After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 209 Trying on Lipstick

Lights were everywhere, and the festive atmosphere was everywhere.

After visiting the lantern festival, everyone went to the Xiliang River in the city to release lanterns into the river.

Each lovely lantern represents a form of worship by the living for their deceased ancestors.

The emperor had never seen such a grand folk event before, and naturally, he couldn't take it all in.

In conclusion, it's good to be alive!

One day, Su Xiaoxiao saw that Liu Qiaomei had nothing to do, so she opened a small box of fragrant stuff and called Liu Qiaomei over to try it.

"What is this? It's red."

When Su Xiaoxiao first made the face cream, the first person she thought of was Liu Qiaomei, and she excitedly ran over to let Liu Qiaomei try it.

"What is this? Is it poisonous?"

Liu Qiaomei actually started questioning Su Xiaoxiao, and Su Xiaoxiao slapped her on the head.

"What are you thinking? This is called lipstick. If it were poisonous, would I ask you to test it?"

"Lipstick, you mean the kind you put on your lips?"

Back then, if people wanted to color their lips, they would use a piece of red paper, place it near their lips, and gently press it together to apply the color.

However, what Su Xiaoxiao took out was a box of red paste.

Liu Qiaomei had never seen this thing before.

Actually, making lipstick is quite simple. Su Xiaoxiao now has beehives, so extracting beeswax is easy. She also picked some roses, which are perfect for making lipstick.

She tried it herself first, of course, but the mirror was very blurry, and she felt that the colors didn't look very clear.

Su Xiaoxiao dabbed a little lipstick on her finger and prepared to apply it to Liu Qiaomei's lips.

But Liu Qiaomei was still worried and ran away like a little rabbit in fright.

Su Xiaoxiao was anxious and wanted to grab her back.

They happened to run into Pei Yuan, who had just gotten up from inside the house and was about to come to the courtyard to wash his face.

When Su Xiaoxiao saw Pei Yuan with his hair down, his handsome, fair face, even more beautiful than a woman's, beneath his thick black hair, Su Xiaoxiao immediately felt a "wicked" thought.

She smiled at Pei Yuan with a hint of malice: "Sanlang, I have something to discuss with you!"

Pei Yuan was taken aback. How long had it been since Su Xiaoxiao had called him "Sanlang"?

Su Xiaoxiao came to his side and made him sit on the stone bench in the courtyard, otherwise she couldn't reach his mouth.

"What are you going to do?"

"hey-hey!"

Su Xiaoxiao looked up at Pei Yuan with a fawning expression, but also with utmost sincerity, and said, "Could you do me a favor?"

Pei Yuan was about to agree without thinking, but when he saw the bottle of red ointment in Su Xiaoxiao's hand, he gently but ruthlessly refused, "I don't want it."

Su Xiaoxiao immediately realized that this wouldn't do. Apart from Pei Yuan, who was the only one in the family suitable for applying these things, the Emperor was not allowed to do so. Besides, the Emperor was a middle-aged man with a full beard, and wearing lipstick would only look out of place.

As for Eunuch Liu, just thinking about it gave Su Xiaoxiao goosebumps all over her body. No way, even without lipstick, Eunuch Liu's lips were already very red.

"Please help them out, I'm working really hard."

Su Xiaoxiao has somehow learned to pout and act cute, and she's so adorable.

"This is obviously a woman's product. How can you expect me to try it on for you?"

Pei Yuan thought to himself, "He's a great general, after all. What will happen if word gets out?"

Su Xiaoxiao hurriedly said, "You don't know, a thousand years later, men have also started using this woman's rouge and powder, to the point that they wouldn't dare go out in public without it."

"what?"

Pei Yuan looked at Su Xiaoxiao in disbelief.

Su Xiaoxiao pressed her advantage, "Don't worry, I'll just apply a little bit to see the effect. I'll wipe it off for you right away after I'm done."

Pei Yuan looked down at Su Xiaoxiao, who put on a pitiful, pleading expression. "Fine, but you're not allowed to tell anyone about this!"

Pei Yuan's tone was firm, as if he were threatening Su Xiaoxiao.

"I assure you, don't worry, only the two of us know about this."

Su Xiaoxiao was very excited. She told Pei Yuan to sit up straight again and gently lifted his chin with her hand.

Pei Yuan had just woken up in the morning, and there was still some stubble on his chin, which was slightly prickly.

The skin on this face is absolutely flawless.

Her skin was fair, and there wasn't a single blemish to be found.

Beautiful eyebrows and eyes, how do eyebrows grow?
It looks like thick ink; the eyebrow shape is so beautiful that I can't even draw it like that.

Those bright, beautiful eyes, and the cicada-shaped eyelashes below are so adorable.

Her nose is so high and straight, she's really blessed with good looks.

Seeing Pei Yuan up close like this, Su Xiaoxiao felt a little excited.

She quickly composed herself and said, "Your face is a bit dry. I'll apply some of my homemade moisturizing cream to it for you later!"

Pei Yuan rolled his eyes at her. "Hurry up, everyone get up soon, or the family will see."

"well……"

Su Xiaoxiao was afraid that Pei Yuan would get angry and stop helping her try, so she focused her gaze on Pei Yuan's lips.

Her lips are so perfect, "Her mouth is quite pretty."

It's neither too thin nor too thick, with a well-defined outline. Even so, it still has a slightly chubby look, making it very kissable.

No! Su Xiaoxiao, what are you thinking?

Her hands began to tremble. With one hand supporting Pei Yuan's chin, she used the other to apply lipstick to his lips and began to carefully apply it to him.

As long as she doesn't look into his eyes, Su Xiaoxiao told herself that.

"Okay, take a small sip yourself."

"Take a sip of what?"

Pei Yuan didn't understand what was going on, so Su Xiaoxiao quickly demonstrated it to her.

"like this."

After Su Xiaoxiao demonstrated the action of pursing lips to Pei Yuan, Pei Yuan pursed his lips a few times, but unexpectedly, he pursed the lipstick outside his lips. Su Xiaoxiao carefully wiped it off with her hand and then reapplied the uneven lip color.

"All right."

Su Xiaoxiao clapped her hands, very satisfied with her masterpiece.

The color of this lipstick is neither too bright nor too pale.

What am I like now?

Pei Yuan was very curious, "Go look in the mirror yourself and you'll see."

"Or, you can try kissing the back of your hand."

Pei Yuan remained seated on the stone bench without moving. Suddenly, he took Su Xiaoxiao's hand, lowered his head, and kissed the back of her hand before letting go and examining it closely.

"I see. Very good!"

Su Xiaoxiao's face was now redder than the lipstick she had applied. She quickly pulled her hand away from Pei Yuan's and ran away.

Pei Yuan watched Su Xiaoxiao run away, then took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the lipstick off his lips.

The Emperor happened to get up and walk into the courtyard when he saw that Pei Yuan's lips were red, and even after wiping them off, they were still very red.

He glanced at Pei Yuan sideways, "What's wrong with you so early in the morning? Your lips are so red. Goodness, a man who's already good-looking enough, and then to have such red lips!"

(End of this chapter)