Chapter 15 Chapter Fourteen The Return of Princess Ivy

Ramses made such a generous promise, and Ivy had no reason to refuse. However, she still didn't dare to admit that she was looking for Dong.Dong came to him with the Eye of Horus on his own initiative, not according to Pharaoh's wishes.At this time, it is inappropriate to rashly mention after all, but fortunately, Dong has been several years older than before when he came back this time, so it won't be obvious at a glance, and if he insists that he is a different person, no one will doubt him.So Ivy talked to the artist in detail according to the impression of the last time she saw Winter.The artist hastily painted her description on the papyrus, and Ivy felt that the characteristics of Winter could indeed be captured in Shen Yun, so she waved her hand in approval.Such an appearance is rare in Egypt, but as far as the nation with this appearance is concerned, this appearance is not very special.Therefore, Ramses did not seem to be very suspicious.

But as for the secret treasure key she was really looking for, she told him in great detail all the details she knew, including the key of water on the Rama bow.To her surprise, he was not particularly surprised. After thinking about it, the secret key is actually such a precious thing. He must have been looking for it all the time. Maybe he knows it better than her.So she repeatedly emphasized that she was only borrowing it for use, not taking any of them. But he rubbed her hair, "Those things are not important to me anymore, if I find them, I'll give them all to you." So she followed him back to the center of Upper Egypt, the palace of Thebes.He told others that she was the rebirth of Princess Ivy, which is further supported by her appearance and the memory of the battle before and after the battle of Cush.He let her stay in the palace prepared for Princess Ivy near his bedroom.

He visits her every day. But because he was still at war with Cush recently, his previous expedition delayed the internal affairs, so he was too busy to leave the study and the meeting hall.He asked someone to put on a wig for her, and put on the short white jacket that noble boys often wear, and let her follow him as Pharaoh's attendant. He carefully had her palms worn out from toil in Deir Medina be bandaged, and her swollen ankles were applied with herbs.Every time she was grinned by the imperial doctor, he would be in a good mood and look at her while reading the official documents.Sometimes, when he was writing paperwork, he insisted on letting her stay with him.She didn't know hieroglyphs, so she had to rest her cheeks in a daze. At this time, he would touch her suddenly, or poke her face, or pull her hair, to see her turn her head to look at him in confusion. He, he would raise the corners of his mouth in satisfaction again, then lower his head and continue working.

During these calm days, Ivy felt lost more than once.Perhaps, he really has a little affection for himself, whether it is guilt or gratitude, or maybe he really wants to repay himself for blocking him in Nubia, and from now on he will treat himself as an individual with no interests , stay by your side. But just as such an idea sprouted in his heart, before he had time to find a chance to confirm it with him, it was easily killed in his heart by the reality.That day, she sat beside him boredly to accompany him again.The quiet atmosphere was suddenly interrupted by the slightly excited military newspaper outside the palace, "Your Majesty! Military news from ahead."

Because of being too bored, when I heard the sudden sound, Ai Wei was shocked, and before she could react, she subconsciously stood up, her legs were overstretched, and she suddenly pushed the stool behind her, and the wooden stool fell to the ground. The sound was particularly harsh in the quiet chamber.While supporting the stool in a panic, she said to Ramses, "I'm sorry, since it's a military situation, I'll avoid it first." While she was talking, she wanted to escape, but he held her wrist tightly and told him indifferently, "Don't go." Then he forced her to sit beside him, and continued to face the outside of the hall with no expression. The guard ordered: "Speak."

There seemed to be a pause outside, and then he continued quickly: "General Montus received the letter of surrender from King Cush, in which King Cush repeatedly stated that he had no knowledge of Prince Rama's rebellion, and begged His Majesty's forgiveness. They sent a list of tribute, including three gold mines on the north side of the first cataract of the Nile, a thousand slaves, a large amount of ebony, ivory and frankincense. The king of Cush was also willing to send his two daughters Thebes, swear eternal allegiance to Your Majesty." What a generous tribute.Gold is a specialty of Cush, and the first waterfall of the Nile River is in the interior of Cush. If you are willing to give these three gold mines to Egypt, it means that you have to open your door and obey completely.And sending her daughter to Thebes means marriage, and it also implies that she is willing to take the royal family as hostages and swears her loyalty to Egypt.Cush surrendered, so it should have saved a lot of trouble, and so easily achieved Ramses' goal of deterring and controlling his puppet state.

He still had no expression on his face, and just replied: "Just treat it as if you didn't receive it, and continue to attack until Kermai, so that Montus is ready to take over the regime at any time." There was only a pause outside the door for a second, and then the general responded simply, the corners of his clothes were turned, and the sound of hurried footsteps quickly went away.Kerma was the capital of Cush.This is the style of Ramses. If you don't move, it is like a calm sea. However, a wave will completely smash the target with thunderous force, and will not give the opponent a chance to breathe.

Just as he was thinking, he turned around and looked at himself tenderly, "Don't worry, I will take care of them all. You won't suffer that knife for nothing." Ivy was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, with a bit of self-mockery in the corner of her mouth.She almost once again thought self-righteously that the chess player was thinking about her chess piece. No matter how excessively he did it, he was not a teacher who did not learn from others.He buried Princess Ivy in front of the whole world, and treated himself so carefully. In the final analysis, it was just for a reason-to completely and completely snuff out Cush's breathing, and completely divide it into himself rule.

No matter how much suspicion and unhappiness she had in her heart, she thought that she was not qualified to speak out, so she nodded sullenly, as if she had heard his words that seemed to express good intentions. The days passed like flowing water, and later, he became very busy with political affairs and needed to have frequent meetings, so he no longer forced her to accompany him in the meeting hall.So far, the only people Ivy can see and talk to every day are Ramses and Anafety who has become her slave. After the poor little girl knew that she was Princess Ivy, she almost fainted from fright. When he came, he hugged her and cried loudly, all he said in his mouth was to serve her well for the rest of his life.Ai Wei was amused, and casually untied the moon white belt that had been tied to her wrist for the past few days, and tied up her hair, "It's too long for a lifetime, but now, follow me."

In ordinary days, if there is no Anafedi, I am afraid Ivy will be even more boring.But the days were so peaceful, every morning when I woke up, I just put on my clothes and started to eat breakfast, all kinds of gifts from Ramses would fly in like snowflakes, frankincense, fine clothes, jewelry, all day long.So much that she worried that her sleeping place would soon be filled up one day, and then she would have nowhere to go.At noon, if Ramses hadn't left the palace to go to other places, he would come to have lunch with her.In the afternoon, she usually stays in the palace in a daze, and even if she goes out, she can only go to the place designated by Ramses.She can finally enter the marvelous lotus pond that she strayed into before.But facing the pond water in full bloom with lotus, I can't erase the uneasiness in my heart.

Exactly why he built the pool, he never mentioned. People in the palace don't seem to be allowed to speak to her.The passage of time became very slow, and she seemed to have been isolated from the real world. After the Japanese military report, she no longer knew what happened in Thebes, Cush, and Deir Medina.I feel uneasy, but I want to arrest someone to ask, but I can only get a salute that is almost fearful. She had to ask Ramses.The form of questioning is also very monotonous, for example, "Is there any progress on the secret key?" or, "Where is the person you are looking for?" When he gets here, he will say lightly: "Don't worry, it's in progress. However, have you got the lotus necklace that I sent someone to give you yesterday?" She will get it truthfully.Then he leaned over and asked while pulling up her hair, "Don't you like it?" "I like it." But he couldn't remember exactly which one he was talking about. "If you like it, put it on and have a look. You can wear it tomorrow." Rubbing her hair, and then looking at her, there was a slight smile in the indifferent amber color. "I want to go out for a walk, and I don't want to stay in the palace like this all the time." "But if there is any movement of what you are looking for, it will be troublesome if you are not here. Wait, I will take you out when there is news." In this way, she was bypassed and had no chance to refute. Sometimes she would ask herself, is it okay to just stay by his side like this?Isn't that what she wants?It was because of the experience of Cush's trip and Dong's words that made her hesitate, resulting in her distrust of him. But such a quiet and maddening day will always come to an end. It happened that day when Ivy walked from the lotus pond to her bedroom.For her safety, Ramses "considerately" sent a small group of soldiers to follow her.When they were about to reach the entrance of the palace, suddenly there was a sound of weapons behind them, and the entire group knelt down.The first reaction was that maybe Ramses came looking for him again, and when he just raised his head, it was a dazzlingly gorgeous woman in a tight-fitting long skirt, a golden forehead ornament and a black wig, standing in front of his door. He followed a row of well-dressed maids imposingly.And at the end of the line, a white-haired old woman bowed her back cautiously, lowered her eyes respectfully, her hands hugging the pure white lotus were trembling slightly nervously. Ivy reacted for a second, and the woman blinked, then bowed and bowed to herself.Her full bosom almost popped out of her tight skirt as she bent over.Ivy could feel that the eyes of the soldiers on both sides of her were almost straightened, but she had to look elsewhere quickly due to etiquette. "His Highness Ivy, welcome back." The sweet voice was slightly hoarse, and the ending sound was a bit provocative, but it was not lacking in sexiness. Ivy always felt very familiar, but I forgot where I saw her.She smiled playfully, and the dark blue eye shadow made her eyes look extra charming, "You have just returned from the protection of God Osiris, you must have worked hard. Camerota has been very worried about you." Yes, Camerota!Seaman's youngest daughter, Ramses' concubine.Ivy's memory of her came back suddenly, and the hurried side in Thebes palace seemed to be just yesterday, so vivid that it was impossible to ignore.Although she is the only concubine of Ramses and the daughter of an important minister, she is not the main family and the royal family after all.In front of Princess Ivy, she still has to salute. I was in a daze, and just listened to Kami Luota and continued: "Hearing that His Royal Highness Ivy is safe and sound, I am so happy. Your Highness has experienced so much suffering, and he must take good care of him to rest. Suddenly, I thought , Duo, who has been with you for sixteen years and is loyal, is living in Lower Egypt, so she was specially recruited to take good care of His Highness." She paused, glanced at the nervous old woman at the end of the team, and continued, " She herself also wants to see His Royal Highness Ai Wei very much, presumably Her Highness Ai Wei must also think so." At that moment, everyone was stunned.The guards and maids around were very respectful on the surface, but they couldn't suppress such curiosity and a little doubt in their hearts, and the light of inquiry flashed from time to time in the submissive downcast eyes.As for Duo, because she heard that Princess Ivy was dead earlier, her spirit was hit very hard, and she almost died like that.After finally recovering under the careful care of Dr. Gao Ming, after hearing about Princess Ivy's return, she was so excited that she could hardly stand up. From the back of the team, through the gaps of overlapping attendants, Ivy suddenly saw the old Duo. She seemed to be ten years older than the last time she saw her, her silvery white hair haggardly combed and fastened with a simple turquoise hair ornament.Holding the bouquet of fresh lotus flowers with water drops in both hands, subconsciously looking for the figure of the little master he has served for many years in the team subconsciously. Ivy opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but was suddenly interrupted by a familiar voice, "Duo has been canonized as a nobleman of Memphis now, and she doesn't need to enter the palace as a servant. Camilleta, who allowed you to come here? Looking back, Pharaoh had already appeared not far ahead, and his indifferent words cut off everyone's guess.He seemed to have just returned from outside the city, and he was still in military uniform, followed by several slightly nervous courtiers.Hearing Camerota's visit, he hurried over, slightly raised the whip in his hand, and briefly said, "Stay back." Everyone seemed afraid to say more, and retreated to both sides one after another.Camerota bit her lower lip, suppressed her unhappiness, and stepped back as soon as she bowed. However, Dow didn't move. The aged figure seems to have turned into a permanent statue.She stood there, bowing her knees and said: "Your Majesty... Please let this old servant kiss His Highness's hand, for the sake of the old slave's service to the royal family for decades." "I don't want to repeat it a second time, step back." The young Pharaoh's voice was still calm, but the content made people feel inexplicable pressure. But Duo knelt down at the back of the team with a plop, and fell to the ground with a lotus in her arms, "Your Majesty, this old servant watched His Highness Ivy grow up! I can continue to take care of her if I don't ask, but please let me take a look." Even from a distance, this old slave just wants to know how she is all right..." The old voice was choked with sobs, she trembled and sobbed, kneeling humbly on the hot soil.Ramses paused for a moment, and then suddenly raised his whip. That whip will fall on Do! Just such a thought flashed through her mind, and she already yelled, "Don't!" This sound is so crisp and reminiscent of a creek flowing over gravel, and when it meets a hard rock, it will cause jumping splashes.The pronunciation of an Egyptian is extremely standard, but no honorifics are used for Pharaoh. Ramses' hand suddenly stopped in the air, and the courtiers, waiters, Duo, and Camerota were all stunned.At that moment, the surroundings were eerily silent, and then everyone turned their heads to look at the middle of the team.Ivy stepped forward two steps quickly, bent her knees slightly, and kissed the ring on the left middle finger of Pharaoh holding the whip, "Your Majesty, Duo has been taking care of me before. She is the only one who cares about my life and death. Please, forgive Duo. " By saying this, she not only gave the emperor enough face, but also explained the truth clearly, so his hand couldn't drop. They just doubted her identity and wanted Duo to judge.Camilletta's thoughts were as shallow as a flat-bottomed saucer, and the bottom could be seen almost at a glance.Ivy naturally knew it, but she walked towards the old woman kneeling there without hesitation.Feeling the condensed gaze, Duo raised his head tremblingly.The cloudy eyes looked at Ivy, and then froze there.The mouth is slightly opened, the brow is wrinkled, and the wrinkled face seems to be frozen. Ivy looked at her, then knelt down in front of her. "Duo..." she paused, and then continued, "I'm sorry for making you worry." The voice is different, the hair color is also different, and the healthy vitality glowing on the face is quite different from the pale and almost sickly Princess Ivy.Camerota frowned, and looked at the old woman who remained silent.Suddenly, she tapped her impatiently, "Duo, you are talking. Don't you always want to see 'Princess Ivy'?" Ivy raised her eyes slightly, and her water-blue eyes glanced indifferently at the arrogant Camilleta next to her, and then fell back on Duo.Due to aging, Duo's eyes were already cloudy, she blinked vigorously, looking at Ivy in front of her, hesitating to speak.His lips were trembling slightly, but he couldn't utter a word.Camilletta's complexion became very bad, and she couldn't help but want to kick her again. "Don't move!" Ivy threw out a sentence coldly, Camilleta was taken aback, and quickly looked up, only to find that Ivy was not looking at her at all.Just when she was about to have a seizure, Ivy had already turned her head and said word by word to her, "Pay attention to your behavior, you are not worthy to touch my people." "You!" Kami Luota was the most beloved youngest daughter of the court minister Ximan. Except for Ramses, no one had ever dared to talk to her like this.She was about to jump up angrily, but was held back nervously by the maid behind her, and warned in a low voice. Anyway, that person might really be Princess Ivy.She was confirmed to hold real power in her hands, and she was backed by Pharaoh behind her, so she couldn't stand it. Camerota glared at Ivy fiercely, and when she raised her head, she turned into a charming look again, her eyes looked at Ramses with a little grievance, and her voice was so delicate that Ivy wanted to turn her head and vomit, " Your Majesty...what's wrong with her?" Ivy didn't speak, and didn't even bother to raise her eyes to pay attention to what happened around her, as if she had nothing to do with everything.She gently held Duo's hand, her cold fingers slid across her skin, and her voice was extremely firm, "Duo, go live the life you like, don't...have any burden on the royal family anymore." She raised her head abruptly, as if she had never seen the girl in front of her, she was surprised for a long time, but still couldn't say a word.Ivy half bent her body, took the lotus flower she brought with one hand, and gently hugged her with the other.I really want to talk, I really want to ask.But about her daughter Lian, not a single word could be found.When I was in Deir Medina, I heard Nasar mention that Princess Ivy died to protect the pharaoh who was attacked by the rebel army.Ironically, the assassin was originally a girl born in Egypt, and Pharaoh wanted to send her back to her homeland before allowing her to stay in the army.Needless to say, these words are naturally about Lian... In the end, Lian was killed by the guards beside the pharaoh. I closed my eyes, only to feel soreness in my eye sockets.No one should have told Dorian about it yet.She just pretended she didn't know, and let it go. The old hand hesitated for a while, but in the end, it seemed that it was out of etiquette, so he didn't hug Ivy back.There was only a low voice in my ear, "Princess...princess!" Ivy held back the soreness in her heart, nodded slightly with a smile, then stood up straight, turned her head to look at the surprised Kamelotta in front of her, and raised the white lotus in her hand, "I, Ivy, have been loved by God Ra, The love of my father. The hardships I experienced in Nubia, the victory in Abu Simbel that I almost lost my life, all of this is a chess game carefully designed by me and my brother—" She stopped talking, Sweeping his eyes over everyone present who were wavering, he said word by word, "You who are enjoying the riches in Egypt, what objections do you have?" Everyone was dead silent. "Any objection!" she asked again. Ramses handed over the whip to others, and said softly behind him: "Forget it, Ivy." She paused, then hugged the lotus into her arms, stretched out her hand to help Duo who was kneeling in front of her, and looked at Kami Luota again, "Since no one speaks, don't take Duo out casually in the future." .I will not ask about the reasons behind those, but she is already a nobleman in Lower Egypt, and no longer a slave of the royal family." Her voice was strong and full of strength, and the hand holding Duo was also very strong.The people around didn't seem to know how to react, but Ramses slightly raised the corners of his mouth, stepped forward, and gently embraced Ivy's shoulders, "Everyone heard what Princess Ivy said. Yes If you have any objections, come to the main palace at any time." A courtier reacted quickly and quickly fell to the ground, "Gift of God Amon, welcome the return of Princess Ivy—" Immediately after that, they knelt down several times, repeating, "Thanks to Goddess Isis, Princess Ivy is back—" "Long live Princess Ivy—!" The audience shouted excitedly.Even though Kamelotta was extremely unwilling, she was dragged to the back by the attendants around her.The warm atmosphere all around overflowed the entire passage for a moment. Later, some poets recorded it like this.She stood there, at that moment, the golden light overflowed, as if the rising sun was shining brightly because of her.Seeing her, I seem to see the incarnation of the sky, the gift of the desert, and the nostalgia of the Nile.The jewel of the goddess Mut, the most beautiful of all. Here, Ivy confirmed her identity by mistake, and became the real "Princess Ivy" in the hearts of everyone.