Ten Miles of Red Makeup: The Legend of Ming Yu

Chapter 482 Pearl
A quarter of an hour later, Xi'er came back, with a bright smile on her face when she entered the door, and flaunted the banknote in her hand like an embroidered handkerchief, "Concubine Shizi, I have brought the banknote back."

Concubine Ming was sitting there eating cakes, she was not worried that Xi'er would return empty-handed, Princess Langhuan relied on her to detoxify, she dared not be disobedient.

Xueyan and Haitang squatted on the ground to pick up the jasper beads that fell from the broken bead curtain, some fell under the stool, so they had to lie down.

After the pastries were finished, Ming concubine wiped her hands with a handkerchief and said, "Bring me some pearls."

Xi'er was hiding the banknotes in the vanity box, she turned her head and said, "What does the imperial concubine want pearls for?"

"Go get it."

Xi'er put the bank notes away, pushed back the drawer, and went to the warehouse with the key.

The pearls in the dressing box are jewelry, either necklaces or earrings, and there are unused pearls in the warehouse.

Xi'er didn't know how big Minnie wanted, so she took a few of them.

Ming concubine took five and got up and went to the backyard.

She accidentally injured Chu Mofeng, and had to remove the scars for him. Before, the dark scar removal medicine, if she directly said that she didn't have it, would definitely not appear again.

Ming concubine didn't want to waste effort to remove the black, and remove the color, the smell is still there, the doctor can tell at a glance, so she plans to replace it with pearl ointment with better effect.

It's just a round pearl, Ming concubine is really reluctant to grind it into powder.

She put it in a stone ladle, ready to mash it, and then grind it, but she used too much force, and the pearl flew out, rolling and rolling, and rolled to Chu Mochen's feet.

Chu Mochen walked in, bent down to pick up the pearl, and said, "What is this for?"

"Pound it into pearl powder and make ointment," Ming concubine said.

Xi'er was on the side, and hurriedly said, "My lord, it's too extravagant for you to persuade my concubine."

She felt sorry for that pearl, such a good pearl, at least one was worth ten taels of silver.

Chu Mochen looked at the pearl in his hand, looked at Ming Concubine and said, "Do you have to have such a pearl, can you be ugly?"

Ming Concubine's face was full of black lines, "As long as it's a pearl, it doesn't matter if it's ugly or beautiful."

Chu Mochen threw the pearl back to Ming Concubine and said, "Wait, I'll get you some ugly pearls."

Ming concubine was a little confused, but Chu Mochen had already turned around and walked away.

Chu Mochen went out of the backyard, directly out of Chen Xiangxuan, and went straight to the study in the front yard.

As soon as he stepped forward, the servant said, "My lord, Prince Jing is discussing matters with the prince in the study."

Chu Mochen planned to wait for a while.

The prince's voice came, "Come in."

Chu Mochen pushed the door in and greeted Prince Jing. Seeing that the faces of the two were not very good, Chu Mochen asked, "Is something wrong?"

The prince frowned and said, "The 40 taels of salt tax paid by Lizhou was robbed on the way to Beijing, and no one was left alive."

The treasury is already short of money, even if it is not, the 40 taels of salt tax being robbed is not a trivial matter.

The matter was of great importance, upon receiving the news, Prince Jing came to discuss with him what to do, the emperor didn't know about this matter, once he knew, he would be dizzy.

After the prince finished speaking, he asked Chu Mochen, "Is there something you want to see my father?"

Chu Mochen nodded, "I remember seeing many ugly pearls in my father's study two years ago, are those pearls still there?"

The prince frowned slightly, "What do you want those ugly pearls for?"

"My concubine wants to use pearls as an ointment, and I think those should be the same," Chu Mochen said truthfully.

It was originally a trivial matter, not to mention some ugly pearls, even if it was intact, if you ask the prince for it, the prince will not ask any more questions.

But this time, the prince really asked a few more questions, "What is the ointment for?"

"Scar removal," Chu Mochen replied.

"The black ointment before was made with pearl powder?" the prince asked again.

"My concubine said it was better than that," Chu Mochen replied.

The prince told Prince Jing to sit down and wait for him for a while, he got up and left the study, and took Chu Mochen to the small warehouse.

In the warehouse, there are many rare treasures, each of which is priceless.

The prince walked to a big box and opened it, and Chu Mochen saw a box full of ugly pearls.

He looked surprised.

Let me explain that my concubine was waiting impatiently in the bamboo house, she looked left and right with a pearl in her hand, Xi'er was afraid that she would not be able to wait and smashed the pearl.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Xi'er looked towards the door and said happily, "Concubine Shi Zi, Master Shi Zi is back."

Ming concubine sat still, when Chu Mochen came into the room, followed by two men who came in carrying a large box.

After putting down the big box, the two stepped aside.

Mingyu blinked, stood up and said, "What's in this box?"

Chu Mochen opened the box, Ming concubine's heart trembled violently.

A box full of pearls.

But ugly.

"Where are there so many special-shaped pearls?" Mingyu asked curiously.

Chu Mochen shook his head, "I don't know, my father said that he has ten boxes of such pearls, maybe even more."

Ten... Ten boxes...

And possibly more?
Ming concubine was stunned, and Chu Mochen said, "Father asked me to help him ask if these pearls can be made into pearl ointment. If possible, he wants to turn ten boxes of pearls into silver notes."

With so many pearls, how much powder must be ground and how much pearl paste should be prepared.

She looked at Chu Mochen and said, "Your family doesn't raise pearls, does it?"

The two men looked at each other, and then looked at Concubine Ming together, "Pearls are all picked from the sea, so can they be cultivated?"

Ming concubine nodded, "Of course I can."

It's just that there should be no freshwater pearl cultivation technology in ancient times, so she was even more curious about where the prince picked so many special-shaped pearls.

Ming concubine didn't say much, she picked up the pearl and ground some pearl powder, sniffed it, tasted it again, and said, "It can be used."

The two men breathed a sigh of relief, with a little smile on their serious faces, they said happily, "It's good if it works, and we'll go back and report to the lord."

They are happy, and Mingyu is also happy. Her shop is about to open, and she is wondering what to use as the main sign. Now that there are so many pearls to make pearl cream for her, she is almost sleepy. Some people give her a pillow, and serve her tea when she is thirsty .

Xi'er was even happier, "There are so many ugly pearls, so the Crown Princess doesn't have to worry about using them."

Ming Yu glared at her a few times, "Hurry up and help me grind it, I'll make more pearl cream."

After finishing speaking, Ming concubine looked at Chu Mochen, "Father wants to turn those pearls into money, is he short of money?"

"I didn't ask, but the father said this, he should be short of money," Chu Mochen guessed.

Ming concubine thought for a while and said, "Then I will help my father turn pearls into money as soon as possible."

Pearl powder has many uses. It is sweet and cold and non-toxic. In addition to removing freckles and whitening, it can also soothe the nerves, calm the nerves, improve eyesight and remove haze, detoxify and strengthen muscles, delay aging, and supplement calcium.

She could think of dozens of uses for pearls.

There are so many pearls for her to show off, Ming is eager to try.

She sat down at the desk and got busy, ignoring Chu Mochen. Chu Mochen felt bored, so he went to practice martial arts in the yard.

(End of this chapter)