Low audible groans sounded in the late summer night atmosphere and a faint; a hushed moaning noise echoed in the wedding chamber, as their seeking bodies discovered, connected, melted and rendered into one another, finally. That particular night would be the first of many evenings to come for Bai Qian to be Mo Yuan’s legal…
“High God Mo Yuan, please accept the Dragon horn. It’s the auspicious hour and time to remove High Goddess Bai Qian’s veil.” Bai Qian immediately recognized her eldest brother’s wife, Princess Consort Cheng’s feminine voice officially announce, while she remained still as a marble statue. The new bride, Bai Qian, dressed in her magnificent handmade…
It was unusually and unnaturally quiet when Bai Zhen walked into the recently boisterous Fox Den. It had become the bustling epicenter of activity with Xiao Wu’s wedding, which was only a week away. The wedding ceremony which began as a small and intimate celebration, had now become a lavish gigantic affair with more than…
Zhe Yan’s Eden within his ten miles of peach trees was usually the place of pure peace, and serenity. It was the tranquil scenery, where one could detect even the faintest nearly nonexistent sonances of fully blossomed florets falling to the ground like raindrops. In this magical place of habitual silence. There was the most…
Joyfully dancing musical scales and harmonically swinging song notes, from Mo Yuan skillfully playing his zither lingered in the air. The sweetest tune drifted, floated and turned languidly in the quiet and serene evening atmosphere. They flowed from his Chinese harp. They streamed from his psaltery and out came the most moving of love serenades.…
A sudden flurry of Blue Morpho butterflies wrote out the following poem in the air… Beautiful summer A golden dragon worships in spite of the fox… An impromptu gathering of Crimson Summer Tanager songbirds, chirped the next verse in harmony… Warming eventide A young, white fox desires after the dragon… Love haikus from Mo Yuan…
In Mo Yuan’s time having a family came in a precisely specific order. Two people meet either through a matchmaker, relatives or a prearranged agreement. Then the two individuals married frequently without ever seeing each other’s faces, until in their wedding chamber as husband and wife. After their primary meeting, the newlywed pair consummated their…
Marriage? He never expected to marry and fatherhood, of course, never crossed his mind but Mo Yuan stared down at his newborn son Jīnlóng in pure reverence and wonder. He smiled thinking about how Lifen said they made a baby during their honeymoon, and he smiled because she was right. He smiled from the pure…
The Continuation of Lifen’s Story….. In the middle of the wide open courtyard by the coy fish pond at the Forever Blooming Hibiscus Brothel, underneath the cool shade of the enormous persimmon tree, parked in wait and stood the most luxurious sedan Lifen had ever seen. The boxed compartment was spacious for a sedan, and…
The floral scented smoke of opium burning billowed up, filled and lingered in the air around them. The old woman puffed, inhaled on her smoking pipe and never took her scrutinizing and perceptively, shrewd sight off Lifen. Qiao Hui smoked and listened to the skinny girl read aloud from the bordello’s detailed journal in silence.…
The Story of Lifen….. How long had Lifen been riding in the wooden, barred cage on the back of the horse drawn carriage? It had been many days, and she was still wearing the same bloodstained clothing from her father’s accidental death. The day she awoke in a pool of his blood, saw her treasured…
Somehow his younger twin knew his question before Mo Yuan even uttered a single word. Ye Hua seemed to be inside his confused, disoriented head and well aware of the reason behind his sudden trip to Celestial Heaven. The visit was Mo Yuan’s last resort, the final chance to learn of Lifen’s location and whereabouts.…
For obvious purposes, the realm Qingqiu was Mo Yuan’s first stop of many and his first destination to confess everything. He hoped perhaps if Bai Zhi became aware of his actual, purposeful plans and how and why he’d become so intimately involved in Bai Qian’s heavenly trial. Mo Yuan hoped to soften the surprising blow,…
High, sturdy stonewalls surrounded the Forever Blooming Hibiscus brothel like a well-guarded fortress, or more like a strongly fortified prison for the many helpless women forced to sell themselves inside. It was a sad, depressing looking place regardless of the garish, ornately decorated rooftops, and it broke his heart to know Lifen was inside. Mo…
Everyone present turned and directed their attention towards Mo Yuan, right after Bai Zhi’s impromptu and unexplained departure. It was understandable, feasible for them to automatically assume and believe he knew more than the others. When in reality, it was he who was most concerned. It was Mo Yuan who was most troubled by his…