swear to love heaven

After dinner time, Lemomena still didn't come back. The table was full of exquisite and delicious food, from the enticing aroma to the gradual coldness and color, and then to reheating and steaming.

However, as time passed quietly through the crystal hourglass, these delicacies turned into cold disappointment once again.

The dishes on the round table always maintain the appearance of just being served.

Titi walked to Kalixi and reminded in a low voice: "Princess, you can eat first, the regent must still be busy, don't wait."

With shallow eyes, without any hesitation, he replied: "It's okay, just wait a little longer and warm these up."

"It's already been reheated twice, do you want to continue? You see, the color of this pastry is not good." Pointing to a plate of moist pastries on the table, Titi said angrily.

Taking a glance, the originally bright water-green color showed a little burnt yellow.The blue eyes flickered lightly, as if because of this plate of food that had lost its luster, it seemed to arouse a little sense of loss in my heart, quietly.

"Change a plate."

Signaling the maid to take the plate away, Titi looked anxiously at the door, although her voice was small, she could hear the subtle reproach in her tone. "In the past, when the regent came back late, he would always send someone to tell you to let you eat first without waiting for her. Why didn't you send someone today?"

Ignoring Titi's whispered dissatisfaction, Kalixi sat silently at the table, still looking indifferent, the bright lights were radiant all around, and the fire light scattered on the ground was like a resting beast, curling up quietly on the white skirt. By the side, quiet, gentle, with a touch of loneliness and sadness.

"Prince Regent." Outside the door, the respectful voices of the maids sounded continuously.

The originally calm eyes suddenly turned into a lake wrinkled by the wind when the sound of "Prince Regent" sounded outside the door, with ripples that could not be distinguished whether it was joy or worry.

The door was pushed open, and half of the black robe hem brought in the clear and cold wind unique to winter nights, causing the firelight in the room to tremble for a while, and strange shadows fell into Kalixi's congealed eyes.

"Your Highness, you are back." Titi stepped forward and knelt down, and the maids in the room also knelt down in salute at the same time.

He raised his arms lightly, signaling them to get up.Since entering the door, her gaze, which has not moved away from Kalisi, glanced at the table inadvertently, and was slightly stunned. "You haven't eaten yet?"

Nodding, smiling lightly, as gentle as the fragrance of spring. "waiting for you."

For a moment, Khaleesi saw regret and guilt in Lemomena's eyes, it was a kind of self-blame that was caught off guard, settled in the cold brown eyes, quite obvious.

"I'm too busy, I forgot to send someone to tell you, I've kept you waiting, sorry." In a low voice, she raised her hand to untie the leather belt of the robe, and the maid hurried forward to take it, holding Lemomena carefully. He took off his robe, bowed and stepped aside again.

Another maid stepped forward, holding a gold plate with both hands, and inside was a neatly stacked robe with a slightly thinner fabric. It was the same as the previous one, and it was also a deep black comparable to the night.

"It's okay, sit down, the food will be ready soon." The smiling lips raised gracefully, with a peaceful expression, without the slightest complaint.

Sitting down while fastening the belt of the robe.Suddenly, the embarrassment came quietly, which made it impossible for her to say what she had thought up on the way back.With eyes narrowed, she looked at the dishes in front of her, pursed her lips, and remained silent.

The two sat like this, and the atmosphere fell into a strange silence for a while.It seemed that only the flames dared to make loud noises at this moment, and those swaying fire colors and shadows became the most vivid things at the moment.

Fortunately, the maids came in with plates and rearranged the food processed by the palace chef again, which also added some chattering movements to the too silent space.

Titi looked left and right, and seeing that none of them made a move, she sighed.I really don't understand why the two people who were fine in the morning have become like this since Khaleesi came back from the Hall of Stones alone.

They are all waiting for something, but no one speaks first... A taciturn one is like a stubborn statue, and a silent one is like a gloomy candle...

"I----"

"afternoon----"

Shouting at the same time, the same surprise, the same embarrassment, came from the two people who sat opposite each other for a long time.

Tea-colored light rippling from the bottom of Lemomena's smiling eyes, shallow and real, those eyes that flowed with warmth reflected Kalixi's shy smile. "You speak first."

Biting her lips, she seemed to have made up her mind, and said seriously: "In the afternoon, what I said made things difficult for you."

"I'm also wrong, because you said that you don't want to participate in state affairs, so I don't need to discuss these things with you. I should have thought that with your kindness, you will definitely intercede for those people. I should have told you in advance One sound."

Lemomena also hesitated and contradicted. There are some things that should be told to Khaleesi, such as the tribe who dealt with the criminals this time, such as the discovery of the knife and fire lurker last time by Da Wuxia, such as the establishment of the House of Commons... ...It seemed that acting in silence had become his way of protecting her.

However, whether this method of almost isolating Khaleesi from the world is right or too much, Lemomena couldn't give a definite answer in his heart.

Smile, a little helpless, a little understanding. "Hittite is a huge country, with nobles, ministers, commoners, and countless slaves. This plateau country has been severely injured by La Balsa. Since you took over the management, there are so many things to deal with... The nobles who oppressed the people, the courtiers who were corrupt and powerful, the common people who lived in hardship, and the slaves who poured in from neighboring countries. The Hittites now have the airs of a tyrant, but they have long been weak. If, you You can’t gain the nobles’ trust in you in a short period of time and quell the civilian riots everywhere. Then, this ferocious beast that dominates the Anatolian plateau may really become a myth.”

She, in a calm and unhurried voice, narrated the most real situation of Hittite at present. Such a rigorous and meticulous analysis, it is hard to imagine that it was said from the mouth of a teenage girl, not to mention that she almost never set foot on the ground. ruling and opposition parties.

With a heavy sigh, the bright light of the fire illuminated the tiredness between Lemomena's brows, forcing that handsome side face, which was getting thinner due to the busy day and night, to reveal an imperceptible sadness. "I almost forgot my Hittite, it's so bad." After the teasing voice fell, the bitter smile remained unchanged, and she picked up a glass of wine and brought it to her lips.

"Don't drink on an empty stomach." He stopped softly, full of concern.

Slightly stunned, then obediently put down the glass and smiled.Picking up the table knife, he subdivided the beef on the plate into small pieces, picked a few pieces and put them on Kalixi's plate, and took a few pieces for himself.

"Is the Egyptian cook still in Hittite?" Chewing the beef, he asked nonchalantly.

Nodding, pointing to the dozen or so delicious and delicate dishes on the table, he said, "These are made by them. This steamed beef with pears is said to be His Majesty the Pharaoh's favorite."

"Cough, cough..." He choked on that name that made people's teeth itch.

Picking up the cup, took a sip of the light wine, frowned, and looked at the food on the plate, as if seeing the disgusted expression of something disgusting. "Why haven't they left yet? Are they going to settle in Hittite?"

Amused by her undisguised expression, she couldn't help laughing, and continued eating the delicious beef. "They were all carefully selected by His Majesty the Pharaoh. How can we drive them away? I mean, their craftsmanship is really good."

"Are the cooks in the Hittite palace worse than them?" He raised his voice half a point, frowned, and said angrily.

"Look at you, who said that the Hittite cooks are bad. Come, come, my regent, if you really hate those cooks, I will send them back to Egypt tomorrow."

He curled his lips and whispered something, not knowing what to say.

"What did you say?" asked, smiling brightly.

"It's nothing, just let them stay if you like, they're just a few cooks anyway." He said differently, and in his own opinion, they should all be driven back to the desert immediately.

He pursed his lips and smiled lightly, the faint light of the fire fell into his blue eyes, a beautiful view of the sea, and he continued to eat without saying a word.Lemomena's childish wayward appearance from time to time really makes people laugh.

Just like at this moment, she was holding a short-handled table knife, flicking the few pieces of beef back and forth, full of vigilance as if she was facing an enemy, as if what she was facing was not fragrant food, but something sent by the enemy. Gauntlet.

The food in his mouth was delicious, but Lemomena's slightly drooping face seemed even more alluring, with a trace of childish stubbornness and a trace of pure willfulness.

Unexpectedly, she raised her eyes, just in time to see a pair of clear blue eyes staring at herself, she was stunned for a while, and suddenly, she smiled lazily with the corners of her lips curled up.

Embarrassment, a long-lost feeling, rose from the bottom of my heart, at the moment when Lemomena's thin lips parted a wanton arc.

He quickly lowered his head and continued to eat, his heart beating so fast.Kalixi really didn't understand why she had the feeling of being caught doing something bad, and the two red clouds on her face were burning with silly thoughts.

Brown eyes flickering on and off, filled with a smug smile, without saying a word.

Eating quietly, occasionally there was the light and crisp sound of tableware colliding, very softly between the two of them.

"To the east, in several cities near the source of the Euphrates River, a group of robbers appeared one after another. They robbed the merchants passing by. They not only robbed the money, but also killed everyone. No one was left alive." Suddenly, Lemo Menna spoke in a low voice, and reported the situation in the documents sent from the border a few days ago.

His eyes were startled. "Really? Did you catch it?"

Nodding, he picked up the cup, took a sip, and said, "I caught a few of them, but before the magistrate interrogated them, they swallowed poison and committed suicide."

"Suicide?" Surprised again, Khaleesi noticed something unusual from this simple message and frowned. "Even if ordinary robbers are caught, they will not commit suicide. These people may not be... robbers."

His eyes flickered slightly, and he raised his eyebrows approvingly, and said, "My little princess, your wisdom sometimes really scares me."

Throwing a provocative and proud smile at her, this kind of smile adds a narrow teasing. "You are the regent, how can you be afraid of me, a little girl. Besides, you have been a robber before, so you are very courageous."

"Are you exposing me, my Khaleesi?" Standing up, she stretched out her hand towards Khaleesi, her eyes slightly bent, twinkling.

He took her hand and let Lemomena pull him, and the two walked towards the huge window sill together. "Who in this country doesn't know that their regent used to be a robber, do you still need me to expose you?" The steps were light, the conversation turned, and he continued to ask: "Speaking of serious things, the identities of those robbers, check Ming?"

Looking at the night sky outside the window, the mountain wind polished the stars, but there was another group of flickering light that settled in the bottom of the brown eyes, shining another bright and cold light that was not as bright as the stars and the moon. "There are some clues, but I'm not sure yet. So, I plan to go there myself."

Surprised, for a moment. "You're leaving Hattusha!?"

"Well, I plan to go there to investigate in the name of inspecting the mine. This matter cannot be delayed. If those people are really as described in the report, I am worried that something may happen on the Hittite border." Waist, wrapping Khaleesi's slender body in both arms, the left arm has never exerted force.The long black wavy hair brushed against the chin, and the soft touch made people's hearts soften instantly.

Hearing what she said, Khaleesi wasn't too surprised. She had already guessed what was going on when Lemomena mentioned that the robber committed suicide after being caught. "Those robbers, do they come from Two Rivers?"

"It's possible." Replied lightly, with a lazy voice.

"When are you leaving?" A thought suddenly flashed in his mind.

A sigh, a long sigh of helplessness. "Soon, we will leave in ten days at the latest."

"Can I... go with you?" He opened his mouth cautiously, tentatively pleaded, poked his fingers lightly on the arm across his waist, and drew circles aimlessly, and the delicate texture of high-quality fabrics came from under his fingers , twists and turns just like the current mood.

Low laughter came out of the throat, and the brass floor oil lamp beside the window reflected a graceful figure in the light of the moon and fire, quiet, enchanting and unpredictable.

"What are you laughing at, you agree?"