Chapter 50: Glory and Shame
The heart of the empire is the Imperial Palace. Built more than 400 years ago at the founding of the Empire, the entire building was made of the strongest giant granite brought from the north, and in the hundreds of years of the empire's history, it has been impossible to remember how many winds and rains and wars it has experienced.
In the forty-ninth year of the empire, the war between the empire and the northern Roland continent was once in a moment of crisis, Yanjing was also broken by the enemy, and the granite palace became the last military stronghold of the empire, and the 200,000 troops of both sides fought for seventeen days under the tall walls of the palace. In the end, under the rescue of 100,000 border guards led by the third Duke of the Tulip family, the enemy army was repelled and the palace was defended.
In the empire one hundred and nine years, the empire had civil strife, His Majesty the emperor was killed by the rebels, and the rebels set up a child of the royal family as a puppet, controlled Yanjing, and then the sixth generation of the Tulip family Duke escaped from Yanjing alone, fifteen days later with 9,000 men and horses back to Yanjing, six days of bloody battles broke through the Yanjing city wall, and then under the imperial city and 20,000 rebels fought fiercely for two days and two nights, Duke Tulip personally killed the rebel general Debes, and then with thousands of men and horses into the imperial city, all the rebels were annihilated. In that battle, the blood in the palace was like a river, and the water that led out dyed the moat red, and it took half a month to return to its original color.
Two hundred years and nine years after the empire, the most outstanding emperor in the history of the empire, Abbasid the Great, was the greatest emperor of the empire in the past four hundred years, but when he ascended the throne, he was also the emperor who killed the most. Abbasid was supported by the Tulip family, who slaughtered more than 1,000 ministers and royal opposition to him, including his own brother and uncle. A hundred years later, the palace has once again undergone a bloody baptism. That night, the entire Yanjing was filled with terrible screams and the smell of blood. After a heavy rain, the entire Tsubame Kyoto was dyed a terrible crimson ......
And during the thirty years of his reign, the Abbasid Emperor single-handedly established the most powerful central cavalry regiment of the empire, the famous "Thor's Whip" legion, under the leadership of the Abbasid Great, under the command of the illustrious marshal of the Tulip family, that legion swept across the continent, only in the northwestern steppes of the continent was met with unprecedented fierce resistance - the powerful nomadic aliens of the steppe refused to be ruled by the empire, and the Abbasid the Great implemented the most iron-blooded force-" In all parts of the continent, where the sun can shine, the decrees and will of the imperial power must be respected! The obedient will be favored, and the disobedient will be mercilessly punished!" In the end, Marshal Tulip's imperial army slaughtered the entire 60,000 foreign troops and captured alive the alien patriarch Khalifa, who was trampled to death by hundreds of horsemen on the square of Yanjing by order of the Abbasid. After that, the whole continent was finally unified into the territory of the empire, and the Roland continent in the north formed a situation of confrontation between the north and the south. It was also in this era that the great philosopher Danton was born, and he became the most powerful assistant to the Abbasid Emperor, who single-handedly planned a series of reforms in the empire, giving the empire unprecedented vitality. It was in this palace that Abbasid the Great officially announced that the empire had been renamed the Bright Dynasty, and the name of the Bright Empire resounded throughout the continent.
And just twenty-three years ago, the imperial palace once again experienced an important moment - the empire that had been unified for more than a hundred years suffered unprecedented defeat and humiliation, the alien races of the northwest steppe re-erected their banners to announce their separation from the empire, and the Great Moon Kingdom was officially established, and the commander of the Tulip family of that generation died unexpectedly before the war, and finally the great Central Cavalry Regiment was defeated in several battles with the iron cavalry army of the Great Moon Kingdom, and the empire had to admit the reading power of the Great Moon Kingdom after the defeat. It was in the palace that the Abbasid Emperor established the Bright Dynasty that the Great had signed an official letter document, and the unified continent was re-divided.
Roddy sat in the carriage, looking out of the window at the palace complex in the distance, thinking back to what he had seen in the history books. He didn't know what his fate would be when he entered the palace.
Just watching the night gradually fall, and the buildings of the palace in the distance gradually approaching, Luo Di felt a strange feeling in his heart.
This is the heart of the Empire!
The sixty-mile-long walls surrounding the palace are all made of huge rocks, and are the same height and thickness as the walls of Yanjing, but they may be even more surprising in terms of solidity than the walls of Yanjing. Standing on the city wall, the royal guards in golden armor stood solemnly with spears in their hands, and the banner of the bright and huge thorn flower fluttered in the evening breeze in the distance. This imperial city, which was originally built in a hurry in the war, has undergone large-scale repairs in the history of hundreds of years of imperial Yanjing, so that the palace, which was originally like a castle, has been clothed with a gorgeous and noble coat. The original heavy iron gate has been replaced with a golden gate that symbolizes the dignity of the royal family.
When the carriage drove into the gate of the palace, Luo Di couldn't help but secretly calculate in his heart, the layer of platinum wrapped in the huge iron gate could provide food and clothing for many civilians for many years......
Led by the Royal Guard, the carriage drove directly to the gate of the inner city of the palace, and at this time Roddy had to get out of the carriage. Horseback riding and carriage were not allowed in the inner city - except for His Majesty the Emperor.
Led by twelve heavily armed guards, Roddy came to a large hall, the heavy iron-wood door had been opened, and Roddy slowly walked into the hall alone at the signal of Gordon.
The hall supported by sixteen huge pillars looked solemn and solemn, and the huge butter candles that were more than one person high around the hall illuminated the hall as if it were daylight. Roddy's boots made a "thump" sound when they stepped on the floor, and Roddy realized that the floor here was all made of metal. On either side of the hall stood a row of samurai wrapped in armor, none of them showing only a pair of eyes and holding a long battle axe, looking straight ahead, not even looking at Roddy.
"Hmph...... Metal, this palace really resembles the legendary ...... It's like a cage," Roddy couldn't help but think to himself.
Gordon pointed to the door at the end of the hall and whispered, "Your Majesty is waiting for you there." He hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Young Master Seth, please give me your sword." ”
Roddy knew he couldn't refuse, so he had to give the "spotlighter" to Gordon. Gordon nodded, handed the sword to one of the guards, and led Roddy back.
The two warriors at the gate interrogate Gordon carefully, and then after Gordon handed over the token, they let Roddy in.
With the flashing giant door slowly pushed open, Luo Di immediately felt a biting chill.
This is a side hall after a large hall, and it is also the true heart of the empire, and it is said that some of the most important decisions in the history of the empire were agreed upon by the emperor and his ministers in this place.
The side hall was empty at the moment, and a strange relief on the ceiling of the side hall emitted a soft, cold light—Roddy knew it was a lighting system made up by a light spell. There was no decoration or ornamentation in the hall, and there was only a huge long platform in the empty hall, and at the end of the platform, a slender figure stood quietly.
He was dressed in a long white silk robe, leaving only a long black hair gently tied behind his head, and a thin face looked unusually fair, as if there was no blood. Only a pair of eyes, like two bright gems, looked at Roddy carefully. Although this person was just standing there so quietly, Roddy felt an invisible and huge pressure.
He immediately lowered his head, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "Tulip Family Seth, Rudolph, meet His Majesty the Emperor!"
The white robe in the distance didn't seem to move, and the man just nodded slightly, but didn't mean to let Roddy stand up.
The emperor of the contemporary Bright Dynasty looked at Luo Di so quietly, as if he wanted to see him through. Luo Di didn't know how long he knelt down, but he felt the cold sweat coming out of his back before he heard a clear voice coming softly.
"Seth!I just have a problem, and I hope you can solve it for me!";