Gao Yang Works Series -- Three Springs Compete with Early Spring Scenery (1-3)

Author: Gao Yang
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Publish Date: 2003-06-02
Features: Cao Xueqin found it increasingly hard to believe, but this time he merely thought it in his heart. The more he thought about it, the less astonished he felt. Returning home in glory was common for people, let alone wearing the dragon robe of the "Eight Treasures and Flat Water." "Then," Cao Xueqin asked, "must we go to Zhejiang Shaoxing?" "That's not known. But Hangzhou is definitely on the way." "When, roughly?" "It will take at least two or three years to prepare!" It wasn't just two or three years. It wasn't until eight years later, in the 13th year of the Qianlong reign, that they finally set off. But an unexpected disaster occurred in Dezhou, shocking the world. As a result, Prince Ping "died in a dream when the Tiger met the Rabbit," and the Cao family "lost the three springs and saw all flowers fade, each seeking their own way."