Standing nearby, Huang Zhenlong wore a face full of envy, but his words were rather sour: "Why send it back? Last time we sent it back, they didn't look after it properly, and it got swapped with a fake in Dongyang. If we send it back again, won't it get swapped out to Java? It would be better to keep it in our Forbidden City. We don't even have Secret-Color Porcelain in our Forbidden City, and this bowl is much more beautiful than the one displayed at our Taicheng Museum. It's a pity about the one in our museum."
Huo Sining of course knew what Director Huang meant by pity. The only piece of the Yue Kiln in the Forbidden City is a lotus-patterned vase.
However, that lotus-patterned vase is not Secret-Color Porcelain, just an ordinary piece from the Yue Kiln.
Moreover, during its firing, the glaze on that lotus-patterned vase was overheated, resulting in a burnt and bubbling surface. The once beautiful and intact Yue Kiln vase is now covered in flaws.
