Capítulo 1767: Chapter 1774 Strict Punishment for the Lewd Monk Part 1

After the monk left, Cai Wei latched the clean room’s door, turned around, and entered the space. The sky outside had already turned black, and she figured it wouldn’t be long before this group of bald thieves made their move. She had already instructed Brother Ying to keep an eye on them. If this group of bald thieves didn’t commit adultery with the women who came to seek children, that would be fine. But if they behaved as she imagined, she would definitely send Chang Mei to crush them one by one, making them a group of eunuchs who can only look and not touch!

Upon entering, Nangong Yi was in Cai Wei’s room sifting rouge for Cai Wei.

It turns out that men always found the rouge made outside to be unclean because the rouge was applied on Cai Wei’s face and lips, and he often kissed her in those two places. The thought of possibly kissing something unclean made by some coarse man made him uncomfortable, so he specially sought out the craftsmen in the palace who were exclusively in charge of making rouge and learned the method to make it himself for her.

The past two days, he accompanied Cai Wei out, without needing to go to court or review memorials, and happened to have some free time, so he put effort into making it. Seeing Cai Wei come in, Nangong Yi said, “Wei’er, you came back just in time. As luck would have it, I just finished making two types. Come and take a look, are they better than the Mi Fangzhai’s rouge?”

Cai Wei walked over to her dressing table and saw a sky blue open-piece official kiln porcelain box and a white jade box. The man opened the porcelain box, inside of which ten jade hairpin flowers were lined up. He picked one up and handed it to Cai Wei, saying, “This was made by grinding jasmine seeds and mixing with pearl powder.”

Cai Wei took it and poured it on her palm to examine it. Indeed, it was light, white, pink, and fragrant, with all four attributes being beautiful. It spread easily and evenly on the face and provided a moisturizing effect, unlike other powders which were abrasive and clunky.

She then opened the white jade box, which held a paste-like rouge similar to rose ointment. Nangong Yi told her, “Other people’s rouge is all unclean and the color is thin. This was refined from the juice of high-quality roses, steamed with flower dew. Just use a fine hairpin to scoop a bit, apply it to the lips, and it’s enough. Dilute it with a little water in the palm, and it’s sufficient to pat on the face.”

Cai Wei looked at the two kinds of rouge, feeling deeply touched. For a man who is the monarch of a country to personally make these small items for her, this intention truly made her happier than receiving gold, silver, pearls, and treasures.

Although moved in her heart, she teased with her mouth, saying, “When did you become so neglectful of proper duties? Dignified as the monarch of a country, doing these kinds of things with juice and powder—aren’t you afraid people will say you’re losing your ambition over playthings?”

Nangong Yi laughed and said, “How could this be losing ambition over playthings? As your husband, I’m protecting myself. If someone wanted to assassinate me but couldn’t, and they put poison in your rouge, wouldn’t I just obediently fall into their trap?”

Cai Wei gave him a sideways glance, her face slightly flushed, and chided jokingly, “If you’re afraid of falling into a trap, then just don’t kiss me, why go through all this trouble to make these things?”

Nangong Yi said, “Comparing making a few boxes of rouge and not kissing you, making rouge is still easier for me. Not kissing you is impossible for me, but putting some thought into making a few boxes of rouge is not beyond me.”

Cai Wei felt a sweetness in her heart from his words, smiling as she adorned herself with the decorations he mentioned. Indeed, the effect was extraordinarily vibrant and sweetly fragrant on her cheeks.

Cai Wei, already very beautiful, looked even more stunning with this adornment. Nangong Yi was mesmerized and giggled, “Even without adornment, I can barely control myself when I see you. With this adornment, won’t it enchant me to the point of complete exhaustion?”

He said this shameless thing with such seriousness, causing Cai Wei to blush in embarrassment. She glared at him and scolded, “Shameless,” before turning to walk out.