Princess Changyu and Mingda excitedly and proudly took out half a jar of ointment to show the Emperor and Empress, "Father, Mother, this is the rouge we've made ourselves."
The Emperor looked at the contents of the jar and, without pausing, loudly praised, "Excellent! Our daughters can make rouge now."
Although the Emperor wouldn't use it himself, he had seen the Empress and other consorts use it, so he knew what rouge should be like. Thus, he felt that the rouge his daughters made had gone bad.
However, seeing how happy they were, he clearly did not want to discourage them, so he lavished them with praise, and then turned around to instruct Gu Zhong to select some high-quality rouge for the two princesses.
The Emperor, holding their hands and smiling, said, "It wasn't easy for your mother to raise you, so let this homemade rouge be for your mother to use, and you can use the ones I give you."
