The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Chapter 590: In the King’s Tent

Xie Yuzhen looked at the emperor, smiled, and said nothing more.

Outside the city surrounded by the tribal army, long and sad wolf howls were heard on the grassland.

In the tent.

A man who was over fifty years old but still looked very tough and brave stood behind the lamp with his hands behind his back. He tilted his head slightly and looked behind him. There, King Danzhu's only daughter was pressing down on her "nephew" and forcing him to kneel on the ground.

"Father, we are targeting the right person. This guy actually wanted to take away all the fighting forces of the Wataya tribe secretly under the cover of night and defect to the rebellion!" Gegentana stepped on the man's back, holding a scimitar in one hand, with her two brothers standing behind her.

Entrusted by Xie Ruizhen, Gegentana left the border town early in the morning and returned to Danzhu King's tent. She secretly contacted a group of tribes that were unwilling to be enemies with Dasheng. Some of them pretended to participate in the siege during this period, while the other part fell behind the grassland coalition under the pretext of providing backup.

In order to avoid exposing the news, Gegentana changed into grassland people's clothes and sneaked into King Danzhu's tent with only a few female warriors. However, because Ulan's appearance was too conspicuous, he stayed in the city to cover her.

King Danzhu had been severely beaten by Dasheng in the early days. Now, Danzhu and Dasheng have been in peaceful relations for more than ten years. The entire tribe has long been dependent on the various conveniences from Dasheng. Even when rotating pastures every year, they will deliberately choose a place not far from Dasheng, and have been learning Dasheng's farming techniques. Most people in the tribe have thought about settling down there and no longer having to travel so hard.

And now, Gegentana, the princess who was offered as a trophy to the Emperor of Dasheng, has brought such an opportunity.

If they can win this battle, the Danzhu King's tent will be the number one hero. Dasheng will help them become the absolutely powerful one among the grassland tribes, and even transform from a grassland tribe into a province of Dasheng like many vassal counties in the south. The title of "Danzhu King", which is as numerous as stars on the grassland, will also become the most legitimate and hereditary official position of Dasheng!

For King Danzhu, who is already in old age, this attraction is undoubtedly fatal.

He was already old. If he continued to live a nomadic life, sooner or later he would die on the migration road covered with frost and snow, or be ambushed and shot by a hostile tribe, or die in the mouth of a wild beast... King Danzhu, who had seen the prosperity of the Central Plains, was not willing to die like that. He wanted to become a part of that prosperous world and live more comfortably in the last days of his life. At the same time... he could also leave his name in history and become an indelible mark in both the Central Plains and the tribe.

King Danzhu remained silent for a long time. He looked at his daughter, whose appearance had changed a lot but who was obviously living a well-off life. He then looked at his two sons, who were standing behind his daughter and whose talents were actually slightly inferior to his.

Finally, his eyes fell on his kneeling "nephew".

This "nephew", named Shao Bu, was the young master of the Wataya tribe.

The one who now leads the Dumi tribe is King Danzhu's sister, Madam Wujina.

Shaobu was not born to Wujina, but was the child of the original owner of the Dumi tribe and a female slave, and also his only child. After her husband's death, Wujina became the mistress of the Dumi tribe with the help of King Yu Danzhu, but she did not remarry. Because she was injured in her early years and could not have children, she simply kept her husband's only son Shaobu.

"Shao Bu, why did you commit such a betrayal?" King Danzhu asked coldly.

Shao Bu raised his head with great effort, and spat out a mouthful of blood and half a tooth from his mouth: "You are the ones who want to betray the grassland... ahem... you are conspiring with the people of the Central Plains, it is you who betrayed the grassland!"

King Danzhu looked at him without pity: "Everyone wants to live a stable life, but Danzhu alone cannot control the good pastures around for a long time. We can only keep migrating. Don't you see the cattle, sheep and relatives who died on the way?"

"With Dasheng's help, we can claim all the surrounding grasslands as our own. This is not a betrayal of the grasslands, but simply a choice of a more stable lifestyle."

"Dasheng has tea, clean salt, cotton, and medicine... Only by submitting to Dasheng can our people survive better. We no longer have to endure the pain of losing countless cattle, sheep, and relatives after a snowstorm or an epidemic, and having to risk the lives of our children and women to plunder and sacrifice more young lives!"

King Danzhu sighed heavily and said, "You are not Wujina's blood, but she was willing to raise you. You kept saying that we betrayed the grassland, but you actually took advantage of her trust in you and stabbed her in the back. You betrayed your mother!"

"She is not my mother!" Shao Bu, who was speechless after King Danzhu's long string of words, suddenly became excited.

Seeing this, Gegentana stepped down hard with her foot, and placed the scimitar in her hand on Shaobu's neck threateningly: "Don't move!"

Shao Bu swallowed a mouthful of ashes and coughed several times before he said unwillingly, "She is not my mother. If she hadn't been unable to have children, why would father... father have found my mother!"

"If grandma hadn't given birth to me, she...she wouldn't have died from excessive bleeding!"

"My mother died because she bore the cost of bearing a child for her!"

"She's raising me just to atone for her sins! It's atonement!"

"She's not my mother!"

Shao Bu's voice was full of resentment.

Gegentana spat and cursed, "You untameable wolf cub, if it wasn't for protecting the young and old of the Wataya tribe, how could your aunt have injured herself and been unable to have children again?"

"And your father is also an ungrateful person! He knew very well that Auntie was infertile, but he said that he didn't care and would make his nephew the young master in the future. But he turned around and sneaked into the tents of one female slave after another. Did you know that he would forget about a woman after sleeping with her? If a female slave got pregnant, he would give her to a servant... Your mother escaped his sight by chance, but he couldn't hide it anymore, so he exposed your existence. Your father said that he was afraid that Auntie would be angry, and he took the initiative to say that he wanted to kill your mother. It was Auntie who was kind enough to save your mother!"

"What do you mean your mother died because she gave birth to my aunt's child? It's obviously because your own father was lustful and unwilling to take responsibility that he ruined a good life!"

"You, on the other hand, don't blame your father for being obsessed with sex and unable to live without a woman. Instead, you put the blame on the woman!"