![]() The Prime Minister smilingly departed to give the order. "Enough! I command you at once to summon the viceroy and his daughter. "So sure that I will stake my head on your being satisfied." "And are you sure of this wondrous beauty you describe so prettily?" asked the ruler, a smile of pleasure lighting up his face. Why not order her father to bring her to the palace that you may wed her and place her in your royal dwelling?" This lovely flower that has bloomed of late within his household is still unmarried. Famous is he as a soldier, but his name is now even greater in that he is the father of the most beautiful girl in all China. "Are you speaking of Su-nan?" questioned Chow-sin, frowning, for this Su-nan had once been a rebel. "Know then, Great One, that in the southern part of your realm there dwells a viceroy whose bravery has made him famous in battle." ![]() "Speak, and your words shall have my best attention," replied Chow-sin, with a gracious wave of the hand. "Your Imperial Highness," began the official, "since you have been pleased once or twice to follow my counsel, I beg of you to give ear now to what I say." "Why not, most Mighty One," suggested a favourite adviser, "send forth a command throughout the length and breadth of your Empire, that no maiden shall be taken in marriage until you have chosen yourself a wife whose beauty shall equal that of Lu-o?"Ĭhow-sin was pleased with this suggestion and doubtless would have followed it had not his Prime Minister begged him to postpone issuing the order. "I must find a woman just like her," said the Emperor, "and take her to wife." "He is stark mad," laughed his courtiers behind his back, "to fall in love with a statue." Lu-o ordered Fox Sprite to spare himself no trouble in making the wicked ruler suffer for his impudence.įor many days, try as he would, Chow-sin, the great Son of Heaven, could not forget the face he had seen in the temple. Of all her servants the most cunning was one whom we shall call Fox Sprite, because he really belonged to the fox family. Calling her assistant spirits, she told them of Chow-sin's insult. Then and there she determined to punish the Emperor. Now Lu-o was terribly angry that an earthly prince should dare to make such a remark about her. There his royal eyes were captivated by the sight of a wonderful face, the beauty of which was so great that he fell in love with it at once, telling his ministers that he wished he might take this goddess, who was no other than Lu-o, for one of his wives. Thus, when sorrowful women wished to offer up their prayers to some virtuous goddess they would go to a temple of Lu-o and pour out their hearts before her shrine.Īt one time the wicked Chow-sin, last ruler of the Yins, went to pray in the city Temple. The greatest of these was in the capital city. After she had left the world and gone into the land of the gods, beautiful statues of her were set up in many temples to keep her image always before the eyes of sinful people. Every one loved her and pointed her out as the one who was always willing to do a good deed. When men and women were put on the earth Lu-o helped them greatly by setting an example of purity and kindness. Quick as a flash Lu-o stopped it with her magic wand and held it firmly until the chief god came dashing up to the rescue.īut this was not all. In another second it would have shot down into the bottomless pit. She had been idly watching the growth of the planet, when, to her horror, she saw the newly made ball slipping slowly from its place. This was hard work, and if it had not been for the coolness and skill of a young goddess all would have failed. In the very beginning of all things, when the gods were creating the world, at last the time came to separate the earth from the heavens.
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