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Chapter 295: Changes in the court?

Around noon, it is the warmest time of the day.

The sunny day is warm and the wind blows, and the new willows are half yellow.

Shanzi Street, Huizhi Lanxin’s backyard.

Most of the women, who had been bound by heavy winter clothes all season, put on lighter spring clothes today, and sat in the open air under the warm sunshine. Their mood was like a bud breaking through the ground, and they couldn't help but feel a little bit of freedom and joy.

Behind the temporary bamboo curtain, the sound of musical instruments and drums lingered, giving it a sense of ancient Chinese style.

There were many ladies present who were proficient in music, and someone immediately recognized that what was being played was the famous Han Dynasty song "Yangguan Sandie".

As soon as the whispers began, several tall women were seen walking slowly on the runway.

These women had their long hair pulled up into large vertebrae, with silk ropes knotted in the vertebrae, shaped like a horse's belly, hanging down the back of their heads.

The lip makeup is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom in an almost triangular shape, and the eyebrows are light and slender.

Several people were carrying handbags with different styles but a bit of a clumsy feel.

The clothes she wears are also different from those of the women of Qi Zhou. The dress is tight and narrow, long enough to hang on the floor, and the hem is in the shape of a trumpet.The collars overlap, revealing two layers of underwear at the neckline.

"Three Layers of Clothes in the Han Dynasty"

Women are the most sensitive to clothing and makeup. Someone immediately told the name of this clothing accurately.

Even the hairstyle and makeup are from the Han Dynasty.

Anyone who can tell the history at a glance must have some knowledge. After all, the only way to understand the clothing of ancient people is through 'ancient paintings'.

But things like ancient paintings cannot be bought with money. They need to be accumulated from generation to generation.

As a result, there is a difference between women from aristocratic families with profound family backgrounds and women from merchant families.

"The way women in the Han Dynasty applied lipstick was called trapezoidal lip makeup, which is what we call cherry lips today. The light but slender eyebrows are called Yuanshandai."

Chen Tongzhi's wife, Tan, smiled and explained in a low voice to Mrs. Ximen, Mrs. Xu and others sitting next to her.

Even the businesswomen brought by Mrs. Zhu, who were sitting a little further away, couldn't help but prick up their ears.

look!Let’s just say that this exhibition is not simple for people to organize!
If we had not received the invitation, how would we have had the opportunity to know the elegant history of makeup and clothing?

In short, both the explainer and the listener were quite satisfied. The former revealed his family background through this, while the latter felt that he had mastered this unpopular knowledge and could demonstrate his knowledge by talking about it when gathering with other women in the future.

At this time, the drum beat behind the bamboo curtain tightened, and the gentle and elegant sound of the piano suddenly turned into some kind of wind instrument. It was low and mournful, and a vast and heroic smell came to my face.

This time, even Ms. Tan didn't know what the song was, but everyone still looked at her out of habit, waiting for an answer.

Just when I was feeling embarrassed, I heard Chen Jinyu beside me smiling and helping my mother out, "Mom, you didn't tell me on purpose but you wanted to take Ayu's exam?"

When Mrs. Tan heard this, she knew that her daughter must know the origin of this instrument to tell her such a story. She couldn't help but smile and said: "Tell me, Ayu, what kind of instrument is this? What kind of music is it playing?"

"Going back to my mother, this is the Jiao Zhen, also known as the Bei Jia. It was introduced to the Central Plains from the Western Regions in the late Han Dynasty, and was widely circulated among the court and people in the Tang Dynasty. If my daughter hears it correctly, this song should be "Lebu Fang Qu"."

As if to confirm Chen Jinyu's words, the women on the catwalk were indeed dressed in open-top tops typical of the Tang Dynasty, and even some barbarian costumes.

The flower pattern on the forehead and the Emei Emei shaped like a lying silkworm, these typical Tang Dynasty makeup styles all prove Chen Jinyu's judgment.

At the same time, the model also held a handbag that matched each person's clothing style, either rugged or delicate.

"Oh, Miss Chen is indeed very knowledgeable!"

"Only the wise couple Chen Tong and his wife could raise such a daughter who is knowledgeable about the past and present."

There was a burst of low-pitched discussion around Tan. The discussion was neither loud nor quiet, but it was just enough to reach Tan's ears.

The small commotion here attracted the attention of Cai Hua, who was not far away.

Cai Hua is sitting in the middle of the courtyard. On her left is Mao'er, and on Mao'er's left is Princess Jiarou.

The way the models on the stage displayed bags combined with clothing from past dynasties was not only novel, but also very stylish. Even the princess was fascinated by it.

Cai Hua looked at this royal lady through the cat's eyes with squinted fox eyes.

This Jiarou had a cold look that kept strangers away from her, but the matter of 'endorsement on the platform' was unexpectedly done well. Even though Grandma Wang next to her had just asked for some money in private, she had arranged everything for Jiarou.

Asking her to put the handbag in her hand in a conspicuous place, she carried it with both hands and kept it in front of her body.

Let her stay here for a while, and she will stay in Hui Zhilan's heart honestly, without being impatient or showing any signs of impatience.

Very cooperative.

But he was not as arrogant and unruly as Cai Hua imagined.

Cai Hua couldn't help but be a little more interested in her, but the way she looked at her was too unscrupulous, which finally aroused Mao'er's sideways glance.

"This is the princess of the dynasty. Why does Sister Cai keep staring at people?"

Cat tilted his head slightly and persuaded in a very small voice.

Feeling a little bored, Cai Hua stretched lazily and replied in a low voice: "Then you stay with me. I'll go see Yu Nong behind."

After that, regardless of whether Maoer agreed or not, he got up and walked to the side room that was temporarily turned into a dressing room.

Since she said that the handbag business would be handled by Yunong, she was naturally very interested in it.

Although Chen Chu helped her with ideas for today's exhibition, many details were finalized by Yu Nong herself, such as what kind of clothes to wear and what kind of music to use at the event. She and Chen Jinyu checked many ancient books, calligraphy and paintings before personally Made a template.

Even the production of the handbag, Yu Nong was deeply involved in the design.

The side room was extremely busy.

The models who had just returned from the catwalk were quickly changing their clothes and makeup. Even if there were several women who specialized in helping the models change their makeup, it was almost too busy.

Yu Nong, who was watching here personally, simply took action by himself, taking lipstick and rouge in one hand to help others touch up their makeup, and holding a hairpin in his mouth.

After the model finished combing her new hair style, she quickly pinned the hairpin into the model's bun.

After the idler Cai Hua entered the side room, she was an eyesore and obstruction no matter where she stood. Finally, Yu Nong was dissatisfied and said: "Sister Cai, you have nothing to do to play somewhere else! How busy am I here? You are still here to cause trouble. !”

"???"

They didn't even say a word when they came in, so why did they cause chaos?

Cai Hua was slightly annoyed, raised her hand and slapped Chen Ji on the buttocks, and left angrily.

Next door, there was girl Mei Yao who had just finished her performance and came to rest.

Cai Hua walked in swaying like a street kid with nothing to do.

Mei Yao had not been in Caizhou for a long time and was not familiar with the local women, but she knew that the people who came here today were all respectable people, so she couldn't help but get up and take the lead in bowing.

Cai Hua covered her mouth and smiled sweetly, and suddenly said: "Are you the girl from Mei Yao who was given a speech by my Marquis?"

The four words "my Marquis" already indicated that the charming woman in front of her was a female member of the Lu An Marquis family, and Mei Yao couldn't help but become nervous.

Although the relationship between her and Marquis Lu An is innocent, others may not think so due to the gift of words.

Now that the female relatives of the other party's family are here specially, Mei Yao is naturally afraid of being beaten, scolded and humiliated.

Unexpectedly, Cai Hua looked her up and down and said, "No wonder my Marquis has always been obsessed with you. You are really beautiful."

"The Marquis never forgets me?" Mei Yao asked in surprise.

At last month's poetry meeting, Chen Chu wrote lyrics with her on the spot, and Mei Yao was really moved.

But who knew that after that, Marquis Lu An seemed to have forgotten her and never looked for her again.

Cai Hua did not answer, but instead said to the other prostitutes in the room who were waiting to play, "You guys should go out first."

After a while, the prostitutes filed out of the house, and finally the man closed the door sensibly.

There were only two people left in the room. Cai Hua slowly moved to the chair and sat down. Mei Yao stood there and started to feel anxious again, but she heard Cai Hua suddenly say: "Do you want to help Mr. Hou?"

Mei Yao was in contact with dignitaries all day long, so she was a bit smart, so she immediately warned: "Mei Yao is just a stupid and weak woman, how can she have the ability to help the Marquis."

Cai Hua, who had already expected her reaction, smiled and said calmly: "I won't let you do it in vain. If you are interested, how about I help you open a loft in Tokyo and let you be the boss?"

"." The cost of opening a pavilion in Tokyo is not a small amount of money.

A woman like Mei Yao, who is familiar with the world and wanders among young men, may appear to be sentimental and sentimental, but in reality she is the most realistic on the inside.

'Building a pavilion' may sound tempting, but it is not that easy.

Probably seeing Cai Hua's intention, Mei Yao also relaxed. Shi Shiran sat on another chair and said with a smile: "Madam, do you not know who the boss behind this slave is?"

Seeing her like this, Cai Hua not only wasn't annoyed, but became even more attracted to Mei Yao. She couldn't help but smile and said, "Isn't your body bond in Hele Tower?"

"Isn't he here?" Mei Yao looked at Cai Hua in surprise. Firstly, she was surprised that the other party knew her well. Secondly, she was surprised that the other party didn't talk about Helelou casually, so she reminded her, "Madam, do you know what's behind Helelou?" Who is the proprietor? Without the proprietor’s nod, neither of us nor the girls from Lelou would be free.”

"That's it~"

Cai Hua said, "What if I can find a way to help you obtain a body contract?"

Mei Yao was startled, thinking that the other party didn't understand, and laughed twice, "Madam, do you really know who my master is?"

Cai Hua nodded, stretched out her index finger, pointed to the sky with a smile, and said: "The one in the palace happens to be in Caizhou now."

After that, he raised three fingers.

In the palace, Xing San is in Caizhou. Isn’t he talking about the third prince?

Mei Yao couldn't help but be surprised. If this woman somehow found out that the proprietor behind Helelou was the third prince, and she could barely explain it, but she knew it but still determined that she could help Mei Yao get a body bond, it was a bit strange. Unbelievable.

Mei Yao was not sure for a moment whether the woman in front of her was here to make her happy, or if she really had extraordinary means.

Seeing her silence, Cai Hua, who had no intention of succeeding at once, stopped trying to persuade her. Instead, she pulled out a jade hairpin from her bun and knocked it on the corner of the table.
'Ding dong~'

There was a soft sound, and a green and transparent top hosta was broken into two pieces.

Even Mei Yao, who was used to extravagance in Tokyo, was shocked.

Now, destroying a good piece of jewelry in front of a woman is no different than deleting 500G of island country study materials from a man’s computer in front of future generations.
Mei Yao couldn't help but said angrily: "Madam, why is this?"

Cai Hua casually threw away the half of the hairpin tail and kept the head of the hairpin for herself. She narrowed her eyes and smiled and said, "I said I can help you get a body bond. When you are free, someone will find you." Come to you and open a new pavilion for you. Then you will earn a lot of money. Is it better to earn money by yourself than to be the aunt of a certain young man? Keep this half of the hairpin. In the future, someone will take this from me. Half-cut hairpin, go to Tokyo City to find you, this is a token."

The exhibition held on the eighth day of February in 11 in Fuchang, also called the 'Caizhou Fashion Handbag Spring New Product Show', was very successful.

On that day, the 'Huarong. Tang style suede and fox velvet' handbag that Princess Jiarou had been carrying was priced at 88 taels per piece, but it was sold out in half a day.

Just like that, there are still many women who haven't grabbed it. They found Yunong through their connections and wanted to buy one, but Yunong said: The same model as the princess is sold in limited edition, because the master cobbler of the palace can only make 66 pieces every year.
If you want it, you have to wait until next year.

Oh, by the way, there will be a new product launch conference this fall, so please pay attention then.

Limited edition!It further highlights the preciousness of the princess style.

If you can't buy the same style, you can only settle for the next best thing and buy some of the same style bags that Sanniang Cai and Aunt Chen were carrying that day.

Among the ladies of Huaibei, a craze for "packaging" quickly started. Whenever they talk about the bags they bought with a lot of money, they can't help but show off the origins of the bags in a low-key manner.

What does it look like? 'This fox skin is from the northern white fox. It takes three years to grow, three years to dry in the shade, three years to tan, and one year to make.'

"This bag was made by a master craftsman from the former Zhou Palace. This master craftsman had served the royal family for more than ten generations. The leather goods used by the Queen of Zhou were made by this master craftsman."

The subtext is, I use what the queen used back then, and what the princess used in the current era, I use.

Just highlight one dignity!
As for how they knew this information, most of it came from the popular science of Chen Tongzhi's beloved daughter Chen Xiaoniang. The daughter of the Chen family in Yingchuan is well-informed, so what she said is naturally right!
Under such an atmosphere, those rich ladies who had not received the invitations could not sit still.

Most of them have one thing in common, that is, they are rich, but their status among ladies is not high.

Now this flowery bag has become a status symbol, making them even more coveted.

After the wife of the owner of Xuji Dyeing Shop in the city cried and cried at home for a few days, shopkeeper Xu couldn't bear it anymore and had to ask his grandfather to sue his grandmother and repurchased a princess model from a relative who attended the new product launch conference.

That relative dared to speak up. She actually increased the price by 88 taels for a bag that originally cost 100 yuan.
180 eighty taels, almost the entire month's profit of Xujia Dyeing House!
Mrs. Xu, who was scolded by shopkeeper Xu as a 'wasteful bitch', did not care how much she was. After getting the handbag, her waist no longer hurts, her legs no longer ache, and she no longer cries or makes trouble.

Carrying that bag around all day long in front of her natal sisters, best friends and relatives, she would do some science research when meeting people, "This skin is the skin of the white fox from the North, and it takes three years to grow.", "This bag is from the former Zhou Palace." Handmade by a master craftsman in China.'

It’s called popularizing science, but it’s actually showing off.

But because of this, like an infectious disease, Gou's sisters and close friends became itchy and unbearable.

For a time, ladies from Caizhou and even surrounding counties gathered at the 'Huarong Fashion Luggage' store on Shanzi Street.

But this store is also strange. It's often out of stock. Even if you want to see the samples displayed in the store, you have to make an appointment.

When asked why, the female shopkeeper in the store would smile and explain: Every time a customer enters the store, a maid will be arranged to explain it to the customer. In order not to affect the experience of all distinguished guests, the store can only accept a maximum of ten people at any time.
Look, this is called professional!

In March, Mao'er summoned Cai Hua and Yu Nong to review their accounts at home.

They knew there was a lot of profit from this bag, and they were dumbfounded after finishing the calculation. In just one month, the profit exceeded [-] taels.

Mao'er and Caihua have handled more business than this, but no business is as easy to earn as this one!
Sure enough, what the officials said, "women are the best to make money" is absolutely correct.

"Sister, sister, let's ask Chang Gui and Chang Cobbler to recruit more people! Now the store is out of stock all day long. The more you produce, the more money you can make!"

The three of them sat cross-legged on the big bed. The greedy Yunong put down his account book and suggested excitedly.

"Shit! He said so much, but you pig brain didn't remember a word of it! This is called hunger marketing! If we produce it in large quantities, one person's hand won't show that our bag is valuable!"

Yunong was scolded by Cai Hua, and she looked at Mao'er with an aggrieved look. This time Mao'er also spoke for her, criticizing softly: "Sister Cai is right, you are taking care of this matter. Don't be greedy and ruin our brand."

After saying that, Mao'er sighed: "Thanks to Princess Jiarou for everything going so smoothly this time, let's go and say thank you someday."

"It's late~"

Cai Hua, who was sitting cross-legged and had numb legs, said something and stretched out her long legs. There was obviously a big space on the bed, but Cai Hua just put her legs on Yu Nong's lap.

Yu Nong had just been scolded by Cai Hua, so she naturally didn't want to be pressed by the cauliflower snake with her legs, so she immediately moved away with Cai Hua's legs in her arms.

But Cai Hua smiled and put her legs up again as if teasing a child.

After doing this two or three times, Yunong pouted and looked at Mao'er again, complaining: "Sister! Just take care of her, she always bullies me!"

"Stop it."

Mao'er smiled helplessly, slapped Cai Hua on the thigh, and said, "It's too late? What do you mean?"

Cai Hua finally stopped pressing Yu Nong with her legs this time, but used her toes that were close to the latter's buttocks to hook Chen Ji's peach buttocks twice. She cleverly avoided Yu Nong's angry slaps, and then said with satisfaction: "The Third Prince and Princess Jiarou left Caizhou yesterday and returned to Tokyo."

"Why so sudden?" Cat asked strangely.

When the prince left, the Caizhou government office should have made some arrangements, and he should not have just left quietly.

Cai Hua changed into a comfortable position and lay down, and said mysteriously: "It is said that our emperor suddenly contracted paralysis a few days ago."

"Biasis?" Mao'er was startled.

Although she never took the initiative to interfere with officials' official affairs, she had been exposed to it over the years and had some understanding of the world's trends.

Nowadays, Qi State has not established a crown prince for a long time, and the eldest prince has been leading the army all year round. It seems that these three princes are not easy to save money.
Paralysis is an acute and dangerous disease. If not done well, Qi will be in chaos.

She didn't care who became the emperor of Qi, and she didn't bother to worry about the life and death of the emperor of Qi. However, with the current power of officials, Qi would involve him in any trouble.

The good mood that came from the huge sales of the bags was instantly ruined by this news.

Cai Hua, who was lying next to him and swinging his legs leisurely, saw this and asked strangely: "Cat, what's wrong with you? Aren't you happy after hearing this good news?"

"good news?"

Mao'er didn't understand Cai Hua's brain circuit, but Cai Hua didn't understand Mao'er's thoughts either. She couldn't help but said excitedly: "Isn't this good news? If there is chaos in Qi, wouldn't he take advantage of the situation and ride on the wind to rise to [-] yuan?" What’s the chance?”

Mao'er glanced at Cai Hua, who was worried about the world being in chaos, and sighed: "It's hard to live a peaceful life for a few months. If something happens again, I'm afraid the officials will have to fight on the battlefield again."

"What's the point? If a man doesn't go to the battlefield to seek fame, how can he stay in a brocade tent all day long?" Cai Hua said nonchalantly.

Her attitude immediately made Mao'er a little unhappy, "That's your man and mine, aren't you worried that he will lose his life?"

"What's there to be afraid of?"

Cai Hua sat up like a carp and said as a matter of course: "If he wins, we will enjoy the blessings. If he loses, is it because the top of Caizhou City is not high enough to prevent him from falling to death? Or is it that he cannot be drowned in the rolling Ru River? Then let him go, anyway. I’ve had a lot of fun these past few years, hehe.”

(End of this chapter)