Joy of Life
A family inclined to kindness and charity would grace the descendants. Thanks to one small act of kindness, by providence she comes across a grateful friend; Fortunate that her mother, has done an unperceived good deed…. Men should rescue the distressed and aid the poor… Who would have guessed that kindness in this world ultimately would be the road that one must choose, that proverbial fork in the road? Clouds of rain float on eastern winds as new vines start to blossom. Though drums of war roar too loudly and their brilliance has been lost, a green grass carpet greets the sun by the break of morning. Let us wait for the yellow leaves, a few gourds are harvested.
So What?
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The sky was gray, and the atmosphere in the palace was heavy. The sun in the east had just risen and had not yet had the time to spill its warmth over the Qing Kingdom. It was swallowed by dark clouds that came out of nowhere. The red light immediately appeared dim. The sky also darkened.
In the back palace, the serving girls who rose to wash in the morning began to boil water. Odd-job eunuchs began to sweep the ground of dust with bamboo brooms taller than themselves. No one knew that had happened in the front palace. Just like the common people, each day they repeated their orders and lives. The nobles were not an exception. Although strange happenings in Jingdou these days had faintly entered their ears, those matters were only known to a limited number of people in the Qing Kingdom.