In extraordinary times, the preparation time for the wedding was very short, but we finally invited all the guests we should invite.
Of course, because of His Majesty Cohen's insistence, the priest was not among the guests or witnesses. But in every city of the Divine Alliance, the Temple of Light is a necessary facility, so that day, the only high priest of the Temple of Light in the Dark City
He wrote a strongly worded document and sent it to the Temple of Light on Paradise Island, vehemently criticizing the new emperor of the Sbia Empire for his contempt for divine authority.
Hold a wedding - this was the first thing that the seventeenth emperor of Sibia, Cohen Keda, did after he came to power.
The rebels, other provincial governors, the royal families of various countries, and even the Demon Alliance, their intelligence systems hidden in the Dark City also passed on this news in the shortest possible time.
Before the wedding proceedings began, the three wives of Cohen Keda held a small welcome party for Miss Dill Merlin.
"By the way, there is a small issue that needs to be resolved through negotiation." That's what Felin said anyway.
After Dill Merlin followed Cohen's mother to the Dark City, the three ladies met Miss Dill Merlin several times. After that, they still conducted official business in the same room. Apart from the difference in status, they got along well.
Still harmonious.
So today, before Dill Merlin is about to become Cohen's official wife, Feline feels the need to tell Dill something.
Three ladies and a soon-to-be wife were sitting around the table. The current situation made the atmosphere somewhat awkward.
"Dil, please believe that we don't have the slightest malice." Feline spoke first: "It's just that before you become Cohen's wife, there are some things I want you to know. I think Cohen hasn't had the chance to explain it to you."
"Please tell me, Sister Feilin." Dill, dressed as a bride, looked very demure.
"That's right, to ordinary people, Cohen is a weird person." Speaking of her husband, Feline looked a little helpless: "But he is our husband, and we all love this man, so as him
As wives, we have more responsibilities and obligations than ordinary people."
"I see."
"Cohen once told me that after the wedding, your official position is the same as ours, which is the municipal supervision of the empire." Feline said: "Then, you will mainly manage the business, the private circulation system previously developed in Wanpu.
It’s still under your control.”
"About this aspect, my husband also told me last time."
"But no one expected that things would change so much." Feilin smiled bitterly: "Cohen's mood has been very unstable recently. We are doing better, but I'm afraid you won't get used to it."
"So, has something like this happened before?" Dill asked softly.
"We, we grew up with Cohen." Kelly took over: "Before we became Cohen's wives, the three of us were his friends."
"I know." Dill nodded: "Cohen also told me."
"Kelly's words have no other meaning." Wensley hurriedly explained: "It's just that compared to others, we know Cohen's character better and have a stronger tolerance."
"That's right." Feline said: "Cohen has many shortcomings. As his wife, we have been working hard to help him move in the right direction. Maybe our decisions or behaviors are a little difficult to understand from the perspective of outsiders, but
I hope you can understand us."
"I want to ask..." Dill lowered his head: "Do you all love him?"
"Yes." Feilin nodded and replied, "That's for sure."
"Then, I think I can understand you." Dill raised his head and looked at Feilin calmly: "The relationship between the three sisters and Cohen for more than ten years is deep and sincere, and the relationship between me and Cohen for two years is also the same.
Deep and sincere. For me, Cohen is the only man I love. On the basis of loving him, I am willing to pay for him."
"This is the best result." Feline held Dill's hand and said softly: "Then, let me tell you the secret between us and Cohen..."
Then, Lily outside the door heard Dill let out a low cry of surprise, while Abu was jumping up and down, wagging his head and tail, having a great time.
At noon, the wedding officially started.
Because the newly established internal affairs system has not yet had time to pay salaries, the Prime Minister has repeatedly stated in advance that he will not accept congratulatory gifts, so most officials use congratulatory messages instead.
Among them, the congratulatory message from Steve Lorenzo, President of the Royal Academy and Director of Imperial Military Discipline, is the most distinctive. The fifteen-page congratulatory message turns into an official report on the second page, and then turns into a criticism after the ninth page.
Documents...
This message also became the only emperor's wedding message that was copied and preserved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
With this as a starting point, the emperor's wedding was filled with a "pragmatic" atmosphere. The officials and foreign leaders held wine glasses and discussed government affairs in twos and threes. The secretaries moved their desks to the garden and wrote down the government orders just issued by the chief. Officers
They gathered in the corner of the garden, folded branches and drew maps on the ground, compared the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy and ourselves, and asked each other how to solve the problem of military rations...
What best suits the wedding atmosphere is the beautiful bride.
One day, becoming the bride of your beloved should be every girl's most beautiful dream, and Miss Dill Merlin is certainly no exception.
As the largest smuggler in Wampu, Miss Dill Merlin prepared a wedding dress that best suited her status. Wearing the set of jewelry her mother left her, she took the arm of her father who had turned back the prodigal son and walked slowly into the house.
The front hall of the Governor's Palace - her pretty appearance and elegant manner conquered all the guests in the front hall as soon as she appeared.
Cohen, who was wearing a formal dress, walked over to greet his bride, but at this moment, a second thing happened that would be talked about by the public in the future - the bride's father, the new Earl Ivar Merlin, refused to let go.
He said, looking at his son-in-law with a strange look that seemed to contain hatred.
There are various theories about how things unfolded. Some said that the groom forced his father-in-law's hand away, while others said that the bride stepped on her father's foot... Anyway, Count Ivar Merlin failed to stop the wedding.
There was no priest, so the minister of state with the highest official rank and the chief instructor of Sibia Imperial College co-hosted the ceremony. They announced at the same time that Cohen Keda and Dill Merin had become husband and wife. This legal husband and wife relationship was immediately recorded by the clerk of the Imperial Interior Department.
The case marked Dill Merlin as one of the four wives of the Imperial Emperor.
Then, the groom kisses the bride.
Later, the Prime Minister also announced that the three municipal supervisors of the original Dark Province were promoted to Imperial Internal Affairs Supervisors. At the same time, Dill Merlin also became the fourth Imperial Internal Affairs Supervisor. The four Internal Affairs Supervisors have high status, in addition to assisting the Prime Minister
He manages government affairs and also has the responsibility of supervising the Department of the Interior.
Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the guests continued to discuss government affairs after the discussion, and even the bride and groom who had changed their clothes joined the procession. At this wedding, until dark, the Imperial Household Office issued a total of twenty-seven
According to the government decree, the Military Ministry issued twenty-five orders to the army, and other decisions were made and consensus reached were countless.
All in all, it was a unique wedding.
While the wedding was being held, horse teams were galloping on several roads leading to the Dark City. They were Major General Carlos, who had been promoted to the Imperial General Staff, Brigadier General Helter, Commander of the Imperial Second Army, and the Imperial
Brigadier General Moya, commander of the Third Army Corps.
Every time the general staff passes through a level, he will issue the same order: after receiving a report, a spy is impersonating His Majesty Cohen Kedar and stealing extremely important documents from the Dark City. From now on, the level will be closed. If someone claims to be Cohen Kedar,
Your Majesty, capture him immediately. Capture him alive, he must capture him alive!
As for Brigadier General Helter and Brigadier General Moya, they also issued similar orders to the checkpoints they passed.
These three people themselves are extremely smart, and they have been with Cohen Keda for the longest time. In recent years, they have been almost inseparable. Only they discovered the problem, and the people in the dark city-such as Cohen's parents and
His four wives did not notice it.
In the Governor's Mansion in the Dark City, the guests who came for the wedding gradually dispersed. After Cohen went to his parents' room to say good night, he prepared to go back to the new house to rest. While passing by the garden, Cohen also talked to Feline, and everything seemed
It's so normal.
In the new house, the magic lamp emits soft light, and Dill Merlin, who has changed clothes again, is waiting for her husband.
After knocking on the door, Cohen Keda walked into the room, turned around and told Shi Yan and other guards to go back and rest early, and stated that he would go to the military camp to inspect tomorrow.
The well-behaved Lily prepared everything for the newlyweds, hugged Abu and was about to leave.
"Lily, leave Abu here, I haven't played with Abu for a long time." Cohen then said to Abu: "You are also very tired, go back to your room and rest!"
"Yes, Master." Lily still used the old title, which was what Cohen insisted on again and again.
Dill smiled, walked up and helped Cohen take off his coat.
"Did Felin and the others tell you?" Cohen asked casually: "I'm surprised that they allowed me to enter your room."
Dill blushed slightly and replied in a low voice: "Feilin said that your agreement with them does not involve me."
"It turns out that today's meeting of the Four Ladies is about this." Cohen gave a rare smile: "I was worried for nothing."
"Cohen, everyone is worried about you, you must cheer up!" Dill said softly: "We are all working hard for you!"
"I know..." Cohen nodded and hugged Dill: "Let me see my bride."
When their eyes met, Dill's cheeks turned red with embarrassment and he closed his eyes involuntarily.
"Dil, I want to tell you that I love you very much." Cohen stroked Dill's face with his hand: "I feel very happy that you can become my wife."
"I...me too." Dill replied, and she heard her own heartbeat beating fiercely.
"I often can't control myself, and I often do stupid things." Cohen whispered in Dier's ear: "Even so, will you forgive me?"
"I...I forgive you."
"Thank you, my dear wife."
However, what followed was not a passionate kiss.
Cohen put his left index finger on Dill's forehead and chanted a spell with a serious look on his face.
Realizing that something was wrong, Dill only had time to open his eyes, but his entire body had been imprisoned by magic. Not only could he not move, he could not even make a sound.
There was doubt in Dill's eyes.
Cohen carried Dill to the bed and took out several letters from his arms.
"Diel, listen up." Cohen placed the letters one by one next to Dill: "This one is for my father, this one is for my mother, and this one is for Feline and the others; it's for the Interior Department.
The order and the order to the military headquarters are in this envelope, and the last one is to the General Staff Officer."
After saying that, Cohen stood up, took off his clothes, and put on a guard uniform that he got from somewhere.
"Abu, go over there and transform, put on these clothes."
When Abu transformed and the two Cohens stood in the room at the same time, Dill's eyes were already filled with tears.
"Abbu, after I leave, Dill will be your master, and you must listen to Dill on everything." Cohen put the black armor breastplate on Abu's chest: "In front of the officials, you are me, I understand.
?"
"Yes Master."
"Now, take me out."
Cohen, who walked to the door, hesitated for a moment, then turned back and walked to Dill's bed.
"This is for you." Cohen kissed Dill: "A husband's kiss."
Tears welled up in Dill's eyes.
Because of the last accident, the Governor's Mansion was heavily guarded, and the garrison strength in the Dark City was doubled. However, "His Majesty Cohen" transformed into Abu called an officer on duty and ordered the officer to bring a
Of course it won't be a problem when the guards "with a secret mission" are sent out of the Dark City.
The guard took the horse and was escorted by the officer holding Cohen's personal letter of approval, all the way out of the gate of the Dark City.
The fields outside the city were dark. Cohen avoided the trade route and followed a country path to bypass the first pass out of the Dark City. This path was also guarded by soldiers, but Cohen had a passable letter, so there was no problem.
But at a small pass, Cohen encountered a real problem.
A burly figure occupied the road, and there were more figures around. It seemed that they had been waiting here for a long time.
Cohen slowly clapped his horse forward, thinking of countermeasures.
The burly figure also took two steps forward.
"Sir, you're a little late." A deep, resolute voice said, "We have been waiting for a while."
"Well, didn't I tell you to go back to your room and rest?" Cohen said, "Rock, why are you here with the Guards?"
"Wherever the officer is, the Guards will be there." Rock took another step forward: "Before we are all dead, the Guards will not let the officer face danger."
"In this case, you just want to accompany me, instead of taking me back to the Dark City?" Cohen was a little surprised by Rock's words: "Is that so?"
"We are not from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and we do not belong to the army. We are just the commander's guards." Rock emphasized his words again: "You are our commander. Wherever the commander is, we will be there."
"In that case." Cohen smiled: "Let's set off together!"
"Yes, sir!" Rock stood at attention, gave Cohen a standard military salute, then turned around and ordered: "Lead the horse and get ready to go."
Rock mounted his particularly "robust" pinto horse and advanced slowly side by side with Cohen.
Cohen asked: "How many people did you bring?"
"Six Guards teams, almost all elites." Rock replied: "Because sir, you said you were going to the military camp tomorrow, so we came out under the pretext of surveying the route in advance."
"How did you guess what I was thinking?" Cohen asked again.
"Every bloody man will do this." Rock replied: "It's not difficult to guess."
Cohen muttered "bloody man" several times silently and did not speak again.
"Target boundary." After exiting the pass, Cohen told Rock: "Hurry!"
When a faint white color appeared in the eastern sky, the general staff officer, who had traveled a long way for several days, stopped at the gate of Dark City. The tiredness on his face and the anxiety in his heart made this usually calm officer become very nervous.
He was so anxious that he almost gave the soldier who was unable to open the city gate a whip.
But Carlos was Carlos after all. Although he was anxious, he still kept silent after entering the city. He even entered the Governor's Palace through the back door.
At this moment, someone dared to stop him despite his military rank and position, and she was a woman.
This woman is, of course, the new head of the governor's palace, Miss Lucy.
This woman, who "always had a slight smile on her face, but always kept people away from her thousands of miles away", and her four maids, refused to let Carlos enter the courtyard where Cohen Keda rested.
"This is not a military camp, nor is it the Ministry of Interior. This is His Majesty's inner courtyard." Lucy whispered softly: "Mr. Officer, please understand His Majesty's hard work over the past few days and let him sleep until dawn."
"Emergency military affairs." Carlos said with chapped lips.
"Please ask for the Prime Minister." Miss Lucy said: "Except for His Majesty's parents and His Majesty's four wives, no one can enter at this time."
"Chief Cohen, you didn't go out at night!"
"can not tell you."
"I...can't forgive you." Carlos threatened someone for the first time in his life, and at the same time waved his fist: "Your behavior is inexcusable!"
Then, Carlos ran like a gust of wind to the courtyard where the Prime Minister lived.
When Prime Minister Weisu and Carlos returned to the courtyard gate again, Miss Lucy blocked the two brigadier general commanders of the Empire's Second Army and Third Army from outside the courtyard.
But this time, Major General Carlos suddenly had a new understanding of this fragile-looking young lady - Brigadier General Helter's knife was placed on Lucy's white neck. Even a determined soldier could
It's rare to have a normal expression under such circumstances.
Prime Minister Weisu walked into Cohen's room and was sent out after a while by "Cohen" and Dill Merlin in casual clothes.
The three generals standing outside the courtyard exhaled at the same time, and their hanging hearts finally relaxed.
Prime Minister Wei Su looked at the three people, looking angry and funny.
"You three! What should I say to you?" The Prime Minister scolded the three officers one by one: "When can we stop being so reckless? If you go in, you don't know what kind of repairs you will make by Cohen. Your Majesty the Emperor
On our wedding night, you all refused to be honest?"
"Yes, it's our fault." The three of them apologized in unison, especially Carlos, who always felt that Manager Lucy's vision was a bit difficult to face.
"Is everything okay on the front line?" Prime Minister Wei Su asked casually after he finished lecturing the three people.
"In the short term, it will be difficult for the rebels to organize a large-scale attack." Carlos immediately replied: "They have recently suffered a disastrous defeat, and it will take at least a month and a half."
"That's good. It just so happens that I have something to ask you for. You've had a hard time on the road and haven't had breakfast yet?" Wei Suguo gestured: "Come on, come and sit at my place. Cohen will meet you at noon."
The three people followed the Prime Minister obediently.
The Prime Minister was walking with his hands behind his back, holding several letters in his hands. (To be continued)