"Congratulations to the emperor on the new priest, congratulations to the high priest..."
All the officials shouted that the position of high priest in Yuzhi Kingdom, which had been vacant for several years, finally had a successor, not to mention that a highly respected Gu girl on the mainland was appointed to this position.
Who knows why Zhichan agreed to this request so easily? The high priest's last words had nothing to do with her or was it because of that mysterious man who sent her to another world and then brought her back again. She doesn't know if Yun Entropy is real.
To ensure their safety, at the moment, we can only follow what that person said and stay in Yuzhi Country first.
The emperor of the Yuzhi Kingdom shook his sleeves and said: "My lords are safe, I am lucky to have a priest today. Moreover, General Shenwu has meritorious service. Fan Cheng comes forward to accept the title."
The eunuch held out an imperial edict again, and Fan Cheng walked out of the queue and knelt down in front of the temple.
"By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict saying that General Shenwu will be promoted to a rank and given a thousand taels of silver for his merits in finding the Gu girl."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my Emperor!"
Fan Cheng gave a grand gift. Only then did Zhichan realize how rude she had been.
However, Gu girls are treated politely on the mainland.
All countries have agreed that they will not ask Gu girls to kneel down and salute, even if the emperor is the pride of heaven, and Gu girls are servants who directly serve God, so only a slight blessing is considered respectful.
"Okay, I am happy today. I will send it to the imperial kitchen and all the officials will give you a banquet."
After the loud laughter, I don’t know what the emperor was thinking, leaving all the officials to wait for the banquet, but he blamed himself for leaving the dragon throne and left now.
After a while, a eunuch came from behind, walked up to Zhichan and whispered a few words. Although he saw it in the eyes of Fan Cheng, who had been paying attention to Zhichan, but without the emperor's order, even if he saw Zhichan getting up, he would not dare to do it rashly.
Get up and follow
"General, the emperor has also asked you to come with him."
The eunuch then turned behind Fan Cheng, leaned down and said
Shenwu General Fan Chengzheng had no excuse to worry. This time it was good. His uncle the emperor also called him together and said: "Okay"
After catching up with Zhichan who had already left the palace gate in a few steps, Fan Cheng shouted: "Zhichan, wait for me."
Looking back, there was no warmth in her cold eyes. Zhichan hated being disturbed when she was thinking about Yun Entropy. She whispered, "You've caught up, why don't you still have to wait?"
Scratching his hair, Fan Cheng came to court in casual clothes this time. Without the soldier in uniform and armor, he still looked handsome and handsome. Fan Cheng said embarrassedly: "Uncle the emperor doesn't know what he wants from us!"
Randomly making excuses, Fan Cheng really didn't know what to say, but he clearly remembered another last word of the high priest before his death.
"I don't know either. I'll understand it when we meet."
Zhichan doesn't care about this now. She only thinks about when she can see the mysterious man again, and she can see Yun Entropy as soon as possible.
"That's right, the emperor's uncle must have something that he cannot say in front of everyone."
Fan Cheng thought about it, maybe it was related to the last words of the previous high priest before his death, which were...
"Your Majesty, the high priest and the general are here"
The eunuch who came back with him stepped in and reported to the emperor.
"noise!"
"yes!"
The eunuch turned around and came out and said: "You two, the emperor has invited you."
"Um"
Nodding, Zhichan raised her feet and crossed the threshold, only to see another glorious scene inside.
Fan Cheng was interrupted from his train of thought and followed him into the Jinluan Palace. He knelt down and saluted, saying: "I pay my respects to the Emperor. Long live my Emperor!"
Zhichan was only slightly blessed and said: "I pay my respects to the emperor. Long live the emperor. Long live the emperor."
"The two lovers are equal"
The emperor of the Yuzhi Kingdom seemed to be very happy. His usual smile was still hanging on the corner of his mouth, but he was more kind than usual. "Do you two know why I suddenly called you here?"
"I don't dare to speculate on the holy will without permission, so please let the emperor speak clearly."
Fan Cheng said humbly
Zhichan looked at the emperor's expression, and then at Fan Cheng's respectful expression. She pursed her lips and said nothing, but heard the old emperor say: "Since Aiqing doesn't want to say anything, what about the high priest? Can the high priest not be able to tell?"
Zhichan was blessed and replied calmly: "To answer the question to the emperor, Zhichan is just a voodoo girl and has no ability to perform sacrifices and calculations."
Pushing it away tepidly, Zhichan felt like she had gotten involved in some mystery that she shouldn't have.
"Okay, okay, since the high priest can't figure it out, let me tell you that it is the message from the previous high priest. After the Gu girl takes over the position of priest, she will marry the prince as his concubine and become the next queen."
The former priest did leave such a message, saying that only in this way can the Yuzhi Kingdom be guaranteed to be protected by the Gu Girl forever and not be betrayed. Although women cannot be officials or participate in politics, as long as the Gu Girl becomes an official first and then becomes a queen.
, because of her status as a priest, she has to get involved in politics. But even if she does, the officials are afraid of her status as a priest and dare not say anything. Only in this way can the Yuzhi Kingdom be protected forever.
"What? I don't agree"
Zhichan agreed to be the priest of the Yuzhi Kingdom because of the mysterious man's brocade instructions. But now these people have gone too far, making her unable to accept this arrangement.
"Don't worry, High Priest, I haven't finished speaking yet."
The emperor waved his hand, ignoring Zhichan's strong objections, and said: "But I still have no heirs, so in a while I will adopt Fan Cheng's nephew as my son and crown him as the crown prince."
Fan Cheng's words did not go as expected. He was just enjoying himself, but he ignored Zhichan's purple face.
Zhichan, who was ignored to the extreme, shook her hands and shook her sleeves without regard for etiquette, saying: "Are you kidding me? I said it shouldn't be done. It shouldn't be done."
The emperor slapped the back of the chair and rushed forward with anger, scolding: "The high priest is already a subject of my Yuzhi Kingdom, not just a Gu girl on the mainland. As the high priest, you have no choice but to listen to my words."
It turns out that this is what Zhichan finds strange. She always feels that she is being suppressed by some status. Now she realizes that after becoming a priest, she becomes a minister of the Emperor of Yuzhi Kingdom. It is the most basic obligation to obey the emperor's orders.
Zhichan flicked her sleeves, glanced sideways at Fan Cheng and said, "Is General Shenwu going to be promoted to the crown prince? Congratulations to Zhichan..."
She was talking about Fu Shen, but her tone was extremely sarcastic, and she continued: "But Zhichan has made up her mind, please show your respect, Your Majesty."
"Does the high priest dislike my throne of Yuzhi Kingdom?"
For the sake of his country, the old emperor did not hesitate to use his position as emperor as a condition for conversation. He could not tell what he was thinking in his deep voice. The emperor was struggling in his heart.
If the former priest had not left a message to them, they would not have dared to think of the Gu girls in the mainland as their own. They thought it was just an impossible thing, but they did not expect that the Gu girls in Juyan Kingdom would appear not long after.
He actually came to Yuzhi Country, which was half a year away.
This surprised Fan Cheng, who had indeed found out the identity of Gardenia, and immediately informed his uncle the emperor. Only then did the emperor face up to the vague and insubstantial message from the former priest. This was the first time Fan Cheng heard Gardenia.
When she claimed to be a voodoo girl, it was precisely because of this concern that she was imprisoned in the first place.
Zhichan smiled indifferently and said calmly: "Although I am the high priest of the Yuzhi Kingdom, I am also the waiter of the gods on the mainland. I will not marry him."
Zhichanyu pointed to Fan Cheng beside her. Although Fan Cheng was very heroic and talented, he was not one percent as good as the one Zhichan liked.
"What if I insist on it?"
The emperor seemed to be at odds with Zhichan, and said angrily
"Please, Your Majesty, take back your kindness, Zhichan can't bear it."
For such a clear intention of love, Zhichan had to say quatrains, which made her even more disgusted. However, in order to give the emperor a proper step, Zhichan refrained from saying inappropriate words.
"May I ask whether the Gu girl is so disgusted because of Fan Cheng's previous offences, or because she looks down upon our Yuzhi country?"
Shenwu General Fan Cheng took the words and asked. Fan Cheng once again felt a feeling that could not be felt by others. It was the feeling of being disgusted. He had always been admired, supported, loved and feared. Fan Cheng had never been disgusted, but now,
he is feeling
"General Fan is serious, Zhichan is not the kind of narrow-minded person."
Zhichan slowly turned around, nodded and smiled, thinking to herself, even if she holds a grudge, she won’t tell you.
"Does this mean that the high priest looks down on our Yuzhi country?"
The emperor sat on the dragon chair in the Jinluan Palace and asked
The loud sound almost shattered Zhichan's fragile eardrums. Zhichan rubbed her ears, cupped her hands and said, "Your Majesty, Zhichan holds the world in her heart. It is the world of the mainland, not just the Yuzhi Kingdom."
"It seems that it is right for us to ask the Gu girl to serve as the priest first, otherwise the Gu girl will not care about the world and will not particularly protect our Yuzhi country."
The emperor stroked his beard and said proudly, as if he had ignored what they were discussing.
Zhichan simply made it clear that the provincial emperor had considered his plan to be successful and said: "Zhichan just agreed to be the high priest of the Yuzhi Kingdom, but as for what he wants to do, please don't have too high expectations for Zhichan."
, after all, Zhichan has never learned what a priest should do, and I don’t understand anything... Also, Zhichan will not marry a prince as a concubine."
The words were spoken simply and concisely, leaving no room for discussion by the emperor at all.
Suddenly, he saw a eunuch leaning down and saying something in the emperor's ear. The emperor's face changed and he said: "The banquet is about to begin in Guangze Hall, and the two beloved ladies will go with me."
After getting up, the emperor walked down the steps of the Jinluan Palace with the support of the eunuchs, walked to Zhichan and Fan Cheng, glanced at the two of them, and said, "What? Neither of you two dears want to leave?"
Fan Cheng immediately turned around, and Zhichan also bowed slightly, and followed the emperor out of the Jinluan Palace to Guangze Hall.
In Guangze's main hall, all the officials sat on the tables arranged by the palace officials according to their rank, sitting upright, talking and laughing, waiting for the emperor's arrival.