Qing Dynasty: The Imperial Concubine is Pregnant Again

"Master, the Song family has been looking for a secret recipe for having a child recently. This may be an opportunity!"

In the afternoon of mid-August in the 39th year of the Kangxi reign, in the bedroom of Piaoxue Courtyard, Tong Nuanyan, who was teasing Hongzhao with a smile, heard Xia Xi's somewhat mechanical words coming from the door and knew that she had a way to do it.

He asked Yunxin and Qiuyu to look after Hongzhao, while he asked Xiaxi to go to the side room. This room was built to allow another master to live in Piaoxueyuan. After Tong Nuanyan got married, it was left vacant and no one came here on weekdays. It was not until Hongzhao was born that it was cleaned up and given to him to live in.

After using her supernatural powers to explore the surroundings and make sure no one could eavesdrop, Tong Nuanyan began to ask Xia Xi.

"Why is Song suddenly looking for a prescription for having a child?" Tong Nuanyan felt strange. The imperial physician had said that the situation was serious. In fact, she had used her special powers to check Song's body and found that it was difficult for her to get pregnant. However, everyone at that time, including Song herself, thought that she could not get pregnant. Why was she looking for a prescription for having a child after more than half a year?

Xia Xi's lifelike face showed no expression, and he just said a piece of news that no one knew at the moment: "The concubine Liang in Tingyu Courtyard is pregnant."

Liang's concubine is pregnant?

"How long have you been pregnant? What does this have to do with the Song family's search for the secret recipe?" If Liang remembered correctly, it seemed that she had only been favored for a short time. It was suddenly favored when she was in confinement after childbirth. It seemed to be more than a month at most.

Before Tong Nuanyan could think about the key, Xia Xi shook her head and said, "I don't know the exact time, but she should be pregnant for more than half a month. Song's courtyard is close to Tingyu Courtyard, and she has been in this backyard for ten years, so she still has some connections. Liang sent sanitary napkins in advance this month, but she didn't use them, which made Song suspicious. I hypnotized the maids around Song and found out that Liang's pregnancy is very likely due to a secret recipe for having a child."

Nowadays, the sanitary napkins produced in Zhuangzi’s factory are selling like hot cakes. Even people in the palace know about it and ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to purchase them back. Most of the masters use them, and even some favored palace maids use them.

"It's not impossible. Although some people are easy to conceive at the first try, this kind of physique is rare. It is not impossible to take some medicine to increase the chance of conception." Song knew that there was a secret recipe for having a child. With hope ignited, she would definitely let down her guard. This way, things would be much easier for her.

After giving a series of orders, it's time to wait for the harvest. If others harm me, I will take revenge. Of course, I will not take revenge on those who have not offended me. If the Song family falls, the next one to take revenge on the Li family will be!

A mechanical red light flashed in Xia Xi's eyes. Fortunately, there was no one here, otherwise people would have thought it was a ghost when seeing this horrifying scene.

Let her get pregnant. As for whether she can give birth, or have an abortion to save her life, or end up with two deaths, it all depends on her luck. Tong Nuanyan had a cold-blooded smile on her face. If people who knew her in the apocalypse knew about this, they would definitely say that she was going to kill zombies!

Wu Ya from Tingyu Courtyard had been in the backyard for more than half a month, and finally her good days came. However, she didn't know how, but Song, who had been out of favor for a long time, suddenly became favored again like a fish leaping over the dragon gate. Wu Ya's good days were gone just like that, and now everyone was laughing at her. She was still a virgin for half a month, what an insult.

I'm afraid that this time, Uya will not only hate Li who had previously won favor, but will also hate Song who suddenly appeared and has little presence!

Since Yinzhen didn't come to Piaoxueyuan, Tong Nuanyan was happy to have some free time. She had time to think about what production line to invest the cosmetics technology she received last month. However, she didn't know much about cosmetics of this era, so maybe it would be a good idea to ask Yunxin or Qiuyu.

The yellowish sunlight shines through the carved wooden window onto the dressing table. The beauty sitting in front of the mirror holds a copper ink stick and gently draws her willow-leaf eyebrows. The pretty woman next to her holds a multi-treasure agate and gold-inlaid hairpin, comparing it with the ends of the beauty's hair, and carefully inserting it into her hair after finding the right position.

Tong Nuanyan opened her red lips and spoke casually, "Yun Xin, what kind of rouge and powder do the common women out there have? Are there many kinds?"

Yun Xin was not surprised, she just thought it was the concubine's curiosity, and said, "When I was in Tong's house, I also followed the servants to go out to buy things. There were not many powder shops on the streets of the capital, only two or three kinds, makeup powder, rouge, and the cheapest indigo."

Tong Nuanyan listened carefully and pondered in her heart. There were more than ten kinds of these on her dressing table, while ordinary women might only buy one or two at most, and those who were less well off would not even have any.

"Is that so? There are quite a lot of varieties in the palace. There weren't so many in the Tong Mansion before. There are five or six colors of lip balm alone. Yunxin, what do you think is the most popular product in those lip balm shops?" Tong Nuanyan asked the question again out of curiosity. She nonchalantly picked up the lip balm on the dressing table and carefully applied it on her lips.

Yun Xin was holding a silk flower in her hand. She stopped when she heard this and said after a while, "I didn't pay much attention at the time, but I saw many women holding makeup powder in their hands. Makeup powder is troublesome but indispensable when putting on makeup!"

Hearing Yun Xin's confident words, Tong Nuanyan thought about it carefully and understood the reason. Makeup powder, as the name suggests, is used for base makeup. Many of those used to whiten the face contain lead powder, which is poisonous, but there is no other alternative. Makeup powder made from plant petals is only suitable for wealthy people or women with fair skin.

If you come up with a makeup base that no one else can make or copy, why worry about not being able to sell it?

Liquid foundation!

This kind of cosmetics has been popular for a long time even in the end times, and it is irreplaceable in the parallel world. Many of the famous cosmetics brands are famous for their foundation.

"Yunxin, it would be great if there was a makeup powder that is both adherent and easy to use." Tong Nuanyan said this while pretending to sigh, and Yunxin behind her nodded in agreement.

"Yes, if there is such a product, all those gouache shops will compete to get it, otherwise who would buy something that is not good enough?" After saying this, Yun Xin felt disappointed again. It was unknown when such a good thing would come.

Since the first production line was decided, Tong Nuanyan immediately contacted 805 to implement it. The source of materials had to be covered up, and the purchase of raw materials was done by local workers employed at the grassroots level. As for the production line, it was fully supervised by robots.

[Host, are you sure you want to invest in a liquid foundation production line in the factory? ]

"805, please find out if there is a professional production line in the mall. I want to produce the largest quantity with the best quality!" Tong Nuanyan thought. The previous sanitary napkin factory only had two production lines, and was limited to producing sanitary napkins and diapers.

[Searching for the host, I found (an assembly line production workshop) that can meet any production needs, fast production, and uses few raw materials. The scarce raw materials can be extracted from water and air, and the daily output is 10,000 to 50,000. Good quality and low price, only 500,000 taels of silver! ]

"Five hundred thousand taels?! How can it be so expensive? A production workshop like this will consume half a month's profit of the cotton mill and sanitary napkins." Tong Nuanyan had imagined that the production line would be expensive, but she didn't expect it to be so expensive. You know, the cotton mill has opened in several provinces, and these five hundred thousand taels are all pure profit. It would be painful to give it away at once.

[Host, this production workshop is worth it. The cotton mill makes at least one million taels of silver every month. Now the host has made more money than most officials in the court. Wouldn't it be more profitable to put it in the production workshop? Pattern! Host. Pattern! ]

I don’t know what’s going on, but the tone of 805 sounds like it’s enticing people to buy. I don’t know what’s making it so popular.

"Okay, just deduct it. You know where the money is. I can't take out so much money. You can connect a robot to absorb it." Most of the money Tong Nuanyan earned was stored in a farm outside the capital. There were robots in it, and no one could steal it.