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Chapter 16 The Little Queen's Plot (Part 2)

At this time, the entire courtyard was silent, and there were only Lepidus, Cleopatra, and the armchair on the rectangular wall. After a long time, Lepidus continued to ask, "Can I help you realize this wish?"

Queen Elizabeth raised her hand, and a bell sounded, covering Lepidus' mouth, and then she said, "I understand, but Lepidus, do you understand?"

"Of course I understand." Lepidus gently held Queen Elizabeth's hand and put it down, "When Ptolemy of Cyprus died, I was thinking that your wish is coming true step by step, and the next step will be to remove it. Your sister Beneniki, who has made herself king, and—I heard you have a younger brother.”

"That's right, he is taking shelter with a chief of a nomadic tribe in the desert of southern Libya. He is my father's last trump card, so my father only took me with him when he went to Rome just because I am proficient in seven languages." When Queen Marie said these words, her face was covered by the bangs and braids of her shiny black wig, and her tone was as calm as ever.

"According to your father's plan, the person who will inherit the throne of the kingdom in the future should be your brother, and you will become his co-ruling wife. This is not a big deal in the Egyptian and Ptolemaic royal traditions."

"But I don't want to rule with him at all. He is just like my sister. Although he looks better than me, his mind is very flashy and stupid, which will only hinder me." At this time, Cleopatra raised her head and said, Then she smiled at Lepidus and said, "When you return to Alexandria, you will be the governor and finance minister of Egypt. Will Petnaeus stay in the royal city with the main force of the Thirteenth Legion?" ?”

"Yes, this is indeed my arrangement. Even if I don't stay in Egypt, Petnaeus will take the chief thousand-man brigade of the Thirteenth Legion to replace the Hormashi Legion and become the royal guard of the royal city. I His in-laws will monitor him, and the Diotusos just now is my agent in the palace, both inside and outside. "

"Then let Diotusos be my brother's tutor, corrupt him, make him resentful, and finally help him make a foolish decision that can lead to death." Queen Elizabeth showed her white teeth, I didn't expect her smile to be so cute when she was planning such a thing.

"Yes, everything is for you, my future female pharaoh, and I am your guardian." Lepidus took a half step back, bowed to Cleopatra respectfully, and said.

"In the future, the lifeline of Egypt will be in your hands, my Lord Supervisor." Queen Elizabeth also took a half step back and saluted Lepidus with her hands raised, "I will do my best to help you win the world of Rome. To get you out of my country as soon as possible.”

After saying that, both of them laughed.

In the city of Thebes in Upper Egypt, beside the holy lake of Karnak, countless small workshops make intensive weaving sounds. These are all working day and night to weave the linen required for several giant local temples. The clear lake water and On the Nile River, open-bottomed boats carrying grains from all directions to worship the gods came and went. All the bare-chested male and female oarsmen rowed the oars neatly and rhythmically with a small statue of an egret on the top. They did not dare to make any mistakes. slack off.

The royal fleets of Beneniki and Archelaus were also sailing there, but the oars were not poor laborers, but senior officials and military officers. They rowed their long oars without complaint, driving the expensive Lebanese ships. A ship made of cedar, and Benenice, surrounded by maids holding feather fans and harps, was indeed as beautiful as her sister Cleopatra envied, so much so that Archelaus accompanied the beauty. , there is an illusion like a dream.

When Mithridates VI was forced to commit suicide, he and Achilles, the Pontic admiral, were hailed as the new Pontic kings by the rebel soldiers and asked to accept the "crown" made of reeds. However, he and Achilles They all rejected this hot potato out of fear. Finally, Menander, the commander of the Bronze Shield Army appointed by Pompey, took Mithridates' beloved concubine to the Bosporus Kingdom.

Achilles defected to Menander, but Archelaus did not want to stay in the barbarian land on the north coast of the Black Sea, so he also sought the position of priest in the royal cemetery of Sinope Pontus through Pompey. Soon civil strife broke out in Egypt. , the adventurous gene blood of soldiers started to stir in the body again, so he pretended to be the son of Mithridates and ran to Egypt to try his luck. With his martial arts, he was spotted by Beneniki (Empress Marie Claire). Although my sister got the support of the Hormarch Legion and came to power, she still needed such an outsider to subdue and control the Guards Legion). She entered the palace and became the co-ruler of Egypt. Her life was really like a dream.

At the temple complex on the shores of Lake Karnak, the couple's ship was directly carried ashore by thousands of sergeants, attendants and officials. At the entrance of the huge Amon Temple, all the priests were holding rosin branches. They lined up to greet them, and the slaves behind them carried baskets of bread and beer, ready to reward the Pharaoh and his wife's followers.

"My two sacred majesties, from the temple of Amun at the front to the temple of Lukosa at the other end, all the servants of the gods are here to welcome you."

Neither Benenice nor Archelaus could speak Egyptian and could only communicate with the priests through translators. This had made many "prophets" feel faintly dissatisfied. When Benenice asked, could they During the River Valley Feast, the statue of Serapis, the main god of Alexandria, also appeared on the sacred three-masted flower ship together with Amun and other local gods.

The slick priests just smiled and delayed, saying that it would be best to start the blessing ceremony for the marriage of the two as soon as possible. As for the placement of the statues on the flower boat, it was not too late to discuss it in the long run. There is naturally a deep reason for them to do this. What kind of god is Serapis? But just like the city of Alexandria, it was a thing forcibly created by Ptolemy's gang of white-skinned Greeks. Thebes did not accept such foreign gods at all!

Beneniki, who was rebuffed, looked a little embarrassed, and muttered something to Archelaus unhappily. After Archelaus comforted the beautiful bride, his eyes were caught by the man from Thebes. I was attracted by the temples. Each temple was almost like a bustling small city, connected together by streets. There were precious spices and smoke everywhere, forming colorful clouds over Thebes, and West Thebes on the other side. Siquan is a large farm under the name of the temple, with countless granaries standing in the fertile fields. "This is simply the kingdom of God, perhaps even richer than Alexandria."

"So, I hope to send God Serapis here to build a new temple and attract more believers to pay for the new temple to increase the wealth of the kingdom. But obviously, it is not that easy for these cunning priests Submit," Beneniki said bitterly.

"I brought two thousand Hormashi legions here. I can use the excuse of the Roman invasion to do something here." Archelaus looked determined to win. (To be continued.)

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