Chapter 71 Are you still letting me play?
Du Biao?
It’s this Du Biao again!
Liu Zheng's heart trembled, as if he was facing a formidable enemy, but he immediately raised his glass and drank with him from a distance.
"Brother Liu, did you see the beauty on the Lanxiang class's flower carriage?"
Zheng Yueru said from the side.
Liu Zheng nodded. There were more than a dozen people on the float, but the most eye-catching one was a beauty. Even from a distance, she had skin as white as jade, bright eyes and white teeth, like a red lotus emerging from water, full of charm. At first glance, it was clear that this woman was definitely not from this brothel. She was probably like Shen Manqing, a woman who came from a wealthy family but fell into this situation because her family fell into trouble.
"This girl is very likely to win the title this year. She is the daughter of the former Minister of War. She was blamed for the border war and the peace negotiations. The Baiya Army spent a lot of money to buy her to deal with this Oiran Competition! Xiao Ruozhi is also a well-known talented woman in Beijing. She is an excellent zither player and was once on par with Miss Manqing."
Zheng Yuru told the story slowly and leisurely.
Liu Zheng smiled after hearing this. The war in the north was tense this year. The Eastern and Western Huns attacked together. The Longyan Dynasty was exhausted from dealing with it, and finally could only shamefully ask for peace and pay compensation. It seemed that this assistant minister of the Ministry of War was the one who went to ask for peace. How could he come back good? How could the people let him go? The court could only let him take the blame and release the border.
"So, she is Man Qing's biggest rival this time?"
Liu Zheng smiled.
Zheng Yueru said: "This year's Oiran Contest is already unusual. The Queen is very interested in this year's Oiran. Maybe if Xiao Ruozhi wins the title, she will be able to please the Queen!"
Liu Zheng glanced at Zheng Yueru and smiled bitterly. It seemed that Zheng Yueru still thought that the queen from their Zheng family was a kind and benevolent woman. However, Liu Zheng could not really tell Zheng Yueru about the assassination.
at this time.
"The courtesan from Fengming Tower is here!"
"Fengming Tower, everyone, look! It's Miss Manqing!"
At this time, the float of Fengming Tower arrived late. In Liangzhou, many fans of Shen Manqing became excited and waved their arms.
"Eh? Why are the courtesans in Fengming Tower different today?"
"Ah, they're not wearing any costumes!"
"What's going on? Isn't this a dress-up rehearsal?"
However, when people looked closely, they found that the girls from Fengming Tower on the float today had no rouge on their faces, no blood-red lips, and no frighteningly white faces - this was probably the general impression of the courtesans of this era.
Everyone was stunned.
“This, this, this…”
"Absolutely not! The night wind is very cold. Wouldn't this ruin these faces?"
"Why are those lips pink and fluorescent?"
People were stunned. They were rehearsing in their best attire, but they didn’t even wear heavy makeup. What was going on at Fengming Tower? However, from this point of view, these courtesans still had faces as white as pearls and jade, delicate and tender, and without makeup, they were still full of charm.
This is another masterpiece of Liu Zheng.
After much thought, he could only work on this aspect. The makeup level in ancient times was simply horrible. They used cinnabar on their lips, powder on their faces, and even used arsenic as foundation to whiten their skin. Wasn't this a joke?
The key point is that with this kind of dressing, their faces look frighteningly white.
Although people in ancient times believed that whiteness could hide a thousand flaws, what’s the use of such unnatural whiteness?
Rouge doesn't need much explanation. In ancient times, rouge had to be applied with a layer of lead powder... Arsenic, lead powder, which one is not deadly ? Then add forehead rouge, draw eyebrows... a ghost face appeared just like that.
Then why not use your own daily necessities?
Lipstick, yes; vanishing cream, yes; skin care products, yes!
Even when we make tofu, we can make soy milk, tofu pudding, stinky tofu and many other products. These things can be used to make up, making the face look more natural and even highlighting a woman's round or graceful contours.
Just like that, a group of plain-faced beauties appeared.
"boom!"
The whole audience was in an uproar and talking about it.
"this……"
"How can you play like this!"
"Is Fengming Tower really not afraid of losing?"
This was totally out of their taste! The crowd was furious. They started cursing one after another.
Zheng Yueru smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Liu, look, I said this is not okay..."
Liu Zheng didn't care and smiled lightly: "Why not? Only when you remove ten layers of armor from your face, your eyebrows and eyes will be harmless. Only when you remove a few buckets of dust from your heart, your words will be interesting. Miss Zheng, what is beauty?"
Zheng Yueru was slightly stunned, and her eyes suddenly lit up as she repeated Liu Zheng's words.
Liu Zheng laughed and said, "The He family's jade is not decorated with five colors, and the Sui Hou's pearls are not decorated with silver and yellow. Their quality is so beautiful that nothing can embellish it. Don't you think that if we act like those brothels and flirt with each other and go with the flow, we will really fall into the lower class?"
"But, but Brother Liu..."
Zheng Yueru smiled bitterly: "Manqing she..."
Liu Zheng smiled confidently: "I have my own way to make her win!"
Du Biao, who was over there, saw the scene was in chaos and abuse because of the appearance of the courtesan from Fengming Tower, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "This Mr. Liu really has no time to rest all day! Although I also think that this courtesan looks really beautiful at this moment, but but..."
The servants all laughed.
Everyone thought that after seeing Xiao Ruozhi's charm, Liu Zheng felt that he had no chance of winning and automatically admitted defeat.
"Hahahaha, does he really want this kind of makeup?"
Guo Yu over there was also laughing so hard that he fell down.
"Mr. Guo, this playboy from the Liu family will definitely offend the Queen because of this!"
The ancients attached great importance to etiquette. How could she not blame you for being rude when you came to greet the Queen without makeup?
"No, why doesn't Fengming Tower's float smell like powder?"
At this moment, people suddenly realized a problem.
Not only that, there was no pungent smell of powder, but also a rose fragrance. Everyone was immediately shocked and tried to find the source of the smell. After a while, they were sure that the faint fragrance came from the courtesan of Fengming Tower, coming with the wind!
Now people were stunned.
In this era, people had no concept of whether their bodies smelled good or not. In a place like Liangzhou, how many times a year could someone take a bath? Even the courtesans who were involved in the flesh trade mostly used pig pancreas to bathe, and then used rouge and powder to cover up the smell of the pig pancreas. Therefore, most of the courtesans had a strong fragrance, and people were used to it.
But today...
The fragrance was so refreshing and elegant, like water. Those who were swearing just now were stunned for a moment and shut their mouths.
“What’s that smell?”
" Could this be femininity?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone burst into laughter.
But I have to say that Liu Zheng's trick today was really amazing. The most natural is the most feminine, especially compared with the heavy powder in ancient times, which only cared about the color and ignored the smell of the cosmetics, the smell of soap at this time was already sweet.
nature.
In today's dress rehearsal, what he wants to highlight is naturalness.
Although he knew that it was unrealistic to completely change the ancients' aesthetics, he also wanted to tell them that true beauty, at least true beauty in appearance, should not be attributed to those heavy and toxic cosmetics, but to the women themselves.
He also wants to tell people that different outfits and different temperaments are the real beauty.
Right at this moment.
Ding Dong sound.
On the float, Shen Manqing, surrounded by many girls, sat beside the piano and stroked it with her hands.
The whole place suddenly became quiet.
The song "Snow in Front of Tangli Trees" resounded throughout the rehearsal. Everyone's eyes were attracted by the stunningly beautiful Shen Manqing.
Is she beautiful?
beautiful!
This is beyond doubt and everyone has to admit it.
Is today beautiful?
When the song "Snow Before the Tangli Tree" sounded, people had already forgotten to argue about this issue. From the beginning to the end, this song is all about a few flakes of snow, a few pear leaves, lightly twisting grass, and half a lifetime of wind and snow... but it is so pure and unworldly, elegant and unique, lingering and touching.
Just like Shen Manqing at this moment.
No exaggerated makeup, no heavy powder.
She smiled and a breeze blew on her face.
She sang in a melodious and sweet voice.
Meanwhile, the other courtesans from Fengming Tower were already sitting around, listening.
People were mesmerized by what they heard and what they saw.
New songs, old people, and a refreshing fragrance.
The insults and questions came to an abrupt end.
It seems that the current appearance is worthy of such a divine song.
"OK!"
"good!"
"This song should only exist in heaven, how many times can it be heard in the world! What a talented Qing girl! What a beauty!"
"reward!"
The scene exploded with a loud bang, and all the literati and poets went crazy, shaking their heads.
Guo Yu was stunned.
Du Biao was stunned.
This is only the first rehearsal. Are you guys at Fengming Tower working so hard?
How can people have fun like this!
Zheng Yueru also stared blankly at Liu Zheng beside her, unable to stop smiling bitterly.
It turns out that Mr. Liu really treats every performance as an advertisement as he said.
…
“Don’t push!”
"I was here first! If I can't buy soap today, Madam will not let me sleep!"
"Don't rush, don't rush, we have everything!"
Here, the first rehearsal of the Oiran Club has not yet ended, and the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce's shop is already crowded. I don't know who revealed that the reason why the Oiran in Fengming Tower has such a natural floral fragrance is that she used the soap of the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce!
Isn't this guy crazy?
As soon as Shen Manqing finished singing, she ran here like crazy to buy things.
For a time, soap became a hot word among people.
"Did you buy the soap?"
"Hahahahaha, I bought three pieces!"
"I like the scent of peony flowers the most! I took a bath once yesterday, and my husband was like, oh, so embarrassing..."
"After using soap, I realized how smelly I used to be. How disrespectful!"
"Same here..."
At the beginning, this situation was only circulated among the wealthy men, young masters and rich girls. Later, the common people also discovered that the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce had prepared soap that they could afford!
Ten cents each!
This allows ordinary people to keep up with the fashion. Although there is no floral scent, it feels refreshing after washing, and there is no more greasy smell of pig pancreas.
The whole venue was swept by a refreshing and bare-faced trend!
…
"I'm so mad! I'm so mad!"
When Guo Yu returned home, he was furious: "Today's limelight was all stolen by Fengming Tower!"
"Sir, this Liu family playboy doesn't play by the rules!"
“That’s right…”
"How about tomorrow, we let the courtesans go out without makeup, which will surely amaze the whole city!"
"good!"
…
Du Biao's side.
When I returned to my Lanxiang class, Xiao Ruozhi had already walked over.
Du Biao smiled bitterly and asked, "What does Ruozhi think of Shen Manqing?"
Xiao Ruozhi bowed slightly: "Third Master, Miss Manqing's piano skills are superb, and she really deserves the title of a master!"
Du Biao sighed: "Doesn't that mean that we have no hope in this Oiran Contest?"
Xiao Ruozhi smiled faintly: "Not entirely, Third Boss, since the Fengming Tower owner is wearing no makeup, why not let Ruozhi give it a try tomorrow?"
"good!"
…
However, the next day's dress rehearsal.
Everyone was dumbfounded again.
Today, it was the Fengming Tower's float that arrived first.
Where is your bare face?
Why are you all dressing up again? And today, the girls of Fengming Tower really dressed up one by one, and decorated themselves with everything that could be decorated, forehead rouge, black eyebrows, red lips , powder, earrings, necklaces...
luxurious!
gorgeous!
Although it was improved a lot by Liu Zheng, her appearance and decoration were no worse than those of the concubines in the palace.
Guo Yu vomited blood.
Du Biao also vomited blood.
Damn it!
Are you going to let people play anymore?
They didn’t know that what Liu Zheng was going to promote today was perfume.
How can such luxury goods be sold without playing the luxury card?
