Legend

Many years ago, there was a brave king in China who did lots of benefits for the people. He admired a beautiful girl and made her stay in the palace so that he could see her whenever he wanted. But, the girl did not like the frightful figure of the king. She seldom spoke a word in the palace. Each time the king went to her place, he showed her some treasures and brought her some gifts to try to make her smile and speak.

On every full moon, the girl would burn incenses and wax candles to worship the moon. People believed that there was a god living in the moon that made the moon shines, so girls who wanted to be a beauty and have a handsome husband would worship the moon.

One day, on the full moon of the eighth month, the king brought three herbs pills to show her.

"This is from the priest of the palace. If I eat them up, I can live forever!" he exclaimed.

This was the first time the girl looked at anything he brought.

He continued, "If you and I both take one, we will both live forever. Then no one could take you away from me!"

Because the king was afraid of the pills' potential side effects, he forced the girl to take a pill first. If nothing bad happened to her after she took the pill, then he would take one immediately. However, the girl realized+ that if she took all three of them, she could leave the king. Therefore, for the first time, she spoke to the king, "Let me have a look of the pills first. Otherwise, I will not try."

The king, surprised the girl had talked to him, handed the pills to her. She did not say anything but ate all of them. The king was extremely angry and wanted to kill her.

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