Thirteenth Lady's Comback: Her Everyday Life as a Bystander-Chapter 214 - 6: The Wedding (Part 2)

Until the wedding dress was on and the hair was done, just waiting for the face threading and makeup, Susu was still pestering the Old Madam, "The best Old Madam in the world, just give me something to eat, okay? No soup, how about a bun? If not a meat bun, surely there’s a bean bun?" Because bean buns are dry food, aren’t they!

After all, everyone in the room except the woman invited for the threading and makeup was close. Susu wasn’t afraid of losing face. Her pitiful look made the Old Madam both angry and amused. This girl is good in every way, except she can’t stand being hungry. Compared to eating, even a fire outside wouldn’t be as important.

At this moment, she pointed at Susu speechlessly for a while, and even Yang Liu and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. How obsessed is Susu with food? Yang Liu handed her a small pocket of snacks she had prepared in advance and said, "It’s not like you don’t know, everyone goes through this. Just endure it, and it’ll pass. If you really can’t stand it, just take a bite of this."

Susu knew about this snack; they truly were "small snacks," each about the size of a fingernail. This pocket held at most a dozen pieces, not enough even to fill a gap between teeth. But a mosquito, no matter how small, is still meat. Susu silently stuffed it into her sleeve and continued to use her eyes to plead with the Old Madam, "Can you see the deep love in my eyes?"

The Old Madam had long been accustomed to doting on Susu, finally compromising, placing her hand over her heart and waving her hand, "Fine, fine, quickly bring her a plate of yam and date cake. If we don’t give it to her, I reckon she’ll hold out until tomorrow."

Of course, Susu wasn’t that unreasonable. If the Old Madam had firmly refused, she would have had to use her trump card. Haha, she had anticipated this and hid the snacks the night before. Until the last moment, she couldn’t reveal her bottom card, right?

So when Susu heard the Old Madam say this, she cheered, "The Old Madam is the best!"

With close people, it’s fine, everyone knew Susu sometimes seemed a bit "unrestrained," but the woman hired for the makeup didn’t know this. Upon first seeing Susu, that woman thought she was a fairy who had descended to the mortal world. But this act left the woman completely out of sorts. What kind of character was this?

If it wasn’t seen, who would have imagined it came to this, all for a bite to eat? This makeup artist had worked in the industry for twenty years, threading and applying makeup for no less than a thousand brides, if not more. It was the first time she encountered such a peculiar situation, truly a marvel.

Susu didn’t care what others thought, she straightforwardly took up a plate and devoured half a plate of the yam and date cake. While eating halfway through, naturally, it made no sense not to drink water, so she downed two cups of plain water. After rinsing her mouth and washing her hands, she sat back down obediently waiting for the woman to thread and apply makeup, which allowed everyone else to let out a sigh of relief, fearing she might act out another unexpected scene.

However, when the woman specializing in threading and makeup for brides came with a hot water-steamed red thread to thread Susu’s face, she hesitated again. Susu’s face resembled high-quality Mutton Fat Jade, not a single hair, not even a pore, could be seen. Should she proceed or not?

The Old Madam, upon seeing this, knew Susu had a naturally refined aura and said, "Just make a few gestures, that’s enough to convey the intent, then go ahead with the makeup!" The makeup artist finally breathed a sigh of relief, symbolically gestured on Susu’s face a few times, and then proceeded to apply the makeup.

Ancient bridal makeup wasn’t considered particularly beautiful. Mainly, ancient cosmetics consisted only of rouge, face powder, lip balm, and brow paint. Once makeup was applied, it was nothing more than powdering the face, painting the brows, applying lip balm. But Susu didn’t intend to change anything. In this aspect, she chose to go with the flow.

Because she didn’t know which family ladies Hong Sheng had invited, naturally, these people would come into the bridal chamber to see the bride. Before heading northwest, Susu didn’t want to be gossiped about because of her looks. Once the bridal makeup was applied, it was almost like a transformation, truly a good thing.

It’s just that Susu is naturally beautiful, and the makeup artist invited was also known for her skills in the Capital. Once Susu’s makeup was done, she looked like a completely different person, yet more radiant and dazzling.

A bright red wedding dress, large Ruby-like red gemstones the size of pigeon eggs on the phoenix crown, everything was to accentuate Susu’s snowy skin and icy complexion. Especially her vermilion lips, which seemed to possess a magical allure, making people irresistibly want to keep looking. Even those in the room accustomed to Susu’s beauty found it within bearable range, no matter how much more beautiful she became. Only nobody knew what Hong Sheng’s reaction would be upon seeing her.

Outside, Hong Sheng arrived at the Su Mansion riding a tall horse adorned with a big red flower, surrounded by a group of brothers. To give Susu face, several young masters of the Song Family were tasked with obligations, along with the husbands of Yang Liu, Ning Cui, and Bisi. Indeed, whether literary or martial talents were needed, they had them all, yet Hong Sheng’s side was no pushover either.