58. Worshiping the Demon Queen in Front of the Hall 1
As Yu Heng said, as long as the demon court does not rebel, there are not so many rules. Therefore, to meet the demon queen, you do not need to wear official uniforms and heavy official hats like the human race, but as long as you wear them appropriately and beautifully, there will be no problems.
No.
You can understand it if you think about it. Those who have been hanging around in front of the Demon Queen for hundreds of years have lived not only for thousands of years, but even if she is forgetful, she should still remember these faces, so the necessity of official uniforms has been lost.
From this, I suspect that the Demon Queen has recently promoted new people because she hates the old faces.
Some clues can be seen from the official documents.
For example, Shi Yashan, who was in charge of the Ministry of Personnel five hundred years ago, was suddenly replaced by Lin Hao, who was only about 800 years old thirty years ago. This is an example. When Shi Yashan was in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, his main idea was that officials must have
Military merit means that if you want to be an official, you must have fought on the battlefield, from a soldier to a centurion or a general. Only then can you be qualified to transfer to major official positions in other departments. Lin Hao advocates meritocracy.
That is to say, what kind of official position do you have according to your talents? Small talents can be used in a small way, and big talents can be used in a big way. In this way, people can find an official position that suits them.
I prefer the latter.
But the former is closely related to the political situation at that time. It cannot be wrong.
At that time, it was the middle and late stages of the war with the demons, and the battle was all about strength. If you didn't have a basic understanding of being a general, how could you understand the legal system and personnel structure in wartime?
The reason why I agree with Lin Hao's political plan is because the Demon Queen and the Demons made peace a hundred years ago. After decades of peaceful life, many wartime systems have completely failed to keep up, such as the restrictions on the refining of magic weapons.
, the restrictions on the use of materials are no longer the situation at that time. At this time, many things need to be changed, otherwise it will restrict various social affairs of the demon people in peaceful times.
In other words, the thinking of the people who were promoted to high-ranking officials under the wartime system has aged and cannot be reversed. The rules they have formulated have already caused dissatisfaction among many people. The criticism and abuse in the underreporting is an example of this.
How can we still use them under such circumstances?
Therefore, policies have to change in terms of the selection of officials, and Shi Yashan is obviously the first resistance.
Instead of changing his thoughts, he changed people. The Demon Queen replaced him with Lin Hao, whose thoughts were more advanced with the times.
I was wearing a blue and white robe, and a celadon flower crown on top. I bought this from the human market. It was not expensive, only ten taels of silver. I stood in front of the mirror.
, I carefully arranged my shoulder-length hair, then took the wat board, carefully checked that the memos written on it were marked correctly, then walked out of the room and got on the sedan chair.
The sedan in Yaodu is very high-end and is pulled by four one-meter-tall giant wolves. It runs much faster than a carriage and will quickly give way to anyone it sees.
The four giant wolves are a symbol of status. Oh, I forgot to mention that the "bridal messenger" currently assigned to me by the Demon Queen is a third-rank official, the same level as a minister, which shows how seriously she takes this matter. Fourth-grade officer
The car pulled by a giant wolf can only be used by officials of third rank or above.
I only saw Liangya and Master Zhuang beside the car, but not Tianyao. I thought maybe she was still not feeling well, so I should let her go. Originally, the previous court did not bring a maid with me, so I took it with me.
Liangya and Master Zhuang went to the imperial city together. If anything happened, Liangya could pass the news back and forth, and if he had any questions, he could ask Master Zhuang at any time. He had been in the turbulent times of the human race and was better at dealing with emergencies.
The demon capital looks more solemn than I imagined. After entering the imperial city, I got off the sedan chair at Xiama Bridge. After crossing the bridge, I saw a long bridge that was 100 meters long and 10 meters wide. There was the sound of roaring water under the bridge.
The mountain wind brought up the spring water that fell from the mountain, weaving a beautiful rainbow in the sky. There were guard handles on the bridge, and every step of the way, we didn't even dare to take a breath.
After finally crossing the long bridge and passing the ten-meter-high statue of Fuxi and Nuwa, the majestic Demon Court is in front of us. At this moment, we are officially waiting for the time to go to court. Officials of all levels are already in front of the Demon Court according to their official rank.
They formed two teams and I stood at the end of the team.
"Is this my dear friend a bride-to-be sender?" A man standing in front of me suddenly turned around and asked me in a stern voice.
um, yes.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he took out a small bottle from his sleeve, put it into my hand, and whispered: "Sir, please keep this with you, so you can take a sip later when someone is not prepared. If you wait later
The effect will be better if you can’t bear the pain.”
Huh? What is this?
"Toilet water that relieves pain and removes blood stasis." He said.
What does this mean? I took a closer look at the bottle and saw nothing strange, but what was this guy doing by giving me this? What about "the pain will be better if you can't stand it for longer"? What on earth was he talking about? What did I do?
Falling into the clouds and fog.
He chuckled and continued his special performance: "You will know later. What I bought is that you can stand up. Most of the people in front of me bought you because you can't stand up, and some even bought you when you were carried unconscious.
Come on, if you drink the medicine I gave you, it will definitely make you stand up and still be able to do what you want to do. Hmm... Also, brother, this time the whole bet is on you not being able to stand up, so
As long as you stand up, we will win. If you can stand up, I can discuss with others and give you 10% of the bet."
ah?
Why were they betting on me? I couldn't help but frown. How did they know I would be hurt?
Just as I was about to ask more questions, suddenly the guards in front of the palace shouted loudly: "On May 19th, the time for morning court has arrived. Your Majesty, my emperor will pay your respects early!"
Everyone filed into the hall, and I followed behind.
The main hall of Yaoting is large, but very bright. Hundreds of lamps lit by seal oil and clear oil are mixed in the air, illuminating the hall better than the sunlight outside.
The plaque in the main hall has the same words as the human race, with the words "upright and bright", but there is no shadow of the dragon chair, only a phoenix seat with several screens stacked up behind it. Under the light, the phoenix seat was dyed
The golden color is breathtakingly noble.
There were two claps of "papa", and everyone lowered their heads and clasped their hands, as if waiting for important people to enter, so I followed their example.
When he looked up again, there was already a beautiful woman on the phoenix throne. The demon queen looked not much different from a noble woman. She was dressed in purple, with her hair neatly tied on the top of her head, and ten jade hairpins that tied them together perfectly.
Beautiful flower shape.
"Long live my emperor, long live the emperor." Everyone bowed deeply.
The Demon Court is very similar to the human race. I am a little curious about who brought this set of etiquette to the Demon Court. After saying "Excuse me", the Demon Queen looked very impatient. She raised her head and saw that the Demon Queen had already said:
"Is the messenger Cong Shaoqing here today?"
I was trembling in my heart. Me? The Demon Queen is calling me?
Well, luckily I arrived at the Demon City to meet the Holy Spirit on the agreed date. If I had been there for a day or two at night, I really don’t know what would have happened.
Feeling uneasy in my heart but calm in my movements, I walked out from the two groups of officials and stood in the atrium with everyone's eyes on me. I answered loudly: "I send my envoy Cong Shaoqing to pay homage to my emperor. I wish my emperor long live, long live, long live."
!" These words are all clichés, just stick to them. It's natural that the Demon Queen will live a long life. In fact, she just wants to be happy.
The Demon Queen said: "Well, it's the right time. Do you know your sin?"
My heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, the Demon Queen wanted me to come here because of that poem.
"I am aware of my guilt." What else is there to say?
"Where are the Golden Palace warriors? Drag them down and give them ten lashes!"