The spring in February was just right. All the spring in the palace was revealed, and all the flowers in the changle palace began to bud.
Qiao Jinniang had nothing to do, so she used the flowers in the palace to make flower cakes. In another half a month, it would be clear and bright again. She was a little greedy for green balls to eat, but there was no wormwood in the palace.
So she went to the temple to burn incense and pray for blessings. She made a trip to the Yuan Xi Temple.
There were many wild vegetables and weeds on the mountain of Yuanxi Temple. The people of Chang ‘an did not like to eat green tuber, so no one picked the whole piece of Wormwood.
Qiao Jin dismissed the internal attendants and palace maids. She only took Yuyan and hongling to the mountain behind Yuanxi Temple to pick wormwood.
