All the palace gates inside and outside the palace, as well as the courtyard doors, were locked, dividing the huge palace into palaces and courtyards. Under such an environment, the palace residents naturally went back to their houses early to rest and wait for dawn.

Xiyuan and Yongshou Palace are still brightly lit at this time.

Perhaps because he had completed another important piece of government affairs, Emperor Jiajing was in great spirits today and summoned his concubine to sleep with him.

Concubine Shang, of course, was the concubine who unexpectedly gained favor when Emperor Jiajing fell into laughter because he was taking a nap.

Perhaps it was because Concubine Shang's youthful vitality had infected Emperor Jiajing invisibly. Whenever he was with Concubine Shang, Emperor Jiajing felt that he seemed to become younger and more energetic.

For more than a year, Emperor Jiajing often summoned Concubine Shang to the Yongshou Palace.

"Your Majesty, I heard that this year's fireworks have been sent to the palace. Why don't we bring some to set off? I haven't seen fireworks for a long time."

Perhaps because there have been so many visitors to Yongshou Palace, Concubine Shang is too familiar with the place and has no sense of freshness anymore. Moreover, she particularly likes the fireworks that are set off every year.

While playing games with Emperor Jiajing, he suddenly mentioned that he wanted to watch a fireworks show.

For Concubine Shang, she had only seen fireworks such as firecrackers and gophers among the people before. It was not until she was elected to the palace that she saw the gorgeous fireworks show, which naturally left a deep impression.

Fireworks and firecrackers "come from the same family", both benefiting from the invention of gunpowder.

The earliest fireworks should have appeared in the Song Dynasty. It is recorded in the book "Qidong Yeyu" written by Song Dynasty scholar Zhou Mi: "When fireworks are burned in the courtyard, there are so-called ground rats."

The "Ground Mouse" here is one of the earliest fireworks products clearly recorded, and the word "fireworks" also appears here.

Gophers are naturally the kind of fireworks that spin when ignited and spray flames at the same time. Sometimes they will spin in place, and sometimes they will run around randomly.

By the Ming Dynasty, many types of fireworks had also been developed. As recorded in the "Wanshu Miscellanies" of the Ming Dynasty, at that time, there were various types of fireworks including gophers, flower tubes, three-level waves, etc., as many as

More than one hundred kinds.

The annual Aoshan Lantern Festival releases a large-scale "fireworks stand" that combines a variety of fireworks, which is similar to the fireworks displays of later generations.

If during the Northern Song Dynasty, fireworks were only for the enjoyment of the court nobles, then by the Southern Song Dynasty, fireworks had already "flyed into the homes of ordinary people."

Every neighborhood in the market had shops specializing in the production and sale of firecrackers and fireworks, which became popular items among both the court and the people.

However, for the production of fireworks, the most exquisite skills naturally come to the capital, and the most skilled fireworks in the capital are still in the palace. As the saying goes, "the production of fireworks and artillery requires the utmost craftsmanship in the capital."

Emperor Jiajing himself also liked to watch fireworks. When he heard that his beloved concubine wanted to watch them, he naturally agreed.

Soon, several large fireworks stands were carried into the Yongshou Palace.

"Your Majesty, isn't this too small?"

Huang Jin frowned when he saw the fireworks rack brought in by the chamberlain, and couldn't help but whisper to Emperor Jiajing.
Chapter completed!