Princess of the Jurchen Empire 9

 - I won't tell anyone! - the woman broke the silence
 “What don’t you tell me, madam?” the giant straightened his shoulder bag.
 - I will not tell anyone that the princess is sleeping in your bag.
 - Thank you, lady! But I think that the time of secrets has passed.  I hope there was only one spy.
 -When the baby grows up, I will begin to introduce her to the palace etiquette.  I was a lady-in-waiting to the emperor's third wife.
 - Oh, Buddha!  - the giant smiled, - you are so supportive of the princess!  Thank you ma'am!
 -We are indebted to the princess for the ribbon she shared, and this debt will never be repaid!  I heard the princess is sick?
 Yes, she has weak legs, she hardly walks.
 - It will be necessary to ask people if there is a doctor among those who left with us! And they also say that it helps from weakness in the legs ...
 The woman talked and talked, it seemed that she had already forgotten about the horrors of the last hours. Wang Li looked askance at the energetic woman, he liked the fact that she immediately took the bull by the horns, but still, the giant would prefer that decisions were not made so quickly  .
 When they reached the lake of truth, they had to wake up the girls and dip their legs into the lake, there was no other way.  After that, the princess again fell asleep in the arms of the giant, and the woman's daughter decided to go herself.  She slept well and ran forward.  The red gates appeared as dusk fell on the ground.  It got dark here, in the dungeon.  People started clamoring when they saw the woman, the children, and Wang Li.
 Eileen was especially happy, the last few hours were very unsettling.
 The red gates were loosely closed, however, they opened with a slight push.  There was a sign above the gate, which was crowned with the inscription: "Traveler, you are entering the glorious city of Zhen"
 Having passed the first gate, the travelers immediately found themselves in front of the second.  There was no inscription above the second gate, it was just a gate that let tired travelers into the secret city.