Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

A queen who doesn't want to eat people but is unwilling to be sidelined or even abandoned and has a dark history of cannibalism, a princess who is determined to be a virtuous concubine and has given birth to children and is trusted by the king and may ascend to the throne at any time, and a four-year-old princess who has forgotten her identity but is the future queen in her shell. What kind of drama will it be when these three people get together?

Once again, he calmed down the anger in his chest: "Be patient, you called me into your world, so you should expect me to show you some new tricks, right?"

The evil fire calmed down.

Wen Jiao raised a kind smile, took Xiao Mei Niang's hand, and deliberately slowed down her pace to match the short legs of the four-year-old girl. She slowly walked to the seat of honor and gently pushed Xiao Mei Niang to Princess Wencheng: "The princess gave birth to such a smart and lovely little princess. I am really jealous."

Princess Wencheng relaxed a little without making a sound: "Sam and Leba are the queen's children."

"Is this the name of the little princess and the little prince?" Wen Jiao said playfully, "It sounds particularly catchy."

Especially the latter one, which is not only delicious but also filling.

The king was on edge the moment she appeared, fearing that she would suddenly go crazy and hurt his children who were as delicate as snow lotuses. He had known Ha Xiang's jealousy for ten years, and even though he saw her being so friendly to the children, he was still nervous: "Ha Xiang, you have been in seclusion, and no one knew you were out, so they didn't invite you. Since you happened to be here, please take a seat."

The female slaves had already bent over and placed the queen's seat on the other side of the king, and deliberately placed it far away, forming a huge contrast with the distance between Princess Wencheng and the king.

The simple female slaves had a very simple idea. Queen Haxiang was cruel and inhumane, while Princess Zhuowasam was kind and compassionate. Although there was a difference in ugliness and beauty, the king was easily influenced and he might be moved by the queen after not seeing her for a long time. Therefore, they must keep her away from the king and never give her a chance to make a comeback.

Wen Jiao was not blind, so she naturally saw this detail. She sat on it calmly and said with a smile: "I came here this time, not only to celebrate the birthday of the little prince and princess, but also to thank the princess."

thank?

Princess Wencheng opened her eyes wide in surprise, then quickly calmed down and stood up, saying, "I have to apologize to the queen first. My maid was young and didn't know the queen's true face, so she accidentally offended the queen. Zhuowasam will use tea instead of wine to apologize to the queen."

Wen Jiao drank the tea and poured herself a glass of wine, smiling and saying, "During these days of retreat, I saw my past in a state of concentration, and felt deeply ashamed of the heavy sins I committed in the past. I wanted to change my past, but I just didn't know how to make up for it. When I came out of retreat, I was still at a loss, and went to the garden to relax. I heard the princess's pity order for flowers, and it was like a revelation, and my mind was suddenly opened. From then on, I realized the truth that small kindnesses should not be ignored, and small drops of water can become a river or sea. Princess, do you think I should thank you?"

"It's because the queen has wisdom," Princess Wencheng said modestly, with a look of delight on her face. Anyone who has a queen who loves to eat people's hearts in his country would be terrified, fearing that she would go crazy and eat him. Now that she has made up her mind to turn over a new leaf and never do evil again, Princess Wencheng only needs to think about the happiness of the people, and she will be very pleased.

The king was overjoyed: "Ha Xiang, you have expanded the country's territory and fought against the barbarians in the past. I remember all the military exploits you have made." Queen Ha Xiang, who was born in the Yaksha clan, was brave and good at fighting. She was better than the king in leading troops to fight. When she married him, they had a bad relationship, but she won several battles for him. This was also the reason why he tolerated her killing of people for ten whole years.

"But we killed too many people, and there's no guarantee that Tianhe wouldn't be harmed, which is why you and I are childless."

After the honeymoon period, he never set foot in Ha Xiang's bedroom again. When he saw her, he thought of the horrible scene of her munching on fresh human hearts, even if those hearts were taken from slaves, he could not accept it. Of course, he had no children.

"You have indeed turned over a new leaf. It is a great blessing for our country Manzagang."

Wen Jiao's smile seemed to be branded on her face. She glanced sideways behind her, allowing Guo to take the opportunity to toast: "Your Majesty, now Manzagang has a princess to assist in government affairs, and a queen to guard the border. The combination of civil and military affairs is extremely auspicious!"

The king looked at the brave and warlike queen who had turned over a new leaf on his left, at the gentle, virtuous and well-behaved princess on his right, and then at his pair of intelligent children who were as delicate as flower buds, and felt that life could not be more perfect than this.

Wen Jiao took the opportunity to say, "I have been in seclusion for so long, I must have neglected to practice border military affairs, I think..."

The king immediately said, "I am about to leave the palace to tour the country, so I can take this opportunity to check it out. The queen should stay in the palace and enjoy her peace and quiet, hahahaha!"

During these five years, Princess Wencheng taught the king a lot about how to govern people. He has noticed the hidden danger of too much concentration of military power in the hands of the queen, and is trying to gradually take back power through his own means.

The concentration of power in the monarch is inevitable in human nature and history. But has anyone ever asked whether the queen whose power has been reduced is willing?

Wen Jiao pretended not to hear his plan and smiled warmly: "Then the king will have to work hard."

After bidding farewell to the king, on the third day after the king left the palace, Wen Jiao, wearing armor, led the palace guards and rushed into Princess Wencheng's bedroom. Princess Wencheng was offering Buddha offerings, and when she saw them coming fiercely, her hands trembled, and the golden plate tilted, and the flowers inside spilled all over the floor: "Queen, are you going to kill me?"

Wen Jiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Princess, have you ever seen someone dressed like this to invite you for tea?"

Princess Wencheng took a deep breath, quickly suppressed the paleness of her face, and said calmly: "Queen, don't make a big mistake because of the impulse. The king will be back in ten days. How will the queen explain to him if I am not there? If the two sides clash, the queen will only have a guard army, and she will definitely not get away with it. If the queen retreats now, I can still pretend that I didn't see anything."

Wen Jiao sighed, and said in the tone of a teacher teaching a naive student, "I'm already dressed like this, why do you still think I want to tell him something? If I can't tell him, will he surrender? I won't write a letter to inform him that your beloved concubine is seriously ill and dying, and if he doesn't come back to see her, he will never have another chance, and then ambush hundreds of swordsmen in the palace..."

Princess Wencheng clenched her hands, which were covered with cold sweat. "Your Majesty, you want to rebel? The ministers in the court will not respond to you."

"With her husband dead and her son young, isn't it natural for the Queen Mother to be regent?" Wen Jiao said in a relaxed tone, "Besides, don't I have any trusted people? For the past five years, you have persuaded the king to abolish Bon religion and give alms diligently, which has touched the faith and wealth of many elderly people. It's just that I abolished you, and these people will naturally help me clean up the mess."

Princess Wencheng's pupils trembled, like a beautiful deer being chased by hunters and having nowhere to go: "You still want to take my child!"

Wen Jiao stroked the turquoise on the hilt of the long sword at her waist, feeling like a villain who couldn't be more vicious: "You are right to call me Princess Sam. I am the eldest mother of the princess and the prince. Their biological mother died young, so the princess and the prince should be raised by their eldest mother. Isn't that the right thing to do?"

Princess Wencheng collapsed to the ground, despair in her beautiful eyes. "Queen, you won. The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. This has been the fate of the royal family for thousands of years. But how can we leave the lives of so many people in a country to a scheming man-eating yaksha?"

"What kind of evil heresy do the old princes believe in? They skin and gut people to make sacrifices to the 'gods'? So many people are starving, but the princes' and ministers' warehouses are full of grain and jewels. They would rather feed them to dogs and cats than give alms to the people. It took me five years to get them to replace human sacrifices with flowers and spices. I ordered them to give alms to the people every day so that no one would starve to death in Manzagang. Now all this is going to be destroyed."

"I was born from heaven to earth in accordance with the oath of the Dakini, just to assist the king and bring peace and harmony to Manzagang, but I lost to your trick. I am unwilling to return to heaven in such a mess!"

"You are wrong." Wen Jiao interrupted her mumbling, "You didn't lose because of the trick. Safeguarding the country and benefiting the people is a great ambition. Comforting the people and abolishing obscene worship is a great virtue. You lost because you only thought about using the tenderness of a woman to assist a man in order to realize your ambition, but ignored that you can also grasp the power in your own hands. For a person, being able to follow your heart is a strong character that is one in a hundred. How can you guarantee that others' hearts can also follow your wishes? Even if he will always be loyal and obedient to you, when he is not here like now, won't you still be at the mercy of others?"

"Also, you guessed one thing wrong. I don't plan to kill you. I want to keep you by my side, but I just want you to change your identity." Wen Jiao said.

There were some unorthodox words that she could not discuss with Princess Wencheng in reality because of the presence of the Ling Kingdom delegation. But in this ghost fog, she could pour out her heart.

She didn't want Princess Wencheng to be quickly marginalized because of her husband's early death as happened in history, becoming an auspicious souvenir sculpted into a perfect golden body, and spending the rest of her life in silence, with her voice disappearing.

Is she unwilling to give up? I think she is, but no one has asked her.

She had a hunch that after the fog dissipated, those who entered the fog would not lose their memories.