Peony Yong once casually mentioned to her when she sat down to rest in the playground: The life and development of the Peony royal family has also gone through calamities, sometimes even like the phoenix Nirvana, and all calamities are also closely related to human beings.

Hongyu'er wanted to get to the bottom of it and let him talk more and explain more, but he just said as if he was guided: "For example, the female emperor of your human race, whose surname is Wu Mingxiao." ”

How could Hongyu'er not know this classic ancient legend, she was smart and then asked: "It is said that the female emperor Wu Cao Wu Zetian is the heart of your fairy world, but is it true?"

Peony Yong smiled and remained silent.

Hongyu'er looked at him tabooly, and knew that it might be inconvenient for him to answer, so he stopped talking and didn't delve into it anymore. She had read about this legend from ancient books a long time ago, and the story was told like this:

"In the heavenly court in ancient times, on the third day of the third month of March in a certain year, all the gods and goddesses went to Kunlun to celebrate the birthday of the queen mother, and all the beasts and birds danced and sang to help the fun.

At the banquet, Chang'e said to the Hundred Flowers Fairy: "Today is the Queen Mother's Christmas, you should make a hundred flowers bloom, which can increase the atmosphere and promote the wine." ”

When the gods heard this, they all echoed and praised it. However, the Hundred Flowers Fairy refused on the grounds that "the flowers bloom in an orderly manner". Because he saw that Chang'e was rejected because of her proposal, he was displeased, so he said to her: "I really didn't mean to save your face." If it disobeys the order when it should not bloom, I will voluntarily fall into the mortal dust and suffer for a lifetime. Chang'e took these words to heart.

Coincidentally, not long after, Xinyue Fox descended to earth under the edict of the Jade Emperor. Before leaving, Chang'e whispered to her: When the time comes, let a hundred flowers bloom to show her prestige. So, Xinyue Fox was reincarnated as the daughter of a martial artist, and was later summoned into the palace by Tang Taizong, named a talented person, and later ascended the throne, proclaimed himself Emperor Wu, and ruled the world.

When Wu Zetian abolished the Tang Dynasty and changed the Zhou, one day, she suddenly became interested, and took the concubines and palace maids to the upper garden to drink and enjoy the snow. At this time, the heavy snow has just stopped, and I saw that all the scenery of the rockery, the pavilion, the small bridge, and the promenade were dressed in white plain clothes; although the branches and leaves of all kinds of flowers and trees were withered, they were dressed up by the snow, like silver branches and jade flowers, and they looked particularly beautiful; occasionally two small birds flew in, and gently dusted the branches, and sprinkled the white flocculents, like butterflies flying one by one. Wu Zetian was fascinated, but he didn't expect the scenery of the snow to be so magnificent. Suddenly, she noticed that in the white snowdrift, there was a little fire burning and jumping. If you look closely, it turns out to be a red plum in full bloom. Wu Zetian was really overjoyed! She couldn't help but chant a poem to express her joyful feelings. The concubines who accompanied the flower viewing saw that the queen mother was so happy, and they all rushed to toast her, at this time, a concubine said: "Empress Wu, no matter how good the plum blossom is, after all, it is a flower alone." If you could make a decree and let this garden bloom with a hundred flowers, wouldn't it be more satisfying?

Another concubine shook her head and said, "Now in the cold winter and cold months, plum blossoms are blooming in season. If you let the flowers bloom, you need to wait until next spring. ”

Wu Zetian laughed out loud when he heard this, and said: "It's not surprising that flowers bloom in spring. A hundred flowers and snow are blooming, which is in line with my heart. ”

The concubines saw that she was already a little drunk, and persuaded her: "Empress Wu, the hour is not early, go back to the palace to rest quickly." If you still want to see it, come back early tomorrow morning. ”

Wu Zetian was carried back to the palace by the palace maid, but she was still drunk, and she was still thinking about letting the hundred flowers and snow bloom. So, the palace maid brought the four treasures of the study, immediately held the frost in her hand, dipped it in thick ink, and wrote a five-character poem on the white silk:

The Ming Dynasty traveled to the garden, and quickly reported the spring

The flowers bloom overnight, don't wait for the wind to blow.

After writing, she asked the palace maid to take it to the upper garden and burn it to report that the flower god knew.

Unfortunately, the Hundred Flowers Fairy did not return from the trip, and the flower gods had no way to ask for instructions, and they did not dare to disobey the will.

The Peach Blossom Fairy was the least daring, and shrunk and said: "Wu Zetian is ruthless, he can do anything, we don't dare to disobey!"

A few little flower fairies also timidly echoed and said, "Yes, let's prepare early and open it in advance!"

Only the peony fairy disagreed with their opinions, and said a little angrily: "Wu Zetian is too domineering, you are in charge of the affairs of the world, and now you are in charge of us again." These hundred flowers are blooming, each has its own season, the world is open, and the four seasons follow, how can you be allowed to go against the heavens and the earth? Sisters, we can't follow!"

When the flower fairy heard the peony fairy say this, they all felt that everything was reasonable. But when he thought of Wu Zetian's cruelty, he hesitated again.

Many fairies said: "Sister Peony, open it this time, otherwise it will be a big disaster." ”

The peony fairy said stubbornly: "You can't do anything against your will once." As long as we are strong-willed, see what she can do with me?"

At this time, the drum has been beaten for four watches, and the sky is about to brighten. The flower fairies saw that the peony fairy had made up their minds, so they had to disperse in a hurry and bloom separately.

Hundreds of birds chirp, and the morning dawn dews. When Wu Zetian woke up, his drunkenness had disappeared. She got dressed and got up, sat in front of the mirror and asked Yahuan to dress her. At this moment, the palace maid pushed the door in and happily reported: "Long live, all the flowers in the upper garden are in bloom!"

Wu Zetian was overjoyed when he heard it, thinking about the poem he wrote late, it was just a "drunken joke", but he didn't expect that Baihua was really opened. She hurried out of the palace and came to the upper garden. Raise your eyes and look at it, the peach blossoms, plum blossoms, magnolias, begonias, hibiscus, lilacs, etc. are all in full bloom. The brilliant morning glow reflects the flowers, and the white snow is lined with green leaves, swaying with the wind, leaning and leaning up, graceful and charming.

At this time, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty all came to watch the rarity. Wu Zetian faced Zhongqing, got carried away, and strode towards a bare peony. When she saw that only the peony was not released among the flowers, a wave of anger rose spontaneously. The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became, and she scolded: "Bold peony! How dare I be so presumptuous and resist the decree." Set fire to it, and leave not a single plant behind!"

After receiving the order, the samurai immediately lit firewood and threw it into the peony bushes. Suddenly, the smoke was billowing and the flames were blazing, only to burn the peonies crackling and crackling. The peony fairy saw that a piece of peony was about to be destroyed, and couldn't help but cry, full of grief and indignation.

At noon, the fire burned out, and the peony garden turned to charred ash. The inner servant reported to Wu Zetian: Long live Qiyu, the peony has been burned to ashes.

Wu Zetian's anger did not subside, and he said hatefully: "Eradicate it by the roots, demote it from Chang'an, and throw it to Luoyang Mountain, so that it will be cut off from the seed!"

Why did Wu Zetian demote the peony to Luoyang's mountain? It turned out that she often came to Luoyang and had been to Luoyang's mountain. She knew that this place was crisscrossed with ravines, remote and desolate, so that Peony could suffer alone here, so as to relieve the hatred in her heart.

The warriors immediately waved their iron sharves, dug out the peonies by the roots, loaded them into a cart overnight, sent them to Luoyang, and threw them on the mountain ridge.

Who knows, as soon as the peony enters the new soil, it takes root again. In the spring of the following year, the mountains are full of verdant greenery. The people of Bishan have long liked peonies, and they have been planting them from house to house. Later, when the people in the city heard about it, they also came to transplant it. The peony fairy was very happy to see that the people of Luoyang loved peonies so much. As soon as the rain arrives in the valley, the plants are in full bloom, and there are thousands of postures. People who appreciate peonies, help the old and bring the young, the morning and dusk are continuous, the sea of people and flowers, the grand occasion is extraordinary.

Peonies are in full bloom in Luoyang. Because this kind of peony is strong and unswerving in the fire of Wu Zetian, people praise it as "scorched peony".

It is said that the Hundred Flowers Fairy violated the rules of heaven and was impeached for "flattering the Lord of the world before the time of time, causing the order of time to be reversed." So the Jade Emperor relegated the Hundred Flowers Fairy to the world. ”

The Hundred Flowers Fairy has endured a lifetime of hardships in the mortal world, and it can be regarded as fulfilling the oath she made in front of Chang'e.

This story has been circulated in the world for tens of thousands of years, and it is needless to say how many apocryphal elements there are in the story, but for the Peony family, it is a catastrophe that is real. The beauty of the peony lies in its glamorous but not bewitching, beautiful but not charming, and its arrogance is even more praised by people! This is also the root of the red fish's unique affection for the peony family.

The museum is very large, and the red fish and peony Yong are only half of the scene, and it is already dark. The museum rang the bell for clearance, and the red fish pulled the reluctant Peony Yong out and persuaded him to come back tomorrow if he wanted to see it.