asked.
"Go to the drugstore. Grab these medicines according to what is written on the paper. And go to the counting-house for the silver." Yang Zijin looked up at Xian and said. She handed him the list of those herbs written yesterday.
Xian took it, glanced at it, and replied, "I'll get to it now!"
"By the way, buy more rollers for grinding medicine." Yang Zijin added.
"Got it!"
After Xian left, Yang Zijin called Wufu and asked him, "Did Sister Liu come?"
Hearing this, Wufu replied hurriedly, "Sister Liu has come. She is in the next room discussing something with tailors!"
"Got it. Take me there." Yang Zijin naturally knew what Sister Liu was going to say!
It was convenient for her to say something when everyone got together!
And so she walked to the next working room!
Before entering the door, she heard that Sister Liu said to everyone, "Everyone can stay here without worry. The infanta said that the wages would be paid on time as before."
"But Sister Liu, we haven't done any work these days. With these wages, I always feel uncomfortable." One person said.
Sister Liu continued, "Don't worry. This situation won't last too long. The infanta has already thought of something."
"Really? That's good. That's good!" These people couldn't help but put their hearts down after hearing this.
Looking at these unsophisticated tailors, Yang Zijin couldn't help but feel comforted in her heart.
She walked into the room.
Sister Liu saw Yang Zijin come in and whispered, "Here is the infanta."
The tailors were stunned for a moment. They had never met the infanta before. After a while, they reacted and stood up to bow to Yang Zijin.
"Please sit down, everyone. You don't need to be punctilious. I have something to tell you." Yang Zijin said.
After hearing Yang Zijin's words, everyone sat down slowly.
Yang Zijin beckoned to Sister Liu and signaled her to come over.
"Sister Liu, look at these drawings. Do you think it's feasible?" When Yang Zijin was saying, she took the drawings that she drew last night to Sister Liu.
Sister Liu took it and looked at it again and again. She couldn't help nodding.
The tailors all stared at Sister Liu and asked curiously, "Sister Liu, what is this?"
Sister Liu was still in joy. She didn't hear their questions at all. Now, the jewelry was either made of iron, copper or gold, silver, and jade. She had never seen that the pattern was made of cloth before.
She couldn't help but excitedly said to Yang Zijin, "We can try it, Your Highness!"
"What is it?" Looking at Sister Liu with an excited face, the tailors couldn't help asking.
Sister Liu put the drawings on the table, and everyone took turns to look at the drawing.
"Sister Liu, these... Are these all going to be made of cloth?"
"Can it be done?"
Those who watched were somewhat amazed. They doubted that these beautiful headdresses could be made out of cloth?
"Yes, there are still plenty of patterns that can be made with cloth. I'll draw them later. But for now, let's make a batch of these out first and put them on sale in the shop. Let's see the benefits first, and then we discuss the next step." Yang Zijin replied.
Then she said to Sister Liu, "You can decide the color scheme. If you need any cloth, just ask Xian to buy it."
"Yes, Your Highness. I'll go to make up these now." Sister Liu already couldn't wait to make these samples.
Yang Zijin nodded and walked out of the room.
There were properly arranged. She counted the time, and Xian should be back now.
When she was thinking, Xian came back with a bag. There was a burst of medicine aroma.
Xian put these medicinal materials in front of Yang Zijin, "Your Highness, I bought them all. As to the pearl powder, I ran to several medicine shops only to bought this few."
When he was saying, Xian took the pearl powder out of his clothes.
Yang Zijin took it and looked at it. It was enough!
She asked again, "Where are rollers?"
"Your Highness, those rollers are too heavy, and the shopkeeper will send someone to bring them immediately." Xian said.
Yang Zijin nodded, and then she instructed Xian to call some people.
As she separated the herbs one by one, she heard Lu'an said, "Your Highness, the shopkeeper has sent rollers here. Where to put it?"
"Put it over here." Yang Zijin answered.
Everything was ready. At this time, Xian came over with a few girls.
"What do you want us to do, Your Highness?" Zixia asked.
Yang Zijin pointed to the medicinal materials over here, "All we have to do is here."
"Do you want us to grind these, Your Highness?" Seeing the rollers aside, Zixia couldn't help but guess.
Yang Zijin nodded with a smile, "Yes, it is to grind these medicinal materials. You are not only to grind them but also to grind them finely!"
"Huh? All of these have to be ground?" Zixia couldn't help but open her mouth wide.
Yang Zijin raised her eyebrows and said, "Let's do it!"
Although these girls were reluctant, they still sat down and set about.
Yang Zijin asked Xian to bring some clean jars and labeled them to avoid mix.
"Your Highness, do you think this is qualified?" Lanzhu brought the ground rhizoma typhonii to Yang Zijin.
Yang Zijin grabbed a bit in her hand, "It needs to be further ground."
Zixia, on the side, couldn't help but asked, ''Your Highness, isn't this ground by Lanzhu fine enough? What exactly are these powders used?"
Yang Zijin replied, "I won't tell you now. Let's wait until it's done."
Hearing that, Zixia had to sit down with a pout and continued to grind the medicine!
Yang Zijin raised her head and instructed Jiang Wei, "Go to the rouge shop and buy some different kinds of empty rouge boxes. Remember to buy more."
She wanted to put the powders with different potencies into different rouge boxes, so as she could distinguish them!
As it was approaching noon, Yang Zijin wanted to know the progress of Sister Liu. She got up and prepared to visit there!
Sister Liu had already made several patterns out according to the drawings.
Now she was working on a lotus pattern. Sister Liu used black cloth as the base.
She drew the pattern of the petals and let the people cut it. And then she found a light green cloth to make a lotus leaf, and let the tailor embroider the flower stem with dark green thread. And then she splices the stem to the black cloth.
It took less than half an hour. Sister Liu put the finished products made of cloth on the table and all the tailors couldn't help nodding their heads.
The lotus made in this way was full of stereoscopic impression. With the black cloth as the base, it looked like a real lotus from a distance.
It was much faster and more beautiful than embroidering it by stitch. Sister Liu couldn't help but admire in her heart that this infanta was just as thoughtful as Master Yang!
Yang Zijin walked into the room and saw the finished product. She couldn't help but clap her hands and said, "Sister Liu, you really did a good job."
"Thank you, Your Highness. It was done by all of us together!" At that moment, Sister Liu felt that the infanta's tone was similar to that of Master Yang. So, she couldn't help but think of his face again and replied for a while.
Yang Zijin looked at the finished hair accessories and felt perfect. There were no clips in ancient times, so she brought some wooden hairpins and decorated hair accessories on them. It must look fabulous!
As for the needlework, she would draw more styles later and let Sister Liu cut them out. Then, she would put them in the shop. The customers could choose their favorite styles and the bases!
But now, she couldn't be anxious for success. She had to look at the benefits first and then made plans. She didn't want to do a loss-making business!
Thinking of this, Yang Zijin said to Sister Liu, "Let's do it this way. Tomorrow put some in the shop."
"Yes, Your Highness." Sister Liu answered.
Then Sister Liu turned around and said to these tailors, "Everyone, let's do it. Do it as I have just taught you!"
Yang Zijin was very satisfied. She watched for a while before walking out of the room.
Seeing that most of the medicine had been ground, Yang Zijin also started to mix it up. She began to blend it according to the proportion instructed by Uncle Liu.
She added some pearl powders in an appropriate amount, which could moisturize the skin.
At this time, Jiang Wei also bought the rouge boxes.
Yang Zijin was about to put the mixed powder into it. She thought that she should give the powder a name.
Putting down the rouge box in her hands, Yang Zijin lowered her head and pondered the name.
Since all these powders were to be applied at night, let call them "Sleeping Beauty" and write its efficacy on the boxes.


