Chapter 589: Stunning the Entire Audience

"This..."

"My God!"

"This is just too..."

Many people, having just experienced surprise at the combat capability of this Wa nation, were then startled by the techniques performed by these dancing girls.

Stunning!

Super beautiful!

Although the Great Tang period had long since passed, and had been suppressed by successive Longyan Emperors—yet the glory that once stood at the pinnacle of the entire world, even if it only existed in unofficial histories, was still remembered by some.

This dance was simply peerless!

It had vividly brought out every characteristic of the Great Tang period!

For instance, the styling of these court ladies largely drew inspiration from the styles of Tang tri-color glazed pottery figurines. The wide skirt hems, exaggerated makeup, and plump figures made the whole person look a bit "naively charming."

And the design of this highly stylized clothing was also quite meticulous.

The low-saturation red and green color scheme was both eye-catching and unique, without appearing tacky, making it very suitable for stage performance effects.

As for other elements regarding the Great Tang, they were even more countless...

Things like the "Fu Hao Owl Vessel," which was a bird-shaped wine vessel from the Great Tang period...

And the "Lotus and Crane Square Pot," and the "Jiahu Bone Flute."

It could be said that almost from the outside in, from the inside out... this dance performance was telling of the former power of the Great Tang, and was inheriting the former majesty of the Great Tang. This was a cultural show...

The culture that you, the Longyan Dynasty, have discarded, we have picked up!

Not only have we picked it up, but we have carried it forward!

Xie Tianyao.

His face was naturally gloomy as he watched; he held back the anger in his heart, unable to vent it, and his face was even flushed a deep red...

"Emperor..."

"Emperor!"

"Quick, pass the order down, give me..."

Grand Eunuch Zhou, the Empress, and the others were all scared silly.

Zheng Fu even wanted to call for a stop.

Yet unexpectedly, Xie Tianyao gave a bitter smile and waved his hand: "It is already theirs, why can they not perform it? Continue, just continue!"

"Emperor, Emperor, sit down and rest for a while..."

Grand Eunuch Zhou hurriedly brought over the Dragon Throne.

Xie Tianyao hesitated for a moment, then sat down, and afterwards laughed out loud: "What a Wa nation, what a Wa nation! Hiding their true strength!"

No one among the crowd dared to speak.

It concerned the Great Tang.

To the current Longyan imperial family, that was absolutely a taboo that no one dared to mention. The reason was none other than that the Xie Family of Xie Tianyao's lineage was not truly the imperial family that could inherit the throne before the Tang King... they were already distant relatives of the Xie Family who could not be reached even with an eight-meter pole.

It was just that after the Tang King ascended the throne and changed the state name to "Great Tang," this ruthless Emperor had cleared out all his previous political enemies.

Those with closer bloodlines all became souls under his blade.

Xie Tianyao's branch luckily escaped... to put it plainly, to use an analogy, his ancestor was equivalent to Liubei during the Three Kingdoms period; if he hadn't been clutching a genealogy book at all times, I fear others would not have believed he was a descendant of the imperial family...

It was precisely because of this reason.

The throne obtained by Xie Tianyao's branch was not easily won, and it was not considered truly orthodox. With several reasons mixed together, after their branch seized the throne, they almost uniformly erased the history of the Great Tang period.

The current Longyan Dynasty, whether in terms of clothing, culture, or habits, was already close to the Ming Dynasty of Liu Zheng's past life.

You say...

This Wa nation directly presented a "Great Tang Night Banquet," who wouldn't be angry?

The Great Tang would be one thing!

But you also come with a night banquet?

What does this mean? Did they come specifically to slap faces? It means that even the Longyan, which was once as powerful as the Tang, eventually headed toward decline, let alone your current Longyan?

Excessive!

Heart-stabbing!

The people present...

Their moods were undoubtedly complex.

On one hand...

This program from the Wa nation was truly heart-stabbing.

On the other hand, this song and dance performance was so beautiful and magnificent that it was dazzling.

Liu Zheng was even more so.

He indeed gave a deep, bitter smile.

The culture inherited by the Wa nation in his past life also mostly came from the Tang Dynasty. It was even more prosperous during the Edo Period. After the arrival of the Shogunate era, the Wa nation of the Edo Period revered Confucianism and followed the Tang. They even directly copied the "Scholar-Farmer-Artisan-Merchant" system of Huaxia. This is why some say the history of the Wa nation truly began in the seventeenth century. The influence of Huaxia civilization on the Wa nation was too great. Even more so for the Tokugawa Clan; having just unified the Wa nation, political stability brought economic take-off to the Wa nation.

Commercial activity made the lives of the commoners even richer and more interesting.

It also allowed the Wa nation's culture, art, and entertainment to achieve a flying leap.

To put it plainly.

The Edo Period can roughly be summarized by a few words.

"Ukiyo, vanity, and carpe diem."

This also caused Tang culture to rapidly begin fermenting in the Wa nation at this time. The "Great Tang Night Banquet" before their eyes must be a representative work of this!

Because...

If the Longyan Palace Dance Troupe of this time were asked to perform such a piece, I fear they would be completely incapable of doing so!

This was the reason for Liu Zheng's bitter smile.

How much of the destructive culture of Huaxia civilization has been wiped out in the flames of war? The Efang Palace of the past, the Old Summer Palace of later times... of course, much has also been wiped out in the struggles for power, such as the Tang culture that existed before the Longyan Dynasty.

Han culture...

Admittedly, the progress and replacement of culture are also very important.

But some true treasures should not vanish along with the struggles... for example, calligraphy.

In Liu Zheng's past life, it happened that the Wa nation's calligraphic attainments actually began to surpass Huaxia's.

The Korean nation's Go attainments actually began to crush China's...

Liu Zheng might not have been very familiar with the Flourishing Tang of this world, but he clearly remembered that in the history of his past life, the Flourishing Tang was an era of absolute cultural prosperity. It is no exaggeration to say that the Tang Dynasty was the "peak era of ancient dance art."

Including the later Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, it was very difficult to surpass the former in ancient dance art.

"Floating and spinning, light as swirling snow,

With a charming grace, startling as a swimming dragon; after the hands drop, the willows seem listless, and as the skirt drags, clouds seem to rise."

Yet, today, this kind of dance culture has once again suffered a disconnect in Longyan...

Is this tragedy not caused by the casual abandonment and loss of culture?

At least that is what he thinks.

For the branch of Xie Tianyao to completely negate the policies and culture of the Flourishing Tang era is absolutely inadvisable. Taking the essence and discarding the dregs is the King's Way. If this branch of the Xie Family had let that Tang King live a few more years, perhaps the Imperial Examination would have had nothing to do with him... and Longyan would not have declined to this point.

A single song and dance left Liu Zheng filled with deep emotion.

Likewise, it also made Gu Jin, who was by his side, take a deep breath.

"Heavens!"

"My God!"

"This dance..."

She exclaimed excitedly from time to time. As the "GeneralDirector" of the previous Christmas Ceremony, she naturally knew the artistic attainments of this song and dance... even if given a year, she feared she could not produce such a large-scale song and dance!

"This..."

At this moment.

Li Xuanya, who was also observing from a high vantage point, likewise saw her pretty face change.

A major killing move!

This detestable Wa nation, these villains who had long coveted her Li Dynasty, actually opened with a major killing move; this made her feel the pressure increase tenfold.

Was it really so easy for her own dance to win the top prize?

"Good!"

"Good!"

"Well done!"

"One more! One more!"

At this time, the Wa nation's delegation was soon to finish walking down Zhuque Street, and the crowd of onlookers finally erupted into thunderous applause and explosive cheers.

Regardless of the Wa nation's intentions...

This opening alone was enough to be recorded in history!

Everyone gasped.

What was this to make the following delegations do?

The topic for this session is so difficult...