58. Changes at the celebration banquet
In terms of the grandeur of the buildings, the royal palace hall of Chambord can definitely rank among the top three among the many vassal states of the Zenit Empire, all the buildings are made of huge white boulder carvings, in the center is a spacious stone square, and on the east and west sides of the north and west stand thirty or forty meters high huge stone pillars and more than ten meters high statues of the gods, and behind the stone pillars and statues is the majestic palace, the north side is open, and civilians and soldiers can enter the palace square from here.
Tonight's celebration banquet was held in this huge open-air stone square.
The celebratory crowd had slowly gathered in the square, six huge bonfires were blazing, printing the starry sky red, and in the middle of the square had been temporarily erected a whole ten huge wooden towers, all six or seven meters high, on which were placed the corpses of Chambord soldiers and civilians killed in the battle.
The soldiers of the King's Guard, dressed in bright armor and armed with spears, patrolled the halls and squares, while the commoners, dressed in light white robes, sang and danced, acrobats somersaulted to and fro on the ground, beautiful women ran hand in hand around the campfire and danced, and people laughed with green branches that symbolized life and hope.
The night is getting deeper.
In the sound of horses' hooves, the little prince of the Zenit Empire, Tolbinsky, finally came to the square with his escort knights, and the handsome old man Best led the servants to lead the prince and his party to the VIP stage under the megalithic statue in the west, because Zenit is a monarchy, so the subjects of Chambord City expressed a warm welcome to the arrival of the prince, and many fragrant petals and water were sprinkled on them.
Tolbinski was quite useful for such a scene.
At this time, Tolbinski unexpectedly showed the air and demeanor of a prince of a great power, with a charming smile on his face, constantly waving to the paupers around him. But the cavalry that followed the prince clearly had no good impression of the untouchables of these lowly and small nations, and when they saw the smiling faces around them, they were as proud as if they were watching their own watchdogs wagging their tails at them.
Seeing that only Prince Tolbin came to the banquet alone, the handsome old man Best was a little disappointed, the eldest princess was the first person in this mission, and she controlled everything, but he had always been unpredictable about this woman's attitude, and this banquet was a good opportunity to observe, but the other party did not attend...... However, even so, Best did not neglect in the slightest, and ordered the servants to take care of all the etiquette.
After more than ten minutes, the cheering and dancing crowd finally stopped, and the square became silent.
At this moment, two groups of guards in splendid armor came out of the megalithic hall on the north side of the square, neatly arranged on both sides, and then, under the watchful eyes of everyone, King Alexander, holding the hand of his beautiful fiancée Angela, slowly appeared on the high steps in front of the main hall.
At this time, Sun Fei changed into a set of sky-blue king's robes, the robes fluttered in the wind, perfectly setting off his slender and toned figure, wearing a crown of golden silk leaves on his head, his long hair was as black as ink, a pair of starry eyes were as clear as electricity, his gods were as rich as jade, his majestic posture was heroic, and his temperament was dusty, and the absolute majesty accumulated in the cold killing for a few days and his own natural affinity were perfectly combined in this moment, and the whole person was majestic and luxurious, looking like a high god mansion from a distance, and the demeanor of the king of a country was vividly interpreted。
By his side, the beautiful Angela is also dressed in a sky-blue robe, her waist is gently held by a thin belt of gold wire, her figure is slender and round, her skin is more crystal clear and delicate than the thousand-year-old snow on the top of the snow-capped mountain, Angela's head is wearing a flower crown woven from various colorful flowers, and the breeze blows the tips of the girl's hair, it is like a goddess in the sky landing in the mortal world.
The two of them appeared on the high stone steps with smiles, and in an instant, they easily took away all the brilliance of the entire square, and even the stars in the sky that were brilliant like jewels in the cyan sky seemed to lose their color in an instant.
The citizens of Chambord in the square fell to their knees and shouted, 'Long live King Alexander!',
For the first time, many people discovered that their own king was so mighty, and at this moment, no one could associate the image of the perfect king in front of them with the stupid idiot Alexander before, who humbly knelt in the square and chanted with their lives and souls.
Prince Tolbinsky, who was sitting on the VIP stage of the megalithic statue on the west side of the square, could not help but get up from his seat, during the day, he was very disdainful of the rumored king, even if he came to the banquet now, he came with the mentality of watching jokes and making trouble, originally he had no doubt about his bearing and handsomeness, he thought that as long as he stood in the square, he would be able to take away everyone's scenery at once...... But now, at this moment, the prince of the dignified empire suddenly couldn't help but feel a sense of self-shame, looking at the pile of young men and women in the world in the main hall in the distance, the little prince was surprised to find that his previous disdain for this country, this castle and this king had disappeared incredibly quickly.
It's just that the prince didn't notice that the guards and cavalry behind him didn't feel this way, and at the prince's side, a stout and full-body armored red cloaked knight stared firmly at Angela on the stone steps in the distance, with greed, amazement and obscene sparkle in the depths of his eyes, and the dozens of guards and cavalrymen beside this knight did not hide the obscene look in their eyes in the slightest.
The upper edge of the square.
No one noticed that in the shadow of the last ashlar statue of the worshipping crowd, three men in black cloaks were silently hidden in the dim shadows. When they saw King Alexander and Angela come out, the figure standing in front suddenly let out a "huh", the voice was soft and weak, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness, and his tone seemed to be quite surprised, such a performance made the two people standing behind him look at each other, they had never seen the person in front of them show such surprise.
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After the appearance of the king and the future queen, the revelry in the square finally stopped.
The atmosphere began to look solemn and solemn, and the crowd consciously moved out of the way, and Sun Fei and Angela walked down the high stone steps and slowly came to the bottom of ten rough wooden towers made of temporary logs in the center of the square.
The atmosphere became more solemn.
In order to avoid this happening, a tradition of cremation and burning of soldiers has long been formed, whether it is a king, nobles or poor, slaves, they will be sent to the wooden tower for incineration after the death of the war, it is believed that in this way, the souls of the warriors can be redeemed, and they will be together with the god of war in the kingdom of God.
According to the traditional etiquette knowledge that he had mastered with Angela's help, Sun Fei walked up the ladder of the wooden tower, turned around and took the golden coins from Angela's hand, and placed them on the eyes of the soldiers who died in battle—this is also a tradition in the continent of Azeroth, and it is believed that covering the eyes of fallen soldiers with coins can help them reopen their eyes in the flames and find the correct path to heaven.
It's a tedious job.
Chambord lost a total of 131 brave soldiers in this defense battle, and there should have been special personnel to place coins for these unfortunate soldiers who died in battle, but Sun Fei surprisingly insisted that he should do it himself. According to tradition, only those nobles with noble status or heroes who have contributed to the king are eligible for such treatment from the king, and Sun Fei's actions have made these ordinary warriors and soldiers get unprecedented glory.
Obviously, this is another move by someone to win hearts and minds.
There was no one in the square who spoke, even the wind seemed to stop, only in the distance on the stone steps of the main hall there were a few black-robed women equivalent to temple priests, singing an ancient and vicissitudes of the ballad, this ballad did not have any melody content, but it was sung on this continent, it was a requiem to bid farewell to relatives.
Under the attention of everyone, Sun Fei patiently covered the eyes of each fallen soldier with coins, and then used torches to ignite the herbs spread under them, and the fire was raging, burning and devouring the body of the king, and the bereaved families wept bitterly......
This process took about an hour.
Later, when the fire had finally burned the corpses of the soldiers and the ten wooden towers to ashes, the atmosphere in the square eased, and the weeping people slowly stopped, and the remaining ashes were carefully collected by the soldiers and doctors and put into a huge black coffin, which in twelve days would be buried by the highest peak of the mountain range on the east side of Chambord in the clouds, so that the souls of the warriors could see the beautiful sunrise on the horizon for the first time every day—this is Chambord's own tradition.
After all this, the atmosphere in the square became cheerful and enthusiastic again.
People began to sing and dance to celebrate the victory of the war, the crazy atmosphere became hot with the bonfire burning in the middle of the square, men, women and children danced hand in hand, even the soldiers guarding the square around the crowd joined the crowd of singing and laughing, Sun Fei and Angela were also pulled into the crowd by some enthusiastic and unrestrained girls laughing, in the moment of celebration, there was no distinction between high and low, sitting under the high platform of the giant stone statue on the west side of the square, the little prince Zenit and the knights behind him were also invited to join the crowd.
Women laughed and weaved through the crowd holding aloft plates filled with fruit and roasted meat.
The little prince Tolbinsky was infected by this atmosphere, and at this time, he finally let go of all his previous arrogance and indifference, and looked more like he was in the mood of a seventeen-year-old child, and a group of boys and girls held hands and surrounded the city in a large circle, running and dancing around the bonfire, like a bird that had finally flown out of the cage, flying happily.
However, Tolbinsky and everyone else did not notice that the stout knights and horsemen in red cloaks who had stood behind him before were laughing and squeezing towards the very center of the square, their mouths showing a malicious grin, and their eyes were shining, and it was indescribable to be obscene.
And in the direction they squeezed through, in the center of the square, Angela, who was as pure as a goddess, was dancing happily with the blonde little Lori Jima and a group of little sisters, and the girl was smiling happily, and her peerless face was full of smiles and happiness, like a changed little angel.
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