It's just that Fengming Tower was ranked behind Lanxiang Class, which made Liu Zheng a little unhappy.
It seems that many people are really optimistic about the palace dance of Lanxiang Class. After all, everyone feels that this kind of program to welcome the Queen is still popular as a palace dance. It is luxurious and classy. It not only pleases the Queen, but also highlights the prosperous age. Why not do it?
In comparison, Fengming Tower's "Prosperous Dragon Flame" has already appeared during rehearsals, but it cannot give people too many surprises. Moreover, although "The Dragon Flame" is also very impressive, it still cannot be compared with the real palace dance.
"Okay, let's have some fun. One thousand taels for Fengming Tower!"
Liu Zheng laughed.
The man was overjoyed. Generally, people who make such remarks are backed by prominent figures in Liangzhou City, so they don't have to worry about being deceived. After the man collected a thousand taels of silver notes, he gave Liu Zheng a receipt. After the oiran meeting ends today, he can go and "redeem the prize"!
Zheng Yueru was standing by, dumbfounded: "Brother Liu is so elegant!"
Liu Zheng said hey: "Just asking for some pocket money!"
Zheng Yueru smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Liu, how come you are still so confident?"
Zheng Yueru did not participate in the preparation of the show at all. Because there are really too many other things to do at the Oiran Club, the various sales and promotions that Liu Zheng arranged for her have already kept Zheng Yueru extremely busy. So she had no idea about the program prepared by Liu Zheng. I only know that people in Liangzhou City are very optimistic about Lanxiang Class today.
Liu Zheng laughed and said, "Don't worry Yueru, I'll catch you tonight!"
At this time, Liangzhou was slowly falling into the night.
Today's Liangzhou can be said to be truly overcrowded. There are so many people walking around and rubbing shoulders with each other. The whole city is full of people. Liu Zheng was shocked at a glance. The streets are empty, but that's all. Liangzhou locals, as well as some outsiders who came here for the occasion, all joined the carnival.
"Lanxiang class!"
"Fengming Tower!"
"Shen Manqing!"
"Xiao Ruozhi!"
Today, whether it is the common people, the princes, or the arty literati, they all support their favorite oiran. The whole city of Liangzhou is brightly lit with lanterns everywhere. During the Lantern Festival, northerners like to build a row of fires made of loess on the street. Everyone will also bake flower cakes on the fire on this day. Eating it, the old man said it can dispel cold and cure diseases, so it became a custom during the Lantern Festival.
On this day, officials, soldiers, people, and children all share the joy of the festival.
The children were running around holding the windmills distributed for free by Fengming Tower. They were yelled at and scolded by adults. The young masters and their beauties walked with them and looked at the lantern riddles on the lanterns in front of several businesses and guessed them. A few of them will win the smiles and favors of beauties.
But the rich came with their silver and banknotes for the products of the famous Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce this year. Many second-rate dealers had even stocked up a lot at the original price, planning to go back and make a fortune.
Today's Huajie and Liuxiang look even more magnificent. One hundred thousand taels of silver were spent to prepare the array for the Queen, which is really extraordinary. Just the lanterns taller than the building, more than a dozen of them were prepared, showing the prosperity of the prosperous age.
"The Queen has arrived!"
"Queen, may your holy body be in good health! Thousand years old! Thousand years old!"
At this moment, someone sang loudly.
Everyone knelt down and the whole place was in a state of shock. Looking up, I saw in the seven-story flower building, a woman in full dress, supported by palace maids and eunuchs, looking down at the people. She was none other than Empress Zheng of the current Longyan Dynasty. Chen Pingping and senior officials were all accompanying him.
"On the Lantern Festival, the lanterns are in full bloom! The queen is virtuous and enjoys herself with the people..."
The eunuch said a lot of Lantern Festival greetings, and then said:
"Flat body!"
The people in the city shouted that the empress was a thousand years old, and Queen Zheng Fu raised her hand slightly to indicate that the oiran ceremony would officially begin.
The crowd was completely excited. At this moment, there were sounds of silk and bamboo, gongs and drums, colorful lanterns, and luxurious ceremonies. The people were shouting for prosperity and prosperity. As the music played, the first float came from the crowd. .
In order to please the queen, a lot of effort was put into the decoration of this float. Under the illumination of the surrounding lights, the float was radiant and extremely luxurious.
The queen was also very satisfied, smiled and nodded.
The first float that came over turned out to be from the Lanxiang class. At a glance, there are more than a dozen oirans, all dressed in costumes and stunningly beautiful.
"ah!"
"So beautiful!"
"This is comparable to royal etiquette!"
The crowd screamed in surprise.
Zheng Yueru was also dazzled. At this time, the oirans in the Lanxiang class were wearing costumes that they had never seen before. It seems that they are also hiding their clumsiness. The clothes they wore today were all golden, silk and satin, and when they were waving, the lights around them were released.
It makes people look dazzled.
Ding dong…
Sitting in the middle was Xiao Ruozhi, who was considered to be the most beautiful person in the country. Her fragrant and beautiful scenery, this palace dance, coupled with her excellent piano skills, directly brought the atmosphere of the scene to a peak. She played the piano alone, and the oiran next to her danced gracefully and luxuriously.
There was constant music and cheers all the way.
This Lanxiang class program is really suitable for such a big scene.
Zheng Fu was very satisfied with what she saw on the seventh floor, nodding her head frequently: "This daughter of the Xiao family, even if she enters the palace and becomes a high official, it is enough."
Others agreed.
Today, although Du Biao was not on the seventh floor where the Queen was, he was still on the third floor of the flower building. Seeing the performance of the Orchid Fragrance Class was so perfect, he couldn't help laughing. He looked at Liu Zheng next to him and said: "Master Liu , how about it?"
Liu Zheng smiled and said nothing.
It was also his first time to witness this ancient palace dance live. Frankly speaking, it was indeed grand and somewhat royal. It is even more atmospheric than Fengminglou's "The Golden Age of Dragon Flame", mainly because the music is solemn, gentle and lengthy, which is more in line with the royal etiquette.
"good!"
"This Lanxiang class is really extraordinary!"
"It seems that the oiran tonight is none other than Xiao Ruozhi!"
The first float was so stunning that the people present cheered. Xiao Ruozhi's fans were even more crazy about throwing flowers and money. The process of this oiran meeting was actually very simple, and it was originally an activity used to burn money. So in previous years, it all depends on how much these fans spend money to buy flowers for these oirans, and how much they scatter money. Whoever gets the most support is the oiran that year. Although there is a queen this year, who will win the prize this year must be the queen's words, but these habits are still retained.
There are people here scattering flowers, banknotes, and money, and staff will immediately go up to collect them, and then make statistics.
"It seems that today, this oiran is from Lanxiang class!"
Chen Ping was very happy.
This situation is of course the best for him. Although you, the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce, have spent money on organizing this oiran meeting, as long as you cannot reach the threshold of the queen, you will not be able to cause any trouble. Therefore, he naturally didn't want Fengming Tower to be in the limelight today.
The second float that came in was from Yihongyuan.
Guo Yu's Flower House is a bit worse, but under the influence of Liu Zheng's several rehearsals this year that amazed everyone, the Yihong Courtyard still spent a lot of money to hire a court dance master to train these oirans. , the float was also decorated in a unique way, and it barely passed the test, and received cheers and cheers from many people.
After that, the second car, the third car, the fourth car...
There are more than thirty flower houses participating in the Oiran Association, competing for beauty, and they all try their best. After several rehearsals and several improvements, the prepared performances were as gorgeous as the others. But maybe it was influenced by Fengming Tower's "The Golden Age of Dragon Flame". Most of the programs they prepared were praising the glory of the flourishing age, the queen, and the Long Yan Dynasty.
Naturally, this will cause aesthetic fatigue.
"The Queen is kind and loving to the people. Her motherly grace is universal. She deserves to be praised by the whole people!"
The eunuch said happily.
Officials Chen Pingping also agreed.
Zheng Fu smiled slightly and was noncommittal. As a queen, the flattery she heard every day had already made her ears calloused. Seeing one after another, all showing this kind of performance, she began to feel bored.
at this time.
"The float from Fengming Tower is here!"
"Shen Manqing, Shen Manqing!"
"Miss Manqing!"
The crowd, which had already felt boring, suddenly became excited again and kept shouting.
Queen Zheng Fu asked strangely: "Who is Shen Manqing?"
Chen Ping said from the side: "The Queen is the top oiran of Fengming Tower, that is, the oiran of the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce."
"oh?"
Zheng Fu nodded. Ever since she came back to Liangzhou, the words "Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce" have been everywhere, which also made her very curious. What kind of programs can the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce come up with?
However, she was disappointed next.
"The Dragon Flame of the Golden Age"!
It’s this show again. Although today’s Fengminglou float is more luxurious than before, the clothes on the oiran’s body are also more beautiful and colorful. But when people heard the familiar track, they burst into boos.
"Huh? It's this again!"
"What are you doing! I thought Fengming Tower could surprise people today!"
"Hahahaha, don't you have any good programs?"
Everyone laughed.
Du Biao on the third floor looked at Liu Zheng in disbelief and thought, this young master of the Liu family just gave up?
Zheng Yueru also looked anxiously.
Over there, Guo Yu had already started laughing, thinking that Liu Zheng had exhausted his talents.
Queen Zheng Fu also smiled lightly and said: "I thought there would be such a surprise, but it turned out to be so lackluster..."
But at this moment.
The float has just reached the middle of the Flower Street and Willow Lane.
Suddenly Shen Manqing, the style of music changed.
The other oirans' costumes fell off and turned into red tights. A long sword suddenly appeared in one person's hand.
There was chaos at the scene.
"There's an assassin!"
"Protect the Queen!"
The guards, eunuchs, and maids were all in a mess.
But who knows, the assassination never happened.
A burst of rapid piano music sounded, and the atmosphere instantly became tense.
This is the show!
The queen's face became even more pale and her eyes looked gloomy.
This sudden change made Zheng Yueru gasp and look at Liu Zheng in disbelief.
Liu Zheng chuckled.
"Ambush from Flying Daggers" in the prosperous age, do you like the Queen?
