Painful death!

"Are you two newlyweds?" An old woman who was selling the flowers asked Sheng Li. 

"Yes," Sheng Li replied and looked at Ying Lili. "I heard that these flowers have an enormous demand in Luoyang," asserted Sheng Li as he turned to look at the old woman. 

"Yes. But for the past one year the supply has been limited because of which our income has been affected," the old woman replied. 

"Why is it so? Does the Royalty not want them anymore?" Sheng Li queried her. 

"Do you not know?" the only lady asked in a low voice. Sheng Li shook his head in refusal when the old lady gestured to him to get down. Sheng Li did so, and the lady whispered, "We are not allowed to send goods to the capital without this permission of the Master." Sheng Li tilted his head and pried into the eyes of the old woman. 

Ying Lili too came to her knees and checked the flowers. "Why is it so, mother?" Sheng Li asked. "You will get good prices there," Sheng Li asserted.