Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 103 The Queen's Coronation
Amid cheers, Empress Christina walked to the front of the viewing building and delivered a speech to the subjects of the empire.
"The past year was the most dangerous year for the empire. While we were facing rebellion, we also had to face invasion from enemy countries. The entire court was loose and pessimistic, and crises were lurking everywhere. At that time, some people advised us to abandon the northern border and retreat to Saint Lun City; some people said to negotiate peace with the rebels; some people took advantage of the war to make profits for themselves; and some people thought about how to secede if the empire collapsed.
The past year was a year when the Empire entered a new peak. Raging Waves City became the world's most prosperous city with the most development potential; the Empire established the Western Territory Office, bringing the vast Western Territory under the direct rule of the Empire; the most powerful 10,000-ton dreadnought-class battleships joined the Imperial Navy, making the Empire's seas safer than ever before; Oulu College and the Raging Waves City Alchemist Association jointly established a magic laboratory, bringing the Empire into the next technological explosion.
The past year has been a sad one for me. The great Emperor Augustine unfortunately left me and the empire he had spent his entire life protecting. Facing internal and external troubles, we had no choice but to conceal his death from the outside world, which was also his dying wish.
Fortunately, we have lived up to the trust of Emperor Augustine. His Highness Alex has made important contributions to the Empire's recovery of the Western Territory; His Highness Sinclair has firmly suppressed the rebels in the Tedega Hills; and Her Highness Princess Agatha has continuously delivered enemy intelligence to our generals.
There is also the youngest and most accomplished Prime Minister in the history of the empire, Yunxing. It is because of his constant running around and solving one problem after another for the empire that we have the grand occasion we celebrate here today. He has lived up to the trust and reuse of Augustine the Great, and he will continue to lead the empire into the next journey.
I believe that a new chapter of the empire is opening at this moment. The royal family, nobles, officials, soldiers, merchants, scholars, and civilians will be more united, and we will build an even stronger empire.
The Empire will become the leader of human civilization and write our own era of civilization!
Now let's celebrate the victory.
Please ask the Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet, Governor of Nutao City, Minister of Energy of the Empire, and Commander-in-Chief of the Saint Lun City Garrison Corps, Marquis of Meteorite, to direct the military parade. "
After Queen Christina finished speaking, a cavalry team ran out of the palace gate.
Luke rode a royal horse covered in gorgeous armor, followed by Prince Alec, grandson Sinclair and a group of senior officers of the Imperial Army, and then a squad of royal knights led by Milscom.
Luke wore the honorary royal knight armor bestowed by Emperor Augustine the Great, and wore the badges and ribbons representing his title, official position, honor, and status. He held the imperial military staff in his hand and wore a bright red cloak behind him. The royal knights each held a large flag, showing their majesty.
The cavalry ran out of the palace and patrolled the army formations lined up for review along the avenue in front of the palace.
The Imperial Army participating in the parade this time included: three cavalry phalanxes, five infantry phalanxes, seven phalanxes sent by the Snow Legion, and two or three phalanxes sent by each of the Empire's main corps; there were Imperial Military Academy, Navy and Marine Corps; four phalanxes of chariots and war machines; and a display phalanx of Steam Titans and new magic concept weapons.
No matter what these armies had in mind before, they were all united by Luke at this moment. The senior commanders of those legions followed him, and even the princes and grandchildren of the emperor did not have any dissatisfaction.
The soldiers had also heard of the glorious deeds of the Prime Minister of the Empire, and they knew that without the falling star, they would never stand here with such an honored mood.
They stared at the falling stars and shouted at the top of their voices: "Honor to the Empire!"
"Honor to the Empire!"
After reviewing the Imperial Army, Luke led the officers back to the palace and climbed up to the viewing tower.
He walked to the microphone and held high the imperial baton, which symbolized the supreme military command of the empire: "I declare: the military parade begins! To the deceased Emperor Augustine the Great and the great Queen Christina, we offer the loyalty of the imperial soldiers."
The military band played the Imperial Triumphal March, and the Imperial troops marched through the Imperial Palace Avenue in turn.
The newly added super-heavy steam airships, the Empress and the Kirov, were like two huge mountains, flying over the Palace Square against the backdrop of hundreds of steam airships of various types. Between the airships were formations of gargoyles, as well as a group of griffins and Pegasus imported from the Emerald Forest.
Finally, five steam flying wings roared past at low altitude under the control of the pilots.
The voices of the people were like a tsunami, causing the soldiers walking past the palace to hold their heads higher.
As if stimulated by this atmosphere, the dragons all let out loud roars, and a few even flew up, thinking of joining the aerial parade. Fortunately, the Golden Dragon King Tyron called these young dragons back, otherwise who knows what trouble would have occurred.
But this has already shocked the representatives from various countries who came to watch the ceremony.
Before the military parade began, they felt the power of the Golden Shield Empire , but after the parade began, they found that they had still underestimated the strength of the Golden Shield Empire.
Especially when two super-heavy steam airships came at high speed from a distance, several representatives of small countries who had never seen the world were so scared when they saw the shark heads of the airships that they almost fell to the ground.
Everyone was glad that they were here, thinking about how to re-evaluate the fight between the Golden Shield Empire and the World Bank. With such weapons and weapons development technology, can the Golden Shield Empire be blocked by the "International Alliance"?
It didn't take too long for the parade to end with a lingering feeling.
The city enters a stage of float parades and national carnival.
The palace held a cocktail party to entertain guests from afar.
At the reception, Luke, on behalf of the Golden Shield Empire, signed an agreement with the visiting King Sanye for the Emerald Forest to join the "Free Trade Body". He then signed an agreement with Speaker Webster for the Rio Kingdom to join the "Free Trade Body".
At this point, under the watchful eyes of representatives from various countries, the "free trade body" led by the Golden Shield Empire has made a breakthrough. It has also secured important sea routes with the Rio Kingdom and has once again strengthened its relationship with the Dragon Kingdom through the Emerald Forest.
The "free trade body" of the Golden Shield Empire now has the capital to confront the "international alliance" of the World Bank in international trade, rather than just passively defending itself.
After signing the two agreements, Luke immediately announced several sanctions against the World Bank, and announced a fine of 10 billion Reichsmarks to the World Bank's Saint-Ren City branch as punishment for funding the Imperial rebels.
Princess Agatha also took out the evidence found by the Imperial Secret Service and circulated it to representatives of various countries. She warned countries to be careful about setting up branches of the World Bank in their countries, as the World Bank was going further and further on the path of violent interference in government affairs.
At the cocktail party, Luke actively communicated with representatives from various countries, and Kylena followed behind him and kept recording new orders and cooperation projects.
It can be said that both the host and the guests were delighted.
The reception was going on until the evening, when a team of royal knights walked in. The clanging sound of armor rubbing against each other immediately quieted the bustling hall, and everyone looked at the knights who came in.
After the royal knights came in, they stood in two teams facing each other, leaving an aisle in the middle. Then the royal family members led by Alex and Sinclair walked in from outside, with their entourage holding a golden tray containing the crown, scepter and imperial code.
A group of royal family members stopped in the audience, and Alec walked onto the stage, where a palace eunuch had prepared a microphone for him.
"Hello, guests from afar, imperial nobles, and court officials! I am Alec Augustine, the second son of Emperor Augustine the Great. I have an important announcement and invite you to be witnesses."
Everyone in the hall was looking at Alex. Some already knew what he was going to say, while others were guessing what he was going to do.
Alec paused, took a deep breath and continued, “My father, Augustine the Great, was a great emperor. He made the most critical decision for the empire at the most critical moment, allowing the empire to keep up with this great explosion of human civilization.
His forward-looking vision and courage to break with tradition have created the current glory of the empire.
As the son of an emperor with such achievements, I have always been under great pressure. Because human life is short, I have to prepare to take over the empire. But Fania and I have never been recognized by our father. We don't know why, and we will only use all means to fight for the position of crown prince. Now it seems that what we did is very ridiculous. Fania even launched a coup.
It was not until I met the Queen in power that I realized what I was missing.
The challenges facing the empire at this time require a leader who can hold his head high and look forward, rather than a playboy who knows nothing but internal fighting. Besides, I am a loser even in internal fighting.
During this period of rest, I was free from the burden and thought about some things very clearly. My father appointed the queen as regent, which actually determined who would lead the empire in the future. As the only surviving son of Augustine the Great, I support his decision.
Therefore, I have collected the consent of all members of the royal family and nominated Christina Augustine as the emperor of the empire to lead the Augustine family and the empire to new glory! "
The imperial officials and nobles in the audience clapped their hands and shouted:
"Queen Christina!"
"Queen Christina!"
"Queen Christina!"
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Christina walked onto the stage surrounded by eunuchs and guards. Alex stepped aside and bowed.
The priest who was ready put the crown on Christina's head and placed the scepter and code in her hands respectively.
The nobles and officials of the empire recited ancestral prayers together, asking the ancestors who founded the empire to bless this ancient country.
Christina completed the coronation ceremony of the imperial emperor amid solemn music and blessings.
When she faced the audience, held the code in her arms and raised the scepter, the whole audience burst into warm applause.
Agatha clapped her hands with a complicated look on her face. She said to Luke beside her, "The coronation went more smoothly than I expected. I arranged many spies here just in case something unexpected happened."
Luke smiled and said, "We have done so many things just for this moment to go smoothly. The Empire needs a smooth transition of power, and we have done it."
"Yes, we did! When are you leaving?"
Luke looked around and whispered, "Tomorrow morning! Chi Yan has urged me many times. The enemy is coming aggressively. It's very dangerous there."
Agatha stopped clapping and looked at Luke: "Leaving tomorrow? Okay... Although it's dangerous there, I believe in you and I will miss you every day."
Luke felt numb all over by Agatha's gaze. He reminded her, "Be careful about the occasion. There are so many people watching, my princess."
Agatha smiled and looked back at the stage, then whispered, "Come to Rose Manor tonight."
"At your command, my princess!"
After the coronation ceremony, Christina officially became the Queen of the Golden Shield Empire and immediately issued a number of appointments.
The most unexpected but not problematic order was...
Yunxing was given the title of Duke of Nutao City, and his fiefdom was the entire territory of Nutao City.
Then came the engagement ceremony of the Duke of Meteorite and the Empire's eldest princess Agatha, which once again pushed the ceremony to a new climax.
At this time, in a small fountain garden in the palace, Qingkong was walking alone on the path in the garden. The hall next to him was extremely lively. The coronation of the Queen and the engagement of Princess Meteor both represented another strengthening and centralization of the Empire's power, which was a great encouragement to the Empire and the Covenant.
"Miss Qingkong, why did you come out?" A black shadow floated up from the ground, revealing the appearance of a demon tyrant. He said indignantly: "You have done so much for Meteorite, but he wants to marry a human woman. I really want to teach him a lesson for you."
Qingkong said coldly to the tyrant: "Don't try to sow discord between me and Meteorite! No matter what we face, there will never be any gap between him and me. As a demon, you can't understand that."
The Devil Tyrant quickly explained: "I didn't try to sow discord between you and Meteorite, I just felt that..."
"Let's end this topic. Are you ready to return to hell?"
The Devil Tyrant said: "I have wanted to go back to hell for a long time, but those younger generations are all stronger than me, which makes me lose face... I can't beat them, so I can't grab the territory."
The demon tyrant tells the truth.
Qingkong said: "You have been sealed for too long and are not used to the state of losing the artifact. Although the World Tree has found its divinity, it will take some time for it to become a divine artifact.
I have a tube of medicine here, would you like to try it?"
"What potion is it?"
Qingkong spread out her hand, and a syringe filled with a flaming liquid lay in her palm: "This is a mysterious substance mixture 'Aria of the Song of the Burning Clouds', which is an extremely strong permanent fire attribute enhancement potion.
You are lucky, I accidentally made two copies this time, one is at the meteorite, and one is here."
Demons are all fire-loving, and the divine weapon of hell is the red-flame torch that represents destruction. So when the demon tyrant heard that such a small tube of potion could permanently enhance the fire attribute, he reached out and wanted to grab it.
The tyrant still controlled his inner desire and asked, "Is there any potential danger?"
Qingkong said with a smile: "There is a potential danger. Will I let Meteorite use it? Although you did not inject the first four doses of potions to change your physique, you are a demon and your physique is strong enough to withstand the 'Aria of the Song of the Burning Clouds'.
It will allow you to become a demon that masters the most powerful fire magic."
The Devil Tyrant immediately licked his smiling face and said, "Ms. Qingkong, I am willing to try...inject it now."
