What fell down?
Several female officials who were running around pouring water under the eaves also had their basins knocked over with a "clatter".
Deafening shouts echoed throughout the palace and outside—
"Red fish are falling from the sky!"
"Fish, fish, fish! So many fish!"
"Fish fell from the sky, oh my god..."
Zhou Shaoyu and his two sons also saw it: in the brick courtyard outside the palace, on the rooftops, there were fish everywhere with their tails still thrashing!
The fish scales reflected the sunlight, shimmering and sparkling.
The red fish were all quite uniform in size, weighing over two pounds each.
Soon after, the ground was filled with the sound of "slap slap slap".
Even Zhou Shaoyu, who was very knowledgeable, was taken aback by this situation. What was going on?
He looked up at the sky and saw a dark mass of fish sinking down again. He quickly grabbed his two sons and hid under the eaves.
Then a person came out of the delivery room and reported to Zhou Shaoyu with a smile: "His Majesty has given birth, it's a prince, the Third Prince!"
Zhou Shaoyu's lips twitched slightly. Another son?
He was overjoyed again, thinking: as long as they are born to Zhaozhao, they are the best. He loves all his children, they are all the apple of his eye.
He said to the two children, one big and one small, "Hurry up and change your clothes, we'll be able to hold your little brother soon."
Yuanyuan ran out again, so excited she was incoherent: "Your Majesty, Princess, Your Majesty has given birth to a princess!"
No sooner had Yuanyuan finished speaking than another dark "cloud" appeared, followed by a deluge of large red fish falling from the sky.
Zhou Shaoyu was extremely surprised.
He said to Xiu Ning, who was guarding outside the door, "Go and announce in the court that His Majesty Emperor An has given birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and red fish have fallen from the sky to congratulate him."
Xiu Ning was so excited that he ran to the Hall of Officials' Council in a flash. He went inside, pressed his hands down to calm his excitement, and everyone looked at him.
Xiu Ning grinned from ear to ear and said, "Did everyone see the red fish being caught outside?"
Which official here isn't shrewd and calculating? They all immediately said, "Auspicious omens descend from heaven; may the Jade Dragon prosper for ten thousand years."
"His Majesty the Emperor has given birth to twins, a boy and a girl."
Upon hearing this, the officials were overjoyed!
Auspicious omens descend from heaven; dragons and phoenixes bring good fortune.
That's so auspicious.
What are you still doing idly? You were all once the reincarnation of the God of Literature, wielding your pens with extraordinary skill to bring peace and stability to the country. Why don't you hurry up and write down this extraordinary tale?
Xiu Ning concluded, "His Majesty has given everyone an hour's leave to go and collect fish. This is a blessing bestowed upon us by the young prince and princess, so everyone should accept it."
"Yes, yes, yes"
They all went home to find someone to collect the fish.
They collect them in basins, jars, and buckets. Even the poorest families can gather seven or eight, while the most diligent can collect several large jars.
In the ten years since its founding, the entire Yulong Kingdom has become unprecedentedly prosperous, and no dynasty has ever been as wealthy as Yulong.
Not only have cities expanded more than five times, but even in the countryside, people now have houses to live in and food to eat.
However, it's still impossible to eat fish every day. Who wouldn't pick up a fish that falls from the sky?
Just as the delivery room was tidied up and the doctor wrapped the two babies up and showed them to Zhou Shaoyu, another gust of wind blew outside.
After the strong wind, there was another shower.
Fish continued to rain from the sky.
This time, we caught golden carp.
A golden carp weighing five or six pounds.
The quantity wasn't as much as the red fish, but it was dazzling enough.
This time, everyone was the first to worship and kowtow in gratitude to Heaven. Looking at the big carp lying in the puddles on the street, they couldn't believe their eyes.
Officials are more enthusiastic about golden carp.
A golden carp, a symbol of good fortune, a lucky fish! Take it home, raise it, and cherish it.
Which official family, especially a large one, doesn't have a fishpond or an artificial ornamental lake?
Take it home and raise it!
Xie Zhaozhao only heard about the giant fish that had fallen from the sky after giving birth. She looked at her two thin babies in swaddling clothes and gently stroked their little heads: "Did you two bring that fish?"
On this day, it rained fish three times.
This event will be forever recorded in history and become a legendary tale.
Zhou Shao was overjoyed. The birth of his two children brought blessings to the world, so he decided to change the names he had originally chosen.
"The palace gates open to the heavens, and the officials of all nations bow before the emperor. My lord, upon his birth, received great blessings from heaven, bestowing upon all people good fortune. He is hereby granted the title of 'Nine Heavens lord'."
Originally, he thought that if there were a princess, he would take a character from the phrase "May the virtuous live ten thousand years, and may fortune and prosperity be with him" and bestow upon her the title of "Fu Yi." Now that the child has been born, fish have rained down from the sky, a blessing that is rare throughout the ages. So what if he takes "Nine Heavens" as his title!
The third prince named him Zhou Qize; the princess named him Zhou Yanyang.
On the day the twins were born, fish rained down from the sky. The next day, the Yulong Comprehensive Department discovered a gold mine with astonishing reserves while surveying the terrain. On the third day, Huangsha Prefecture in the northwest, which had been arid for hundreds of years, was suddenly hit by torrential rain. For the first time overnight, the land, which had been parched for a century, was covered with vegetation.
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