Chapter 235: Global Attention
The Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, also known as the National Cathedral, is located in Washington, District of Columbia.
The church tower is 41.9 meters high and has 9 altars inside. Since 1895, it has been upgraded to the main church of the National Anglican Church.
The church sits on a high hill, and its 391-foot spire becomes the highest point in the city.
At the center is the secular Congress, where elected members make laws and regulate human behaviour.
The holy church stands on a high place, where the priest sent by heaven serves God and purifies the soul of man.
The National Assembly, the dwelling place of God, is its place in the hearts of the people.
On January 17, 1931, in the early morning, the sky was bright.
The front of the National Cathedral is not lively, surrounded by buildings that have not yet been fully built, but it feels a bit bleak.
The big red canopy, the carriage inlaid with gold rims is as wide as half a house, and the two coachmen in front are riding 6 white horses.
This is a white horse in the true sense, and you can't find any variegation all over it.
Li Zitao is now sitting on it with his fiancée, waiting to go to the cathedral to be baptized.
That's right, the engagement banquet for the two of them today was not held in the church.
Get engaged, go to church and say your vows.
Today is the day of Li Zitao's baptism, which can be regarded as a ceremony before officially becoming a member of the Grand Duke's family.
Who made the Grand Duke and his wife both devout believers!
The carriage stopped in front of the main church, and the Archbishop of the American Episcopal Church in a red robe with white shoulders was waiting in front of the door.
"His Excellency Archbishop Antonio." After greeting with His Highness the Princess, Archbishop Antonio warmly invited the two into the auditorium.
Li Zitao bowed his head in front of the altar, and Archbishop Antonio's voice was deep and distant: "Charlie Lee, I am baptized for you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, may—"
Drops of water fell on his head, and when the blessing was over, Archbishop Antonio forgave Li Zitao all his previous sins in the name of the Lord, and the baptism ceremony was completed.
"Thank you for being able to personally baptize Charlie. I heard that the collection of the Anglican Church needs to be repaired. This is our heart."
Adelaide took out the check generously, and Antonio accepted it with both hands with a smile on his face. Everything was aboveboard.
Everything that happens here is to better serve God, which is very logical! !
"Is this the end?" Returning to the carriage, the carriage carrying the two slowly left under the smiling gaze of Archbishop Antonio and the priest.
"Of course, do you want to listen to the archbishop's sermon? Then maybe we can arrive at the hotel before night." Adelaide joked.
"The guests will kill me." Thinking of the guests waiting in the hotel, Li Zitao smiled wryly.
According to the normal engagement ceremony, the parents and relatives of both parties sit together, eat and drink, meet and get acquainted with each other, and then bring the bride price and dowry back to each other.
But if it's placed here with Li Zitao and Adelaide, it's more solemn than a wedding.
For his engagement, Jonathan vacated the Waldorf Astoria Chicago two days early for guests to check in upon arrival.
What's even more incredible is that the hotel was actually fully occupied, and even the Ritz Hotel on the other street was also surrounded by guests.
The business partners that Li Zitao knew, the executives at all levels of the subsidiary company, all came with their families.
Adelaide's side is even more extreme, and the royal family members have hundreds of numbers when they come.
"20 years later, because of a love that crossed racial distances, the European royal families gathered in the young and powerful country of America. This is a feast for the whole world—"
With the combination of Li Zitao and Adelaide, the height has been raised to the apex in one fell swoop, and it is short of the sky and the sun side by side.
It is said that even the Mingzhu, Hong Kong, Jiaoao and other places in Huaguo, the streets are full of detailed reports about this engagement.
The legendary story about Li Zitao was spread more and more mysterious in the Republic of China.
About his 'mysterious' identity in folk squares, almost a book of Ci Hai can be written.
"The government of the Republic of China really sent a congratulatory message?" Li Zitao couldn't help asking when he arrived at the hotel.
"Yes, your motherland, the government of the Republic of China sent a congratulatory message to express our congratulations on our love, and there are still a batch of congratulatory gifts being shipped from the sea."
"..." The more Adelaide said, the less calm Li Zitao became.
It's chilly in my heart, I feel like it's a pill!
If things go on like this, will the 404 gods keep an eye on our puppies!
"Are they still inviting me back to China?" Seeing Adelaide's nodding, Li Zitao immediately had an idea in his mind.
"Grandma, this is being targeted, no, for the sake of my life, it was impossible to return to China 50 years ago, and even if I go back, I can't have anything to do with politics.
The 404 Great God doesn't have many means, but he will obliterate it at the first move, and his stand must be firm. "
Li Zitao was waiting in the hall, while Adelaide went back to her room to change clothes. During the baptism ceremony, she didn't put on the Xingyao wedding dress and the bright crown.
The Bright Crown is Li Zitao's new name for the Ring of Love, the Ring of Love. Hearing this name, I always feel a chill in my head.
Perhaps we can take advantage of this opportunity to find a suitable agent and push Hualian into the Eastern market in an all-round way.
"Honey, what are you thinking?" Adelaide, who had changed her wedding dress and wore a crown, walked slowly, interrupting Li Zitao's train of thought.
"I'm thinking about when I'll be able to see Her Royal Highness, the princess I love so much." Bowing with a smile, Adelaide smiled brilliantly at Li Zitao's sweet words of love.
"Your mouth is so sweet, let's go, the guests are already waiting." Xian Hui tidied up the light folds that appeared when Li Zitao just sat down, Adelaide took his arm, and the door of the banquet hall opened.
clatter——
The warm applause seemed to overturn the ceiling, and the excited smiles were even stronger than that of Li Zitao, the person involved.
"Who is engaged!" Li Zitao complained in his heart, with a formulaic smile on his face.
Adelaide, on the other hand, waved and smiled gracefully to the surroundings, nodding slightly from time to time, accepting everyone's blessings.
In the chief position, West sat with the Grand Duke's family, looking at the new couple walking towards them with gratified eyes.
Although it was just an engagement ceremony, under the current environment and situation, the marriage between Li Zitao and Adelaide was really not as simple as he thought.
The deep meaning contained in it may change some changes between the two races of the East and the West.
At least today, when the two are engaged, white people, yellow people and black people are in the same room in an incredible way, nodding mildly to each other.
The reporters present frantically recorded this scene, because each of them knew it very well.
Even if it's just a look, a nod, a smile between different skin colors, it will become the best headlines in the next few months.