TLDPCRM 51: Smooth and Flawless (Patreon)

Chapter 51: Smooth and Flawless


After finishing her soup, Gu Yunru felt a bit tired and asked Qingxing to leave and rested in bed for a while.

Qingxing hurried to the Dabeisi Temple to fulfill her vow, and Lai Fu happened to see her shadow. Just as he was about to call out to her, he suddenly felt something strange and touched his head before leaving.

When Gu Yunru woke up, it was already near dusk. Qingxing prepared a basin of hot water to wash her face, but when she saw Gu Yunru sit up, her pupils dilated in shock and she dropped the basin.

"What's wrong, Qingxing? You scared me," Gu Yunru said, as her drowsiness hadn't completely disappeared and she was suddenly energized by Qingxing's reaction.

"Miss, your face..." Qingxing gasped for breath, unable to imagine what strange scene she was seeing.

"What's wrong with my face?" Gu Yunru was curious and walked to the bronze mirror. If she hadn't looked, it would have been fine, but once she did, she was nearly scared to death.

For some reason, the skin on one side of her face was like snake skin and had nearly fallen off. Her Smooth and Flawless skin have become dull and had deep wrinkles, and this disgusting skin condition could not be hers!

"How could this be?" Gu Yunru trembled as she touched her face, and the texture was very strange and rough. This was not her face at all.

"Miss, should we call the doctor to take a look?" Qingxing didn't know what was going on and saw the soup bowl on the table, suddenly understanding.

"This... how could this be? I have been taking good care of myself. How could I wake up like this?" Gu Yunru kept muttering to herself, unable to believe that the person in the bronze mirror was her.

"Miss..." Qingxing looked worriedly at Gu Yunru, and she took a deep breath and said, "Quickly go get a basin of hot water!"

"Yes."

Gu Yunru saw Qingxing bring over a basin of hot water and buried her face in it, bubbling and boiling.

"Miss, there is still no change." Qingxing was so anxious that tears were about to fall. It must be because of her that the Miss turned out like this.


"Why did this happen? There's no reason for it to be like this..." Gu Yunru tightly furrowed her brow. Could it be that the Chinese medicine she used had backfired? But it shouldn't have resulted in such a skin condition, which was no different from that of a dead person's skin.

Tears continuously flowed down Qingxing's eyes as she knelt in front of Gu Yunru, feeling guilty. She said with a slightly trembling voice, "Miss, it's all because of Qingxing's mistake. I believed in the fortune teller's words and wanted to help you maintain your beauty, so I added some Nianzhi powder into your soup."

"What is Nianzhi powder?" Gu Yunru asked, her eyes widening in confusion. In her mind, there was a sudden flash of insight.

Qingxing explained the whole story from beginning to end, grabbing onto Gu Yunru's skirt and crying, "Miss, it was my impatience that caused all of this. I wanted you to marry into the Wang family as soon as possible, but I never thought I would be used by others..."

"Qingxing, you are so confused." Gu Yunru sighed.

"Miss...I know I was wrong, but I really didn't expect that you would turn out like this after drinking the soup. If I had known, I would never have let you drink it, even if someone killed me." Qingxing cried so hard that she couldn't breathe, and her eyes were filled with regret.

Gu Yunru sat lifelessly on the ground, with the right side of her face already ruined, and her skin falling off day by day like shedding snake skin. Not only was it disgusting, but it also emitted a foul smell.

"Miss, if you are angry and want to punish me, please go ahead. I won't talk back," Qingxing said, hoping to alleviate her burden. Looking at Miss's silent expression, she felt even more remorseful.

"Qingxing, get up, kneeling won't help."

Gu Yunru didn't need to think too much to know whose vulgar idea this was. They wanted to ruin her face.

Tears slowly welled up in Qingxing's eyes. She whispered, "Miss, what should we do now?"

"Tomorrow, you go and have the craftsman make me a half-face mask."

"Miss?"

Qingxing was a little confused about why Miss would do this.

"Just go. Oh, and the hibiscus ointment given by Gu Junyao, is it still there?"

"It's still here. Miss said she wanted to keep it before."

"That's good. Since it's already happened, let's make good use of it and crush them mother and daughter."

Gu Yunru stared ahead with lifeless eyes. She didn't want to resort to this kind of method, but her face was already ruined.

Early the next morning, Qingxing cried and screamed about how Miss's face had been ruined. Master Gu rushed to the garden to see what had happened.

"What's going on? Everything was fine yesterday."

Master Gu felt something was amiss and came to see for himself. This plan was devised by Gu Junyue. When she heard that the plan had succeeded, she naturally came to see the excitement.

"Father, it's better to stay away from her courtyard to avoid bad luck."

Gu Junyue looked around with disgust. The garden still smelled of chicken manure and was as unpleasant as it could be.

Qingxing raised a tear-streaked face and knelt in front of Gu's father. "Master, please help Miss. Yesterday, she used the hibiscus ointment given by Second Miss, and her face became like this."

As soon as Gu Junyao entered, she heard this servant girl shouting her name. She immediately kicked forward, glaring fiercely at her. "Nonsense. The hibiscus ointment was given a long time ago. How could she suddenly think of using it?"

"Second Miss, Miss knew you always cared about her appearance, so she used the hibiscus ointment. But halfway through, her face began to swell and became increasingly horrible…"


"At this point, Qingxing had a panicked expression, as if she had witnessed the incident firsthand.

"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll tear your mouth apart!" Gu Junyao threatened, but she heard a sound coming from behind the courtyard.

"Your Highness..."

As soon as Gu Junyao saw Rong Zhen, she became nervous and no longer as domineering as before.

"I didn't expect that as soon as this Prince took a few days' rest, something happened again. How do you manage your daughter, Mr. Gu?" Rong Zhen said, making Master Gu bow his head and respectfully say, "Greetings, Your Highness. Your Highness, I only just found out that my daughter's face has started to relapse again."

"You're all a bunch of useless idiots," Rong Zhen sneered, emanating an intimidating aura that made everyone fearful.

Gu Junyao and Gu Junyue exchanged glances and then nervously approached Rong Zhen. "Your Highness, perhaps my sister has been having recurring nightmares since she returned from the mountain, so that's why..."

"Did I ask you to speak?" Rong Zhen interrupted, making Gu Junyao feel ashamed and bow her head, stepping back to the side.

Rong Zhen's face gradually showed a trace of gloominess. Sitting by the bed, he looked at her unconscious appearance and felt his heart wrench. He couldn't bear to remove the mask covering half of her face and glared angrily at the person behind him. "I heard what Qingxing just said."

Gu Junyao looked guilty, keeping her head low. Why did that wretched girl say something like that? Clearly, she was trying to harm her.