Chapter 55: To Egypt

Cleopatra VII (hereinafter referred to as the queen) was one of the crowned monarchs of the Ptolemaic dynasty after Alexander the Great's conquest of Egypt, and was the last queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info she is talented, intelligent and witty, and her life is full of drama.

Marriages in ancient royal families were often very chaotic. According to the law of the time, the queen had to marry her younger brother, Ptolemy XIII, and co-rule Egypt. And she would have been the daughter of her father and sister (i.e., Cleopatra V).

The queen grew up in a lavish court, and when her father died in 51 BC, she left a will appointing her and her half-brother Ptolemy XIII as heirs to rule together.

However, the two men were at odds with each other due to factional struggles and power struggles, and after the queen was expelled from Alexandria in 48 BCE, she gathered troops along the Egyptian-Syrian border to invade Egypt.

At this time, Caesar came to Egypt to mediate the dispute for the throne. When the queen heard this, she sailed into Alexandria at night, wrapped herself in a blanket, and was carried to the door of Caesar's room.

When Su Le, Fu Kang, Luo Ji and Shu Lan arrived at the crew of "Queen of Egypt", the bearded sunglasses director was filming this classic scene. However, the director was neither bearded nor wearing sunglasses at this time.

It turned out that because most of the budget was spent on props and special effects, the director personally played Caesar, so his beard was relatively clean, and of course Caesar would not wear sunglasses.

Legend has it that Caesar was idle when he was young, until he was 34 years old when he was a treasurer in Spain, he once saw a statue of Alexander in the temple, and suddenly remembered that Alexander, at his age, had already conquered the whole world known to the Greeks at that time.

In this way, Alexander's deeds inspired Caesar's ambitions, and he went on to become a great man.

The director is tall, and his age and acting skills are not a problem when he plays Caesar. The blanket wrapped in Vera, the queen, was carried in front of him, and then the blanket was unfurled, and the queen's peerless beauty was fully revealed.

Caesar and the queen looked at each other, and Caesar was immediately impressed by the queen's courage and beauty. Vera and the director's expressions are very in place, the director is very satisfied with the shooting effect, and the scene is over.

Seeing Su Le coming, the director was very happy, because it was going well today, and it was almost dinner time, so he ended the shooting early.

In the evening, in a Chinese restaurant in Alexandria, the director hosted a banquet for Su Le and others.

"You're a little early, or maybe I'm slowing down." The director said to Su Le.

The bearded sunglasses director is a well-known slowdown in the industry, because once he encounters an important scene that is not well shot, he will shoot like crazy and repeat until there is a satisfactory effect, and even do not hesitate to change the actors.

"It's okay, I'll take my sister around the neighborhood first, she's mainly here to travel."

Saying that, Su Le introduced Shulan to the director, and the director was amazed by Shulan's warm temperament, and was a little stunned. Vera, who was accompanying her, coughed twice before she took her eyes off Shulan.

"I'm really sorry, I was a little rude. However, Miss Shulan's temperament is too good, and there is an indescribable feeling of warmth. There is a role that takes less than a minute to appear, and I want Miss Shulan to play it, so please be sure to consider it. ”

Shulan was also very curious about making movies, and there was only one minute of the scene, and she agreed after a little thought.

Fu Kang entered the props group as he wished, and soon became proficient. In addition, this time there was a tiger again, but it helped the director a lot.

The film continued to be filmed, and the queen soon became Caesar's mistress. And Ptolemy XIII suffered defeat in the Alexandrian War against Caesar and drowned in the Nile. The queen became the de facto ruler of Egypt.

Again, in ancient Egyptian tradition, the queen married another half-brother, Ptolemy XIV, to rule Egypt together. In order to please Caesar, the queen welcomed him in every possible way, feasted on it, and accompanied him on a cruise up the Nile to enjoy the scenery. Soon after, Caesar went to Asia Minor for war and returned to Rome. The queen bore Caesar a son named Ptolemy Caesar or Caesar the Younger......

Since there was no Su Le's play for the time being, he led Shulan and Luo Jian on a tour of the neighborhood.

When it comes to Egypt, the most famous attractions are, of course, the pyramids and the Sphinx. At the request of Shulan, the three of them first visited the highest pyramid of Khufu.

The Pyramid of Khufu is said to have been the tallest man-made structure in the world until the Eiffel Tower was built. Because the Pyramid of Khufu was built very early, it probably held the world record for about four to five thousand years.

"Four or five thousand years? The history of certain civilizations has lasted so long. This time, it was Luo Ji who took the opportunity to sarcastically mock Su Le, and the sun came out from the west.

"It's not that civilization is better as soon as possible, it depends on the height reached, and China's civilization has hardly been interrupted."

Su Le felt that he couldn't always let Luo Zhi go, this time he was preemptive, but he had a slight advantage.

The two of them turned their heads at the same time with a snort, and neither of them admitted defeat.

After a while, Luo Jian broke the silence, "We're also going to visit the Sphinx, do you know which pyramid is an outbuilding?" ”

Su Le immediately replied: "The second tallest pyramid of Khafre, and the foundation of the pyramid of Khafre is higher, and it is more elaborate and magnificent. ”

"I'm just asking you which pyramid you are, why do you answer so much? Since it comes to the Sphinx, it is also called the Sphinx because it is more like the Sphinx, a monster with a woman's head in Greek mythology. The Sphinx gave people a puzzle that almost no one could solve, and the puzzle was about ......"

What animal walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three at night?

"Can you answer that?" Luo Jian looked proud, and made it clear that Su Le didn't know the riddle of the Sphinx.

Su Le felt that he had been insulted by Luo Zhi, thought about it, and deliberately replied: "In English, it is man, he crawled when he was infant, and when he grew up, he walked upright......"

Luo Zhi underestimated Su Le again, and was "slapped in the face" by Su Le, feeling very bad. At this moment, Su Le's words changed, and then said: "After adulthood, for the reproduction of the race, the third leg between the two legs began to be used frequently~ hehe..."

Luo Ji was furious, and Su Le ate a slap in her face, but not in the face. At this time, Shulan happened to come back from the bathroom, and Luo Ji left angrily under the pretext of going to the bathroom.

"Are you Luo Zhi off again? Luo Zhen is a good child, she often helps me with housework, don't bully her. ”

Su Le replied with a smile: "Let's have a joke, besides, who told her to underestimate me." ”

"Anyway, you let her order, by the way, does Xiaole know the puzzle of the Sphinx? Legend has it in Greek mythology that Oedipus met the Sphinx on a cliff, and the Sphinx asked the question who would be able to ascend to the throne and marry the queen if they could solve the puzzle. Xiaole, do you know? The question is ......"

Then Shulan told Su Le about the puzzle, or what kind of animal walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs at night?