Chapter 370 The Princess Who Refuses to Marry39
Early the next morning, Ibudu arrived at the nursing home and was served breakfast of oatmeal, bread, and fresh floss that he had never eaten before.
He saw the meat floss being stir-fried on the iron plate that was lit on fire below, and waves of aroma came to his nostrils.
The guard next to me said that there are many more delicious dishes like this here. It was all the little princess who came up with it, and they were able to eat together thanks to the pregnant concubines in the yard.
After breakfast, we were taught some formation formation. They said they were talking about the art of war, but they were just talking about a lot of things. Seeing the guards surrounding him one by one, like stars holding the moon, listening to him talk about things on the battlefield with reverence, this made Ibudu very useful.
After lunch, Ibudu wiped his mouth and ate to fill his stomach. Taking advantage of the fact that Akhenaten had returned and would not leave until evening, he went to the Pharaoh to thank him.
The Pharaoh looked at Commander Ibudu's expression of tears of gratitude, and he himself was wondering. He had a long face and a reluctant look yesterday, why did he become like this today? He must have eaten bread. Hehe, he knew that even the commander could not resist the bread from the little princess.
Later, when he heard that Ibudur had accepted Akhenaten as his disciple, and saw that Ibudur was kneeling there, thanking him with tears and vowing to remain loyal to the Pharaoh from generation to generation, Nakhat was also stunned. What is this situation...
Since Ibudu expressed his loyalty in this way, Nakhat naturally cooperated with the acting. After Ibudu left, he tasted it again and again and finally figured it out. A pat on the thigh, hey, this little princess is not wasting any opportunities.
If Akhenaten was a talented man, there would be no need to worry about having no one to assume military power when Ibudu gets old. If you give it to others, I'm really worried. High, wonderful!
She is his daughter after all... Nakhat twirled his beard proudly.
Not long after, Xining received news that in addition to the Crown Prince and Akhenaten, she was also participating in this "Flood Festival".
Every year from June to October, the Mother River floods. When the flood overflows the river bed and submerges the land, it brings a large amount of fertile soil to both sides of the river and from the upper reaches. It provides rich nutrients for the growth of various cereals, cotton, palm, figs, and vegetables.
Next to the river formed by the tears of the goddess Isis, after the flooded river water subsides, you can directly sow seeds without fertilizing or plowing, and you will have a bumper harvest in four months. This land is basically desert, but both sides of the river are full of greenery. All food is produced on both sides of the river, and some of it is even exported to foreign countries in exchange for a lot of wealth.
Whenever the river floods on the first day, people go to the Nile River one after another, throw sacrifices into the river, perform sacrifices and hold carnivals. Keep hoping that if the river rises higher, next year's harvest will be even better.
Of course the royal family would also come out at this time, and as the river continued to rise until it was full, they would come out from time to time to worship the gods with the people and pray for a good harvest.
The body owner has participated before, but this time "participation" has a different meaning. That is not to stand on the shore and wait, but to get on the boat and follow the river, swimming from the middle to the lower reaches. On the boat, watched the Pharaoh and Queen perform sacrifices.
In the past, except for the queen and the prince, no one else could accompany him on the ship. This time I brought the little princess, along with the other three princes and adopted sons, and some important ministers, obviously to avoid gossip.
Xining always felt that something would happen this time. You must know that both the queen and Isenofre wanted to let her die. This time the Pharaoh did not want Isenofre to go, but the queen might not take action.
Come on, come on, let the storm come harder. She promised that if the queen dared to take action, she would die miserably!
This time is also different from the past. In the past, we would board the boat directly from the shore and return to the palace after offering sacrifices. This time the scale was bigger. First we took a horse-drawn carriage to the middle reaches, then boarded a boat and went down the river.
It is said that the ship is a carefully built sun boat that is tens of meters long; it is also accompanied by a two-story warship imitated from foreign countries. The reason is that when an unusually tall ship passes through the two river basins, the civilians on both sides will be stunned by it, thinking that gods are coming. To establish the prestige of Pharaoh, he is a well-deserved god! At the appointed time, early in the morning, everyone got in the car and prepared to set off.
When Akhenaten left, he ordered all the guards to stay in the nursing home during the period, and no other people were allowed to come in or out, even the prince and his wife.
But when it was time to get on the carriage, Xining saw Isenofre getting into the queen's carriage, and knew that Akhenaten's worries were unnecessary.
After getting on the carriage, the second prince asked the prince directly with some dissatisfaction: "Your wife is not at home to take care of herself, why are you here?"
The prince was also helpless, but he scolded softly: "Don't forget, she is still our eldest sister, the queen's daughter, and the eldest princess! Your hair has been shaved, and you are still talking nonsense."
At this time, everyone looked at the second prince who had shaved off his "youth locks" and his bald head, which corresponded to the prince's words, and was secretly amused.
The second prince stared: "I am already 12 years old, of course I can shave it off. Wait until next year, and I will ask my father for a good marriage."
This kind of hair can be shaved off at the age of 12. The prince's mother and concubine had always been worried about the prince's short life. In order to please his mother and concubine, the prince did not shave off his hair until he was 14 years old and was sure to get married.
I just shaved it off. It was understandable to shave it off when I reached my age. If you are given a marriage, you are given a marriage. You can get married at the age of 13. But why are you keeping your eyes on the carriage the little princess is riding in?
The prince was a little unhappy: "The second brother wants to get married as soon as possible, and the father will definitely be satisfied. I didn't expect the second brother to grow up so quickly. Look at the eleventh sister, she is only 8 years old. She will have to wait for several years until she is eligible for marriage. , It makes people anxious. ”
The meaning is very clear. The prince is also worried about the little princess.
But the second prince just had a lack of brains. He nodded and actually said: "What the eldest brother said is that after you get married, you should be a companion first and wait until you grow up."
The prince became angry: "Second brother, you don't have to worry about this, her husband will protect her." It's obvious enough, do you need to specify it?
"Why don't I have to worry about it?" The second prince blinked his eyes and immediately called out: "Brother, you already have a main concubine and a side concubine, and the side concubine is pregnant. You also want to take in the eleventh sister? Do you want the eleventh sister to be a concubine? No, no, she will be bullied by the eldest sister, and she will follow me to the fiefdom as my wife."
Go to hell! How could the wife of a feudal noble be compared to the crown princess.
The prince could not say anything about deposing Isenofre for a moment, and he was so angry that he wanted to kick the second prince to death. The second prince usually has no brains, but today he was even more stupid and fearless!
The third prince didn't speak. As a concubine, it was better to avoid any quarrels between princes.
The fourth prince acted as peacemaker: "Brother Prince, the eleventh sister is still young, and the second brother is still young. We will talk about the future matters later."
He stretched out his hand and pulled the second prince's arm and winked: "Eleventh sister's marriage will be decided by the father. She does not marry whoever he wants. Even if the father agrees, the high priest, priestess, Will any of the ministers agree? Just stop causing trouble. This matter needs to be planned slowly.”
(End of chapter)