Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

Everyone in the world knows that Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty and Empress Zhangsun were deeply in love, and they treated the children born by the Empress like treasures, but what were they? Since everything was satisfied with the Empress, why did they recruit young, beautiful and talented women into the palace? They were also the best among their peers, and it was not like they couldn't get married!

Even though Wu Meiniang was strong-willed, ambitious, and had a bright future, she was still young after all and yearned for all beautiful things.

She will also be frustrated and sad.

The envoys from Ling State had told about how Gesar won the throne by beating Chao Tong at the horse race and married Zhu Mu. On his wedding night, when he ascended the throne, he was naturally very proud. However, he followed the custom and married eleven ladies from various tribes as concubines, which annoyed Zhu Mu, who would always bully these concubines.

It was not so bad that other concubines could hardly see Gesar all day long, but the second concubine, Meisa, was beautiful and virtuous, and had excellent cooking skills, which pleased Gesar very much. Therefore, she suffered the most exclusion from Zhumu.

The envoy said this and wiped his tears: "Princess Mesa was badly harmed by the Queen Mother."

Princess Wencheng's heart tightened and she couldn't help but listen carefully.

It turned out that one day, Gesar had a dream from the Goddess of Heaven, asking him to take his second concubine, Meisa, into the mountains to practice for a month. After Gesar reported this to Zhumu, Zhumu got jealous and insisted that Gesar take her with him. Gesar could not stand the beauty's slight anger, so he changed her.

Who knows that the reason why the Heavenly Mother came to her in a dream is that Mesa is destined to have a calamity. If she can stay with Gesar, this calamity can be easily overcome. However, after Zhumu's disturbance, she naturally cannot escape. One day, Mesa was depressed and went out to relax. The demon king Luzanwen happened to fly by and was amazed by her beauty and kidnapped her. Gesar learned the news after he came out of retreat. Naturally, he wanted to rescue his beloved concubine. Who knows that Zhumu was reluctant to part with him and actually mixed amnesiac into his farewell wine.

King Gesar forgot about the abducted Mesa for three whole years.

The messenger sighed, "We saw that the king had no intention of rescuing the princess for three years, and we thought that he had lost interest in her and was tired of her, so no one dared to mention this to him. Who knew that he had actually forgotten about it? Later, the Mother of Heaven appeared in his dream again, and he remembered it. The queen tried the same trick again and tried to put drugs in his wine, so the king warned her with words, poured the wine on the ground, and rushed to rescue the princess."

"After the king left, the chief minister was so worried that he couldn't sleep all night. He said that Queen Zhumu was too willful and arrogant. She didn't care about the lives of her sisters in the harem. If she continued to be so powerful, it would be detrimental to Ling Kingdom sooner or later. It's impossible to expect the king to suppress her. She has the king in her life. The eleven concubines in the palace are all from Ling Kingdom. They are not higher than her in status, so it's useless to expect them. Only the princess of a big country can suppress her arrogance."

My daughter is the chosen one. The hand holding the wine froze for a moment.

Here, Princess Wencheng pursed her petal-like lips tightly, becoming more and more determined to lay a solid foundation.

With such a favored, jealous and tactless queen consort, and a king who was deeply in love with her, she hoped to win over the two of them by using diplomatic tactics. Even if she could achieve temporary peace, in the long run, if either of the two got angry again, she would be at their mercy.

"The Chief Minister said to our Prince Jiacha, Jiacha, don't always focus on training troops, care about your younger brother. Aren't you half mountain people? Your mother's family is also a big country, you can try to ask for a princess for your brother." The envoy said this with a somewhat lonely expression.

Wen Jiao sensed something else in his words and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

"Our prince's heart is as clear as white crystal, and the old minister is on guard against him. King Gesar is the strongest warrior in Ling Country, and next is our prince. If the king leaves Ling Country, how can the old minister feel at ease with our prince being the only one in power?"

The messenger slapped his legs hard, his voice getting louder and louder. "Our prince was guarding the northern gate of Ling State. The army of the Hall State, let alone the hyenas, dared not come to hunt our rabbits. Now, after forcing our prince away, the little prince Zara was afraid of offending the old minister again, so he had to lead his troops back to our territory and dared not come out without a clear order. This old guy has only a mind but no ability. Why didn't he order people to guard the north when he is so capable? We have only been gone for two years, and the army of the White Tent King of the Hall State has already reached the royal city!"

The voice lowered again: "The White Tent King's favorite Han concubine died of illness. I don't know who deserves to be punished by having their tongues pulled out boasted to him about the good name of our Queen. The White Tent King came here specifically to snatch her away!"

Wu Meiniang sat up straight unconsciously, and glanced at Princess Wencheng from the corner of her eyes, wanting to say something but stopping herself. Wen Jiao noticed her strange expression: "Mingcheng, just say whatever you want to say, just don't act so weird."

Wu Meiniang hesitated for a moment and said, "Princess, are we still going to support the royal city? Should we try to walk slower? Master has the ability to call the wind and fog. As long as the princess nods, he can summon a thick fog to cover the road..."

She didn't say anything else, but the implication was clear enough to be understood by everyone present, except the silly Huo Linger.

Since Queen Zhumu is Princess Wencheng's biggest trouble in the future, and since there is an opportunity to solve this trouble in a natural way, why not go with the flow?

Princess Wencheng paused. Even though she had been practicing in her dreams for thirty years, she still couldn't learn the ruthless decisiveness that Wu Meiniang showed at any time. She sighed, thought for a moment, raised her eyes and said, "Not appropriate."

“According to the description of the people of Ling, King Gesar’s level of Taoism is not inferior to that of Zhenren Jingrong. Since they are deeply in love, unless Concubine Zhumu dies, she will be rescued sooner or later. Whether I help her or not, Zhumu will return. But there is only this one chance for both of them to owe me a favor. Once missed, it will be hard to have it again.” Princess Wencheng analyzed.

Wu Meiniang really hadn't thought of this, and couldn't help but admire her a little: "Am I thinking wrong, or is the princess looking far ahead?"

Wen Cheng stood up and walked a few steps to calm himself. In the past few days, Wen Jiao had given her several kinds of nourishing pills, and her complexion had returned to normal. At this moment, because of her excitement, her cheeks were flushed like a lotus in the morning dew: "The whole army must speed up. If the queen is abducted by people from other countries, it will be even more difficult to rescue her."

As she spoke, she glanced at Wen Jiao and said, "I heard from the people of Ling that there are dozens of snow-capped mountains on the road to the capital of Ling. The wind and snow are unpredictable, and there is always the danger of the mountains being closed. I'll have to trouble Mr. Yuan to take the trouble to calculate the weather."

Wen Jiao felt a little uncomfortable.

Just let Yuan Tiangang do the calculation, why do you have to tell me?