Chapter 18 Chapter Seventeen

Before Ivy reached her bedroom, she had already seen the brilliant lights overflowing through the dense trees.The white-clothed waiter stood respectfully and neatly in his room, and the room, which was supposed to be quite spacious, was packed full.In their hands are all kinds of precious gifts.White veils, gold ornaments, Babylonian veils, Hittite frankincense, fine turquoise, lapis lazuli, and opal, wigs of various colors, Uarras's crown... Soon, the house It was filled with these jeweled things. Ivy looked at Ramses next to her inexplicably, "You have given me a lot of things before, and I can't put them down."

"Do you think this living place is small?" He glanced at her and said without hesitation, "Then after the coronation ceremony is over, I'll let Mei and the others build a new palace for you." Ivy shook her head desperately. He continued: "In a few days will be the anniversary of enthronement. This time I plan to introduce you to the envoys of various countries. You can choose these clothes as you like." "Introduce me to them...why?" She looked at the overly ornate items in the room with some anxiety, and then suddenly realized.That's right, the silver-haired Princess Ivy was not loved by the royal family before, and such an occasion must have never happened.Now for her to attend, it is necessary to prepare meticulously from head to toe.

At this moment, as if to confirm her thoughts, Ramses continued: "Of course it is to introduce Princess Ivy to everyone... Nefertari, whether you accept this identity or not, you have her last The memory of her is also the most meaningful memory in her life. To me, you are enough to represent all of her. Besides, the Egyptian royal palace has long regarded you as the reincarnation of Princess Ivy." In a few words, he obliterated the existence of another Ivy as an individual.Ivy felt very uncomfortable in her heart, but she didn't know what else to say. She browsed the gorgeous gifts around her aimlessly, and her eyes finally stayed on the snake head crown held by a maid standing in the corner.She was startled, and then said: "Do you want the princess born from the concubine to wear the Yoalas crown? What will happen when she gets married in the future?"

He asked indifferently: "Really?" Ivy was at a loss for words for a moment, not knowing what he meant by the word "lukewarm", so he continued in this gap: "Nefer Tali , do you not understand or are you pretending to be confused?" Ivy was completely confused. The crown of Uarras carries too many things, such as great power, great glory, and incomparable responsibilities.Only the queen of a country can get this honor.I really can't understand why he would lightly reward all this to this princess who was born in the concubine without a reason. So she guessed without knowing the situation: "You don't have to feel guilty to me because of the Cush incident. I did it voluntarily. It is the responsibility of every Egyptian to protect you. Besides, Princess Ivy was the one who sacrificed in the end. Not me. I'm alive and well, you see."

She stretched out her hand and swung it briskly in his direction.However, he remained silent, and it could be seen that complex emotions were hidden under his suppressed expression.But in the end, he just kept calm, as if he didn't hear what she said, and said: "I can give you more than you can imagine." Ivy's outstretched hand froze there. He wasn't in a hurry either, he just said slowly, "Try and ask me." "I don't understand you." "I always thought you were smart." There was a bit of displeasure in his words. Ivy frowned, tilted her head, and shook the crown in her hand, "You really want to give this crown to me? Then what it represents will be mine in the end."

There are often two symbols on the pharaoh's crown, Horus representing Lower Egypt, and Ualas representing Upper Egypt. The two appearing at the same time represent the unity of upper and lower Egypt.When the pharaoh and his "great wife" were married, the pharaoh asked the queen to wear the Yualas crown, which represented that she would have the power to control part of Upper Egypt, and it was also a respect for her.Historically, Ramses had six wives and hundreds of concubines.But the person who can control such power, don't think about it, must be his only queen at present - Nefertari.Even if she didn't attend their wedding, she knew it.

Ramses and Nefertari are the ending arranged by history, the "only" future mentioned by Tissy.The evidence is the patterns on countless murals thousands of years later, the records on documents and the word of mouth of the world.An Egyptian woman with straight black hair, wearing the Uarras ceremonial crown, the statue is engraved on the side of the deified pharaoh's calf, proving the infinite favor.The features of that face are very obvious. Ivy, who has made up a lot of Egyptian history in modern times, can almost be sure at a glance that the queen of Ramses is the beautiful and pious priestess.

Although he had married his younger sisters and even his daughters in history, his love for them was far less than one ten-thousandth of that for Nefertari.From the moment she obtained the identity of Princess Ivy, she was sure that it was impossible for her to obtain the same kind of favor as in another time and space. The cobra's eyes shone with an icy gleam, and his frozen figure was reflected in her water-blue eyes. She seemed to want to see him at a loss, or she seemed to be deliberately looking for the possibility of disappointing herself from him, she was used to disappointment.Because of her disappointment, she followed the real trend of history.

But, he said, "Yeah." Then he added, "Otherwise why would you think I gave you the tiara?" At that moment, she was stunned, the crown on her head seemed to have turned into a hot iron, she couldn't wait to take it off her head, held it at a loss, put it down again, but felt that it was inappropriate, so she picked it up again, Handed it back to the hand of a respectful maid. "I do not want." He froze, as if it took him a while to understand her reply.He stood up and paced back and forth in the room with a gloomy expression. The surrounding female officers all lowered their heads and lowered their eyes, not daring to speak out.

He finally stopped and waved his hand. The girls who stood neatly in the room immediately felt relieved, and stepped back with the gift, leaving the gift crown on Ivy's bedside according to his order. He kept silent, but she couldn't hold her breath anymore, she always felt aggrieved, and poured out all the unhappiness in her heart as soon as she got angry. "I have taken the position of Princess Ivy according to your wishes, and returned to the palace with you. You also used my existence to break into Kermai. I don't want to do more things. You should also fulfill the Promise, find that man for me, and give me the Eye of Horus."

Before she could finish speaking, she heard a loud bang.She shook and saw that he had already slapped the wooden table beside her.The vase above shook violently with the vibration of the tabletop, and finally fell down, hitting the blue and white stone floor, and smashed into pieces. The fragrance of the lotus in the bottle filled the room, but his eyes were blood red staring at her. The guard outside the door heard the loud noise in the room, ran in nervously, saw the two standing facing each other, and retreated respectfully. Ivy took a step back with some fear, but she continued tremblingly and recklessly: "You, if you just want to use me, you have to pay me accordingly, no, isn't it?" He just looked at Ivy, her uneasy look reflected in his amber eyes. He finally sighed and whispered in frustration, "You're such an idiot." "What?" Ivy didn't hear clearly. So he raised his head and said word by word: "On the anniversary of your enthronement, you can choose the clothes, jewelry, and shoes you like. If you don't like it, you can ask them to do it, but you have to wear this crown for me." vice." Seeing his appearance, she was a little surprised at first, but then she was extremely resistant. She took a step forward a little excitedly, "But you promised me—" But he couldn't continue speaking, and the word "rejection" seemed to be clearly written on his expressionless face.He shook his hands and turned around to leave, Ivy followed a few steps, but he turned his head suddenly, with a bit of alienation in his silence, and even a hint of indifference in his proud standing figure.Ivy felt a little inexplicably uncomfortable in her heart, but she couldn't continue speaking when she reached her mouth.Then he ordered to the outside of the house, "Check Princess Ivy's room and make sure there is nothing unusual." He walked for a while before Ivy felt that her nervous heart had gradually calmed down. All kinds of thoughts that were churning at the moment when he got the Yualas crown were gradually sorted out and cleared up.She calmed down. At this time, he wanted her to appear in front of the envoys from all over the world wearing the Yualas crown and lift her up high, so he must have other considerations.No matter how she cross-examines or provokes her, she cannot directly tell her what she thinks. She turned her head and looked at the Uarras crown placed on her bedside.The exquisite crown was like a heavy boulder, pressing hard on her chest.She then exhaled softly.Suddenly, there was another abnormal noise outside.The blood in the whole body seemed to be congealed, and the chill penetrated back into the scalp along with the nerves.She raised her head nervously and looked at the window beside the bed.The moonlight was blocked, and a figure appeared outside the window.The man did not pass by in a flash, but stayed there against the moonlight.He couldn't see the face clearly, but he could feel that he was looking at Ivy persistently.The room was too silent, and his breath seemed to be right in front of him.He seemed to be thinking about whether to talk to Ivy.Would you like to step into the floodlight of the room and meet her. And although she has never seen his face, Ivy intuitively believes that this person must have a relationship with her.He hesitated for a second between whether to call the guards in or to ask him a question softly, and in this stalemate for a second, the man suddenly swayed and disappeared in the dark night.At this moment, suddenly someone behind him called hesitantly: "Your Highness." She trembled all over, and turned her head nervously, which surprised Duo who was standing behind her just now. "Ah, it's you." Ivy breathed a sigh of relief, only to remember that today is the day when Pharaoh allowed Duo to visit her in the palace.So she quickly said, "I'm sorry." Duo looked at Ivy with some concern, and asked, "Your Majesty seemed to be very angry and walked out just now, what happened?" Ivy waved her hand quickly, "No, it's all right." Then she paused again, and asked, "Are the guards still there?" "um, yes." "Around this palace?" "According to His Majesty's wishes, it seems that there are still a hundred or so people around. But because he is afraid of disturbing His Highness's rest, except for the entrance, the part of the inner hall only dares to take care of it at a distance of about fifteen steps from the surrounding green wood." It seemed that the distance of fifteen steps gave that person the opportunity to approach him.But in any case, to be able to bypass these well-trained soldiers must be the ultimate master.Is he the one who harbored malice towards him before... If so, with his skills, it seems that it is not very difficult for him to recklessly hurt himself, even take his own life.Every time he planned and acted, he was vicious and vicious, one ring after another, the purpose was to put himself to death, but he tried his best to see himself, but he just stood outside the window, looking at himself for no reason , did not take any aggressive action.After that, what kind of far-reaching thoughts are there?What kind of vicious plan will he have next? Thinking of this, the whole body suddenly felt cold.She stood in the bright place protected by hundreds of soldiers, but that person was like a shadow in the dark night, lurking quietly, watching her every move without making a sound.The other party knew her well, but she couldn't guess the possible identity of the other party at all.Although she had formed a relationship with Kamelotta earlier, with her courage, she absolutely did not dare to do such a murderous hand when Pharaoh personally increased the protection of troops.At present, she does not have this motivation and necessity, because once the matter is revealed, nothing will benefit her than her deadly enemy, Queen Nefertari. And could it be Ronita?Ronita's father, a father who was unwilling to stand up when his daughter was convicted.She shook her head and rejected this conjecture.Apart from these people, she really couldn't think of what else she had done to be hated by others.As Princess Ivy, she was taken back to the palace by Ramses. Although she seemed to be quite favored, in the eyes of others, she had just returned to the state before she married Cush, and the pharaoh did not publicly express that she wanted to give her status means... No, except this Uarras crown. It symbolizes power in Lower Egypt, and if she wears it to the pharaoh's enthronement anniversary, it symbolizes the promotion of status.The uniqueness of Uarras, coupled with Princess Ivy's recognized royal blood, will make her the most powerful woman in the Great Egyptian Empire, and this power will be greater than that of the titular queen - Nefertari . From this point of view, it was no wonder that someone wanted to kill her. wrong.This still doesn’t make sense—the thing that Ramses bestowed on herself, the Yualas crown, happened after the arrival of those bad lucks, that is to say, this person was murderous before she knew that she might get the Yualas crown ! Unless whoever designed it all knew she would be put in this position. The rise of ideas is surprising, but surprisingly plausible. Ivy didn't want to doubt it, and she didn't even want her thoughts to drift a little in that direction.But he couldn't control himself to ask Duo: "Duo, tell me, what happened in the palace recently?" Duo's expression was very confused, as if she didn't know why she asked such a question at all. She forced a smile, "Like the enthronement anniversary or something." Dow would probably tell her something interesting but inconsequential, as usual.If so, she made up her mind to completely abandon her depressing thought just now.But this time Dow didn't.She just thought about it silently, and then said: "It's the anniversary of enthronement soon, and everyone in the palace is busy with this matter. The slaves are no longer the maids of the Thebes Palace, so they only enter the palace when they are with His Highness." Palace, I just heard that His Majesty seems to have something special to announce on the anniversary of his enthronement, so everyone is very nervous...I don’t know much about the rest.” "What's the matter?" "I don't know, maybe it's related to state affairs, and this servant doesn't know anything about it." But she paused again, and then seemed to be hesitating whether to say it or not.Ai Wei then did not speak, just looked at her.After waiting for a while, she continued, "I heard from the craftsman in the palace that His Majesty made the Yualas crown overnight." Ivy paused, endured it again, still couldn't hold it back, and asked: "Isn't there only one Yualas crown made for the female family members in all of Egypt?" Duo was just silent, but her gaze swept across the crown in Ivy's room intentionally or unintentionally. He resisted in every possible way, but the seeds of doubt still germinated quietly in his heart, giving birth to a shadow.Ivy continued to look at Duo until she repeated several times with some embarrassment, "The old slave really doesn't know". I just thought of every word he said the last time I saw Dong in my heart.Since Ramses was able to secretly bury the highest-level assassin of the royal family by his side, he must be able to do similar things this time.You Arras's crown, the god of death who passed by him several times, and the unknown person outside the window... On the eve of the anniversary day when envoys from various countries will gather together, these seem to be buried foreshadowing.One after another, approaching her more frequently and truly. She was ordered to stay in this luxurious palace and could not leave, but she was pushed in an unknown direction uncontrollably. The Uarras tiara in his hand seemed to have turned into a time bomb, which might explode at any moment, tearing her to pieces. The princess, who was favored and valued by the pharaoh thousands of times, had an accident when the envoys from various countries gathered in Thebes. The pharaoh was furious and sent troops to take revenge.No matter how you look at it, it is a perfect script, the best sequel to the Nubian War. Once the seeds of doubt are enshrined in consciousness, they become ingrained.She thought of a hundred possibilities, but she never thought that one day she would be so distrustful of this person who used to protect her with her life.In the beginning, Xiangdong was shaken by his words. Perhaps before that, when Ramses sent her to Cush earlier, she had already begun to distrust all his performances towards her.Include tender words, seemingly serious promises. I was extremely helpless, and although I wanted to be strong, I suddenly felt extremely tired.And the most frustrating thing is that I can't control it, and I have suspicions about the people I love deeply. But the more you love, the more painful you feel when you think of being used and betrayed, so painful that you can't breathe. She suddenly picked up the Uarras crown and threw it hard to the ground. Duo was already old, and when she saw her behavior like this, she didn't respond to stop her. The well-made crown was thrown to the blue and white stone floor with all her strength. It symbolized the highest power that all Egyptian women could get. It was folded in two, and the ruby-made snake eye rolled out, spinning on the ground, making a tinkling sound, and finally stopped lonely in the empty hall. Duo was stunned at first, then became very scared and said something in a low voice, then suddenly fell to his knees on the ground. Ivy stood up, opened the curtain of the inner room, and slowly ordered to the maids who were surprised by the loud noise and were waiting outside: "Something broke." They hesitated, then hurried but neatly into the inner chamber of Ivy's palace.They fell to their knees in panic when they saw the broken Uarras crown.What Ivy did is basically a crime equivalent to breaking the phoenix crown of the Chinese empress and the dragon robe of the emperor. Besides, she clearly did it on purpose.But when it happened, she herself regretted it a little. Although it was just an impulsive venting of anger, her behavior was like announcing one thing, that is - she didn't want to live anymore.If her previous suspicions were true, with Ramses' character, even if he doesn't move her now, after using her, he will definitely not let her go easily.But Duo also said just now that this crown is just a copied prop, in that case, even if she breaks it, it shouldn't matter for the time being.At least, until his plan is complete... She silently looked at the gleaming golden wreckage on the ground, and the surrounding maids silently looked at her from the corner of their eyes. The room was extremely quiet, she took a breath slowly, and said, "Forget it, pack it up." If he had to do something to her, no matter how unwilling she was, she had no choice but to... escape from his side.