On January 21, 954, a grand knighting ceremony was held at the Donghai Tulip Cathedral.
Charles IX, the Grand Duke of the East China Sea, as the guardian of the real princess of the empire, on behalf of the late emperor, conferred the title of "Prince of Black Mountain Castle" to the fiancé of the real princess, General Lu Ming of Montenegro.
When he gently tapped Lu Ming's shoulder with the shining sword inlaid with countless gems, waves of applause sounded in the hall.
At the end of the knighting ceremony, Lu Ming was awarded the title of "Marshal of the Imperial Griffin Legion" in accordance with the laws of the ancient empire.
This is the special title of the true princess, that is, the husband of the princess who can inherit the name "Alice". It has appeared for the first time in the history of the empire in thousands of years.
After the knighting ceremony, there was another episode.
When Charles IX and Lu Ming had a secret conversation, they mentioned that according to the "Royal Secret Code", the East China Sea Territory is obliged to provide supplies for the "Imperial Griffin Legion". However, the current situation is completely different from that of a thousand years ago. Specifically, it can be obtained from the East China Sea Finance every year.
How much special funds are allocated depends on the parliament. It is not up to him, the Grand Duke of the East China Sea, to decide. Even if he does not allocate a penny, it is very likely.
Lu Minggu listened to it in vain.
In fact, judging from the financial revenue of Donghai, even if it is pulled out, it is enough to support its 30,000 to 40,000 troops.
Everything is left to chance, as long as there are laws to follow. If you don't pluck them out now, there will always be a time in the future when they are asked to pluck them out.
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On January 25, the grand wedding of Her Royal Highness Princess Alice and His Royal Highness Prince Heishanbao slowly kicked off in the provincial capital of Zhenjiang.
Amidst the sound of military music, Her Royal Highness the Princess's personal bodyguard, the Red-winged Eagle Guard, with hundreds of red-armored female knights standing in a row with spears, slowly set off from the square and circled the city.
Along the way they passed, flowers were scattered and everything was festive.
In the sky, the helicopter formation of the Montenegro Army was terrifying and threatening.
The dark airship formation, with colorful banners hanging, drew bursts of cheers.
During the day, there were gun salutes and fireworks filling the sky. You can imagine the grand scene at night.
In the Fountain Garden Square of Qin Chun Garden, Lu Ming, who was dressed in the uniform of an imperial marshal, and Princess Alice, who was wearing a snow-white wedding dress, slowly entered the wedding venue.
The guests present, who were either rich or noble, looked at the newlywed couple with curiosity and expectancy.
The person who presided over the wedding was the Archbishop of Bohanli Diocese who came from Donghai.
The person who delivered the blessing speech was Charles IX, Grand Duke of the East China Sea.
In fact, the Grand Duke of Donghai wanted the wedding to be held in Donghai, but Lu Ming insisted on holding it in Zhenjiang.
Therefore, the Grand Duke was quite dissatisfied with Lu Ming.
Lu Ming felt that if the wedding was held in the East China Sea, the implication that he would become the bride-in-law would be too strong.
Nowadays, I am even more fortunate. In fact, weddings in Zhenjiang have simplified a lot of procedures.
Despite this, at the end of the day, Lu Ming felt extremely tired, extremely tired, mainly because of his tired heart.
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The wedding room is the master bedroom in the viewing building of Qinchun Garden. The oriental-style bedroom is now red and festive, with various red festive stickers pasted on it, including the hanging curtains of the Moon Cave bed and brand new red gauze curtains.
Princess Alice's manor in Zhenjiang has broken ground. Before that, Princess Alice temporarily lived in Qinchun Garden.
Liuli and Jennifer returned to Longgang Shili Villa early.
Lu Ming couldn't help but smile bitterly when he thought about it. He, the three empresses with strange abilities, currently has the middle palace in Zhenjiang, the east palace in Donghai, and the west palace in Heishan.
On the other hand, each of them is in charge of his own affairs. Without him, they would never interact with each other until death.
After drinking heavily with his generals, he returned to his bridal chamber, still thinking wildly about the three empresses.
As soon as he entered the new house, Lu Ming was suddenly stunned. He was slightly drunk and almost punched him because there was a man in red iron armor standing in front of him.
Then he realized that the armored man's mask also popped up, leaving a delicate face. It was Isabel whom he hadn't seen for a long time, Christine's only daughter and her eldest niece.
Amidst the sound of metal creaking, Isabel knelt down on one knee while stroking her chest, "Your Royal Highness, your most loyal servant Isabel salutes you!"
Lu Ming smiled bitterly: "Get up, why are we still going through all this red tape?" I remembered that Isabel is the Templar who protects Alice, and is also the knight captain of the princess's personal guard - the Red-winged Eagle Guard.
Isabel stood up and stuck out her tongue, "That's right!" Obviously, she also felt very new about these ancient etiquettes, not just psychologically, but she really felt like a servant from now on.
Isabel smiled playfully again: "Teacher, according to tradition, I will stay by your wedding bed tonight. Are you willing?!"
Lu Ming's face fell a little, although he definitely wouldn't do anything to the little bean sprouts.
"Thank you!" Lu Ming said again, "You have worked so hard today!"
Isabel smiled and said, "You should be nicer to my cousin." Then she said, "I went to have dinner with them. We have been busy all day and now we have some free time. They are all happy for His Highness. We will have a drink later." After a pause,
"Annie is here too."
Lu Ming nodded slightly, feeling a strange feeling in his heart.
However, they knew that the imperial capital was in civil strife, and the FBI existed in name only and became like a secret police. Isabel and Han Annie left the investigation bureau and returned to the East China Sea. Isabel concentrated on becoming the princess's knight captain, and Han Annie did not return to the Red Winged Eagle Guard.
I returned to the prosecutor's office again. Because Isabel and I are best friends, I won't encounter the same troubles as before. I have developed well. I am already the director of prosecutors, the fourth level of prosecutor. In theory, I can have my own prosecutor's office.
Considering her age, it is extremely rare.
Watching Isabel leave, Lu Ming hesitated and walked into the room.
Then he was startled again. Hanging high between the red gauze curtains on both sides, sitting on the edge of the moon cave bed, was a small figure wearing a phoenix crown and a red hijab.
It was obvious that Western royal etiquette was followed when the wedding was held, and the little guy used Eastern traditions when entering the bridal chamber, which was a sign of great respect for himself and very considerate.
She was still hesitant at first, but then Lu Ming's heart felt warm inexplicably. He took two steps and gently lifted off her red hijab.
Under the phoenix crown of brilliant gemstones, in a trance, he looks like a little angel sitting and bathing in the holy light. His deep blue eyes are as clear as if the entire universe is in them. His platinum hair bun looks like silver, giving people a sense of
An extremely cold feeling.
Lu Ming shook his head, the illusion disappeared, and what came into view was an incomparably beautiful little face.
Reflected by the red and joyful color of the phoenix crown and Xia Pei, it is even more adorable and indescribable.
"Big bad guy!" the girl pouted.
Lu Ming was a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say, but when he suddenly heard her speak, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.
In fact, I wanted to reach out and pinch her little face, but looking at her delicate little face like gelatin, I didn't reach out.
"Why am I so bad?" Lu Ming smiled: "Unexpectedly, the second time we met was on the wedding night."
It's incredible. When we first met, how could we have thought about today?
Alice looked at Lu Ming quietly with her green eyes, "It turns out that the person I'm looking for is you. You are the smartest person I told you last time."
It is very dangerous to talk about this topic. The so-called smartest person she was looking for a few years ago was the person who gave her father nightmares.
Lu Ming coughed and said, "You must be tired after a long day of hard work today. You should go to bed early."
"Okay!" Alice nodded, "You're tired too. I don't need you to sleep with me tonight!"
Lu Ming staggered and almost fell to the ground, and said funnyly: "Then can I come to bed tomorrow?"
Alice pouted, "You are such a bad guy, if I don't ask you to come, will you not come?!"
Seeing her cute and charming appearance and listening to her words, Lu Ming felt his heart melt. He had forgotten the secular values formed in his previous life, and even had the urge to stay here tonight.
This is also true. Alice is not a secular person, and it is difficult for people to associate her with secular etiquette.
However, Lu Ming finally shook his head, forget it, the psychological pressure was still too great.
Although, according to Liuli, there is no need to do anything, just sleeping with this little devil, it is a perfect match, so any fire girl or the like can be discarded like a pair of worn out shoes.
It will be of great benefit to me during the so-called shedding and transformation period of the past two years.
Of course, the little devil will definitely benefit greatly, and maybe the old devil will die early.
While thinking wildly, Lu Ming smiled at Alice and said, "Can you sleep by yourself? I've prepared a doll for you to accompany you."
As he spoke, Lu Ming went to the cupboard and took out the snow-white plush bear that he had prepared long ago. It looked much bigger than Alice's small body.
Alice frowned: "I'm not a child, and I never like stuffed things!"
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Then you try it today!" He placed the big bear next to her on the bed.
"Then write your name on it!" Alice thought thoughtfully.
"Okay, you want to beat me up, right?..." Lu Ming smiled, then turned back to the table to pick up a brush. According to the tradition of Central China, there was a pen, ink, paper and inkstone placed on the desk in the wedding room.
While dipping in ink, Lu Ming suddenly felt something in his heart. The legendary alchemy in his previous life could be used to curse this puppet with his own name written on it?
Then he shook his head, casually, there were no taboos in the open, and this little guy actually felt very kind to her when he saw her again. Could she be so cruel as to harm herself? If it really goes that far, what's the point of this marriage?
It would be better to break up earlier.
The word "Lu" was written on the big bear's head, and the font used in the past life was used. He smiled and said: "This is not a ghost talisman, it really represents me, and it can be said that it represents the real me!" As he spoke, he sighed softly in his heart.
tone.
Alice nodded her head: "It looks like it's Oracle."
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Okay, you go to bed early, I'm leaving!"
After taking two steps, he suddenly turned back and said solemnly: "Alice, thank you for helping me! I will take good care of you! I won't make you worry about nightmares again in the future!"
Alice was slightly startled and nodded her head gently: "Big bad guy, let's go!"
Lu Ming laughed and walked out.
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The viewing building is a traditional oriental pure wood building with three floors and cornices. The wedding room is on the third floor.
Lu Ming went down to the first floor and turned left. He heard that the room over there was very lively. He walked over and when he got to the door, he saw dozens of girls inside, all dressed in gorgeous clothes. They were divided into several tables and were having a dinner. One table looked like
They were all drunkards, drinking lively and performing drinking orders.
There were many familiar faces inside, but I couldn't name them. They were all members of the Red-winged Eagle Guard, and they were also students in the red class when I was the class teacher at the East Navy Academy.
"Teacher!" "Teacher!"
Seeing Lu Ming come in, these girls stood up one after another.
Lu Ming smiled and signaled, "Continue, you continue!"
At the main table, someone had already given up their seat. Isabel gave up her seat again and said with a smile: "Teacher, please sit here."
Lu Ming didn't refuse. He walked over and took a seat. Someone poured a full glass of wine. Lu Ming raised his glass and stood up. "Everyone has worked hard today. I'd like to propose a toast to you. Those of you who can drink drink, those who are drinking tea should still drink tea. We
Let’s do it together!”
"Okay!" Everyone cheered loudly. After all, most of these female knights have tomboyish personalities.
After drinking a glass of wine, Lu Ming sat down and said it was casual, and then many girls came over to propose a toast.
Lu Ming was busy dealing with it, even though Han Anni was sitting next to him, he never got a chance to talk to her.
Today is a happy day. Han Anni is wearing a bright red skirt, revealing her youthful, healthy and energetic snow-white legs. She wears cute little brown buckled leather shoes, making her look even more bright and beautiful.
"Qianxing, congratulations!" The girls who were toasting finally dispersed. Han Anni picked up the wine glass. She had been drinking tea, but now she poured a glass of wine, poured out the remaining wine for Lu Ming, and poured some fragrant tea.
Said: "You can just drink tea!"
Seeing that there was nothing strange about her expression, Lu Ming sighed softly in his heart and clinked glasses with her, "Thank you!"
"Teacher, it's time for you to enter the bridal chamber, right? Don't get drunk!" A rough girl teased with a smile.
Then, someone tugged at the hem of her clothes. It was obvious that this guy had drunk too much. It’s okay to tease the teacher on the big day, but the problem is that the bride is the princess. If everyone’s teasing goes too far and offends the princess, it will be a big deal.
inappropriate.
Lu Ming smiled: "Okay, it's time for me to leave! You continue!" He stood up and said, "Don't give it to anyone, you continue to play!"
But naturally he was escorted out by the students and went upstairs under their eyes.
However, although Lu Ming returned to the third floor, he did not go to the wedding room, but slept in the small bedroom next to it.
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January 27th and 28th are the election days for the Zhenjiang general election.
Counting of votes will begin at 8pm on the 28th.
There is almost no suspense. In every constituency in every city, every county and every township, Marshal Lu Ming is far ahead in votes.
At 8 a.m. on the 29th, the Election Supervision Committee announced the results of the general election to the people of the province through television and radio stations.
Candidate Lu Ming won the election with a total vote rate of 81.9%, far ahead of other competitors. He was elected as the first elected chief seal of the provincial government of Zhenjiang and took office as the provincial premier and executive.
After the inauguration ceremony in the afternoon, Lu Ming announced a series of personnel appointments, mainly members of the Provincial Administrative Committee, commonly known as members of the autonomous province cabinet.
It is headed by the chief minister and consists of ministers of various ministries.
Chief Minister, Lu Ming appointed Shapard, a Western old man in his fifties, who is the Privy Councilor of Her Royal Highness Princess Alice.
The expansion was too fast, and there was inevitably a shortage of talents under his command. It happened to be used for doctrine. When we chatted, we knew that this old man was very powerful.
The politics of Zhenjiang Province followed the standard Imperial Autonomous Province model, which allowed people to make the best use of their talents.
He also appointed the Director-General of the Supreme Prosecutor's Office and the Minister of Justice. Although they are also members of the cabinet, they are not under the leadership of the Chief Minister. They have a parallel relationship.
The first seven justices of the Autonomous Province High Court were also appointed.
In addition, the commander-in-chief of the Provincial National Guard was appointed, with Lu Xiangqian, chief of general staff of the Montenegrin Corps, concurrently serving as the commander-in-chief.
In Zhenjiang Province, military reorganization began. The original border guard divisions and garrison brigades were reorganized. Some were demobilized and new soldiers were recruited. Eventually, two garrison brigades and three field brigades were formed.
The official designations are the Griffin Corps (Black Mountain Corps) Zhenjiang 1st Brigade, Zhenjiang 2nd Brigade, Mixed 101st Brigade, Mixed 102nd Brigade and Mixed 103rd Brigade.