[Egyptian doujinshi] The legend of flattery and misfortune

On the west bank of the Nile, half a day's journey northwest of the capital Thebes, the temple of Osiris, the ruler of the underworld, stands in the holy city of Abydos.

The Beginning of Spring is the day when Egyptians worship the dead and ancestors. The winter in Egypt is not cold, but after the spring, there are gusts of east wind blowing in the desert, and the night is still chilly.

Akenami threw aside the leopard skin prepared by the maid for her to keep out the cold. Although the experience of being roasted to death by the sun seemed like a nightmare, she now prefers to be close to the dry sandy wind and cool river water, but Standing in the "Temple of Ten Thousand Years" of her father Amenhotep IV, so close to the breath of death, Akenami felt that she was still in a nightmare and had not woken up.Before dawn, she woke up sweating profusely and could no longer sleep.

The sky of the desert slowly turned orange with the sunrise, and Akenami frowned and turned her eyes away, not to look at the too dazzling sunrise.She heard the empress dowager's dormitory not far away, and the maids began to get busy inside and out. She called her personal maid, Anpusu, and said, "Bring the fresh beeswax brought in by the magistrate, the empress will surely like."

Nefertiti used to be the number one beauty in the Near East in the Shining Continent, but now you look at her thin layer of hair sticking to her scalp, which looks like dry sedge in the desert, with a lot of silver strands mixed in it , probably can't recall her past glory as the number one beauty.

Akenami carefully mixed beeswax with the resin of the palm tree he had just taken to make a sweet oily substance, and evenly applied it on the mother's head. According to the royal doctor, it can effectively prevent gray hair.

"It's rare for you to take the initiative to serve me like this, Akenami." Nefertiti closed her eyes comfortably, and her relaxed expression showed that she was enjoying this service: "Usually, you would stand quietly by the side Look, you can stay silent all day unless I talk to you. So, do you have a request now?"

Akenami didn't speak, took the wig with delicate curls from the maid, carefully fastened it on the mother's head, and used her slender fingers to loosen each strand of hair that exudes fragrance, making it look fluffy Naturally, after fixing the snake-shaped golden crown, looking at the brand-new Egyptian Empress Dowager, she cautiously said, "Mother, I just miss Thebes a little bit."

"We are here to sacrifice your father." Nefertiti said so, but his face was not displeased, and there was even a hint of joy: "You say that, but it will make your father sad!"

She touched her daughter's young face and teased her: "What you miss is not Thebes, but your young Pharaoh."

Akenami lowered her eyes, unwilling to let others see the complicated emotions in her eyes, Nefertiti and the accompanying ladies only thought that the young concubine was shy, and snickered friendly.The aging empress dowager looked at her daughter's delicate skin and neck, which became more and more prominent because she lowered her head, with complicated eyes. After a long time, she called Akennamei to help herself up, and at the same time asked the priest of the Wannian Temple: "All the sacrifices are ready. ?"

The priest nodded in agreement, and Nefertiti walked out with her head held high. Apart from her criticism that Akenami had to wear a cloak to shade the sun, the journey to the Wannian Temple was serious and quiet.

The so-called Wannian Temple is actually the Yin Temple of the Egyptian pharaoh. Its function is to allow the pharaoh to rule the "ten thousand years" in another life.Because the Egyptians believed in eternal life and the afterlife, the Wannian Temple was often built more magnificently and solemnly than the temples in the Yang Dynasty.The Wannian Temple of the former king Amenhotep IV has a name that Egyptians dare not mention today-"Akhenaten".

Everyone followed the priest to wash their hands in the stone basin at the entrance of the temple, and then Nefertiti took over the bouquet of flowers and the basket of sacrifices carried by Akenami.

In front of them is a gate made of Lebanese cedar, which is more expensive than brass. The wood is inlaid with a circle of topaz, which seems to be shining with insurmountable light.The passage inside the door is made of sterling silver. If you step on it with bare feet after taking off your shoes, you will have the illusion of walking on the Nile River.The smell of frankincense hit me head-on, as if the place I was about to enter was a fairyland.

In the long passage, the walls on both sides are made of young and clean alabaster, engraved with the names of all the pharaohs who once ruled Egypt.Among the many supreme names, there is no name of Amenhotep IV, the owner of the Ten Thousand Years Temple, and there is only a glaring pit left on the wall near the end of the passage.

Nefertiti stood facing the big pit for a while, and finally turned and left.However, the interior of the Wannian Temple was even more devastated. All the hieroglyphs praising the pharaoh's great achievements before his death were all removed from the pillars, and even the legs of the seated statue of Amenhotep IV had long since disappeared.

Akenami believed that if the granite statue was not too tall and difficult to climb, what the priests of the restored Amon god wanted to cut off most would be his father's head.

The priest wearing the mask of Anubis the jackal fed them the wheat ears that symbolized resurrection, and led them to board a strong papyrus sailboat, sailing out from the back of the Wannian Temple along the underground river, lingering in the cloudy sky. On the holy lake of Abydos, and the area outside the holy lake, it is clear that there are thousands of miles of dark clouds and clear sky.

The priest muttered the resurrection spell, but he didn't know that there was a resurrected person hidden on the sailboat.

Nefertiti picked up the bouquet of flowers placed beside her, including irises, cornflowers, and some bright unknown desert flowers. Her slender and powerful fingers twirled the flowers, pulling down the colorful petals, Randomly sprinkled into the holy lake.

She suddenly said to Akenami: "I, as the empress dowager and widow, do not intend to agree to Pharaoh Tutankhamun's proposal to repair the Ten Thousand Years Temple."

Akhenamei was not surprised, because she had experienced all of these before, but this time she asked the reason: "Why? You have seen, my mother, that my father's temple was ruined. Pharaoh proposed this Neither Prime Minister Ay nor General Hollenheb expressed any objection."

"I object." Nefertiti was very impatient: "I am the most qualified person to object. God Amon has returned to the earth. To mention your father again is to fight against the whole of Egypt. You and Tutanka Meng is still young, don't get carried away and shake the foundation of the rule."

Akenna said in a hurry: "Mother, that's me and Tutankhamun's father."

"That's my husband too." Mentioning her husband, Nefertiti sneered: "Akenami, you must not have forgotten how your father judged you for his own beliefs. My sister was sentenced to death and her hands were cut off, making her physically incomplete and unable to be reincarnated forever."

"Queen!" Akenami blushed and stood up excitedly, causing the sailboat to shake for a while, and the priest quickly motioned her to sit down quietly.

Akenami stammered: "Father is a sensitive and irritable person, and my sister is too stubborn. This is a tragedy. Now that they are all gone, we all promised not to mention this matter again."

Nefertiti looked at Akenami with pity: "Your evaluation of your father is really accurate, Akenami, you impress me today. But I also have to warn you, Tutankhamun is your father son."

When mentioning this husband and younger brother, Akenami was full of love and affection. She refuted her mother once in a lifetime: "No, their tempers and personalities are not all the same. Tutankhamun will do better."

Nefertiti's strange pity eyes became more intense, and she said in a lazy and joking tone: "Akennamei, although you are different today, you don't understand what I mean."

Akenami jumped in her heart, and chose to remain silent, but listened attentively.

Those green eyes, which were as green as the Nile River, rippled like ripples, and were as clear as the sky. If Nefertiti had any trace of nostalgia for her husband, it was probably just these beautiful eyes. In the past 20 years, only madness remained in these eyes. Nefertiti looked at Akenami's green eyes and touched her short black and soft hair: "My child, what I want to tell you is that a A pharaoh who wants to make a difference, if he can't live very long, he might as well die early."

Akhenamei almost jumped up again, because she felt that her mother was alluding to Tutankhamun, and he died while he was here, just this year, less than a few months away.

Akenami felt her throat was sore and she couldn't speak. She was afraid that her gaffe would arouse her mother's suspicion. At this moment, the priest saw the female officer waiting by the holy lake give a signal and report to Nefertiti.If the sacrifice is interrupted, there is usually a major event, and the priest quickly rowed the boat back to the shore.

Akenami recognized that female official as a close friend of the queen mother, but this time she was left in Thebes. At this time, she came from afar and interrupted the sacrifice. Something must have happened.

Seeing Nefertiti appearing, the female officer was not sure how the other party would react to the news, so she lowered her head and reported the latest news as soon as possible.

This is also an incident known to Akenami. Just a day ago, Egyptian spies sent back news that the emperor Supiluliuma I of the West Taiwan led an army and planned to personally conquer the neighboring country Mitanni, and Mitanni Taney struck first, and the two sides had already clashed in Kaneka, a border city between West and Taiwan.

Mitanni is not only a buffer zone between Egypt and West Taiwan, but also the mother country of the Egyptian queen mother Nefertiti.The emperor of Xitai invaded Mitanni, not to mention that he didn't take Mitanni seriously, at least he didn't care much about Egypt.

Supilulliuma I really didn't have to worry about it. The Egyptian pharaoh couple were so young, not even as old as most of his sons.Prime Minister Ayi and General Horenheb were not considered outstanding talents, because they were old ministers left over from the era of Amenhotep IV, and they were quite pedantic, and they had always been at a disadvantage in the struggle against the temple.In Egypt, Empress Dowager Nefertiti has the most say. Judging from Supilulliuma I's usual reaction, she will definitely sneer at the power of a woman. No wonder he is not worried about Egypt's reaction.

Akenami knew that Egypt did not respond to the Battle of Mitanni, but because she was not close to her mother, she could not arbitrarily speculate that her mother would have no reaction.

But Nefertiti was once again beyond Akenami's expectations. After hearing the urgent news, she didn't feel anxious at all, and then calmly said: "The pharaoh and the prime minister will make decisions on military matters. You don't need to make a special trip to inform me about this." She looked at the dazed Akennamei, and felt that the child was really as dull as before: "Akennamei, what are you thinking, it's time to go!"

After the two walked a certain distance, Nefertiti explained to Akenami in a good mood: "I married to Egypt from Mitanni, and the third emperor is an old man who is much older than the current emperor of Xitai. .You have five sisters, but the pharaoh has only one concubine. If I marry you to Supiluliuma I, will you thank me or hate me?"

Akenami couldn't think of an answer, and Nefertiti felt that this daughter was still indecisive, but she didn't know that this question caused a huge wave in Akenami's heart, because at this time Nefertiti couldn't think of an answer. You know, Akenami did almost marry the royal family of Xitai once.At that time, Akenami really regarded this marriage as her only salvation at that time.

The author has something to say: popular science time:

The heroine Akenna Mei, whose official name is Ankeshan Hainaman, although it is very long can deceive the number of words, but this name is too small, decisive Akenna Mei, and I will give her a pair of green eyes~ la la la La

Her father, Amenhotep IV, was a famous reformer in Egypt. All the existing statues are of a woman with a protruding abdomen. Anyway, she is not in good health.It’s very frustrating. Egypt lost a large area of ​​Asia because of its religious reform. Today, a tyrant suddenly asked people to change their surnames from Buddhism to Christ. The result can be imagined... Akennamei is writing to the king of Xitai After receiving the marriage proposal letter, there is no record. It should be because of the father that the disaster affected the children and grandchildren, and all the descendants were slaughtered.

Her mother, Nefertiti, was one of the four beauties of ancient Egypt. Anyway, she was very beautiful, but she gave birth to six daughters and no sons... When I read the original book, it was not mentioned that the empress dowager was at the time of the Battle of Mitanni. What a reaction, just write it here.

Akenami is the sister of Tutankhamun... This is Egypt... Tutankhamun is in poor health just like his father. There is an old saying in China that the body is the capital of the revolution. If you are not in good health, the revolution The life of wool...

Tutankhamun and Akhenamei are two husbands and wives, the headdresses look so heavy, the little pharaoh must have died from a broken neck...

The beauty in the comics is Akenna Mei