After the "music lesson" ended, Nitocris naturally suggested that this handsome musician, whom she so favored, remain at court.
"Prepare a room for our guest and treat him well," she told the palace maids. "He is my honored guest, so accommodate his needs as much as possible. Do not let a guest who has come from afar complain that Egypt has been inhospitable."
The palace maids smiled brightly.
Though Nitocris had not said it aloud, they had already imagined certain additional "needs."
As the Pharaoh's palace maids, their status was equivalent to the Pharaoh's slaves. They were the Pharaoh's private property; their bodies and chastity belonged entirely to the Pharaoh, and no one else was permitted to touch them.
However, once the Pharaoh's authority had gradually been hollowed out by the ministers, the palace maids had also gradually been bought over by them.
Under such circumstances, these palace maids had simply cast all restraint aside.
At first, they had secret affairs with the ministers who had bought them—defiling the Pharaoh's palace maids was undoubtedly a highly taboo thrill for ministers who had once lived under the Pharaoh's rule and revered the Pharaoh as a god.
After that, the palace maids gradually became even more uninhibited. Aside from a small number who remained loyal to their duties, most of them would even seduce palace guards, guests visiting the royal palace, and others, turning the Pharaoh's court into a complete mess.
Nitocris had resented this for a long time, yet there was nothing she could do.
Now that they had seen a handsome visitor like Ye Ting, they were naturally tempted.
Nitocris had ordered them to attend to Ye Ting, so the palace maids were naturally delighted and expectant. Some were even eager to try.
Compared to those aging, bloated nobles and