Chapter 194 Scarlet Wedding(1/2)
Cangcun Emperor Capital, Titania.
The white city walls stand tall on the ground, surrounding the extremely prosperous city in the middle. In this giant city where about 2 million people live, emerald green plants and blooming flowers can be seen everywhere. Most of the streets are also extremely neat. Walking in one of the alleys is like walking in a warm and peaceful town.
Today is the day of the prince’s wedding. A white or pink rose is inserted on the doors of every household, symbolizing blessings and celebrations.
In the center of the city, before the Rose Palace.
The beautiful petals spread all over the sky and the earth, the lively crowds, happy music, waving hands, and blessing sounds gather together to form the wedding scene.
The two newlyweds waved gently to the people in the square, then turned around and walked into the palace behind.
Walking through the long green courtyard and walking through the central avenue decorated with white statues, the two newlyweds slowly climbed the central palace steps as the nobles bowed their shoulders.
Looking up a little, above the door, the pair of lifelike roses carved in the sun reflect a faint soft light, which is shocking and beautiful.
"Let's go in, my dear." Prince Ansel took the hand of the fiancee beside him and said gently.
In the past twenty years, he had never thought that he would speak to others in such a gentle tone in this life, but from the day he met Frosia, he changed his past thoughts.
Once upon a time, he scoffed at the so-called political marriage. Instead of relying on various relationships to win over others, he hoped to win everything with his own skills.
In his opinion, beautiful girls are just things that can be seen everywhere. As the prince, there are countless girls who want to curry favor with him in the empire. So at every banquet, he had to take several servants to help him block the women he wanted to get close to. For a long time, he even hated the smell of those charming perfumes. But as the next ruler of the empire, he still hid this resistance in his heart very well.
So when he heard that his father appointed a marriage for him, he was not happy, and of course he did not resist. Because in his opinion, this was just a necessary process in life. Most of the marriages of nobles were like this, and many times it was just for the unification and deepening of power. After getting married and having children, they almost went through their own lives, and on the surface they were only maintained.
He once thought so, even though people often say how beautiful the lady of the Landsworth family was, he was still unmoved. The word beauty is used too much in aristocratic life, and there will be people who praise it so much that the poet even had to come up with various exaggerated words to highlight the uniqueness of the object of praise.
And for a long time, he no longer had any interest in the so-called praise.
But everything is changed until that day.
I still remember that it was in the afternoon, and he was going to the martial arts arena with a few servants to exercise. Then a father's waiter came to inform him, hoping that he would go to the central Butterfly Courtyard as soon as possible, where the emperor and the grand duke of the unicorn were already waiting.
Then, when he walked into the familiar courtyard, he saw the girl standing under the flower vine rack, her quiet face, peerless appearance, and soft blonde hair emitting a hazy halo in the bright and dark sunlight. Everything was like the most beautiful dream.
He stood quietly for nearly ten seconds in rare instances before he walked forward in the slightly surprised gaze of the servant. This was also the fact that he had lost his composure over the years.
And today this beautiful dream will turn into reality.
Holding the soft hand gently, he 'inadvertently' his fiancée's light golden hair and crown, and his heart was filled with peace and happiness.
If she existed, I would like to put down my hands that had been holding the sword and embrace the beautiful rose. He recalled the words of a certain palace poet.
After entering the hall, the grand nobles dressed in gorgeous and decent clothes on both sides of the passage congratulated them one after another. They looked at the two newcomers with a smile, and then the team slowly walked up to the front of the central stage, and a priest wearing white background and a gold-edged costume looked at them kindly.
"Everyone, please be a little quiet." The host next to him said to the venue with a small alchemy loudspeaker. Then the noise gradually stopped in the hall, and everyone's eyes also gathered here.
This palace specializing in the ceremony is extremely magnificent. On the dome that is dozens of meters high, there are exquisite carvings and drawings. The pillars in the hall are also gorgeous gold, with no repetition of fairy patterns on it. The buildings in the Cangcui Empire well inherit the complex and luxurious style of the elves.
Seeing that everyone had settled down, the host with a mustache also smiled slightly, and began to introduce and tell the history of the empire in sequence, and then slowly quoted the friendship between the current royal family and the Landsworth family.
Although this seems a bit complicated to outsiders, it is indeed part of the noble wedding, and as the royal family, it also pays more attention to it.
"...... Then, finally, I invite Cang Yue and the successor of Jade, the guardian of the entire empire, and the commander of the army of glory... Ival is the most brilliant Gemini star in the world, His Majesty Perryon, His Majesty Lios." The host talked about the long title of the current Cangcui Emperor, and after the final reading, he quickly recited the title of the current Unicorn Grand Duke and invited him to enter.
According to the existing process, both parents will enter the venue at this time and give blessings to the couple, which means that they will make the final oath before the priest, as well as declare the marriage and the conclusion of the contract.
At this time, everyone in the hall slowly turned their bodies, looked quietly at the door behind, and waited for the entry of the two Majesties and the Landsworth family heads.
However, after a long time, the door still had no movement.
The host on the stage gradually sweated from his forehead. Although he was also a nobleman with real power, if he messed up such an important occasion, the consequences would be unimaginable.
In his anxiety, he hurriedly called the servants from one side and asked him to go out through the small door behind the side to see what the situation outside is now.
The familiar young attendant nodded, responded to a gesture, then lowered his head and walked quickly towards the other side door.
He skillfully pulled the door, but this time he just took a step forward and stopped and stood there blankly.
There were several corpses standing upside down behind the door, many of which were his former colleagues and companions.
And just as he was about to shout in horror, the door of the hall finally opened.
Slap
The applause was neither too fast nor too fast, and it was particularly prominent in the quiet hall.
"I'm sorry, my dear brother Wang, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed today." A handsome prince with the same blonde hair walked into the hall, and behind him were teams of fully armed Red Knights.
These knights in red gold armor, holding shields and long swords, quickly entered the hall. The heavy armor collided with each other and made a shocking friction sound.
Soon, nearly 500 red knights surrounded the entire hall. They held their shields and swords tightly, separated the guests in the hall from the two newcomers in the middle, and then surrounded the red-clothed prince in the rear.
"Emank!?"
Prince Ansel frowned and looked at the man, and several servants who were also wearing white background and gold leaf costumes also protected him. These servants were his confidants who grew up together. Their talents and abilities were carefully selected. Although there were not many, they were all in sequence 6, which gave him a little comfort.
"Yes, it's me, the grandson of the previous emperor, Aimank." He stopped slowly and stood in the middle of the hall.
Suddenly, he turned around and looked at the surprised people present.
"I know you might be guessing something, but what I want to say is that the truth is not that simple."
"If it were not forbidden, I wouldn't want to disturb the wedding today and scare you all."
"But things have indeed come to a terrifying moment."
He turned and stretched out his hand, pointing at Prince Ansel. "You, Prince Ansel, and your twin brothers, in order to take over the throne, bribe the attendants around the emperor and poison the two great emperors, so that the two Majesties just died this morning."
As the words fell, boiling screams sounded in the venue, as if they were exploding.
"What!"
"This...how is this possible?"
"Your Majesty actually left on the same day."
"Really...will this happen?" Everyone was suspicious and disbelief. After all, things were too sudden, and Ansel's reputation on weekdays was not bad.
"I know someone will not believe it." Emank said loudly, suppressing the noisy noise for the time being.
"But I will let everyone know that this is not false or slander!"
After the words of the prince in red were settled, familiar faces slowly walked into the hall.
"That's... the close minister around His Majesty, Kingsley?"
"And the former minister of the imperial court, Von Lod."
"Oh, there is actually the commander of the Guards, General Sojung."
Everyone was talking about the faces in surprise.
"What His Highness Emank said is indeed the truth. If he had not received the secret order, we would have been silenced by His Highness Ansel." An old minister said in a trembling tone.
"This is slander."
Faced with these accusations, Ansel did not feel hysterical, but answered solemnly. Such accusations were not enough to refute his identity as the prince.
"I knew that Brother Wang would definitely not submit. In fact, I also believe that with your means, it is impossible to surrender so shamelessly."
Emank looked at the familiar face in front of him, slowly clenched the hilt of the sword around his waist with one hand, and slowly pulled it out.
The blade of the sword passed through the crisp tremor, slowly revealing it in the hall reflected by the candlelight, reflecting a burst of cold light.
"So, let's solve it in the most direct way."
"What right do you have to draw your sword from me? Is it that I love mank. Just by the slander of those humble people?"
"Remember your identity, the grandson of the previous emperor, not the descendants of the current emperor. Maybe you also have blood similar to mine, but now your behavior is equivalent to treason and rebellion!"
"Get this traitor for me!" Ansel shouted loudly, which shocked countless people. Many nobles present began to hesitate.
"Stop!" Emank swung his sword directly, and dozens of red knights rushed forward.
The two sides fought fiercely in the hall. The narrow sword blade was as red as blood, fighting with the servants wearing white clothes and holding silver swords. Although these servants were not many, only about 20, they were all extraordinary and soon gained the upper hand and began to suppress their opponents.
Seeing this scene, Emank waved his hand again, and teams of red knights surrounded him one after another, and the crimson light circulated on the armor.
"Bloodblade Knights!? Are they not guarding the border of the empire? How could they appear here?" Some nobles looked at this scene and were shocked to speculate. Some people wanted to go up to help Ansel, but the Bloodblade Knights surrounding them in front of them were elites on the border, and their strength was above 5, and they were the top powerful legions in the empire.
Compared with the nobles who are in the gentle town of the imperial capital, these border knights are all murderous, which makes people frightened.
With the resonance of these elite knights, under the red sword blade, white-clothed servants were surrounded and killed on the spot.
"Ah..." Several long swords were pulled out from the servant's body in front of him, bringing out blood, and then kicking him on his body, causing him to fall into a pool of blood on the ground.
"You are the elite of the empire, why should you obey this person's order?" After the servant in front of him fell, Ansel protected Frosia behind him and pulled out the gorgeous long sword at his waist.
‘The golden leaves turned into the hilt of the sword, and the silver moonlight turned into the body of the sword. When the sword was pulled out, it was like a king coming.’
This is the words recorded in the poem, and it is also the origin of the long sword in Ansel's hand. The sword of the founding king Yalin. It is said that it was created by the fairies at the request of the elf queen, using extremely rare materials, and being blessed by the fairies.
When the sword was pulled out, the slight wind echoed in the hall with a faint halo. When people were in a stable mood, they seemed to no longer want to fight.
When Emank saw the sword, his eyes narrowed, he endured the gradually rising stability in his heart, stepped forward quickly, and finally his figure seemed to gallop.
clang--
The crisp clash sounded in the hall, and then rubbed against each other tremblingly.
Emank and Ansel held swords and stood each other together, staring at each other with their eyes, both of which were equally burning. If you look closely, you will find that the two of them are somewhat similar. After all, they all have the same grandfather, and they are usually called brothers.
"Why?" Ansel looked at Emank. The other party was not an irrational person.
To be continued...