Once upon a time there was a powerful King who ruled over a great kingdom. He had a beautiful collection of rare stones and jewels and he kept them in a secret chamber deep within his palace.
One day, a greedy merchant, wishing to gain the King’s favor, presented him with a gift of two pieces of jade and a single pearl of the highest quality. The King was delighted and bestowed upon the merchant the finest clothes and goods from his kingdom.
As time passed, the King began to grow weary of the mundane and everyday routine of his court. He wished to create something new and exciting that would bring beauty and excitement to his court.
He summoned his most talented craftsmen and asked them to find a way to combine the jade and pearl into something of great beauty. After months of hard work, the craftsmen succeeded and presented the King with two remarkable objects -- a chessboard and a necklace.
The King was so impressed by their creations that he ordered that the necklace and chessboard, known now as the Kings Gift, be displayed in the palace forever. There they remain to this day, a living reminder of the talented artistry of the King’s craftsmen and a symbol of his thoughtful generosity.
From that day forth, the King commissioned the craftsman to create more unique and precious items from the finest stones and pearls. These exquisite creations were treasured by the royal family and became known as royal gems.
As time went on, the royal gems gained a reputation as some of the rarest and most valuable pieces of jewelry in the world. They also sparked a new and growing fascination with precious stones among the members of the court, who came to regard them as symbols of power, prestige, and wealth.
This new fascination with rare gems and jewels soon spread to other parts of the kingdom. Merchants and traders began to bring exotic stones from all over the world, and a new industry was born.
Throughout the centuries, the King’s legacy has lived on. Even to this day, royal gems are still sought after by those with a taste for the finer things in life. For when it comes to the rarest and most precious stones in the world, nothing can compare to the King’s Gift of jade and pearl.
