And it is obvious that the Chang'an County Duke has a special relationship with the young gentleman who is with Yi Guogong's wife, otherwise they would not hold hands and swagger into their rouge shop, but this young gentleman is indeed beautiful. , if he were to dress up in women's clothing, I'm afraid many women would feel ashamed in front of him.
"I've met your father-in-law!" The shopkeeper came to Lu Chen. He bowed deeply to Lu Chen first, and then continued with a smile, "I wonder what my father-in-law is interested in?"
"What is this?" Lu Chen picked up a rouge box and looked at the shopkeeper and asked.
"This is Xiangze!" the shopkeeper introduced with a smile.
"Fragrance?" Lu Chen opened the lid and smelled it. A stream of fragrance floated out. Inside was a paste. In Lu Chen's opinion, this stuff looked very much like the alabaster cream of later generations.
And a word suddenly popped into Lu Chen's mind, that was "a kiss for Xiangze".
"What's this for?" Lu Chen asked while looking at Rouge Shop's story.
"This is for moisturizing hair!" the shopkeeper said, pointing to the hair.
Next, the shopkeeper introduced the types of these rouges to Lu Chen, which made Lu Chen's head feel a little big because Lu Chen discovered that the so-called "Hermès orange", "red tea orange" and so on in later generations Yes, I am completely weak in front of the color names of the ancients.
At first, Lu Chen thought that women in ancient times only used a few kinds of rouge, but after hearing the shopkeeper's detailed introduction, Lu Chen discovered that indeed, the ones used by modern people were leftovers from ancestors.
The so-called "rouge" is just one of these ancient cosmetics, and the original name of these things was "fat powder". Over time, it was simply called "rouge", and rouge is just one of them.
The fat is rouge, which is used to decorate the lips and cheeks; the luster, also known as Xiangze, is used to moisturize the hair; the powder is used to apply on the face; the black pigment is used to draw the eyebrows.
The reason why it is called "rouge" is because rouge has the most types, such as rouge cake, rouge powder, rouge paste, rouge paper, rouge sponge, etc. Specifically, there are various names. Such as Pomegranate Jiao, Dahongchun, Xiaohongchun, Danxinhong, Wanjinhong, Shengtanxin, Luzhuer, Luoeryin, Xiaozhulong, Meihuanu, etc. There are so many categories, with different shades, and each has its own use.
There are about five rouge makeup methods: the first is rosy makeup, which is to apply red on the face; the second is to put red dots on the dimples; the third is to put flower decorations on the forehead or trace; the fourth is to dot the lips , that is, apply red lips; the fifth day is oblique red, that is, apply a crescent-shaped red line on each side of the cheek, or draw it as a diamond pattern, or apply it as a soft pattern. These makeup methods all use rouge, but each has its own origin.
Xia makeup, also called Xiaoxia makeup. Xiaoxia should be bright red. Later to the Five Dynasties, the colors were still light, also known as "peach blossom makeup".
Star dimples are also called makeup dimples. According to legend, it began with Sun He’s wife Deng in the Eastern Wu Dynasty. Indicate the star dimple at that time, its shape is round, its size is like a small apricot, its number is double, its color is apricot red.
Huadian, also called Huazi. The simplest flower mother-of-pearl is just a small dot, but the infinitely creative ancient women would use all kinds of unexpected materials, such as paper, gold foil, fish cheek bones, camellia oil flower cakes and other materials to cut them into various flowers, birds, insects and fish. Among them, plum blossoms are the most common. They are pasted on the forehead and between the eyebrows with a sticky glue (according to legend, made from fish bladders).
According to legend, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Princess Shouyang, Liu Yu's daughter, was taking a nap one day when a plum blossom fell in the middle of her forehead, turning it into a bright embellishment. Later, she couldn't wash it off, and it gradually became part of her face. Princess Shouyang was very beautiful, and with the decoration of plum blossoms, she was even more beautiful. The ladies in the palace followed suit one after another, using red pens to draw plum blossoms on their foreheads, or cutting plum blossoms from paper and pasting them on their foreheads. It became the original plum blossom makeup.
Lip dotting, due to the different shades of rouge, can also be called crimson lips, cherry dots, sandalwood dots, etc. Crimson is purple, cherry is bright red, and sandalwood is light red.
The shopkeeper vividly introduced the usage and origin of these rouges to Lu Chen, which made Lu Chen dumbfounded. Not only was he surprised by the shopkeeper's eloquence, but he was even more surprised that the shopkeeper could quote classics. Most importantly, What's surprising is that these ancients can actually play with these cosmetics, Lu Chen couldn't help but sigh, this shopkeeper is a fucking "sales talent"!
Because after listening to the shopkeeper's words, Lu Chen felt that if he were a customer and left without buying something, it would be disrespectful to the shopkeeper.
As for the word "Red Lips" mentioned by the shopkeeper, Lu Chen couldn't help but think of a brand name "Dian Red Lips". Lu Chen wondered if this "Dian Red Lips" was derived from this.
"That's it!" Just the shopkeeper "Rouge" can talk about so many things endlessly, and the remaining shopkeeper "Ze Fendai" doesn't know how long he can talk. Lu Chen felt , if the shopkeeper's eloquent introduction was allowed to continue, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to finish talking until nightfall.
Therefore, Lu Chen quickly stretched out his hand to stop the shopkeeper from talking any more.
Hearing Lu Chen's words, the shopkeeper quickly shut up, stopped introducing, and just stood there with his hands down.
"My dear shopkeeper, do you have any perfume here?" Lu Chen looked at the shopkeeper and asked directly.
"How can a villain dare to be noble in front of the father-in-law! My humble surname is Xu, but my given name is Xin. As for the perfume? What is that? Is it scented water?" When the shopkeeper heard Lu Chen's question, he looked confused and at the same time He tentatively asked Lu Chen.
"You can say that!" Lu Chen nodded slightly after hearing what Shopkeeper Xu said.
"For the record, sir, the shop does not have what you call 'perfume'!" Shopkeeper Xu shook his head and responded cautiously. After all, he was afraid of the "street cleaning tiger" in front of him because there was no such thing in the shop. "Perfume" directly demolished his rouge shop.
"You haven't heard of perfume, have you ever heard anyone mention it?" Lu Chen looked at Shopkeeper Xu and asked again.
"Hmm..." Shopkeeper Xu pondered for a moment, "This shop has been open for several generations since my ancestors, but I have never heard of the perfume that my father-in-law mentioned!" Shopkeeper Xu thought for a moment. I thought and shook my head.
Seeing Shopkeeper Xu's performance, Lu Chen nodded. His expression was still calm, but he was already feeling happy in his heart because he had found a way to make money again. You know, women and children's money is the best thing to make. This "perfume" is the way to make money!
"Shopkeeper Xu, if you have time, can you go to my Lujiazhuang? I have something I want to discuss with shopkeeper Xu in detail!" Lu Chen said with a smile as he looked at Xu Xin.
"How dare you disobey when summoned by the Lord!" Although Xu Xin felt a little uneasy, even though the Chang'an County Lord in front of him was nicknamed the "Street Cleaning Tiger", he had never heard that the Chang'an County Lord had killed innocent people indiscriminately. , what’s more, a little guy like me doesn’t deserve to be tricked into Lujiazhuang and then killed by this county magistrate!
"That's great!" Lu Chen nodded, looked at Li Yanjun, and found that she and Jia Xiuying had already selected a lot of rouges, which were placed in front of them, "Select them all." Wrap it up! Liu Jing!" Lu Chen said and directly called Liu Jing and waved, and Liu Jing came over consciously and took out the money bag.
"The total is three hundred and twenty cents!" Xu Xin counted the goods of the two of them, looked at Lu Chen and said, "If you take the change, I will give you three hundred cents!" Xu Xin said to Lu Chen in a flattering manner. said.
"Pay it all!" Lu Chen signaled to Liu Jing, "It's not easy for you to do business, it doesn't have to be like this!" Lu Chen waved his hand directly, and Lu Chen took out copper coins from his wallet and paid to Shopkeeper Xu.
Liu Jing on the side paid the money and automatically picked up the box containing the rouge.
Lu Chen and Li Yanjun walked out of the rouge shop and said goodbye to Jia Xiuying at the door of the shop. Jia Xiuying did not forget to invite Lu Chen to visit Duke Yi Guo's mansion, and Lu Chen agreed with a smile.
Although there are still people pointing fingers at Lu Chen and Li Yanjun on the road, Lu Chen is now acting like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water. Do whatever you want. It is estimated that after today, there will be a new wave of chaos in Chang'an. There was a wave of heated discussions about himself, but if he had too many lice, he wouldn't bite him, and if he had too many debts, he wouldn't have to worry about it. Lu Chen just calmed down and didn't care.
Next, Lu Chen and Li Yanjun visited some stalls and shops together. When they arrived near the imperial city, not only Liu Jing was carrying a lot of things, but Chun'e and the guards were also carrying a lot. thing.
Originally, Li Yanjun and Chun'e did not come out from the main entrance. They sneaked out from the side door. However, the road Lu Chen and Li Yanjun took now meant that if they wanted to re-enter the imperial city through the side door, they would have to You have to pass by the main entrance.
Lu Chen and Li Yanjun had just passed by the main entrance when they were stopped by someone: "I have seen Princess Langya, Your Majesty is waiting to summon you!" Li Yanjun froze when he heard this title, and the voice of Lu Chen But Chen was very familiar with it. They both turned around and saw that Chang Bao was saluting Li Yanjun.
In fact, they didn't see Chang Bao, but they did, but they both pretended not to see it and wanted to slide over directly, but Chang Bao stopped him directly.
"Governor Chang, we meet again!" Lu Chen waved to Chang Bao and said hello with a smile.
Seeing Lu Chen's playful smile, Chang Bao complained in his heart, but on the surface he still maintained his demeanor and greeted Lu Chen: "I've met Mr. Lu!"
"Governor Chang, this is what happened today! There is a bit of a misunderstanding!" Regardless of whether Chang Bao understood it or not, Lu Chen smiled directly at Chang Bao and said, "I hope Governor Chang can say a few kind words for me in front of His Majesty, how about that?"
"This old slave doesn't dare to make the decision without permission. Your Majesty still needs to make the decision!" Chang Bao saluted Lu Chen again and smiled calmly. He didn't need to say more, just one sentence, and those who should understand will naturally understand.
