Chapter Eighty-Nine In the full glory of the Kaiyuan era, amidst myriad blossoms (I)
Word Number：189
Author：一曲雨霖铃
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Release Time：2025-10-08
Full of the sounds of flutes and songs, full of blossoms in sight, the chambers gleam with pearls and jade, surpassing the beauties of Wu. Then do I know that the caverns of the sea’s immortals are but like the splendid households of men. At embroidered doors by night, red candles gather like a market, while dance robes trail in daylight like clouds of rosy sunset. Yet I fear when the feast is ended, the maidens disperse, and by the banks of the Yangtze the half-slanting moon shall hang. Now to speak of the affairs of men—most arise from the stirrings of desire. One day, Emperor Xuanzong ascended the throne; the court debate was halfway through, when the Censor-in-Chief Jiang Hui remonstrated: “Your Majesty, when Zong Chuke and others altered the late Emperor Zhongzong’s testament, the hearts of the civil and military officials were divided. Some, loyal to sovereign and realm, gave their lives beyond the passes in suppressing the two villains; yet there were also those who mixed with the crowd, did nothing, and let the villains have their way.” At this all officials turne
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