
MengXiang:
Regarding the face forming flower, that was something I was confused about too. I thought it can be kept to keep her young because of her low powers she would age more quickly. I thought it lost the ability to change faces.
The Face Retaining Flower did lose its transformative powers. However, there was a chance its ability could be restored again in future, and Xiao Yao could once again transform her features and live incognito.
小夭对王母行礼,“谢谢王母,赐还我真容。”
王母淡淡说:“现在封在你体内的驻颜花只有驻颜之效,再无变幻之力。也许将来再有机缘,它才能恢复。”
Xiao Yao bowed to the Royal Mother, "Thank you, Royal Mother, for restoring my true form."
The Royal Mother calmly replied, "The Form Retaining Flower sealed in your body now only has the effect of retaining your looks, and no longer has the ability to transform. Perhaps by a stroke of good fortune, that it will recover [its ability] in the future."
-- Vol1 Ch12
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高辛王喝完后,对小夭冷淡地说:“我帮你取出驻颜花后,你们就下船。”
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高辛王凝视着小夭额间的桃花胎记,心内百感交集,阿珩含泪封印驻颜花的一幕犹在眼前,却已与他生死永隔。他伸手从小夭额间抚过,一道红光闪过,桃花胎记消失,一枝娇艳的桃花落在小夭手上。
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玱玹却没有离开,上下打量了一番小夭,急步走过来,一手托着小夭的头,一手去摸小夭的额头:“你额间的桃花呢?”
小夭指指髻上一支小小的桃木簪:“在这里。”
When the Gao Xin king finished drinking, he said coldly to Xiao Yao, "After I help you extract the Face Retaining Flower, you can leave the ship."
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The Gao Xin king stared at the peach blossom birthmark on Xiao Yao's forehead with mixed feelings in his heart. The moment A Heng tearfully sealed the Face Retaining Flower still remained in his mind's eyes, but she was now separated in death from him forever. As he reached out and touched Xiao Yao's forehead, a streak of red light flashed and the peach blossom birthmark disappeared, leaving a delicately beautiful peach blossom branch which fell on her hand.
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However Cang Xuan did not leave. After scrutinising Xiao Yao, he hurried over and lifted her chin with one hand while touching her forehead with the other. "Where is the peach blossom on your forehead?"
Xiao Yao pointed to a small wooden peach hairpin on her bun, "It's here."
-- Vol 3 Ch4 (Chapter 37)
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高辛王心中滋味难辨,有悲伤,更多的却是释然。
小夭有着世间最尊贵、最沉重的姓氏,她的母亲曾尽全力想挣脱,都没有挣脱,她却终于挣脱了。
小夭有驻颜花,璟是九尾狐的后裔,一旦离去,他们就会彻底消失。
It was hard to describe the Gao Xin king's feelings. Sorrow, but more than that, there was relief.
Xiao Yao had the most noble, burdensome lineage in the world. Her mother tried her hardest to break free but failed to do so. However, she had finally broken free.
Xiao Yao had the Face Retaining Flower, while Jing was the descendant of the Nine-Tailed fox. Once they departed, they would disappear completely.
-- Vol 3 Ch18 (Chapter 51)