Chapter Twenty-Six: Adulthood
"Your Majesty has arrived"
This sound made all the guests in the hall put down the wine glasses in their hands and stopped talking, and the hall that was still a little lively suddenly became quiet, and everyone bowed down and waited for the arrival of this supreme. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The ruler of the northern part of the Holy Spirit Continent and the emperor of the Divine Dragon Empire, Emperor Yuheng, naturally deserved such courtesy.
Soon, he was in the middle of the main hall.
"You don't have to be polite. ”
There were four emperors in the four empires, but it wasn't until today that Eren saw one of them for the first time.
Of course, the emperor is still an ordinary person, and it will be no different, it is still two eyes and one mouth, but with a majestic aura that ordinary people cannot have.
However, as Yulong's father, Emperor Yuheng's appearance is obviously not too bad, although he is almost fifty years old, he can still be called a middle-aged handsome guy, no wonder he has been widowed for many years and has countless suitors.
Many single ladies in the field stared at Yuheng with an obsessive face, which made Alan wonder if Yulong would have another stepmother in the future.
Under the gaze of everyone, Yu Heng looked around, his face was full of bright smiles, he should have been a ruler of the world, but now he looked like a kind father.
"Welcome to the little girl's coming-of-age ceremony. ”
Speaking of this, Yu Heng suddenly stopped, and it could be seen that his mood was quite complicated, and the sentence just now was no longer quite in line with the identity of an emperor, so Yu Heng didn't say anything more, but slowly walked to the edge of the stairs.
The attendants on the side quickly understood what Emperor Yuheng meant, and hurriedly shouted:
"Princess Yulong, please. ”
With the squire's words, the band on the side also played a slightly light music, as if calling for the princess to appear as soon as possible.
This time, the atmosphere in the hall was much hotter than when Emperor Yuheng appeared, although it was still quiet, but the young men all craned their necks to look at the stairs at the end of the hall, they couldn't wait to see Princess Yulong.
didn't let them wait too long, a plain white skirt appeared in the eyes of everyone, and soon, the owner of the skirt appeared, this is a lively and lovely girl, and her appearance is also delicate and lovely, but everyone in the hall still couldn't help but let out a "huh".
Alan couldn't help but smile a little dumbly, isn't this girl Ling'er, the personal maid next to Yulong, but these people are looking forward to it in vain.
Ling'er walked quickly to the edge of the stairs and stopped, now everyone knows that the main master is finally going to appear.
A well-cut blue princess dress, outlining the delicate upper body of the jade, although the elbow-length gloves covered the beautiful jade hands, but the exposed fragrant shoulders had already made some people present begin to think about it.
Under Ling'er's guidance, Yulong slowly walked down the stairs and walked towards Emperor Yuheng, who was standing there waiting.
Yu Heng held Yu Long's hand, there was relief in his eyes, but there was also a little loss, he patted Yu Long's little hand, and led Yu Long to the high platform in the main hall, where the imperial throne belonged to Yu Heng was originally placed, maybe this coming-of-age ceremony has secretly announced who is the future master here.
Yu Heng, who sent his daughter to the high platform, walked to the side alone, nodded to the attendant beside him, and Yulong's coming-of-age ceremony officially began with the voice of the attendant-
"I would like to invite the Archbishop of the Dragon Empire, the Cardinal Archbishop of the Radiant Holy Sect - Archbishop Donovan. ”
Alan really didn't think that the Dragon Empire still had such a boring bad taste, and he didn't forget to put the title of the Dragon Empire in front of him at such an important moment, I don't know if Donovan, who is a little old-fashioned, will also have a stubborn temper and not come out, if so, it will be fun.
It's a pity that Allen's idea of watching the excitement is destined to fail, Donovan, who has been in the Northland for many years, has long been accustomed to many practices of the Dragon Empire, and complains about this kind of verbal complaint, but in fact he is still more supportive of the Holy See, Donovan will not be as impulsive as he was when he was young.
Today's Archbishop Donovan is really unprecedentedly grand, the bishop's robe, bishop's hat, and bishop's scepter have not fallen, and those who don't know may think that this is the coronation ceremony of the new emperor.
Donovan walked up to Yulong and stood still, a priest next to him brought a basin of holy water, Donovan dipped his finger in some holy water and put it on Yulong's forehead, and then asked:
"Under the gaze of the Nine Holy Spirits, there is not the slightest falsehood in what you say today?"
"Yes"
"Will you follow order and maintain stability?"
"Yes"
"Will you love life and pity the world?"
"Yes"
"Will you be honest and trustworthy and respect knowledge?"
"Yes"
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There are a total of nine questions, according to legend, after the first war of gods and demons (the war of extinction), the nine holy spirits saw that the earth in the world was in chaos, so they jointly selected a young man, and asked him nine questions on the day of his adulthood, and after the young man made a promise, the nine holy spirits helped him unify the continent and restore peace to the continent.
And in the life of the boy, he also strictly adhered to these nine guarantees, and completed a glorious life, and since then, the imperial family has preserved this as a tradition.
After the Second War of the Gods and Demons (War of the Firmament), the continent was divided into four empires, and this tradition became unknown, so the Holy See re-established this tradition and asked the children of the royal families these nine questions at their coming-of-age ceremonies.
However, it may be because this is not a question asked by the Nine Holy Spirits himself, so these nine oaths have gradually become a formality, and few royal children really care about their nine promises, anyway, Alan has never heard of anyone being punished for lying about it.
After Yulong solemnly fulfilled the nine promises, Donovan put down the fingers that had been pointing on Yulong's forehead, with a solemn expression,
"Remember what you say today, and may the Nine Holy Spirits bless you. ”
As soon as the words fell, an attendant on this side came to Donovan with a beautiful crown, Donovan glanced at the Yuheng Emperor who was thinking in the audience, and said:
"It's better for Your Majesty to come, I won't be bored here. ”
After all, this is just a coming-of-age ceremony, and it doesn't have any particularly significant political significance, so Donovan won't put too much emphasis on physique, so he handed over this last step to Emperor Yuheng, who loved his daughter like his life.
Yuheng walked onto the high platform and whispered "thank you" in Donowan's ear at the moment when he was wrong with Donovan.
When he came to Yulong, Yuheng's eyes suddenly moistened, and his daughter, who had been raised for sixteen years, grew up, which touched him a lot.
"Father"
Yulong called lightly, Yuheng took the crown on the side and put it on Yulong's head, and the silver crown shone brightly between Yulong's black hair, representing that Yulong was no longer a child at this moment, but officially became the eldest princess on the political stage of the Shenlong Empire - Princess Yulong.
The guests in the audience applauded one after another, and then it was time for the dance session, but Yuheng stopped the attendants on the side, looked at the four directions, and after everyone quieted down for some unknown reasons, he said something that surprised everyone.