The upper Egypt and lower Egypt was slowly disintegrating into separate halves. There was war everywhere. Lives were lost. Properties were destroyed. Public became vulnerable to attacks between the upper Egypt and lower Egypt.
As usual they turned to Aahhotep for peace. She was their only hope to end this terrible war. She had ordered to imprision the people who caused the rift between the upper and lower Egypt. She fined them heavily and sometimes ordered to bury them alive.
Nothing stopped these attacks. The wars became more and more aggressive. Thefts, loot and other criminal activities become common activities. It disturbed Aahhotep to see her country suffering. It didn't upset her when she heard about loots at her upcoming tomb. New raw materials like gold, silver, limestone and silver was stolen. This didn't give her nightmare.
However the news of her father tomb being ransacked by the looters left her shattered. But what angered her was when she learnt that the head of these loots was the commander Bakaa himself. Within few minutes, she instructed her guard toguards to bring in the commander before her.
Bakaa was disappointed at what was happening around him. He had tried to control the uprising at the city. What went wrong in Aahhotep's rule? He believed she trusted her husband more than she was supposed to. As per his sources, he believed that king Eeremenihotep had become allies to Amen- hotep. Thus the king was merely puppet in hands of Amen-hotep.
He wanted to share all these findings with her. But he knew that she wouldn't believe him with many misunderstandings cropping between them. Their relationship had torn apart. They had become cold and distant to each other.
( To be continued )
P.S The story is fictional and the characters as well as places appearing in the story are also fictional
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