"How do I look Yang Yang?" Yi Hua asks, putting on her robe, embroidered with colorful scenarios and flowers, the bright red robe suited her well but on the face, she had worked on?
It seemed hilarious.
"That's a little too much, Hua. People might mistake you for a clown. The demon can surely identify your fake facade." Lu Yang Yang says, laughing out loud while Yi Hua grabs the mirror and checks her face.
She had made her face too white, with those dark liners around her eyes and the lip color extending further away from her lips, Yi Hua gasps, but she laughs at her own face.
"Aish, who did she bring?" Yi Hua mutters, shaking her head, "Yi Yi!" She calls out loud, Lin Yi walks in, "Yes, Your High- Hahaha!" Lin Yi bursts out into fits of laughter while Yi Hua raises a brow watching her laugh at her own fault.
"Whom did you appoint for such a look?" Yi Hua says, Lin Yi stops laughing and controls herself, "I apologize, Your Highness. But this look will scare the demon lord away." Lin Yi comments and laughs out loud, again.
"Yeah, will it?" Yi Hua asks back, Lin Yi presses her lips in a thin line, getting nervous while she awkwardly looks away, "He is probably scarier that this facade of mine." Yi Hua says, cracking into fits of laughter of her own.
Lin Yi gasps and laughs along with her.
Lu Yang Yang shakes his head and sits down, lying on the floor as he watches them.
"Why not I try?" Lin Yi speaks, looking at Yi Hua expectantly, "I would prefer that. Much better." Yi Hua says, walking to the cushion she was seated on before, she sits down while LIn Yi walks to the corner where was the table with the products.
Lin Yi walks to Yi Hua and sits down, controlling her giggles, "Yeah, laugh all you want." Yi Hua adds, "Sorry." Lin Yi mumbles, clearing her throat and grabbing the bowl with water.
She grabs a piece of cloth and dips it in, squeezing the water out so that the cloth is wet but not soaking, Lin Yi folds it properly and brings it to Yi Hua's face, dabbing on her skin and wiping the make-up off.
"Why don't you just marry him? I mean, you then reside the power to take your revenge." Lin Yi says, Yi Hua widens her eyes, the word revenge coming out of her lips, catching her off-guard.
"You… how did you know that I want revenge?" Yi Hua asks, Lin Yi widens her eyes, bewildered, and she looks away, "I heard you talking to him, I mean you were talking to yourself, yesterday." Lin Yi says, hesitantly and nervously.
"It's okay. Don't be scared." Yi Hua says, "Come on, get on with that, we don't have much time." Yi Hua says, closing her eyes, "Yes, Your Highness." Lin Yi mutters, taking in a deep breath, she works on wiping the make-up completely off of her.
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"Oh wow, this is the standard of being ugly. Nice one." Lu Yang Yang mutters but for Lin Yi, it was just soft howls and purrs coming out of the little guy, Yi Hua chuckles and looks at Lu Yang Yang.
"You seem happy." Yi Hua says, snickering and Lu Yang Yang jumps up and down, Lin Yi smiles seeing the interaction, "You can understand him?" Lin Yi asks, surprised.
Yi Hua nods her head and she looks ahead in the mirror, her eyebrow a little thicker while Lin Yi drew small red freckles across her face like pimples, with a big mole near in her right ear.
Her lips balmed with a red tint, just a little thick but not so evident, with little make-up Lin Yi, managed to convert her flawless skin into an awful one.
"You did a great job, Yi Yi." Yi Hua says, grinning as she checks her face in the mirror, she looks to her side, walking to the drawer, and she takes out a pouch of silver coins and hands it to him.
"Here, your reward." Yi Hua says, she remembered how the royals handed the workers silver or gold coins for something that pleases them, she wanted to do that too.
And it's her best friend, helping her wouldn't be bad.
"Let's go out of the palace and do shopping after we are done with this." Yi Hua says, handing the pouch to Lin Yi's hand while Lin Yi watches their hand in surprise, "it's too much, Your Highness." She mumbles.
"Take it, you deserve it." Yi Hua says, patting Lin Yi's head.
Lin Yi smiles, "I-I… okay." Lin Yi nods her head, "Shall we get going?" Lin Yi asks, placing the pouch on the desk beside her and looking at Yi Hua, "Already?"
"I was asked to bring you to the tea garden once you are ready." Lin Yi says, Yi Hua frowns, "Tea garden? Are all the royals sitting together?" Yi Hua asks, astonished and puzzled.
"Yeah, I thought you knew… Your Highness." Lin Yi says, blinking her eyes and taking in Yi Hua's startled face, "Shit." Yi Hua mumbles, touching her face.
"Will His Majesty be there too?" Yi Hua asks, awkwardly chuckling while Lu Yang Yang sits straight, "Hua… are you sure you want to give up and not take the risk?" Lu Yang Yang asks, Yi Hua looks at Lu Yang Yang, confused.
"What do I do? His Majesty will not like my appearance." Yi Hua says, in despair, "Uh, Your highness… why don't you come up with an excuse?" Yi Hua snaps her head, keen on knowing what Lin Yi meant.
"Excuse? As in?" Yi Hua asks as a spark of hope glitters in her eyes.
"Like, you got an infection? I mean… who would want you after knowing this might be permanent. I heard demons are after beauties." Lin Yi says, awkwardly while Yi Hua widens her eyes, "You are correct, I can come up with an excuse."
Yi Hua grins, looking at herself in the mirror, "I will see how you will choose me, demon." Yi Hua smirks, tracing the red spots on her face which continued down her neck.
"I hope it turns out well." Lu Yang Yang mumbles, eyeing Yi Hua through the mirror, "Let's go." Yi Hua says, turning towards Lin Yi.
"Yang Yang, stay here and wait for the good news." Yi Hua says, walking out of the room with Lin Yi, leaving Lu Yang Yang to himself, worried for her.