Inside Temujin's golden tent, the plot unfolded exactly as it had in the original story.
Earlier, Princess Huazheng, Temujin's daughter, had accidentally overheard Guo Jing and his mother opening the brocade pouch to read the secret order and deciding to secretly flee back to the Central Plains. She had then reported the matter to Temujin.
In truth, Huazheng had not done this out of loyalty to Temujin. She simply wanted Guo Jing for herself.
Guo Jing was an honest kid who had been incapable of lying since birth. Although Granny Guo had already taken the opened secret order back to the Central Plains, he did not come up with excuses like "I accidentally lost the brocade pouch" or "A spy stole it." Instead, he openly admitted that he had read it and firmly declared that, as a man of the Central Plains, he would never help Temujin invade the Central Plains!
Watching his painfully straightforward attitude from behind the scenes, Dao Mei could not help worrying about his intelligence.
If Stinky Constable had been in Guo Jing's position, he probably could have talked Temujin in circles and made the Yuan Mongol army lose again and again without even knowing how they had lost, right?
What followed was both stirring and melodramatic—hot-blooded melodrama, for short.
Seeing Guo Jing resolutely defy his military orders, Temujin was immediately displeased and ordered Guo Jing dragged out and executed.
At that moment, Tolui stepped forward and knelt, pleading for Guo Jing. Then, all the princes and generals in the tent also dropped to their knees and pleaded for him in unison. It was an immensely spectacular sight!
Seeing this, Temujin understood that he could not punish everyone. He therefore ordered Dao Mei, who was disguised as Granny Guo, brought out. Only then did Dao Mei