Chapter 47: The Wedding
Despite the fact that the Thor Fortress in the north of the empire is still at war. However, the young Fernando XIII still insisted on preparing for his wedding to Catherine. Catherine did not speak out against the wedding after regaining her health, but hid with a flushed face, which made Fernando XIII laugh. Of course, in order to protect Catherine's safety, Fernando XIII sent 20 female holy knights led by Christina to protect her, and at this moment Orlando led an expedition to Thor Fortress, and all the military power of the empire fell into the hands of Fernando XIII, and it was naturally easy to mobilize manpower.
Imperial Chancellor Chad has always been submissive to Fernando XIII, and of course he will not have contrary advice to him on this matter, and the Imperial Chancellor of the Exchequer Luke has been closed after being removed, as if the imperial capital has disappeared overnight, the supreme military governor of the imperial capital Orlando went on an expedition to the Thor Fortress, and Archbishop Ibel became very weak after using the quasi-forbidden spell-level magic "Great Prophecy", and even the daily affairs of the Cathedral of San Nebiro were handed over to his deputy.
Therefore, the wedding of Fernando XIII and Catherine-Randy could not have been objected to at all, and naturally it would have taken place as scheduled. Although the empire's taxes were quite poor last year, Fernando XIII allocated a large amount of gold from the royal treasury for this wedding. At the beginning of the empire, the Fernando royal family controlled a large number of industries, and all the income from these industries was included in the royal treasury, which is why the empire did not have a lot of taxes every year but could still maintain the operation of the huge empire.
There was once an official in charge of the inner treasury who revealed the news after getting drunk that the annual income of the royal inner treasury was not less than the overall tax of the empire that was the responsibility of the chancellor, and the annual expenses of the royal knights were all funded by the royal inner treasury, in a sense, the royal knights should actually be counted as the private soldiers of the Fernando royal family. Of course, no one saw the official the next day, so no one dared to talk about it everywhere.
For the nobles of the imperial capital, it was a frustrating affair for Fernando XIII to marry Catherine, because their young women lost the opportunity to ascend to the sky, and because of the scene that occurred at the coronation of Fernando XIII, everyone hoped that this wedding would go smoothly and that no more bones would be drilled.
In this paradoxical state of mind, the wedding of Fernando XIII to the Empress finally arrived.
Under the divination of the royal astrologer, the weather on the day of the wedding was quite good, the sun showed a smiling face on the horizon in the morning, and there was hardly a white cloud in the whole sky, it was completely turquoise, like the boundless sea.
As the sun rises to the very top of the Royal Viewing Deck, the long procession slowly leaves the palace. According to royal rules, Catherine stayed at the Royal Academy of Magic last night, and the beautifully dressed carriage in the welcoming party was prepared for Catherine, who was about to become queen.
In Catherine's room, more than 20 maids are busy and must dress her up before the carriage arrives. Catherine's face was full of indifference, and she silently watched the busy people with an unknown identity, as if she were a complete bystander, without even looking at herself.
Hundreds of years ago, Catherine escaped from a royal palace in such an environment, but she did not expect that today, she would experience such an occasion again, the last time she was lucky enough to escape from the palace and meet her teacher, but this time, Catherine had to force herself to endure, although her right hand under her clothes had gathered a small ball of flames, a small flame enough to destroy the whole room.
"Ah, Her Majesty is really beautiful today. A maid adorned Catherine with a button, not knowing that the object of her praise had been resisting the urge to destroy everything in sight. But when Catherine heard this, she withdrew the magic that had been condensed in her palm, and in any case, it was part of her teacher's plan, a perfect plan that could not be missed.
The knightess Christina strode in, she sideways dodged a maid who almost hit her in a panic, and said loudly to Catherine, who was sitting there: "Catherine, the carriage has arrived, and the time is almost up, please prepare to go." ”
Catherine nodded slightly at Christina, and at this time a maid was combing her hair, so Catherine could only move slightly. Soon, the maids were busy, and all but one of the maids' leaders were left behind.
Catherine stood up and saw her dress today in the mirror in front of her, and even Christina, who was a holy knight, couldn't help but admire: "Catherine, you are the most beautiful bride in the empire, and Your Majesty is so happy to be able to marry you." ”
Catherine was silent, and after a moment, she raised her right arm, which was holding a white glove, and whispered, "Happy?"
Christina didn't hear Catherine clearly, so she asked, "What did you say?"
Catherine didn't answer, but pointed to the door and said with a pun, "Let's go, time is running out." ”
When the carriage pulled by 12 horses completely white as snow came to the central square, the royal band played a cheerful music, followed by 200 holy knights in full gold armor, led by Christina. Each of the Holy Knights held their spears aloft, but they were different from those used in battle, and instead of sharp spearheads, they were topped with colorful ribbons. These streamers flutter in the air in the wind, and they are indescribably beautiful.
The carriage slowly came to a halt under the royal viewing platform, and two clever flower girls, dressed in delicate costumes, ran to the carriage quickly, and opened the door of the carriage vigorously, Catherine bent out of the carriage, and her feet in crystal high heels stepped on the thick red carpet on the ground.
One of the royal master of ceremonies hurriedly stepped forward and whispered to Catherine, "Please follow me, Your Majesty the Queen." Catherine followed behind the master of ceremonies with a blank face, and behind Catherine, eight pairs of flower girls held up the back hem of the long wedding dress with their hands, and followed closely in the same direction.
Standing at the top of the high royal viewing platform, Fernando XIII had already seen Catherine's arrival, and today Fernando XIII wore a standard black tuxedo, but the scepter of eternal morning light in his hand was enough to prove the groom's unusual status - the supreme ruler of the empire.
When Catherine walked up the stairs to the top of the royal viewing platform, Fernando XIII even couldn't wait to greet her, and grabbed Catherine's left hand roughly. Although the official in charge of ceremonies next to him kept reminding Fernando XIII to pay attention to the emperor's manners, but the young king didn't care at all, he had already made an exception to marry a commoner woman as his wife, would he still care about those cumbersome etiquette?
Fernando XIII took Catherine by the hand and came to the statue of the god of light, where a bishop in a red bishop's robe and a tulip-embroidered shawl draped over his shoulders was already waiting. Due to the extreme weakness of Archbishop Ibel, his assistant, Chief Cardinal Henry, had to carry out the entire wedding ceremony.
Henry watched as Fernando XIII and Catherine came to him, holding the book "In Praise of Light" in one hand, drawing a magic circle in the air with the other, casting a small "Blessing of Light" magic. Under Henry's action, the royal orchestra stopped playing, and soon the hundreds of thousands of spectators below the royal viewing platform also held their breath, and the entire central square suddenly fell silent.
Henry, following the process of the wedding ceremony, first asked Fernando XIII: "Venerable Monsieur Cru-Fernando, will you swear before the god of light that you will accept Lady Catherine Randy as your wife?"
Fernando XIII did not hesitate to say: "I do!"
Then Henry asked Catherine, "Dear Lady Catherine Randy, will you swear before the god of light that you will be the wife of Monsieur Crewe Fernando?"
Catherine did not answer immediately, but fell silent, but the silence lasted only a few seconds, and was quickly broken by her own words: "I do." ”
"Now exchange rings!"
After hearing Bishop Henry's words, several officials next to him hurriedly took out two exquisite wooden boxes from their bosoms and gently handed them to Fernando XIII and Catherine. Fernando XIII gripped one of them in the palm of her hand, and Catherine barely held it until the official shoved it into her hand a few times.
Fernando XIII was already in complete excitement, he opened the wooden box, took out an extremely beautifully crafted magic ring from inside, then took Catherine's hand, put this magic ring on Catherine's hand, and whispered to her: "My dear, from now on, you can use this ring with all the royal magic circles like me." ”
Catherine nodded numbly, but still had a smile on her face. Fernando XIII smiled and said, "Look at you, you are at a loss for joy, why don't you open it and put the ring on me!" Catherine nodded again, opened the box and put another magic ring on Fernando XIII's finger.
When Henry saw that the two had completed the ceremony, he said in a loud voice: "From now on, Mr. Cru-Fernando and Mrs. Catherine Landy will be married, and under the guidance of the God of Light, you will be one flesh and will never be separated!"
Saying this, Heng opened the "Praise of Light" in his other hand with one hand and read aloud a large sentence praising the God of Light. When Fernando XIII was a little impatient, Henry finally completed this step and entered the most important and final step of the whole wedding - the coronation of the queen.