The first rays of sunlight in the early morning woke up the sleeping sea stripe earth, the drum tower of the sea stripe palace sounded the majestic drum sound when the fish belly was white in the east, and the people in the sea stripe city rushed to the central square in front of the palace one after another, the square was full of people with ribbons and colored flags, and the square was already crowded with people. On the north side of the square, hundreds of marble staircases lead to the palace gates. The staircase and the square were already lined with soldiers, and the palace was heavily guarded in case of accidents.

"Are you all ready?" said Hurose's voice in the hall.

"It's already ready, everything has been arranged, just wait for the little prince of Tianyi to take over the Long Star Sword himself," the butler Gu Liang replied beside him.

"Chongyuan!"

"Yes!" replied a burly general, bowing forward.

"Be sure to keep the ceremony safe, you and Ha Lin's task is to make sure that there are no suspicious characters in the ceremony, and if you find any suspicious characters, you can behead them on the spot. ”

"Understood!" Chongyuan lowered his head with a faint smirk on the corner of his mouth.

"My king, what do you think of my dress today?" At this moment a woman came from the back hall of the hall, her long golden dress was studded with jewels, and bowed slightly to Hurose gracefully and politely.

"Welcome to the Emperor!" all the guards in the hall knelt down on one knee to say hello.

Hurose turned around and smiled, "This dress is perfect today, Arlo, didn't I let you rest a little longer?"

Carlo smiled slightly: "Today is Tian'er's succession ceremony, how can I be a mother late." "As the emperor, Carlo has supreme power but is approachable, and she is beautiful and generous, and she also has many supporters in the sea pattern.

"Also, Tian'er has grown so big, and it is the first time to take on such a big responsibility, we should really do our best as parents, by the way, what about Pan and Tuo? I haven't seen them for a long time in the past few days, don't poke me out of the basket today." Hurose looked at Gu Liang.

"Prince Pan and Prince Tuo have been in the room for the past few days and don't know what to do, and the servant said that they seem to be preparing gifts for the little prince. ”

"Gift?" Hurose looked at Carlo with a lonely expression, "Since Youbing disappeared, Tian'er has become less talkative, and his relationship with Pan and Tuo is not as good as before, alas......"

Carlo's fair face showed a bitter expression, and he did not speak.

In the room on the third floor, Tianyi opened the window, his eyes fleeing, and his clear eyes were full of confusion.

'What is the secret, why did my sister suddenly disappear, why did my father suddenly abdicate, why didn't the throne be given to my two elder brothers, why was this ......?" Tianyi thought bitterly in his heart.

A gust of wind swept through, and a leaf fell on the balcony in front of Tianyi. In the middle of summer, the trees are still very luxuriant, the breeze is falling, and the dynasty changes or falls......

When the day was in a daze, there was a deafening cry in the square, and Tianmust have looked at it vaguely and saw a group of people and horses coming from the central square.

"Takema, Takema. ”

"Little prince, what's the matter? Takema hurried from outside the house, still holding a rag in his hand.

"What's going on with that group of people in the square. “

"Oh, that's the people of the Dragon Feather Empire, the emperor specially invited the Dragon Feather Empire to participate in this succession ceremony, they are one of the five non-human races invited, the Water Clan, the Wind Clan, the Elf Clan, and the Fire Clan have already arrived the day before yesterday, but only the representatives of their races came, after all, little prince, you also know that the relationship between the human race and the non-human race is very tense, and it is not easy for other races to send representatives. “

"Okay, I'll go out and have a look, you can get busy first. ”

"Okay, little prince pay attention to safety......"

As soon as Tianyi spoke, he walked down in a hurry, and Takema followed closely behind. As soon as he arrived at the hall, Tianyi saw Hurose and Carlo walking outside.

"Tian'er, where are you going, the succession ceremony will start soon, why don't you hurry up and change your clothes. Carlo asked softly.

"Father, mother. Tianyi bowed slightly, "The child heard that the representative of Long Yu Country was on the other side of the square, so he wanted to go and have a look." ”

A smile appeared on Huro's face after hearing this, "It's just right, Tian'er, you can come with me and your mother to greet Shanshan's late arrival in the Dragon Feather Kingdom, haha." “

The group stood at the gate and waited for the arrival of the Dragon Feather Empire, and after a while, a white dress appeared in Tianyi's field of vision, which looked more white and quiet and elegant in the early morning sun, and the elegant figure walked hundreds of stone steps without hurrying, followed by two couples wearing crowns, that is, the emperor and queen of the Dragon Feather Empire, followed by a large number of guards with gifts. When the day was startled, the group had already walked in front of them.

Huros and Carlo bowed down to greet Emperor Longyu, and Emperor Qianshengyu also bent down with Emperor Xiakel.

"Good for you, Huros, we're tired of building such a high stone staircase. ”

"Haha, your physical strength is not as good as mine. This must be the Dragon Feather Princess who caused the grand call on the other side of the square. ”

"Let you see the laughter, the little girl wants to follow us, saying that she wants to see the new emperor of the sea stripe haha. ”

Tianyi smiled and looked at the dragon feather princess Chiba, and Chiba also smiled and looked at Tianyi with a pair of eyes as clear as water. Just this glance made a string in Tianyi's heart tremble.

"Okay, okay, don't stand at the gate, hurry inside, please. ”

The group walked towards the hall of the palace with a lot of laughter, and Tianyi paused and walked behind the crowd with Chiba.

"Hello, princess, my name is Tianyi. ”

"Chiba, hee-hee, you don't seem to be the same as rumored. Chiba smiled softly.

"Rumors, what rumors?"

"It's okay to talk to you, I heard that the little prince of the sea stripe is a taciturn and cold person, but I didn't expect you to be so proactive. Chiba raised her eyebrows.

Tianyi smiled bitterly, as if he remembered something, and his eyes dimmed suddenly. Chiba noticed Tianyi's abnormality, and knew that he had said something that he shouldn't have said, so he hurriedly walked in front of Tianyi and said, "Didn't I say the wrong thing, I... I....

"How can there be ......" Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Chiba "Since that's the case, let's make a friend", saying that Chiba stretched out his hand to Tianyi, his charming eyes full of anticipation.

Tianyi looked at Chiba's hand, and hurriedly stretched out his hand, but it was only a dragonfly touching it, after all, in his impression, this was the first time he had held a girl's hand other than his sister Youbing.

Chiba looked at Tianyi like this, and smiled, "Okay, okay, let's go in quickly, I can't make my father angry and say that I don't understand etiquette." ”

"En" After saying that, Tianyi and Chiba walked to the reception hall.

The first meeting between the two didn't spark, but they didn't expect that this glance would be eternal.

At the same time, a large number of strangers were mixed in with the city of Sea Striat, and they used the invitations given by Chongyuan to deceive the guards at the city gates. A wave of undercurrents kept surging in places where there was no light, and the people who were silent in the atmosphere of the ceremony were unaware.

In a large tavern on the west side of Sea Pattern City, a group of people in brown linen robes looked around sneakily.

"The wine is here, please use it slowly. A fat waiter brought a few glasses of wine.

The leader took one of the glasses and drank them all.

The chubby waiter put the other wine on the table and left without saying a word.

"Brothers, when the handover ceremony of the crown begins, act quickly, most of the guards in the palace have already been bought, our first goal is Hurose, and a few non-human races are all wiped out, the others don't care, after success, gather at the foot of the Kalentesli Mountain, understand" The man led by him said in a low voice and then stuffed a ball of paper in his hand into his mouth.

"Understood. Then the group came out of the tavern and walked in different directions to Sea Pattern City, but their final destination was only one, and that was the central plaza.

There are also people with different colors of robes scattered to the sea in the churches, row houses, and parks in the city.

The air is getting hotter, and the central square is already crowded, and the enthusiasm of the people has not stopped since the morning.

Knock, knock, bang, strong drums accompanied by the cheers of the people, the succession ceremony finally kicked off.

"Today is the grand ceremony of our sea-streaked empire, and it is also a memorable day, thirty-four years ago today, the first emperor handed over the crown to our beloved emperor Huros, today, Emperor Huros will hand over this heavy crown to our Tianyi prince, thirty-four years, our country and the people, together to resist foreign enemies and work together, I believe that this era will not end, today, the succession ceremony is held as scheduled, and now the succession ceremony officially begins!" Gu Liang's loud voice once again aroused the enthusiasm of the people, and the applause could not be stopped for a long time.

In the crowded crowd of people in the central square, several gray-robed people pushed through the crowd and squeezed to the front. In the back garden of the palace, several men in black sneaked in, and the guards who guarded them seemed absent-minded and did not notice the infiltration of these men in black.

"Today, in addition to handing over the crown, there is also a special handover, that is, the long star sword that has not appeared in the dust for a long time!"

"Isn't that the one that the former emperor once died on the battlefield?"

"You don't know this, the Long Star Sword has never been broken, I heard that it is a divine sword"

"Hey, don't talk nonsense, there is no god in this world at all, that sword is just a little harder and sharper than ordinary swords"

“......”

From time to time, there was a burst of discussion in the crowd.

"Now, the succession ceremony has officially begun!"