The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
At this point, she revealed a secret that she had hidden in her heart for many years. She said with infinite sadness, "Originally, after my repeated persuasion, my father realized that he should not make Atahualpa King of Quito, and decided to summon the princes and ministers to revise the decision the next morning. Wrong will, but before he could revise it, he was summoned by Father Taiyang that night." As she spoke, she added in a more serious tone, "I was the only one who knew about this matter at the time, so after my father's death, I I don’t dare to tell anyone about this, you are the only one who knows about it besides me.”
Robert put an arm on the princess's shoulder and said in an admiring tone, "No wonder the Incas call you the goddess of wisdom."
Queen Anna smiled bitterly and said, "What kind of goddess of wisdom am I? If I were the goddess of wisdom, the Inca Empire would not be what it is today." After that, she told Roel about being scolded by Atahualpa at noon today. Bert listened.
She said, "I told him more than once, don't hold on to the dream that the Spanish will release you, and don't raise gold for the Spanish. Because once the Spanish release you, you will definitely lead an army to attack the Spanish. Inca The army can have tens or hundreds of thousands of people, but how many Spaniards are there? There are only more than 160 people. Do you think they can let you out? This is such a simple and realistic truth, but he not only He refused to listen to me and accused me of doing him harm. He said that after the Spaniards got enough gold, they would leave here and return to their own kingdom by ship. But I told him, you gave them such More gold objects will attract more Spanish bandits to come here to risk robbery. Maybe they will not leave here at all, but use it as a garrison to rob gold objects. Every time I said this to him, I would Received his insults and reprimands. When I went to court today, someone reported that the Spaniards had brought back a lot of gold and silver from Pachacamac and Cusco, and the stone room would soon be full. Your Majesty and Ministers They were all very happy. When I left the court, I reiterated my words to the king. However, as soon as he heard it, he said that I was ruining his happiness, ruining his career, cursing him, and intentionally harming him. , and also yelled that I was hoping for his early death so that I could avenge Huascar. You said how wronged I was!"
Robert put his arms around the princess's neck, kissed her teardrops, and said sadly, "So, you thought of coming to me tonight to question me?"
The princess nodded and said with infinite melancholy, "I know that the time is running out for the king to die, but after his death, I really don't know what I will do."
Robert said, "Then you can be my wife."
"Being a wife to the enemies of the Inca Kingdom?" Queen Anna shook her head and said, "I would rather commit suicide by jumping into the river and go with the king to see the Father of the Sun."
Robert said in a very serious tone, "I don't allow you to do this, I want you to be my lover. If you are going to die, what is the point of my life? I want you to live with me and love each other for a lifetime. Have a happy life."
The queen said, "Do you really mean what you say?"
Robert said, "I could swear to the moon."
The queen thought for a while and said, "How about you take me far away, far away, and leave this sad and unfortunate place forever."
Robert thought seriously for a while and said, "But where can we go?"
The queen said, "Anywhere will do, as long as it's not here."
Robert said, "Let me go back and think about it."
At this time, Peter came from the dark forest and whispered to them, "It's going to be closed." Robert knew that there was an order from the army that no one in the temple was allowed to go out in the dark, so he hurriedly The queen in her arms let go and said gratefully to Petya, "Thank you so much, I will repay you well."
Petya said, "Let's talk about this later." After saying that, he took the queen's arm and walked quickly towards the temple.
(Please pay attention to Zhang Baotong's signed work "Poetic Emotions", which includes short prose, life essays and short stories. Today's release is the sad love story "Love Lies")
