"Oh, Princess Wang has arrived? Why didn't you inform us in advance? We could have made some preparations."
Liu Zhuanggui from Qixiang Pavilion hurried over as soon as he saw Shen Youxia enter.
"Hey, Mr. Liu, what are you talking about? Our Princess Wang can come and go as she pleases, but she still needs to make an appointment with you in advance?"
The Autumn Festival's tongue was not just for show, one sentence made Liu Zhuang's face stiff with a smile.
"Oh my, Your Highness, I didn't mean it that way. I was just wondering how the wise princess happened to have time to come to our humble shop today? If you need anything, please just send someone to let us know and we'll immediately dispatch someone to deliver it to the Rui Wang Fu, no need for you to trouble yourself."
"Don't say it's useless, bring over the best rouge you have here."
Shen Youxia didn't say a word and sat down on the chair. Autumn beside him glared at Liu Zhuanggui fiercely, then said.
Liu Zhuanggui immediately led his apprentices to the warehouse in the back and brought out three trays, which were filled with all sorts of exquisite boxes.
"Your Highness, look at this new product from our humble shop. It's the best we have to offer, and even the ladies in the palace don't have it. You're the first one to get your hands on it."
Shen Youxia glanced over at him.
"You're really the treasure of this store, do you think I've never seen the world? With something like this, not to mention the princess in the palace, even a ordinary young lady from a noble family wouldn't use it."
In her previous life, she had no interest in cosmetics until she accidentally heard Zhu Yunyan praising Li Yue's fragrance as pleasant. Only then did Shen Youxia realize that the cosmetics she used were of very poor quality and couldn't be put on display at all. After pre-selling herself, she thoroughly understood various types of cosmetics with great effort, so now she can tell the quality of a cosmetic just by glancing at the box and smelling it.
Liu didn't expect that Shen Youxia in front of him could accurately say the quality of rouge and powder without even touching it, so he naturally didn't dare to be negligent again.
He pretended to be puzzled and opened a box of rouge, sniffed it, and said with a face full of apology.
"I'm sorry, madam, I apologize, it was my mistake, I picked the wrong one, I'll go exchange it for you right now."
Liu Zhuanggui hastily had his apprentices carry away the rouge and brought out the top-grade rouge from the warehouse.
"How much is this?"
Since they brought out something good, Shen Youxia didn't need to quibble over it. After all, the real purpose of this trip wasn't just for a box of rouge.
"This box of rouge is a foreign import, brought over by Western merchants. We only have a few boxes in Chuqin, so if Your Ladyship wants it, I'll give you the cost price, just ten taels of gold will do."
"Ten taels of gold, why don't you go and grab it?"
Autumn division standing beside saw Shen Youxia frowned and immediately stood up.
"Autumn Festival girl, these are all good things, I didn't ask for a single extra cent. If you don't believe me, go out and ask around, this precious thing is really worth this price." said Liu Zhuanggui, patting his chest.
"Mr. Liu, do you know who is the master of Qixiang Pavilion?"
Shen Youxia didn't ask Liu Zhuangui how much this rouge was worth, but instead asked him a seemingly unrelated question.
"Princess, even if the master of Qixiang Pavilion is your brother, you can't let us make a loss-making deal."
Mr. Liu thought Shen Youxia was going to bring out Shen Weiling to discuss prices, so he said this in a desperate tone.