"Our Nuannuan was an incredibly attentive person. She had noticed long ago that when the alchemists refined elixirs, getting the proportions wrong sometimes caused explosions.
These explosions varied in strength, and adding certain substances could even produce a dazzling rainbow of colors. That was the origin of the fireworks we set off today.
The weaker kind became fireworks, while the more powerful kind became gunpowder.
Speaking of which, another little story comes to mind. Apparently, at first, the alchemists wondered what Nuannuan wanted with them. When it turned out she wanted them to blow up their furnaces a few more times and remember the formulas, she gave them quite a fright.
And in the beginning, they ran into walls at every turn, unable to produce gunpowder with any real power. It was our Nuannuan who met a reclusive master who taught her the formula for gunpowder.
But given the era of Great Xia, this reclusive master feels more like an excuse Her Highness made up. I'm more inclined to believe our princess was a goddess reincarnated, whose memories hadn't been completely wiped clean. Haha!"
Hearing this, the people of Great Xia dropped to their knees and began kowtowing over and over.
"May the goddess protect us!"
They knew nothing about alchemists, gunpowder, or fireworks. All they knew was that this divine miracle had declared their princess a goddess.
The people of Rui'an County gazed at Jiang Nuan with shining eyes. The man who had brought her the reclining chair earlier stared at it covetously. A goddess had lain on that chair! He was going to keep it as a family heirloom!
Watching this, Jiang Nuan thought, Oh no. Now that the Heavenly Screen has appeared, won't the people really start treating me as a goddess?
"I'm not a goddess. Please