Pharaoh and her queen

A few days after returning to Thebes palace with Ittis, a little uneasiness has been lingering in Ye Zhiqing's heart

Virgil's secret letter to her only briefly explained their current situation. As Ye Zhiqing expected, Ponte's secret guards had infiltrated the city of Thebes, but the next plan was not mentioned in the letter at all.

After much deliberation, Ye Zhiqing finally decided to start the surveying and mapping of the Nile River ahead of schedule.

After Itis came back, she stayed in Ari Palace all the time. Ye Zhiqing asked the female officer to go to Ari Palace to tell Itis about her plan, but Itis didn't show up these days and didn't respond.

The slight uneasiness in my heart was magnified in the strange silence.

The sun in Thebes was as bright as ever.

Ye Zhiqing was sitting in the stone pavilion in front of the hall, thinking that Itis would not come to Kongsi Hall today, so he went to Ari Palace to find her.

What she didn't expect was that Edith didn't arrive, but an uninvited guest came, Miss Shujita, another servant of Edith whom Lan Masu had mentioned.

Her family followed Itis into Thebes, and she was the only one left after the battle. In the chaotic situation at the time, with her own request and to appease other generals, she finally entered the palace and became Yi Teece's servant.

She has a typical appearance of an Egyptian beauty, her honey-colored skin glows seductively in the sun, and her light-colored eye shadow matches her pale eyebrows. At first glance, she looks clean and neat.

It's just that the moment she opened her mouth, Ye Zhiqing's goodwill was destroyed, "So you are the Ponte prisoner who is greedy for life and afraid of death. If I were you, I would have no face to live with such a lowly status. You should die sooner."

The tone full of resentment and the gloomy eyes fully interpret the arrogance and rudeness.

Followed by a group of maids, Lan Masu didn't expect that Miss Shujita would barge in directly, kneeling sideways in front of Shujita, wanting to explain and ease the seemingly tense relationship between the two, but He was stopped by Ye Zhiqing raising his hand.

Glancing lightly at the people outside the stone pavilion, Ye Zhiqing withdrew his eyes and slowly took a sip of the fruit wine on the table, ignoring him.

It wasn't until Shu Jita in the court was a little bit annoyed, and when he was about to rush into the stone pavilion, Ye Zhiqing said slowly, "Miss Shu thinks my status as a servant is very humble, so Miss Shu's status must be very noble. "

Lan Masu stood at the side, looking anxious, and asked the maid on the side to go to the Ari Palace to find a way to tell His Majesty Edith, and silently moved closer to Ye Zhiqing's direction, in case Miss Shu suddenly rushed up to Miss Ye attack.

After Miss Shu entered the palace, His Majesty Edith gave her treatment second only to the Queen's etiquette, but after Miss Shu's vain attempt to seduce the king with drugs two years ago was revealed, the king grounded her in Xiyuan.

In addition, the treatment given to Miss Shu remains the same, which is already a great honor in the eyes of Lamarte and the others. After Miss Shu enters the palace, His Majesty Edith will agree to whatever she wants.

Ye Zhiqing's rhetorical question caused most of Shujita's arrogance to disappear immediately, and his face was slightly stunned, as if to comfort himself, he repeated repeatedly, "The king will make me queen soon, soon... "Spoken incoherently, faintly crying.

Looking at Shujita calmly, wisps of self-mockery were hidden in Ye Zhiqing's raised hair.

The bottom line is that Shujita is just a victim in the power game, and the most wanton time is trapped in the palace. Even if he enjoys the luxurious life envied by countless people, he has lost his freedom and never responded to the feelings he wanted. , that is no different from the walking dead.

As if stimulated by the sympathy in Ye Zhiqing's eyes, Shujita took out a dagger from his waist and shoulders, and rushed straight towards Ye Zhiqing with an expression of madness.

Can't stop muttering, "As long as you die, the king will make me queen."

No one expected Shujita to go mad suddenly, Lan Masu rushed towards Shujita, trying to stop her movement, but Shujita pushed him away.

The speed and strength of the sudden madness erupted, revealing a hint of unstoppable will.

A white cold light flashed in front of his eyes, and Ye Zhiqing barely avoided it by turning sideways, but before he got up straight, he was pushed to the ground by a huge momentum, and the sharp dagger blade went straight towards Ye Zhiqing's left chest.

Turning his body in a twisted posture, Ye Zhiqing avoided it to the inside, and it was impossible to avoid them all in a blink of an eye.

Just when everyone was exclaiming, a long whip wrapped itself around Shujita's raised hand, and pulled it back fiercely. Following the force of the long whip, Shujita's body instantly flew into the air and slammed into the court. stone statue.

It was Etis, who walked quickly to the stone pavilion and pulled Ye Zhiqing up. After confirming that Ye Zhiqing was fine, he put one hand on Ye Zhiqing's waist and looked coldly at Shujita in the court.

Cough cough~ Accompanied by the pain, there was continuous coughing, Shujita struggled to his knees, "King, I am Shujita, please come to see me, please..."

Glitting past Shujita, Edith turned her persuasive gaze to the female officer behind Shujita, "Why does she appear here?"

All the old people in the palace knew that Shujita had been grounded in Xiyuan by Itsis two years ago, and he suddenly ran to Kongsi Palace to find Ye Zhiqing, obviously he came prepared.

Everyone's faces were ashen, and they knelt in the court and explained tremblingly.

Although Shujita was grounded by Edith, she never took the initiative to step out of Xiyuan in the past two years, and the treatment she enjoyed was as noble as before, and no one would treat her as a servant.

There was a displeasure in the amber golden eyes. It was obvious that the temperature outside was scorching. Under the gaze of Ittis, everyone in the court shivered uncontrollably, knelt on the ground with their heads lowered, and kept silent. .

Ye Zhiqing looked at the miserable-looking Shujita, complex lights flashed in his eyes, and he took the hand of Itis, "Your Majesty, Itis, I'm tired."

Ye Zhiqing's attitude is obvious, and he doesn't want to continue to pursue it at this time.

With the acquiescence of Ittis, a group of people retreated in a panic, but after a while, only Edith, Ye Zhiqing, and two female officers were left.

After the people left, Ye Zhiqing walked into the hall on his own, ignoring Ittis behind him.

Ye Zhiqing sat down at the table with an expression as light as water, as if he didn't care about what happened just now.

With a leisurely gait, and sitting next to Ye Zhiqing, Itis also had a calm look that made it impossible to see any emotions, and pretended to ask unintentionally, "Why did you leave Thebes early and start the survey and mapping of the Nile?"

With a casual chuckle, Ye Zhiqing looked back at Ittis calmly, "Your Majesty, the sooner I start to explain the smelting method, the sooner I start the reconstruction of the Nile River waterway, the sooner I can prove to others that Your Majesty, you will Is it useful for me to bring it back to Egypt?"

With an unwavering tone of voice and an unusually calm expression, an invisible gap was re-established between the two.

And this estrangement was established by the two together, not unilaterally.

When the heat of love subsides and the two calm down, any disturbance can arouse their suspicion of each other.

If he entrusts himself so easily, then Itis is not worthy to be the monarch of Egypt.

This point, Etis is very clear, and Ye Zhiqing is equally clear, when the beautiful appearance fades away, the remaining naked use is inevitable.

Tapping the table irregularly with her knuckles, Ittis was silent for a long time before saying, "Zhiqing, you still don't believe me?"

His eyes were burning brightly, and the gathered light and shadow completely covered up Ittis' true emotions. The clear tone seemed to be a statement of affirmation, but it seemed more like a question.

Ye Zhiqing had no fear, and responded directly, with sarcasm in his eyes, "Your Majesty Itis, is it because I don't believe you, or you don't believe me? Didn't the trip to the workshop outside the city a few days ago show your wariness?" .”

Ye Zhiqing stood up and was about to leave, not wanting to entangle with Ittis any more, "Your Majesty, I have already said that I will do my best to fulfill the deal between us."

In this situation, mentioning the transaction again is obviously revealing the deepest emotional embarrassment between the two of them.

What the two of them have been deliberately ignoring all the time, their start is just because of a transaction full of exploitation.

Etis faced the light and watched Ye Zhiqing's upright figure go further and further away, becoming more and more blurred under the light and shadow, as if something precious was quietly passing away in the bottom of her heart, and the sense of unreality became more and more clear, and panic surged in an instant.

The body reacted one step earlier than the mind, Ittis stepped forward quickly, held Ye Zhiqing's wrist tightly, and pulled him back into the hall with a strong attitude.

With a loud bang, the palace door was tightly shut.

Outside the hall, Lan Masu and another female official looked at each other. Even they could feel His Majesty Edith's out-of-control emotions just now, and the two stood back silently.

In the hall, Ye Zhiqing was imprisoned by Etis, his hands were bound, and he was tightly pressed against the wall.

The breathing of both of them was a little disordered, and Ye Zhiqing subconsciously broke away.

"Don't move," the tone was strong, and Ye Zhiqing's struggle was suppressed effortlessly, and before Ye Zhiqing had any reaction, he covered Ye Zhiqing's lips neatly.

With a very direct and rough kiss, Ye Zhiqing's hands were pressed against his shoulders, the more he struggled, the more his body leaned forward, and the closer he was to Itsis.

The numbness that seemed to flow through the whole body gathered in the lower abdomen, Ye Zhiqing's struggle became smaller and smaller, and the end of his eyes was full of water.

The cool wind swept over the intricate and delicate curtains in the hall, but it didn't cool down the gradually rising temperature around the two of them.

After a long and lingering kiss, Ittis looked at Ye Zhiqing whose face was flushed and the eyes glistened with water.

Although they were jumping out word by word, they could be heard very clearly in the quiet bedroom.

"Zhiqing, I was wrong."

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***

Everything seems to be proceeding in an orderly manner, and there is no sign of a dark tide in Thebes city.

The goshawk hovered in the blue sky and quietly landed in an inconspicuous courtyard in Thebes.

"Prince Inanhot wrote back. Kabu failed to escape to the border of Mutuo. He searched on the necessary route and found no news."

Rocker raised his arms, and the messenger eagle disappeared into the sky in a moment.

He turned to look at the High Priest Karnak who was at the side.

It was their plan to push Priest Kabu to bear the responsibility for the assassination in the Lingling Temple.

As for Xin Nusay, his resentment towards Ittis, if used well, will be a great help.

However, Kabu failed to escape, and there was no news about him in Thebes.

This is so abnormal.

There seemed to be a force in the dark that had already understood their plan, and this feeling of being spied on fully aroused the fear in their hearts.

Kanak shook his snow-white beard with a gloomy expression, "Prince Inanhot has reached an alliance with Assyria, and the troops on the border of Mutuo are also in our hands. As for Kabu, I will wait a few days." Go check your mouth."

After finishing speaking, Kanak turned and left the small courtyard, looking hurriedly, as if he didn't want to talk more.

Rocker silently put the secret letter in his hand to his waist, looked at Kanak who was leaving, and sneered slightly.