Chapter 72 Banquet
The young masters and common people who were watching were also dumbfounded.
This was the last day of rehearsal, and Liu Zheng did not hide his weakness. He directly sang the grand scene of "The Dragon Flame of the Floating Age". On the float of Fengming Tower, a group of courtesans all performed in their best attire. The song was magnificent and extravagant, not only instantly eclipsed the floats of other flower houses behind, but also brought the atmosphere of this rehearsal to a climax, making it difficult for people to control themselves.
All the lights in the venue shone on them.
Today's style can be summed up in two words: luxury.
The radiance and fragrance are so strong that in this icy and snowy place, it gives people a feeling of softness and fragrance. This is indeed something that conforms to the aesthetics of this world.
Not only that, Liu Zheng also upgraded this aesthetic.
Who can compete with Shen Manqing's luxurious style, coupled with a song of prosperity?
Luxurious, elegant and classy.
Among people of this generation, who can be better than Liu Zheng?
As soon as this float came out, it instantly killed everyone. After that, none of the other flower houses could compete with it.
"this……"
"Where's the plain face you promised me?"
"I bought a box of soap yesterday! Why does it smell so good today?"
The fragrance brought by the gorgeous and luxurious atmosphere once again became a hot topic of discussion among people tonight.
"Brother Liu..."
Zheng Yueru was also convinced and looked at Liu Zheng with a helpless look.
Who said yesterday that Heshi's jade should not be decorated with five colors, and Suihou's pearls should not be decorated with silver and yellow? Who said that only after sweeping away ten layers of armor on the face can the eyebrows and eyes be free of hatred...
So you were just joking?
Liu Zheng smiled and said, "How is it? Is the scene okay? Such a grand scene is worthy of the current prosperous times! Do you smell the various fragrances? After the bitter water rose, we have several new varieties, peony and jasmine. Which one do you like?"
Zheng Yueru held her forehead with her hand, unable to speak any more. After a moment, she said, "But Brother Liu, once the "Prosperity Dragon Flame" is released today, and the Queen arrives tomorrow, what should we do?"
This Young Master Liu, with such a top-notch program, is totally worthy of being accepted into the imperial court and even worthy of being shown to the Emperor, so why doesn’t he take it to the end?
If we rehearse it once today and again tomorrow, the effect will definitely not be as explosive as today.
Liu Zheng laughed and said, "Don't worry, Yueru, tomorrow's program should be more to the Queen's liking."
"You...you, you, what did you call me?"
Zheng Yueru wanted to refute, but then she realized what Liu Zheng was calling her. Her pretty face immediately turned red, and she looked so embarrassed that she dared not look at Liu Zheng again.
She looked at Shen Manqing, who was surrounded by thousands of flowers, and sighed in her heart. How could she, a close friend who was in love with Liu Zheng, not know that she had been used by Liu Zheng as a tool to promote the products of Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce. Liu Zheng was exploiting her value time and time again, but she was still so willing...
Tonight, the perfumes of the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce are about to be sold out again.
…
"Liu Zheng, that bastard! What on earth is he trying to do?"
Guo Yu, who was in the restaurant, looked at the city of Liangzhou and became crazy again because of Liu Zheng. He was so angry that he threw the wine jug in his hand to the ground.
"Young Master..."
"This bastard really doesn't play by the rules!"
Guo Yu gnashed his teeth and cursed, "Don't say that nonsense to me. Can our Yihongyuan compare to his "Splendid Dragon Flame" today?"
A bunch of lackeys, speechless.
"Waste, all waste!"
"Sir, where are you going?"
“Buy perfume!”
…
This night was another night when the young master of the Liu family led the fashion.
"This Mr. Liu..."
Du Biao was also amazed. When the rehearsal ended, he saw the frustrated look on Xiao Ruozhi's face.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. If I lose this time, I lose!"
Du Biao laughed and said comfortingly.
"Third Master, who exactly is this young master of the Liu family?"
"That's right. This scene is comparable to the court etiquette. How can we compare it?"
Du Biao looked at Xiao Ruozhi and laughed, "Ruozhi..."
Xiao Ruozhi, however, had a stubborn look on her face: "Third Master, Ruozhi is also good at this court dance. Since Fengming Tower is trying so hard to please the Queen, why can't we do the same?"
Everyone was shocked and delighted to hear this.
"Can you make it?"
Du Biao asked.
After all, the Oiran Contest will be tomorrow. I still have one day to prepare.
Xiao Ruozhi looked confident: "I am not inferior to Shen Manqing in my solo dance. Sisters, just a little cooperation will be enough!"
Du Biao was overjoyed: "Are you serious? Then we can prepare immediately!"
Xiao Ruozhi and the sisters from the Lanxiang class were immediately filled with fighting spirit.
By tomorrow, I must defeat Fengming Tower!
Du Biao immediately ordered everyone to cooperate with Xiao Ruozhi unconditionally, and then walked out of the Lanxiang class and followed the surging crowd. In fact, he was a little curious.
Yesterday’s soap, today’s perfume.
What on earth is this perfume?
He watched as people smashed open the door of the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce like crazy. After the soap, it was perfume again. But after all, the scene was much better than last night. After all, the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce priced perfumes at a relatively high level, which could be considered a luxury item.
However… …
The moment when those rich girls who love beauty see the perfume.
I can't help myself anymore.
Each bottle of perfume displayed in the store seems to have different characteristics. There are red, purple, blue, yellow, and green ones.
More importantly, the perfume bottle is crystal clear, and when light shines into it, it emits dazzling colorful light.
What woman doesn't like this?
When the bottles were opened, the different aromas filled the air and the crowd went completely crazy.
"Don't push, I was here first!"
"Get out of my way! I want to take over the whole place!"
"Hey, is Miss Wang so great? I'll take care of everything too!"
"You, you, you, my father is the counselor of the Liangzhou Salt Transport Bureau, who dares to compete with me?"
"Get lost!"
The shop assistants of Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce were all dumbfounded, and soon twenty or thirty people came to maintain order at the scene.
"Don't make a fuss, don't rush, line up slowly, everyone has a share, today, no buying it all, each person is limited to one bottle!"
Du Biao watched from afar, feeling filled with emotion.
Who said that Liangzhou is poor and people have no money? Who said that Liangzhou has insufficient spending power ? Who said that people here are all poor? Looking at this scene, who would dare to believe it?
…
Liu Zheng, who had just walked down from the restaurant with Zheng Yueru, met his father and Chen Ruoshi downstairs.
Chen Ruoshi looked at Liu Zheng and Zheng Yueru coldly, and almost couldn't help hitting them with the whip in her hand.
"Have you had enough to drink, you two?"
Chen Ruoshi's almond-shaped eyes were frosty.
"you……"
Zheng Yueru was extremely angry.
"My son, my son, Miss Zheng, Miss Zheng, please don't be angry, please don't be angry, Miss Chen is here to invite us to a banquet in Liangzhou Prefecture!"
Liu Dahao quickly came out to smooth things over and made eyes at Liu Zheng.
"Attending a banquet?"
Liu Zheng was stunned. Sure enough, there was a carriage parked at the door.
Chen Ruoshi snorted, "Liu Zheng, don't forget why you came to Liangzhou. My father didn't rush to ask the county governors to report to you because he thought you met an assassin on the road and needed someone to take care of you! Who would have thought that you would be here to have a romantic relationship with this merchant girl? How shameless!"
Zheng Yueru finally couldn't help it and retorted: "Miss Chen, don't go too far! Tomorrow is the day when the Queen will return from her visit to her parents. Then you can call me a merchant girl and see how it goes!"
"snort!"
Chen Ruoshi rolled her eyes.
Liu Zheng felt a headache after hearing this. He quickly pulled his father, said goodbye to Zheng Yueru, and got on the carriage sent by Liangzhou Prefecture to pick them up.
Liu Dahao wiped his cold sweat and asked, "Zheng'er, look at what your father said, isn't it painful to settle your lifelong affairs as soon as possible? Which of these two young ladies do you like?"
Liu Zheng rolled his eyes and smiled bitterly: "Dad, can you please stop causing trouble for me?"
Liu Dahao smiled slyly and said, "My son, I understand you! My son has a broad mind and looks down on the world. Why do you need to choose? You want both!"
Liu Zheng almost fell out of the car, his mouth twitching a little. After a while, he said, "Dad, Chen Ping invited us to go here..."
Liu Dahao nodded, with a look of caution: "Could it be that this guy saw that my Zheng'er is handsome and wanted to propose to me? Well, this girl from the Chen family has a bad temper, so your father needs to think carefully about this matter..."
Liu Zheng closed his eyes and rested.
Liu Dahao became more and more excited as he spoke, and he analyzed the situation for Liu Zheng seriously. He said that although Chen Ping was cunning, his daughter was indeed a beauty, and it was a stretch to match her with Zheng Er. But Zheng Yueru had the background of the queen, and could help Liu Zheng in his career. He suggested taking both, but he was a little confused about who would be his wife and who would be his concubine.
Liu Zheng continued to ignore him.
Liu Dahao could only shake his head and sigh, saying that as a father, he would definitely respect Liu Zheng's wishes in such matters, and would never be like other wealthy families who follow the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. That was not the style of our Liu family.
Soon, the carriage stopped. Chen Ruoshi lifted the curtain of the carriage. She first glared at Liu Zheng coldly, and then when she faced Liu Dahao, she was already giggling.
"Liu Weng, the road is icy, be careful when you get off the car."
Liu Dahao looked at Liu Zheng with pride, grinned, and took out a bottle of perfume from his pocket like a magic trick: "Miss Chen, my son Liu Zheng is not sensible. This perfume is a rare item, how can I not give it to Miss Chen first? Look, I brought you a bottle right now. It's our stuff, and there's more left after you use it up!"
Chen Ruoshi happily accepted it and spoke directly, calling him Uncle Liu all the time in a very affectionate manner.
Liu Zheng held his forehead and sighed.
Who said that the daughter of the Chen family has a bad temper?
Who would have thought that before they entered, Chen Ping, who had received the news, had already come to greet them, laughing happily and jogging over.
"Liu County Marquis, it's been a few months since we last met. Are you still in good health?"
He immediately started talking with Liu Dahao, without mentioning the disturbance Liu Dahao had caused in Liangzhou Prefecture a few days ago.
Liu Dahao coughed and said, "Nothing is wrong. The governor has lost weight!"
Liu Zheng rolled his eyes when he heard this.
The people in ancient times were much more hypocritical than people in later generations.
The day before the Queen Mother came home to visit her parents, she suddenly held a banquet and invited my father to come. It must be nothing good.
as expected.
After exchanging pleasantries with Liu Dahao, Chen Ping looked at Liu Zheng affectionately: "Master Liu, you are much stronger now!"
Liu Zheng quickly clasped his fists and said, "Liu Zheng greets the governor."
Chen Ping laughed, "Come in, come in, it's cold outside. I remember that Master Liu called me father-in-law that day. How come he changed his words after being away for several months?"
"father!"
As soon as Chen Ping said this.
Chen Ruoshi blushed.
Liu Dahao was stunned.
Liu Zheng also began to look disheveled in the night wind.
