The Lady or the Tiger?

The man approached the door on the right without hesitation, trusting that the princess would point him to the door which stood a lady behind it. He took in a deep breath and opened the door. He looked up and saw a lady emerge from the darkness. He turned back happily to look at the princess and saw that her face shows a shocked expression. The king’s face turned red with anger and immediately left the arena. Then, a priest, followed by a band of choristers, and dancing maidens blowing joyous airs on golden horns and treading an epithalamia measure, advanced to where the pair stood, side by side, and the wedding was promptly and cheerily solemnized. Then the gay brass bells rang forth their merry peals, the people shouted glad hurrahs.
At the end of the marriage ceremony, the man went to the palace to thank the princess for guiding him to the door which stood a lady behind so that he would not get eaten by the tiger. He overheard a conversation going on between the king and the princess. “I thought the door on the right stood a tiger behind? What happened?" the princess asked the king. The king sighed and replied," I knew you would know where the tiger and lady were and would tell your lover where the lady was so I made a quick swap secretly before people started to enter the arena... I did not know you would actually want to point to the door which stood a tiger behind..." When the man heard the conversation, he was shocked beyond words. He left the palace angrily and swore that he would never return to the palace again. The man, together with his newly married wife, led a happy and peaceful life thereafter.