Chapter 30 four

We caught up with King Timur's family and wounded near Sheqi (in today's Azerbaijan) in the Golden Horde. When the princess and I walked into Shaharu's military tent, the sky was just getting brighter. After many days of traveling and fatigue, the princess's face was sallow because of worrying about Shahru. As Nuriddin said, Shahru could only sleep on his side on the bed, groaning slightly from time to time, and his sleep was particularly restless.Seeing him suffer like this, the princess felt distressed and sad. She slowly sat next to Shaharu and gently combed his messy hair with her fingers.

Shaharu opened his eyes in confusion, looked at the princess, and sighed unconsciously. "Shaharu, does it hurt?" "My heart is poured with boiling water. Oh, princess, when will I see you again?" "I'm right by your side." Shaharu closed his eyes wearily: "I know, it's another dream. When you wake up from the dream, you're gone. It's been a long day, it seems like it will never end." "Shaharu, you're not dreaming, it's me, I'm really here, by your side. Look, there's Cecia, she's here too." Shaharu struggled to open his eyes again, but the princess moved away, allowing him to see me.

There was a strange light in Shaharu's eyes that I had never seen before.This light made me understand that I never appeared in Shaharu's dream, so after seeing me, he was able to confirm that he was really with the princess, and this was not another dream of his. He grabbed the princess's hand with his hand, buried his head on the felt blanket, his small shoulders trembled, but no sound came out of his mouth. Poor Shaharu, is he crying because of missing, because of happiness, or because of pain? The princess was still caressing his hair, whispering softly: "Shaharu, my child, I am by your side, you will get better, you will get better, believe me."

Shah Ru held the princess's hand even tighter, raised his head, and rested his head on the princess' lap. I approached the bed and knelt down in front of Shahru.I asked him, "Shaharu, are you in pain? If it hurts, just cry." Shaharu turned his face to look at me, and wiped the tears off his face in embarrassment. "I don't hurt, I don't cry." He said stubbornly. I showed him a drop of his unwiped tear with my finger.The princess laughed, and so did he and I. I dare to say that I have never seen such a cheerful smile on Shahru's face - even if he is suffering from pain at the moment - not before, nor in the future.Especially when he was fifteen years old, there was only one expression left on his face: patience and sadness.

In addition, Shaharu's smile also made my little heart feel the awesome power of a person's spiritual world for the first time. Since then, I have always understood that no matter who it is, as long as the spirit is not broken, You can gain the courage to persevere from it. In the 794th year of the Muslim calendar (about 1392), King Timur's army went deep into the hinterland of the Golden Horde, and the war was stalemate.This vast land made King Timur spend too much time and energy.Because Shah Ruh was injured, we could only move forward slowly behind King Timur's army together with the other wounded and the family members responsible for caring for the wounded. .

The princess took good care of Shahru like all mothers. Duoge felt relieved and missed King Timur, so he left his assistant to take care of Shahru. He caught up with the main force of the army by himself.The princess didn't need a doctor to do anything. During the day, she changed Shaharu's dressing herself. At night, she let Shaharu sleep on her lap.If Shaharu's wound hadn't been repeatedly infected and healed slowly, I'm afraid he would be able to ride a horse and chase his father at this time. One afternoon more than ten days later, the princess washed Shaharu's messy hair. Shaharu obediently lay on the bed and asked the princess to check his wounds. I went out to pour water.At this time, there was a sudden commotion in our temporary camp, and an army of the Golden Horde appeared in front of our team consisting of old, young, women and children as well as the wounded like a magic soldier. With no ability to resist, he can only be caught without a fight.

The Golden Tent drove us all to the open area ahead. The princess was worried that Shahru and I would be afraid, so she held our hands all the way. I was indeed a little scared, and my heart was beating wildly.I took a sneak peek at Shah Ruh. Shah Ruh is worthy of being the son of King Timur, a strong warrior. His youthful face revealed a calmness and fortitude that was extremely disproportionate to his fifteen-year-old age.Judging by his appearance, if someone dares to threaten our lives, he will stand up regardless of the consequences. So is the princess.She is completely indifferent to the danger that may come at any time.

An officer in the uniform of a thousand households was playing with a horsewhip in his hand, and asked us loudly, "Which one of you is Prince Shahru?" Everyone looked at each other, but no one answered him. Somehow, he saw me in the crowd, he pushed through the crowd and walked directly in front of me. "Little girl, tell me." I stared at him in surprise, unable to answer anything. He brushed my hair back with a riding whip and saw the gold star between my brows.He blew a loud whistle. "I guessed right. Just now, when I saw your eyes, I guessed that you were probably the little girl called what Tokhan said. Tokhan said that your eyes are as bright as the morning stars in the night sky."

I'm still speechless. "Don't be afraid, little girl, you just need to point me to Prince Shahru." I squeezed the princess's hand tightly, and my palm was soaked with sweat. The princess pulled off the horsewhip that the officer was pointing at between my eyebrows with her hands. She hated people staring at my Venus like they were studying monsters.She always believed that the Venus between my eyebrows was the most precious gift given to me by the Changshengtian. The officer almost gasped when he saw the princess. The beauty of the princess poured into his eyes like moonlight, and he was fascinated by it.

"Are you...you are..." He stuttered. "What are you going to do?" asked the princess calmly. "I am looking for Prince Shahru. This is Khan's order. Khan ordered me to find Prince Shahru. I promise, as long as you hand over Prince Shahru, I will never make things difficult for you. It has nothing to do with you." "How do you think Shah Ruh will be with us? If you want to see him, you should go to King Timur." "Shaharu? Do you call him Shaharu? Now, instead of bothering to guess, I can ascertain who you are, and I don't think I'm mistaken, I must be. Well, since you said Prince Shahru is not among this group of people, I will give you face, just treat what you said is true. How about it? You can’t find Prince Shahru, come with me to see Khan? He must see you when he sees you It should make him happier than finding Shaharu."

"Yes. If I go with you to see Tuke, can you let these people go? We are all of the same clan, why do we have to kill each other? We Mongolians just like to beat ourselves, and we lose everything. country." "You should say these words to King Timur. Forget it, if they want to stay, I have no objection. If they want to leave, I won't stop them. The Khanate has been fighting civil wars for years, and they are not rich. To feed them, they need a lot of money. Bread is short. Let them eat King Timur's bread." "In that case, I'll go with you!" Princess Oeira turned her head and kissed my cheek.She was saying goodbye to me, but I held her hand and didn't intend to let go of her.I was terrified, but I would rather die with her than never see the princess again. "Cesia, be good!" she said tenderly.She also said this to Shahru at the same time, and she asked Shahhru to take all of us to meet King Timur or return to Samarkand. "No!" Shahru said. Of course Shaharu understood Princess Oeira's hint.Because he understood, he refused decisively.I knew that he would never abandon the princess because of cowardice. If so, even if he could survive by chance, life would be meaningless to him. The princess's face changed slightly. In front of the army and officers of the Golden Horde, she really didn't know what to say to Shahru. There was an amused look on the officer's face. The princess looked at Shaharu anxiously, how she hoped that Shaharu could understand her painstaking efforts and leave the place of right and wrong as soon as possible. Shah Ruh didn't look at her at all, he said to the officer, "If I tell you who Shah Ruh is, can you let her go?" The officer was noncommittal. "Can you?" The officer nodded. "Okay, let me tell you, I am the Shaharu you are looking for. Now, you let her go." The officer expressed no surprise at all, he might have already guessed that he was Shahru.He waved his hand and asked the soldiers to take the princess and Shahru with them. Shaharu pulled out the scimitar from his waist with a bang, pointed at the officer, and his voice became rough and severe: "You are not allowed to touch her. I will go with you! Let her go, otherwise, I will kill her." you." The officer was unmoved.Of course he won't give up the prey he got easily. The officer's dishonesty angered Shahru, and Shahru slashed at the officer with a knife. The officer was prepared and dodged away.The officer's attendants swarmed up and grabbed Shaharu's arm. Shaharu struggled hard, but the officer became impatient and swung his whip at Shaharu. The princess quickly blocked Shaharu with her body.Seeing that the whip was about to fall on her back, the officer stopped it. "You are a really special woman. No wonder Toke Khan never forgets you after seeing you once." "You bastard! You bastard!" Shaharu cursed repeatedly, his eyes were red. The princess comforted Shaharu gently: "Shaharu, we are together, there will always be a way." "No! Toke him..." "It's okay, trust me." "You take us to see Tuoke." She turned to the officer and said. Shaharu knows the princess's character better than anyone else, since this is her decision, there is no force that can change her decision.Now, he can only pin his hopes on Nuridin: "Nuriddin, I handed them over to you." Nuridin shook his head, "Prince Shahru, I will not leave you and the princess." Shah Rudd angrily said, "Nuriddin, do you dare to disobey my order?" Nuridin knelt down slowly, "This time, forgive me for not obeying. I will never leave your side. And the princess, I brought her here, I must send her back, if No, let me die first." I stuck close to Princess Oela's side, never leaving.The princess knew that I would not leave her, just like Nuriddin would not leave Shahru.She sighed, took my hand, and asked the officer to take us away with his wolf-like officers and soldiers.