On Lucis’s birthday, there is no need to hold a court meeting, but he still needs to receive missions from various countries in the multi-column hall to accept their worship and congratulations. At the same time, the birthday ceremony prepared by the missions will also be delivered at this time.

Today's meeting, as Lucis' fiancée, Ella will also attend, so she got up early in the morning and got dressed before dawn.

The maids replaced her with gorgeous gifts and precious jewelry and gold ornaments, and the golden moon crown had another chance to appear on the stage.

Tetis introduced today's itinerary to her. Although she had already remembered it, it didn't prevent Tetis from worrying about her and saying it again.

"Your Highness, you should spend the morning in the Hall of Pillars. After lunch at noon, you will also participate in some celebrations in the afternoon. The place is on the square in front of the palace."

Ella felt uncomfortable thinking about holding a celebration in the square on such a hot day.

But other places are not suitable, because the so-called celebrations are actually similar to military parades. Soldiers of different formations will compete in front of the king, from archery to throwing spears and axes to battles.Being able to be promoted, the participants are excited just thinking about it, and they don't care about the popularity at all.

And such activities have always been to demonstrate national power in front of other countries, so no matter whether it is the nobles of Sathya or foreign envoys, no one can escape and must participate.

Tetis was still saying: "When the activities in the afternoon begin, the gates of the palace will be opened, allowing civilians and slaves to enter and watch the competition. During this period, Your Highness must remember not to stay away from His Majesty, especially not to contact strangers." Although it is impossible, but she still told her so, for fear of accidents.

When Sathya holds large-scale events, some people will be allowed to participate. Although the people who can enter the palace have been screened in advance, and there are so many soldiers guarding the scene, they can't get close to His Majesty at all, but you still have to be careful.careful.

"Your Highness must be careful not to leave His Majesty at the banquet at night. Even if you want to leave, please take us and the guards with you."

Although it is said that this is in the palace, no one should dare to do anything to Her Royal Highness, but just in case, although Tetis has no political sensitivity, she also knows that Her Royal Highness is becoming more and more precious nowadays.Foreign missions are trying to trick her, so you can't be too careful.

Moreover, Her Royal Highness has a previous record of almost escaping from the palace. Although she will not do so now, it also proves that the defense system in the palace is not 100% safe. That is why Tetis was relegated to Ella's side.Being a little maid, although it was a blessing in disguise, it didn't prevent her from having shadows about this kind of thing, especially this time there were so many outsiders in the palace.

Ella knew what she was worried about. Seeing her serious face now, in order to relax her, she joked: "I see, if I leave the banquet hall, I will call Semet, okay?"

She was joking, but she didn't expect Tetis to actually nod her head after thinking about it, and her face relaxed a little: "If Your Highness brings Semet, no one will dare to approach you, that's true.It could not be better."

And they don't have to worry that Her Royal Highness will be hurt by Semet's big lion. They have already understood how powerful His Highness is, especially when it comes to treating animals. There is no one who can make animals bow down more than the princess..

Thinking of this, Tetis felt more at ease.

Seeing her like this, Ella shook her head helplessly, not discussing it with her was just a joke.

Anyway, it is not difficult to ask the big lion to escort you.

Dressed up properly, the maids followed Ella and walked out of the palace gate to the multi-pillared hall. Norris and others followed silently.

Ella went straight to the multi-pillared hall after coming out of the dormitory. In the past, she would have waited for him in the palace of Lucis, but today is his birthday, and before dawn, Lucis went to the royal templeGo to perform a blessing ceremony to the gods and ancestors as a king, and when the ceremony is over, he will go directly to the multi-pillar hall, so Aila will not be able to wait for anyone to go to the king's bedroom today, and he will not be able to enter the multi-pillar hall with LucisHall to attend the audience.

Because of this, Ella was still a little nervous. In the past, Lucis took her on such important occasions. Now that Lucis is not around, she has to wait for him to appear in the multi-pillared hall like other officials., she had to stand alone on the royal steps to receive everyone's attention, thinking about that scene really made her a little flustered.

So this morning she came here a little earlier than the scheduled time, trying not to be the last person to arrive besides Lucis—then she would have to walk up the royal steps under everyone's gaze.fear.

It didn't mean that she couldn't wait for Lucis outside the multi-pillared hall, and then go in with him, but Tetis reminded her that it was better for her to wait in the multi-pillared hall for such an important occasion.

"Although there is nothing wrong with His Highness doing that, there are many people from foreign missions here today. They wait outside the multi-pillared hall to be summoned before entering the hall. If you are waiting outside, you are likely to meet them.”

It's not possible, but someone will come to meet her by chance, especially the members of the Kata mission. Since meeting them on the return boat last time, Ella has not missed the calculations in the depths of these people's eyes, even if they hide it again.Deep, Ella could feel it too.

Ella understands this very well. Since she has been staying away recently to avoid these foreign messengers, there is no need to give them a chance when they are on the doorstep.

As she walked, she told herself: You are not someone who has never seen a big scene, don't be nervous, don't be afraid, at most you will be watched by others, you are used to it, take it easy.

Repeatedly brainwashing herself like this did have some effect, and she wasn't that nervous.

Then as she walked, she saw Lucis in a cross corridor still some distance away from the multi-pillared hall.

This "T"-shaped corridor is the only way to go to the multi-column hall. There are two remaining directions, one leads to the side of Ella's bedroom, and the other can go to the royal temple, where you will meet Lucis.Not so unexpected.

But Ayla has learned about the process of the blessing ceremony in the temple today. At this time, although the ceremony should be coming to an end, Lucis should still be in the temple, not here.

Lucis today is also very grandly dressed, with a unique red and white crown on his head, a golden scepter in the shape of a hook and a flail symbolizing supreme power in each of his left and right hands, and a pharaoh's collar on a gorgeous robe, the sun god amulet, and the golden armband are all good. He just stood there quietly, staring at this side. The huge Mr. Lion is lying lazily beside him. From a distance, it looks like a shrine deep in the temple.statue of the gods above.

Ella didn't expect to see him here, but she had to admit that when she saw Lucis, her agitated mood immediately settled down, leaving only surprise and relief.

She stepped up to meet her, the smile on her face was as delicate as a freshly bloomed flower, and her tone was filled with unconscious intimacy and joy: "Why are you here? The blessing ceremony is over?"

"Um."

Worried that Ella would be nervous waiting alone in the multi-pillared hall, or be entangled by someone else, Lucis would rush here to wait for her immediately after the blessing ceremony. If according to the previous arrangements,He will also take a rest in the temple and come to the pillared hall again at about the same time.

When the big lion lying on the ground saw her, he stretched his waist and stood up shaking his head, and greeted her with a low growl.

Ella smiled and waved at it.

Lucis casually tossed the two scepters in his hand to the officer next to him. The latter didn't expect him to come suddenly, and he caught it with his hands reflexively. After seeing what was in his hand, he panicked.Turn around and entrust it to the tray held by other attendants. This scepter representing supreme power can only be held by His Majesty the King. Others have to be careful not to touch it with their hands even in daily cleaning. The one he just took,If His Majesty blames him, he can directly chop off his head.

But Lucis doesn't pay attention to this. At this time, he has no time to pay attention to this little thing. After throwing the scepter, he will naturally reach out to hold Ella. don't know when, as long as the two are together, there is nothing else to do.When doing it, they are always used to holding or holding each other. Ella's skin is cold, Lucis's body temperature is high, and the palms of his hands are also hot. When the two hands are held together, the temperature is just right.

Ella took his arm with all her strength, and a strong, white and slender arm was stuck together through a thin cloth: "Have you waited for a long time?"

"No, I just arrived too." He was telling the truth. He was worried that Ella would arrive before him, and he specially sent an attendant to wait here. He didn't tell her that he didn't want her to come here early if she found out.

I didn't expect the two sides to arrive at about the same time.

He walked forward slowly with Ayla on his arm, followed by the big lion and other messengers, deliberately slowing down so that they could reach the hall of pillars almost at the point of pinch.

Although Aila felt that she had set off earlier, she didn't know that the officials who could participate in the court meeting were used to arriving at the multi-pillared hall early, especially on special and important days like today, some of them would go half a day or even a day earlier.It is time to come, so even if it is not yet the stipulated time, almost all the people in the multi-pillared hall have arrived.

If she arrives alone, she may really enjoy the usual treatment of Lucis, and climb the royal steps under everyone's attention-after all, although she is now Lucis's fiancée, she is also aThe foreign princess, the nobles of Sathia will respect her, but they don't need to be in awe like the king, and they can't even lift their heads when she appears.

Some people even approached her at this time, asking all kinds of questions, which made her tired of coping.

While it wasn't a big deal, Lucis wanted to keep his girl from having to deal with it alone.

She will face these alone in the future, but at that time, the queen's laurel crown will allow her not to restrain herself to deal with others in front of everyone, but to hold her chin high, and proudly make everyone bow their heads respectfully.Dare to make a mistake.

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Just as Ella was worried, someone outside the multi-pillared hall was indeed trying to have a chance encounter with her, and then took the opportunity to make a good relationship and make friends, and then they found that there were quite a few people who thought so, and they immediately looked at the eyes of the people next to themThey all came under scrutiny.

But in the end they didn't get the chance.

Originally, Ella’s route to the Multi-Pillared Hall was not the same as other people who came in from outside the palace, and the missions waiting to be summoned were arranged to wait in the lounge on one side, and this direction was not the same as the route Ella chose today.On the same side, if they want to meet her outside the hall of pillars, they have to pass through the gate of the hall of pillars and go to the other side to meet her.

Horns made of ox horns sounded, announcing the arrival of their Majesty the King to all in the Hypostyle Hall.

The ministers waiting in the multi-pillared hall lowered their heads, but the corners of their eyes were aimed at the gate. Unsurprisingly, two pairs of feet stepped into the multi-pillared hall at the same time, the princess and His Majesty.

Today's court meeting is not only His Majesty's birthday, but also an important diplomatic moment to accept gifts from foreign envoys. His Majesty also brought this princess to attend, not only to express his love for the princess to the Sathiya people again, but also to express his love for the princess to the Sathiya people.Declare to all countries that this is the future queen of Sathya. If you want to touch her, you have to think about whether you can bear Sathya's anger.

Thinking of what happened not long ago, everyone can understand His Majesty's intentions. If some of the nobles in the past might have objected to having a foreign queen, or even privately felt that the origin of the silver-haired princess was unknown, maybe one day they wouldIt is not suitable to be a queen at all to bring disaster to Sathya.

But now this kind of thinking is almost eliminated. Regarding the series of actions of the princess after she came to Sathya, they can’t say that she will bring disaster to Sathya. On the contrary, she even saved Sathya.It is because of her that malaria has solved the panic and persecution that malaria has caused to mankind for a long time, no one can say such a thing.

They were even unwilling to let Her Royal Highness leave, who knows what miracles will happen to her.

Aristocrats and businessmen value interests as much as they do. There is nothing wrong with having such a queen who can bring benefits to everyone, and the queen is alone and has no natal family, so other people can be better at the top. On balance, accept this futureThe queen has become a very normal thing.

Ella didn't know what they were thinking, and she wasn't interested in knowing. She followed Lucis up the royal steps. There were two chairs here, one was a golden throne, and a wooden chair was placed in front of the left-hand side of the throne.That, of course, was for Ella.

If she is the queen now, this chair will be replaced by a golden chair and placed side by side next to the throne, and if it is a less formal occasion, and the king has many favorite concubines, they will sit directly on the steps more often, the side chair is very special, even if it is a fiancée, according to Sathya's customs, she can't sit here, especially when no one can sit down except him.

But as long as it is such a formal occasion, Lucis will prepare a chair for Ella, and she is never asked to stand.

After they were seated, Lucis picked up the golden scepter of the hook and flail again, holding it in front of his chest. He maintained this posture, accepting the worship of everyone with his eyes downcast.

It looks more like a statue.

Ella was distracted for a moment, and in exchange for Lucis' questioning look, she blinked and smiled at him, indicating that it was all right.

The meeting officially began.

The missionaries were summoned into the hall one by one. They knelt down to congratulate Lucis, read the congratulatory message written by the country's lord, and presented carefully prepared gifts.

This process was pre-determined, no accidents occurred, and the gifts were all expensive gifts that matched Lucis's identity. The whole process was well-regulated without any mistakes.

Ella originally thought that there would be beauties from various countries in the gifts they sent, just like the last time when Kata came.When Lucis celebrated his twentieth birthday, many countries also brought their own princesses, showing the meaning of marriage.

At that time, Lucis had only been on the throne for five years, and he had never married a queen. In the eyes of other countries, he was very sweet, and of course he is now.

But although there are no beauties in the gift, there are some beauties outside the gift.

Just like in the teams of these missions, there are many young and beautiful princesses and noble ladies visiting together. When presenting gifts, the most precious gifts are also held by them and delivered to Lucis in person, one by one.The handsome and handsome King Sathya shyly smiled affectionately, with a look of admiration for a long time, and he obviously had thoughts on Lucis that anyone with a discerning eye could see. Coupled with a few introductions from the ambassador next to him,Although he didn't say it directly, both inside and outside the words reveal the meaning of wanting to get married.

During the whole process, they seemed to ignore the existence of Ella, a big living person.

Ella didn't know what other people would think about the situation where her fiancé was proposed. Anyway, she had become numb from the anger at the beginning, because there were too many people expressing such thoughts, but no one directlySpeaking out, she didn't even have a chance to speak - of course she just couldn't speak, this is what Lucis should do.

And Lu Xisi's performance did not disappoint her, he completely ignored the meaning revealed in their words, and was indifferent to those beauties who offered gifts, and he didn't even give them a look.

And his reaction just showed his own attitude. If you accept the gift, you can forget about it.

The ministers know their majesty very well. He always behaved like this in previous years, neither agreeing nor refusing, but completely ignoring it is already very embarrassing. The most recent time was when the silver-haired princess followed KataWhen the delegation visited, their Majesty did this to the noble ladies in the Kata mission, and it was at a banquet at that time, which was no more serious than the current occasion, and many people even taunted the Kata people.If the princess had an accident, the scene would be embarrassing until the end of the banquet.

So these missions are lucky now, at least they are not the only ones being ignored, and everyone has the same result.

And Ella was puzzled why she didn't present a beauty. In fact, there were some in the first place. Lucis has not been married for so many years. Naturally, there are people who stare at the queen's throne. Apart from their own countries, other countries are also very willing to be with such a powerful woman.Even if it is not the position of the queen, it is worth planning for them to give birth to a prince with the blood of their country in the future.

Therefore, before many missions came to Sathya, they recorded the list of tributes. There were all beauties from their own countries. They even brought a few beautiful princesses and noble ladies with them. It goes without saying.

Marriage between royal families of various countries is very common, and there is no need to cover up their thoughts.

Even if they heard that there was a beauty beside the young King Sathya before they set off, they did not change their minds. On the contrary, many people thought it was a signal that King Sathya finally knew how to appreciate beauties.

As long as he can appreciate it, it will be easy. No matter what kind of beauties they can prepare for him, there will always be one who can catch his eyes and enter his harem. As long as they can do this, they will be counted.Half the battle.

But this kind of thinking changed a little after entering Sathya and knowing how favored the princess was and how she was able to treat malaria patients.

In addition to receiving donations, they also wanted to get some benefits from Sathya to take back with them during this visit. Now, among the things they want to get is a prescription for treating malaria, and they want to get it by all means.

And this prescription is said to come from the silver-haired princess. They want the prescription, of course they should start from King Sathya, but the princess's attitude is also very important, especially a pillow wind, which can make them pay more, but also allows them to reduce their expenditure.

So they immediately canceled the beauties who contributed to the list.

It was indeed a gesture of favor to the princess.

Secondly, was worried about losing face.

Although the missions of various countries are very confident in the beauties selected by their countries, the rumored princess has received too many compliments, and the missions have also asked them in private when they visited the nobles of Sathya.The parity of a princess, even compared with the beauties of their own country, without exception, all Sathyas are on the side of the princess, and they are very appreciative of her appearance, which also makes them feel uncomfortable, and it is not easy to losethis face.

In addition, they also prepared expensive gifts for the princess.

The ambassadors have all heard about the origin of this princess, and know that she came to Sathya alone after suffering a disaster, and she has nothing but the favor of the king of Sathya (no), so they all think that as long as the prepared gifts are enoughIt is precious, not to mention that the silver-haired princess can immediately agree to their request and give them the prescription in private, at least there is a chance to meet and talk.

As for the fact that they still have the mission of marriage, which might make the princess unhappy, the ambassadors didn't take it seriously, and they didn't even think there was any conflict between the two.

Originally, royal marriages of various countries are common, and the king of Sathya can only marry one wife, and they will also have other people. If they cooperate with them, there will be a mutual support person in the haremNow, and the marriage they are planning is not for the position of queen—everyone knows that the Sathyas hardly allow people from other countries to be queens, and the exception of the silver-haired princess is very rare—this is what the ambassadorsIt seems that the marriage they requested will not threaten the status of the silver-haired princess.

In addition, because they were rejected a lot in the past, they are actually not sure that King Sathya will agree., They can also cancel this marriage plan.

As a result, it has been so many days since Lucis and Ella returned to the capital, and the ambassadors of various countries have no chance to see the princess. Not to mention, even the specially prepared gifts were returned directly.The missions of various countries were very angry, and they felt that she was too arrogant and looked down upon others.

So even if the marriage failed in the end, they still followed the original plan, arranged for princesses and noble ladies to appear on the stage when presenting gifts, and even told them in private that they must behave well in front of King Sathya and strive to stay in the palace.Sathya.

So even if they saw the real appearance of the princess at the scene, they didn't cancel the original marriage plan. Anyway, the princess doesn't look like she will help them, so it's better to hope that King Sathya will take a fancy to their countryMiss Princess, it is better to plan for the future.

It's a pity that judging by the situation at the scene, this matter may not be possible.