Ninety-two the eve of the ceremony
The sudden rain of early summer came and went quickly, washing the sky into a clear blue sky, but the rising sun was like a shy lady, hiding in layers of clouds, unwilling to show her head easily.
Just after the morning, the breeze blowing was still covered with coolness, but it was a cool weather that was rare in summer. The guards of the Duke of Daisy King Capital were busy with this coolness.
Some of them stood by the bulletin board and explained to the stopped pedestrians and merchants, ordering them to detour through other city gates; some of them were cleaning the floating soil on the road and sprinkling some clear water so that the occasional residual stubborn people would not be picked up by the naughty breeze hook; and some were also cleaning and sorting out other things near the city gates.
Among these guards, some of them were dressed like captains, and were traveling back and forth between them, constantly checking for something.
One of them suddenly stopped in front of the guard who decorated the wooden door. He looked at him and frowned and said, "Didn't you know you if you had known you, so that you could dress neatly. Why is your hair still messy!"
The guard was a little guilty and explained in a low voice: "I, my hair is already a little curly."
But this was useless. The captain ignored this at all. He just asked the guard to turn around and rake him with his hands. After working hard for a while, it still failed, he spitted some spray on his palms and wiped it on the other person's head. Finally, he nodded with satisfaction, "Isn't this much better?"
After dealing with this guard, the chief and deputy captains sent several guards to go home quickly and asked them to change their clothes to be more decent. They also reminded others loudly: "I remember, Lord Saint Son will pass by the gate we guard today. This is your great glory, and I will cheer me up!"
The guards immediately responded loudly, but they were sincere.
Because after the captain finished his lecture, they quickly started talking in a low voice in groups of three or three.
"It is said that the Holy Son is very beautiful..."
"My father happened to be sick, and I don't know if the Holy Son can bless me..."
Not for the content of these conversations, I just said that they had been busy for a long time, for about an hour. A new crowd came out in the capital. They were the king's guard of honor, some guards guarding the palace, as well as the third prince who had no self-identity, the special envoy sent over, and the favorite ministers who were not of high status compared to a few ministers of the country.
They stood separately on both sides of the road, and the flags fluttered in the wind on the long spears, and the shiny armor shone with dazzling light in the sun.
They stood still for a long time, and at the far end of the road, dust suddenly began to fly.
Then hundreds of light-mounted knights and dozens of carriages appeared in everyone's sight one after another.
Naturally, Katnis, who came to "crown" the third prince and the paladins who guarded her. They rode their horses towards the city gate, and their speed became slower and slower, and finally stopped in front of the city gate.
The envoy, who had a slightly sore legs, was startled by the scene and soon remembered that when the Pope replied, he had clearly stated that he would send more people to protect the safety of the Saint, so he didn't care and immediately went forward, but was stopped by the head-on paladin. He hurriedly called out his identity and purpose.
Katnis then opened the curtain on the carriage window, glanced at him, and nodded slightly at Henry, who took over the command of the paladins. Seeing this, Henry stepped forward, talked briefly with the envoy, and said, "The Saint is tired of traveling, and wants to rest earlier."
The envoy responded tactfully, "Of course, of course."
A lot of cumbersome rituals were omitted at the moment, and they just made a brief statistics on paladins, priests and other entourages (actually wizards), then went forward to lead the way, welcomed the carriages and horses into the city, and then took them to the place where they rest today.
The Holy Son came to crown him. Of course, the third prince would not secretly disclose such glorious matters. Katniss's itinerary is almost something that all citizens of the Daisy Capital know.
So as soon as we entered the city, the team's speed of progress slowed down. Even if the king's guard of honor and the imperial guards opened the way, the citizens in the city would fill the road with both sides of the road. They cheered, praised the glory of God and praised the actions of the Son. And the bold ladies even threw the flowers and embroidered handkerchiefs in their hands towards the paladins sitting on the horse's back.
Even though Katniss's purpose for this trip was not here, he had to show his face from the carriage and respond to everyone's cheers with a smile.
Anyway, I have been quite lucky to walk along the way, and I finally arrived at my residence.
It was a separate palace. After seeing the incisive reply from the first arrival, the third prince began to organize and clean it. The pastor of the Duchy of Daisy Church came and made more detailed arrangements. Katnis and others entered the gate with the pastor waiting at the door, and the guards leading the way began to disperse the citizens surrounding the palace.
The envoy took advantage of the opportunity to come to Katnis and whispered: "The Crown Prince wants to invite you to dinner together, and I hope you can enjoy the glory." Katnis thought for a moment, then nodded and agreed.
Afterwards, most of the guards of the Principality dispersed with the envoys, leaving only a small group of people symbolically guarding the safety of the outside of other palaces. As for the inside, they were naturally handed over to the paladins who came with Katnis.
Henry set a schedule for them to take turns to guard them, and then asked the paladins who were not assigned to errands to go to the capital to make a purposeful trip and familiar with the terrain. He also called the envoy to leave a servant who had heard enough of the dispatch, and said, "We are going to check the place where the ceremony is held the day after tomorrow."
The attendant smiled and replied, "We are on guard day and night, and there will be no trouble."
But Henry insisted, "It not only concerns the safety of your crown prince, but we also have to consider the safety of the saint - if there is a situation, it will not be something that your principality can bear!"
The attendant hesitated for a while and decided to follow Henry's advice.
So Henry and the others took advantage of the inspection to see through the venue of the ceremony and most of the palace, and remembered all the places where the ambush and easy to resist. According to the original plan and their survey, they made more detailed arrangements. The nearly four hundred paladins, eighty priests, bishops, and less than thirty wizards, including Lilim, all had tasks that they had to do at the day after tomorrow's ceremony.
Chapter completed!