Incense appreciation banquets were rare and exquisite, only being held by the richest and the most powerful of the aristocratic officials that clutched the reins of either military or commanded huge resources and respect from scholars above skies.

An ounce of burning incense, if of marvelous quality was more expensive than feeding a hundred men in cavalry for a week thus it caused the gold treasury in noble families be drained to the brink. This was a gamble usually made by people either for two reasons- to impress the monarch as it paved a way to build further ties with nobles that can be beneficial to the Emperor or rather...