Chapter 16 Xiao Yan's Conspiracy (Part 2)
At this time, the whole courtyard was silent, and on the ground with the rectangular wall framed, there were only Li Bida, Cleopatra, and the ring chair. After a long time, Li Bida continued to ask, "Can I help you realize this wish?"
Queen Xiaoyan raised her hand, and a bell sounded, covering Li Bida's mouth, and then she said, "I understand, but Li Bidaus, do you understand?"
"Of course I understand." Li Bida gently held the little Yanwei's hand and put it down. "When Ptolemy died in Cyprus, I was thinking that your wish was fulfilled step by step. The next step is to remove your sister Beneniki, who has become king, and - I heard that you have a younger brother."
"That's right, he was hiring at the chief of a nomadic tribe in the desert in southern Libya. He was the last trump card of his father, so he only took me with him when he went to Rome, just because I was proficient in seven languages." When Xiao Yanxiong said these words, her black black wig draped bangs and braids covered her face, and her tone was as plain as water.
"According to your father's plan, the person who inherits the kingdom throne in the future should be your younger brother, and you will become his co-governance wife. This is no big deal in Egypt and Ptolemy's royal traditions."
"But I don't want to be in charge of him at all. He is like my sister. Although his appearance is better than me, his mind is very flashy and stupid, which will only hinder me." At this time, Cleopatra raised his head, and then she smiled at Li Bida, "When you return to Alexander, you are the governor of Egypt and the Minister of Finance. Will Petternius stay in the royal city with the main force of the Thirteenth Legion?"
"Yes, my arrangement is indeed so. Even if I am not stranded in Egypt, Petternius will lead the chief thousand-man brigade of the Thirteenth Legion. Instead of the Hormahi Legion, he will become the imperial guards of the royal city, and my family will monitor him. The Diotus just now is my agent in the palace, with both inside and outside."
"Then let Diotus serve as my brother's family teacher, corrupt him, make him resentful, and finally help him make a foolish decision that would lead to death." Xiao Yanhou's white teeth showed. Unexpectedly, her smile was still so cute when planning such a thing.
"Yes, everything is for you, my future female pharaoh, I am your guardian." Li Bida took a step back, bowed respectfully to Cleopatra, and said.
"In the future, the lifeblood of Egypt is in your hands, my lord of the kingdom." Xiao Yanxi also took a step back and saluted at Li Bida, "I will do my best to help you win the world of Rome. In order to let you leave my country as soon as possible."
After saying that, both of them laughed.
At the Holy Lake of Thebes in Upper Egypt, countless small workshops made dense textile sounds, which were weaving the linens needed for several local giant temples day and night. The clear lake water and the Nile river channel, flat-bottomed convertible boats carrying grains of gods from all directions were coming and going. All the men and women with upper bodies were bare, and the oars with egrets at the top were neatly and rhythmically, and they did not dare to slack off.
The royal fleet of Beniniki and Archilaus also sailed between them, but the paddling was not the poor laborers, but the senior officials and officers. They rowed the long oars without complaints, urging the ships made by expensive cedars in Lebanon. Beneniki, surrounded by the feather fan and the harp maid, was indeed as envied by his sister Cleopatra, who was so envious of the beauty that Archilaus had the illusion of dreams when he was with the beauty.
When Mitradati VI was forced to commit suicide, he and Bendu's Naval General Achilles were embraced by rebel soldiers as the new Bendu king and demanded to accept the "crown" of reeds. However, he and Achilles both rejected this hot potato because of fear. Finally, Menand, the governor of the bronze shield army assigned by Pompey, brought Mitradati's beloved concubine into the Kingdom of Bosphorus.
Achilles surrendered to Minand, but Achillus was unwilling to stay in the barbarian land on the north shore of the Black Sea, so he also obtained the priesthood of the Royal Cemetery of the Sinoppendu through Pompei. Soon, civil strife in Egypt broke out, and the blood of the soldiers' adventure genes moved in their bodies. He pretended to be the son of Mitradati and ran to Egypt to try his luck. With his own Kongwu, he was spotted by Beniniki (although Xiao Yan's sister was supported by the Hormahi Legion, she needed such an outsider to suppress and control the Imperial Guards again), entered the house and became the co-governor of the great Egypt. It was really a dream.
In the temple group on the banks of Lake Karnak, the couple's ship was carried by thousands of soldiers, entourages and officials. At the entrance of the huge Amon Temple, all the priests were greeted in line with rosin branches. The slaves behind them carried baskets of bread and beer, ready to reward the Pharaohs and their men.
"The two holy majesties, from the temple of Amon at the foremost end to the temple of Lukesa at the other end, welcome you here."
Both Beniniki and Achlaus could not speak Egyptian language, and could only communicate with the priests through translators, which made many "prophets" feel dissatisfied. When Beniniki proposed whether the statue of Alexander's main god Serapis, along with local gods such as Amon, appeared on the sacred three-masted flower ship at the Valley Feast Festival.
The slick priests just smiled and delayed, saying that it would be better to start the blessing ceremony for the two marriages as soon as possible. As for the placement of the statues of the flower boat, it is not too late to make a long-term plan. There are naturally deep reasons for their doing so. What kind of god is Serapis? But like Alexander, it was created by the white-skinned Greeks of Ptolemy. Thebes did not accept such an alien god at all!
Beniniki, who was rejected, looked a little embarrassed, and he snuggled at Archilus unhappily. After comforting the beautiful bride, Archilus's eyes were attracted by the temple of the Thebes. Each temple was almost a bustling small city, connected by streets, and was full of precious spices and smoke, forming a colorful cloud over Thebes. On the other side of the river, Sithebes was full of large farms under the name of the temple, and countless granaries stood in the fertile land. "This is simply the kingdom of God, perhaps even richer than the city of Alexander."
"So, I hope to send the God of Serapis here to build a new temple, attract more believers to pay for the new temple, and increase the wealth of the kingdom. But obviously, these cunning priests are not so easy to submit." Beniniki said resentfully.
Chapter completed!