The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
The palace manager was so frightened by the king's fierce expression and tone that he knelt on the ground, trembling all over, and swore to the king and said, "Please rest assured, the king, I will try my best to complete the task assigned by the king."
Atahualpa nodded and said, "Once the Spaniards release me, I will still be the Inca King. By then, you will be the number one hero of the Inca Kingdom."
Prince Suruchek knelt down and prostrated repeatedly, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Usually there is nothing major going on in the morning, so the king only chats with the princes, or they accompany him and say some words to reassure and comfort him. However, today, Atahualpa has been worried about Huascar's affairs, and he is restless. He wants to let the morning show off and disperse. However, he did not expect that there are so many things today, and they are all major events. , especially the gold shipment was not going smoothly, which made his mood even worse. However, he still felt that Huascar's matter was more urgent than the gold matter.
Therefore, he asked the other ministers to disperse and left the chief of Tungula Province, Prince Beskara alone, and asked him to rush to Bambamaka City immediately to summon Usaka, the palace guard responsible for guarding Huascar. He came and summoned him saying that he had a very urgent matter, and asked the Prince of Beskara to keep the matter absolutely confidential and not to reveal any trace. Prince Bescarra expressed his stance to Atahualpa very solemnly, and then knelt down and said goodbye to the king.
After seeing off the Prince of Bescarra, he still couldn't relax. He sat alone in the meeting room, feeling upset: there has been no news from the people sent to Quito, and there is nothing about the gold collection. There was a big movement, and the fact that the concubine named Gina was hooking up with others also made him uneasy. Now Huascar was giving him another terrible headache. These things made him really upset and restless. He is still waiting for the opportunity to do other things, but Gina's matter must be taken care of first. Otherwise, what will the other concubines think if this big matter is not resolved?
So, he asked Wu Ga to notify all the concubines to come to the meeting hall, and he wanted to lecture them. After a while, all the concubines, about twenty or so, entered the meeting hall. Seeing King Atahualpa's gloomy face and curtsy, everyone stood aside respectfully, not daring to say a word. .
These concubines were the concubines that Atahualpa had taken with him when he came from Quito. After his arrest, they have been confined in the Spanish military camp, but they are all women, so the Spaniards take better care of them and allow them greater freedom and room for movement. It was during this period that Gina and the translator named Martin had the opportunity to hook up. But after Atahualpa was transferred to the temple of the Sun God, the concubines followed him here. Therefore, the other concubines told the king about Princess Gina's hookup with others.
When Atahualpa saw that all the concubines had arrived, he said with a sullen face, "I think everyone has heard that there was an Inca king's concubine who got together with an Inca scum and had an affair, which made the whole country miserable. Everyone in Hamaka City knows about it and is talking about it."
The more he spoke, the more excited he became. He even raised his hands and said, "It has never happened before in the hundreds of years of Inca history that the king's concubine had an affair with someone else. But among us, Someone has ruined the pure and noble family tradition and reputation of King Inca, which makes me sadder than being imprisoned."
At this point, he felt a little whimpering in his throat, as if he was blocked by something sour. However, he still resolutely suppressed the pain and said solemnly and passionately, "Think about it, what am I doing to you?" Which one of you does not show favoritism and care for you in every possible way? Which one of you does not favor ten times more than my closest minister? Which of your parents and brothers does not give the highest gifts? However, someone is betraying I was so humiliated that when the Spaniard stabbed me in the chest with a knife, she stabbed me hard in the back with a spear.”
At this point, he was so painful that he wanted to cry loudly. However, he felt that he was a man and an Inca king, and he could not let women see his vulnerability. He tried his best to hide his sadness, but he failed to hide it and let tears well up in his eyes. He knew that the tears did not flow from his eyes, but from his heart.
The extreme grief left him speechless. He wanted to endure it but couldn't help it, so he had no choice but to rub his eyes, raise his hands to everyone, and go straight out the door. When he just walked out of the door, he heard that the concubines were crying.
The Inca king left the council chamber and had nowhere to go, so he came to the house of his queen, Queen Ana Maya. The cabin is not big, with only one large bed and two boxes. Daughter Kaya is sitting on the bed playing with the little tabby cat. Seeing King Inca come in, the girl looked at him with a confused look and said, "Dad, are you crying? Who bullied you?"
Atahualpa quickly wiped his eyes, then picked up the girl and said, "I didn't cry. No one dared to bully the Inca King."
The girl shook her head and said, "I know it's Aunt Gina. She's been locked up in that cabin."
The Inca king was surprised and asked, "How do you know?"
The girl said, "My mother and other aunts said so."
As she said that, the girl begged, "Dad, please don't shut up Aunt Gina, okay? Aunt Gina is a good aunt. She always gives me some fun and delicious things."
The Inca King felt that there were some things that he could not tell his children, so he said, "Your Aunt Gina has committed a serious crime. According to the Inca King's law, she cannot be treated lightly."
At this time, Queen Anna Maya returned to the house. Seeing Atahualpa sitting in the house, she quickly bowed to him and said, "It is a great honor for your king to come here."
After not seeing each other for a few days, Atahualpa felt that his queen was getting more and more beautiful. He put down the child, pulled the queen into his arms, hugged her tightly for a while, and said, "These days, I am in jail. It also makes you and your children suffer.”
Anna shook her head and said, "It's just that my husband didn't listen to a word from me. Otherwise, how could we have ended up in this situation." Then she sighed deeply, "You two brothers are doing well, what are you doing?" Do we have to fight each other?" Because when Atahualpa sent troops south, Anna strongly advised him not to kill each other among brothers, because no matter who wins or loses, it will be detrimental to the Inca Empire. However, Atahualpa did not listen to her at all, thinking that she was thinking about Huascar because she was their biological sister. For this he gave her a stern reprimand. Now, hearing her say such words again, a cloud suddenly appeared on Atahualpa's face. He was most annoyed that she mentioned Huascar in front of him, because he and Huascar were not only enemies, but also mortal enemies.
(Please pay attention to Zhang Baotong's signed work "Poetic Emotions", which includes short prose, life essays and short and medium-length novels. Today's release is "The Harem of the Ming Dynasty (1)")
