The eldest daughter is ordinary, with a hunchback. She is evil and hypocritical at heart, but she can be clever and pleasing, so she is the darling of the king.
The little princess is so cute. She is very gentle, and everyone who knows her says that no one has her charming face and elegant manners.
The neighboring country is ruled by a young king. Although the king is only in his early twenties, he is already brave and good at fighting. If he is ambitious, his ability can completely conquer the world. Fortunately, he loves peace and opposes war.
During his administration, he tried his best to make the country prosperous and secure. His people are very concerned about his marriage and think that he should get married. Because the two princesses are suitable candidates in age and class status, the young king sent messengers to the princess's father to propose to one of them. The young king wanted to marry a wife he loved and live happily together, so he decided to see her in person before he got married. The king dressed up for this, and soon after his emissary set out, he also set out. Soon, he also went to the princess's palace. There, he found that the old king had decided to marry big princess to himself.
The identity of the young king was soon revealed, so his trip was tantamount to public behavior. The old king heard that the king of the neighboring country had arrived. Although he pretended not to know the young king, he was still ready to meet him formally. The messengers lied that their master was a prince, so the young king met the old king in this capacity.
That night, there was a grand dance in the palace. The young king can witness the two princesses here and know them. Big princess's ugly face, figure and sharp language left a very bad impression on the young king. He felt that even if there were ten kingdoms, he would never marry her. The little princess's sweet and lovely face and elegant manners fascinated the young king. He thought that even if she was just a shepherdess, she would be happy to share her throne.
Although it is difficult to conceal his dislike of big princess and give her enough attention, the young king still tries to be polite. In the following days, what the king saw and heard made him like the little princess more. Finally, he admitted that he really wanted to marry the little princess as long as she and her father agreed.
The young king ordered his envoy to postpone leaving the neighboring country for a while, and hoped that the old king would understand his thoughts. But the visiting period of the messengers could not be delayed any longer, so the young king ordered the messengers to propose to the little princess in their own name.
Influenced by big princess, the old king spent all his thoughts on big princess. Therefore, when the old king heard the news and found it completely different from what he expected, he was very unhappy. He immediately sent someone to tell big princess that the young king rudely proposed to her sister. Big princess was angrier than her father when she heard the news. So she discussed with her father to send her sister to a distant place where the king could not find her, but they haven't decided where to send her.
Finally, they racked their brains to come up with a suitable prison, an isolated tower called the desert tower. They think the little princess can be safely imprisoned there.
At the same time, they thought that the celebration activities of the imperial court should continue, and ordered to set up various extravagant entertainment activities. On the day when the little princess was sent away, the dignitaries of the whole court were invited to participate in a grand hunting activity in the forest.
Before dawn, the old king and her eldest daughter couldn't wait for this happy moment. When the old king and his guests arrived at the gathering place, the young king didn't see the girl he liked. He felt very strange and sad. He waited anxiously and looked around. He doesn't listen to anything the old king says to him. The hunting began. Before the little princess appeared, the young king asked to stop hunting. He looked for the little princess alone for a day, but he still couldn't find it.
When he went back, one of his entourage told him that he saw the princess's carriage being escorted away by a group of soldiers a few hours ago. The waiter followed them at a distance. He saw them stop at the desert tower. When the carriage came back, the sedan chair was empty The young king was very sad to hear the news. He left the palace immediately and ordered his ambassador to declare war on neighboring countries the next day, unless the old king promised to let the little princess out. Not only that, as soon as the young king arrived in his own country, he immediately formed a huge army and occupied several border cities in neighboring countries. At this time, neighboring countries haven't had time to form an army to fight!