There were people walking around in the courtyard and lighting up the lampposts one by one. The dim light is reflected by the half-circle of copper edges carved by the copper pillar, and the light is soft and golden, just like the glorious sun.

I felt sorrow come up like a tidal wave, and then retreated, leaving only an empty space in my heart, no sorrow, no joy.

Lumora walked in again, barefoot, bent and as light as a tanuki without making a sound.

"Your Majesty Isis, Pharaoh invites you to the front hall."

I opened my mouth, but my throat seemed to be choked by something, and I couldn't make a sound. He took two deep breaths before asking, "What's the matter?" ”

"Pharaoh said, 'It is very important for you to be ready to go.'"

I nodded and whispered, "Got it." ”

Lumora obediently held the mirror, I glanced at it, I didn't bother to look at it, and told Unas: "Leave someone to guard this place......"

He bowed his head and said yes, and I said to Lumora, "Let's go." ”

The lampposts on both sides of the road lit up, and the whole palace seemed to be bathed in a pale golden halo. I just feel like what I see is all hazy.

The nearest straight path taken by the person carrying the chariot, the front hall was already in sight. I sat up straight and saw two rows of slave girls standing on the steps, kneeling in my direction and touching their heads to the ground.

Obviously, I haven't been away for long, but now I see such splendid and rich, but I feel ...... So strange. There were always many people in this temple, and during the day Pharaoh would discuss politics and receive envoys. In the evening, it became a place of singing and dancing, and I could clearly hear the sound of tambourine and string music coming from it, and the singers singing the tune of Malachdor with a lingering and inexplicable ambiguity.

I stepped up the steps of the palace step by step, and a golden halo was shining through. I stood in front of the temple gate and stopped.

The music inside stopped, and the voices gradually became quieter. The people inside turned their heads to look at the place, and they saluted me.

Imhodeb came out, and I was a little surprised, because he rarely attended these palace feasts. But then I thought of the precious status of the guest who had come today—that although Babylon was a distant country, the king of a country was present, and the prime minister could not say anything without him.

"Your Majesty, your complexion looks fine." He bowed slightly towards me. Not many people in the palace knew about my secret trip to Minoa, and almost everyone thought that I was living in a temple on the upper Nile, bathing and praying for blessings, and recuperating at the same time. Imkhodeb, on the other hand, knows the truth. I don't think there was anything in Egypt that could be hidden from him, and it was certainly not possible to hide it from him, so Memphis told him at the beginning, and even Sinuye did not know. At least, he wouldn't have known about it when I set off.

"The same goes for you." I said lightly, "How are you lately?" ”

"It's okay," he touched his beard, "it's just ......" He said two words and stopped, not knowing what problem his two words followed.

But now is not the time to discuss this. I walked slowly inside and asked in a low voice, "How is this Ragseu?" ”

"The city is very deep." Imhodeb whispered: "He ...... just now"

"Sister Wang!"

Memphis interrupted Imhodeb, got up from his gold-painted chair, strode over to me, took my hand, and said with a smile, "Come, let me introduce you, we have a distinguished guest today, this is King Ragsius of Babylon." ”

His smile was a little too cheerful, and his positive attitude made me feel a little weird. But I did not have the strength to ponder how he could have been, for the man sitting at the table on the left had already risen and bent slightly towards me, and his Egyptian language was so fluent that he could barely hear that he was an outsider.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, beautiful Queen Isis."

"King Ragsho has come from afar, and the journey has been hard."

"Oh, to see the rich Egypt and get to know the pharaoh and the queen, no matter how far the journey is, it will be worth it." He kissed my fingertip and smiled, "Your beauty makes all hardships worthwhile." ”

This man was quite tall, with broad shoulders, a longer face, thick eyebrows, slender eyes, a slightly hooked nose, thin lips, and no beard...... Looks like he is in his twenties and thirties. Although the facial features are not very good-looking, they look very coordinated together, and this appearance is not too distinctive, but it is not ugly and annoying. I remember reading a book about physiognomy that people with this kind of appearance are more unkind. I don't know if that's true, but his lips are relatively thin, and thin lips usually give people a kind of neatness, and Ragsew's lips also seem to make me think that this man is very amorous.

It feels like one thing, and polite words still have to be said.

"King Raghius, you are really a good speaker." I covered half of my face with a feather fan and threw an inquiring look at Memphis.

Didn't you say that something important was coming to me? Just to meet this guy?

Memphis was holding my hand just a moment ago, but now he was on my shoulder. He smiled at Ragxiu and said, "King Ragxiu, of course my sister is both beautiful and wise, and you proposed to her, of course, because you ......."

I was stunned.

What did I just hear? Propose?

That ragethio, propose to me?

Make no mistake, right?

I was so stunned that I missed two sentences from Memphis, and when I came to my senses, he was saying, "But King Lagsius, this matter is so sudden, why didn't you send a messenger to inquire and inform me first?" ”

Ragsew said, "Yes, I came recklessly. But I don't think I can bear it any longer than I can wait. Queen Isis's beauty and wisdom, and her forgiving ......"

I hurriedly said, "You have won the prize of King Lagxiu, if there is anything, sit down and talk slowly." ”

Memphis nodded and said, "Yes, King Ragsei, please sit down." ”

Next to Memphis was a chair that was also painted in gold, and that was my seat.

I lifted the hem of my skirt and sat down slowly. Memphis waited for me to sit down before returning to his seat.

I fixed my mind and quickly relived what they had just said. yes, I remember. Ragsew, this guy was originally here to ask for a kiss. In the original book, too, he had a plot against Egypt and drove Memphis to marry Carol, and when Isis was sad and resentful, he made a shady deal with Elsis - he promised to lure Carol to Babylon and get rid of her for Isis, and Isis promised to marry Ragse. However, Ragseus did not fulfill his promise, and he deceived Isis with the charred corpse of the maid, but imprisoned Carol, and later, it seems, that he wanted to get his hands on her, but the result was ...... Well, I don't know exactly what happened next, but I vaguely remember that Carol came up with the idea, and the Egyptian soldiers burned down the Tower of Babel in Babylon......

I still have some impressions of this story, but it's just ...... I just didn't think about it just now.

This guy is not a good person. I'm not the Isis of the book, who is deceived and coaxed.

I heard the meaning of Memphis's words, it was because this person had just proposed that Memphis asked me to come over.

This is indeed an important thing.

Even if I am not the queen of Egypt, the sister of Pharaoh, and he is not the king of Babylon, even if I am an ordinary family, marriage is a big deal, and Memphis naturally wants to find me.

Ragsew said apologetically: "I was so abrupt that I brought it up all at once, and if Your Majesty Isis thinks I have offended, I apologize to you." However, my admiration for you is genuine. ”

Admire me? I covered the sneer at the corner of my lips with a feather fan.

This person's heart is not ordinary black, and his face is not ordinary thick! This rhetoric doesn't cost money anyway, it's called a smooth. It's a pity that I already know the background of this person, and I will never fall for you. Even if I didn't know, I wouldn't marry someone I don't love. Not to mention...... I have long said to Memphis that I will not marry anyone in this life.

When I said that, I just knew that Imodon and I might not be able to combine in the right way, so I said that. Since you can't marry the person you love, you simply don't get married.

And the situation is different now than in the book.

I don't have a deep love for my brother here, and I am hurt when I fall out of love, how can he have the opportunity to take advantage of it?

"I'm sorry King Ragsei, I thank you for your wrong love, but I ......" I was about to say that I would not marry in my life, but Memphis snatched my words, and then said: "My sister is going to marry me, King Ragsei, you have no chance, what a pity." ”