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The Precious Scroll of Incense Mountain, Part 1 69 sufficient I am without sorrow.’’ Before long, already a month had passed. Only the empress kept thinking of her and longing for her morning and night. By day she did not eat, at night she did not sleep! She talked with the other women in the Six Palaces about submitting a proposal to the emperor, imploring him to pardon her daughter’s crime and assuring him that they would all guarantee her good behavior if she were allowed to return to the palace. A white cloud may suddenly come to rest on a green cliff, But nothing will bring the moon down from the dark sky. Namo Guanshiyin pusa The imperial concubines of the Six Palaces walked in step, As they walked to the golden throne hall to plead their case. A hundred musicians, loudly playing their music, led the way, While the main consort, the empress, followed behind them. Arriving before the hall, she shouted: ‘‘A myriad of years!’’ Twenty-four times she bowed, her tears overflowing: ‘‘I implore you, Your Majesty, to engender happy joy, Be so kind as to pardon our daughter and set her free! She is our own flesh and blood, the treasure of my heart, Don’t bully and insult her so as to deprive her of her life! Silly and gullible and very young she lacks proper character, Unable to distinguish spring from fall, she doesn’t follow reason. So I implore you, her father and emperor, to still your rage, And to display your compassion by releasing the criminal! I myself have given birth to only these three daughters, Each I’ve nursed and fed for three years—nine years in total. Marvelous Book and Marvelous Sound are doing fine, But alas, Marvelous Goodness is suffering such misery. Do you as her father and emperor have a heart of stone, Forgetting the hardship and pain of your own flesh and blood?’’ When the emperor heard this, he laughed heartily, and said: ‘‘The understanding of a father and mother is basically the same. Who does not love and cherish his own daughter? But it would be better if she were more filial and obedient. Now We will tell her to correct her mistakes. Tomorrow, following the morning audience, We will go to the garden Ourselves for a visit, and then We will tell that die-
70 ThePreciousScrollofIncenseMountain,Part1 hard good-for-nothing girl to return to the palace. All you palace women should come along to talk her around.’’ When the empress had received this order, she promptly accompanied the emperor. An enlightened person doesn’t have to be told many times, There’s no need to beat a resounding drum again and again. Namo Guanshiyin pusa The emperor, the empress, and the imperial concubines Came to the garden, but not in a formal grand procession. Female servants and female workers led the way in front, Lower-ranking concubines followed behind in the rear. The female officials in charge of flowers welcomed them, And asked the emperor to rest for a while in a pavilion. They made twenty-four bows, wished him a myriad of years, And asked the emperor why he visited the garden in person. From the pavilion the emperor addressed them as follows: ‘‘You officials before the pavilion, listen to Our reasons. Because Marvelous Goodness harbored perverse views, And silly and foolish did not show a proper determination, We confined her here to the garden now over a month ago, But We do not know her situation since she was brought here. If you, female officials, know how she has been doing here, If you know her condition, please let Us know how she is.’’ The female officials promptly replied to him as follows: ‘‘Sage and enlightened Son of Heaven, listen to our words. As we had not received any directive from Your Majesty, We have not dared visit Her Highness to this very day.’’ When the emperor went in person to observe the princess, She was silently practicing meditation inside a small pavilion. He knocked on the door and shouted: ‘‘Marvelous Goodness, You madcap lunatic, you wretched and despicably vile low-caste! You lack the luck to enjoy all manner of pleasures and good times, You brought this disaster on yourself, becoming a prisoner. But if today you obediently will show a change of heart, We will pardon you—back in the palace, you’ll be a darling. If you immediately change your mind, it’s still not too late, But if as before you disobey Us, We’ll order you extirpated!’’
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