Chapter 384 The Princess Who Refuses to Marry 53
Well, you can’t expect a dark and unreliable system, you just have to roll up your sleeves and work hard!
The one who works harder than her is the 24-filial pharaoh. Pharaoh Nakhat is not idle at all. Following the pharaoh's fine tradition of planting extensively and harvesting little, he stays overnight every three or four days. Unexpectedly, in this era, we know when a woman is most suitable for pregnancy. The responsible officials in the palace would wait until the Pharaoh wanted someone to serve him, and then select all the concubines most suitable for conception for the Pharaoh.
In the past, many low-ranking concubines did not dare to get pregnant because of the obstruction between the queen and other concubines. It took a year and a half before there was any news of concubines being pregnant. Now, at least one or two concubines are pregnant every month, and sometimes there are four. This made Nakhat completely avenged and proud.
Xining leaned on the big pillow and watched the officials carrying the sand tray to show her the appearance of the new nursing home and her bedroom.
"Eleventh sister, eleventh sister!" Before the second prince arrived, the voice had already spread from outside to inside.
The second prince came in by running.
When Du Ya saw it, she immediately asked all the maids to get ready. Since the second prince was here, the other princes were also about to go back and forth.
The second prince sat next to her as soon as he grunted.
Xining smiled at him: "I haven't seen you for three months, and my second brother seems to have grown a lot taller." He is indeed taller, and he has tanned a lot.
The second prince straightened his chest, which was starting to get stronger: "Of course, I will be the tallest and strongest from now on."
"Yes, second brother will definitely be so in the future." Xining smiled.
He was indeed very strong. He was the most skilled and powerful among all the princes. Only Akhenaten could defeat the second prince.
That was because the second prince knew that the third prince had slept with his master, so he ran over with his soldiers, but could not find the third prince who had already escaped. Then he went to the body master's palace. Without saying a word, he hugged the body master and got into the chariot, sealing the land all the way. He was already the eldest brother of Pharaoh, and he led the troops to take back the owner of the body.
The third prince walked in at this time and saw the eleventh princess looking at the second prince with a smile. Although her face was still as usual, there was obvious jealousy in her eyes that quickly lowered.
Poor baby, the mother's status is not high, so even the petty officials in the palace dare to look down on her. His psychology became twisted and dark, and it suddenly broke out at a certain point in time, causing him to desperately take possession of the eleventh sister who would become the queen.
Xining sat up and patted the empty seat next to him: "Third brother, come and sit."
The third prince, who had originally planned to sit elsewhere, suddenly lit up his eyes and hesitated.
The second prince had already taken the handkerchief and started wiping his sweat. He said carelessly: "What are you doing standing still? Sit down quickly. After wiping your sweat, you can eat honeydew."
The third prince raised his lips and sat next to the eleventh princess, unable to conceal his excitement.
Xi Ning could see clearly that the second prince was brave and reckless and did everything based on his own preferences. If you feel unhappy, you will do something against it, but at this time, you have no other thoughts.
At this time, before Akhenaten entered the room, a guard came in.
After the guard saluted, he said that Akhenaten had returned and ordered him to bring some gifts.
Duya carefully brought the gift over and Xining looked at it. A tray of gifts were picked up along the way, small jewelry and local homespun cloth. The jewelry is not expensive, just agate, turquoise, crystal beads and the like. The homespun cloth is different from the linen and cotton we usually wear. It is a bit coarse, but it is colorful and dazzling.
Local dyes are expensive and fade easily. When you sweat, the color sticks to your body along with the sweat. Even the pharaoh with the most noble status and the most money was willing to work hard on jewelry.
It seems that Akhenaten has grown up a lot and knows how to avoid suspicion and ask people to give gifts and report that he is safe. Anyway, there are so many eyes in the palace, and if you send anything, someone will know it immediately, so just send it in front of you.
Xining nodded, ordered Duya to accept it, and asked someone to prepare a piece of fruit and send it to Akhenaten.
The second prince was already eating honeydew and muttered: "Akhenaton is still thoughtful. Next time I go out, I will definitely bring a gift to the eleventh sister."
The third prince just lowered his head and ate without saying anything. "It doesn't have to be so troublesome." Xining picked up a bunch of grapes and ate them slowly: "As long as you all come back safely."
All the princes who went out to collect taxes came back to attend this big banquet.
Xining signaled to the officials and continued.
So the officials followed the sand table and continued to speak.
After the official finished speaking, the second prince also killed a whole honeydew melon, wiped his hands and mouth: "Want to expand?"
"Yes! There's not enough space." Xining said calmly: "Help me see where there are shortcomings."
"Where do I know these things! Since we are going to build, we should simply build a big one." The second prince asked curiously: "How many of them are pregnant now?"
Xining helplessly replied: "Eleven!"
"Ah?" The second prince suddenly cried out: "Is your father so powerful?"
Nakhat happened to bring the prince and the fourth prince over and heard it at the door.
"Yeah!" Nakhat cleared his throat a little awkwardly. From the corner of his eye, he saw the two sons beside him smiling with their lips pursed, and his old face couldn't help but be a little red. But having many children proves that he is still young, and he can't help but feel quite proud.
After Nakhart entered, he spared everyone's courtesy and looked at the new nursing home on the sand table. It was more than twice the size of the original one. But he still asked with concern: "Is it okay? Is it enough? Does it need to be bigger?"
Xining smiled: "Whether it is enough depends on how many pregnant concubines there are. You have to ask the father."
Everyone laughed immediately, and Nakhart couldn't help laughing after giving him an accusing look.
Xining thought for a while, stood up, walked to the sand table and looked around: "Her Highness Tadelia is right, there is no harm in a bigger place."
She stretched out her hand, and the official immediately handed over the small wooden stick used to accompany the speech.
Xining pointed at a place next to him and poked it with a wooden stick. Then he used the stick as a pen to draw the garden next to him: "This is pretty much it."
The official was stunned: "This garden belongs to the queen." As the queen's private garden, trees, flowers and plants were planted in it, as well as rare birds and animals sent from various countries.
Xining threw the wooden stick back to the official: "Pregnant women should also take a walk and smell the fragrance of flowers and plants. I don't care about my palace anymore. The queen should make some sacrifices for the royal family's heirs, let alone a garden. ”
Turning to the Pharaoh, she showed off her little daughter's coquettishness: "Father, do you think so?"
Nakhat looked at his little daughter's smiling face and nodded without thinking: "Yes!"
Xining raised his eyebrows at the officials and looked directly at them: "Send people to build the wall today!"
Now the eleventh princess is in full bloom, and the queen is under house arrest in the palace, and there is no need for the garden for a while... The officials immediately nodded in agreement, turned around and ordered people to build the wall. Now the nursery is not only twice as big, but more than three times as big. .
Xining looked at the sand table with satisfaction. The area was now larger. Also, the queen should know the news soon, so now there is more reason to take action, right?
(End of chapter)