Chapter 345: The New Deal of God King City
Yun Yao was just a little nurse before she fell into the Great Wilderness, working two jobs a day, and the salary she got was either given to her parents or deceived by Lin Feng, and she didn't have any chance to travel at all, so it was the first time she had seen such a majestic palace in reality.
"Wow, this is the Temple of the God King? It's magnificent! Yun Yao sighed, opened the curtain, stretched out her head to look more closely, and was quickly pulled back by Xiao Chuhan.
"Yun'er, don't worry, tonight's banquet will be held in the main hall, and you will see enough." He smiled to appease Yun Yao and closed the curtain again.
Yun Yao knew that she had to keep a low profile on such an occasion, so she hurriedly sat upright and asked curiously, "The dinner is held in the main hall?" Who will attend? ”
"Tonight, the officials of the God King City and the lords of the four states have all been invited, and you can meet them later." Xiao Chuhan looked at Yun Yao who was dressed up in front of him, and his heart couldn't help but feel hot.
Yun'er is really beautiful today, with a pink gauze skirt and a full set of gemstone headdresses, setting off her like a fairy who has strayed into the mortal world, elegant and elegant.
"Yun'er, you are so beautiful like this." Xiao Chuhan held her hand and admired sincerely.
"Hee-hee, you're also handsome today." Yun Yao rested her head lightly on his shoulder, and the uneasiness of participating in the grand event for the first time also disappeared.
Xiao Chuhan was wearing a court dress embroidered with gold on a black background, a gold crown on his head, and his long hair was tied up high, revealing his entire handsome and handsome face. He has always been very easy-going when he gets along with Yun Yao in private, and sometimes he is even a little scoundrel, and seeing his noble and majestic appearance again makes Yun Yao a little intoxicated.
Xiao Chuhan got her praise, and his heart was more comfortable than eating ice cream on a hot day. He quietly put Yun Yao's hand to his mouth and kissed it gently, "Do you like it?" ”
"I like it." There was no one else in the car, and Yun Yao was not hypocritical, she put her lips to his cheek and sighed, and hurriedly smiled to help him wipe off his lip prints, Xiao Chuhan's eyes suddenly turned into a crescent moon.
"Yun'er, I'm going to visit the God King later, and the female dependents will be arranged to play in the garden, you take Xueyin, don't be careless, I'll go to you as soon as the court meeting is over." The carriage stopped, the coachman placed the pedals outside, and Xiao Chuhan hurriedly told Yun Yao.
"Got it. You go and get down to business, I'll sit in the garden with Xueyin, and I won't run around and get into trouble. Yun Yao knew the severity, and hurriedly nodded in agreement, and the two got out of the carriage together and stood in the square in front of the hall.
The Temple of the God King is not just a large hall, he is synonymous with a power. Legend has it that thousands of years ago, the goddess fell, the aura of the great wilderness gradually lost and fell into chaos, and a god king was born out of thin air, occupying the central hinterland and establishing the god king city. This god-king has the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, and quickly stabilized the situation in the Great Wilderness, but quietly retired when the world was peaceful, leaving only nine elders to manage the affairs of the Great Wilderness.
In order to commemorate this god king, the nine elders built the God King Hall with their backs to the god mountain, and worshiped the god king for generations.
The legend of the goddess and the god-king has been passed down for thousands of years, and the world believes in the goddess and also worships the god-king. Now the goddess has not returned for a thousand years, but someone claims to be the god king and occupies this god king temple.
Bai Wei suppressed by force, and he had no attachment to power, not only did the power of the Nine Great Elders not weaken in the slightest, but he could use his prestige to strengthen the rule of the four states, but he also supported him very much. This was Bai Wei's first New Year after he ascended the throne, and he was going to hold a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and the Nine Elders naturally had no objection.
Xiao Chuhan handed Yun Yao over to Xue Yin, and he took Ling Bo and his attendants up the stone steps, and someone else came over and walked towards the back garden with Yun Yao and the other arriving maids.
For such a high-level dinner, Da Niu and Chixin are not qualified to participate.
The White Nightmare himself doesn't need a maid, but there are still maids in this god-king palace. The maid knew Yun Yao's identity and was very respectful to her, and after taking her to a water pavilion in the garden, she ordered someone to bring fragrant tea and fruits, and she stood aside to serve.
Yun Yao beckoned Xue Yin to sit down beside her, picked up two fruits she had never seen from the fruit bowl and handed them to her to taste, while looking at the women who were hanging out in the garden and asked, "Who are the people who came today?" ”
The maid hurriedly stepped forward and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty the Lord of the Gods, His Majesty has invited the nobles of the whole city to attend the dinner today, and it is the daughters of the adults of various departments who are enjoying the flowers by the pool, and the families of several elders are in the warm pavilion over there, do you want to go and have a look?" ”
Elders of their families? Yun Yao immediately thought of Yan Ji, and hurriedly shook her head and said, "Forget it, I'll just sit here." When does the dinner start? ”
"Lord Yu, His Majesty the God King is receiving the worship of your lords, and there are still a few important things to deal with today, and I am afraid that it will be a long time before the dinner party starts. If the county lord is bored, it is better to go to the front stage to watch the singing and dancing. ”
How long will it take to start? Yun Yao didn't want to sit here all afternoon eating fruit, she was also very curious about the singing and dancing in this god king city.
"Let's go, let's take a look." Yun Yao stood up, and the maid hurriedly brought a warm towel to clean her hands, and led her and Xue Yin along a cobblestone path to the depths of the garden.
Yun Yao has also read a lot of palace fighting texts, according to the routine, there is no good wine and no good banquet, either someone pretends to fall into the water to frame a good person, or someone wants to do things in private. However, she was just passing by to see the excitement, except for Xiao Chuhan who offended Yan Ji, she didn't know anyone else.
Whatever they do, just watch from the side. With Xueyin by her side, no one else's nose can escape her ears and eyes, and what else is there to be afraid of.
"Xueyin, wait for the cleverness, the master will rely on you to cover it." Yun Yao quietly winked at Xue Yin, who covered her mouth and smiled.
"Don't worry, with me, no one can do anything to you, you can watch the song and dance with peace of mind." Xue Yin said in her heart.
The two followed the maid out of a short distance, and there was a faint sound of silk bamboo in front of them, and many young women were laughing and cheering on the side. Yun Yao was curious, and hurriedly quickened her pace.
At the end of the path is a wide water surface, with a corridor at the water's edge, and every ten meters or so is a small pavilion, in which many girls sit in twos and threes, pointing at a small platform in the middle of the water.
Yun Yao picked a pavilion where no one was there and sat down, and the maids beside her beckoned, and immediately someone brought fruit and fragrant tea, waiting for them to taste tea and listen to music.
Yun Yao looked into the middle of the water and saw that there was a high platform built there, and several small boats were parked around it, and there were musicians on the boat who were playing music with many instruments that she had never seen before, and a few girls on the stage were swinging their waists and dancing.
The winter in the City of the God King is not cold, and those dancers are wearing light dance skirts, which looks very good from a distance.
Yun Yao's dirt bun usually doesn't have the opportunity to go to concerts or singing and dancing performances, sitting in the pavilion and watching the live singing and dancing, I feel very interesting, I simply took a plate of melon seeds and Xueyin and watched it while snorting, and when I saw the wonders, I also cheered and applauded with others, forgetting Xiao Chuhan behind.
After Xiao Chuhan met with several other princes, he waited in the outer hall for a while, and then a guard came to summon him, he hurriedly tidied up his clothes and crowns, and entered the palace with everyone to congratulate.
The white tare sat high on the throne in the center, and the kings and the nine elders led the officials of all sizes to bow down and worship.
"Everybody, please take a seat." Bai Wei's gentle voice came, and everyone got up, and some attendants brought four chairs and arranged for Xiao Chuhan and others to sit aside, but the elders did not have seats.
Although it was the first time for the Great Elder to organize such a grand pilgrimage meeting, they were all properly arranged. Xiao Chuhan and the others went to the congratulatory table, and the envoy of the God King gave back the gifts to the four states on their behalf, and read out the divine decree, and this boring ceremony came to an end.
Bai Wei still wears a white gauze robe on such a formal day, but this gauze robe is embroidered with gold and silver threads on the sun, moon, mountains and rivers, and various rare birds and beasts, which also sets off him noble and elegant.
The White Nightmare didn't seem to like the solemn atmosphere, and when the attendant had finished reading the decree, he lazily waved his hand and said, "That's it for today, there won't be so much grandeur in the future." The king has called you here today because he has several important things to announce. ”
Because of the battle with the God King Palace, Xiliang has come to prominence, and the king of the four states faintly has the intention of taking him as the leader, Xiao Chuhan also got up and saluted as he should: "I don't know what His Majesty the God King commands." ”
Bai Wei waved his hand and said, "King Xiliang, please take a seat, you don't have to be polite." In the absence of this king over the years, the God King Hall has been controlled by villains, and he has done many things that hurt the feelings of the four states. This king has said that he will give you an account of this matter. ”
Villain? Do you mean me? Yao Xuan lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, but his hands and feet were a little cold. Although most of the things he did were ordered by joy, I wonder what the God King is going to do with it, and will he be pushed to be a scapegoat? Thinking of Bai Wei's methods, a cold sweat quietly flowed on Yao Xuan's face.
"Yao Xuan, come here." Bai Xiao's soft call was like thunder in Yao Xuan's ears, and he involuntarily weakened his legs, trembling out of the queue, and kneeling on the ground with a thud.
"Your Majesty the God King, the villain is at the disposal of His Majesty......" Yao Xuan's voice was dry, and he couldn't make a sound anymore after saying a word.
Bai Wei looked at his incompetent appearance, frowned slightly, and ordered someone to hold a roll of yellow silk and hand it to him, and said, "Great Elder, read the divine decree for this king." ”
Oh, tell me to read the will of God? Not to dispose of me? Yao Xuan's heart calmed down a little, he held Huang Aya with shaking hands, and read in a trembling voice: "The God King has a will: this king created the God King Hall only to maintain the peace of the Great Wilderness, but the villain made the people's livelihood in Sizhou difficult, which was not the king's original intention. Passing on the king's divine decree, the four states will be exempted from taxes by 30%, and taxes will never be raised. Xiliang suffered a natural disaster and did not recover, and was specially ordered to reduce taxes for three years. In addition, the city will be open to the four states in the future, and residents of the four states will be able to enter and leave freely, and the elderly who have a skill can apply for a residence permit, and the settlement fee will be issued after the approval of the elders' house. ”
What, a permanent reduction of thirty percent of taxes and the opening of the City of God Kings? Xiao Chuhan and the others glanced at each other, and immediately began to calculate the impact of Bai Wei's move.