Insufficient balance
"Yunfei, wake up! Hurry up and get dressed! I'll help you change!" Xiaolian looked at Li Yunfei with a hint of shyness in her big eyes, but when she struggled to remember something, her brow furrowed and a sharp pain made her cry out, "Ah! It hurts!..."
"Xiao Lian, are you okay?! It's all my fault for drinking too much last night and not considering that you were already...". Li Yunfei thought back to last night and felt a bit guilty. Originally, Xiao Lian was just experiencing it for the first time, but he didn't care about her pain and instead went crazy all night. Seeing Xiao Lian's painful expression, he suddenly felt a pang of self-reproach. Actually, this couldn't be blamed on Li Yunfei. Last night, he had met those famous people, how could he not get excited? These were figures that one could only read about in history books!
With faces as pale as gold paper, Qin Qiong and Wei Tuo, who were as black as the bottom of a pot, these are China's earliest door gods! Li Yunfei was later made drunk again by these founding fathers, among whom Cheng Yaojin was the most cheerful. In the end, Li Yunfei didn't even know how he returned to his room, and it was Xiao Lian who endured the pain to clean herself up. However, she was stimulated by the alcohol and her desire increased greatly, so she was tossed about by Li Yunfei for another night, and it would be strange if Xiao Lian wasn't further injured.
"No... No, this is my own will. Yunfei, I really am willing to do so. You mustn't be sad. However, today Xiaolian may not be able to serve Young Master Wang in bed again." Xiaolian was deeply moved by Li Yunfei's self-reproachful appearance. In this day and age, which master apologizes to their servant? It made Xiaolian's admiration for Li Yunfei gradually turn into love.
"Xiao Lian, you rest well today! I'll just go out for a stroll by myself, it's not often that I get to leave the palace, so I want to relax properly!" Li Yunfei affectionately kissed Xiao Lian's face before getting out of bed and putting on his clothes.
Xiaolian, who had fallen asleep again after a glance, made Li Yan's mouth curve into a smile. He finally felt a sense of home now. As he gazed at his reflection in the copper mirror, he was suddenly drawn to it - he had never really examined himself before! Who would have thought that he was so handsome? Probably even in the future, he'd be considered an idol star or something!
Li Yunfei is now wearing a white satin Confucian robe, and walking on the road is also a handsome young man! However, Li Yunfei feels that he seems to be missing something, what is it? Ah, yes, it's this thing!
This is something that often appears in movies of later generations, how could I not have one? In the past, watching those scholars on TV was so elegant, especially those grand heroes were also like this. Unfortunately, Li Yan forgot that there was no such thing as a folding fan at this time. The earliest recorded use of folding fans dates back to the Song Dynasty, where it is described as an imported product. A typical folding fan consists of three parts: the fan bone, fan page, and fan surface. Ordinary folding fans usually have bamboo or wood fan bones and paper fan surfaces. More refined ones would have poems and paintings on the fan surface. High-end folding fans often use ivory for the fan bone and fan leaves, with intricate carvings on top and famous calligraphy and paintings on the fan surface.
The folding fan originated in Japan. It was also known as the "Japanese fan" and was brought to China by Japanese envoys as a tribute gift. The folding fan resembles a bat, with various names such as the "silk fan", "gathered head fan", "bat fan", and "folded fan". The first folding fan was made from thin slices of hinoki cypress sewn together, hence it was called the "hinoki fan", but later changed to paper fans. Folding fans already existed in the early Heian period. According to the "Tale of the West Wing", during the early Heian period, every summer, the imperial court would give folding fans to their attendants as gifts, and folding fans became one of the items that attendants carried with them when they were on duty. Later, women in the palace were also influenced by this custom and often carried a folding fan as an ornament.
According to "Yuán Zájì" magazine, the earliest fan used in ancient China was the silk fan. As for the folding fan used by modern people, also known as the sandalwood fan, it was introduced during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty when Korea presented it as a tribute to China. Emperor Yongle liked this convenient and practical fan, so he ordered the craftsmen in the palace to imitate it. Later, it spread from the palace and quickly became popular throughout the country, widely used by people everywhere.
At first, the Ming palace only used bamboo bone paper thin surface folding fans. Later, the imperial court set a rule that every year many gold folding fans were made and presented to the emperor. One side of this fan was written with regular script poetry and sentences by scholars waiting for orders, while the other side was painted with exquisite paintings by painters from the painting academy. It was scheduled to be presented on May 1st of the lunar calendar each year, in preparation for the emperor to give it to the concubines and palace maids on Dragon Boat Festival on May 5th. These gold folding fans had eyes made of fine gold, with a value of five taels per fan.
This fashion, in the Ming dynasty palace, became more and more popular. The materials used for folding fans were increasingly exquisite and ingenious. Fan bones made of ivory, tortoiseshell, sandalwood, agarwood, bamboo, and various types of wood were used. Craftsmanship included spiral shell inlay, carved lacquer, gold-sprinkled lacquer, and matte foreign lacquer. There were also hollow-edged fan bones with 32 tiny playing cards hidden inside. Some had hollow bodies filled with exotic fragrances. Others had small dice hidden within the rivets. These folding fan bones were all engraved with various patterns, extremely ingenious and clever. Some fan bones imitated the shape of a swallow's tail, while others had rivets hidden inside, without any visible signs on the outside. As for the fan surface, there were those made of white paper with three folds, five-color splashed designs, fragrant glue-applied surfaces, gold-beaten surfaces, and gold-sprinkled surfaces.
When the Yongle Emperor of Ming began to dominate the folding fan trend, he ordered the Imperial Household Department to produce a large quantity and wrote poems on the fan surface, which were given to the ministers. For a time, the folding fan was highly valued and became a fashion trend. Literati and scholars learned to give each other fans with inscribed poems and words to express friendship and parting thoughts. Holding a folding fan became a symbol of elegance in life at that time. Once the folding fan became popular, it continued to thrive without decline. In the Qing dynasty, folding fans were everywhere, almost to the point of being overly popular. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, in the folding fan production area - Jiangnan region, many famous scholars emerged, their elegant and talented style had a subtle connection with the folding fan. The cultural atmosphere they created, like the gentle ripples on the water, showed a soft and beautiful poetic landscape; through the medium of folding fans, it was spread to the imperial palace, government offices, boudoirs, among the people, and abroad. And the folding fan also increased its value due to these beautiful paintings and excellent sentences.
In short, at this time there was no folding fan, so Li Yunfei's wish to wear a commander's uniform could not be fulfilled. Li Yunfei also asked Li Guanjia for a long time before he knew that there was no folding fan at this time. Since you don't have it, can I not do it? Li Yunfei showed a hint of a pleased smile! Especially since Li Yunfei saw a huge business opportunity in it, no wonder those transmigrators either became princes or rich merchants! The business opportunities here are really too great, and Li Yunfei couldn't help but drool at the thought.
