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Since the federal mission changed the person in charge of making the final decision, the progress of the negotiation has really moved forward rapidly.

Some proposals that had been stalemate before reached an agreement very quickly, and the speed was abnormally fast. The imperial ministers participating in the negotiations even secretly speculated that the federal ambassador had an affair with this advisor. Otherwise, why did the advisor suddenly become so talkative after the ambassador was detained.

"Promising so quickly means that they haven't touched their bottom line at all." Xiu said to Alfred in a rather unhappy tone.

They were in the spacious dressing room, and the male and female waiters were performing their duties, helping the emperor and empress to carefully care for the gorgeous and complicated dresses on their bodies.

"What's the matter? As long as our requirements are met, it will be a satisfactory negotiation result for us." Alfred sat on the chair next to Xiu, "I invited the president's confidant to attend the ceremony, He agreed, and sent someone to reply that, in order to celebrate the birth of the heir to the empire, the Federation will give us a... some protected animal as a gift."

Xiu turned his head to look at Alfred suspiciously: "What protects animals?"

"It seems to be called..." Alfred recalled for two seconds, and gave up recalling the convoluted name, "Anyway, it's a big rabbit, a unique breed in their area."

Xiu thought he heard it wrong: "...a rabbit?"

"A big rabbit." Alfred emphasized.

Even in the Empire, rabbits are not a particularly rare breed.

"So..." Xiu guessed, "Is it a large breed specially bred to solve the problem of meat shortage?"

"I asked the same question, but according to him, it wasn't raised for food."

"What's the use of that?"

"I don't know." Alfred shrugged. "Whatever, in name, this is a birthday present for Carlo. They give it to us, so we'll keep it."

In fact, what the federal mission said was "lease", not sending, but it meant something to Alfred.

Alfred spoke, got up and walked behind Xiu.The royal dress he wore today was as luxurious as the coronation ceremony, and the most solemn crown that was only worn once at the coronation ceremony had already been worn on his head again, which showed how much he attached importance to today's celebration.

Xiu was wearing a brand new dress, which was specially ordered by Alfred. The white gold-edged robe and cloak made Xiu even more noble and unattainable, not to mention, he also wore a crown on his head .

It is not the jeweled tiaras used by queens of all dynasties, but a pure white tiara comparable to that of emperors.

This tiara, which is similar in size and style to the crown, is obviously overstepping. Alfred cut it first and then played it. He didn't let Xiu see this tiara until today, because he was afraid that Xiu would not wear it.

However, to Alfred's surprise, when they finished changing and the waiter held the cushion and presented the crown, Xiu was only surprised for a moment, and then he didn't object, nor did he want to teach Alfred a lesson. Meaning, accept this pure white crown frankly.

"It suits you very well." Alfred said, standing behind Xiu, and looking at the two people in the floor-to-ceiling mirror with him.

The high priest in snow-white robes sat upright, with a luxurious and holy pure white crown on his head, and the emperor in golden battle robe stood behind him.

Looking at this scene in the mirror, Xiu smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to shake hands with Alfred, and asked, "Are the children ready?"

"What do they have to prepare?" Alfred said, "The protagonists today are not them, just hug them out and show your face."

Xiu lightly patted Alfred's hand: "At least in name, it's a birthday celebration for the two princes." He turned his head and told his personal servant, "Go to the next door and have a look, and make sure they confirm which one is the prince's birthday." Your Highness, which one is your Highness, wait a minute and don't make any mistakes."

The valet took orders.

Xiu couldn't be blamed for being overly cautious, after all, when they came back from sleeping under the weeping cherry willows a few days ago, they found out that something serious happened in the Holy Golden Palace - the two princes had been mixed together, and it was impossible to tell who was who.

Speaking of the culprit, blame Alfred.

That day, under the weeping cherry willows, the evening breeze picked up, and the two babies felt cold, so they hugged each other to sleep. Alfred thought it was cute, so he wrapped the two babies in the same quilt.Later, Xiu fell asleep, and he quietly ordered someone to come in and carry the big princes back together. Seeing that the queen was sleeping on the emperor, the maids didn't dare to look and ask more questions, so they carried the princes back and went back.

...In the end, when they carried them back, they found that because they were mixed in the same baby by their father, it was completely unclear which one was the crown prince and which was the little highness.

After all, the emperor gave repeated orders to treat the two little princes indiscriminately, so much so that the maids even wore the same clothes for them every day, and dared not treat them any differently.

The next day, Alfred and Xiu returned to the Golden Palace, but the new fathers couldn't tell their sons apart, so they had to ask a doctor to compare their identities with their irises. people.

...In short, after such a toss, Xiu ordered the two princes to wear different clothes every day to prevent confusion again.

Until now, on the day of the birthday celebration, Xiu has not assuredly told the male servant to go over to check, after all, today is the day when the two children make their official debut, so they must not be confused at this time.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if they get confused." Alfred brushed a strand of black hair around his ear, and said indifferently, "Anyway, they all look the same, and those ministers and nobles can't tell who is who. Hey It suddenly occurred to me, or else we’d have fun and intentionally reverse—”

"No."

Before he could say anything, Xiu had already stopped him very skillfully.

"Oh." Alfred was not depressed either. He stood there and let the waiter arrange the hem of his clothes. He was still playing with the hair in his hands. The face of the waiter in charge of doing the hairstyle turned green.

Fortunately, the queen quickly stopped the emperor from destroying the work of the hair stylist.

In fact, in this palace specially used for large-scale banquets, the emperor and empress have their own separate dressing and preparation rooms, but the new emperor and empress are crammed into one room, changing and preparing together—not that the space is crowded. , Even if two styling teams are working at the same time, this dressing room is still considered spacious - it's just that the emperor always likes to run over and fiddle with the queen's clothes and hair, making their work progress always dragged down.

But... all the attendants thought to themselves, the relationship between these two is really good.

The guests are all here.

This is the most gorgeous banquet hall of the Holy Golden Palace. Traditionally, this is the place where every emperor or crown prince holds a wedding.

But today, the lineup of guests is even bigger than the day of the emperor's wedding. Not only the dignitaries of the Holy Golden Palace brought their families, but even the minor nobles and local officials near the main planet were sent by the emperor. Han called back to participate in the celebration, and even invited well-known bigwigs and upstarts from all walks of life.

It can be said that in today's banquet hall, the most powerful people from all walks of life in the empire gathered together. Even though these guests were in high positions, it was the first time in their lives that they had seen such a grand occasion.

As the time approached noon, the royal guards came out from the platform on the second floor and stood guard around the platform. The guests on the first floor became quiet, knowing that the master was about to appear.

After a while, the emperor and the empress walked out together, and the guests saluted their chests one after another, and were shocked at the same time.

They all saw the unusual pure white diadem on the Queen's head.

As the queen's crown, isn't that kind of...too grand?

"Ladies and gentlemen," the emperor stood on the high platform on the second floor, speaking to the dignitaries in the hall, "Thank you all for coming from all over the world to attend the birthday celebration of my two sons-in-law. Before the celebration begins, I would like to Let me announce one thing first."

Most of the people present knew a thing or two about the emperor's style. He was always impatient with lengthy speeches, and he always went straight to the point.

"I am combined with Your Excellency the High Priest, and I have been blessed by the heroic souls of the ancestors of the Holy Triangle. Therefore, the gods blessed the Queen, and let us get the heirs of the Holy Golden Palace and the Holy White Pagoda. For the Crown Prince and Holy Son."

It is conceivable that when this set of rhetoric spreads to the people, the acceptance of the people should be good, but the nobles actually have few pious believers.

After all, faith is just a tool of domination.

Just when the emperor finished speaking and most people were still wondering what was going on, the door on one side of the hall opened, and the guards protected the two maids and walked into the hall.

These two maids are holding two swaddling babies, one golden and one snow white. Needless to say, anyone can tell that this is the crown prince and the holy son—they have the same hair color and eye color as the emperor, and their facial features are faint. The shadow of the queen can be seen.

"I can feel that the blood of the Stone family flows through them." Marshal Stone stood at the forefront of the crowd and said with a sigh, "When the country was founded, the Holy Triangle fought side by side and established a great human empire. A whole The era has passed, and at the beginning of the new era, the Holy Triangle is reunited in the form of blood. In the past year, some people always say that we are not favored by the gods. Aren't these two little princes born by the favor of the gods? Miracle?"

After he finished speaking, the atmosphere of the celebration heated up.Not all the nobles and important ministers present were present, there were quite a few people in society who still had faith in the gods in their hearts, and they were encouraged by seeing the little prince with their own eyes.

"My subjects," said the emperor from the high platform, "this is what I want to announce to you--I have rebuilt the Holy White Tower and added two high priests. May the blessing of the gods be with the empire from now on. "

Everyone in the hall looked at each other.The high priest has changed from one to three, which sounds like a reduction of power...

"For this reason," Alfred finally said, "you will all witness together the birth of the first Pope of the Empire."

In the uproar and shock of the audience, Xiu and Alfred looked at each other, put his hand firmly in Alfred's, and took a step forward.

Beside the emperor who was more than [-] people, there was a person standing side by side.

"Your Majesty the Pope." Generalissimo Stone was the first to pay respects to his chest.

Only then did the other people in the hall react, and they all bowed and called "His Holiness the Pope" to show their loyalty.

Xiu held Alfred's hand tightly, nodded to ask everyone to excuse him, and said in a speech: "My subjects, in this new era, Your Majesty..." He paused, then raised the corners of his mouth slightly, "Your Majesty and I, Will surely lead our country to a brighter future."

There was thunderous applause in the hall, amidst the din, Xiu raised his head and leaned close to Alfred's ear.

"I like you, Alfred," he said, expressing such emotion for the first time in his life, directly and passionately, "I love you."

Alfred stared at Xiu for a few seconds, then embraced him and kissed him deeply.

It is now noon, and the new sun has climbed to the top, shining brightly.In the empire covered by the radiance of this star, the robes roared on all the planets - the celebration began.

Thousands of stars share this glory.

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