Eastern Palace - Chapter 29.2

Chapter 29.2

Chapter 29 (Part 2)

I covered my forehead with my hand, looking over the flat and endless prairie . After a long time, I saw that he caught up with the team and waved to us . They gradually went far, like the dust between the heavens and the earth, subtle and indistinguishable . I gazed at his back and remembered the story he told me yesterday, feeling lost .

Suddenly someone behind me chuckled . I turned back and found it was He Shi . He reined his horse in behind me, and I asked him with embarrassment and anger, “What are you laughing at?” He Shi nodded but shook his head then, saying to me with a smile, “Little Princess, let’s go back . ” Seeing grandpa, I was so happy that I forgot all my troubles . It had been a year since we last met, so grandpa doted on me more, allowing all my mischief . He Shi’s arm was injured and Grandpa worried that I would get into trouble without He Shi’s accompany, so he asked He Shi’s sister to follow me all day long . He Shi’s sister was about the same age as me . She studied martial arts since childhood, quite skilled at wielding a saber . I liked calling her name, “A’Du! A’Du!” Just like calling a little bird . And she also really resembled a little bird, as no matter where I was, she would immediately appear in front of my eyes when I called her, just like a bird flapping its wings deftly and showing up at another place immediately .

“Original Translation from WwW。wangmamaread。cOm”

What I didn’t expect was that the King of Yuezhi had sent an envoy to propose marriage . Grandpa didn’t let the envoy enter his tent, instead, he sent someone to pass his message to the envoy: “Although the Little Princess is not the princess of Tujue, her mother is the daughter of the Great Chanyu . The Great Chanyu cherishes the Little Princess a lot and is only willing to marry her to a real hero . If your king wants to marry the Little Princess, then he has to come to the Great Chanyu’s tent in person and compete with those warriors of Tujue . As long as he can catch the White-Eye Wolf King in the Tian Gen Mountain, the Great Chanyu will definitely marry the Little Princess to him . This is the Great Chanyu’s decree, even the father of Little Princess, the King of Western Liang, will be willing to accept the Great Chanyu’s arrangement . ” The envoy met with a rebuff, going back disapprovingly .

The Great Chanyu’s words spread throughout the prairie, everyone knowing that if one wanted to marry Western Liang’s little princess, he had to kill the White-Eye Wolf King . Legend had it that Tian Gen Mountain had thousands of wolves, but they only regarded a white-eye wolf as their king . Wolves were just like people, succumbing to the strongest one . The White-Eye Wolf King’s coat was intensely black, but around its left eye was a circle of white hair which seemed to be painted with snow-white mare milk . It was said that such a creature was actually not a wolf but almost a demon . Wolves on the prairie were terrifying, and the White-Eye Wolf King was even more scary . Even small groups of cavalry or herdsmen would be in a very dangerous situation when they meet the White-Eye Wolf King, because it would lead tens of thousands of wolves to fight against people, and then eat all the people and horses . I once thought that the White-Eye Wolf King was a legend, just living in a story told by my grandmother . After all, no one had ever seen the White-Eye Wolf King, but everyone had vowed that the Wolf King did lead tens of thousands of wolves on the Tian Gen Mountain .

“Original Translation from WwW。wangmamaread。cOm”

The Great Chanyu goaded the King of Yuezhi into entering the Tian Gen Mountain to look for the White-Eye Wolf King . What if he really killed the White-Eye Wolf King? I didn’t want to marry such an old man . But no one could kill the White-Eye Wolf King – all Tujue people believed that, so did all the people on the prairie . Although the King of Yuezhi took a large troop of soldiers and sent out for the Tian Gen Mountain where the white-eye wolf lived, they might not find the White-Eye Wolf King, because no one really saw the White-Eye Wolf King – it was only a legend . I felt comforted when I thought about it . The King of Yuezhi was old and weak, and the Tian Gen mountain, a few hundred miles around, had many overhanging rocks and beasts . Maybe he would be thrown from his horse and became paralysed, then I didn’t have to marry him .

I led an even happier life in Tujue than I did in Western Liang . Every day with A’Du, I either  went hunting or catching birds . Girls in Tujue married young, and A’Du was old enough to sing songs . Sometimes there were people singing all night long outside her tent, which made me fail to fall asleep . However, nobody had ever sung to me, I believed it might be because they knew they had to kill the White-Eye Wolf King to marry me . Even for the warriors on the prairie, it was a tough task .

I didn’t believe it was because I was not beautiful that nobody had ever sung to me .

I was sleeping in the tent that day when I suddenly heard a clamour, which sounded as if the encampment was blown up . Rolling out of bed, I shouted aloud “A’Du” . She lifted the curtain of the tent hastily and entered . I asked her: “What’s going on? What happened?” A’Du was also confused, I thought neither of us knew what happened . At this moment, my grandfather sent a person over to bend to salute us, saying, “The Great Chanyu summoned the Little Princess to his tent . ” “Are we going to war?” I asked nervously . Last time, the envoy of the King of Yuezhi returned in disgrace, according to the king’s disposition, he would not give up that easily . The King of Yuezhi was goaded into looking for the White-Eye Wolf King, but wasn’t it a hard task? This was clearly a trap for him made by the Great Chanyu – my grandfather who loved me the most . If the King of Yuezhi suddenly realized it and became furious, he would wage war against Tujue . If Yuezhi and Tujue were at war, it would be a bad thing for the whole western regions . Powerfully occupied the north of the Gobi desert, Tujue was the strongest country in western regions, with its territory extended all the way to the east coast . However, Yuezhi was also one of the largest countries with solid national strength in western regions though it compared unfavorably with Tujue . In addition, several decades of transient peace had make people on the trade routes unimpeded, and cities take on flourishing view . For example, if there was no trade routes, our Western Liang would not be as prosperous as it was today . Everything might be ruined after a war .

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