The Fall of the Golden Empire, Volume 1: Bloody Sunset by Zhang Baotong
After a while, Haya found the wizard Kachaba. Wizard Kachaba entered the king's room. Before he dared to raise his head, he felt that King Wayna Kapac was staring at him with a fierce and ruthless gaze. He suddenly started to murmur in his heart and his body couldn't help but Started to tremble tremblingly. He hurriedly knelt down and worshiped in fear, "The wizard Kachapa pays homage to the supreme Inca king."
King Wayna Capak still stared at him calmly, that gaze was like a sharp knife piercing his heart, making him feel more guilty and frightened. He thought he didn't speak loud enough for the king to hear, so he knocked his forehead hard on the ground and said, "The wizard Kachaba came to see the king and asked him to teach me."
King Wayna Capak then said, "Is it the wizard Kachaba?"
Wizard Kachaba said, "Your Majesty, it is your servant Wizard Kachaba."
The king added, "Did you diagnose Princess Paria's illness?"
Wizard Kachapa said, "Exactly."
The king said, "Is Princess Palia suffering from a plague?"
The Kachaba wizard scratched his head and muttered, "The slave has not confirmed the diagnosis yet. He only said that the symptoms are very similar to the plague, but it will take another three or two days to observe for a true diagnosis."
After hearing this, King Wayna Kapac suddenly became less worried, but now he wanted to know what kind of disease Princess Paria had, so he said to Wizard Kachaba, "Don't wait three more days." It's been two days, you should go to Ziyuan Pavilion to examine the princess carefully, and then come back and report to me."
Although Wizard Kachaba hesitated for a moment, he still replied, "Yes, my king." Then he crawled out of the room.
About an hour later, the Kachaba wizard came over and reported to King Wayna Capak, "Reporting to the king, the servant re-examined the princess and confirmed that the princess was not suffering from the plague, but from the disease. A kind of heartache and brain fever.”
King Wayna Capac immediately relaxed and said hurriedly, "Is it really not a plague? That's great, as long as it's not a plague." Then, he asked, "What is the disease of heartache and brain fever? What is it?" Never heard of it?"
Wizard Kachapa said in an explaining tone, "Yes, Your Majesty, this disease is a kind of heart disease caused by excessive sorrow and too many worries. Although this disease is not as scary as the plague, it is a headache all day long. Explosion, extremely painful, and incurable, until the condition worsens and the pain becomes unbearable and exhausts oneself, leading to death without treatment.”
King Huayna Capac was startled and said, "You are still the royal physician of the Inca Empire. How can you not even treat this disease?"
Wizard Kachapa said, "Your Majesty, you don't know something. This pain is a heart disease, not a physical disease. Heart diseases must be treated with heart medicine."
King Wayna Capac said, "Then you can use the heart medicine to heal him."
Wizard Kachaba couldn't help but feel a little worried and said, "My supreme king, I only have medicine to cure physical diseases, but there is no medicine to cure mental diseases!"
King Wayna Capac said, "Then where do you think you can get this medicine to cure your heart ailments?"
Wizard Kachaba shook his head and said, "How can I, Wizard Kachaba, know what the princess is worried about?"
When King Wayna Capac heard what Wizard Kachapa said, he remembered that Princess Palia had asked him to marry Princess Anna Yama to Prince Atahualpa a few days ago. If he could agree at that time and immediately Answer her and maybe she won't get sick. It was just that he considered that Prince Ninan was still alive, so doing so would not only aggravate his condition, but also hurt his feelings. However, Prince Ninan's condition will definitely not get better now, so he does not want to aggravate Princess Palia's condition. So he decided to express his decision to Princess Paria, Prince Atahualpa and Princess Anna. Of course, the reason why he did this was largely due to his own wishes. However, this decision could only be made known to the three of them while Prince Ninan was still alive, so as not to cause unnecessary discussions and disputes inside and outside the palace and among the direct relatives.
With this in mind, he said to Wizard Kachaba, "Okay, you go back first. Let me treat the princess's illness."
Wizard Kachaba looked at the king with a confused look and said hurriedly, "Oh my god, if you treat the princess, the medicine will definitely cure her illness."
The king said bluntly in a mocking tone, "Do you even need to say this?"
As soon as Wizard Kachaba left, the king asked Haya to prepare the sedan, and then asked Lai Yina and Uga to change his clothes and tiara. After he had changed his clothes and straightened his crown, Haya came to report that the sedan chair was ready. So Yina and Wuga helped him out of the room and into the sedan chair. With Haya's "getting up the sedan", the bearers lifted up the heavy sedan and walked towards the harem.
Arriving at Ziyuan Pavilion again, as soon as he entered the princess's room, the king saw his maids Xiuwei and Ji Yalina sitting beside the princess's bed accompanying her, so he waved to them and motioned them to leave quickly. These two beauties had been given to the king as concubines by Princess Palia, but because of Palia's recent illness, they were sent to serve the princess specifically. The two of them timidly exited the house and quietly closed the door.
Seeing that the king drove everyone out of the room, Princess Palia was a little confused and sat up from the bed. King Wayna Capac immediately walked to the bedside, hugged the princess suddenly in his arms, and said in a very sure tone, "I sent a medicine to my concubine. After taking this medicine, my concubine will definitely recover." The medicine cures the disease."
The princess smiled coquettishly and said, "Does your Majesty really have such a magical medicine?"
The king said, "My dear concubine, don't you believe it?"
But seeing that the king was empty-handed and didn't bring her anything, Princess Palia smiled half-heartedly and said, "That concubine wants to see the king's magic medicine."
The king also laughed, rubbed his hands, and said, "Your Majesty, I didn't bring any herbs, but the princess has a heart disease, and heart disease requires heart medicine. So, what I brought to you is heart medicine."
The princess was still half-suspicious and said, "The concubine wants to see what kind of medicine the king is bringing."
The king pretended to be mysterious and said, "Guess my concubine. As long as my concubine guesses correctly, I will give it to you immediately."
Princess Paria lay in the king's arms, showing a sickly charm and weakness. She coughed slightly and guessed, "It's a gold ornament."
The king said, "That's not right."
Princess Palia added, "It's alpaca colored velvet clothing."
The king still shook his head and said, "No."
Princess Palia thought for a while and said, "It's a maid or a page boy."
But the king still said, "That's not right."
Princess Palia pretended to be at the end of her wits and strength, and said, "No, I can't guess."
The king saw that she really couldn't guess, so he turned to her ear and it took him a long time to say what he wanted to say.
When Palia heard this, she was overjoyed and shouted, "Is it true?" After saying that, she hugged the king tightly and kept screaming, "My illness is cured. alright!"
The medicine brought by Emperor Huayna Capak was truly miraculous and cured. Princess Palia's illness immediately recovered. In her excitement, Princess Palia immediately called Xiuwei and asked her to prepare the best wine immediately and invite the king and his family to get drunk before resting.
So, Xiuyi and the maids set up a long table on the other side of the screen in the room, and lit a few oil lamps on the long table, and the room was suddenly brightly lit. A thirteen- or fourteen-year-old girl held a gold jug and filled the wine glasses in front of everyone with wine. The mellow aroma of the wine filled the air, making people feel drunk and ecstatic.
Emperor Wayna Kapac sat in the middle of the long table, with Yina and Uga serving beside him. Princess Parlia sits on the right and Prince Atahualpa sits on the left. Opposite the long table there were more than a dozen Kabuki dancers singing and dancing to add to the fun. These Kabuki and dancers are all beautiful girls that Princess Palia usually selects from folk photos. When they were thirteen or fourteen years old, they entered the Ziyuan Pavilion as maids. In addition to doing things like housework, cooking, cleaning and washing every day, They also have to learn to sing and dance, and will be personally taught by Princess Palia.
The singers were almost naked except for a red alpaca belt tied around their waists and hips, and a garland on each arm. They danced a traditional folk dance of singing and dancing in Quito. The tune is similar to a sacrificial chant. Although the tune is repeated over and over again, it is urgent, slow, high and low, and does not make people feel monotonous. The rhythm of the dance is very fast and the amplitude is very large, as if venting a kind of carnival emotion, the voice is hoarse and hysterical.
The king, his beloved concubine and his beloved son were drinking wine while admiring and commenting on which girl had outstanding beauty and which girl danced gracefully. The prince greatly appreciated his father's comments and kept toasting to his father. At the same time, he also kept asking Yina and Uga to toast to his father. The king was happy for a moment and had no restraint. He soon became drunk. He picked up a large glass of wine and staggered to the dancing Xiuwei. He hugged Xiuwei and asked her to drink.
Xiuwei is the most beautiful, dancing and pretty figure among these girls, so she was selected by the princess as her personal maid. Although it has been given to the king by the princess, because the princess is ill, he has been waiting on the princess in Ziyuan Pavilion. The king has long been fond of Xiuwei, and seeing her singing and dancing so beautifully today, he couldn't help but want to have a few drinks with her. Xiuwei didn't dare to neglect, so she asked the king to drink several large glasses of wine. However, the king did not give up and shouted for someone to bring him wine. Princess Paria and Princess Ina saw that the king was a little drunk, a little lost his temper, and seemed a little overwhelmed. They wanted to ask the prince to persuade the king. However, instead of persuading the king, the prince instead walked over with a wine bottle and asked for their father. Pour wine.
Da Wanglian poured three to five glasses of wine for Xiuwei, and then asked Xiuwei what her name was.
Xiuwei said, "The extremely noble Inca King has a little daughter named Xiuwei."
Your Majesty took Xiuyi's hand with pity and pity and said, "Your Majesty often comes to Ziyuan Pavilion, but why don't you see girls often?"
Xiuwei said, "The king is so noble and has so many affairs, how can he care about the little girl? The king doesn't remember the little girl, but the little girl still remembers the king. A few days ago, the little girl even sang and danced for the king."
The king smiled and said, "It's just that the king was temporarily dazzled and couldn't appreciate the flowers and jade!" After saying that, he pulled Xiuyi to his seat and sat up, and then drank a few drinks with Xiuyi. Glass of wine.
After a few more glasses of wine, the king soon became drunk. The glass in his hand was dangling around. As soon as he didn't pay attention, it fell on the table with a clang. The wine was spilled, but he was lying on the table. Bian fell asleep. Seeing that the king was drunk, Princess Pariya waved to the maids. Everyone immediately stopped singing and dancing and ran out of the room. At this time, it was already dark outside. Princess Palia asked everyone to help carry the king to her big bed, and called Xiuwei to sleep with the king for the night.
