The Sumatra royal palace is located in the center of the capital, covering an area of no more than 100 acres, built according to the mountain, the palace wall hangs a huge brocade, painted with various flowers and plants, flowers and leaves are wound up a beautiful pattern. Directly opposite the gate is a spacious plaza that can accommodate 10,000 people, and the hillsides on both sides are built into large steps to serve as viewing platforms.

At midnight, the stage team was already filled with no less than five or six thousand people to watch the ceremony, most of them were people from the capital, after strict examination, entered the viewing platform and sat down, everyone wore white, green, red, blue or colorful batik costumes, wearing bamboo hats, waiting to pay homage to the new king, many people held white silk scarves in their hands, looking forward to the opportunity to pay tribute to the new king.

In front of the viewing platform, there were five rows of soldiers with dignified expressions. On the granite floor in the middle of the square, a large red carpet is flanked by a guard of military honor waiting to be inspected by the new king: on one side stand three rows of white and green dresses of similar height, with scimitars at their waists and their heads held high. On the other side were three rows of cavalry, knights dressed in red and black dresses, sabers shining in the sun.

Wang Hou and his entourage of fifteen people, with the pass and waist card of the Ming fleet, were arranged to the designated area on the steps. This area is located in the middle of the steps on the east side, and there are bamboo benches for people to sit on. Wang Hou came all the way and saw a lot of acquaintances, Li Helm and Meng Helm of the Salt Gang, Zhou Helm and Fan Helm of the Tea Horse Gang, the four of them sat together, and the abbot of Putuo Mountain and Haimo, the master of Suzhou Menlemen, and the abbot of Yunxiang of Qixia Temple sat side by side.

The lord of Baishui Fort Li, the abbot of the bitter sea of Nanhua Temple, the head of Danxia Paihua, the head of Hengshan Paidu, the master of Huangshi Village and Huangzhai are talking about something, last time in Yuwan Village, five people had a dispute with Wang Hou and his party, the two sides fought one-on-one, the owner of Huangzhai was injured by Liu Hanyan, and when he saw it again, the master of Huangzhai who spoke rudely immediately shut up.

Yandang Mountain Xu Zhangmen, Tianyi Pavilion He Pavilion Master, Sanqing Guan Yin Guan Master has always been silent, last time in Yuwan Village, Yin Guan Lord tried to rape Xiao Sha Niang, He Pavilion Lord fanned the flames on the side, and the two were abolished by Wang Hou Wu martial arts. After this incident, Zheng He also ordered all personnel in the fleet not to act without authorization, and the requirements for Jianghu characters were stricter, and they could only leave the treasure ship with approval. Today, however, they were allowed to attend the ceremony.

Because Wang Hou was sticky to his beard, he knew that it was inconvenient to greet him, so he just nodded and saluted each other. Fifteen people found a vacant seat and sat down, Liu Hanyan was lightly touched, and someone behind him asked: "It's you, my mother......"

Liu Hanyan turned around and saw that it was Princess Jolene, wearing a bamboo hat to cover the scorching sun and most of her face, and said with a smile: "It's you, Princess Jolene, what about the Prince Froze?" Jolene lowered the hat with her hand and pouted: "Shake it off, it's annoying." Liu Hanyan realized that she covered her face with a bamboo hat, not only to block the sun, but also to get rid of the eccentric prince.

Jolene asked, "What about the liar?" I haven't seen him for a long time. Last time you said he, catch a mermaid, why, I didn't see it? …… You don't want him anymore? Liu Hanyan pretended to be mysterious, looked around, beckoned Qiao Lin to lower her head, pressed her ear, and folded the fan to her lips: "Princess, have you heard that the queen swore that whoever catches the assassin will marry?" The crook went to arrest the assassin and wanted the queen to marry him. ”

Qiao Lin snorted, her mouth opened wide, and she said for a while: "He even lied to an old woman?" Liu Hanyan nodded firmly and said, "The taste is very strong, right?" I'm just telling you, you don't say it to others. Wang Hou, who was sitting next to Liu Hanyan, had already heard Liu Hanyan's whisper, couldn't help laughing, turned his head and said roughly: "Can you be quieter?" Prince Hani is coming out. ”

Liu Hanyan glared at him: "We said liar, what does it matter to you?" ......" Before he finished speaking, suddenly there was a burst of drum music, and everyone looked together, only to see a team walking out of the gate side by side, all dressed in white, walking in the front of the ten rows of people, the long horn sounded loudly; The next ten rows of people played Anglong, and the five bamboo tubes made a pleasant sound; The ten rows of people in the back, the recorder in their hands are euphemistic, and the last ten rows of people are beating the copper drum, and the sound is very pleasant.

The band was followed by a group of people, including the queen, Su Ganra, and Zheng He, which showed that these people were noble. The group walked along the red carpet and walked through the middle of the square, the band stood on both sides and continued to play, while the queen and others stood in the middle of the square, waiting for something.

After a while, two rows of people slowly walked out of the gate, all graceful women, one row of people holding copper-colored basins, and the other row of people holding fig branches and leaves, standing on both sides of the red carpet. The copper basin contains holy water, which is taken from the six main rivers of Sumatra. Finally, the sound of the band suddenly increased, and I saw a person walking on the red carpet inside the gate, it was Prince Hani, who was in a white robe and white hat, but he was a little nervous.

Taking a few steps forward, the woman holding a fig leaf dipped water from the copper basin and sprinkled it on Prince Hani. Prince Hani walked forward slowly, receiving the holy water all the way, and before the last basin of water, he stopped, held the copper basin in one hand, soaked the other hand, and gently patted it on the forehead a few times, so that the pre-coronation cleansing ceremony was completed.

Prince Hani continued to walk towards the center of the square, the queen took a few steps to meet her, and eight palace maids followed behind the queen, and when Prince Hani approached, the queen took the crown from the palace maid's hand, and the sound of the band suddenly stopped. The queen prayed softly, placed the crown on Hani's head, and the eight ladies offered white silk scarves in turn.

A palace maid brought a copper basin, and Prince Hani took it and poured the water from the copper basin on the ground, indicating that he wanted the blessing of the earth. After that, he raised his right hand and waved to the crowd around him, and immediately cheered everywhere, and the scene was extremely lively. At this time, eight more people carried an octagonal throne with seven layers of white umbrellas, and when they came to Hani, they stopped and replaced the seven layers of umbrellas with nine layers to signify the successful coronation as the new king.

Accompanied by many white-clothed attendants, Hani slowly inspected the military guard of honor. Then he sat on the throne, and eight men carried him out of the square, and he patrolled the capital in front of him, which meant that he had officially ascended the throne. The crowd in the square, many of whom followed the procession, was to be invited into the palace for the coronation of the new king.

Liu Hanyan couldn't help but admire: "Prince Hani is really magnificent today!" Wang Hou whispered a few words in her ear, and Liu Hanyan slapped him fiercely: "I want to marry you and marry him, do you think that others are like you, greedy for glory and wealth?" ”

Qiao Lin, who was behind her, watched the two of them flirting and scolding, became curious about this mustachioed man, tilted her head and stared at Wang Hou for a long time, and then asked Liu Hanyan in surprise: "Hey, aren't you, the liar's mother?" ”

Looking back at Qiao Lin's surprised expression, Liu Hanyan smiled and said, "I shouldn't be his mother, Princess Qiao Lin, if you want, I'll help you talk about it, let you be his mother?" Hehehe...... "Before Princess Jolene could answer, she saw that all the people around her stood up, and it turned out that Tang Jing had come over to invite everyone to sit in the banquet hall. At that moment, the group entered the palace in groups.

There are hundreds of round tables in the banquet hall, each of which is large enough to seat up to 20 people. Abu was in the hall, his eyes were sharp, and when he saw Wang Houhou running over in small steps, he gave a salute: "General, you are here." "Arrange Wang Hou and his party of fifteen people to sit down at one of the tables. Princess Jolene said hello to Liu Hanyan and went to the other tables to look for her entourage.

Because the banquet could not be held until Prince Hani returned from his inspection, only cups and teapots were placed on the table, as well as snacks such as fried bananas and glutinous rice cakes for the guests to enjoy as they pleased. Abu took the teapot and cups and poured them a cup for each of them, and they found that it was not tea, but a gray-black drink, and they did not know what it was.

Abu introduced: "General, heroes, this is our local specialty, Mandheling coffee, the coffee cherries picked from the mountains are put into an iron cylinder, the skin on the beans is removed, and then put into a bag to ferment, after washing the next day, put it on the fire to dry, remove the silver skin, and then dry it twice to make the current Mandheling, you must taste it." ”

The sixth Yin Cheng asked: "This drink looks black, it won't be poisonous, right?" Fairy, you taste it first. Abu hurriedly smiled and said: "How can it be poisonous, since the night before yesterday, all the 1,000 people sent by Zheng Zongbing have been arranged in the palace to protect Hani...... King, others can't poison if they want to. ”

Everyone knew that Yin Cheng was joking, and took a sip, but there was a strange taste, a mellow aroma between the thick bitter taste, and they couldn't help but take another sip, and a sense of sobriety surged to their minds, making people feel a feeling of pleasure. Seeing everyone's strange expressions, Abu smiled again: "Isn't it bitter? This bitterness is peculiar to Mandheling, no amount of sugar can hide it, the more bitter, the stronger the fragrance. ”

Liu Han finished drinking two sips and put down the cup: "This reminds me of the Zhu Zi banquet we had a few months ago when we passed by Youxi, and there was a bowl of soup called mother and son connecting hearts, which reminded people of the truth of bitterness first and then sweetness, and this Mandheling embodies this truth." ”

"Smack, smack, smack!" Wang Hou applauded three times and gave Liu Hanyan a thumbs up: "Yan'er is getting more and more advanced now, and this is more philosophical than Zhu Zi and Zhu Sage." "Then it doesn't need to be said, I'm ...... your mother" Liu Hanyan learned the tone of Qiao Lin's speech and glanced at Wang Hou.

Everyone laughed, and Zhou Qingzhu clapped his hands and said, "Sister Yan, you finally admit that you are Brother Wang, dear lady?" Liu Hanyan said: "Kissing the mother is the meaning of the mother, which is equivalent to the queen mother, hehehe...... Little doll doesn't understand this? Liu Hanyan's words made Wang Hou's heart jump suddenly, and somehow thought of the eldest prince, if the eldest prince attacked his mother or younger brother, although the palace was heavily guarded, he couldn't prevent it, and asked: "Abu, where is your eldest prince?" ”

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