Death by love- Part 2

It wasn't easy to be a king. She had to dress like a men, wear false beard and behave like a man. Her day was spent on attending secret training from the scholars to be a king. She also had training on using weapons and methods of fighting in case of war. She attended courts sessions where she announced punishments to gravest sins.

She looked into reducing constant wars that took place between Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.

She also took architecture to next level. The only thing she was passionate about , being a king. She had temples built in name of god of peace.  She would commission many trade voyages that enhanced the economy of this magnificent country.

Her brothers envied her success silently. While the eldest brother controlled the angst among the younger brothers, he was secretly plotting on how to remove her from the throne. It was easy for him to remove his younger brothers out of his way to become king. But his sister proved to be difficult one. His plans included instigating revolt from the public, inducing criminal activities like bribes , loot and theft.

Unfortunately his attempts to strike on the woman pharaoh failed miserably. However he didn’t give up. One fine day, as he was enjoying the evening with his brothers, the youngest one said , “ Brother Amon-hotep,  why are all your plans are failing miserably day by day. You must now agree that our sister is smarter than us.”  Enraged Amon-hotep growled at his brother, “ How dare you say that ( there was a silence amongst the people gathered at the palace) ?”  He grabbed his brother by his neck and whispered in his ears, “ Don’t you say those words and if I do hear them again, I will get your mouth stitched and then you will never able to speak again.” He gave an evil laugh and left the area. His brothers were stunned.

He had to come up with a plan or else his brothers would find ways to insult him. He had to work faster. What went wrong in his plans? He wondered and wondered. He revisited all the plans in his head. He joted all the mistakes and linking them together. Later he came to conclusion, he had to find a weak link. He spent the whole night , thinking of weak link that would destroy Aahhotep ( his beloved sister) forever.

The morning began with the usual proceedings of happening in city in front of the female pharaoh. In midst of the proceedings, the royal priest appeared. Everyone including the pharaoh rose up as an obligation to show their respect. “ Your majesty, I have come here to remind you about the impending marriage that late majesty had announced between his daughter Aahhotep and Eermenihotep.”, the priest said. The word called marriage hit Aahhotep bad. Marriage! How can she forget her father’s  words of getting her married to Eermenihotep- her cousin brother?

( To be continued)

P.S. The story is a fiction. The characters and places appearing in the story are also fictional.