Chapter 24: The Selection
The eastern sky has just given birth to some light, and the moon is still reluctant to leave hanging on the branches, and many attics in the flower street have been lit up.
Today is the primary selection of the Oiran competition, and the girls from all the participating families have all gotten up early in the morning to dress up, and Jiang Rou is naturally no exception.
"Miss, are you sure you want to wear our Hezhe costume?" Ah Zhu was holding a scarlet garment in his hand, and the gold threads on it glittered in the candlelight.
"Hmmm! Of course! Jiang Rou was looking in the mirror, drawing her eyebrows, and her hair was not combed into a Han woman's bun, but into a hairstyle commonly used by Hezhe women.
"But, miss, will the Han people like the dress of our Hezhe people?" Ah Zhu then asked, skeptical of the aesthetics of the Han Chinese.
Jiang Rou didn't answer immediately, she quietly traced the tail of her eyebrows, and only then did she put down the eyebrow pencil in her hand and looked at Ah Zhu.
"Don't worry, haven't you heard that scarcity is expensive? It's the same with people, no matter how beautiful a Han woman is, how can she resist the freshness of a woman of a different race. ”
"Yes! Miss is so smart! After listening to Jiang Rou's words, Ah Zhu smiled lightly, "Miss, it's almost dawn, hurry up and put on makeup!" ”
Ah Zhu continued to sort out the young lady's clothes and jewelry, Jiang Rou turned her head and looked at herself in the mirror in a trance, just for a moment, she picked up the rouge on the table again and began to apply makeup.
She didn't lie to Ah Zhu, she chose to wear Hezhe's costume in order to win the first place in the preliminary round of the Oiran, which could make her quickly famous in the capital, but it was only so, so that it was not worth her to bother to dress up here.
She also has a purpose, she wants everyone in the capital to know that she is Zhu Yan, a woman who grew up in the Western Regions since she was a child, and has nothing to do with the capital.
Honggu counted the time and finished dressing up, she walked to the door of Jiang Rou's room and knocked on Jiang Rou's door gently.
"It's coming!" Ah Zhu's voice sounded from the room, Honggu raised her hand to arrange her hair, and Ah Zhu had already opened the door.
"Honggu!" Ah Zhu greeted softly.
"Hmmm! Has your lady cleaned up? Honggu asked politely.
"That's it! You come in first. Ah Zhu turned sideways and invited Honggu to enter the door.
Honggu walked into the door, Jiang Rou was facing the mirror, and her back in red was particularly eye-catching.
Honggu just wanted to speak, Jiang Rou had already turned around, "Honggu, you're here!" ”
Jiang Rou smiled at Honggu, and Honggu was immediately stunned.
"Zhu Yan, how are you dressed?"
Honggu looked at Jiang Rou with a surprised face, since she saw Jiang Rou, Jiang Rou has been wearing very plain, today I suddenly saw Jiang Rou's red makeup, black hair and red dress, wearing a red scarf on her head, with a little ruby light on it, and her skin was white and bloody, gorgeous and unparalleled.
"This is my hometown's clothes, didn't I tell Honggu that I am from the Western Regions? What, isn't it pretty? Jiang Rou asked softly.
"No, no!" Honggu hurriedly waved her hand, "It's good-looking, the girl is so good-looking, I'm just surprised!" After Honggu finished speaking, she smiled embarrassedly.
Jiang Rou smiled slightly, turned her head to look at the mirror, of course she knew that she was good-looking.
"It's already dawn outside, if the girl cleans up, let's go out!" Honggu reminded loudly.
"Good!" Jiang Rou stood up and pulled up the veil on the side to cover her face, and the ruby on the veil sparkled.
Honggu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and settled down.
This Jiang Rou girl is really not an ordinary person, she knows that the more things she can't get, the more itchy it will be.
Jiang Rou and Honggu Azhu went downstairs together, but what they didn't expect was that the other five girls in the garden were waiting there early, and the pothos saw Jiang Rou coming down, and waved at Jiang Rou with a smile.
"Why are you so early today?" Honggu was a little surprised.
"Honggu, for such an important matter today, of course we have to go and cheer for Zhu Yan! Purple smoke! Pothos said with a smile, and Ziyan and the other girls echoed each other.
"Really? You really have a heart. Honggu is very happy, no matter what this group of girls is for, but the harmony in Chunjiao Pavilion is what she wants to see.
It's just... Honggu looked at Red Sleeves, several other people liked Zhu Yan, she could understand that it was too unexpected for Red Sleeves to follow.
"Redsleeves, are you going too?" Honggu asked.
"Yes! Of course I want to go, Chunjiao Pavilion to participate in the Oiran competition, how can I not go? What's more..." Red Sleeves glanced at Jiang Rou, "Yesterday, Jiang Rou's sister gave me a gift, but I was not feeling well at the time, and I lost my temper, and I was thinking about apologizing to Miss Jiang Rou today!" ”
The red sleeves looked very well-behaved, but the green pothos on the side pursed her lips and didn't speak, she didn't believe that this red sleeves would be so good, maybe she was holding back something bad!
"Really? Let's go together! Honggu knows what everyone is thinking, but she doesn't break it, what she hopes most is that what Red Sleeves said is true, after all, she is a person who has been raised by her side since she was a child, even if she is domineering, she is always a little different emotionally, otherwise, she will not bear her until now.
Jiang Rou and Honggu went out, there was already a carriage waiting at the door, this carriage was very large, and the decoration was very gorgeous, it can be seen that Honggu attaches great importance to this competition, this kind of carriage, she has never been willing to use it for herself.
It's just that Honggu felt a little strange, she only hired one carriage, why did she park two here.
Honggu just wanted to ask the groom what was going on, when the Chunmanlou opposite suddenly opened the door, and several people walked out of it.
It was Aunt Fang and Ah Zi who were full of flowers, and behind them, there were two girls.
Fang Gu was also stunned when she saw Honggu.
"Ah Hong, you... You won't! Don't tell me you're going to the Oiran contest too! Fang Gu's voice deliberately pulled the elder, and after speaking, he swept towards a few maids on the side of Honggu with an exaggerated expression.
Her eyes fell on Jiang Rou, Fang Gu was suddenly stunned for a moment, and she who was originally going to taunt Hong Gu every day suddenly lost her words.
These eyes are too beautiful!
The two carriages drove out of the alley together, and in Jiang Rou's carriage, in addition to Honggu and Azhu, there were also three people, Ziyan, Luluo and Red Sleeves.
Originally, Red Sleeves also wanted to bring the maid Qiao'er, she didn't want to fall under Zhu Yan, but seeing that there was only one carriage, she had to give up.
The direction of the carriage was the Yunshui Villa outside the city.
It was the venue for the Oiran competition, and it was also the place where the dancers in the workshop trained.
The Qinglou of the Great Zhou must be registered to be legal, and it is uniformly incorporated into the book by the teaching workshop, so this Oiran competition is naturally also held by the teaching workshop, and because of this, the Oiran will be recognized and sought after by so many people.
After all, most of the people in the workshop are palace people, and the Oiran who can be selected by the workshop is definitely a rare wonderful person.