Chapter 1 The Queen's Strange Fragrance
The Phoenix Country has countless flowers and fragrances that are renowned far and near. The people of the Phoenix Country naturally have great respect for the Hundred Flowers Fairy.
Unfortunately, the beauty was short-lived. Empress Ji, despite being favored by the Emperor, suddenly went mad on a stormy night. The Emperor sought out famous doctors everywhere, and finally, a recluse appeared, telling the Emperor that Empress Ji was originally a hundred flower fairy from heaven who had descended to the mortal world to reunite with the Emperor. Now that their karma was fulfilled, she would soon ascend. The Emperor, infatuated, begged the recluse to keep Empress Ji behind, and finally, the recluse instructed him to build a pavilion of a hundred flowers in the eastern part of Fenghuang City, cast a golden statue of Empress Ji, and only then could her spirit be retained. In this way, one day, Empress Ji would come back to life.
The emperor then ordered the best craftsmen and carpenters in Fenghuangguo to build the Baifa Pavilion.
The Empress Ji just ascended to heaven on the day of completion of the Baifa Pavilion, transformed into a rainbow light and entered the statue. Her body turned into a hundred flowers on the same day, and the Phoenix Palace was instantly surrounded by a hundred flowers, fragrant and never withering.
From then on, the Hundred Flowers Pavilion became a place of great admiration and popularity among people, with incense burning in profusion.
Later, it was passed down among the people that a woman with a strange fragrance would appear, and some said that she was the incarnation of the Hundred Flowers Fairy.
In order to welcome the return of the Hundred Flowers Fairy at any time, the people of Fenghuang Country will hold a grand ceremony every three years to select a woman with both virtue and talent, who possesses extraordinary skills as a substitute for the Hundred Flowers Fairy, hoping that when the Hundred Flowers Fairy is reborn, she can obtain her physical body smoothly. Secondly, it is also to express gratitude for the blessings bestowed by the Hundred Flowers Fairy.
Of course, these are all legends.
After listening to the so-called high priest's introduction, Qilin scratched her ears. As the saying goes, every festival has a beautiful legend, just to win people's hearts. I wonder if that Concubine Xiang with a unique fragrance should have used some special spices, or she was the legendary Fragrant Concubine of Emperor Qianlong.
She doesn't care about these things at all, because they have nothing to do with her.
I didn't expect the opening ceremony to be so formal and on such a large scale. The beauties participating are all stunning, not to mention they seem to have impressive family backgrounds. Even high-ranking officials from the imperial court are attending, including Mu Qingfeng, but I haven't seen Prince Zi Yin.
Qilin couldn't have imagined that the Hundred Flowers Pavilion was actually inside the Hundred Flowers Building, and the entire pavilion was wrapped in rose vines without a speck of dust. Usually, Qilin was content with her simple life, never leaving the main gate or crossing the second gate, so it's no wonder she didn't know this pavilion was the Hundred Flowers Pavilion. It's also no surprise that this Drunken Flower Building would be so prosperous and thriving, who knows if it's good fortune or bad luck.
Now a man wearing Chinese clothes and a cow head mask is standing in front of the Baifa Building, waiting for the interpreter to leave before setting up his altar. The people below all put their hands together in prayer. It must be some kind of ceremony, Qilin also pretended to pray, but secretly glanced around, unexpectedly catching Mu Qingfeng raising an eyebrow at herself.
Qilin was startled and suddenly remembered Mu Qingfeng's words "I remember you" from that day. Qilin felt a chill in her heart, quickly looked away, and when she raised her eyes again, Mu Qingfeng was closing his eyes and praying like everyone else, as if nothing had happened at all. What a strange person.
The masked man on the altar finished all his movements and sat cross-legged, muttering unintelligible incantations. But in Qilin's eyes, he was just jumping up and down a few times and saying a few words that sounded like nonsense, just like those modern-day quack mediums.
Apart from Qilin, there was another person who despised these actions.
Buxiaoyi gazed at the masked figure sitting cross-legged, pretending to be mysterious, and couldn't help but laugh at how ridiculous it was. What a foolish feudal human being. But Buxiaoyi's smile suddenly froze as she was startled by her own thoughts - what made her think of these things? What is feudalism anyway?
As she watched the ceremony, Pei Yao's mind suddenly flashed back to some groundbreaking ceremonies for land development projects. These images were fragmented and fleeting, making it hard for her to process them all at once. She was drenched in cold sweat and had a splitting headache. Luckily, Liu Xi supported her from the side, or else she would have fainted into the crowd.
Compose yourself, all those scenes just disappeared, and it hurts to think about them, so I'd better not think about it, and continue watching this so-called festival.
I thought that when the people on the platform got up, they could open the door of the Bahe Tower, but when the person on the altar stood up, a sharp and fine voice came from behind the crowd.
"The Emperor has arrived"
