These people also officially settled down in Dongyi Kingdom.
After hearing this news, the King of Changman was furious and couldn't sleep for three days and three nights. He never expected that not only had he been tricked, but he had also lost the hearts of the people outside the city. They actually dared to commit treason. When they were caught, they would not be allowed to die easily.
With the arrival of Hua He and others, the injured soldiers in the army were also treated. The four doctors began to bandage their wounds one by one, and the soldiers' injuries improved a lot.
The snow finally stopped, and it looked like war was about to break out again.
That day, an uninvited guest suddenly came to the foot of the city wall. There was only a woman standing at the foot of the city wall.
The soldiers thought this was another trick, so they called the generals. When they saw the woman, everyone was confused.
The woman said, "I have something to tell your general. Please let me in."
Li Jingchen ordered the soldiers to open a small gap to let her in.
After the woman entered, she was led into the tent. Except for Li Jingchen, the rest of the generals were inside.
"Tell me, what do you want to say?"
"I will draw a map of Changman Kingdom for you, as well as the layout of the royal palace."
This statement shocked everyone present, “Why did you draw this picture for us?”
In fact, they had thought about asking the people outside the city to draw the map at the beginning. Unfortunately, some of those people had never even been to the entire country. Even if they had been there, they could not draw at all, let alone the palace. So they had to give up.
The woman said, "I am the concubine of the king of Changman. I gave birth to a daughter, and he forced her to marry your emperor. I will draw a picture for you. Please tell me what she looks like, okay?"
Li Jingchen knew this daughter, she was Concubine Wen.
Li Jingchen didn't want to lie to her, so he could only tell her the truth: "She's dead!"
The woman's eyes immediately dimmed, "So he is really dead." But the woman did not shed a single tear. It seemed that she had cried all the tears and could not shed any more even if she wanted to.
"I'm sorry, but I can't decide this because she once harmed our Majesty."
The woman screamed frantically, "The king forced her to do that. She didn't do it willingly at all. It's all the king's fault. It's all his fault. I'll draw the picture for you. Promise me that you will kill him. You must!"
When he said this, his eyes revealed endless murderous intent.
Li Jingchen said: "Okay, I promise you."
Then he prepared pen, paper and ink for the woman, and she began to paint bit by bit. She painted for the whole day without even eating. When the painting was finally completed, everyone present was amazed. The painting was extremely detailed, even every stream and every row of houses were painted in great detail.
It is clear and easy to understand at a glance. The picture of the palace at the end is also clear and concise. This is a great help, but I still can't believe it 100%.
But I am still very grateful.
After the woman finished painting, she left and returned to her small thatched hut outside the city. She had to wait until the moment when the King of Changman died. Only then could she go to the underground and find her daughter.
When the woman was still a young woman of 22 years old, she gave birth to a daughter for the king named Princess Wen. At first, the king liked both of them very much.
But later, as the king took in more and more concubines and more and more young and beautiful women came, they were gradually neglected, and those concubines also gave birth to many children for the king.
The two of them became even more unwelcome.
When the woman was in her thirties, the king still kept taking concubines, and their status became lower and lower. Then one day, the king suddenly changed his mind and started to go to her palace for dinner.
The woman was very happy. She took out her newest clothes which she had kept at the bottom of the closet and put them on to welcome the king. She also went to the kitchen and cooked her specialty dishes.
The king also accompanied her with a smile on his face, and Princess Wen was also rewarded with many new clothes and jewelry.
For three or four days in a row, the king came to have lunch every day, but never stayed overnight. The woman thought that the king remembered their old friendship and that she had regained his favor, but on this day.
The woman took the initiative to make chicken soup and wanted to serve it to the emperor, but she heard some heartbreaking words outside the door.
"I'm getting sick of seeing that old woman every day. Even with all her powder on, it's hard to hide the wrinkles on her face. And that food makes me sick. If it weren't for the fact that I wanted to marry Princess Wen to a neighboring country as a way out, I wouldn't be willing to go. Beauty is still better, young and tender, so fresh and beautiful."
The woman beside the king laughed and said, "The king is really bad. If she knew about this, she would be heartbroken."
"If you know it, then know it. I don't care." The king said with disdain.
"What if she doesn't want Wen Meiren to be a gap?"
The king snorted coldly: "Hmph, this is not up to her. Besides, Princess Wen is my daughter, so she must go if I ask her to. She is also the most suitable age."
The woman who heard all this outside the door ran away quickly with the chicken soup in her hand. As she ran, she couldn't stop crying. It turned out that everything she thought was good was all fake and had a purpose. Now the purpose was actually on her own daughter. She would never allow her daughter to be hurt at all.
Moreover, what the king said about Princess Wen being the most suitable age was all false. There were three other princesses of the same age, but one was born to the queen, and the other was born to an ordinary concubine. However, the family behind that concubine was very powerful, while she was nothing and had no family to support her, so she had been abused all along.
After returning to the palace, the woman immediately called Concubine Wen over, took out all the savings she had accumulated over the years, stuffed them into the pockets of Princess Wen, and told her to escape as quickly as possible, the farther the better. If she really married into a neighboring country, she would be dead and would be a puppet to be used.
The woman cried and said to Princess Wen, "Mother doesn't want you to experience the same pain I did. Run away and never come back. Find an honest and simple family to marry and live a peaceful and stable life."
Princess Wen also cried. She held the woman's hand and said sadly, "What will happen to my mother if I leave? My father will not let you go. Let's go together, okay? Let's leave here together."
The woman shook her head. "No, mother won't leave. Mother will stay in the palace to buy you some time. I've been your father's concubine for over ten years, since before he became king. He will definitely remember our old friendship and won't kill me. Go quickly, go quickly."
"No, mother, let's go together."
Finding that persuasion would not work, the woman directly put the scissors to her neck and said, "If you don't leave, you are going to force your mother to death now."
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