August 13, the nineteenth year of the Chongzhen reign.
With the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, the entire Capital was brimming with festive joy. Streets and alleys were adorned with lanterns of all shapes and sizes, which appeared particularly celebratory under the sunlight. The Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival was one of the three major lantern festivals, the others being the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival.
"Make sure the lanterns at the four gates of the palace are well-tended! They must not go out! If any of them go out, every eunuch on duty will be beaten to death!" Wang Chengen commanded the eunuchs.
"Don't worry, Eunuch Wang, we have noted your orders."
Chapter 570