ZHAO JUREN'S LAST LOVE
Chapter 33. Black among the Red

Throughout the morning Zhao Juren walked around, observing the passersby, the market was quite crowded.

"Sir, come on stop for a while.This afternoon is just quoted. It's fresh." An old mother with a round face, red cheeks called out to him with a carefree smile.

Zhao Juren just nodded her head, she had tasted enough dried persimmon yesterday afternoon that Madame Pei had brought her before dinner.

"If you don't want persimmon, in the store we sell a lot of new fabrics. You must be wanting to attend a lantern party in the capital tomorrow night. You must look handsome in bright colors." The father who came out of the shop behind the stall greeted him with a friendly look. His mouth is sweet, he seems to be good at trading.

Zhao Juren frowned, observing for a moment his clothes. Niangxi regional clothing that he bought from a trip in the city of Lijiang to Nanxing.

"Is my shirt not good for me?" Zhao Juren asked with a grin.

"Lord is handsome, I'm sure of course you want to celebrate the peak spring party in the city tonight as well as the young losers of the city of Shizi. They are racing to wear the best and most beautiful clothes because the princes and princesses of Niangxi will go down to the lantern party, if lucky you will meet a mate there. And if luck sided with the master maybe one of the Niangxi princesses or the noble princess glanced at you." The shop owner blinked his eyes

"Huh, is there anything like that?" Zhao Juren gawking. In Yubei there is a spring celebration whose peak is marked with a lantern festival. But not the event of the princes or princesses of the palace come out looking for a soul mate. Mathematician in Yanzhi is a little more complicated, the descendants of the king must marry through arranged marriage, at least with the princely princess. They cannot marry as they please to take a husband or wife from the common people. Even if he wants to take a wife from ordinary people, he must be just to be a concubine not the main wife.

The marriage rules for the Yanzhi princesses were much stricter, their marriage was mostly arranged by their parents with fellow noble lines if not from a political marriage with a neighboring country.

Since Xiao Yi was adopted as queen, slowly the rule began to be reformed so as not to be too rigid but it is difficult to change something that has been rooted as a tradition and habit from the beginning.

"You don't know that? you're not here, young master?"The thin-bodied father was almost a flattened man clad in a semi-silk robe glared.

"I am a person from the far south, just came here because I was going to visit relatives in Nanxing city. My life deals only with fields and wheat, I'm not too sure I know about that."

"Oh, I deserve it. But you're lucky sir, come at the Lantern celebration. I'm sure if you wear one of the best clothes from my store, you'll meet the soul mate of a Niangxi princess." The mouth of the owner of this cloth shop is really like a jar of honey, very sweet in seducing prospective buyers.

"Oh, huh?" Zhao Juren then showed an interested look that made the shopkeeper smile widely with satisfaction, at least he felt his efforts were already halfway through.

"My time that lowly peasant boy can mate with princess Niangxi?" Zhao Juren raised an eyebrow as she walked into the cloth shop.

She wasn't really interested in getting the soul mate of the Niangxi princess but that tradition could certainly be her way of freely investigating Niang's palace and digging up information about Nanxing as well as trying to adapt to all of her culture.

Enter the environment of people, so that you are not strange and accepted it must be able to blend properly.

"My master, here does not count how rich the master is, but how gallant and attractive a person is. The princesses and princes of Niangxi are rich, they don't need your wealth and position. If you can keep them interested then your life will be lucky seven derivatives."The shopkeeper showed a bright purple silk cloth, glistening with gold thread around his chest.

Zhao Juren shook her head, showing she disliked the clothes the shopkeeper was holding.

"The prince of Niang's palace was dozens, as was his daughter. They were the children of the concubines of the previous king. Brother of His Majesty directly. Wouldn't you be lucky if you entered the palace environment only capitalized on your handsome face and of course matching clothes that dazzle the eyes?" The father of the store owner continued to babble while showing his collection of silk and linen, from the cheapest satin to the most expensive.

Zhao Juren scratched her un-itchy head, she did not like the clothes that were too flashy and seemed eccentric. For some reason his gaze was fixed on the night blue clothes and the dark cloth sampiran as well as the black belt. Those colors reminded him of Xue Xue.

"This seems good..."

"What happened to the new year?"

"If the new year is of course synonymous with striking colors. Everyone would choose shiny red, gold and other light colors rather than dark colors. You won't be seen in the middle of all those colors." the owner shook his head.

"Ah, According to master, one black color among a thousand red colors, where will you see?" Zhao Juren asked with a small smile.

"Of course.look at the color black." The shop owner replied with a little confusion.

"You're right sir, being different from all the same will make you the center of attention. Isn't the point of this event not its celebration but attention seeking? If people's eyes are interested in seeing you, at least you get his attention." Zhao Juren grinned widely.

The store owner just nodded his head. He was not sure what Zhao Juren said, but he just resigned the important thing this master bought his clothes.

"Wrap me a blue cloth tonight and set her robe with her headdress. I'll catch the attention of Niangxi's most beautiful princess tomorrow night." Zhao Juren said half-jokingly.

"Aaaaa.you're right sir, all the men dream of marrying princess Nan Luoxia, she's the younger brother of Her Highness Nan Chen. The prettiest princess in Nanxing is even said to have defeated the beauty of princesses in the five kingdoms." The shopkeeper looked so excited, the compliment certainly hurt Zhao Juren's feelings a little.

"The Yanzhi princesses are also notoriously beautiful. Moreover, Empress Xiao Yi, she is the prettiest I have ever known." Zhao Juren involuntarily spoke with a slight mutter.

"Where do you know? Have you ever met Yanzhi's daughters? You ever see the image of Xiao Yi's empress?" The shopkeeper stopped folding the cloth in his hand, his eyes buying suspiciously.

"Aaaah, of course I have never seen them. It was only I heard from the stories of the wanderers alone. supposedly also the story is so." Zhao Juren replied with a thorny.

The shopkeeper nodded his head, sneaking his lips.

"You don't believe traveller stories, they like to exaggerate. There is nothing more beautiful in Yanzhi than in Niangxi. Until now, no one has been able to match the beauty of princess Nan Luoxia." The shopkeeper finished wrapping Zhao Juren's ordered cloth and handed it over.

"Because this fabric has been on display for a long time and no one is interested in buying it for almost a year. I'll sell it for half the price. You seem to be matching this shirt." The store owner mentioned the price, for the size of Zhao Juren of course it was not expensive at all.

"Well, why is it still so expensive? Reduce a few more tails." Zhao Juren pretended to object, he did not want to be seen to have money, was he not just a young grain farmer boy from the far south?

"Geez, sir, that's already half the price. Sir don't rob me." The shop owner nodded.

"Alright, since I like it, I will pay for it, hopefully that princess Nan Luoxia will glance at me." Zhao Juren smiled wryly as she took out a few silver tails from her pouch.

"I'm sure you'll get his attention. At least the children of the nobles." the sweet-mouthed shopkeeper laughed cheerfully receiving money from Zhao Juren.

"Hopefully." Zhao Juren cringed. He didn't expect to attract women, just wanted to blend in at the celebration.