On hearing this, the King was furious.
"How can you say something like that?" he shouted at his youngest daughter. "In your eyes my value is only as much as mere salt?" He was so angry and humiliated that he banished his youngest daughter to the forest.
Sad and dejected, the princess began to wander in the forest. Suddenly, she heard the sound of a horse galloping. Frightened, she hid in the hollow of a tree. The horse halted near the tree and a young man alighted. He had seen the princess hiding behind the tree. As soon as they both saw each other, they fell in love. "I am a trader," said the young man. "I live in the neighboring kingdom. What are you doing alone in this dense forest?"