Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

That day, when Wen Jiao made a bet with Gesar, she specifically stated that if any princess took the order to send a princess seriously and left the harem, Gesar must not stop them, but must marry them off as the princess's sister as required by the order.

Gesar agreed confidently.

Afterwards, although the order to send concubines spread throughout the harem, everyone from the concubines to Gesar took it for granted that Concubine Zhumu was not among them.

This woman has been favored by the most outstanding king of the plateau for more than ten years. She has all the power in the harem, her younger brother is highly valued, and she can call the shots in the court - who would be willing to give up such a noble and happy life?

Anyway, if they were in the other's place, if Yuzhen Lamu and the others could live one-fifth of the life that Zhumu lived, they would definitely not ask to leave. So when Zhumu also decided to leave the palace, the female slaves who were allowed by her to ask to leave on their own suddenly lost their joy and were filled with panic and confusion.

King Gesar will be furious! They exchanged glances to express their uneasiness.

Zhu Mu ignored their panic and took off her coral, beeswax, malachite and gold ornaments herself and put on the clothes of a nun.

This most beautiful woman in Ling Country had been pampered since childhood, and grew up surrounded by silk, satin, and jewels. No one expected that she would be as pure and simple as a withered peony.

Watching her walk towards the palace gate step by step, Gesar was about to rush down. Unexpectedly, a little sword light flashed from the side, and Wen Jiao stopped her and said, "Lion King, have you forgotten your promise? If a concubine voluntarily leaves the palace, you must not stop her."

Gesar's eyes turned red: "How can Zhumu be included in the gambling game? She hasn't even stepped out of the palace yet!"

This was a bit of a sophistry, but Wen Jiao looked at his eyes that were about to cry and finally made way for him.

Gesar roared down with a sonic boom and hugged Zhumu: "Zhumu, you can't leave."

All the slave girls suddenly knelt on the ground, trembling. They were afraid of this scene. No matter why the king suddenly had a brain storm and issued this order to send the concubines, everyone subconsciously understood that this order definitely did not include Queen Jumu. If the Queen left, God knows whether the king would be angry with them and think that they were the instigators.

Gesar had no time to care what they thought, he just hugged Zhumu tightly, but this woman who used to be as passionate as fire was now as cold and hard as a piece of ice on a snowy mountain that had never melted.

"Why can't I? Am I not as good as Mesa and Ram? What they have, I can't have?" Zhu Mu turned her face away, avoiding his gaze, and said coldly.

"That's different. It's different from the beginning." Gesar blurted out.

"Let me go! What's the difference? Aren't they all your women? You can see whichever one you want. If you don't want to see them, no one can keep you. If you try to keep you, you will become a laughing stock among your subjects and be laughed at as a jealous woman who doesn't know the overall situation." Zhu Mu said.

"They are different in every way!" Gesar held her tightly, "I have been watching from the sky, and it was not until just now that I figured it out. The ministers asked the king of Ling to marry them according to custom, and you are the one I, Gesar, want to marry. They are the gems inlaid on the golden throne, and you are my wife. I lost myself in the glory of the throne and broke your heart again and again."

When Gesar said this, he actually began to choke up. "Sister Zhumu, please don't leave. Please don't leave! I defeated Chao Tong and sat on this golden chair just to marry you. If you leave... then I will leave too! As long as there is Gesar, there is Zhumu. As long as there is Zhumu, there is Gesar. We are to be together and entangled for the rest of our lives."

Zhu Mu felt her shoulders were wet, her heart twitched violently, and she almost collapsed instantly. So she took a deep breath, quietly clenched her fists, and let the pain of nails digging into her flesh remind her to wake up: "Really? Then come with me."

"Let's go back now. I won't accept any girls sent to the palace by ministers in the future. I can't let you down, and I won't waste their youth... huh?" Gesar said halfway out of inertia when he realized that Zhumu didn't want him to go back with him, but wanted him to give up the throne and go with him. He was stunned.

Zhu Mu pushed him away, sneered, and said in a trembling voice: "I knew you couldn't bear to leave, you just lied to me." She resolutely walked out of the palace gate, "Don't worry, I won't remarry. All men in the world are equally boring. I will go to the snowy mountains to practice, and when you are willing to leave, come find me again."

Gesar stared blankly at Zhumu as she walked away, until her loose black hair turned into a dot of ink in the distance. Only then did he take a breath and realize what had happened.

Everything in the past drowned him in an instant. The love at first sight when they first met in childhood, the sadness when Chao Tong drove him away because she scattered incense ashes, the joy and anger when the Indian prince tested her but was really loved, the grievance and reluctance when he wanted to punish her but saw her tears...

After hearing the whole story, Gesar's mother Guomu scolded him, saying, "You have liked her for many years, but to Zhumu, you were only five years old at the time. Who would take a five-year-old child's heart seriously?

"Zhu Mu was pushed by that old man Chao Tong to become the champion of the horse racing meeting. In order to save herself, she came to you to defeat Chao Tong. She hasn't seen you for many years. How can she know what you look like? You need to sit on the golden chair first, and then you can be her husband. Before that, what does it have to do with you if she falls in love with a man?

"You blame her for falling in love with the Indian prince, but wasn't that Indian prince transformed by you? Even his appearance is exactly the same, except that he's a little darker, so it was you she fell in love with. What are you making a fuss about? Are you blaming her for falling in love with you? You should be more sensible and stop being so childish!"

She comforted Zhumu: "Zhumu, don't cry. Gesar is naughty and ignorant. I'm afraid you will suffer in the future."

He disagreed with his mother's judgment.

The next day, he rode ahead and not only defeated Chao Tong, but also all the heroes of Ling State, and sat on the throne. That night, at the grand banquet, Zhu Mu walked out from the celebrating crowd and sang gracefully: "My lover has feelings and my wife has intentions. My lover has dreams and my wife has them too. If we can help each other, how can we be at odds with each other?

"Now that I am full of youth, if we can be in tune with each other, even though we have no vows to each other, I hope that we can know each other.

"Everyone makes mistakes, just keep your heart the same. If you cherish each other, how can you not get together?

"Love is like the ocean, and you and I are like fish. Even if the ocean dries up, I still wish I could cherish you.

"Although there is no fixed number for a destined person, as long as there is a destiny, there will be no regrets..."

Back to reality, Gesar squatted on the ground, holding his head and yelling.

Zhu Mu said that he just made up a lie to coax her.

Yes, that day, he pulled Zhumu over and sat with her on the golden throne. He said, "Sister Zhumu, I love you with all my heart. I will only love you for the rest of my life."