Chapter Eighty-Five: The Lights Are Dim (Part I)

If you want to compare West Lake to Xizi, light makeup is always appropriate.

In fact, in this world, there are not many women who can really "wear light makeup and heavy makeup".

Some women are too glamorous after heavy makeup, and some women are light and boring when they wear light makeup. Of course, across two thousand years, there are only four beauties, and most of them are still looking for their own beauty, or light makeup, or thick makeup, to keep a copy just right.

It is said in "Deng's Disciple Lustful Fu": The son of the owner, if you increase one point, it is too long, and if you subtract one point, it is too short; The powder is too white, and Shi Zhu is too red.

Such a few simple words describe that part is just right.

It's not that there are no beauties who are natural and can captivate the country and the city without powder, but they are too rare, whether it is ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, it is too difficult to find.

Moreover, as the saying goes, people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles, no matter how radiant a beauty is, once her face is stained with yellow mud and black water, and she is wearing beggar's clothes, she will inevitably turn into a dusty pearl and jade, and she will not be noticed.

Wearing up is not a sin, it's a sin, and many women don't understand how far they have to wear makeup to be just right.

This is a simple thing to say, but it requires a woman to think about and think about it for the rest of her life. A woman who is stupid, or who doesn't put too much of her mind on this, may not be able to find her most beautiful side in her life.

Of course, this is not something to sigh or paranoid, in later generations, there are Bi Shumin facing the sky, and now there are too many daughters who do not use powder. This is the path they have chosen, and it is naturally worthy of recognition and even praise.

But her identity is like piano caucao, and she can't choose such a path.

She was in the moon boat, raising her eyes and lowering her eyes, but singing and laughing, and there were happy articles in front of and behind her. If she wants to live peacefully and cleanly in this place, she must "get ahead", even if this kind of thing starts with makeup.

Fortunately, Qin Cao is an extremely intelligent woman, and this intelligence not only refers to poetry or singing, but also includes many aspects.

Smart people always find a knack for many things, including how to dress up to stand out and how to put on the right makeup.

Of course, the piano gymnastics did all this very well, even perfectly. She never applied too strong fat powder, nor did she have too bright fragrance on her body, and even in her behavior, she would not be like other leaders and oirans, and her every move would cause many people to stop and sigh.

Qin Cao knows her beauty, and she also understands that she is definitely not the glamorous type, and she even clearly understands that she does not have the long-sleeved and good dancing of other sisters in the same industry, and she is like a fish in water among men.

She loves the piano, she loves poetry, and she loves freedom.

In her bones, she still hopes to get out of this place one day. Whether it is relying on the man she likes, or relying on her own savings, this is the path she will definitely take. As for things like marrying a rich merchant as a concubine...... As the so-called businessman values profit over separation, she who is familiar with Bai Letian's classics, I am afraid she will never choose such a path.

Therefore, Qin Cao will dress himself up beautifully, but he will never dress up very glamorous.

Beauty is a kind of quiet self-appreciation, and loneliness opens up without a master. Yan is a noisy and dazzling gesture, and the fragrance is swaying.

The same flower, but always have a different taste.

If Qin Cao is an orchid, she must be the orchid of the empty valley. It's quiet and beautiful, it doesn't need the audience, it doesn't need to be applauded, and the essence is clean and clean. Simple, that's all.

It was precisely because of this that Chu Feng looked at Qin Cao's face, and subconsciously, he thought of orchids.

As for "Lonely Open Owner", it was just a casual word, he didn't think too much, and even at that moment he had long forgotten the origin of this sentence, and he couldn't imagine that the calligraphy and painting would fall into her hands.

But that's how it happened, like a flower blooming, faint and silent, but in the dead of night, it bloomed brilliantly.

A hint of blooming, a hint of trembling in the heart, but what was exchanged was an oversight when the piano was singing.

She sang "Qiaomen" as "Sunset".

This is a big mistake, and the two words that rhyme in a sentence are sung incorrectly, which seem simple, but they forcibly break the rhyme of the original words.

According to the rhythm of "Man Tingfang", ninety-five characters in two tones, four flat rhymes in the front piece, and five flat rhymes in the back piece, once a rhyme word changes, the rhyme of the whole word will become very strange.

It is impossible not to be discovered.

When the piano is singing, a simple mistake has fallen into the ears of too many people.

Everyone in the audience made a soft sound one after another, whispering and talking, and the gaze that looked at Qin Cao became a little strange.

The legendary person who is very good at poetry would sing Qin Guan and Qin Shaoyou's words wrong at such an important table, if such a thing is spread, although it is impossible to say that he smashed the signboard of Qin Cao, there will always be some criticism.

Qin Cao's heart trembled slightly, and a faint flush rose on his cheeks.

The general judge took pity on the fragrance and cherished the jade, and he had met with Qin Cao a few times, and he still had some friendship, so he coughed lightly at this time, and was ready to open his mouth to relieve the siege for Qin Cao.

Chu Feng's movement of grinding ink in his hand paused slightly, tilted his head with some puzzlement and even pity, glanced at Qin Cao, and let out a faint sigh in his heart.

Behind the right side of Qin Cao, the little maid kneeling there in a regular manner, her cheeks were flushed red, a pair of hands hidden in her sleeves were tightly grasping her skirt, and her eyes were even faintly filled with tears.

She didn't know what happened to her sister Qin and why she would make such a big mistake on such an occasion. It's something that has never happened before, but it's happening now.

The mountains don't know how to solve this situation. Is it to stop and apologize and start all over again? Or will you be wrong, pretend that nothing has happened, and just sing it?

No, it's impossible to pretend that you didn't sing it wrong. If it's in a slightly noisy place like the Drinking Moon Boat, where people and snakes are mixed, maybe you can cover up the past. But now, there are some people around, everyone has heard Sister Qin's mistake, how can this pretend that it hasn't happened?

The hands of the layers became cold because of the nervousness, and even the whole person trembled slightly.

The hand that played the piano also trembled, but he smiled slightly, almost without any delay, and continued to play the strings, as if singing.

"Suspend the levy, talk about drinking and leaving the ......"