Chapter 367 Event
From the postponement of the enthronement ceremony, the crown prince has clearly seen the attitude of his mother, just like Cologne said. Sitting on a sedan chair, www.biquge.info the prince swayed to the church headquarters next to St. Peter's Basilica, where the Pope and the bishop were in charge of the entire St. Peter's church.
The Church's main altar is located in the most prosperous part of the capital region, but is immersed in a silence, as if the worldly things around it are completely unaffected here. All motor vehicles stop at St. Peter's Square, where congregants choose to make the pilgrimage on foot. Of course, the prince did not have such patience and physical strength, so he chose this method and made an ancient sedan chair.
The palanquin stopped in front of the door of the main altar, which was a vermilion gate, and on the stone pier nearly a meter at the door squatted two hideous winged monsters, in myths and legends, this thing is called "Fankos", which is the pet of the god, and is called the creature closest to the god. Fankos looked like an earth-walking dragon, but with a thin skeleton and a slender body covered in tiny scales. He had four claws on his toes and three on his hands, a long tail cocked high, wings tucked in his ribs, and a pair of huge eyes staring at the passers-by.
The prince got out of the sedan chair and looked at the statue of Fankos for a while, the red door opened, and a cardinal walked out. The crown prince recognized him as Bruce Wesley, a man close to Cardinal Mins Willow Yell. Wesley saluted the Crown Prince and led him through the scarlet gate. Behind the gate is a spacious hall, although it is far less spacious than the lobby of the Mansion of the Nations, but the decoration inside is beyond the reach of the Mansion of the Nations.
The floor of the main altar hall is paved with a kind of stone called blood-colored marble, and each stone seems to have been soaked in bright red blood, and the blood color floats under the surface of the ru-white marble, and if you don't look closely, you will feel as if the red is flowing. According to the Bible of the church, when St. Peter was persecuted to death, his blood stained the marble on the ground, and it was not cleaned for three days and three nights. The rulers then became panicked, and they had the red marble smashed and thrown into the mountain, and after a few years, the whole mountain was dyed red. From that time on, the number of people who believed in St. Peter increased, and under pressure, the rulers finally recognized the legitimacy of the Church.
Echoing the blood-red marble are nearly 10,000-year-old paintings on the surrounding walls. These paintings are the work of the most famous painters of the sect 10,000 years ago, and the content of the paintings is very detailed to describe the process of St. Peter's teachings spreading to the poor people step by step, starting from the realization of God's truth. This is an early testimony of the development of a living church.
The most striking feature of the entire general altar is the dome. The domed style of the round minaret gives the frescoes the most perfect expression. The fresco on the dome is a complete piece of art from the same period or even earlier than the paintings on the walls. The stroke, called "Proverbs of God," depicts St. Peter himself giving a speech in a bustling central square of the city. This talk is also recorded in the canonical Bible of the Church, where it is described that this controversy over God caused the teachings of St. Peter to spread throughout the galaxy. A bright white beam of light descended from the high dome and hit the statue of St. Peter in the center of the basilica, making the whole statue seem to be covered in a silvery white coat.
The prince involuntarily held his breath, looked up at the statue that seemed to emit holy light, and couldn't help but think of the intimate scene with the red lotus of the sister group in St. Peter's Church in front of St. Peter on the day of the sacrifice, which made the prince feel hot all over his body. The crown prince quickly diverted his attention, he didn't want anything too embarrassing to happen here.
"Is the Pope here?"
Cardinal Bruce Wesley, who had not spoken, heard the prince's question, and hurriedly stepped forward and replied respectfully: "His Holiness the Pope and Archbishop Yael have been in the inner sanctum to discuss the classic Bible, and they have been in it for three days and three nights. Your Highness, you have come at a good time, and in half an hour, His Holiness the Pope and Archbishop Yales will be out!"
"Well, then I'll wait!" the prince showed considerable patience in order to meet the Pope.
Cardinal Wesley immediately had a cup of the Pope's favorite safflower tea brewed and personally served it to the crown prince. The prince looked at the paintings on the wall, consciously or unconsciously, and asked a few words from time to time, Wesley explained very patiently, and the prince suddenly became interested in the white-haired cardinal.
Before coming to the general altar of St. Peter's Church, Tom and the Dauphin made various guesses about the attitude of the Pope and thought of corresponding countermeasures. The worst-case scenario would be for the Pope to refuse the Prince's request, and if that were the case, it would be very necessary for the Crown Prince to find another spokesperson.
Thinking of this, the crown prince lowered his tone a little and asked, "Bishop Wesley, how many years have you been serving St. Peter here?"
Cardinal Wesley replied with some trepidation, "Back to His Highness the Crown Prince, I have been following Bishop Yael since I was fifteen years old, starting as the most humble acolyte, and it has been almost one hundred and twenty years now!"
"You are truly a devout believer!" said the Prince, "I believe that St. Peter will feel your strong faith!"
Cardinal Wesley was a little surprised, and didn't quite understand why the prince wanted to say these things to him, so he could only bow his head and say yes again and again.
Occasionally, a gentle breeze blows through the empty hall with the coolness of late autumn. Half an hour is a bit long, but it's still rewarding. At least, the prince thought he was prepared for the worst.
A sharp alarm bell came from the back of the main hall, Cardinal Wesley quickly knelt on the ground, bowed to the statue of St. Peter three times, and recited the most concise and most expressive sentences of the faith of a believer in the classic Bible.
With his eyes slightly closed, the Pope put one hand on the shoulder of Archbishop Yael, who muttered words, holding a staff in one hand and a Bible in the other, and came to the statue of St. Peter under the escort of the Protector Bishops on both sides. The Protector stepped back to the sides, and Archbishop Yael and His Holiness the Pope stood side by side, then knelt down three times, and placed the classic Bible at the foot of the statue of St. Peter before slowly getting up.
"May your glory shine on earth!"
His Holiness concluded his three-day and three-night meditation with these words. The Lord Protector retreated, and Wesley waited a little longer before daring to step up to Archbishop Yael and explain to him that the Crown Prince had been waiting here for a long time. Yael nodded, whispering in the Pope's ear, but the Pope's eyes were still slightly closed, and it took a few minutes to open his somewhat tired eyes.
"Please go to the side hall for a while!"
The prince glanced at Wesley, who immediately led the prince into the side hall where the guests rested. After the crown prince left, Yael said: "It seems that His Royal Highness the crown prince is here to postpone the enthronement ceremony. ”
"We can't change anything!"
The side hall is quite shabby compared to the main hall, but the prince doesn't care at all, as long as the purpose of this trip is achieved, the rest is not always wanted. Ten minutes later, the Pope and Archbishop Yael, who had changed into civilian clothes, appeared in front of the crown prince. The crown prince got up and saluted, and after the two sides prayed and greeted, the prince said straight to the point: "I came to visit the Pope this time, in fact, I have something to ask for! I believe that the Pope has heard about the postponement of the enthronement ceremony of the Queen Mother, and I have no opinion, after all, now the empire is suffering from internal and external troubles, and it can no longer withstand excessive consumption, and I can't let the empire collapse from now on because of the enthronement ceremony, then I will not become a sinner for the ages." ”
When the Pope heard the Prince's words, the expression on his face did not change, but Archbishop Yael nodded again and again.
The crown prince changed his words and said: "However, the same rumors about the illegitimate son of my father and emperor are becoming more and more rampant, and there are many vulgar people who claim to be the heirs to the throne to come to the palace to demand legitimate rights. However, the impact of this incident on the DPRK and China was very bad. Some of the ministers secretly began to doubt my legitimacy and actively searched for real illegitimate children. In this case, as the crown prince, as the heir to the empire, I had to take the necessary measures!"
"Let me ask," the Pope asked, "what measures is His Highness the Crown Prince going to take?"
"That's what I'm here for!" said the crown prince, "I ask the Pope to hold a ceremony for me to inherit the throne legally, and to prepare for the enthronement ceremony in advance!"
"Legal inheritance ** ceremony?" the Pope savored these words, and quietly exchanged glances with Yael beside him, "It's nothing difficult to do, but," the Pope paused before saying, "Should we convene a royal council to discuss?"
"Your Excellency the Pope may not understand what I mean," the smile on the prince's face slowly cooled, "This great gift is just a ceremony at the church level! It has nothing to do with the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, or anyone else!"
"I see," the Pope nodded, "then a meeting needs to be held within the Church to discuss it, after all, this is not a simple and casual matter!"