One of the elders of the Orthodox Church stood in the main hall was the Bulgarian Archbishop Fyodor, who was reappointed by the Emperor and allowed him to represent the Bulgarian Church in parliament despite a large-scale rebellion on the largest scale in Bulgaria.

The old man stood in a corner with his hands bowed to one side, his face covered by a black robe, and he was so unique among the clergy, as motionless as the marble in the temple.

"This old guy is here too! What is he here for? ”

A priest not far away looked at the Bulgarian with contempt.

"Who knows! But he can't come in without the Emperor's permission, and you'd better not be troublesome, Dennis! ”

The priest next to him squinted his eyes and pursed the corners of his mouth to warn his unruly partner that the emperor's palace must not lose his honor.

"Adonis, I have no other thoughts! It's just a little strange, you look at who else is coming, the Serbian farmer Princip, the Albanian fisherman Jemali, and the other person, Jean, a refugee from the steppe! ”

Dedonis did not hesitate to continue to give all kinds of humiliating titles to the Orthodox monks attending the meeting in a disdainful tone, and Adonis, who came with him, looked at the unkind eyes around him and felt his scalp tingle, and he covered the unobtrusive Dennis: "Listen, now shut your mouth for me immediately!" ”

"Woooooo

Dennis managed to break free with the boss's strength, glared at his friend, and had to watch from the sidelines.

Alexios, who was on the throne, had been observing the reaction of the heavy man below, and he pointed at Dennis who was speaking, and looked at Basil.

"Your Majesty, Dunnis, Dunnis, of Corinth, is a little fellow with great potential, and he is now Chinese New Year's Eve two, and he is well versed in all kinds of scriptures.

But he was also a well-known Greek supremacist, and it was Theodosius who promoted him, and Theodosius lost a lot of popularity for him. ”

"Who's that next to him?" The Emperor looked at the quiet, silent priest with interest.

"Adonis, the abbess of Halkis, is the most favored heir to the next Patriarch, and some say that he is the illegitimate son of His Excellency the Patriarch, Your Majesty!"

Archbishop Basil bowed his head slightly to answer a question that seemed unrelated to himself.

The Emperor smiled: "Hmm! And such a thing? "It's a very interesting piece of gossip.

Looking at the emperor's meaningful smile, Basil didn't dare to answer casually, so he could only answer vaguely: "Your Majesty, it's all spread by blasphemous people!" ”

The emperor playfully stroked his chin, did someone blaspheme the gods, or did the blasphemous people spread rumors? Or maybe it's the competitor next to me who wants to get rid of him in another way!

But now is not the time to think about this, there will be opportunities later.

……

"Then the convention should begin!" The emperor stood up and clapped his hands, and everyone in the hall calmed down in a short time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Romans, ministers of the Empire, faithful servants of God, come and let me announce a sad news!

Our beloved Patriarch, Theodosius, was sick with leprosy, and now he can no longer preside over the daily affairs of the Church! ”

The Emperor paused and glanced back at Basil, the middle-aged priest slowly walking to his position level with the Emperor, the jewel of the scepter shining in his raised hand.

"Your Majesty, I would like to ask where is Patriarch Theodosius? Can I see him? ”

Adonis squeezed out of the crowd, panic written all over his face, tears streaming down his eyes.

"Please give your name first, it's rude, you know?" The emperor crossed his hands and folded his chest, and stood there casually asking,

"Adonis, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, I would like to know the current situation of His Excellency the Patriarch!" Adonis asked anxiously.

"Lord Theodosius's condition is very serious now, and I will slowly spread the harm of leprosy to you in the future, and now I am going to carry out the first topic of today!"

The emperor didn't want to reply, and the way he refused made Adonis very unwilling, and Dunnis, who was on the side, was not stupid and hurriedly grabbed him, so as not to do anything terrible in front of the emperor.

In fact, he had heard some rumors about Adonis, but they were only fake, but today's anxiety of his friend made him feel a little bad, could it be that the rumors would become true?

The Grand Eunuch Licinius, the ruler of the Sword of Damocles, the new spy agency of the Empire, walked up with a tray, a golden crown was placed on it, and the priest who was close to him gasped directly, which was the crown of the Patriarch.

There were two attendants in the back who also stepped forward with a tray, and the gorgeous pale gold clothes were stacked on top of it, which seemed to be a kind of satin, but thinking of the news announced by the emperor today, the clothes brought up in the back must be the dress of the great patriarch, this is to establish a new patriarch?

Stripped of the original black Orthodox clergy dress, the attendants on both sides dressed Basil in the golden garments that belonged to the Patriarch, full of glory, Basil clenched the scepter in his hand and held it high above the top, God bless me at this moment, and he secretly vowed in his heart that he would continue this glory.

Alexios himself took the crown belonging to the Patriarch of Constantinople and looked at the image of Jesus on it, and the emperor placed it on Basil's head.

"Bishop Basil will inherit the position of Ecumenical Patriarch of Imperial Constantinople, may God bless him!"

The Emperor held Basil's hand aloft, and the crowd below stood motionless until Phocas was the first to take the lead in applauding, and the hall erupted in thunderous applause.

Finally, Basil's heart fell, he didn't expect that the emperor didn't arrange any personnel below, so that he was cold for a while, but who knows, maybe it was the emperor's warning, to understand who his power came from!

The choirs on both sides sang at the same time: "Sing Hallelujah To The Lord"

Sing hallelujah to the Lord

Sing hal - le - lu-jah to the Lord

Sing hal-le-lu-jah， sing Hal-le-lu-jah，

Sing Hal-le-lu-jah to the Lord

……”

White holy robes fluttered to the song, where two hundred twelve-year-olds sang in unison, chosen by the empire from among the Bulgarian hostages.

The Emperor also closed his eyes and listened, and the Bulgarian Archbishop Fyodor looked at the choir children with a complicated expression, although the two great rebellions that occurred on the return of the emperor's army were suppressed, the Bulgarians were still involved.

The good news is that the prisoners of war were not blinded at least as Emperor Basil II did, but the soldiers and their children had to endure the hardship of being uprooted.

"Alas!"

"I, Basil, as the new Patriarch, will surely lead all beings to continue to seek the glory of God, and may our Lord forgive all sinners for their sins."

All the clergy were half-kneeling, and they expressed their obedience to the new patriarch, and one man was abruptly isolated in the crowd, it was Adunis, who was dumbfounded, unprepared for all this, and the rumor that he would take over as the next patriarch had become a rumor.

"Get on your knees!"

No matter how arrogant he is, Dunnis knows that such an occasion must not go wrong, otherwise it will be tantamount to offending the emperor and the new patriarch at the same time.

"It can't be! That's impossible! This ......" Adonis was pulled to his knees by his friend.

This sacred and well-dressed hall is not left with only hymns fluttering at this moment.