Chapter 90: Fierce Debate (1)
In the afternoon of the next day, the temple of the body was worshipped.
The sun was shining brightly on this day.
The emperor and his ministers retired from the Heavenly Temple early. The eunuchs and maids in the palace got up early in the morning to prepare and arrange the palace properly.
The floor of the gold bricks in the temple has been scrubbed to shine brightly; A red wool carpet more than half a meter wide extends from the outside of the hall, reaching the first place under the carved gold lacquer throne in the hall, reflecting the main color of vermilion in the hall; Directly above the throne is a bright yellow giant plaque, on which are written "virtue is the four seas" four vigorous characters; The plaque is flanked by vermilion carved beams decorated with gold dust on various soaring dragons; In front of the throne is a nine-tiered staircase made of gold bricks, separated into four by white marble railings, and the pillars of the railings are carved with the four holy beasts of Vermilion Bird, Green Dragon, White Tiger and Xuanwu, all of which are in the shape of soaring; On both sides of the carpet, more than 40 low-legged coffee tables made of pineapple wood are neatly arranged, and fruit wine tasting vessels are placed on them.
When it was about the time to touch the ugly, the ministers walked into the hall along the stone carvings of the cloud dragon outside the hall, and stood neatly in two columns in front of the throne.
Not long after, Honglu Temple sang "Welcome to the Queen Mother, Your Majesty into the Palace", and the ministers knelt on the ground.
The Queen Mother and Her Majesty walked into the main hall from the back door of the main hall. After ascending the golden platform, Gonggong Hong ordered someone to bring a golden chair and put it on the side of the throne, and asked the Queen Mother to sit down; The emperor naturally sat on the throne. Although the Queen Mother is currently in power, "Chicken Sichen" has always been a taboo in the DPRK and China. The Queen Mother knew this very well, and the ministers did not allow it.
Today is a great day for the Inhuman delegation to enter the Hajj.
The emperor had already received the news, and at this time he was already a little unable to hold back, sitting on the throne and constantly looking out of the palace. On weekdays, it is difficult for him to even go out of the palace, and the people he sees every day are either ministers or palace maids and eunuchs. For seeing those yellow-haired and green-eyed aliens, he was naturally looking forward to it for a long time. The Queen Mother also wore her favorite vermilion today, a metaphor for festivity. When she saw that the emperor was not dignified, she coughed lightly, and a pair of phoenix eyes squinted over, so frightened that the emperor hurriedly straightened up, and his face was replaced with a solemn expression, and then his right hand was raised to signal the ministers to be flat.
After the ceremony. The ministers each turned and walked back to back to the side of the carpet, standing facing the throne, their movements in unison, as if they had been rehearsed countless times.
Huang Wentao, the secretary of Honglu Temple, walked to the front of the hall and bowed, bowed and asked, "Queen Mother, Your Majesty, can you declare that another person has entered the court?" ”
"Announce it." The Queen Mother waved her hand and said.
"Command." Huang Wentao saluted, turned around and stood still in front of the hall, inhaled, and a loud voice came out of the hall: "The Xuanyi delegation enters the Hajj to see you." ”
Outside the hall, Qian Jin and Li Shaobao, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, led the Inhuman delegation and waited, while Bao'er and Emily followed closely behind Qian Jin.
Today's Inhumans are mainly missionaries, military officers, and merchants, and most of them come from Thailand, Britain, Frankie, and other countries. Dou Mari and Shi Huade were promoted as representatives of the mission because of their friendship with Xu Baolu. Hearing the summons in the hall, Qian Jin turned around and smiled at Dou Mali and the others: "The Queen Mother summoned, you can enter the palace with me." ”
Everyone understood, and they all entered the steps of the temple with the gifts they had prepared and the money they had prepared. After entering the palace, the Inhuman Mission knelt down in front of the throne with Qian Jin, bowed three times and bowed nine times, and said in unison: "Long live the Queen Mother, long live Your Majesty, long live." ”
The Empress Dowager and the Emperor were very satisfied with the courtesy of the Inhuman Mission. On the way to the palace, Qian Jin had already made it clear to Dou Mali and Shi Huade that Chen Guo was a state of etiquette and paid attention to these red tapes, so it was very important to kneel down to show his posture. I thought that Dou Mali would be disgusted, but he said, "If you can preach in Chen Guo and open the treaty port, why not kneel." "The fact that Inhuman is focused on reality is best illustrated by him.
When the ministers saw the Inhuman Mission kneeling, they all bowed slightly, and the Celestial Empire complex was greatly satisfied.
The emperor's eyes were attracted by the two blonde young women, and he seemed to forget that there were still twenty or so people kneeling in the audience. Huang Wentao squinted at his demeanor and hurriedly coughed to remind him. The Queen Mother frowned slightly, and reminded: "Yiren has traveled 90,000 miles to come to Chen State to worship, Your Majesty must not be rude." ”
"Let's all be even......," the Emperor hurriedly shouted.
Next, it's time for the Inhuman Mission to offer treasures.
The emissary of Frankie was a middle-aged man dressed in a naval officer's uniform and wearing a white wig. He presented a pair of flintlock muskets, which he said were the most advanced muskets in their country, and a coloured diamond the size of a pigeon's egg; Shi Wader knew that the Chen royal family liked coral, and he scavenged an extremely rare red coral out of nowhere; Others also made a lot of offerings, mostly jewelry, and so on.
The Queen Mother and the Emperor saw these treasures and nodded again and again. The eyes of the ministers were also attracted by the treasure.
Honglu Temple sang out the treasures and quantities offered by the missions of various countries one by one and made a book. But when he came to Doumali, he was empty-handed.
Some ministers began to whisper, looking at him with an unkind expression. The country of Chen is a state of etiquette, since you are here to meet you, how can you be empty-handed?
Dou Mari was calm, and when the treasures of the various missions were finished, he walked to the front of the palace and bowed, and said, "Queen Mother, Your Majesty, please stop the noise of the ministers, because ...... My gift is rare in the world. ”
"Oh?" The Queen Mother said curiously: "Is there any treasure in this world that the mourning family has not seen?" ”
"The world is so big, there are no surprises. It is not surprising that Her Excellency the Queen Mother has not seen it. ”
"Then the mourners want to see what treasure you are going to show next."
"The Queen Mother Mingjian, Weichen is a missionary in the western kingdom of Europa, with the mission of spreading the glory of the Lord, and has always been close to the Lord God. Next, I will ask the Lord God to send down the divine light for the Queen Mother and Her Majesty to see. ”
Qian Jin frowned slightly. Previously, he told Dou Mali that after entering the palace, he would pat the queen mother and the ministers on the back more often, so that things would be easier to do. What kind of trouble is he going to make? I still want to invite Shenhui, I don't know what kind of charlatan trick it is. Let's see.
Although the Queen Mother knew that Dou Mali was a missionary, she had never heard that he still had the ability to invite miracles. She decided to take a look first.
It was also the first time that the emperor had heard that Yiren had this ability, and immediately issued an order: "Then please ask Mr. Dou Mali to come down and watch the miracle quickly." ”
"Please wait a moment for the Queen Mother and Your Majesty. In order to facilitate the display, the contemptible person also needs to borrow two things, a mirror and a screen. Dou Mari replied.
Seeing this, Gonggong Cai next to him hurriedly called a little yellow door and whispered a few words. After a while, several small yellow doors came in with screens and placed them in front of the hall, and one of them handed over a glass mirror.
"The main hall is blocked, and the divine grace cannot be lowered, and this gentleman is asked to take a mirror to the outside of the temple to refract the sunlight in." Dou Mari said to the little yellow door with a smile.
"As Mr. Dou Marik said." The Queen Mother's interest was also raised, and she immediately ordered.
The little yellow door ran out of the hall as he said and pointed the mirror against the screen. At this time, the sun was just right, and a ray of sunlight came from outside the temple, shining on the screen through the reflection of the mirror.
Seeing that everything was ready, the old god took out an object from his bosom, and the whole body was made of glass, but it was divided into the shape of Mitsubishi. What is it if it's not a Mitsubishi mirror?
Qian Jin already knew Dou Mali's tricks, but he didn't break them.
Dou Mari pointed the Mitsubishi mirror at the beam of light, and seven beams of light immediately appeared on the screen, divided into seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple, which were the same as the colors of the rainbow.
When some of the ministers saw these visions, they exclaimed, "A miracle has appeared...... Miracles appeared. Everyone also leaned over to watch, and they were all shocked to see the fantastic light on the screen.
When His Majesty saw the reactions of the ministers, he couldn't help but want to come forward to watch, but when he saw that the Queen Mother didn't move, he had to hold back.
At this time, the Queen Mother's face changed. She had seen meteor showers descend into the world, and she had seen thunder and lightning cause palace fires, but she had never heard of this so-called miracle being laid out in front of her for people to observe. Is it still a miracle that everyone can see?
Seeing that the Queen Mother was silent, Dou Mali bowed down and said: "Please also ask the Queen Mother to take a look, only to know that what the contemptible people said is true."
The Queen Mother hesitated for a moment, and said with a smile: "In this case, the mourning family will see it." After that, she held the hand handed over by Gonggong Hong next to her, and moved the money to the hall. Dou Mali pointed the Mitsubishi mirror in his hand at the beam of light, which was convenient for the Queen Mother to see.
After a long time, the Queen Mother's silver bell-like laughter sounded: "It is indeed a miracle, and the mourning family has also seen it in the air after the rain." She said to the ministers and the Inhuman envoys in the palace, "You have seen the thoughts of the Inhuman Mourners, please take a seat." You have sent all kinds of treasures from far and wide, and the mourning family is not stingy, and you will be rewarded when the banquet is dispersed. With that, she sat down on the golden platform again.
On the left, Xu Shoufu raised his hand towards Dou Mali and Shi Huade and made a gesture of invitation. The Inhuman envoys humbled each other and sat down one after another. Xu Shoufu, Mei Saijiu, Guo Zhangyuan, and the scholars of various ministries also sat down one by one. Immediately, palace maids and eunuchs came in with wine, meat and vegetables.
The Queen Mother didn't know where she heard about the good wine, so she took out the grape wine treasured in the palace. When the palace maids filled the wine glasses of the ministers and the envoys of the aliens one by one, she held the wine glass and said: "Since the emperor of Gaozu set the world, Debu Quartet. The entry of strangers into the court is the embodiment of my great Chen Weiyi, and you are a good student, don't slack off. With that, she covered her face with her sleeve and drank all the red and bright wine.