Before ascending to God, be a good lord

On the last day of the God Emperor's year 997, Lant spent his last day living here in the former residence of the Duke of Yeqi City. Throughout the whole day, Lant, his wives, girls, family members, and servants Everyone is moving.

Since Lant confirmed that he would become the Duke of Yeqi City and obtain the title of Galloping King at the end of the year, his core team, under the auspices of Nila and Albert, moved to the largest king's living area at the top of the palace.

The last time he entered here, Lant felt that the layout of the entire living area was like a cruise ship. There was a huge atrium that ran through more than ten floors and connected most of the rooms together, making the rooms inside the "cave" look unusually spacious. The sky dome at the top of the atrium uses magic to synchronize with the brightness outside the palace, giving people the illusion of being outdoors.

With the gradual opening of the palace area, many originally vacant rooms have been converted into special rooms such as the rooms of the four monsters, the magic pattern bathhouse, the entrances to the control mystery locks and the teaching mystery locks.

In addition, Lant also specially opened two rooms and placed exquisite space balls to be used as teleportation rooms.

In addition to the number of rooms, there are also more people in the palace than before. Father Huck, uncle Albert, second brother Obote Galloping Horse, and third brother Perry Galloping Horse all have special privileges in the palace. Rooms, the priests of the magic furnace builders, the orcs who take care of the monsters, and the magic goblins also have special rooms, not to mention rooms set aside for Honir, Jenny, Idris, and Katarina. , and of course there are guest rooms with meditation rooms for Ben Call, Gandalf and Saranir.

In fact, whether they are Lant's family or guests, they rarely all appear in the palace at the same time. The reason why the palace seems more popular than before is that Yu Ling has completed the selection of more than 200 attendants from slaves. After receiving training, he officially settled in the palace.

Among them, those responsible for serving the royal family are managed by Nila, and those responsible for protecting the palace are managed by Ufi, who is determined to be a palace knight.

In short, larger space, more people, and more complex functions are the biggest feelings of Lant after moving into the palace on the top of Padmira Mountain.

For example, his new room: the King's Bedroom, has a total area of ​​nearly 4 square meters on four floors upstairs and downstairs. It can be regarded as an independent palace rather than a bedroom.

The bedroom in the dormitory is located in the southwest. In addition to a luxurious king-sized bed, there are also two oversized floor-to-ceiling windows. The one facing the entire Ye Qi City to the west also has a north-facing window, from which you can see the entire Elf Garden.

After Lant explored the room for a while, he discovered that there were actually compartments and secret rooms in the dormitory, and even a secret passage to the Elf Garden, as well as an independent secret room.

It is a pity that in the secret rooms belonging to the galloping kings of the past dynasties, they could not find their private money, but they saw dozens of portraits hanging on the walls, and hundreds of stacked portraits, all of which were beautiful and well-dressed. of women.

"Why are there still my ancestors?" Lant picked up a photo of Halkara and another elf, looked at the inscription on the frame, and roughly understood the situation, "It seems that these dozens of portraits They are all the favorite concubines of monarchs of all ages.”

"But in the 700 years of the Galloping Horse Royal Family, there shouldn't be many kings in total, right? There are so many beloved concubines."

Charles, the first-generation restoration king of the previous Galloping Horse Kingdom, was already in his 70s when he ascended the throne. The second-generation Philip became the king when he was in his 40s. Every king since him has Very long-lived, and they all grew up in the Tower of Purity. They became high-ranking at a young age, and finally almost reached the limit of their lifespan before dying on the throne. Therefore, in the Galloping Horse Kingdom for more than 700 years, there were only 10 in total. However, their There are so many concubines.

"Kaul, Zhuo Qin, Augustus, Douglas, Jin Yue, Red Dragon, Nicholas..." Lant kept looking at the nameplates on the frame. Almost every one of them came from the top surnames or families. "I married the entire empire but failed to save my own kingdom. I might as well marry a barbarian girl." Lant muttered.

"Lant? Lant? Where are you?" Nila's voice came from outside the bedroom, "This place is too big, bigger than your previous tent. How are you going to clean it?"

Lant went out looking for the voice and said with a smile, "Cleaning is easy. Just use wind magic to clean the dust directly. But you gave me inspiration. I can set up a tent in the hall. Occasionally I will reflect on it." Days on the prairie.”

"Uh..." Nila couldn't stand it any longer, "Okay, okay, stop thinking about it, there is a moon praying ceremony in the evening, and then there is the New Year's Eve dinner. Little Red Bird said you want to celebrate the New Year with everyone?"

"Yes, there will be a sacrifice to welcome the two suns tomorrow morning, and there is a whole day of arrangements!" Lanter smiled and touched his sister's forehead, "There is no other way, since you have moved to the palace, you have to follow the rules. "

In a world with gods, sacrifices to gods are definitely the most important thing in the secular kingdom. Sacrifice to March will be held on the last night of the previous year, and sacrifices to the two suns will be held at the first sunrise of the new year. After dawn, all the temples in the city, the human gods and the ancestors of the Benma family will also be offered sacrifices.

Fortunately, in addition to the palace, there are also shrines and ancestral temples on the top of Padmila Mountain. A whole night of activities does not require leaving the palace.

When March rises to the top of the sky, a beam of moonlight falls on the circular altar on the south side of Padmira Mountain, and all the magic goblins in the city surround the beam.

The wizard Gandalf Merlin stood in front of the pillar of light and recited loudly the Praise of the Moon that only existed in the age of the Gods. The priests and nobles of the city surrounded the altar.

According to the sacrificial process, Lant delivered a jar of Hundred Flowers Wine as a sacrifice and sent it under the moonlight. He watched the wine boil and completely dissipate in the moonlight before the ceremony ended.

The rest of the sacrificial activities are very similar to this one. They all come to a special altar, offer specific sacrifices, feel the gods thoroughly enjoy the sacrifices, and then end the activity.

The only exception was the ancestor worship the next morning. Lant would first take his ministers and his entire family to the temple in Halkala to meet his living ancestors, and then return to the top of Padmila Palace. Inside the ancestral temple.

And because Halkara was already over 200 years old when she married Philip, and was older than his father-in-law Charles, so when Lant paid homage to the late King Galloping Horse, he could not use the wine brewed by their "elder" Halkara. Baihua Brewing can only use the second-class Benma Wine.

However, even so, Halkara still felt a little grudge: "Humph. What they said when they chased me away was terrible. Now how can they have the shame to enjoy the magic potion wine brewed by my followers?"

When listening to Halkara's complaints, Lant always kept smiling but did not dare to say anything. After all, both sides were ancestors and it was hard to offend anyone.