Chapter 306 Gaining the Approval of the Envoys

It would be a joke to say that the messengers care about the truth of Ahmose's death and the destruction of the Temple of Amun.

Nefer and Ahmose are half-siblings.

Even if Ahmose was really killed by Nefer, it was an internal matter of the Pharaoh's royal family, and outsiders had no right to interfere.

The ruling families of other city-states certainly don't want their families to be interfered with by external forces when they are fighting for power.

Thebes is the largest city-state in southern Egypt.

As the real ruler of Thebes, the Temple of Amun has accumulated countless wealth over thousands of years and has developed the power of the Temple of Amun to be enough to fight against the Pharaoh's royal family.

Even if other city-states do not envy and hate the Temple of Amun, they will never sympathize with the destruction of the Temple of Amun.

Now the messengers are questioning Nefer together, just because they don't want the same thing to happen in their own city-states.

Nefer knows what these messengers really think, so she speaks directly to the messengers.

"You can rest assured that I will not change any traditions after I inherit the throne. Although I destroyed the Temple of Amun, I will let the priests of the goddess Sekhmet take over the Temple of Amun. Except that the Temple of Amun will become the Temple of Sekhmet, everything in Thebes will remain the same as before."

Hearing what Nefer said, the envoys smiled with satisfaction.

Since Nefer would not break the tradition and would not harm their interests, they naturally had no need to be enemies with Nefer.

"Princess Nefer! We certainly don't believe the rumors. Your brother Ahmose must have been killed by the Temple of Amun."

"The Temple of Amun is already strong enough to fight against the Pharaoh, so your ancestors moved the capital from Thebes to Itawy four hundred years ago."

"The Temple of Amun not only fights against the Pharaoh's royal family, but also oppresses the city-states and tribes near Thebes. We have long been unwilling to endure their oppression."

After listening to the envoys' statements, Nefer continued.

"Since everyone has no objection to my becoming the pharaoh, let me tell you my goal. Although my grandfather Tao I, father Tao II, and brother Kamose all died in the war against the Hyksos, I will continue to fight the Hyksos until they are driven out of Egypt. In order to better rule northern Egypt and to fight the Hyksos, I will move the capital from Thebes to Itawy."

Before the Hyksos invasion, Itawy was originally the capital of the Kingdom of Egypt.

So when Nefer moved the capital to Itawy, other city-states had no reason to object.

Seeing that the envoys did not object, Nefer continued.

"When my brother Kamose inherited the throne, the Kingdom of Egypt only had 16 city-states in the south. Now that I have inherited the throne, the territory of the Kingdom of Egypt has expanded to more than 20 city-states. In order to rule the larger Kingdom of Egypt, I must recruit more soldiers. To this end, I will turn all the land of the Temple of Amun into royal land to support the soldiers. Do you have any objections?"

As the territory of the Kingdom of Egypt increases, Nafir needs more soldiers and more land to support the soldiers - this is very reasonable.

Since Nafir is not going to use the wealth of other city-states to support the soldiers, the envoys naturally have no need to object.

"Princess Nafir!"

Just as Nafir was about to continue, a middle-aged envoy said with a serious expression.

"I don't object to you continuing the war with the Hyksos, but you are the only direct descendant of the Pharaoh royal family. When your grandfather Tao I died on the battlefield, his son Tao II inherited the throne. When your father Tao II died on the battlefield, his son Kamose inherited the throne. When your brother Kamose died on the battlefield, your brother Kamose left neither sons nor daughters, so only you and Pharaoh Ahmose can inherit the throne. Please take Kamose as a lesson and don't go to the battlefield in person. And it's best for you to have a child as an heir before you start a new war with the Hyksos."

Another messenger followed.

"If Princess Nefer also encounters an accident, the direct line of the Pharaoh royal family will be cut off. Those royal collaterals who are eligible to inherit the throne will fight for the throne, which is likely to trigger a civil war."

"I understand your concerns."

Nefer nodded and said.

"As the last direct descendant of the Pharaoh's royal family, I know what kind of burden I carry. I promise you that when I return to Itawy, I will get married immediately and fulfill my obligation to give birth to an heir for the Pharaoh's family. I will not start the war to expel the Hyksos immediately."

After all the messengers showed a satisfied expression, Nefer continued.

"Finally, I want to tell you that because Itawy has become my capital, the goddess Sekhmet, the patron saint of Itawy, will become the patron saint of the Pharaoh's family and the patron saint of the Kingdom of Egypt. In the future, the goddess Sekhmet will be the sun goddess of the entire Kingdom of Egypt."

According to past traditions, when a city becomes a capital, the patron saint of this capital will also become the patron saint of the country.

So Nefer wanted to worship the goddess Sekhmet as the patron saint, and the messengers did not object.

And a hundred years ago, the goddess Sekhmet had been the patron saint for three hundred years.

If the Hyksos had not invaded, perhaps the goddess Sekhmet would still be the patron saint now.

After all the messengers left, Roy immediately said to Nafir who was relieved.

"Nafel! Just like what I said, as long as you don't harm the interests of other city-states, they have no reason to be your enemy. Now you believe it!"

Nafir nodded and said.

"Loy, thanks to your encouragement, I can handle it calmly. Without your help, I would have been very nervous."

"This is called [Onlookers are clear, the authorities are confused]. If you stand from the perspective of a bystander like me, you will know that other city-states do not have the strength to fight you alone, and they have no reason to unite against you. So as a Queen of them, you should not be nervous and timid in front of them. They should not be nervous and timid in front of you. You can suppress any city-state that resists you at will."

"You asked me not to doubt my own strength——"

Nafir looked at Roy with a faint look and whispered.

"Without you by my side, can I really suppress them at will?"

Hearing Nafir's words, Roy was immediately speechless.

Without Roy, whether Nafir could order those generals at will was a question.

As a princess of the pharaonic royal family, Nafir may have been educated to be a queen, but she was not educated to be a queen.

And Nafir is just a sixteen-year-old girl now. Without Roy by her side, she will only become a puppet.

Nafir did not blindly regard Roy's strength as hers. It seemed that she did not doubt her own strength.

It is because he knows his own strength so well that Nafir will deal with the messengers cautiously.