Soon, in some brothels in Jiangnan, people began to compare the gifts they received. But most people compared rouge and powder.

Some girls received a lot of rouge and powder, and they couldn't use them all, so they gave them to the maids around them. Others gave them to other girls in the building who had a good relationship with them.

"I heard that the rouge and powder from Zhenmei Rouge and Powder Shop uses a secret recipe from the palace. These rouge and powder will take effect after two or three days of use. Look, is my skin whiter than a few days ago?"

"It's true. You look much better than a few days ago."

The girls were all praising the effects of the rouge and powder.

Two of the girls kept scratching their faces, and soon their faces turned red.

"Xiaohong, what's wrong with your face?"

"I don't know. When I woke up today, I felt really itchy."

"Oh my god, you're almost scratching your face. You must stop scratching it. If you keep scratching, it will be troublesome if the skin is broken."

"Go ask your mother for leave, and don't receive any customers today..."

"Miao'er, why do you have a rash on your face? Are you sick?"

"It's itchy. I'm going to ask the doctor to take a look."

Some girls started to laugh at her.

"Is he suffering from some kind of serious disease?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the other girls were so scared that they stood three feet away from Miao'er, and everyone looked at Miao'er with a wary look.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I was fine yesterday, but today my face suddenly felt itchy." Miao'er got so angry when she heard what the girl said and started cursing.

How could she have any serious disease? She has always been in good health.

"That's possible."

Miao'er was very angry and started quarreling with the girl, which attracted the brothel's madam to come over.

"What are you guys arguing about? The building is about to open. If you're arguing so loudly and disturb the guests, I'll skin you alive..."

Yun Zhao heard that Gu Rong sent people to the brothel to sell the rouge and powder to the girls there, and asked the girls there to spread the message and ask the customers who visited the brothel to buy rouge and powder as gifts for them.

"Master, I heard that someone is secretly collecting the rouge and powder that the girls received, but the price is only 30%..."

Gu Rong can think of all kinds of crooked methods now. These rouge and powder can be recycled. The money was secretly given to the girls in the building, and the madam didn't know about it.

Gu Rong could also make the account look better. He could collect the items several times and then sell them again. The extra money he earned would be his own.

Does Gu Rong really think that these things will not be known to others?

"Master, today two girls in the brothel had red spots on their faces and necks, and went to the pharmacy to see a doctor..."

After hearing the symptoms Hong'er described, Yun Zhao was a little surprised.

Isn't it because lead was added to the rouge and powder that this happened? It's only been a few days, and these two girls are reacting so strongly?

The medicine prescribed by the doctors is really for this purpose.

As long as they stop using rouge and powder, they will be completely healed in three to five days.

This small workshop is really ruthless in choosing the materials.

"Put the books we prepared earlier on the shelves of all major bookstores, and also ask the storytellers in the teahouses to talk about them."

Yun Zhao planned to spread what was written in some ancient books, and also let people know the consequences of containing lead in things.

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