Chapter 24: Coronation
When: March 30
Location: Cathedral of St. Narciss, Wangcheng
Weather: Sunny
Event: Sikaya Pope Regasar III crowns Horn I, the ninth Empress of the Sikaya Empire
Attendees: Nobles, lords, commoners (except Marloes)
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But only a few foreign heads of state, crown princes, envoys, and members of the Sikaya royal family were able to enter the church.
The (non-Marlowe) lords and the populace who had come to congratulate could only watch the Empress's gilded carriage enter the church from outside.
The ascension to the throne of the emperors of the past generations will show the most grand and gorgeous royal celebrations.
The crown can be said to be a symbol of the royal family, the spokesperson of a country, in order to create a crown, the emperor will not hesitate to use the treasures collected from all over the world to decorate the crown exquisitely and luxuriously.
Sikayazu has been wide and has produced many famous monarchs. During their conquests, they plundered countless treasures. Therefore, the crown of Emperor Sikaya, which has gone through the accumulation of successive generations, has become extremely exaggerated.
However, the Imperial Crown will be modified or replaced according to the age, character, and degree of damage of the current monarch.
So, before the empress was crowned, the Sikaya royal family made slight changes to the crown so that it was not as masculine as the male emperors, adding a lot of feminine elements.
And it has reduced its weight, which can make it a lot easier for the Empress.
But even so, this "Holy Moorish Crown" is still so luxurious that you can't take your eyes off it at first glance......
The skeleton of the crown is made of pure gold and set with at least 2,000 precious stones, which are so brilliant that they sparkle in the sun and look sacred in the church.
Some of the larger gemstones have a very long history and have their own legends.
The dome of the crown is set with the famous holy Moore sapphire.
The name Moorish sapphire originated from the Moorish dynasty of the Sikaya Empire, where it was first set in the coronation crown of the founding emperor of Sikaya. Because it is closely related to the fate of the Moorish dynasty, it has survived to this day for at least 600 years.
On the front of the crown is a 1,000-year-old ruby plundered by the ancestors of the Moorish dynasty, weighing approximately 306.4 carats.
Under the dome of the crown, six pearls of sparkling snow white are neatly arranged - belonging to Horn I.
The finale diamond: weighing about 319.2 carats - the fourth generation of the Moorish Dynasty Ming Jun grabbed.
Beneath the crown is a huge West River Emerald, without a single blemish, deep and mysterious. It is said that the rough stone weighed 2,845 carats, and was first mined in the Xihe Mine, and as for how it ended up in the hands of Emperor Sikaya, the sixth emperor of the Moorish Dynasty, Dujun, bought it.
...... Put on airs!
As soon as Horn saw this emerald, he couldn't help but curse in his heart.
Back then, the sixth-generation faint monarch, listening to the slander of the favored concubine, waved his hand, and directly took out thirty percent of the gold coins from the Sikaya treasury!
Bought a useless stone!
Otherwise, there will be a lot of money left over from Horn!
Horn was very unhappy with this ancestor.
...... No matter how displeased, Horn also sat on the throne.
She looks dignified today, and at the same time very majestic.
General Sivein stood beside the Empress, who was the first to show his loyalty to Her Majesty.
When the coronation ceremony arrived, Pope Regasa began to recite the blessing, then held the holy Moorish crown high in the air with both hands, and finally lowered it...... Gently, steadily, it was placed on the head of the "Undisputed Her Majesty the Empress".
"In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
divine right of kings,
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On behalf of the supreme right that God has given you,
Crowning you Emperor of the Sikaya Empire.
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Amen!"
Outside the church, countless people of the imperial capital who had come to participate in this rare celebration waited firmly in the sun.
At the end of the ceremony, the celebratory music for the coronation of the Empress begins.
Horn rode in a gilded carriage again, and walked through the bustling Bell Street to the royal palace to the cheers of the people.
Most of the people waited all night to see the empress.
People cheered, and church doves soared freely and merrily under the sky.
......
"Hoo ——!!!"
"Heavy death!"
As soon as Horn returned to the palace, he threw the heavy crown on his head on the throne without healing.
"Oh my God, Your Majesty——! what are you doing?!
"Oh my God, let me see if I have smashed any precious gems......!"
Seeing this, the palace minister Edward was so distressed that he was dripping blood, and hurriedly and carefully held the crown in the palm of his hand, and then carefully examined it.
He looked at it for a long time, and after making sure that nothing was missing, he breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"God forbid!
The crown did symbolize royalty, but in Horn's eyes—it was nothing more than a useless lump of metal and stone.
Horn clenched the scepter in his hand......
The crown was too bright and dazzling to obscure the scepter's light.
But in fact, the scepter is the symbol of the supremacy of the emperor.
......
Horn twisted his sore neck and said with a wooden head, "Edward—have you ever heard of a word?"
Extremely cautious, Edward placed the crown in a chest made of pure gold as if it were the most precious treasure in the world. Locked, locked, locked......
Because the Holy Moorish Crown was so precious, Emperor Sikaya only wore it on great pomp and circumstance, and spent the rest of the time in the safest and most secret places.
After doing all this, Edward asked in hindsight, "Your Majesty, what are you saying?"
"The emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is in a hurry. ”
Edward: "......"
"Your Majesty! I'm a normal man!"
Horn wasn't interested in knowing if Edward was abnormal, because she saw General Silvein's henchman Victor arrive—O, who is now Horn's henchman too.
"Alright, you go and put the crown away first. ”
Edward clutched the heavy gold chest and swore an oath: "Your Majesty! I swear to God! Please rest assured! I will take care of it for you!"
After Edward was gone, Horn rubbed his aching temples and asked, "Cleared up?"
Victor replied respectfully, "There are a few lords who have not arrived...... There were no congratulatory gifts. And, from their territory to Wangcheng, the time is completely sufficient. ”
Horn wasn't too surprised, and many of them were just waiting for the war launched by the Anduth Empire, or for Duke Lyme to step down.
"Write them all down, and don't miss a single one. ”
These guys......
I'll always settle accounts with them.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I see. ”
Victor handed a list to Horn, who had hundreds of ways to retaliate in his head as he looked at it.
As soon as Victor saw Horn's face, he silently drew a few crosses for the group of lords.
She killed prisoners and killed the people without blinking, and she would do whatever it took to get to the top, how could she easily let go of this group of people who didn't know the times......
Never mind......
It's none of his business anyway, he just needs to be obedient and live, and that's it.
Victor thought unconcernedly.
The two of them had different thoughts, and suddenly from the door of the main hall came a hearty laughter:
"Hahahaha——!"
"Horn!!! Life is wonderful, Lady is crazy!"
"A madman can be an empress......! Hahahaha! Can sows go up trees——?"