In Chang’an, the capital of the Great Jing, tucked deep in West Alley, the Heart and Beauty Rouge Shop stands quietly amid the bustling streets. Its owner, Su Qingyuan, is well versed in ancient cosmetic recipes and can glimpse lingering spirits and discern yin energy. At her side is Mo Yuan, a thousand-year-old fox spirit with profound magical powers who never leaves her. Using rouge as her guide, they unravel one supernatural injustice after another, born of tangled passions and the dark schemes of the human heart.
From an old case of stolen beauty, sparked by a mirror-reflecting youth cream, to the unfaithful lover’s obsession concealed in Lovesick Blood-Tear Rouge; from a soul-stealing, cold-scent powder that invites an impostor to take someone’s place, to a lonely spirit from a foreign land trapped by Empty Mountain Indigo, every spirit-touched rouge and powder carries the obsessions, resentment, and sorrow of women in this world.
Yearning for beauty, betraying love, consumed by jealousy, stealing another’s name for selfish gain... The obsessions of the human heart become bonds that bind restless spirits. Su Qingyuan and Mo Yuan venture again and again into deep mansions, temples, opera houses, and ancient post stations, parting the veil of hidden secrets and dispelling the bitterness of the dead. They witness the emptiness of living by one’s looks and forging bonds for profit, reveal the timeless truths of cause and effect, and tend their little rouge shop, helping both the living and the dead find peace.
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