When Spring Fills the Garden

During the Xuanqi era, the Crown Prince had just been appointed when fires repeatedly broke out at the Eastern Palace. At night, flames often blazed into the sky. The emperor sent additional guards time and again and had chiwei ridge ornaments rebuilt on the palace halls, but to no avail. After more than a month, rumors began spreading among the people, and the emperor grew troubled. Later, word got around that the Crown Prince often dreamed of a divine maiden. She was exquisitely beautiful, pure and bright as the moon, radiant as a pearl, and cool as jade. She appeared amid a sea of raging flames, turned with a gentle smile, then vanished in an instant. The Crown Prince asked the guests in his retinue about it, but none could explain.

At the time, there was an opera singer named Huofeng. One day, he entered the palace to perform at a grand banquet. The Crown Prince was astonished, sprang to his feet, and declared that this was the divine maiden from his dreams. Alas, Huofeng was a man and could not enter the palace to attend him at his side, so the Crown Prince asked the emperor to reward him with a thousand gold pieces. The emperor agreed. After that, the Eastern Palace was safe and sound, and no more flames appeared. Huofeng's fame soared. He was hailed as an auspicious voice, given his own theater by imperial decree, and drew crowds eager to see him perform every day.

This is the origin of the story behind Huofeng, the greatest opera singer of the age, and his "Thousand-Gold Dream."

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