I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 121 Philomela's Ultimate Move

Of course Roy knew that it was impossible for the Mycenaeans to accept their lion's mouth wide open.

Seeing that the Mycenaean envoy refused his request without hesitation, Roy said with a faint smile.

"You can't accept the exchange of [-] catties of grain for a princess, and the exchange of [-] catties of grain for a princess, you should be able to accept it!"

Luo Yi's request was directly reduced from [-] catties of grain to [-] catties of grain.

The Mycenaean messenger's eyes widened in disbelief, and he said blankly after recovering.

"Of course, [-] catties of grain is fine. We are willing to use [-] catties of grain to redeem the three princesses."

"Then you can go back to the city of Mycenae now and tell the Mycenae king Acrisios our request. As long as you Mycenae send [-] catties of grain, you can take the three princesses away .”

The messenger nodded and said.

"We will send [-] catties of grain to the city of Athens as soon as possible. Please take care of the three princesses and don't let them be humiliated."

After the Mycenaean envoy left, seeing Zuksippo lowering his head sadly, Roy asked with concern.

"Mother-in-law, what's on your mind?"

"I was thinking of Danae just now."

Zeuxiper came back to his senses and said.

"Pandion not only pampered Danae last night, but also took Danae to fight against the Ravrio tribe. Is he reluctant to part with Danae, or is he worried that I will bully his Danae?"

Roy said with a guilty conscience.

"Mother-in-law! I gave Danae to my father-in-law, did I destroy the relationship between my mother-in-law and my father-in-law?"

Zuksipper shook his head and said.

"This has nothing to do with you. You just dedicated Danae to Pandion according to the rules of distributing spoils. Maybe it's because I lost my charm to Danae that Pandion became obsessed with Danae."

"Mother-in-law's beauty and charm are not inferior to Danae's."

Roy said immediately.

"And for me, the charm of the mother-in-law is far greater than that of Danae."

"You kid—"

Hearing Roy's praise, Zeuksipo couldn't help but smile coquettishly.

"I know myself well. I am an old woman now. Your sweet words should be used to praise Procne."

As soon as Zeuxiper finished speaking, Procne's voice came from outside.

"Mom, are you calling me?"

Then Procne and Philomela entered the hall.

"Daughters, come to me quickly."

Zeuxipper said while greeting Procne and Philomela.

"Just now the envoy of the Mycenaeans came to negotiate with our city of Athens. Because I have the son of Roy who can rely on me, I asked Roy to negotiate with the envoy of the Mycenaeans on my behalf. Roy negotiated with the envoy of the Mycenaeans. After some negotiations, let the Mycenaeans redeem Perseus's three sisters with [-] catties of grain."

"Just to redeem Perseus' three sisters?"

Philomela complained dissatisfied.

"Brother Roy, why don't you let the Mycenaeans redeem Danae? Now Danae has been sticking to his father, it's really annoying."

Before Roy could speak, Zeuxiper spoke first.

"Philomela! Since Danae is now your father's woman, how can we give Danae to someone else."

"Mother, are you willing to accept Danae as your father's woman?"

"Danaer is not my first rival in love. I have nothing to accept. As long as she is not crazy enough to want to replace me as the wife, I will treat her as Pandion's concubine or lover."

After listening to Zeuxipper's words, Philomela couldn't help asking.

"Mother! Regarding my marriage, what do mother and father think? Since you didn't marry my sister to a city-state king or a tribal leader in another place, I don't want to marry a strange man in another place."

Zuksippo nodded and said.

"For me, the happiness of your marriage with Procne is the most important. If you don't want to marry a stranger far away, we can marry you to a good husband like Roy, and then take the Marathon region in the east as your The dowry will allow you and your husband to establish a city and state in the Marathon area and become king and queen."

"Not to mention the city of Athens, the entire Attica peninsula can't find a second husband as good as Brother Loy!"

Philomela said in a joking tone.

"Maybe I can marry brother Roy with my sister. What does my mother think? I love my sister just like my sister loves me. My sister and I will marry Brother Roy together. As a legal wife, my sister will let me enjoy the treatment of a legal wife." , will also give my children the right to inherit."

Although he did not take Philomela's words seriously, Zeuxiper was frightened by his daughter's thoughts.

"Philomela, why would you want to be a rival in love with your own sister?"

"Because I don't want to be separated from my sister!"

Philomela said coquettishly.

"As long as my sister and I marry brother Roy, my sister and I will be together forever. And I want to marry brother Roy more than a strange man I've never met."

Zuksipper shook his head and said.

"You are still young, so you don't need to think about getting married. When it's time for you to get married, there will definitely be a husband who can't lose to Roy."

Philomela puffed her face pretending to be unhappy, and exchanged glances with Roy and Procne.

Just now, Philomela has tested out Zeuxipper's idea that both Procne and Philomela marry Roy.

Apparently Zeuxipper could not accept Philomela marrying Roy.

After Roy, Procne, and Philomela came to the boudoir of the two sisters, Philomela took the initiative to speak.

"Brother Roy! Sister! It seems that my mother will not support me marrying Roy."

"That was the expected outcome."

Roy held the little hands of Procne and Philomela with both hands, and said while pulling them to sit on the stone bed covered with woolen blankets.

"Usually only people with low status will marry their two daughters to a high-status husband. Only when my status is higher than that of my father-in-law can my father-in-law and mother-in-law accept that you two sisters marry me together."

"We have another way!"

Philomela put Roy's hand on her abdomen and said.

"As long as I have Brother Luoy's child, no matter how unwilling my father and mother are, they can only agree that my sister and I will marry Brother Luoy together."

Ok!

This is indeed a big killing move.

If Philomela had a child, she would naturally not be able to marry normally.

If Pandion and Zeuxipper did not want Philomela to be unable to marry for the rest of their lives, and if they did not want Philomela's grandson to become an illegitimate child, they could only accept Roy as the husband of Procne and Philomela at the same time.

But Roy didn't want to become her husband in such a way as to damage Philomela's reputation.

Because Roy had long planned to capture the city of Athens, when Roy became the supreme ruler of Athens, Pandion and Zeuxipper naturally could not prevent Roy from becoming the husband of Procne and Philomela.

"Philomela! I will not damage Procne's name before marriage, nor yours before marriage. You will be my wife if you just wait patiently."

(End of this chapter)