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Chapter 54 three

As we all know, Hanzedai was the wife of the eldest prince Jehanjar before marrying the third prince Milansha. The beautiful and decisive wife is very doting.During the days when they lived together, Hanzedai gave birth to two sons, Shaletan and Pier, for Jihanjar.Just when they vowed to stay together for the rest of their lives and fall in love together, only Hanjar was unfortunately killed in a war.At that time, Pi Er was born not long ago. The most beloved person in King Timur's life was his eldest son, but after Hanjar's death, he refused to let the throne fall out of the eldest son's blood, so he personally designated his eldest grandson Shaletan as the heir to the throne.At the same time, considering Hanzedai's young widowhood and worrying that Hanzedai's scheming traits would have a negative impact on the future political situation, he asked Queen Tuma for help and persuaded Hanzedai to marry the third prince Milansha.

After three days and three nights of earnest persuasion by Tuma, Hanzedai finally agreed to abandon her two sons with Jihanjar and put on her wedding dress. However, Hanzedai's marriage to Miransha seems to have been a mistake from the beginning.The pain of losing her beloved husband never found any comfort in Miransha, and even after she gave birth to Khalil, Miransha treated her with the same lukewarm and ambiguous attitude. Time passed day by day in the extreme disappointment with Milansha, and at some point Hanzedai became obsessed with drinking white wine.Perhaps, she just needs to get drunk to temporarily anesthetize herself.Day after day, alcoholism plumped her slender figure, which eventually became bloated.

Her self-abandonment gave Miransha an excuse to separate from her. The uglier she became, the more Miransha disliked and stayed away from her.Her two biological sons, Sha Le Tan and Pi Er, only regard her as Mi Lan Sha's wife, and treat her like a stranger.No one thought that the person who really loved her would be Haril, who was naughty by nature.Khalil's filial piety to her is far better than his filial piety to her father Miransha. When she was in the most painful time, only Khalil stood by her side, endured her beatings and scolding, took care of her, and never left her.It should be said that if she had not given birth to a son like Khalil, Hanzedai would undoubtedly be the loneliest and most helpless woman in the world. Khalil is the only reason for Hanzedai to survive.

During this period, Shaletan, as the heir to the throne, gradually cultivated his own power with the help of his grandfather.It is a pity that Shaletan, like his father Gehanjar, did not have the life to ascend to the throne. Just when he was about to show his ambitions, he himself lost his life in the war against Bayezid. His unexpected death puts Peel in his place. Pi Er does not lack the favor of his grandfather, bravery and prestige, but he lacks the means of wining people's hearts of his elder brother Sha Le Tan.Therefore, since he was established as the heir to the throne, he has been sitting on pins and needles, like a chestnut in the fire, and has been under jealousy and even plotting from all sides all the time.

In fact, no matter whether it is the two uncles Miransha and Shahru, or the brothers, cousins ​​and cousins ​​such as Abu Bek, Omar, Khalil, Ulugh Beg, and Jihansha, they are not convinced by him. Coveting the throne, hoping to replace him. In that year, Miransha's madness broke out, and Hanzedai escaped from Tebrisi alone with fear and hatred, and went to report what Miransha, the king of Timur, had done.From then on, she didn't want to see Miransha again. No matter how many people, including King Timur himself, persuaded her, she refused to return to her husband. Khalil complied with his mother's wishes and kept her by his side.She lived in the tent that Khalil prepared for her alone, and her life was simple and regular.As long as there is no expedition, Khalil must find time to talk, eat, and take a walk with her every day.Her son's filial piety touched and warmed her, and without Milan Sha and his messy things disturbing her mood all the time, she no longer needed to drink to soothe her sorrows.For the sake of her son, she quit drinking with amazing perseverance and became a clear-headed and decisive woman again.

Later, King Timur died of illness, and she made full use of the power of the family to help her son Khalil occupy the treasury and the king's seal first, thus paving the way for his son to ascend the throne first. However, when another son, Pi Er, became a prisoner of this son, her awakened instinct of motherly love still made it difficult for her to make a choice. Maybe that's why Hanzedai couldn't attend her son's wedding.As a mother, her palms and backs are full of flesh, she must be very embarrassed, right?Even though she loves Khalil deeply, she doesn't want another son, Pier, to die at the hands of her half-brother.

Khalil invited everyone to sit down, and the banquet officially began.The chief of ceremonies sang a long congratulatory speech up and down, and a group of waiters with their faces covered with white cloth and only their eyes exposed held trays in their hands, their waists twisted slightly, and they entered like dancing. They had just left when another line of waiters entered. After going in and out like this, all kinds of fine wine, meat, fruit, rice and bread have been placed in front of us.The wedding tent that can accommodate more than a thousand people sitting on the ground, and at least two hundred people dining at the same time after setting up more than one hundred tables, Khalil only invited less than a hundred people, so the big tent seems a bit empty.Fortunately, there were all kinds of singing and dancing at the wedding banquet, which somewhat covered up the dull atmosphere.

I couldn't help paying attention to Pi Er, who sat at the head of the first row of banquets on the left side of the throne, opposite to the princess who sat at the head of the first row of banquets on the right. All those who sit in the first row of banquets use a nanmu square table alone.Pi Er bowed his head in silence, his whole soul seemed to drift away from the grand banquet, and he hardly ate anything except drinking glass after glass. I sympathize with Pier. I couldn't see her face behind the princess, and I thought she must be in the same mood as me. Since his mother Hanzedai did not come to the wedding banquet, Princess Oeira was regarded as the elder. Khalil followed the example of his grandfather, King Timur, and brought the bride to all those sitting in the first row in order of seniority and inferiority. Guests toast.He was the first to come in front of Princess Ouira, listening to Princess Ouira's blessing in his ears, with a polite smile on the corner of his mouth.The bride held the cup herself and poured a glass of wine to the princess.The princess blessed the bride, took the glass in her hand, and drank the first glass of wine in one gulp.

The bride will respect again, and the princess will drink again. The bride was about to toast for the third time, when Khalil said unhurriedly, "I forgot, the princess never drinks white wine. Damn it! I'll have someone replace it with kumiss." Khalil's casual remark made my heart skip a beat.Beginning with King Timur, who knows that the princess can only drink some kumiss with a soft taste and good for the body. It is not that she is not good at drinking white wine, but she cannot drink it. You will have a splitting headache.Khalil and the princess had attended banquets together on several occasions, and he could not have been unaware of this.But he, in the name of a toast, forced the princess to drink two glasses of strong wine, and then pretended to change it into kumiss, which not only proved that he was careless in giving the princess a drink of strong wine, but also allowed the two kinds of wine to complement each other. It works to increase the potency of the wine.

This is probably his way of revenge on the princess!How vicious and how calm!He just hoped that Princess Oeira would be tortured when she fell ill, and she would die of pain. My heart ached and my hands were shaking. I looked around for a sharp weapon.At this time, I saw the waiter kneeling in front of my table, carefully cutting the lamb with a sharp Mongolian knife. A momentary impulse gave me the idea that I would try to get the knife in my hand and die with Khalil, the demon who had hurt the princess. With that in mind, I leaned forward, almost sitting up.At this time, I saw the princess put a hand behind her back and shook it to me.The princess doesn't have eyes at the back of her head, but she actually knew what I was going to do. My hot head calmed down instantly as if ice water had been poured over it.

The princess stopped me just in time.In fact, I soon realized that there was no way I could kill Khalil, who had been prepared for it.This is probably what Khalil was waiting for, so that he could use my hand to justifiably kill the princess on the charge of treason. He did forgive Princess Oela once, however, the same disobedience must not be allowed to happen again and again.If something bloody happened during the wedding reception, one cannot but believe one's eyes and forgive Khalil for what he has done. Khalil, he's really thoughtful. The waiter replaced the kumiss.The princess held the third glass of wine in her hand, said a few words to the bride softly, and then drank the wine in the glass. Leaving the princess, Khalil led his bride to Pi Er. Pi'er drooped his head, still drinking, as if he didn't see them coming.Khalil bent down and put a glass of white wine in Pier's hand. Peer looked up and gave Khalil a drunken look. "Who are you?" he asked inarticulately. "Pi'er, this is the wine that your sister-in-law toasts you." "Sister-in-law? Are you talking about this girl?" He stood up staggeringly, pointed at the bride lightly, his eyes were bloodshot, the bride was startled, and hurriedly shrank back. "Yes. So, you have to drink this glass of wine." "Of course I am willing to drink, even if it is poisoned wine, I will accompany it." Pi'er went to get the wine glass, but under the influence of the wine, his hands trembled violently, and he almost spilled most of the glass of wine. After drinking, he showed the bottom of the cup to Khalil: "Drink it, enjoy it?" Khalil refills Pier's wine calmly, and as Khalil pours, Pier sprinkles, and then, just as the glass is full, he drinks again. For the third glass of wine, Khalil changed his mind. He put the glass aside and asked the waiter to bring over two silver bowls. He wanted to drink with Pi Er.With two full bowls of wine, Khalil did not hand the bowls to Pi Er's hands, but put them under Pi Er's nose. He drank while watching Pi Er drink. After a while, the two bowls of wine were drunk by the two brothers. Cleaned up, Khalil tossed down his wine bowl. The silver bowl would not break, it just made a noise when it was thrown on the carpet, the waiter hurriedly picked it up, bowed and walked back silently. Seeing that Peer couldn't stand still, Khalil laughed loudly, heartily. Pi Er also laughed along with him, his laughter was intermittent, it sounded worse than crying. Khalil walked up to Pi'er and put his arms around his neck: "Pi'er, after the banquet, do you want me to take you to see your mother?" Although Peer was very drunk, he didn't like this kind of affection from Khalil.He stretched out his hand, trying to push Khalil away, but he couldn't do it, and Khalil was obviously much stronger than him. I saw Khalil's face.His face reappeared the expression he had when he strangled my neck last night.I think, at this moment, Pier must be the same as I was at that time, feeling suffocated and feeling that he is going to die. "You said... what?" Sure enough, Pier's voice became hoarse, and at the same time, he used all his strength to break free from Khalil's arm. "Go see mother," Khalil repeated, still smiling. "Whose mother? Your mother?" "Isn't she your mother?" "You mean... her... oh, I forgot." "I even forgot the mother who gave birth to me, it shouldn't be." "What should I not? I hardly know her. Why do you keep standing in front of me? Go away. I want to drink. Wine is my mother." "Pi Er..." Peel gave Khalil a hard push and fell back on his seat. "Go away! Go away!" He poured wine for himself, he couldn't find the rim of the glass, and the wine spilled all over the table, "Go away, I want to drink. Parents and mothers are not as good as wine relatives, how can I have relatives?" Mother, huh? Wine is my real mother." As he spoke, he laughed again, laughing loudly, the empty, mournful laughter echoed in the wedding tent for a long time, like a lonely male wolf with a broken leg, squatting on the hill and howling in front of a strong hunter. I can't bear to listen.However, I care more about the princess than Pi Er.I can only see the princess's back, she is sitting on the seat, I can't see her face, I don't know if she has started to have a headache. I imagined her pale face and fine cold sweat on her forehead. As a result, my face became hot and I broke out in hot sweat first. Why the hell are Khalil and his bride not done with their round of toasting?I hope the atmosphere of the banquet can become a little more relaxed.If the princess is unwell, I don't care whether Haril is the prince or the king. I must take the princess out of the wedding tent and receive treatment from the doctor. By the way, Cecia, an idiot, knew how to worry, so why did she forget the precious pill?Don't I usually carry a pill bottle with me? The medicine bottle is carved out of a strip of crystal by me. It looks like a slightly curved thumb, and the inner wall is hollow. Through the crystal clear bottle, you can see the round, pearl-sized red pills inside. , very beautiful.I'm an eccentric person, and it's inevitable that I sometimes have a whim and make some fancy and exquisite but flashy things, such as this medicine bottle is one of them.There can only be five pills in the medicine bottle at a time, but these five pills can at least temporarily resist it. I have to give it to the princess quickly. I believe that after the princess takes the medicine, her headache will definitely be relieved effect. But what about the pill bottle? Where did the pill bottle go?I clearly remembered that I carried it with me, but why couldn’t I find it after searching all over my body?Could it be... I remember wrongly?Or did I fall into the place where I was imprisoned in the back garden of the palace?Or, did someone simply steal the vial from me while I was asleep? Impossible, there shouldn't be such a thing!I have to think, I have to think, where did I leave the pill bottle... I was as clueless as a madman, and the fear of the princess's several illnesses tangled my memory. I could hardly do anything except worry and fear. Perhaps sensing my uneasiness and anxiety, in the middle of the toast of the newlyweds, the princess turned her head and smiled at me. I look at her.Princess Oeira's face was pale and her expression was serene. She put a finger to her lips, as if telling me that she was already prepared, she had taken the medicine, so don't worry about her. But how can I not worry? The pill can only provide relief for a while. I heard the doctor tell the princess in private that this kind of pill should not be taken frequently, let alone in large quantities, especially not to drink alcohol after taking it. If you can’t do these three things, the effect of the pill is not to save people. It hurt people. However, the naturally intelligent princess expected that Haril would not let her go easily, and knew that Haril had ulterior motives in inviting her to the banquet. Even so, she was still unwilling to ruin the festive atmosphere of the wedding banquet because of her sudden illness. So, she took the pills before going to the dinner.In this way, she can indeed last until the end of the banquet, even at night, but tomorrow, who knows what will happen to her tomorrow?
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