Starting from January 25th in winter, the empire enters the "Colorful Night" - the imperial capital's colorful lanterns stay on all night, with the palace as the core, and the eight main streets of the imperial capital are lit with bright red, orange, too yellow, goose green, indigo, azure,
Lanterns in eight colors of light purple and deep pink are used. The end of the main road is the city wall. The city wall is also lit with the same eight colors of lanterns according to the Bagua. Infinite lights dance on the white snow.
15 years ago, several magicians cast the levitation technique while chatting at Cai Xiao night. They rose to an altitude of 400 meters and overlooked the imperial capital. They were shocked by the beautiful scenery on the snowy night. From that night on, every time before and after Cai Xiao night, the levitation technique in the imperial capital was performed.
Scrolls are sold like crazy, especially scrolls made by high-level magicians above the Grand Mage. They can float in the air for about an hour and can rise to an altitude of 600 meters. Such a scroll is worth hundreds of gold coins.
At 6:00 pm on January 29, Year 5 of the Magical Calendar, when the last ray of light fell from the Western Mountain, the eight large, eight small and sixteen city gates of the imperial capital were lit up with colored lanterns at the same time.
"Tao - Tao - Tao, Tao, Tao, Tao..."
A series of salutes reached a point in an instant. Each of the big city gates fired 108 guns, and each of the small city gates fired 72 guns. More than 1,600 salutes made the sky above the Imperial City wall look like daylight.
"Happy birthday to His Majesty the King!"
"I wish His Majesty the King long live without borders!"
"I wish His Majesty the King eternal peace and prosperity!"
"I wish His Majesty the King eternal happiness!"
At least 1 million people participated in each birthday celebration. The people spontaneously congratulated in unison. The sound started from the east, then to the south, then to the west, and finally to the north. The sky was boiling over the imperial capital. Every citizen of the imperial capital showed a look of joy on their faces.
"Woo--Woo-Woo--" A sharp horn sound sounded in the square in front of the palace, and the voices of the people quickly disappeared. After ten trumpets, 30 imperial military attachés shouted in the palace atrium: "Your Majesty's decree
, respectfully invite the people’s representatives to enter the palace.” 95 people’s representatives from all provinces of the empire entered the palace.
"His Majesty issued an edict to respectfully invite envoys from all empires to enter the palace."
"His Majesty issued an edict to respectfully invite envoys from all kingdoms to enter the palace."
"His Majesty issued an edict to respectfully invite the representatives of the Magic Guild to enter the palace."
"Your Majesty has issued an edict to respectfully invite the nobles of the empire to enter the palace."
The palace covers an area of 1,500 acres, of which the grand meeting hall covers an area of 5 acres. Only on the birthday day, the hall does not seem empty. Hundreds of tables are neatly arranged in twelve vertical and fifty-eight horizontal directions. Behind each table
They were all full of people.
At the front are the representatives of the common people, which is the latest regulation after Hongshi ascended the throne, that the common people are supreme; followed by envoys from various countries, then the civil and military ministers in Beijing, and then the heads of the imperial aristocracy.
The Red Stone Emperor was wearing an ocher-yellow robe and a mountain helmet on his head. He was sitting behind the desk with a smile on his face: "Dear pillars of the empire and envoys of friendly countries -" the emperor said while raising the wine glass in his hand high: "Congratulations.
The continent of Eminor has good weather and the people are happy; I wish all the empires prosperity and peace forever."
More than 600 guests in the room raised their glasses at the same time: "I wish your Majesty a long life and eternal blessings."
"Let's play music--" A musician from the fourth province in the southern part of the empire gently struck the silk and bamboo in his hand.
The palace servants are constantly bringing new food and drinks to the dining table from both sides of the grand banquet hall. Rainbow trout roe from the west coast of the mainland, deep-sea hairtail from the east coast of the mainland, fresh fruits from all seasons from the south of the empire, flying dragon birds from the north of the empire, etc.
The federation's bear paws and all the delicacies imaginable were served one after another from the kitchen. Representatives of the people continued to present local specialties to the Red Stone Emperor through the servants. His Majesty the King passed the gifts to the princes around him to visit and praised them.
The bountiful produce.
A man with the rank of Captain of the Guards came in at the door and whispered a few words to the chamberlain. The chamberlain hesitated for a moment, then walked to the Gyeonggi General Marquis Chi Hanfeng and whispered. Chi Hanfeng frowned slightly.
, stood up and walked out. Behind him, Da Qingshan and Chi Aotian, who were attending the banquet as Chimen disciples, were also slightly startled and vaguely heard "South of the city... fire...", and just wanted to stand up and follow him out. The Marquis said in a low voice
He dropped a sentence: "Chi Aotian stays here, don't move. Da Qingshan, follow me." The young man in black stood up.
Just after leaving the grand banquet hall, there were three or four Guards officers outside the door. The first one was the Guards Squadron Leader: "Your Excellency, General, because there are too many residents participating in the celebration in the southern city of the empire, the lights on both sides of the main road in the southern city have been blocked."
It fell over and caused a fire."
"Oh? Are there any casualties?" What are you afraid of? The reason why Emperor Hongshi is unwilling to hold frequent large-scale celebrations, especially birthdays, is because he is afraid of these unexpected situations. As a soldier in Gyeonggi Province, Chi Hanfeng also knows this very well.
His head is even bigger.
"It's not clear yet. We have gathered a team from the Swordsman Battalion in the southern region to put out the fire, and two other mobile teams to evacuate residents. More than 20 clergy from the Holy See are cooperating with us to rescue people." The team leader's face was also written all over.
Worried.
"Oh..." There was a hint of relief in Chi Hanfeng's tone. With clergy who believe in light providing on-site rescue, the number of casualties among residents will be much lower. If it's just burning a few houses, it's not a big deal. The empire has a specialized department.
Responsible for resettling distressed residents.
"Your Excellency, General, we are afraid that the fire will spread. Can we send two squads from other districts to help?" The Imperial Guard currently has only six squadron captains and two squadron captains in the imperial capital. Each squadron captain now shoulders the heavy responsibility of the previous squadron captain.
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"It's better to transfer a team from the palace. The palace has the least things to do now. Just have a squadron in charge. Also, 500 people from the Xuanqing Dixinglong Mercenary Group will be taken into the duty team."
"Yes, Your Excellency."
"Remember one thing: neither I nor the king hope that any ordinary residents will be injured or killed today. We will make every effort to ensure the safety of the residents." As a general of Gyeonggi Province, if he leaves the meeting for a long time, he will definitely be discovered by someone who is interested.
Affected the atmosphere of the banquet, Chi Hanfeng hurriedly said a few words and took Da Qingshan back to the hall.