Chapter 233 - A Gift for Brother Wen. (1/2)

Everyone drank their tea and chatted a bit when a maid entered the room and announced that Lu shi has come to see the Empress.

Zhao Ming looked at the maid and said, ” Send her in.”

When Lu shi came into the study while carrying a tray covered with a silky red-colored fabric. Everyone looked at the item that Lu shi was carrying.

Xiao Li was also confused to see the item that Lu shi has brought with her. They had seen the items that Zhao Ming has made to gift the Empress Dowager which later distributed among the other consorts.

However, at that time, she had refused to take the colored sticks which she regarded as Lipsticks. But later, she heard the praises of the colored stick from other consorts and felt bad for letting go of such an unusual item which could maintain the color on lips for a longer period.

Lu shi came inside and greeted everyone in the room and walked towards Zhao Ming and politely said, ” Miss, I have brought the thing that you have asked for.”

Zhao Ming and nodded, ” Very good.”

Ji Cheng turned to look at Zhao Ming and asked, ” What is this? What did you ask her to bring here?”

He was confused because it seems that they had made an impromptu plan to come here, so how come she asked Lu shi to bring something?

Wen Ru was curiously looking at the tray in Lu shi's hand and was wondering what could it be?

Zhao Ming looked at Ji Cheng and then glanced at Wen Ru and said with a smile on her face, ” Ah. This? This is a small gift for Brother Wen. I met him outside the palace and he treated me just like his sister. So I thought it would not be polite if I didn't give him anything for our first encounter.”

Ji Cheng's brows furrowed when Zhao Ming talked about giving a gift to Wen Ru and also called him, ' Brother'.

He doesn't like whenever she calls Wen Ru so intimately however, he tried not to show his unhappiness on his face and tried to control the uncomfortable feeling inside him.

But he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable when he saw Zhao Ming smiling brightly at Wen Ru and he could see that Wen Ru's expressions were different.

He knows that Wen Ru does not like Xiao Li as his other friends and cousins do. However, Wen Ru's attitude towards Zhao Ming very different.

He looked at Zhao Ming with a questionable gaze and asked, ” GIft? What gift?” he said in a cold and low voice.

Zhao Ming didn't noticed his cold expressions and stood up and went to Lu shi's side and looked at everyone and said, ” When I met Brother Wen, I realized that he has to travel a lot for work purposes and because of that he gets exposed to different kinds of weather and environment.”

Everyone looked at Zhao Ming with their curious gazes and was trying to understand what was going on in her head especially Xiao Li.

She was keenly observing Zhao Ming and was trying to understand what item she could have?

Zhao Ming could see everyone's curious gazes and smiled lightly.

Zhao Ming right now was not Empress Zhao Ming but she was in her real character, Xie Ming and was speaking like she was giving a presentation and was pitching for her product.

” Due to being exposed to different environments, his naturally white skin has been tanned and has lost its moisture and dirt can be filled in the skin pores which may result in skin problems like acne and blackheads. This might not seem to be a problem now because your skin is in great condition.” Zhao Ming said while looking at Wen Ru

” But in later times, when he will no longer be young, the condition of the skin will worsen resulting in marks and wrinkles on the face if he does not take care of his food habits and skin at this crucial point.”

Everyone was looking at her with their mouth open, because of her confident way in which she was speaking.

Some words seemed to be unfamiliar to them but from her behavior, it seems it's something good. So they're trying to hear what she wanted to say.

Though Xiao Li at first was not interested to see her gift but just wanted to see it so that she could mock her later, however, when Zhao Ming started to talk about her gift, Xiao Li also became concentrated and was listening to Zhao Ming's words.