Empress’ Game: Make-up Master Chapter 12 - The Setup

The people watching from the side laughed. When Xin Zhi heard someone laughing, he felt that his words had resonated with the crowd and lifted his head smugly.

When Ning’er heard that sentence, her face flushed red with anger. He was actually telling her Third Miss to marry a household slave. This was going too far.

Wu Sheyue narrowed her eyes. She would let him laugh for a while. First, she needed to clean up this Third Miss’s mess. “Since the Eighth Prince says the engagement should be broken off, then let it be broken off. I wonder whether any paperwork is needed for dissolving an
engagement?”

Paperwork? Xin Zhi froze, then grabbed the servant beside him and asked, “Where is the date card?” Previously, the Old Madam of the Chancellor’s Estate had kept opposing them dissolution.

He had not expected today’s engagement break to go so smoothly, so he had not taken out the date card in advance.

The servant quickly pulled a card from his person. Seeing that her Miss’s date card had been carried close against a servant’s body, Ning’er almost cried.
Although Wu Sheyue did not understand these rules very well, seeing Ning’er’s expression beside her, she knew this matter was not over.

Wu Sheyue’s tone cooled. “Once I take that back, we’ll have no entanglement left?”

“Yes. Not the slightest bit of entanglement left.” Xin Zhi even emphasized it deliberately.

“Whoever says we have any entanglement afterward, this prince will cut out his tongue.”

Wu Sheyue nodded. “Ning’er, go take it back.”

The nearby commoners whispered, “Wasn’t it said that the Chancellor’s Estate’s Third Girl is not only ugly but also foolish? But listen to her. She speaks clearly and logically.”

“A fool isn’t foolish every day. Maybe only sometimes.”

“Maybe…”

Ning’er had just stepped down the stairs when Nanny Jin wailed from behind them, “Wait, Eighth Prince, listen to this old servant-”

Ning’er was used to being ordered around. When she heard Nanny Jin’s command, she instinctively stopped. Seeing this, Wu Sheyue scolded sharply, “Ning’er!”

Ning’er’s mind jolted, and she met Wu Sheyue’s gaze. She immediately understood in her heart that since Third Miss had already become clear-headed, from now on she could only listen to one person.

Gritting her teeth, Ning’er suddenly jumped down four steps at once and reached out to snatch the date card Xin Zhi handed over.

Nanny Jin was supported as she stumbled out the door. Her eyes blazed as if she wanted to eat Ning’er alive. Afraid, Ning’er immediately ran back toward Wu Sheyue.

Nanny Jin had no time to discipline anyone else. With a smile pasted on her face, she limped down the steps and said anxiously, “Eighth Prince, we can discuss this properly.” Xin Zhi waved a hand.

“This prince’s date card is still with Eldest Miss, while Third Miss’s birth-date card is no longer with me, so we do indeed need to discuss this properly. This prince’s feelings toward Eldest Miss are truly deep-”

Before he could finish, he saw that Wu Sheyue behind Nanny Jin had already lowered the sleeve covering her face and was reaching out to ask Ning’er for the item.

At that one glance, Xin Zhi’s eyes went straight, and his soul seemed to leave him.

The surrounding crowd also erupted. In Qinan City, among the famous three beauties and three uglies, the Chancellor’s Estate’s Third Miss was the number one of the three uglies.
Quite a few people had seen her in person before. The fact that Wu Sheyue was both ugly and foolish had
long since been confirmed.

But now… this was clearly a face beautiful enough to eclipse every flower. If not for the features being exactly the same as when she had the birthmark, everyone would have thought she was a different person.

When Nanny Jin saw that Xin Zhi’s expression was wrong, she immediately turned around.
Upon seeing Wu Sheyue, she nearly fainted.

Wu Sheyue was putting the date card away on her person. In her heart, she thought, Now
that the engagement is broken, I can rest easy.

Next, it’s time to settle the debt of a life. When she lifted her eyes, she saw that Xin Zhi had already pushed Nanny Jin aside and strode forward, pointing at her nose as he asked in shock, “What happened to you? Didn’t you have a birthmark?” Xin Zhi was certain this was the Wu Sheyue he had seen before. How could she be so beautiful after removing the birthmark?

But Wu Sheyue responded with only four words. “None of your business.”

In ordinary circumstances, Xin Zhi would have ordered someone to take action long ago. But when facing beauty, he had always had a good temper. After thinking, Xin Zhi said reproachfully, “Third Miss, you should have said earlier that your birthmark was gone.

Why would this prince have gone to so much trouble to break off the engagement? Although you’re a
bit foolish, this prince can still consider settling-”

“Whether you settle or not is none of my business.” Wu Sheyue folded her arms and smiled.

“Wasn’t the Eighth Prince here to break off the engagement? Why are you talking about settling again? Is the Eighth Prince planning to discuss settling with my eldest sister?”

“You-” Laughter rose around them. Xin Zhi felt heat surge across his face, and in his humiliation and anger, he was about to raise his hand.

Nanny Jin had no time to investigate exactly what had happened to Wu Sheyue today. She only knew that in front of so many people, this engagement could not be broken.

Thinking this, she immediately pushed away the two maids supporting her, hopped anxiously forward, grabbed Xin Zhi’s raised arm, and said, “Eighth Prince, weren’t you dissatisfied with Third Miss’s ugly face? Now that Third Miss’s birthmark has been removed, about the engagement…”

Xin Zhi snorted angrily. “Fine. This prince won’t pursue your disrespectful words!”

Nanny Jin let out a long breath of relief, then turned to coax Wu Sheyue. “Third Miss, it’s settled. Hurry and return the date card.” At the end, she glanced at the onlookers and added, “This is the Eighth Prince you’ve been yearning for day and night, you know!”