"Changsheng Hall asked me to prepare that Yuji Flower. Since I have some time, I might as well do it now. Otherwise, I don't know how many days I'll be delayed when I go to Ningzhou. They keep urging me day and night," Qin Liu Xi said to Qihuang who was following her. "Later, take out the Snow Lotus and Cold Fragrance and soak them in the medicine room."
"Alright," Qihuang nodded. "Yuji Snow Skin is fetching over ten thousand taels in the capital. It's in high demand, and difficult to obtain. It's no wonder the Feng family is anxious."
Yuji Snow Skin, a highly praised fragrance in recent years among the aristocratic circles, commands an exorbitant price. It has extraordinary effects on women, making their skin as smooth as snow, truly like jade. Moreover, with prolonged use, it emanates a faint and pleasing fragrance, soothing the mind and soul. Hence, it's called Yuji Snow Skin.
Moreover, it can also fade blemishes if there are any.
However, this effective Yuji Snow Skin is extremely rare. Not to mention the secret recipe for its preparation, even its ingredients are exceedingly rare. The main ingredient, Yuji Flower, like the Tian Shan Snow Lotus, grows in glacial areas. The manpower, material, and financial resources expended to obtain it are immense.
As a result, a bottle of Yuji Snow Skin, barely the size of a fingertip, fetches over ten thousand taels. It's priceless. In the past two years, it has only been available through auctions at the Nine Mysteries Auction House.
Although referred to as preparation, the process is akin to refining, with intricate steps and precise timing for each ingredient added. Any misstep in the process renders the entire batch of Yuji Snow Skin useless.
Thus, only Qin Liu Xi can prepare Yuji Snow Skin.
Yet, Qin Liu Xi, lazy as she is, shows no ambition. But nobody can do anything about her. Helpless, everyone can only indulge her.
Now, for the even more precious Fengling Flower, Qin Liu Xi bends over backward.
Sigh, it's all due to financial woes.
"He can be as anxious as he wants. He won't lack the money to do business, whether or not I prepare that thing. It takes at least eight hours to prepare it. Without proper supervision, you know what will happen. My health is not good; I can't afford to overwork myself and risk undoing these years of recuperation!" Qin Liu Xi said. "You, Huang, are compassionate. You can't bear to see the Feng family in such distress."
"Haha, indeed, you have a compassionate heart, unwilling to see the Feng family suffer," Qihuang said, restraining himself from exposing her, smiling.
"Humph, you know me well, Huang. It's not surprising I can't do without you..." Qin Liu Xi's voice paused, her smile receded as she looked at the few people standing in the courtyard, glancing around with curiosity, hands behind their backs.
The people in the courtyard were rare visitors, Qin Liu Xi's younger sisters and cousins.
Qin Mingyue and the others were somewhat at a loss and embarrassed when they saw Qin Liu Xi, their eyes falling on her.
Qin Liu Xi's attire was not elaborate or glamorous, but the fabric was top-notch. At the moment, she wore a plain green robe with cloud patterns on the wide sleeves, embroidered with a few magnolia flowers in gold and silver thread as embellishments on the hem. Her slender waist was cinched, and two silk ribbons hung down, standing with hands behind her back, her posture upright.
Her face was devoid of makeup, her skin cold and white, not the delicate type but rather rigid. Her black hair was simply pinned up with a wooden hairpin, her face bare, her calm and clear eyes silent as she looked over, saying nothing. Yet, she was tall, her gaze overlooking them, exerting a subtle pressure on everyone.
It was strange. Qin Liu Xi's birth mother, Wan Yiniang, was so beautiful that even these young girls felt inferior. Even Qin Mingchun was extremely beautiful. But Qin Liu Xi, on the other hand, seemed to have taken a different path, lacking that absolute beauty. However, when her gaze shifted, her face, neither masculine nor feminine, was imperious, unyielding.
This country bumpkin made them all seem even more like country bumpkins!