Chapter 28 Chapter 27 Traces of Love

The next morning, as soon as Ivy opened the door, she almost startled herself. Outside the door was originally a path full of green shade, but a lotus pond was added in just one night.Although it is not as grand as the one behind the pharaoh's palace, it is upright and beautifully built.What surprised her even more was that, from nowhere, he moved hundreds of delicate lotus flowers, and the breeze blew, filling the pool with fragrance. She froze for a while, then hurriedly washed up and ran to ask him what was going on.But he replied reasonably: "Don't you like the fragrance of lotus?"

Ivy almost gave him a blank look, and said angrily: "I also like palaces made of gems. The reflection is very beautiful during the day." He thought for a while, and then said seriously: "If you want to reflect light, turquoise may not work. Sapphire is too fine, but you can try skylite and obsidian..." Before he finished speaking, she quickly reached out to stop him, "Okay, I'm talking nonsense! Don't take it seriously." She stood on tiptoe and covered his mouth with her hand, and he looked at her quietly with his amber eyes through her hand.She was a little embarrassed, so she took her hand back, but he pulled it up again, "Have you eaten yet?"

After that day, somehow, he always came to eat with her very frequently.He came almost every day, and perhaps because of this reason, he didn't use the sedative anymore.I don't know whether it's because it's too troublesome to share the food, or because he has gradually gained trust in himself. In short, it's not a bad thing not to pretend to sleep every night.So she was not very resistant to him coming to find her. The more she came, the more she chatted with him. She chatted all over the world, about taxes, about military affairs, and she also told him about her experience in Deir Medina and how she could be more efficient in construction.He just listened, and her amber eyes only reflected her high spirits.Sometimes she felt that he might not be interested in these topics, but if he stopped talking, he would immediately ask: "And then?"

That faint sentence seemed to be the greatest encouragement to her, so she continued to speak.Resist the negative emotions and resistance that pop up in my heart from time to time, so that I don't think about what will happen next, what he will do, and don't think about the maid before, his concubine or anything. Just let yourself indulge in the rare peaceful time between the two. But Mitoer went to another place, and Duo didn't come to see her for a few days, and it's unclear whether Anafetti's injury has recovered.She worried about these things, so she told him.He pondered for a moment, then said, "Would you like to see Anafertie?"

She froze for a moment, then nodded happily, her cheeks flushed with excitement.Looking at her, he couldn't help raising the corners of his mouth slightly, "Then go and change quickly." "Can I go now?" He gave a "hmm" and watched her rush out the door happily, calling for someone to give her the clothes she had prepared for the trip. But at this moment, suddenly there was a strange feeling, deep in the memory, all this seemed to have happened. He said he was going to take her out, and she was so excited too, screaming, jumping, holding his arms, chattering non-stop.The noon sun was so bright, her golden hair shone into his heart like light, leaving deep marks, and then became slightly painful.

I never had this part in my dream, but the pain in my heart was so real. When she came back to her senses, she was already standing beside her and urged herself, "Thank you Your Majesty, I'm going!" He grabbed her, "Where are you going?" The excitement on her face turned into alertness and disappointment, "Didn't it mean that I can go see Anafertie?" He couldn't help it, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he stretched out his hand to tuck a strand of her fallen hair behind her ear, "Of course I'm with you." He took off his golden belt, wristbands, forehead ornaments, and the sword engraved with the royal coat of arms, and took an ordinary sword from the guard at the door.He was dressed in a white linen jacket, and he looked like a young Thebes nobleman.He naturally took her hand and led her out of the palace.

The waiters, maids, guards and everyone who saw them had expressions of astonishment at first, and then they knelt down in fear. The disbelief in their eyes was mixed with a strange joy.Ivy really wanted to know what kind of expression Ramses walked in front of her, which made everyone so curious. He never looked back. As soon as they stepped out of the palace, the festive atmosphere of Thebes struck.The crowd was bustling, and vendors from all over the world were hawking extremely hard, but the anniversary of enthronement was over, so what was the purpose of such bustling.Ivy raised her head and looked at Ramses. Before the question was spoken, he said softly: "They are celebrating for us."

"For us?" He took her hand, his slender fingers were gently but tightly intertwined with hers, he nodded slightly, a gentle arc flashed in his amber eyes, "Our wedding." With a sudden jump in his heart, the sunlight became extraordinarily dazzling and intense, and his face became real and clear.At that moment, she couldn't help it, and the hand that held him trembled slightly.Unable to hide the fluctuation in her heart, she gestured to look at a booth not far away.He noticed her appearance and thought she wanted it, so he said, "Wait for me, I'll come as soon as I go."

She froze for a moment, then nodded with a smile.The golden hair is as bright as the sun, and the blue eyes are as deep as the sea. She let go of his hand, "Okay." He paused, then said, "Don't leave here casually." She nodded, and he turned and left with confidence. Ivy clasped her hands and stood in the corner of the crowd, but the excitement on her expression subsided into complete bewilderment.She silently watched the back of Ramses leaving.At this time, a hoarse voice suddenly sounded beside her. The sun was covered by the wide robe, and she fell into a black shadow like night. The old fingers with blue veins grabbed her wrist, and the chill from the fingertips seemed to be Freeze her completely.

Dong pushed her into an alley beside the road, his low and hoarse voice seemed to come from the depths of hell, "Did you return the key of fire to him?" Ivy raised her eyes and looked at him, not knowing what to answer. Her silence seemed to be the best confirmation of his statement, and Dong couldn't help but regret: "Have you wavered? Do you really believe that this is a pure wedding? It's just an important bargaining chip for him to carry out the next plan." "Don't talk about that, he didn't let me out this time, and let me wait for him."

Dong sneered, "You are too naive, the thing he is most afraid of is your escape. You have been followed by countless guards, but you didn't notice it." Ivy continued to retort: ​​"After all, he is a pharaoh, and he must be protected when he goes out." Dong couldn't help feeling a little anxious, and raised his voice slightly, "Then you can ask him about Komitor." "She... didn't she go to Giza for something?" "She went to Giza? Did she tell you that? When will she come back?" Dong sneered, watching Ivy's eyes gradually become hollow, "Those are just excuses given by Pharaoh. Komitor, His hands and feet have been cut off, and he has been imprisoned in the prison of Lower Egypt. He is not dead now, but he is not far from death." "What? Why? It's impossible." Ivy clasped Dong's skirt tightly, "You lied to me! What happened to her? Why did Ramses lock her up?" Dong Leng snorted, then pushed Ivy violently out of the alley.Ivy tried her best to stand still, and then wanted to rush into the alley to find Dong.Before she could take a step, she was surrounded by several youths in white clothes, and they rushed into the alley where she and Dong were standing just now.But in the dark alleys, there is no trace of winter. Ai Wei only felt dizzy, her whole body was cold, and her steps were unsteady. The young man in charge thought she was going somewhere else, so he half-kneeled respectfully in front of her, seemingly politely blocking her way.He said softly: "Your Highness, please stay here until His Majesty returns." The way she looks now, not to mention where she is going, even standing is very hard. Ramses had already returned, holding a small earthen pot tied with hemp rope bought from a vendor.The white-clothed guard disappeared in a blink of an eye. He paused, then handed over the clay pot in his hand, "Taste the grape juice made from grapes from Lower Egypt." The drink looked cold and delicious. It is also a layer of finely divided water droplets, which can't help but look very attractive in the dizzy noon. But he didn't have the strength to stretch out his hand, he just stood there unable to move, his eyes saw nothing but the dark shadow on the ground.He couldn't help being a little worried, "What's wrong." His throat was very dry, as if it was about to burn, but he still asked, "Kmitor, where is it?" He paused, and then replied kindly: "Didn't I mention it before, she went to the Giza Autonomous Region." "I want to see her." "Just wait until she comes back." "I want to see her, what did you do to her?" She was finally driven crazy by his bland response. The soft expression on Pharaoh's face gradually disappeared, and his tone finally became cold and hard, "What did you hear?" She couldn't speak, but she was breathing rapidly because of anger.He sighed, put down the clay pot in his hand, and pulled her over, "If you like gems or something, I'll let someone else make them for you. I can ask someone to find you any stones you want, Kemito You don't have to worry about Er's affairs." At that moment, she just shook off his hand vigorously, and walked back to the palace without looking back.He seemed to be angry and did not catch up.But those white-clothed guards followed suit until she entered her palace.Later, Ramses sent people to look for her several times, but she said nothing and refused to go out.He came over very late, and said with a bad face: "Kemitor has connections with Assyria, I can only lock her up in Lower Egypt to prevent her from leaking the news." "Did you just lock her up?" Ivy was trembling with anger, "In terms of seniority, you are her cousin, how could you be so cruel to her." He was silent for a long time before he said again: "Nefer Tali, I don't ask how you got this information, this is a state matter of Egypt - Kemitor has been providing the secret treasure to Prince Nasser of Assyria. Key information, I just ignore her, but she managed to get out the Key of Fire. Next, if she wants to give them the confidential documents, it will be a breeze, I can't indulge her like this. Assyria and The Hittite connection is very close." "You broke her tendons?" Ivy's voice has become trembling. He paused, his amber eyes were cold and alienated, "She is a royal family, and I have saved a little bit of sympathy. I will arrange someone to take care of her." At that moment, she felt that he was very strange, but this was his original appearance. Suspicious, cruel, ruthless... as if he watched Yamanla make a terrible mistake with cold eyes back then, thus inducing the people's hatred of Hittite, as if he sent himself to Cush to go deep into the dangerous situation, and then sent troops to recover in one fell swoop, Consolidating the regime, and even the death of Rama, he used this to make a big fuss, allowing Hittites to gain the upper hand in political exchanges. There was a chill in my heart.Now, he gave her the crown of Uarras and married her as the first concubine. He is definitely not a very tolerant person, but he has covered up all kinds of sins for her time and time again, and it seems that she is so precious. Unbelievable, hold her high. Next, how on earth would he throw her down?And she, just now, still had such a trace of reluctance in her heart, unwilling to leave his side. Thinking of this, the mouth began to move uncontrollably.Maybe it was too angry, and there was no way to get along with him rationally.She breathed hard, her chest heaving violently, "I've had enough." He looked at her as if he didn't understand. She raised her voice and repeated, "I've had enough of being around you! Do you think I don't know about the sleeping pills you give me with meals? You think I don't know that you put all your Is it the killing of all the people who look like me in the portrait? You just want to prevent me from escaping, and to realize your plan——I don’t want to be at your mercy anymore. As soon as the wedding is over, I turn around and leave. " He stared at her blankly for a while, as if he couldn't understand what she said, and asked again: "You are gone, the key to fire, can I..." "I don't want the secret treasure key anymore! I don't need you to find that person for me. I found him, you let me go, I don't want to stay here anymore!" He stared at her blankly for a while, and then said coldly: "Nefer Tali, I want to keep my concubine by my side, what's wrong?" He stood up suddenly and grabbed her.The huge force seemed to tear off her arm, and his amber eyes became dark and gloomy.But Xu Shi was so angry that he smiled coldly, "No matter what you think, you are going to marry me, and you are mine now. I want to keep you by my side, what's wrong? ?” "you……" "But Mitor has connections with Assyria, and she is too close to you. I cut off the possibility of her taking you away from me. Is there anything wrong? The man you are looking for is a foreigner, and you Being involved with him, I don't like it happening, so I want to obliterate this possibility, what shouldn't it be?" He raised his head, but lowered his eyes, with cold and determined emotions rolling in his eyes, "You think I don't know, what are you thinking in your heart, and why you want to find the secret treasure key. I can give you the secret treasure key , However, I will not let you leave my side." "But, as we said, once the wedding is over, you..." He snorted softly, but put his arms around her waist, forcing her to come closer to him. "I never said I would let you go." It was a bit creepy to hear him speak so bluntly about what he had expected.How many times will he be hurt, and how will he be used.She raised her eyes almost in despair, and said with a bit of choking: "Okay, you are Pharaoh, you have the final say. But whatever you do, I won't obediently listen to you." The history in memory has disappeared, and Dong has grown old.Facing the same face, the same voice, but can only feel unspeakable uneasiness. Suspicion, mistrust, betrayal, being used... Why is she still standing here?Every time I see his face and feel sad, what a shame it will be. She turned her face away and said bitterly: "You are really bad." As soon as the words fell, he suddenly pulled her cheek forcefully, and a kiss fell on her lips hotly.She subconsciously resisted desperately, but his kiss became more anxious and rough.When she finally pushed his face away, her lips were already slightly swollen. Seeing her embarrassed look, he actually narrowed his eyes in satisfaction, and the strength in his hands increased a bit.He looked so strange, looking at her, like a very hungry lion hunting at its prey that is weak and injured.A bit of fear suddenly appeared in her heart, she only paused for a moment, and then began to struggle harder.And he grabbed her wrist at a faster speed and clasped it behind her back. Then his kiss fell like a storm.Her lips were bitten badly, and his kiss was so intense that she choked up slightly in pain, and this weak resistance couldn't stop him from moving further. "Let go of me, shit! I hate you, I hate you—" She kicked and slapped him desperately, and she even knocked over the delicate vase by the table.The sound of cracking clay drew the guards at the door in, but when they saw the disheveled appearance of the two, they hurriedly retreated and closed the door tightly by the way. Regardless of her screaming and struggling, he tore her clothes and raised her legs high. He lowered his head and smiled evilly, "Fulfill your obligations, my concubine." Compared with the previous combination, this time made her feel more hopeless and painful.There was no tenderness in his movements, as if he was taking revenge, cruelly torturing her body.And his amber eyes were no longer transparent, his sight was like an invisible net, tightly bound her, as if he wanted to firmly imprint her shameful appearance into his mind. She was crying, sobbing softly, and her indistinct words were deeply trapped in her sobs. His long brown hair was scattered due to the violent movement, and it fell on his cheeks. She couldn't see his expression, and his shadow on her body seemed to turn into a huge black beast.Hearing her cry, he only paused for a moment, but then became more violent.His voice was low and hoarse, long gone from his usual indifference and calmness. "Although you hate me, you can no longer deny the fact that you belong to me." "I won't let you leave me—" The fact that should have made her happy, now makes her feel cold in despair. The air in the room is so hot, but the inside is as cold as the white night. It's like a nightmare that's twisted from reality and never, never wakes up. Ramses was very restless during the whole day's meeting. The situation is not stable recently, and the sacrificial house is very opposed to his wedding with Ivy, but he is unwilling to delay for a day.He settled everything as quickly as possible, and it was already late at night.When walking to his own palace, although he was still explaining the ceremony to the priests around him, he was unavoidably distracted. He repeated several things twice, which made the priests very nervous, thinking that they were not doing well. As the night passed, she fell asleep directly in her arms.If he hadn't been entangled in political affairs, he really wanted to stay by her side all the time.She was so fragile, her blond hair was like the sun's rays, falling softly on her white neck, and her thick eyelashes were still stained with tears, trembling slightly with her dreams.He reached out to touch her cracked lips and saw her frown subconsciously in pain. Every reaction of hers was so real.Just looking at her made his heart skip a beat.He didn't know what to do with her.Apart from hurting her and breaking her feathers, is there really no way for him to keep her? The pace stopped, and the fingers had clenched into fists at some point.Then he slammed into the side tree trunk.Forget it, let her resent him, the person she likes is dead, as long as he keeps her by his side, treats her well, and fulfills everything she wants, one day she will start to trust him.Even if you still can't get her love, even if you will be hated by her at first, as long as you can keep her by your side, as long as she doesn't turn a blind eye to yourself, maybe you can be satisfied for a while. So just like that, he stepped into Ivy's bedroom in agitation.The waiter came over to greet him, and he pretended to ask casually, "Where is Ivy?" The waiter quickly replied, "His Royal Highness woke up in the evening and said she wanted to go for a walk." He frowned, "Who allowed you to let her out." The waiter dared not say a word. As soon as he raised his hand, the waiter took a few steps back. He turned around and wanted to go out to find Ivy, but the waiter still stood beside him hesitantly, so he said impatiently, "What else can I do?" The waiter replied tremblingly: "Your Highness also asked your subordinates to give this thing to you." He knelt down respectfully, and raised the small wooden box in his hand to Ramses.Seeing the box, his heart trembled, and he instinctively felt that something was wrong.In the early morning, he placed the lost key of fire on her bedside.He just wanted to tell her that no matter what she wanted, he would give it to her.That's all. But she returned the box to him? He quickly took it, and nervously opened the box. The bright red key of fire lay quietly on the dark blue velvet. He couldn't help but feel a little sullen, and reached out to pick up the gem—it was Ramesh. It was the first time that Si touched the key of the secret treasure with his own hands. Although Prince Rama was captured, he didn't have time to pay attention to him, so he was detained and sent back to Thebes, the final prison for repeat offenders.Hearing that there was a precious water key on Rama's bow and arrow, he immediately sent someone to the sacrificial hall of Thebes to distinguish the authenticity. Looking at that priceless gem, I have never seen the Key of Fire that I bought recently. At this time, the bright red key of fire was lying quietly in his palm.The gemstone full of flame and crimson color, with the slight ups and downs of his fingers, radiated intense light like a burning flame.Even he had never seen such a beautiful ruby.Although this gemstone is so beautiful, is it worth what she has to do to get it?Just for the Eye of Horus?Then what's the point of returning it to him at this time? Began to worry about Ivy's situation, and was about to find her with the key of fire, when suddenly the gemstone emitted a huge light.The surrounding air seemed to be distorted, and tens of thousands of different reds surrounded him tightly.The picture hit his mind with the huge flames, for a moment, he couldn't move, he could only let the strange but familiar memory invade him.Like a dazzling light, the golden hair pierced through the gray picture, piercing his mind like a sharp sword. The illusion disappeared suddenly, but left deep marks in my heart.The uncontrollable trembling of his fingers made even something as simple as holding a gem extremely difficult.He inhaled hard, put the fiery gem into his arms, and then hastily opened the door curtain.As soon as he stepped out of the palace, he heard the anxious footsteps of the guards.He grabbed a person and asked, "What's the matter?" He was only wearing a simple white shirt and didn't bring anyone with him.The guards didn't recognize him as Pharaoh, but only thought he was a senior guard chief, so they gave a slight salute, "The drawbridge to the north of Thebes is on fire." suspension bridge?With a buzzing in his head, he pushed the soldier away, hurried to the stables on the east side, jumped on the horse, ignored the restless inquiries of the attendant who followed him, and hurried towards the suspension bridge outside the city of Thebes. There is a ground fissure not far north of Thebes city, and going directly north from here is the shortest route to Lower Egypt.The suspension bridge burned down, and if you want to go to Lower Egypt or other northern countries, you have to go by water or go around, which will delay at least half a day.It's her!Where is she going?Could she not even bear to stay with him? The horse's hooves were beating the ground quickly, and there seemed to be the heart-wrenching sound of crackling and the hurried footsteps of the guards.Going forward, the strong smell of smoke flooded his mind, he couldn't help but hold back the horse, and the scorching flames on the ground crack came into view. The night dyed the sky a grayish blue.The suspension bridge was burning fiercely, and the jumping sparks slowly rolled towards the lonely moon accompanied by thick black smoke. The rolling flames are strange emotions surging in the heart.The howling smoke is always incomprehensible confusion.Fragments of the broken bridge, surrounded by flames, fell to the bottom of the deep cliff.Gradually her face appeared on the other side, like a blurred engraving in the surging firelight. The past with her is actually a pile of scattered pictures. Occasionally, in my dreams, I could see her hazy and gentle smiling face.In the sticky fog in the early morning, it seems that she can be seen passing by.In my mind, I felt faintly as if I had experienced countless things with her, but when I woke up, there was another strange face beside me. When looking at the white lotus in a daze.When staring at the blue sky in a daze.When some other people are stubbornly looking for the shadow of her existence. He even once thought that such a false and ethereal illusion was the whole of his love.He...has forgotten how much.The Key of Fire continued to shine, and more memories jumped into his mind. "Nefertari..." He spoke softly, the voice was so weak that it was swallowed by crackling flames. With a bang, the black bridge split from the middle.The scorching fire fell into the bottomless abyss with the splintered pieces of wood.Sparks ignited both sides of the pitch-black, and then fell to an invisible place along with the endless darkness. "Nefel Tari." He called her name again, with familiar determination.There were too many things to say, but he didn't have time to elaborate on them slowly. He ignored the strange looks from the guards around him, and continued to say, "Don't go." He took a step forward, and the golden cloak was blown away. As the wind blew toward the dark cliff, he held out his hand to her, "You are my queen, and I want you to be my queen—don't go, come back to me." She still looked at him silently, and her silence made his most determined promises sound so pale.He has never felt that his power is so insignificant, just like a shining spark, it will eventually fall into endless darkness.But he couldn't give up, and persistently grasped every opportunity to keep her. In the night wind, the girl sighed softly, and the water key in the bag around her waist became extremely heavy. Lost trust can never be regained.Broken time and space are mirrors that can never be put back together. Unchangeable history, unique future.This is the fate brought by the Eye of Horus. She gripped the rein tightly in her hand and jumped on the horse.The water-blue eyes shone quietly in the night sky, and as soon as he turned his head, hot tears filled the eye sockets, scrambling to flow down the cheeks, sticking tightly to the fair skin like sticky blood . love him. Loved him, and wanted to leave him with more dignity. The palm of the hand holding the rein was wet, and she rubbed the rope vigorously against her skin.With both legs exerting force, the steed roared softly, and then galloped towards the opposite direction of the cliff like an arrow.The white clothes crossed the dark gray night like a phantom, and the ruins of the bridge were condensed into black fragments, which drifted into the distant air with the wind blowing from time to time.He spoke again in despair, "Come back to me, if I remember—" If he could remember earlier, how could he doubt her feelings for him.How much he had hurt her! "Wei—" Strong winds blew up, and the tall ferns shook their soft bodies under the pressure of the air, making rustling sounds.His voice was swallowed into the twisted air.At this moment, a white hand suddenly stretched out from the body.Still feeling no pain, just like looking at someone else's body, the slender fingers penetrating the body are covered with bewitching blood, shining peacefully under the moonlight.It seemed that I could hear the panicked shouts of soldiers, the sound of weapons, and the sound of horseshoes.The hand in his body was pulled away suddenly, and his eyes were dazzling red. The Secret Treasure Key that he carried with him slowly fell and was caught by a blood-stained hand. It took a second before he realized what had happened. That was something he had thought about and guarded against since the day he became the "son of the old king."But he never thought that this matter would happen in this way... For a long time, he always had a sword by his side, and he always brought guards with high martial arts skills. If it wasn't for chasing her, he would never have been defenseless Just ran out like this. However, there was no feeling of regret at all.Consciousness slowly dissipated, and the moment nothingness descended, what filled my heart was gratitude—— Ah, she's gone. Fortunately... such a thing did not happen to her. The girl on the horseback turned her head slightly, and seemed to hear something that caught her attention.However, turning around, the red flames and the dark blue sky were shrouded in thick ink, and the voices of the surrounding people seemed to recede, gradually receding.She sighed secretly, her figure flashed, and disappeared at the next corner.