The Queen of the Nile (completed)

Chapter 2 :The woman

They wander around the bazar. Asiya and her two young sisters. Now they buy things. Asiya has a basket in her hand. It is full of things. All are useful. Her mother told them to buy. They are talking and wandering.Inana, one of her sisters becomes naughty.Running across the bazar she plays hide and seek with her elder sisters.Nimia, her another sister talks with her. Asiya is the only listener to pay her attention. Nimia talks about the stars, the sun and the moon.She attends the school of astronomy taught by Kairamun. A very old man who taught the children of the aristrocrats astrology. They also learn diffrent things from different men. But none of them are interesting.

Asiya also went to learn. But since she passes 16 summers of her life, her family decides that she has learned everything. So she must stop here.

The bazar is full of people. It is a scene to behold. Beautiful. Just like that of "Arabian Night." The sellers are calling.Buyers are buying. Some people only wander here and there. Asiya feels very relieved from her domestic life.
She is not to be tamed. "The wild girl." Her mother calls her by this name. Sometime her morther worries about her. Who will marry this girl? That her daughter will die not bearing any children. Will she ever be able to see her grand children? She worries about her getting wild and freed. So she rests all those matter in the hand of Amun and fate.If they are both merciful her Asiya will be a good woman. But the worry of a mother never ends.
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The pharaoh also get worried. No, not for his daughter.How could he? He is not married yet. But he will have to. He will help the kingdom by his procreation. Once he will die, be it due to ailment, the upcoiming war, or his age (he is now at his 22 summer).But he will die one day. Then his children will rule this kingdom. So he must marry. The people give their decision.He will do whatever his subjects want him to do. He will even sacrifice himself only for their sake.
Pharaoh decides he will marry. So he wants to let all know about his decision. He calls another meeting next morning to know who will be his queen. But he is unwilling to marry. He disgraces the word "marriage". Because his father was betrayed by his queen. His father, late pharaoh Menet was betrayed by his wife. The woman was not Anmatre's own mother.His mother died when he was 2 years old. Menet never let Anmatre to understand the loss. He tried his best to rise his son. But as days went on things became worse for him. He has to look after his kingdom. This is not an easy task.Anmatre realizes that now. He feels the heavy pressure on him. So he understands his father's burden and why his father chose to marry a second time. He also knows that his second mother was not good. She never wanted Anmatre. All she wanted is the kingdom and the Pharaoh. But Menet could not understand that. He even did not see that his second wife was jealous of his attention to his son who is not from her womb. She then betrayed Menet. Anmatre remembers that day as fresh as it happens right now. He could remember that how his father was poisoned. Menet was eating his dinner. Before eating the poisoned food he took his son into his lap. He advised him to be a good human as if it was his last advise. He said, "Always try to be a good man! Remember you will be the father to your subjects. So always try to be a good ruler." "I will, father!"Said little Prince Anmatre.

That was the last advise of a great pharaoh to his son, the future pharaoh.Then he lets his son go and watch him disappear.After that he took a deep breath.His last breath during his life.When he started to eat he felt his head lighten.He coughed. Blood came out. He understood that it was his wife who poisoned him.The woman laughed at him and told him, "Go to your beloved wife! I hate the bitch and her son. Because, for them you did not take care of me."

That woman also planned to kill Anmatre but found it futile. His father's courtiers saved his life. They were the real friends of Egypt. But none of them are alive. It was their age. They were getting old. Now there is none of them to protect him and his Egypt. Anmatre can feel it. So he decided not to get married. But now he has to.