flstandardbreds Chapter 174 Li Zheng has another fiancée
Chapter 174 Li Zheng has another fiancée
"What do you mean?" Chu Jingyue was puzzled. "I saw that Yang Manman was indeed not wearing any makeup."
"Although she doesn't look like she's wearing any makeup, she is indeed wearing it." Jiang Suining's thoughts drifted a little further.
Later in the previous life, fake natural makeup was popular among the ladies in the imperial city for a while.
I heard that it came from the palace. I don’t know which princess created it, but that princess also gave it this name.
As the name suggests, after putting on makeup, it looks like no makeup is used, just like you are bare-faced.
Once, an official's wife who was familiar with her and close to her asked her to study this so-called pseudo-bare-face makeup together. In fact, it is through carefully mixing the color of makeup powder to make it as consistent as possible with one's own skin color, but at the same time it can also play a role in covering blemishes and even out skin tone.
The colors of rouge and lip balm are even more particular, they should both enhance the complexion and appear unnoticeable.
After putting on some makeup, it looks like you have a naturally good complexion and good looks, but in fact the time and effort spent is much more than normal makeup, and the techniques require careful study and practice.
After all, they are all wives of officials. Dressing up is not only a matter of beauty, but also a matter of etiquette. Especially when attending a banquet, it would be impolite to go out without makeup.
It would be fine if you practice for fun in your spare time, but even though you are in the backyard and have to manage household affairs on a daily basis, you may not have enough free time. It is really unnecessary to spend so much time on it.
So they studied it for a while and then gave up.
Facing Chu Jingyue's puzzled look, Jiang Suining did not mention the fake natural makeup, but just smiled and said, "I've seen people study how to make the makeup so that it's hard to detect, as if the face is bare, but it's very beautiful. Looking at Miss Yang's face just now, it should be that kind of makeup method."
At first glance, she is indeed without makeup, but if you look closely, you can find that there is still makeup on her face, and it is very similar to the fake makeup after putting on makeup.
"So that's it!" Chu Jingyue suddenly realized, "No wonder every time I see her, she has red lips and white teeth, and a rosy face. I thought she was born with a good appearance and a good complexion. She says she dislikes women wearing makeup, but she does it secretly. She is so shameless!"
It's not like no one had suspected that Yang Manman was secretly putting on makeup, but the other party insisted that she didn't even have any cosmetics at home, and her words and deeds showed her disgust for women putting on makeup, so they didn't think about it any more.
In fact, if Yang Manman really just didn't want people to see that she was wearing makeup, it wouldn't be a big deal. But she just had to belittle women who wear makeup in various ways, saying one thing in front of others and another behind their backs. It's really despicable!
"Okay, don't be angry. Didn't Yang Manman get humiliated just now? However, I saw the other two defending her, especially Mr. Li from the Prime Minister's family. Does the Duke Yang's Mansion plan to marry into the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
"Marriage? What kind of marriage is that?" Chu Jingyue couldn't help but speak, "It's funny to talk about this. Li Zheng has been engaged since he was a child. He has a fiancée."
Jiang Suining was slightly startled, "Isn't it Yang Manman?"
"No!" Chu Jingyue shook her head. "I heard that Yang Manman and Li Zheng were acting intimately together before, and were caught by Li Zheng's fiancée. As a result, Yang Manman was not only shameless, but also kept saying that they were brothers and were careless. She said that the fiancée was stingy, and she was cunning in her heart and everything she saw was dirty. In the end, she was so angry that she went home in tears and wanted to cancel the engagement."
"What happened later? Was the engagement cancelled?" Jiang Suining asked.
"No, the two families are old friends, and it's not something that can be dissolved just like that. Finally, Prime Minister Li brought Li Zheng to apologize, and the matter was settled. But looking at Li Zheng's look just now, he didn't restrain himself at all, and he was still hanging out with Yang Manman." Chu Jingyue said indignantly.
Jiang Suining frowned, "Looking at the way they both looked just now, I'm afraid that Li Zheng likes Yang Manman."
"You're right. Some people are privately saying that Li Zhen seemed to have expressed his feelings to Yang Manman, but Yang Manman just said that they are brothers and refused to agree."
"Heh." Jiang Suining couldn't help but laugh. "Neither willing to agree, nor willing to stay away, and acting intimately and openly, enjoying the other party's protection. It seems that the pretense of brotherhood is really useful."
Since she was able to marry into the Prime Minister's Mansion, it seemed that Li Zheng's fiancée's family must be of high status.
The more prominent and powerful the family is, the more they care about their reputation. Li Zheng and Yang Manman are so unscrupulous and don't cancel the engagement. Where does they put the woman's face?
"Who said it wasn't?" Chu Jingyue responded with a cold face. After she finished speaking, she suddenly remembered, "Oh, Sui Ning, although Yang Manman said she didn't care, she will definitely bear a grudge. You came out to speak for me today, and I'm afraid she will bear a grudge against you."
"It's okay." Jiang Suining shook his head. "Since you're protecting me, I naturally can't bear to see you being bullied by others."
Although she didn't like to cause trouble, it depended on the situation. Jingyue had always treated her sincerely, so she certainly couldn't just consider herself.
What's more, even if Yang Manman wanted to cause trouble, she would just fight back. In this imperial city, if she met someone with a higher status than herself, she would be afraid to give in and become a coward. She would not be able to live like that.
Chu Jingyue looked at Jiang Suining with a smile in her eyes, "Suining, thank you, but don't worry, my status is at least a level higher than that of Yang Manman. If she really dares to cause trouble for you, you can immediately send someone to send me a letter no matter what time it is!"
"Okay, I understand." Jiang Suining responded with a smile.
The two returned to the carriage.
As the carriage left, the man in red who had witnessed the whole process spoke with a smile in the restaurant nearby.
"Interesting, Third Brother, do you know who the woman next to Princess Chu is?"
The man opposite the man in red shook his head and said nonchalantly: "I don't know him."
"Third brother, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but we finally got out of the palace today to have some drinks and fun. Can you please stop looking like you don't care about anything?"
"If you find it boring, just go back to the palace now."
The man in red choked, "Okay, I was wrong. It's not boring at all. After all, we just watched such a good show."
The man in red thought for a moment, then continued with a playful smile, "Third brother, how about I find out who that woman was just now? When you hold a banquet next month, ask Princess Chu to bring her along. Maybe there will be something exciting to watch then."
The man opposite glanced at his brother, still with an expression of indifference on his face, and just said lightly: "It's up to you."
"Okay, then it's settled!"