A new day dawned, the morning sun illuminating the overcast sky, bringing new hope to the people.
Leng Ruo Li rose early, undeterred by the previous night's events. After her morning practice, she returned to her room, slipped into her system space to shower and freshen up, and then used her computer to create one hundred small posters of colorful attire.
Today was the grand reopening of her Jin Xiu Ge ready-to-wear shop. She had rearranged the store and planned a simple runway show, having Xing'er and Ling'er lead the shop's tailors as models.
After careful observation a couple of days prior, Leng Ruo Li had noticed that several of the tailors in her shop possessed good looks and figures. With her expert styling and makeup, they would undoubtedly blossom into beauties.
And her two young maids were even more exceptional; they were already naturally radiant. With the cosmetics she stored in her system space, a simple touch of light makeup would transform them into breathtaking beauties.
In her previous life, as an outstanding secret agent, she often had to conceal her true appearance for certain missions, requiring disguise to infiltrate. Thus, makeup became a mandatory skill for agents.
Consequently, Leng Ruo Li's makeup skills were superb.
With this thought, Leng Ruo Li grabbed three sets of cosmetics, took out a large fabric tote bag from her bedroom drawer, and packed the small posters and the three sets of cosmetics into the tote. Then, she slipped out of the system space.
As soon as she emerged, she heard Xing'er and Ling'er knocking on her door.
"Miss, are you ready? It's the day the ready-to-wear shop reopens. It'll be close to noon if we delay any further," Xing'er's voice sounded a little anxious.
She wondered what was going on with her miss this morning. It was so late, and she still hadn't emerged. She had clearly seen her doing morning exercises earlier. Could it be that after her practice, she had returned to her room and fallen back asleep?
Just as the two young maids were lost in thought, Leng Ruo Li suddenly opened the door to her room.
"Here I am, here I am! My two beautiful ladies."
The two maids breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Leng Ruo Li emerge.
"Miss, Ling'er and I have been calling you at the door for half an hour without you opening it. We thought something had happened to you," Xing'er said with a face full of concern.
"Oh, what are you two thinking? Your miss was just in the room, making small posters. To avoid distraction, it wasn't convenient to reply."
Leng Ruo Li casually fabricated a reason to appease the two young maids.
"Let's go, we need to leave now. Ling'er, go to the back gate of the general's mansion and have a carriage wait for us at the front gate."
"Yes, Miss."
Ling'er received the order and quickly ran towards the back gate.
Leng Ruo Li and Xing'er, carrying a tote bag filled with small posters, slowly walked towards the main gate of the general's mansion.
By the time the two arrived at the main gate of the general's mansion, Ling'er and the carriage driver, Uncle Zhang, were already waiting at the gate.
Subsequently, the three servants swiftly boarded the carriage and slowly drove towards the Jin Xiu Ge ready-to-wear shop in the bustling city center.
The streets of the capital city today were as lively as ever. Due to the large number of pedestrians, Leng Ruo Li repeatedly cautioned Uncle Zhang to drive the carriage slowly to avoid hitting passersby. Consequently, what would normally have taken the time it takes an incense stick to burn to reach the shop, it ended up taking half an hour to arrive at the entrance of Jin Xiu Ge.
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Jin Xiu Ge Entrance
At this moment, Shi Zhenghe was anxiously waiting at the shop entrance, looking left and right, still no sign of Leng Ruo Li arriving at the shop.
For the opening today, Leng Ruo Li hadn't done anything yet, except instruct him to lay a large, long piece of red cloth at the shop entrance. He didn't know what it was for, but the shop entrance was soon surrounded by a crowd of curious onlookers.
As soon as Leng Ruo Li alighted from the carriage, she saw such a bustling scene and was overjoyed. Weren't these common folk mobile propaganda machines?
She led Xing'er and Ling'er quickly towards the shop entrance. Shi Zhenghe's face broke into a smile as he saw Leng Ruo Li and the two approaching.
"Miss, you've finally arrived. If you hadn't come any later, I would have had to stop them."
After speaking, Shi Zhenghe pointed to the dense crowd standing around the shop entrance. These people were already eager to rush in and purchase clothes from Jin Xiu Ge.
Leng Ruo Li smiled at Shi Zhenghe through her thin veil, then took out three sets of cosmetics from the bag and said to him, "Don't rush. Go and call a few people over, first let them look at the small posters in this bag, and then tell them there's a good show coming up soon."
"All right, Miss." Shi Zhenghe replied very respectfully.
He took the large tote bag from Leng Ruo Li's hand, curiously pulled out a poster, and looked at it, instantly feeling extremely surprised.
"Miss, your drawing skills are truly amazing. These drawings look just like the real thing, so lifelike. I even want to collect a couple, they will definitely love looking at these drawings."
"Zhenghe, if you like them, take a couple. It doesn't matter if a couple are missing. But now you need to quickly distribute these small posters to the audience."
Hearing this, Shi Zhenghe scratched his head with a look of embarrassment.
"Hehe, Miss, I'll distribute them right away."
Then, he looked up towards the interior and shouted, "Nie Cai Die, Niu Hua, come out. Let's go to the entrance to distribute posters."
Nie Cai Die and Niu Hua heard this and hurried out from their respective compartments. After greeting Leng Ruo Li, they took the small posters handed over by Shi Zhenghe, looked at them with surprise, and exclaimed, "These paintings are too beautiful, they look just like the real thing."
Then, they very actively followed Shi Zhenghe, distributing small posters to the surrounding crowd.
Inside, Leng Ruo Li also called out the remaining women, had each of them wear a beautiful outfit, gathered them in a compartment, and applied a beautiful light makeup to each of them, astonishing every woman in the shop.
Xing'er and Ling'er were particularly amazed, as their original beauty was already high, and after Leng Ruo Li's meticulous styling, they looked like fairies descending to earth.
After Leng Ruo Li finished applying makeup to everyone, she personally taught them how to walk the runway. Since it was a runway show for ancient costumes today, the steps certainly couldn't be like modern fashion shows.
Leng Ruo Li suddenly had an idea: to equip each runway model with a beautiful oil-paper umbrella, and have them walk with graceful steps. This would not only give the audience a feeling of ethereal beauty but also enhance the purchasing desire of those women.
After half an hour, the models for the ancient costume show finally made their dazzling debut. Leng Ruo Li threw a few pieces of homemade dry ice at the shop entrance, and the entrance was instantly filled with swirling mist. The first to emerge were Xing'er and Ling'er. They stepped onto the red carpet, holding beautiful oil-paper umbrellas, surrounded by an aura of enchantment, walking with delicate steps. Under Leng Ruo Li's narration, they gracefully walked towards the crowd, then turned and slowly walked back to the shop entrance, eliciting thunderous applause from the audience.
After Xing'er and Ling'er finished, it was the turn of Niu Hua and Nie Cai Die's group, and then...
Finally, the entire ancient costume runway show concluded in the time it takes an incense stick to burn, yet the audience was still not satisfied.
When Leng Ruo Li announced that sales were officially open to the public, a throng of men and women, old and young, rushed into Leng Ruo Li's Jin Xiu Ge in an instant. The clothes that had previously been unsellable, after Leng Ruo Li's modifications, were also sold out at two taels of silver per set, swept away by the crowd.
Even Shi Zhenghe, who had been in the ready-to-wear business his entire life, had never witnessed such a grand spectacle.