Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

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Aladdin's plan works perfectly. The Maghrebi drinks the soporific drink and Aladdin gets back the magic lamp.

And he immediately moves back the palace to its previous location.

Needless to say, the sultan is overjoyed to meet his daughter again.

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ON THE THIRTY-EIGHTH NIGHT

Sheherazade said:

And Princess Badrou'l-Boudour stretched herself nonchalantly on her cushions, awaiting the arrival of the magician.

However, he did not fail to come at the appointed time. And the princess, contrary to her habits, rose in his honor and invited him, with a smile, to sit down beside her on the divan. And the Maghrebi, greatly moved by this reception and dazzled by the brilliance of the beautiful eyes which gazed at him and by the ravishing beauty of this much-desired princess, only wanted to sit down, as a measure of politeness and deference, on the edge of the couch. And the princess, still smiling, said to him: "O my master, do not be surprised to see me today in this state of change, for my temperament, which is by nature very opposed to sadness, has got the better of my grief and worry. And besides, I have reflected on your words about my husband Aladdin, and I am now persuaded that he died by the effect of the terrible wrath of the king my father. However, what is written must run! And neither my tears nor my regrets will restore life to the dead. This is why I have renounced sadness and mourning and resolved to no longer reject your advances and your kindnesses. And this is the reason for my change of mood!" Then she added, "But I haven't brought you the friendship refreshments yet!" And she got up, in her dazzling beauty, and went to the big stool on which lay the tray of wines and sorbets, and, while calling for one of her servants to serve the tray, she threw down a pinch of the Cretan bong in the gold cup of the board. And the Maghrebi did not know how to thank her for her favors. And when the next girl had come forward with the tray of sorbets, he took the cup and said to Badrou'l-Boudour: "O princess, this drink, however delicious it may be, cannot refresh me as much as the smile of your eyes!" And, having thus spoken, he put the cup to his lips and emptied it at a single draft, without breathing. But it was to roll at once, on the carpet, at the feet of Badrou'l-Boudour, his head before his legs!

However, at the sound of his fall, Aladdin uttered a loud cry of triumph and left the cupboard to immediately run toward the inert body of his enemy. And he rushed at him, opened the top of his robe, and drew from his bosom the lamp which was hidden there. And he turned to Badrou'l-Budour, who, bordering on joy, was running up to embrace him, and said to him: "Please leave me alone once more! Because everything must be finished today!" And when Badrou'l-Budour had moved away, he rubbed the lamp in the place he knew well, and immediately saw the genie of the lamp appear, which, after the usual formula, awaited the order. And Aladdin said to her: "O genie of the lamp, I command you, by the virtues of this lamp, your mistress, to transport this palace, with all that it contains, to the capital of the kingdom of China, to the same place where you had removed it from to bring it here! And make sure that this transport takes place smoothly, smoothly, and without jerks!" And the genie replied: "To hear is to obey!" and disappeared. And at the same moment, just long enough to close one eye and reopen it, the transport took place, without anyone suspecting it; for it only made itself felt by barely two slight agitations, one at the start and the other at the finish.

Then Aladdin, after having found that the palace had really arrived and posed well opposite the palace of the sultan, in the place which it occupied formerly, went to find his wife Badrou'l-Budour, and kissed her much and said to her: “We have arrived in your father's city! But, as it is already dark, we should wait until tomorrow morning to go and announce our return to the sultan! For the moment let us think only of rejoicing in our triumph and our reunion, O Badrou'l-Boudour!" And as Aladdin had not eaten anything since the day before, they both sat down and had a succulent meal served to them by the slaves, in the room with nine hundred and ninety-nine windows. Then they spent that night together, in delight and happiness.

However, the next day, the sultan left his palace to go, as usual, to mourn his daughter at the place where he believed to find only the ditches of the foundations. And, very sad and very sore, he cast his eyes in that direction and remained stupefied on seeing the place of the maidan once again occupied by the magnificent palace, and not empty as he had imagined. And he thought at first that it was the effect of some fog or some imagination of his restless mind, and rubbed his eyes several times. But as the vision still remained, he could no longer doubt its reality, and, without worrying about his dignity as a sultan, he began to run, waving his arms and uttering cries of joy, and, jostling guards and doormen, he climbed the alabaster staircase without taking a breath, despite his great age, and entered under the crystal vault, the room with ninety-nine windows where, precisely, Aladdin and Badrou'l-Budour were waiting for his arrival, smiling. And they both arose when they saw him and ran to meet him. And he embraced his daughter, shedding tears of joy, bordering on tenderness; and her too...

— At this point in her narration, Scheherazade saw the morning appear and quietly fell silent.

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