swear to love heaven

Not understanding why he asked this, I shook my head.

"Become the great priest of Hittite."

"Great priest?"

"Yes, to be the messenger of the Anatolian gods, to be the great priest who brought faith to the Hittites and the Hittite people, this is my dream."

"Now, do you still want to be a high priest?"

"I don't want to, maybe occasionally. But most of the time, I just want to fulfill my mission with due diligence. Whether it's a high priest or a courtier with important responsibilities, it's the same for me now. Because, what I do at this time is to serve my country loyally, as long as I can have a clear conscience, I will do anything for Hittite."

"..."

"Similarly, for Lemomenna, whether she is the princess of Hittite or the regent of Hittite, her duty is to lead Hittite to become a great country. Therefore, there is only one thing she does. The purpose is to make Hittite a powerful empire that no one can bully. If her behavior is really inappropriate, it is also helpless as the head of a country."

"Her helplessness will lead to many tragedies. Aziz, you are not only her courtier, but also her best friend. You know better than me that Lemomena has done something without telling me. I know her She is protecting me, but... this kind of protection makes me feel... very suffocated."

"With all due respect, Khaleesi, do you love the Regent?"

"Love." An extremely firm answer, this answer has never wavered.

"Since you love her, you have to trust her and accept the protection she gives you." Putting one hand on the edge of the table, he said seriously: "The regent grew up in a murderous environment, where conspiracy and desire for power took Everything about her, vengeance and pain have accompanied her for 15 years. The killing and bloodshed have forged her such a resolute and surly character... Just imagine, after losing all your relatives and homes, when you are forced to hide in the deep mountains and wild forests When waiting for an opportunity to take revenge, how do you want her to learn to forgive her enemies? To forgive the crimes of those murderers is simply a kind of...torture for the regent."

"I……"

"Karisi, you are so kind. You have a heart of kindness that no one can match. Because of this, the regent has hidden something from you. She knows you too well. Once she lets you know her decision. You Your kindness will become the inevitable burden of your differences. She knows that you will blame yourself for not being able to dissuade her, and she is even more afraid of losing your trust in her. Therefore, our regent chose a Something a fool would do...to keep it from you."

Inhale, exhale slowly, empty breath, full of heavy melancholy. "Now it seems that I am as foolish as she is."

"Excuse me, you are bold, you and the regent are indeed a pair of fools, and they are a good match." Smiling, nodding, helplessness hidden in the restrained eyes.

"Is... is she still in the Hall of Great Stones?" asked, with a trace of fear, unreasonable.

Shaking his head, he said, "I left the palace with Kusina in the morning."

I don't know how many times today, I sighed heavily.

"Go to sleep for a while, look at your eyes are red like a rabbit, just like the regent, you staring at me with such eyes, it's scary." His joking voice reveals concern, and he said a few words without any trace. The fact that Momena also had a sleepless night.

Frowning, obviously full of worry, and anxiety about not knowing what to do.Since he didn't sleep all night, he could still sit in the palace in a daze, and he didn't need to worry about state affairs.However, Lemomena still had to run around, worrying about all kinds of trivial matters, how could his body bear it. "When will she return to the palace?"

"I'm not sure, maybe it will be in the afternoon. The sudden heavy snowfall last night caused many slaves to freeze to death in the slave camp outside the city, and many people suffered from frostbite. The morning meeting was over, and the regent and the ministers went there." The snow came too suddenly. A place like a slave camp was like a barn, and there were no measures to keep out the cold.

The officials of the slave camp lay in their hot quilts and slept until dawn. As a result, nearly a hundred people were frozen to death outdoors, and countless slaves were frostbitten by the heavy snow and cold.

This matter cannot be covered up. A casualty report was placed in front of Lemomena this morning. She only glanced at it and ordered to go to the slave camp on the outskirts of the city to check immediately.

His blue eyes drooped, and he was silent for a moment, then suddenly he raised his eyes to look at Aziz and said, "I'm going to the slave camp."

Surprised, he hurriedly called out to stop him. "No, no, the slave camp is outside the city, the journey is too far, and the snow on the ground has not been cleaned up, so it's really not safe. It's freezing outside, so don't go, wait here for the regent to come back."

Standing up, his eyes are firm, and so is his voice. "I must go." Waved to the maid and ordered: "Get ready to leave the palace."

"Yes." The maids bowed and went about their business.

Seeing that the maid took out a thick cloak and put it on Khaleesi, Aziz frowned, unable to persuade him, so he had to resign himself to his fate and said, "I'll go with you."

"Yeah." Laughing, a little wayward.

Shaking his head and sighing, Aziz had already imagined that the moment Lemomena's eyes full of reproach turned on him, just imagining that feeling had already made him shiver for a while. How could he be so unlucky?

From the looks of it, let's keep your mind off your own business in the future!

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The thick snow brought great obstacles to the forward movement. The coachman drove the four-wheeled carriage extremely carefully, trying to keep the body as stable as possible. After driving slowly for more than an hourglass, he finally arrived at the slave in the western suburbs of the city. camp.

"Kalixi, be careful." Aziz stood beside the carriage, helping Khaleesi to get out of the carriage, when the sky began to snow again.

Feather-like snowflakes, whirling and descending from the sky, silently filled the gap between the sky and the earth, sending cold air that condensed the breath on the lips.

Tighten the neckline, and search the distance... The white snow line outlines some low and crooked buildings, and after a closer look, it turns out that they are things that look like tents and sheds.

"I'm going to find the regent, you wait here." As he spoke, Aziz took a step, but was stopped by Khaleesi.

"I will go with you."

I wanted to persuade her not to go, but before I could say anything, I saw that she was already walking forward through the snow.Shaking his head, sighing, followed.

Clearly the ground beneath her feet had been cleared, and the thin snow only reached her ankles. Khaleesi held up her cloak and looked around carefully as she walked.

Everywhere you can see simple sheds that are ventilated on all sides. A piece of linoleum is supported by a few wooden stakes, and it becomes a place for slaves to stay. The dirty sackcloth is already dilapidated.Even if the weather is sunny and sunny, such a shed can't block the rushing breeze, let alone the bone-piercing cold wind like ice knives in winter.

No wonder so many slaves froze to death overnight. Living in such a shed was basically equivalent to staying outdoors.

"Kaleesi, the regent is over there." Aziz said, pointing not far away.

Following the guidance of Aziz, the line of sight touches the dark back in the snow light, through the densely flying thousands of snowflakes, the heavy color that makes the heart suddenly tighten, even if it is covered with the lightness of the vast snow color Feminine, still showing unshakable firmness.

Stopped and looked at her quietly, the snowflakes falling from the sky brought a strange emotion, it seemed sad, but also lonely, melting in the warm heart without a trace.

"I'm going to ask the Regent to come over."

"Don't go, let her finish the task in front of her first, I'll wait for her here." He raised his hand, blocking Aziz's body.

More than a dozen officials surrounded Lemomenna, because she turned her back to her, Kalixi couldn't see her expression, but from the bowed and trembling faces of those officials, she could see some dangers clues.

It seemed that Lemomena was extremely dissatisfied with something. She raised her finger and pointed to a low shed in front of her. Several officials immediately knelt down, their faces almost buried in the snow, regardless of the icy snow on the ground.

I don't know if they were frozen or frightened, they were trembling all over, and the ministers standing aside also nodded their heads with livid faces and silenced their voices.

"At the beginning of last month, the regent ordered people to rebuild the slave camp, and all the money was transferred to the supervisory minister. I didn't expect that they didn't start the work at all. It is estimated that all the repair money was stuffed into the skirts of the singing girls in the wine shop. Said softly to Khaleesi, Aziz's eyes were full of rare hatred.

Frown, it is not uncommon for officials to embezzle the country's money privately. No matter what country or dynasty, no matter how strict the law is, you will not be able to kill the endless greed buried deep in the hearts of the people.

The guards stepped forward, picked up several ministers who were huddled together on the ground, and dragged them away. Accompanied by their begging for mercy loudly, the snow became heavier.

"Death is more than a crime." Gritting his teeth, Aziz read softly.

Lemomenna did not move until those people were dragged away, she turned her head and confessed to Cusina beside her, who kept nodding,

Suddenly, Kalixi felt her vision blurred, the flying snowflakes stained her eyelashes, and the pure white shadow covered the thin black figure in front of her, vaguely, as if something entered her heart with her breath, silently Covered the original melancholy mood.

These days, I have been questioning Lemomena's behavior, as if, after she became the regent, some subtle changes occurred between them.

However, Kalixi couldn't tell what this change was exactly...

Perhaps, it is Lemomena's overly assertive character that has become a gap between the two; perhaps, it is his obsession with gentle and benevolent beliefs that ignores the fact that the Hittites under Lemomena's control have always been The Scarlet Empire was born in the bloody wind; perhaps, they are so focused on loving each other that they ignore all kinds of difficulties in reality, but those difficulties are like a sharp sword, the more lingering the love, the more severe the injury cold.

A touch of warmth slipped down unexpectedly from the corners of the eyes, gently and silently melting the cold wind that flew over the face, causing the corners of the lips to have a shallow arc, blooming a delicate and charming light, which is the sunshine that suddenly enlightens the bottom of the heart, After dispelling the overwhelming cold of winter, the moment the black figure in front of her turned around, her blue eyes reflected a splash of enchanting winter snow... quietly, she laughed.

Stunned at the moment, for a moment, Lemomena thought he was wrong.

Suddenly, frowning, she stepped towards Kalixi, and the ankle-high snow fell on her footprints without hesitation. The black cloak swept across the snow, shaking off the snowflakes' entanglement and whirling more frantically.

"Prince Regent." Nodding, a soft voice came, unaffected by the obviously displeased expression in front of him.

Silently, he took off his cloak and put it on Khaleesi's shoulders. The black cloak covered her petite body without leaving any gaps. While fastening the straps for her, she spoke in a deep voice, but she was talking to Aziz spoke.

"Don't you know that this place is not suitable for Carrie Xi?"