Chapter 7 7

Hassan sighed and sobbed as he recounted his dream.The eldest princess listened, and relayed his dream to the princesses.They expressed deep sympathy for this, and said, "We will try our best to help you go home to visit your mother. In the future, you will often visit us when you have the opportunity. Don't cut off communication with us, even if you come to see your mother once a year!" "Okay, I think that's the way to go." Hassan readily agreed. The princesses set to work at once, and prepared food and many precious jewels, gold and silver for them.Everything was ready, and when the drum was beaten, camels appeared from all directions.They selected a group of camels, let Hassan and his wife ride one each, and the other camels carried twenty-five loads of jewels and fifty loads of gold and silver.The princesses saw Hassan and his wife off with tears in their eyes.It took them a full three months to send them off, before they reluctantly broke up.At the time of parting, Hassan's step-sister, Princess Yiyi, hugged him tightly and cried until he was dark.After a while, she finally held back her sadness and exhorted:

"Meet your mother at home and arrange your life well. After you settle down, come and see us every six months. If you feel that there is something unsatisfactory or encounter any disaster, just beat your bronze drum and call for a camel , you can come to us on a camel. You must take it to heart.” Hassan vowed to remember her words and repeatedly asked them to go back to the palace.With sorrow for parting, they finally bid him farewell reluctantly.After that, the little princess was heartbroken and parted, and she was always in a state of despair, worrying day and night. Together, Hassan and his wife trekked day and night, crossing plains, fields, valleys, and rugged paths, and finally arrived in Basra safely and in front of their house.After tidying up and dismissing the camels, he was about to knock on the door when he heard his mother mourning and weeping miserably.He was sad for a while, and couldn't help crying. At this moment, he only heard his mother's weak voice asking inside:

"Who is it?" "It's me! Mother!" The mother opened the door and saw that it was her son Hassan. She was so excited that she passed out suddenly.Hassan hurriedly woke her up. The mother and son cried together, and then started to carry the luggage and pack.After everything was tidied up, the mother and son sat down peacefully and talked about their experiences during this period. The mother asked, "Son! That Persian didn't make you suffer, did he? What happened?" "Mother! He is not a Persian, but a cultist who worships fire." So he told his mother in detail from beginning to end what he had experienced in these days.

After hearing all this, his mother was startled and startled, and then sighed endlessly.She thanked and praised Allah devoutly, then got up to look at the package and asked Hassan what she had brought.Hassan told her, and she was even happier.Then she went up to her daughter-in-law, chatted with her, and comforted her with kind words.Seeing her light and slender figure and lovely face, he was very happy in his heart, and said in a nagging voice: "Hassan. My son, thank Allah. He blesses you, allows you to come back safely, and brings back such a beautiful and lovely daughter-in-law."

Excited, she seemed a little distraught, hurried to the market, and bought ten sets of the most gorgeous clothes and quilts at once, as a gift for her daughter-in-law, which made her happy.She said to Hassan again: "Son, we have more money than we can use up, so we don't need to be in this small city anymore. We used to be a small family, used to living a poor life, and now we suddenly became rich , people will definitely suspect that we learn alchemy in private. Let's move to Baghdad. There is a big city, and you can live and work in peace and contentment under the protection of the great king caliph. It is rare for Allah to save you and make you rich. We will repay him. You should be a good man. You can do business in Baghdad, get by, and make some decent money."

Hassan agreed with his mother's words and immediately made preparations. He sold the house, summoned camels to carry the belongings, and set out on the road with his mother and wife. First they reached the banks of the Tigris River, and then hired a boat. The family took their belongings and headed for Baghdad by water.The journey went well and I arrived safely in Baghdad ten days later. That night, they lodged in a hotel and rented a storage room to store their belongings.The next morning, Hassan came to the market in a splendid dress.After a while, a broker approached him and asked him what he needed.Hassan said to him: "I need a magnificent house."

The businessman immediately took him to see the market.He took a fancy to a mansion that used to be an official's family. It was very spacious and beautiful, so he bought it for a price of one hundred thousand gold, moved in, and bought furniture and servants.After some tidying up, the house has a brand new look.From then on, he lived and worked in peace and contentment with his mother and wife, and lived a happy life. Time flies.After Hassan and his family moved to Baghdad, three springs and autumns had passed before he knew it. During these years, the eldest princess gave birth to two sons for him. The elder one was named Nasur, and the younger one was named Mansur.He often thinks of the sisters in the palace, remembering how they cared for and cared for him in every possible way, and helped fulfill his every wish without hesitation, so he missed them very much; so he went to the market to buy a lot of the most expensive silk and jewelry as gifts, intending to give them.His mother asked him why he bought these things, and he said:

"I plan to go out once to visit those sisters who have treated me like hands and cared for me in life. As Allah testifies, I will return soon after seeing them." "Son, don't leave me again." "Mother, I will be back soon. Now I will tell you a secret, you can control your daughter-in-law. I put her feather clothes in a box and buried them in the ground. Watch carefully and don't let her know, otherwise She will take it out and fly away with her two sons, then I will be miserable. Mother, I repeat, you must not let her know about this. She is the daughter of the king of gods. Her father is the head of the gods , high position and power, very rich. Her father dotes on her very much. She is noble and supreme in the God Realm. Therefore, mother, you should take good care of her and take strict precautions. Don't let her go out casually, and don't let her sit outside the window Look here and there so as not to cause trouble. If something should happen to her, I will be sad for her, and I will risk my life for her."

"I will do it. Son! Thou hast told me so that I shall not forget your words unless I am mad. Son! Be at ease. When you come back safe and sound, everything will be as it was. If Allah , your wife will truthfully tell you what happened after you left." Unexpectedly, the conversation between Hassan's mother and son was heard by the eldest princess, but Hassan's mother and son did not notice it at all.Hassan left the city in peace, came to a deserted place, took out a bronze drum and beat it, and a group of camels followed.He selected 20 of them to carry Iraqi specialties, and bid farewell to his mother and wife.Before leaving, he reminded his mother again and again, and then he set out on the road.

He moved forward day and night, passing through plains and fields, crossing canyons and rivers, and crossing rugged trails for ten days. On the eleventh day, we finally arrived at our destination safely.He walked into the palace with gifts.When the princesses saw him, they were all overjoyed. They accepted the gifts, blessed him, and greeted him, as if they had returned to the old days.And enthusiastically asked about the current situation of his mother and wife.Hassan told them one by one: his wife gave birth to two sons, the older one was two years old and the younger one was only one year old.So they treated him as a guest of honor as they had done in the past, and treated him warmly.Hassan was very happy, talking, laughing, playing with them, and hunting with them.

After Hassan left home for a long trip, the eldest princess lived a peaceful life with Hassan's mother for two days.On the third day, she said to her mother-in-law: "God is above! Could it be that I have lived with him for three days, and I can't even enter the bathhouse?" She said and began to cry. The mother-in-law sympathized with her very much and said: "My child! We are strangers, and your husband is not at home. Who will take you to the bathhouse? I am an old woman and I don't know anyone. Now I will boil some hot water for you, and you will be in the bathhouse." Just wash it up at home." "Mother, even if you say this to the maids, they won't agree. Men are jealous, which is understandable. Because they think that women will do shameful things when they go to the street. Mother, you You know, women are not all the same. If a woman is secretly doing bad things, no one can stop her, not even watch all day long. Not allowed in the bathhouse or anything else, she can still sneak and do whatever she wants to achieve her purpose." While weeping sadly, she cursed herself, blaming herself for being unloved and suffering.After hearing this, her mother-in-law was helpless and pitied her, knowing that her temper was one and the same, so she hurriedly looked around for things to prepare for a bath, and then took her to the bathhouse to take a bath to comfort her. As soon as the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law entered the bathhouse, the women all focused their attention on the eldest princess.Everyone marveled at the greatness of Allah, who could create such a beautiful person as her.The women who passed by the bathhouse were all scrambling to get in to watch the fun, and the whole bathhouse was crowded.The news went away, and people in the city talked about her. On that day, a court lady named Tuhafito Awadai in the palace of the Great King's Caliph happened to go to the bathhouse to take a bath.Seeing that the bathhouse was crowded with women and there was almost no place to stand, she asked what was going on, then squeezed desperately to Hassan's wife, and looked her up from head to toe.Looking at the beautiful and slender figure of the eldest princess, she repeatedly praised the greatness of Allah.So she herself forgot to take a bath, and just sat and watched with amazed and envious eyes.I saw the Eldest Princess took a bath calmly, put on her clothes and jewelry, and lay on the felt seat like a beautiful woman, reclining to rest. She was so dazzlingly beautiful that she overshadowed all the women.She rested for a while, raised her eyes to scan everyone, then stood up, and followed her mother-in-law out of the bathhouse in a charming manner. Then Tuhafitu Owadai also stood up, walked out of the bathhouse, followed behind, and followed until she reached the door of her house, took a note of the sign, and then hurried back to the palace, ran to the Empress Emerald, knelt down and kissed her. off the ground.Before she could speak, the queen asked her: "Tuhafitu, why have you been so long in the bath?" "My lady, I met a new thing. There was a woman in the bathhouse, she was as beautiful as a fairy, and I was dumbfounded. I swear she is such a beautiful person, this is the first time I have seen her in my life. I am simply fascinated Upside down, staring blankly at her for a long time, and came back without taking a bath at all." "Who made you like this? Tuhafitu, tell me." "Your Majesty, I swear that what I saw in the bathhouse was a peerless beauty. I have never seen a woman as beautiful as her. She is so beautiful that no one in the world can compare to her. My Majesty, I Don't dare to talk nonsense, if His Majesty sees her, he will be fascinated by her, kill her husband, and snatch her back to the palace to be his wife. Because she is so beautiful, men will definitely bow down under her pomegranate skirt. I inquired After a while, I heard that her husband is a Basra merchant named Hassan. I came out of the bathhouse and followed her all the way to her house. She lived in the old building with a gate facing the river and the road. Madam, I am afraid that His Majesty will offend Allah when he hears about her, and will do anything stupid to snatch her away at all costs." "Tuhafitu, you damned little whore, is everything you say true? Is this woman you say so beautiful? I want to see with my own eyes if she is as you said That way, His Majesty the King will be fascinated, and the three hundred and sixty concubines and maids in the harem will be overshadowed. If you lie, I will order someone to kill you!" "Your Majesty, please calm down. The lowly maidservants dare not speak nonsense. This woman is indeed unparalleled. Not only Baghdad, but even the whole of Arabia cannot find a face as beautiful as her. I swear to Allah." Queen Zubalu immediately summoned Mashron.After Mashlun knelt down to salute, the queen ordered: "Mashlun, you go to the old prime minister's mansion with two gates, and bring the mother-in-law and her two children who live there into the palace immediately. .Go and come back quickly, don't delay."