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the beautiful Nile,

Welled up from the ends of the earth,

gave life to Egypt,

The desert is moistened, the vegetation quenches the thirst,

O Nile, you are a god!

Only you bring life...

The green water will always accompany me Egypt!

August is the season for the flooding of the Nile River. The emerald green water pours down from the upper reaches, bringing fertile land and hope of a good harvest to the Egyptians on both sides of the river.

Inside the city of Thebes.

Dense crowds gathered on both sides of the Nile, women shaking fork bells, men beating tambourines, and girls dancing with a brisk rhythm.All the people unleash their joy for the biggest festival of the year in Egypt - Opiet.

On the river, the three holy boats carrying the statues of gods are advancing side by side, and they are going upstream to the Karnak Temple with the river.

The holy ship in the middle carried the statue of the sun god Amon, and the one standing at the bow was the new high priest Isis who passed the coming-of-age ceremony a month ago.

The 15-year-old Egyptian princess is dressed in nugbai made of white fine linen, and a shawl made of gold thread hangs down to her knees in the shape of a bat.The long blue wig is thick and smooth, completely covering the girl's own black hair. The headdress on the top of the head is two moon-white sharp horns in a ring shape, as if surrounding an invisible sun disk. The cross on the ring is exactly the Anke, which symbolizes life, and represents the symbol of the highest theocracy in the Egyptian temple.Her expression was sacred and solemn, and her dark green eyes were as clear and shining as the water of the Nile River.The golden sunlight shone on the ancient Nile River, coating the girl on the holy ship with a halo, making her look even more sacred and noble.

"Who is that?" Someone in the crowd asked.

The Egyptians who were drowning in the scene on the river, but their thoughts were suddenly interrupted by such a question, were even more displeased!After seeing that the speaker was obviously not from his country, he turned to a clear expression and happily scrambled to solve his doubts.

"That's our Egyptian princess, the future queen, Her Highness Isis."

"She is the youngest High Priest ever to be served in the Temple and is our patron goddess of Egypt."

"It is said that the blue lotus of Thebes bloomed at the same time when His Royal Highness Isis was born, which is a miracle of the reincarnation of the goddess Isis!"

"..."

The Egyptians became more and more excited with every word, and the eyes of those who spoke and listened were full of fanatical reverence. In the end, they didn’t even know when the foreigner who caused this frenzy of speech disappeared.

At this time, the holy ship has arrived at the ram corridor in front of the Karnak Temple, which indicates that the climax of the ceremony is coming.

Standing at the altar in front of the Karnak Temple are the current Egyptian Pharaoh King Niprod and the young Crown Prince Memphis.

Isis, in full attire, led all the priests and priests to the pharaoh on the altar, knelt and half-kneeled, clenched her left hand and placed it flat on her chest, and raised her right hand to hand Ankh to King Niprudo and Memphis. in front of.What she performed was the most solemn salute in Egypt, and it was the etiquette for the salute to express the highest respect and loyalty to the salute object.When the performer was the high priest with the highest power in the temple, Isis dedicated the ankh, which represented theocracy, to the Pharaoh, expressing her submission and allegiance to the supreme ruler, and at the same time demonstrating the combination of theocracy and kingship.

King Nipledo laughed and took Anke from Isis and helped her up.He took the hands of Memphis and Isis, and the three of them lifted Anke high and showed it in front of the Egyptian people.

The Egyptian people below cheered, and the overwhelming shouts resounded throughout the entire city of Thebes.

"Long live the Pharaoh!"

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"God bless me Egypt!"

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In the crowd, a tall and straight young man wearing a headscarf was watching the people on the altar. It was the foreigner who raised the question just now.The resolute, sculpture-like face looked unclear, thinking about something in his heart.

"I didn't expect you to be this, the goddess of Isis..." the young man murmured to himself in an unclear manner.After a while, as if he had made up his mind, he took a deep look at the girl on the altar who was whispering and smiling at the young crown prince, and turned away from the noisy crowd.

The celebration lasted for 11 days, and the whole of Egypt was immersed in an atmosphere of joy.

In the dormitory—

Under the service of the maid, Isis took off the cumbersome and heavy accessories on her body, leaned against the artificial pool in the bedroom, and the natural hot spring water soothed her sore body from a busy day.The whole body was soaked in the warm water, and Isis was so comfortable that she couldn't help but sighed softly, closed her eyes and let Yali massage her shoulders, and fell asleep after a while.In the dimness, someone picked her up, dressed her gently, and carried her to the bed thoughtfully.Sensing the familiar cool object next to her, Isis unconsciously pulled something over, found a comfortable position, and fell into a deep sleep.So I suffered from a certain teenager who was used as a pillow beside me, and in the dilemma of being able to see but not eat, I experienced the torture of these two extremes of pain and happiness.

The next morning, when Isis woke up, there was no one around her.Ya Li entered the room with her freshly washed clothes, saw that Isis was the only one on the bed, and asked curiously, "Why don't you see Her Majesty Memphis?"

Isis gave Ali a strange look: "Why is Memphis here so early?"

"But...but...didn't His Highness Memphis sleep here last night?" Ya Li stammered.

Rubbing between her eyebrows, it turned out that the big 'pillow' last night was not an illusion.I didn't love this little brother in vain, Isis felt relieved.Well, by the way, the feel of Memphis is really good, and the temperature is moderate.Isis gave Memphis pillow a good review pertinently.

The southeast corner of the palace.

Guard A: "Hey, when I was changing shifts at dawn today, I saw someone taking a bath in the pool on the other side of the yard."

Guard B: "Blow it, who doesn't know that the water in that pool is the coldest. Only fools use it for bathing!"

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The northwest corner of the palace.

Maid A: "Your Majesty Memphis is really hardworking. You get up to exercise before dawn!"

Maid B: "Enen! It's so cool to use cold water from the pool to increase the difficulty!"

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As the personal bodyguard of Prince Memphis, Unas expressed a lot of pressure. His master said last night that he was going to visit Her Highness Isis, who had been busy with the ceremony all day, and asked him to wait outside for a while.As a result, he spent most of the night feeding the mosquitoes outside, and when it was almost dawn, he saw his master come out of His Royal Highness Isis's bedroom, with an unknown object that seemed to be blushing on his face.After His Royal Highness returned to his bedroom, he scooped up the pool water in the courtyard and poured it on his head.

Cough, although I don't know the specific details, but as one of the people closest to Memphis, after seeing the whole incident, at least Unas knows that his master's current behavior can be summed up in four words, then It is desire, seeking, dissatisfaction, and satisfaction!

So on this day, when Unas, who was patrolling the palace, heard different opinions from all sides, he could only bury his head and walk by, silently shedding tears of sympathy for his highness.