Origin of Jambi City II

The bad-faced king agreed to fill her requirement. He asked his troops to gather immediately. When sun had set, they started to build the palace. At midnight, their job to build the palace almost fibished. Now, the job left was to build the beautiful garden.

Ripe areca nut princess was very afraid.
All bight long, she could not sleep tightly. She looked for a way to defeat the king's effort. After that, she went to the chicken coop and brought several bright lamps. Those chickens assumed that the sun had risen. they crowd and called back and forth. Because of the crowd, the king asked his troops to stop their jobs shorthly.

"Why we must stop this job, Your Majesty? Our job is almost finished and the sun has not risen yet," the troops said.
"But, the crowds of chickens have heard. That's my promise to the princess. As a knight, I must be consistent with my promise," the King said.

All of the troops stopped their job at that moment. Therfore, he gave all of his wealth to the ripe areca nut princess. The king was very sad and his heart had broken because he had failed to suit the beautiful princess. He even became impoverished.
However, by realizing the king's sincerity and honesty, ripe areca nut princess changed her words. She finally accepted the king's married proposal to her.

"Sincerity, honesty, and consistency of You Majesty make me accepted Your Majesty's married proposal," ripe areca nut princess said. The bad-faced king was very aghast, he did not believe with the princess statement.
Because of his happiness, the bad-faced King jumped down to the swimming pool he had made.

His face changed to be handsome at that time. In the end, ripe areca nut princess married to the king and lived happily. The region where the princess had lived called areca nut country. Areca nut in Javanese was Jambe. the Kings in Java Island called it Jambi City and now it becomes Jambi Province.