Chapter 179 Consecration (Part 1)
In the palace square, nearly a hundred ministers were walking quickly towards the main hall.
"Didn't the court meeting take place this morning? Why do we need to hold a court meeting again? And judging from the guard's tone, he seems to be in a hurry!"
"Yes, since the Queen ascended the throne, she has never held two court meetings on the same day!"
"Hey, these are troubled times. I'm afraid the empire has made some moves!"
"The empire has millions of elite soldiers and two great sword masters. If we really come to fight, we won't even have a chance to fight back!"
"Don't we still have those allies?"
"Those guys, it would be nice if they came here to share a piece of the pie, and water from afar can't quench the thirst of those nearby. By the time they send troops over, the principality will be gone!"
"I have long said that if we spend 30% of our income every year to appease the empire, there will be no such threat!"
The ministers discussed in low voices and walked into the main hall a few minutes later.
Queen Skati sat in the majestic main hall. After everyone entered the main hall, they kept silent at the same time. There were only subtle footsteps in the huge palace.
"President Shallan?"
Everyone was a little surprised. The last time Shalan participated in the court meeting was three years ago when Queen Skati was canonized as an honorary mage of the principality.
In the history of the principality, five people have been canonized as honorary mages, and seven people have been canonized as honorary knights.
Only those who have made great contributions to the principality are eligible to receive these two kinds of canonizations, which are also the highest-level canonizations in the entire principality. The status of these people in the principality is second only to His Majesty, and to some extent, they can even Being on an equal footing with His Majesty, I can also mobilize the resources of the principality at will.
On the entire continent, the Principality is the richest place, bar none!
Even the Des Empire, which has five times the territory of the Principality, is far inferior to the Principality in terms of economy.
Even possessing only 1% of the resources of the principality is enough to become a wealthy person.
"Who is that person? Have you never seen him before? Judging from his appearance, it seems that he is neither from the principality nor from the elves!"
Several ministers looked at Chen Ping next to Sha Lan with their peripheral vision, muttering to themselves.
The principality has an extremely strict system. Ordinary people cannot enter the palace at all, let alone stand on the main hall.
"Your Majesty the Queen, all ministers have arrived!"
Yeying quickly glanced at everyone in His Highness, then bowed and said to Queen Skadi.
Skadi nodded and cleared his throat: "Some time ago, there was a lot of noise about the contamination of the big magic circle, and everyone has heard about it!"
"The demon gods in the demon world are ready to resurrect the sinful apostles in the Babel Tower. If they really destroy the big magic circle, the entire principality will be destroyed in an instant, and the apostles will cause trouble to the mainland again!"
"Fortunately, Archmage Emma protects the principality. When the survival of the principality is in danger, President Shallan and this warrior work together to repel the demon and repair the great magic circle!"
"After careful consideration, I will now confer the title of warrior from another world, Chen Ping, as a glorious knight of the principality, and be promoted to the title of marquis of the principality!" Queen Skati's voice echoed in the hall, and all the ministers did not even react.
Marquis is called "super grade", which means more than first grade. It is also the highest title for foreign ministers. Dukes are generally given to princes with higher merits and will most likely inherit the throne in the future.
The marquis in the principality owns his own fief and all the profits in the fief. In addition, he is also allowed to have a regular army of no more than 10,000.
Currently, there is only one marquis in the entire principality, who is Skadi's daughter and the eldest princess of the principality.
"Your Majesty, think twice. The principality has not canonized a knight of glory for a hundred years. Even if this warrior repairs the great magic circle, he canonizes him so hastily... I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public!"
"I second the proposal, and the Marquis is the pillar of the principality, so he should be extremely cautious!"
Several ministers tried their best to dissuade him.
"This decision has been made. My dear friends, don't say any more!"
Skadi knew that these ministers would object, but she didn't expect that almost everyone would stop to dissuade her, even her cronies.
"Your Majesty the Queen, even if you want to canonize this warrior, you should examine it for some time!"
The ministers gave their loyal advice. After all, the canonization of honorary knights and marquises was an extremely important matter for the entire principality.
In the past, the promotion of a foreign minister to a marquis was a signal to start a war, while the canonization of a knight of glory was basically a reward for the person who made the greatest contribution after the war.
Now that there is no war, the principality promotes people from other worlds to marquis, which can easily send a dangerous signal to the surrounding forces.
The principality's military strength was originally extremely weak, especially since these people had been at ease for decades. No one wanted to start a war. Even if they lost more money, as long as there was no war, everything would be easy!
"Captain Ye, how are you preparing for the canonization ceremony?" Skadi ignored His Highness's ministers and looked directly at Ye Ying.
"According to Her Majesty the Queen's instructions, the preparations have been completed!" Yeying bowed and replied.
"Then let's start!" Skadi waved his hand.
"Your Majesty the Queen, this is not possible!"
One minister shouted loudly and knelt down to dissuade him, and then everyone knelt down together.
As the saying goes, the law does not punish the public, and the operation of the principality cannot be separated from these people. In the past, matters such as canonization did take a long time to discuss, and at most it even took three to five years to discuss before passing. Skadi was indeed a little anxious this time.
After all, the Des Empire already knew about the existence of the heavens, so she had to contact the heavens before the Empire did. As for the canonization of Chen Ping, the most important thing was to give him an identity so that he could discuss the alliance with the heavens.
The Principality still had to rely on the Great Magicians Guild. First, it canonized Sharan. As for the mysterious wizard, he has always been unwilling to participate in these things. Now that he is the honorary leader of the advisory group, he can continue to deepen the relationship with the Great Magicians Guild, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.
However, these things have not been discussed with the ministers yet, so they are so opposed.
Skadi's eyes became more and more fierce. She could sentence a few people to death to kill the chickens and the monkeys, but the people killed were of low official positions and had no deterrent effect, while the ones with higher official positions were all important ministers and left and right arms.
"Your Majesty, it seems that the ministers have a lot of opinions about my Great Magicians Guild!"
Shalan, who was silent for a while, suddenly spoke.
"Sha... President Sha, we have always respected the Great Magicians' Union, how could we have any objection?"
"That's right! We have no objection to the Great Magicians' Union, but..."
As soon as several people started to speak, Sharan stood up suddenly.
"Chen Ping is the head of the advisory group of the Great Magicians' Union and a lifelong honorary advisor. He originally devoted himself to studying magic in the union. It was only after my repeated persuasion that he agreed to accept the canonization of Her Majesty the Queen. I didn't expect to encounter so many obstacles. In this case, please take back your order, Her Majesty the Queen!"
Sharan retreated to advance and turned to look at Skadi. When the ministers kneeling on the ground heard her words, they were all at a loss.
It was ridiculous enough that Skadi suddenly wanted to canonize an alien, and this alien was still an advisor to the Great Magicians' Union!
These people naturally thought that Sharan's words were to elevate Chen Ping's status, but the identity of the advisor of the Great Magicians' Union could not be fake, and he was even the head of the advisory group.
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to respond for a while.