Augustus Road

"Don't reject people thousands of miles away like this! How can I have any evil thoughts about Caesarion, a child who really has the blood of Julius in his body? I am planning to renovate and expand the Temple of Great Love in Cyprus. Let Caesarion be the high priest there, and all the annual incense money and treasury gifts will be his. Isn't this a generous condition?" Lepidus began to offer a package of conditions.

"Caesarion is the successor to the Ptolemaic royal family of Egypt. He is a natural king, and Cyprus is the inherent territory of Egypt. Aren't you going to establish a province there?" Queen Elizabeth always refused to give in. .

"You are right in your guess. Cyprus must become a border province. There should be barriers, military ports and garrisons on it to monitor Asia Minor and Syria."

"Isn't Egypt also the target of surveillance?"

Lepidus laughed a little awkwardly and said, don't always speculate in unpleasant ways, saying that I have usurped Egyptian territory. I can swear that Egypt will always enjoy independent status, but it must appropriately reduce its army and fleet. In short, As long as Egypt can obediently enter the vassal system of Rome, I will treat you mother and son as kindly as I did to the Kingdom of Eubotia. Every year, Egypt ships wheat, porphyry and papyrus, and I will provide support to the Ptolemaic royal family. With the guarantee, you mother and son can also occupy part of the interests of the Red Sea from Ponte to Seris, which is very big.

"Gold, you used this yellow thing to make swords, palaces, and cages, so that other people's ideas and ambitions were imprisoned. Let Caesarion and I spend the rest of our lives, You can't think about anything. You can't do anything. Just be two canaries that please you with their chirping. From now on, Egypt, no, the entire republic - -In this case, you relied on protecting the Julius family to gain power, and now you rely on destroying it to make your power spread over the entire ocean, and I have become your tool and consumer product, " Cleopatra thought. Today, at the hour of the meeting, even nations meet the wrath of Lepidus and are destroyed. But as long as I can let out the words that have been suppressed in my heart for so many years, it will be worth it.

But the high priest was just opposite, looking at her quietly like an inviolable but lifeless god. After a long time, he replied, "You mother and son can build a grand and beautiful palace in Ponte. There are Rivers and waterfalls, as well as jungles and oceans, are decorated with the most precious imported goods. Caesarion can spend all his wisdom and energy on them. What's wrong with this?"

"It's like this again. These words again!" Queen Elizabeth covered her face and began to cry. Then she sobbed twice, raised her face, and suddenly changed into a flattering look. Regardless of the fact that there were still outsiders present, she actually shrugged. Lifting up his waist and hips, he crawled directly in front of Lebida, put his head on the high priest's legs, gently rested his head on them, and raised his face, "If I give birth to a son for you now, and Send Caesarion to Cyprus to be a priest of the Temple of Love, make your flesh and blood like the Queen of Asia Minor, the successor of Ptolemy, completely cut off the blood relationship with the Julius family, and you How will I be treated?"

"Don't have such stupid ideas. You should be a smart girl. I can tell you that Egypt and Ptolemy can still exist until now because you have the flesh and blood of the Julius family. If you have the same relationship with me, If there are no descendants, after my death, you and this non-existent child will die miserably, and Egypt will be completely destroyed." After saying this, Lepidah's voice actually trembled.

Queen Marie continued to crawl up until she could hold Lepidah's cheeks with both hands and shouted softly, "Will you die too?"

"Yes, of course I will die."

"You hesitated. You hesitated just now. You should have never refused to truly accept my love in your heart, but based on realistic considerations, you gave up before. In fact, what does it matter now? Caesar is dead, yours The army can come and go on the land of Egypt, and you can come and go at will on the land of the goddess Isis. How about making our covenant stronger? If you are really afraid, let me bring it with you. You don’t need to be pregnant with crocodile eggs.” Cleopatra was like an all-pervasive, intelligent, beautiful and terrifying red snake, and she caressed the sleeves of the high priest, as enthusiastically and lowly as a general declaring victory. He kept talking as if he had a fever.

"I need seventy warships with decks and sails, and four hundred flat-bottomed transportable ships. In addition, I still have to take away Rufio's three legions. Within a year, Egypt must provide me with three One hundred and fifty talents of financial support, and Cyprus is still to become a province."

"I will grant you everything, but you must also pay the price. That is to let Rome and Egypt merge into one tonight and form a truly unbreakable alliance."

The stars in the night sky of the desert shrouded the earth. The torches in the camp outside were transparent. The patrolling cavalry kept changing shifts along both sides of the river. The lights in the temple curtains flickered in confusion. After the slight sound of wind or breathing, the general The priest walked out slowly in his robe, but he saw Caesarion standing in the small hall of the front hall, surrounded by several eunuchs and female slaves.

Lepidus stood beside the potted plant, looking at Caesarion, who was obviously a little scared and cowardly, and took two steps back until an old eunuch plucked up the courage to say to the Egyptian prince, "You don't have to be afraid of the person in front of you, your status is equal to his."

In this way, Caesarion stabilized his footing, and then he raised his head and saw the iron-like eyes in Lepidus's narrowed eyes. Suddenly, his whole body seemed to be split in half. No wonder he was only a child of seven or eight years old at the time-then this person used a sharp blade as irresistible , asking in a tone of voice, "Why don't you go back to the camp to sleep? What are you waiting for here?"

"Prince, you don't have to answer his question." But before the old eunuch finished speaking, Caesarion obediently replied, "I'm waiting for my mother."

"If there are rumors in the court that your mother lost her virginity tonight and exchanged you and Egypt's safety with me, how will you respond?" Lepidus' second question made all the slaves and eunuchs present cover their ears with pale faces and tremble on the floor.

Although Caesarion was not really old enough to understand this question, the obvious hint in the other party's words still made him feel humiliated and embarrassed, but he couldn't muster up the courage to attack the adult man in front of him, so he could only swing in place, shaking like a sieve.

But Lepidus stepped forward and suddenly handed his sword to Caesarion, "Then I tell you - if someone says such a thing, you use this sword to cut off his or her tongue." (To be continued...)