Ella quickly replaced the seeds and re-closed the bag.

She took out the scattered bag of rice alone, and she was going to take the dozens of catties of rice to cook in the kitchen. She hadn't eaten rice for a long time.

The rice has not been husked yet, but the stone mill that Ella asked people to make before has been popularized in the palace, and when Lucis came to the palace, there will naturally be a stone mill here, and believe that the stone mill will be spread all over Shadi soon.Yap opened.

Seeing her coming out with the bag, Norris, who was guarding the door, immediately came over and took the bag.

"Is Your Highness going out?"

"Well, I want to go to the kitchen."

Norris followed silently after hearing the words.

The layout of the palace is the same as that of the royal palace. Ella asked Norris to avoid the areas where other princesses and nobles haunted, and arrived at the kitchen smoothly.

Since the new stove and iron pan, as well as ice, which can preserve food and cool it down, Nagydo doesn’t like working in the open-air kitchen. The kitchen originally had an indoor area, which was originally used to store things, but now it’s insideThe stove was built, and when Ella arrived, Najdo was taking the original chefs in the palace to process the ingredients and prepare dinner.

Ella's arrival made everyone stop what they were doing and salute one after another.

Najido: "Your Highness, why are you here? If there is anything you need to ask someone to tell you, there is no need for you to go there yourself."

Ella signaled Norris to put the bag on the table and open it, and said to Nagydo: "I bought some rice at the market, and I want to use it for something to eat."

Najido is a well-informed man who happened to have seen rice, so he recognized what it was when he saw what was in the bag.

"I've tried this before, but it can only be used to cook porridge, and the taste is very bland and not very tasty."

The Sathiya people have a heavy taste, and the tasteless rice is obviously not suitable for their taste, especially their method is to grind the rice into powder like flour before eating, and the rice powder cannot be kneaded into flour like wheat, the method is single and tasteless, so it is naturally not liked by the Sathya people.

Ella: "I've eaten this before, and I know some other ways to do it. You don't have to worry about me when you are busy, and you don't have to prepare dinner for me tonight."

Najido is the royal chef of Lucis, and at the same time, he also supervises other chefs to prepare dinner for the princesses, especially he must keep a close eye on every food that Lucis eats, so as not to make any mistakes, otherwise hisLittle life may also be gone.

Najido: "Then I will call two people to help you, and you can tell them what to do."

After finishing speaking, he called his two apprentices over. If he could, he would prefer to help himself, and he would benefit a lot every time. Unfortunately, he really can't find time now.

The work of husking the rice is done by special slaves. Nowadays, the stone mill used in the kitchen is very large and requires several slaves to push it together. However, the rice brought by Ella is only a dozen catties. It does not take much time to hustle all the rice.It should be noted that when shelling with a stone mill, it must be rolled slowly, and the shelling should not be turned into powder.

The slaves did this work very well. After Ella asked the stonemason to make a stone mill, they began to use the stone mill to hustle and grind the wheat, and they had already mastered the strength of it.

Soon, Aila got a bag of husked rice, but the weight of more than ten kilograms of rice was almost half lost after husking because it had been stored for a long time, and the rice she got was only about seven kilograms.

Such a small amount of rice may not be enough for one person to eat three times a day for even twenty days. It is really only used to satisfy hunger.

Aila directly took half of the rice, cleaned it, poured it into a clay pot and boiled it with an appropriate amount of water on the stove. After instructing the slave who was burning the fire how to control the heat, he turned to do other things.

Sathya’s dishes are mainly barbecue, and many dishes are not suitable for eating with rice. Ella can have a delicious meal by frying vegetables, meat and soup with rice, but she cooksSo many meals are naturally not for eating alone.

So while the rice was being husked, Ira picked out the spices in the kitchen, using turmeric, coriander seeds (coriander seeds), cumin, cumin, white pepper, peppercorns, bay leaves andSome spicy spices are ground together instead of chilli for a less spicy curry powder.

Then she used this curry powder to add carrots, onions, chicken, cabbage, broccoli, and lettuce to make a pot of chicken curry with a strong aroma. Unfortunately, there are no potatoes, otherwise the taste will be richer.

In fact, there is no need to add so many vegetables to chicken curry, but a certain person is too picky and usually eats very little vegetables, so this is a rare opportunity, so Ella naturally wants to add a little more.

The curry is ready, the rice is almost cooked, and at the same time, the dinner for the king and queen is ready in the kitchen.

The prepared dishes will be taken away by the attendants of the king and princess, so after the dinner is finished, Naguido is free.

After tidying up, he couldn't wait to run to Ella to check her results.

The aroma of curry is very overbearing, but the aroma of other dishes in the kitchen is also overbearing, which hides the unique aroma of curry, and the steaming yellow soup in the pot does not look particularly delicious to be honest.

However, Najido was very confident in Ella's cooking skills. Seeing that he couldn't see anything special, he asked Ella shyly, "Your Highness, may I have a taste of this dish?"

"Of course, just wait a moment."

Ella asked someone to bring a clean plate, scooped a bowl of stewed white rice from the earthenware pot and compacted it, put the rice upside down on the plate, and poured chicken curry on the side, a steamingChicken curry rice is ready.

She handed the curry chicken rice to Najito: "This soup is delicious when eaten with rice."

Najibdo was overwhelmed with the big chicken curry rice: "Is this for me?"

He knew that the price of rice was very expensive, even he could not buy it and eat it, and this food was cooked by the princess herself, and the last person who had the honor to eat the food cooked by the princess was their majesty the king.

"Of course, you can help me to see what can be improved."

Ella continued to serve the curry while answering, Najido couldn't help reminding: "Your Highness, the food you cook should be tasted by His Majesty."

"Of course I also prepared his, he can't finish such a big pot."

Ella continued to be busy in her hands, and a portion of curry chicken rice was placed on the table.

She put one of the meaty curry chicken rice on the side of the dinner prepared by Najido: "This is for him, if there is not enough, there will be more in the pot." But she felt that Lucis had so much food,One serving of curry chicken rice should be enough.

Najido started eating with a spoon full of excitement. The curry entered his mouth along with the rice. After he chewed a few times, his eyes became brighter and brighter.

The unique taste of curry is perfectly blended into the stewed vegetables and chicken. At the first bite, the rich aroma explodes in the mouth. It is delicious and appetizing, and it is memorable when paired with fragrant white rice.endless.

"Your Highness, please tell me how this is made. It should be able to have more combinations. I can't wait to try it."

If it were someone else, Najido would not ask for other people's recipes so directly, but Ella's generosity has been demonstrated to the fullest before, and he knows that the princess doesn't mind others learning from her.

Sure enough, I heard Ella laughing and said: "Your apprentices saw it when I was doing it, you can ask them, and ask me if you don't understand."

While talking, the king's servant came to pick up the food, so Najido had to go to work first. When he finished, Ella had already returned with Norris and some chicken curry rice.

Seeing that there was still a lot of curry and rice left in the pot, Najiduo went to two clay pots to fill them up, and then waited patiently while eating his portion.

After a while, the attendant who had left returned.

"Chef Najido, Your Majesty still wants to eat the kind of food made by the princess. Is there still a kitchen?"

Naguido looked as if that was the case, and replied with a smile: "Of course, Her Royal Highness cooked a big pot. You can eat as much as you want."

When Ella returned to the bedroom, the maids had already returned, and they were standing at the door as if planning to find her.

When Tetis saw the two food boxes in Norris's hand, she knew where Ella had gone.

Ali said anxiously: "Why did your Highness go to pick up the food in person? You should have asked me to go."

"I made my own dinner tonight."

Norris put the two food boxes on the table in the inner hall, Ali stepped forward to open one of the food boxes, and took out all the food inside.

After taking the fifth copy, Ella stopped her and didn't let her continue taking it.

Seeing the five identical servings of food on the table, the maids were a little dumbfounded.

"This is curry chicken rice made with rice bought today, chicken and vegetables. Try it if you like it."

Maids: "Do we have a share too?"

"Of course, everyone has."

Ella also took out the spoon from the food box, and then handed the two food boxes to Norris: "You and your team can try these, but it may not be enough."

Norris knows how many servings of curry chicken rice Ella packed, but although he guessed in his heart that there would be their guards in it, when he actually received it, Norris was at a loss.

But Ella didn't give him a chance to refuse: "Take it away, we're going to eat too, or do you want to stay here and eat with us."

Norris' face froze. If he dared to stay, His Majesty didn't know how to punish him.

He solemnly saluted and thanked Ella for the reward, and retreated with the food box.

However, Norris still remembered that he was on duty, so naturally he would not leave now. He asked his guards to deliver food to the three guards who were not on duty, and replaced him and others after they finished eating.

And this scene is enough for the envy of the other guards who have just been transferred, but they also know that they are different from each other. Norris and others are the personal guards of His Majesty to the Princess, and they can be regarded as Her Majesty's people, and they are only in charge ofThe bodyguards guarding the dormitory still belonged to the Royal Guard, and there was a big difference between the two.

After sending Norris away, Ella took the maids to eat together.

Usually, the maids wait for Ella to finish eating and then go to eat instead. The other personal servants may eat the food left by the master, but Ella does not like to waste food and will not let the maids eat her leftovers, althoughThe maids usually don’t eat as well as the master, but because of Ella, the meals of the people around her still have vegetables and meat, and it’s not too bad, not to mention that Ella evens out the beer she doesn’t drink.Subsidies were given to them, so they readily accepted Ella's arrangements.

But today Ella wanted to eat with them, and the food that Ella made herself was eaten, and everyone agreed happily without hesitation.

However, considering the royal rules, even Tetis refused to sit at the same table with Ella, so in the end Ella ate by herself at the low table, while they sat around her and ate with plates.

"How does the rice taste?"

The maids nodded one after another: "Although it has no taste, it is unexpectedly delicious when paired with this food called curry."

This meal is much simpler than what they usually eat, but it is really delicious. Ella's cooking skills are very good, and the novel food has enhanced their favorability, and although the usual meals of the maids are not bad,But those who are responsible for cooking are only apprentices in the kitchen, and the craftsmanship is simply not comparable to Ella's cooking skills that Najido, who is a chef, can also admire.

"So what do you think if rice is used instead of bread as a staple food?"

This is the final rice that Ella invited so many people to eat today. The taste of rice is very unremarkable, but it is one of the most suitable staple foods for dishes with strong flavors. No Sathiya people like it before, but as long as they know it is correctElla believes that they will all like it.

The maids are very accepting of rice. Compared with bread, rice has a higher degree of satiety, and of course they prefer to choose rice at this time than the small to large bread.

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After confirming everyone's acceptance of rice, Ella is more confident about the next cultivation.

Although Ella wanted to start farming rice right away, the land steward hadn't given her an answer yet, so this matter still needs to wait.

Ella was not idle while waiting, and just took advantage of this time to make the cosmetics.

Ella is already familiar with this. She makes all the skin care products she uses daily. Although she hasn't started using cosmetics since she was young, she has done it too.

Because of enough manpower and materials, Ella quickly made eyebrow pencil, eye shadow, eyeliner, blush and lipstick.

Among them, eyebrow pencil, blush and eyeliner are all Sathya's original cosmetics. Ella just improved the formula and replaced the harmful materials in it with harmless materials.

The eye shadow and lipstick are also very easy to make.

Mix the ground mica powder with olive oil until the powder and oil are thoroughly blended, which is the simplest eye shadow.

There are so many colors of mica, a dozen of different colors can be produced by blending alone, more colors can be produced by careful matching, and olive oil can be used as a medium to make mica powder better adhere to the eyelids.In the self-made eye shadow box, there is a plate of multi-color eye shadows. If there is alcohol, it can increase the shelf life of the eye shadows, but now Ella is not easy to take out even if she has it, so let’s just leave it at that.

Lipstick is also very simple. Some toners made of plants that are harmless to the human body, olive oil, and a certain proportion of beeswax are added. After mixing, the lipstick is heated until it melts, and then it is frozen in a mould.It can be done in an hour.

The plant toner she uses is mainly the henna that the Sathyas use to dye their nails. The Sathyas also use henna to make blush, lipstick and nail polish, but the lipstick made by Ella is safer and healthier., and she also used other safe and harmless plant toners, and the lipsticks she made have seven colors from red to pink.

The disadvantage is that the shelf life is not long enough, and it will break if it is not used up within a month or two.

So after the finished cosmetics were packaged by Ella, she kept a copy for herself, and distributed the rest to the maids.

When these cosmetics were made, the maids around Ella were the first to try them out, and after Ella personally painted them a beautiful makeup, they were deeply impressed by the makeup.

However, in Ella's opinion, this set of makeup is not perfect, because it lacks foundation. There are two methods of making foundation that Ella knows, one needs to use rice, and the other needs to use cream and pearl powder without mineral oil.In the former, she was reluctant to use the rice she used for seeding to make foundation. In the latter, she did not lack pearls, but the cream was not ready yet, so she had to wait for the cream to be ready before making liquid foundation.

Compared with the cosmetics that Ella doesn't need to use very much, skin care products are what she values more, and her current conditions are limited, so she uses the simplest method, such as toner is to use cucumber juice to get water for later use; essential oils areIt is made by washing and drying flower petals and olive oil in a pot with low heat for more than six hours and then filtering out the petals with gauze.

In addition, she also made a lot of petals that can be used to make essential oils. After drying, put them in glass jars, then pour olive oil into them, seal them, and put them in the sun for a week, then put them in a cool place for a week, and wait for two weeks., the olive oil in the jar becomes essential oil, but this essential oil is still in immersion and cannot be used temporarily.

Yes, there was glass in this period, but there was no completely transparent glass. At this time, the glass was mostly translucent, and the colors were relatively mixed. Moreover, it was used as a kind of gemstone, and people had not yet mastered the production process.Its method, so at this time glass is more valuable than gold. The glass jar with a capacity of about 2 liters owned by Ella is one of the treasures that Lucis gave her. heard that she will use it to holdThe expressions on the faces of the maids are so funny when serving the petals and olive oil.

Of course, because there is only one glass bottle, Ella also tried to use earthenware pots instead of glass bottles to soak various plants that can make essential oils. will have to wait two weeks to see if can succeed in the end.

Now their methods of making skin care products are very simple, and there are also many shortcomings. Cucumber toner can be stored at low temperature for at most three days before it will go bad, and the concentration of boiled essential oil is low, so it can be used directly to wipe the face, and it can be used for other skin careproducts are not suitable.

Therefore, they can only be regarded as temporary substitutes. Ella wanted more pure dew and essential oils with higher concentration, so she found a craftsman to customize a distiller.

While Ella was busy tossing these things, the harvesting of the Delta was also in full swing.

In the past few days, Lucis has been out of the palace to inspect the land. The flooding of the Inlula River not only has a huge impact on humans, but also has an impact on the animals living in this river. It is also a bad influence, so the river is greenAfter that, these animals will start to migrate towards the shore, and then follow the rising river water to places they would not have set foot in before.

Every year from the time when the river turns green to when the fields are harvested, soldiers from each town will be dispatched to patrol the fields to prevent these dangerous animals from violently injuring people and affecting the harvest.

Of course, Lusis, who is the king, does not need to personally participate in this kind of thing, but the people of Sathiya know that their Lusis loves to hunt, no matter whether the target is human or animal, they are all his goals.Apart from hunting, he only satisfies his hobbies on the battlefield.

In addition, inspecting the fields is also to better grasp the output of the fields and prepare for the subsequent tax collection.

As soon as the king left, the people in the palace began to move around.

Everyone is very curious about the foreign princess, and at the same time, they want to get close to her with some small thoughts, but their majesty obviously doesn't like to be disturbed by others, so when Lucis is around, everyone agrees not to disturb Ai.pull.

But as soon as the king left, some people couldn't sit still.

But Ella has been making cosmetics in her dormitory recently, and the maids and guards are responsible for things that need to go out, so after trying to meet her unsuccessfully, someone simply went directly to her.

"Princess Minaya invited me to listen to the story tomorrow?"

The maid sent by Princess Minaya said: "Yes, Her Royal Highness Princess Minaya invited a well-known storyteller to tell a story. His stories are very exciting. Please, princess, please come and see me."

The maid said the truth, and she looked forward to hoping that Ella would agree to the princess' invitation.

It's a pity that Ella refused, and her reason was very simple, she still had to go to class.

Ella did not lie, although she is busy making cosmetics and skin care products every day, she basically does it in her spare time, and Kaba will still come to teach her in the morning.

The maid seemed to have known what she would say, and immediately answered, "His Royal Highness knows that you have something to do during the day, so I invite you to listen to the story after dinner."

Ella didn't really want to go, but the other party had already talked about it, and it would be rude to refuse.

If Ella didn't plan to stay in Sathia for a long time, she could indeed ignore these invitations directly, but it was obviously impossible for Lucis to let her go, so the necessary social interaction was inevitable.

But now she still doesn't want to agree, especially now that Lucis is not in the palace, and her safety is also in danger, so it's better to be careful.

And with this start, her table will soon be filled with invitations from other concubines, and it's hard to refuse others if she agrees to one. She doesn't want to go out to socialize every day.

She glanced at Tetis nonchalantly, and the latter immediately understood, stepped forward and said, "His Royal Highness is not feeling well recently, and needs a good rest. I'm afraid I won't be able to accept Her Royal Highness's kindness."

The maid glanced at Ella, and the latter looked radiant and energetic, and she didn't seem to be uncomfortable, but everyone knew that His Majesty the King had invited many doctors for the princess, so Tetis said,Others are not easy to argue with.

The maid who did not complete the task could only leave with an ugly face.

As soon as the maid left, Ella asked about Princess Minaya.

Tetis knew this matter best.

I just heard her say this: "This princess Minaya is the youngest of all the princesses of the former king, and she is also the most favored princess. If the former king did not set such a condition, this princess might already be a queen.gone."

After the death of the queen, the former king made a public promise that as long as someone could bear him a child, he would become the new queen. Ella always remembered this.

However, the princess' luck was not very good. Although she was favored, the late king passed away unexpectedly within a year of her marriage.

Ella knew what was going on with these princesses of Lucis, so she didn't feel sore, but she was more concerned about one thing: "So is this princess a Sathya or a princess from another country?"

Tetis pursed her lips and said, "It's from Sathya."

Ella suddenly realized, if I remember correctly, Tetis said before that the princesses born in Sathya seem to intend to introduce unmarried girls in their own families to Lucis, so this is also hostile to her because of this?.

Seeing that Ella's expression was not too touched, Tetis added another sentence: "That princess is different from other princesses. She has a good impression of His Majesty herself."

Ella's eyes widened: "Huh?"

If remember correctly, the youngest concubine of the former king was much older than Lucis, right?

"Princess Minaya is about three years older than Her Majesty, but this is not a big problem for her."

The kings of all dynasties have the tradition of inheriting the harem of their ancestors, which means that they will have concubines who are older than themselves. In the past, such concubines were favored by many, and Princess Minaya is not a few years older than Lucis., she is also very beautiful and is a famous beauty in Sathya.

The other concubines were unwilling to divorce because they had fantasies about the new king at first, but after they found out that this way was blocked, they stayed for family planning, and by virtue of being in the harem, they wanted to give their younger generation to His Majesty—of course, they might alsoI didn't expect His Majesty to be indifferent to the harem for ten years, and never even set foot in it. Now I don't know how much I regret that I didn't leave.

But this Princess Minaya is different. There are no suitable age girls in her family, and she herself is still young and beautiful, and she is favored by many men. If she is willing to leave the harem, most of the nobles are willing.marry her.

But she still didn't choose to leave, but from time to time, she found various opportunities to show up beside Lucis to show courteousness to him. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that she hadn't given up on His Majesty.

So if anyone among the princesses is the most hostile to Ella, it must be this one.

"In short, it's best that you don't contact her, Your Highness."

Ella is a person who listens to advice, so she decided that it would be best not to even leave her bedroom before Lucis came back. Anyway, she has no intention of going out recently. Luckily, Lucis only went out for a few days, will be back soon.

Ella naturally didn't know that the princess who was rejected by her smashed the golden wine glass in her hand angrily after hearing the maid's return.

But what arrived earlier than Lucis was the Inlula River, which was beginning to flood.

The night before, Ella vaguely heard the sound of crashing waves in her sleep, and when she woke up the next day, she heard the maids happily saying that the Inlula River had started to swell.

The flooded river surged rapidly from the very beginning. Ella didn't know what was going on outside, but outside her dormitory was a garden with a pond. Now the water in the pond had overflowed from the pond and submerged the ground.Looking down, the whole garden turned into a red puddle.

Ella doesn't know how much the water level of the Inlula River has risen, but it can affect the pond in the palace overnight, so it can be seen that the river must have skyrocketed last night.

Of course, this is just the beginning. In the next few months, the water level of the Inlula River will continue to rise until it reaches its highest peak in September.Chances are it will be early.

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Aila wants to see the rising Inlula River, but she doesn’t need to get close, she just needs to go to the outer corridor of the palace, or climb directly to the top floor of the palace, and she can see the river outside from a distance, but she just complained of illness yesterdayIt is obviously inappropriate to go out to see the river today after losing the invitation of Princess Minaya.

"In the flood season, the Inlula River is not gentle, but very dangerous, especially now that it has just started to swell. The water level of the river is rising rapidly, and the banks of the river are very dangerous. Your Highness, it is better not to get close."

During class, Kaba saw that she asked a lot about the rising water and seemed to be very interested in the Inlula River, so he reminded her a few words.

Of course Ella knew that the swollen river was dangerous. She was a life-saving person and would not take the risk, and she just planned to watch it from a distance.

After a few days of busy work, the land manager finally found a few pieces of land that met Ella's requirements for her to choose from.

"According to your request, we have found a total of three suitable lands, all of which are located in the farming area of Tanis and belong to uncultivated wasteland."

The land in Sathya is intensively cultivated, and the cultivated land is outside the towns and villages. The places where people live are high-lying places that will not be submerged, and only a few vegetable fields can be opened up around them.

The Inrula River is not harmless. This big river nourishes Sathya, but it also threatens it. If the water level rises too high during the flood season, there will be nationwide floods in Sathya, bringing hugeThis is why the buildings here are either built in relatively high places or the foundations are built very high.

And if the arable land is in the city, then the river cannot submerge the land and naturally cannot bring fertile sand to the land, so there is this kind of layout where the population lives concentratedly and the land surrounds the town.

In addition, there are a large number of dangerous creatures such as crocodiles, hippos, monitor lizards and snakes living in the Inlula River. When the river rises, these animals will also migrate to the shore with less water, and are naturally close to human settlements.The unique defense brought by the desert, so towns and cities will basically not repair the city walls. Animals are also smart and will not approach places with too many people, but those small villages and towns may have dangerous animals straying into them, so these placesThe perimeter of the house will be fenced with thorny canes to avoid danger.

But even so, people who depend on the river for a living often encounter dangers along the river, and many people die every year because of it.

The three places mentioned by the land manager are actually all together, but they are separated by some cultivated land in the middle, so they cannot be connected together, but the area of each piece of land is not small.

Ella needed to visit these places in person to determine whether they were suitable. She told the land manager that they would check on the ground when Lucis came back, and the land manager naturally had no objection.

On the third day after the flood began, Lucis returned.

When the king returns to the palace, everyone needs to go to greet him, only a few guards in charge of guards and attendants preparing for the return of the king do not have to leave their posts.

Ella was naturally one of the people who were going to greet the king. From the moment they received the notice, everyone stood in front of the palace tower gate (the gate of the palace), waiting for the king to come back.

Fortunately, this was a serious occasion, and under the watchful eyes of the etiquette officer, no one dared to talk casually, otherwise Ella would be accosted again.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ella was finally able to take a look at the flood situation of the Inlula River.

In the past, Aila used the water channel next to the palace to enter and leave the palace. There are fifty knots of stairs on the side of the water channel that extend directly from the river to a square in front of the palace. The last time she went to the market, these stairsIt was still completely exposed, but now most of it is submerged in the water, and the water level of this channel has skyrocketed by several meters.

The originally green river water in the channel has now directly turned into reddish brown muddy water, and the originally calm water surface has also become turbulent. However, this is just a man-made water channel, and the body of the Inlula River will only become more turbulent.

In the turbulent waves of mud and sand, the king did not return by boat.

The team holding high the king's flag came slowly from the other side of the land. Wang Huan, the leader, was decorated with gold veneer gemstones as gorgeous as a golden house. There was an eagle on each of the four corners of the car roof looking down at one side. The gauze curtain was fluttering in the wind.The figure sitting upright in it.

The team stopped at the square, and everyone lowered their heads, watching the slaves carrying the palanquin up to the gate of the tower and stopping under the gate.

Lucis got down from the sedan chair and saw Ella at a glance.

No matter how many people there are, she is always the most dazzling one.

According to the usual practice, there should be a banquet to welcome the king today, but Lucis doesn't like banquets, and this kind of unnecessary celebration has always been avoided if possible.

Moreover, Lucis is very busy. Although the harvest in the delta has been completed, it is still necessary to count this year's harvest, calculate the output of the field, store grain, and the most important tax collection... In short, the workload is large enough to make the entire ShadiYa is busy from top to bottom.

As a scribe, Kabbah's workload has also increased, and he can no longer spare time to teach Ella. Of course, if Lucis orders, he can also put down other work and only be responsible for Ella alone.

Regarding this point, Lucis took time out of his busy schedule to ask Ella for her opinion, and let her choose whether to continue the class or suspend it for a while.

Ella took advantage of the opportunity to propose that the course could be ended: "Mr. Kabbah can handle his own work, don't worry about me, I can study by myself."

Ella's Sathiya language has not been fully learned, but there is no problem with basic communication. In this case, if she doesn't understand anything, she can ask Tetis directly. This maid may not be as knowledgeable as Kaba, but literacy is completely fine.

Lu Xisi agreed with her choice, and told her at the same time: "When you return to the palace, you can enter and leave the palace's collection room as you like."

No matter where it is, knowledge is precious, and affected by technology, even paper has not appeared in this era. Sathya’s books are made of papyrus scrolls, which are not easy to preserve and can only be handwritten if they want to spread them. Therefore,Even for nobles, it is difficult for a family without sufficient background to have many scrolls. However, because of its particularity, the temple has a large number of people dedicated to transcribing. Instead, it stores a large number of scrolls, but most of them are religious.

The royal scroll room is naturally the place where the most scrolls are stored in the entire country and the most complete, and it is also the place that all those who love to learn yearn for.

It's impossible to say that Ella didn't want to go to the scroll room to borrow scrolls to read, but as an outsider, she couldn't enter such an important place as the scroll room without Lucis' consent, and she knew that Lu XisSi had doubts about himself, so naturally he would not touch his nerves.

Now that Lucis herself agrees, she will naturally not refuse.

"It's wrong here."

When Ella came, Lucis was looking at the scroll about the land tax presented by the officials. There was a lot of data in it. Ella, who was sitting next to him, just caught a glimpse of a mistake and pointed it out without thinking much.A correct number was reported.

Lucis took one look and was quick to make sure her answer was correct.

"Kabba said that you have a strong calculation ability, and you have a unique calculation method."

When Ella was learning the various units of measurement in Sathya, in order to make it easier to understand, she would perform calculations on papyrus. Those numbers and symbols were seen by Kabbah. Although he could not understand them, it did not hinderHe understood the simplicity and convenience of this method of calculation.

Ella said modestly: "It's just some simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division."

Lucis was thoughtful: "Then would you like to help me with some computing work?"

Ella was surprised: "Can I? These should be very important content?"

Ella knew that Lucis had always had doubts about her origin, and this kind of work would reveal Sathya's secrets to a certain extent, and it was hard to imagine that he would allow himself to participate.

So, this is another trial?

Lucis looked at her fixedly: "Will you reveal what you see?"

Ella immediately said, "Of course not."

Lucis nodded: "Then there is no problem."

As to whether Ella could do this, there was no objection at all.

Officials in Sathya are both male and female. Women have the same rights and status as men, but the work of female officials is linked to the queen. They mainly serve the harem. When the queen who is in charge of the country with the king is vacant, women's rights will also be affected.

So Ella just helping out with some calculation work won't attract too much attention, especially since she only deals with His Majesty's private property.

— which certainly would not have been more noticeable than that she had worked alongside Lucis.

Ella didn't expect that after accepting the job, she would actually work beside Lucis.

The king has his own "office" for handling public affairs, and most of the officials' interviews and reports outside the court meeting are here. Now, there is an extra seat in this office that belongs to Ella, and it is not far from Lucis.

Every official and aristocrat who came to see Lucis could see her existence immediately, and they all showed complex expressions including shock.

His Majesty's love for this princess is really increasing day by day, has it reached the point where he can't leave her for even a moment?

No one believes that Ella is really working for Lucis. Although everyone has seen her cleverness, she has been in Sathya for too short a time. I am afraid that she does not even know a few words in Sathya, so how can sheWhat about the paperwork.

Ella didn't know what these people were thinking. She was a serious and responsible person. Since she promised to help, she would naturally do the job well.

The scribes sent her the scroll that needs to be counted. This is a record about the royal field in the delta. What Ella needs to do is to count the harvest of the royal cultivated land this year.

This is actually a very simple task, but because the royal family owns a lot of land, and different crops are planted on these lands, the harvest will be different, so the statistics have become a complicated matter.

Ella looked at the statistical reports made by the clerks in the past, the complete written records, it is easy to make mistakes if you are not careful, and it is very easy to falsify.

Calculation is already a lot of work, and Ella is unwilling to write so many words.

She asked Lucis's servant for a ruler, spread out the papyrus and picked up a brush to draw.

Several lines intersect vertically and vertically, and the list to be counted is added to the grid, and a table is drawn soon.

"Tettis, please help me draw a few more pictures according to this table."

Tetis, as the only literate maid beside Ella, was also the maidservant of Lucis, so she was trustworthy, so she was able to accompany Ella at this time.

After taking the form and seeing the list on it, Tetis quickly understood the convenience of this form. She widened her eyes in amazement, and was once again impressed by Ella's intelligence.

Lucis noticed her expression, and with a glance, Tetis immediately understood, holding the form and sending it to him.

Naturally, Lucis saw the convenience of this form at a glance. He took a deep look at Ella, and his doubts about her were reduced.

It's just that the jewelry that disappeared when she ran away that night was still a knot in Lucis' heart. As long as he didn't figure it out, he couldn't fully trust her for a day.