Chapter 128: Celebration

The day has finally come for the celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the marriage of His Majesty Anthony and Empress Josephine, a grand festival for the entire empire. Ordinary commoners were unaware of the sordid affairs of the royal family, whether it was Anthony or Josephine, who at least maintained a happy marriage in front of their subjects. Moreover, they were also favored by their subjects for their kindness. You can imagine how lively this celebration will be.

In addition to the grand court balls held in the largest palaces in the evenings, wealthy merchants and nobles from the imperial capital and various provinces also prepared a lively parade of floats. Each governor of the province would decorate himself in the name of his province in an ornate carriage with the most beautiful women or the most handsome men, who would wave the Imperial Thunder Eagle banner and walk to the square outside the palace to salute the emperor and his wife. It is said that the emperor and his wife would be present in person to receive the blessings of their subjects.

There are not many opportunities to stand out in front of His Majesty. Whether it is a high-ranking nobleman or a wealthy businessman, they all want to win the jackpot in front of the two Majestics. As a result, the carriages had been dressed up months earlier, and the bones were made of the most expensive wood or metal, inlaid with gold and jade, not to mention that some wealthy merchants bought elaborate ornaments from elves or dwarves at high prices. It can be said that every float is worth ten thousand gold.

Of course, not all floats were so extravagant, and ordinary representatives of the common people could not pile up floats with money, but they built them with their own hands and carried the simplest but most sincere wishes to pay tribute to the emperor and his wife.

As early as the morning, before dawn, the Marquise Yvonne got up from Baroque's arms. After a quick and simple wash, I went to the backyard of the mansion to supervise the makeup of the float. Those subordinates stayed up all night last night, just to make the float that represented their province look its best. The Marquise Yvonne's float is dressed up as a garden-like room. The flowers on it are purple and red, all fragrant, and still have dewdrops. The province where the Marquis is located is famous for its flowers, which Yvonne had her servants pick in the early morning, and then quickly put them into storage rings and brought them from the province. Even if dozens of days have passed. When you take it out, it's still as beautiful as if you just picked it off.

The two horses pulling the cart were not only very tame, but also white and flawless, and there was hardly a trace of stray hair to be found. Even for the sake of beauty, the two maids braided the horsehair into countless tiny braids overnight. There are delicate gold ornaments hanging on it, and from a distance, the golden light is incomparably gorgeous.

The coachmen were two sturdy and beautiful young men, who did not need to be very good at driving, but only drove the carriage slowly. It's not a horse race anyway. Their face is more important than their driving skills.

Today, the east-west central axis of the Dulong Imperial Capital will be under martial law, except for the parade floats, no idle people are allowed to enter. Therefore, the floats need to rush to the West Gate two hours in advance, and then parade from west to east, passing through the central square of the palace in the middle, to be inspected by the emperor and his wife and offer their most sincere blessings.

It was all very tightly arranged and orderly, and it was the Praetorian Guard loyal to the royal family who presided over it all. Those powerful guys won't give anyone a favor, even if they are dukes and marquises, if they go late, they will be mercilessly blocked out. This is why the Marquise Yvonne is willing to leave the warm and firm chest of the Baroque. The reason for getting up overnight.

The carriage was ready, the two white horses had been set up, and the beautiful coachman was seated on the wheels. Six equally hand-picked maids, dressed in fancy fashion, followed Madame Yvonne into the carriage in a celebratory procession that was also a moment to show off their beauty. Who doesn't want to meet Prince Charming and become a noblewoman in one step? Although this fantasy is often just a fantasy, it can't help but those lowly girls to fight for a glimmer of hope.

When Madame Yvonne got into the carriage, she hesitated for a moment before opening her mouth to let the carriage go. She had wanted to bring her Ranger Lover, who was supposed to be asleep, but perhaps it was selfish possessiveness that made her reluctant to expose Baroque to people. Even if this kind of thinking is self-deception. She found herself increasingly infatuated with the young man. Some are even inseparable. If the other ladies were to see Baroque, who knows how they would snatch her dear Aragorn away?

Yvonne left the mansion on a float, and Baroque, who was standing in front of the bedroom window, turned to leave. He's leaving and won't come back. Today, no matter what, let the turmoil happen as scheduled. Otherwise he wouldn't mind stirring up chaos on his own.

Quietly departing from the backyard of the Marquis's mansion, the Phantom Mask changed its appearance again. The earth dog Rak has disappeared, and is left by Baroque in a remote jungle outside the royal capital of Duron to spy on the kidnapped Princess Vitasia. As for the maids and entourage guards around the princess, they naturally killed them all mercilessly. Perhaps Baroque was ruthless, but he was not prepared to leave any possible threats. If it weren't even for the Thunderhawks begging bitterly. He wasn't even ready to let Princess Vitasia live.

For the first time, Baroque's ruthlessness frightened the Thunderhawk family, and even Evian, who had already become acquainted with him, was silent. Aside from the request not to hurt Vitasia, no more ideas were raised.

The four Thunder Eagles were released, and they flew to a very high altitude to monitor a large area outside the four city gates, to see what was happening to the legions stationed there. In the event of unrest, these legions are bound to rush towards the imperial capital, and nothing can go wrong with this. Because only when their unrelated legions enter the imperial capital, will the situation completely get out of control.

When the day finally dawned, perhaps the excited townspeople who had not slept all night, and the people from other provinces who had arrived from other places a few months in advance, came out of the house, although they could not enter the central axis avenue, but they could stand on both sides of the road, and watch the gorgeous floats created by the nobles and gentlemen, and naturally the beautiful people on the cars.

The parade started quickly, after all, there were dozens of provinces in the Odria Empire, and each of the great noble families had their own floats. Together with the floats of the representatives of the common people and the wealthy merchants, it will undoubtedly take a long time for so many carriages to be completed, even if they are accelerated.

The Baroque wandered silently through the crowd on the periphery, slowly moving towards the square outside the palace. Thunderhawks in all four directions of the sky were still monitoring movements outside the city. Since these phantom beasts have been baptized by purple power, they have the magical ability to communicate with the Baroque soul within a certain range. Although there is no distance limit for souls like Lark and Baroque to communicate, they can still communicate with each other within a radius of more than ten miles.

The first float is already approaching the Palace Square. Legions in at least two directions outside the city showed signs of moving. Baroque was so shocked that he thought that at least the march would be over, and that the unrest would break out at the court ball in the evening. Unexpectedly, I don't know whether it was the emperor's side or the prime minister and the queen's side, some couldn't wait, and they actually launched it in advance, and they were not afraid that the surrounding onlookers would be innocently affected.

Baroque had already reached the far side of the square, and his sharp eyes could see that on the high platform erected outside the palace, the emperor and his wife were sitting on their thrones, close together, and seemed to talk from time to time, appearing very intimate. If you don't know the inside story, you will think that they are really a loving couple.

The float walked in front of them, and the people in the cart sent their blessings to the two Majestics, who smiled and waved in greeting. More than a dozen floats came one after another, and more than an hour had passed, and the army outside the city had approached the city gate. And what is extremely strange is that those soldiers defending the city did not actually make any move to call the police, but turned a blind eye to the approaching army............!

Baroque had already seen the carriage of the Marquise Yvonne, and the blonde young woman was particularly charming, and while she and the six beautiful maidens beside her were sending their blessings to the emperor and his wife, she suddenly sprinkled flower petals from the float, and the purple and red were very beautiful, in exchange for the cheers and cheers of the surrounding crowd. The queen seemed to be delighted, and turned back to give a few words, and immediately a waiter carried the royal gift of the reward to the Marquise Yvonne's car, which made the beautiful woman almost faint with excitement.

Baroque shook his head secretly, wishing that Yvonne would leave soon. The two legions, unknown whether they belonged to the Emperor or the Prime Minister, had taken control of the city gates, and a major battle would soon break out. After all, Baroque had been with Yvonne for many days and didn't want to see her hurt.

Suddenly, Baroque's eyes narrowed, and he saw the old man in his sixties, who had been sitting at the emperor's head, stand up, bow apologetically to the emperor and say something, and then retreated, as if there was something urgent. And Empress Josephine, after rewarding Yvonne, also pretended to pat the hand of the emperor's husband intimately, and left! Baroque immediately realized that the two legions that had been launched should be their people! Poor Anthony!

Baroque's thought had not yet risen, and he suddenly frowned, for he found that after the departure of Prime Minister Severus and Empress Josephine, the Grand Prince of Fronnaso had not also left. Instead, he came to the emperor, and at some point, more than a dozen calm guards suddenly appeared, and Baroque sensed the aura of the illusion crystal from them...... They are all Phantom Armor Warriors!In the Soul Sea, the old Thunder Eagle Mondello also heard a voice: "Emperor Anthony is surrounded by Phantom Armor Warriors, and three of them are still a little impetuous, it should be that the Phantom Crystal Armor has just been built." ”

Seeing the eye contact between the Grand Prince Fronnaso and Antony, Baroque suddenly smiled...... Fronnaso was also a smart man, and he chose to work with his father. Poor Prime Minister Severus and Empress Josephine, even if they were the first to strike, they probably wouldn't have the last laugh! )