Chapter 50 one

Khalil is discussing with the generals about jointly attacking Pi'er with Omar, and the guard announces outside the door that Princess Oela asks to see the new king. Khalil frowned slightly.Within three days, the princess asked to see him for the third time. The first two times, he used various excuses to avoid her. He didn't expect her to be so stubborn. He didn't know what to do with her for a while. That's it. Growing up, Khalil was never as close to the princess as other children.After he grew up a little bit, he would not accept the invitation from the princess even more, and he never even accepted the gift from the princess.In the Timurid Empire, it can be said that everyone knows that the princess likes to stay with children. She is like an angel sent from heaven, and the brilliance of motherhood is the most prominent feature of her body.Not only the Shahru, Sethia, Aylai, and Ulugh Beg she brought up, but she also likes to let them run and play beside her. The children like her, and the parents of the children also like her. Princess Oela's indifferent personality keeps her away from the center of power and jealousy, and becomes the most special figure in Samarkand.

In Timur's family, every child is required to respect Princess Oeira, but in fact these children can do this even if they are not required.Among them, only Khalil is an exception.Except when he was young, when Khalil grew into a handsome boy, he never went to play in the princess' mansion, not only that, he even stubbornly never took the initiative to talk to the princess. In his mind, the princess belonged to Shah Ruh, Cecia and Ai Lai, and he might be able to barely ignore the two of them, but he would never accept the woman who belonged to Shah Ruh accept.This was so ingrained that Khalil never concealed his estrangement from the princess, even in front of his grandfather, the great Timur king.Therefore, in the royal court, everyone knew that Haril did not like the princess, but no one tried to understand the real reason why Haril did not like the princess.

The real reason is only known to Khalil, that is, how much Khalil hopes that the child who grows up next to the princess will be him instead of his fourth uncle Shaharu... Khalil was hesitant to see the princess, and the general Bukut reminded the new king that the princess is an honorable and respected woman. In any case, he must follow the instructions of King Timur, and everything should not be too much. talk handle.Bukut is a Chagatai Mongol and one of Khalil’s main supporters. His words made Khalil wake up like a dream. He asked everyone to continue to discuss and take the guards to see the princess himself. He knew the princess asked to see him. He has already figured out how to respond.

The princess was just outside the gate of the palace. When Haril saw her, she was standing with her back to the palace gate in the bleak wind, her thin body seemed to tremble slightly in the wind. She was wearing a beige robe, and her long dark brown hair was tied in a loose bun behind her slender neck.Although it's just a back view, in Khalil's eyes, she is still so elegant and beautiful, and she is still so unattainable. Haril coughed lightly in embarrassment, and the princess turned her head when she heard the sound, and looked at Haril with a smile. Her smile was the same as it had been when Khalil was a child, full of caress and affection.For some reason, Khalil suddenly felt his heart tremble. He felt extremely uncomfortable, and hurriedly stopped his somewhat vacant steps.

"Khalil, you are finally willing to see me." The princess walked up to Khalil and said softly.There is not the slightest hint of complaint in this sentence, on the contrary, it is full of sincere gratitude. Khalil found that all his prepared words were useless at this time, and he just looked at the princess like that, the expression on his face was as unpredictable as his mood. "Princess, I..." After a long while, he murmured this sentence. He might want to explain why he didn't see the princess, but his thoughts were too chaotic to express. The princess watched Khalil.She hadn't come to hear Khalil explain why he wouldn't see him, but she had a wish unfulfilled, and she wanted Khalil to grant it.

"Khalil, you don't need to say anything. I understand your embarrassment, and I don't blame you. I'm here because I want to ask you to agree to something." Khalil's heart turned cold, and his face suddenly changed: "Really?" "yes." "What's the matter? Tell me, I'm listening. Oh, right, princess, how about it, it's not convenient for us to stand here and talk, please follow me into the palace to talk. The envoys of the Ming Dynasty came back , brought back several new teas, I am not very good at tasting tea, I would like you to help me identify whether the quality of these teas are top grade. I heard that you have always been very discerning about tea."

"No, Khalil, I'm in a hurry, so let's talk here." "Are you in such a hurry? Don't even have time to have a cup of tea with me? Or, maybe the princess doesn't bother to talk to me at all." "Khalil, what are you talking about? How could I think like you? In fact, in my heart, you, Shahru, Ulugh Beg, Pier, Omar, you are all like like my own children." Khalil silently looked at Princess Oeira.From the princess's kind eyes, he could see her warm and loving heart.He knew that everything she said was the truth, and this woman had no habit of lying.However, just because she was telling the truth, he felt even more uncomfortable.He has been avoiding her for so many years, and now, for the first time, he regrets it.

"Khalil, if you want, I would like to taste tea with you and talk with you. As long as you want, there are many opportunities like this. However, I am really anxious now, and I want you to promise me one thing matter. Please agree." "Okay. Tell me, what's the matter?" The princess took a step closer and looked directly into Khalil's eyes with an eager look on her face: "Please put me in prison." Khalil was taken aback: "What did you say?" "Khalil, can you lock me up with Ulugh Beg? I want to take care of this child in prison."

"Are you crazy?" "No, Khalil, I'm not crazy. I'm really begging you, let me take care of Ulugh Beg in prison, it's not hard for you. I'm afraid you don't understand how I feel, Khalil. Rube is the child I brought up from my infancy, maybe because of this, I love him more than his father Shah Rube. I am used to the days when he is around me, he is like the blood flowing in my heart .Now that he is not by my side, the blood in my heart is drying up day by day. I think, if this continues, I will... definitely not be able to live. That's why I take the liberty to come here to ask you, please Understand a woman, a mother. Seriously, I don't fully understand what's going on right now. All the chaos takes me back. I was a little girl and I experienced the most horrible events , so I was living in the distant Western Chagatai Khanate. But no matter what the situation turns out to be, I don’t want to think about it. For me, protecting my children is what I should think about. Harry Le, Ulugh Beg is really still a child, please let him be taken care of by me."

Khalil's expression loosened a bit, the nameless troubles that had haunted him for many years were gradually turning into real bitterness, filling his chest. He thought, how lucky Ulugh Beg is to have such a woman who cares about him, loves him, and takes him as her life... But only for a moment, he regained his usual calmness, his face was as serious as before. Indeed, it was impossible for him to agree to any of the princess' requests. He cannot imprison the special and revered princess, which will not only cause unnecessary misunderstanding, but also cause more fierce opposition from the ruling and opposition parties.

As for the release of Ulugh Beg, it is also absolutely impossible. Ulugh Beg was a bargaining chip between him and his fourth uncle Shahru. As long as Ulugh Beg was still in his hands, the fourth uncle would have scruples and would throw his hands at him. The princess was still waiting for Khalil's answer.Her beautiful eyes are full of anticipation, her face is as holy as an angel, if possible, Khalil really wants to promise her, even if it is only for her to smile... "Sorry, princess, I can't do that." "Khalil." "Princess, please go back, Ulugh Beg I will send someone to take good care of him, don't worry. Anyway, Ulugh Beg is my cousin, we both have the blood of King Timur, I don't It will hurt him. What's more, the situation in Samarkand is so chaotic now, I keep him by my side to protect him." "Is that true?" "What does the princess think?" "Khalil, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just that I really miss this kid. Can you let me meet him? Even if I can't stay with him, let me see him." "You must see him?" "Yes, can I?" "Oh, of course, of course. Well, let's wait until you come back tomorrow. I have some urgent matters to deal with right now. I will definitely arrange for you to meet Ulugh Beg tomorrow." Princess Oeira nodded obediently.Although she was a little disappointed not to be able to see Ulugh Beg, she finally felt more at ease after receiving Khalil's promise. She knew Khalil's personality and behavior too well. This young man, whether it was her or someone else, absolutely could not force him against his will. Doing so would only be counterproductive.For the present plan, instead of incurring his resistance, it is better to obey his will, and it will not be too late to see Ulugh Beg tomorrow. "In that case, I'll come back tomorrow. I want to make some snacks for Ulugh Beg that he usually likes to eat. I think Cecilia will prepare everything. By the way, and Sai, I will make her also Bring it here, let her meet with Ulugh Beg too." "As you wish." "Thank you, Khalil." "You are too kind." "Go and do your business, I will come over at this time tomorrow." "it is good." The princess smiled at Khalil, turned and left.Looking at her weak back, Khalil suddenly had a strange impulse in his heart, and he called from behind her: "Princess." The princess stopped in her tracks and looked back at Khalil, her questioning eyes were pure and gentle, full of caress.Khalil stared at her blankly, not knowing what to say for a moment. "Khalil, do you have anything else to say to me?" "Well...it's not...it's like this, can't you have a cup of tea with me before leaving? Since you were young, you have never sat with me for a cup of tea. " "Yes, that's true. You have been a very independent child since you were a child, and you are different." "So, today I want to make up for my regrets. I want to invite you to taste tea, and I also want you to tell me how to taste tea. Would you like to?" "Of course, I would love to." "Okay, you come with me." "Won't it delay your business?" "No, it's time for me to relax." Khalil made a "please" gesture, and the princess obediently walked beside him.Seeing Khalil's reserved look, she started a conversation casually, and happily told Khalil about his stubbornness and intelligence as a child.She was born with the ability to observe and describe trivial details. In her narration, Khalil is a naughty and cute child: only he will draw a terrible painted face one night and hide behind a tree to scare him. His younger brothers and sisters... Only he, who was severely punished by King Timur, gritted his teeth and kept silent. Future... She had no recollection of Khalil's disrespect for her, but she did remember the first picture Khalil painted, the first arrow he shot, the first purple wildflowers he picked for her. Looking back on the past was so pleasant, as if she had returned to the comfortable and happy time when King Timur was alive, her eyes were shining brightly.Khalil didn't expect that she could remember so many things about him. After being moved, he was also infected by her, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face. The time of drinking tea and chatting with the princess is the happiest time in Khalil's life.Although he didn't want to admit it, it was the truth.For the first time in his life, he experienced the feelings of his fourth uncle Shaharu. This woman Ouyila is indeed a very strange and wonderful woman. When you are with her, her knowledge, her Her tenderness, her tolerance, and her smile all make you ecstatic. Khalil suddenly remembered a day a few years ago.That day, because of his upcoming wedding, his fourth uncle Shaharu rushed back from Harleh. On that day, there was a grand banquet. He was about to return to his seat after toasting his grandfather, when he accidentally saw his fourth uncle watching him quietly. Looking into the eyes of Princess Oeira. That look still haunts him. If it was said that he had only doubted or guessed in the past, then the fourth uncle who was half drunk that day revealed all the feelings he tried to hide in front of him.Growing up beside Princess Ouyila, the youthful feelings of a young man who had just opened his heart deeply imprinted the image of a woman, who was the embodiment of kindness, but the bewitched young man became more and more confused about the essence of love, allowing himself to fall into deep love. Among them, unable to extricate themselves. Princess Oeira's elegant and charming demeanor conceals her inherent radiance of love, and magnifies her other side destined to be loved by others, like a seed buried in the bottom of my heart, absorbing your hard work and all the nutrients in your body, slowly Slowly growing into a leafy tree of love, when you realize that this hopeless tree of love has become the master of your life, the more it grows, the more painful it is for you, so when you try to uproot it, but All efforts were found to be in vain.If the tree dies, love will die too, and if love dies, life will become meaningless. Khalil never liked his fourth uncle who was only a few years older than him. He regarded the fourth uncle with imperial temperament as a natural enemy.He always thought it was because he and his fourth uncle had different thoughts and temperaments. It can be said that it was only at this time that he suddenly realized that if the fourth uncle hadn't grown up next to the princess, he would have never been the same. Fourth Uncle regarded him as a political enemy, even though he was afraid of Fourth Uncle's prestige and resourcefulness, he would not have such strong jealousy towards Fourth Uncle.In fact, his hatred for his fourth uncle stems more from jealousy. After staying with the princess for dinner, Khalil, uncharacteristically, personally sent the princess to the street outside the palace. When the princess bid farewell to him, he promised the princess that she and Sailai would visit Ulugh Beg the next day. The princess got into Khalil's carriage and departed.Unbeknownst to her, Khalil had changed her mind the instant she was gone. In the afternoon of the next day, the princess brought Sai to the palace to see Khalil according to the agreed time.Khalil's trusted guard who stayed in the palace was waiting for her outside the palace gate. He told the princess that Prince Pier was approaching Samarkand. Khalil led his troops out of the city early in the morning and was not in the city.The princess asked the guard to take her to see Ulugh Beg, but the guard flatly refused. He told the princess that he did not get the order from King Khalil in advance. The princess finally understood that it was impossible for Khalil to keep his promise.His promise was just a word on his lips. Even if he didn't go out of the city to fight Pi Er, he would find other reasons to prevent Ulugh Beg from seeing her, or seeing anyone else who might be related to Shah Rukh. people. Poor Sai was weeping with disappointment.The princess wiped away the tears for her, and comforted her softly. Seeing that Sai gradually calmed down, the princess took her hand and left.Regarding Khalil's reneging, the princess never complained. Her tolerance and calm made the guards feel a little overwhelmed. Back at the mansion, the princess didn't bother to drink the honey tea I served her. She wrote a few letters and sealed them. In the evening, she asked me to take the secret letter to meet some people outside the city.She asked me to deliver the letter and leave later without bringing a message.When I was in charge of decorating tributes and designing jewelry in the palace hall, I had many contacts with the families of these people or themselves. I was free to go in and out of their mansions and was very familiar with them.I think the reason why the princess chose me to deliver the letter is precisely because my identity is not likely to arouse suspicion from others. The princess asked me to send these letters to all her friends.Their status in the Timur Dynasty should not be underestimated, especially Aiku, who still holds military power to this day.King Timur died of illness during the Eastern Expedition, and Khalil guarded Samarkand and seized the throne first.Miransha, Shahru, Pier, Omar, Jihansha and others did not recognize the legitimacy of Khalil's ascension to the throne. They either stayed in the fiefdom and waited and watched, or sent troops to attack each other with the intention of redistributing power.In this case, the battle for the throne tends to heat up.The generals, ministers, princes and nobles who stayed in Samarkand had to face a choice. Some of them had already left Samarkand to go to the Lord in their hearts. Have a picture. According to what the princess told me in advance, I was the last one to come to Aiku's house.Aiku was two years younger than King Timur, and was one of the most trusted ministers of King Timur during his lifetime.After the death of King Timur, Khalil never deprived Aiku of his military power out of the consideration of winning over his father's old ministers. Aiku is bold by nature and has the best personal relationship with the princess.In the past, whenever he came to the princess's house as a guest, he liked to joke with me or the princess.The princess regards him as her father, respects him very much, and sometimes teases him.The conversation between them has always been unscrupulous. I have said more than once that the princess has profound knowledge and a broad mind. Aiku also often said that Princess Oeira is the most extraordinary woman he has ever seen. Aiku, who is seventy years old, still looks like he is in his fifties. Not only is his face flushed, he is full of energy, but he also has a voice like a bell and walks like the wind.Like everyone else who received the secret letter, he read the letter in silence, burned it in front of me, and then I left. When I got home, the sky was slightly bright, and the princess saw my red eyes after staying up all night, and smiled and told me to go to sleep. I was so excited that I couldn't fall asleep at all, and I woke up after closing my eyes for a while. The whole day passed in peace, and when night fell again, Aiku and others gathered at the princess's house in less than half an hour as if they had made an appointment.The princess asked me and the Suodu couple to pay attention to the movement outside. After I sent the teapot in and left, she closed the door and talked with these people for a long time. I didn't hear what they were talking about, but what happened later made me guess about what they were talking about.I realized that Princess Oela invited these people to discuss the rescue of Ulugh Beg.Khalil's attitude made the princess understand that it was impossible for her to persuade the young and energetic new king to release Ulugh Beg. As a last resort, she decided to do it herself. Of course, rescuing Ulugh Beg is not an easy task, so from the beginning the princess prepared for the worst.Fortunately, her knowledge of people played an important role at the critical moment, and Ai Ku and others were persuaded by her and were willing to do their best to help her. The entire rescue process was carefully planned, and Aiku even risked using his army.Before Khalil returned to Samarkand, Aiku and others bribed the jailer to pretend to be a jailbreak, and rescued Ulugh Beg from Samarkand.After Ulugh Beg escaped from danger, Aiku and others also left Samarkand with Sai and their respective families, and went to Harleh to join Shah Ruh. Of course Aiku and Ulugh Beg would not forget the princess, they sent someone to pick her up that night.But for some reason, the princess showed her stubborn side for the first time, and refused to leave no matter what.She told the envoy that she was not feeling well, and that it was a long journey from Samarkand to Harleh, and if she managed to make the trip, it would be bad for her health, and secondly, if she fell ill on the way, it would definitely hurt Ulugh Beg. The princess was originally a thoughtful woman, so it was inevitable for her to have such concerns, and what she said to the messenger was not untrue. As for me, I have a feeling that the Princess chooses to stay in Samarkand for something else. Previously, she did spend countless efforts to rescue Ulugh Beg from prison. Now that her goal had been achieved, she did not want to make Khalil angry at the Shahru and his son because of her escape.She must bear everything she should bear. Only in this way can she have a chance to avoid the imminent decisive battle between Shah Ruh and Khalil. Whether Shah Ruh or Khalil, they are the best descendants of King Timur left in the world, and the power they possess is also the most valuable power of the Timur Empire.It is absolutely not what the princess wishes to let such two precious forces be exhausted in killing each other.Taking a step back, even if the decisive battle between Shaharu and Khalil is inevitable, she should at least buy enough time for Shaharu. When Khalil makes a long-distance attack, Shahru will be able to make the best preparations for the battle. adequate preparation. For Shaharu, she is willing to make such an attempt with her life. This is one of them. Second, she also knew Khalil, and Khalil would not kill her easily unless he had to.Shaharu is decisive, as long as she is alive, as long as she is still in Khalil's hands, Shaharu will not act rashly if he is not sure. The current situation is unclear, and the battle for the throne is still going on.Compared with Khalil, Shah Ruh does not yet have an absolute advantage, and everything is variable.However, the princess had enough patience to wait for Shah Ruth to return to Samarkand and become the new master of the Timur Empire. For the envoys sent by Ulugh Beg, the princess clearly expressed her attitude.Seeing that he could not persuade the princess, the envoy had to go out of the city to report to Ulugh Beg.Before leaving, the princess asked him to bring a letter she had written last night to Ulugh Beg and Shahru respectively.From her eyes, I can see that she has this kind of confidence: after Ulugh Beg read her letter, he will follow her wish to join his father Shahru.