In the Name of the Queen

June 22, 1793, New Magic Calendar.

The coming-of-age ceremony of the new emperor of the Sussex Empire, Sylph, was also her coronation ceremony.

With the strength and status of the Sussex Empire, the coronation ceremony should have been held in the imperial capital, squandering the treasury.

However, Sylph did not do so.

Her ceremony was very simple, and the location was not in the imperial capital.

The biggest expense was not even the coronation ceremony itself, but the reception of domestic and foreign guests.

This was a coronation ceremony that was destined to be controversial.

Because the cabinet voted with two votes in favor, one abstention, and all the rest against, the Heraldry Academy did not come to Hansa to complete her coronation and grant her the golden scepter.

Because the Temple of Light was allowed to preach in the four overseas provinces, the Temple of Plenty also had opinions about her, and did not send the Pope to preside over her coronation, but only sent a few priests to watch the ceremony.

Not only that, several major countries did not send their heads of state to watch the ceremony in person, but only sent diplomatic envoys to show their support politely and distantly.

Among the major powers, only Alina was willing to support her.

Everyone seemed to have agreed to see her laugh.

If it was her two years ago, she would definitely be panicked, but not now.

She has Roland.

Sif confidently handed the coronation ceremony to Roland.

She always trusted Roland to do things.

She believed that Roland would definitely use the least cost to do the best show.

She had money, but didn't want to waste it on the coronation ceremony.

The sixth return day was getting closer and closer, and she had to use all her resources in the right way. She didn't even want to spend money to dress herself up and buy a few new clothes.

The reason was simple. Even if she didn't put on makeup, was there a girl more beautiful than her?

The magic mirror said: There really isn't one.

The money is not much, and the work must be done well. If it were an ordinary person, it would definitely be a headache, but this wouldn't be a problem for Roland.

The coronation ceremony requires a special dress, a crown, and a scepter symbolizing power. These three things are very valuable, and they will be invalidated after being used once, which is a standard waste.

Sif gave Roland a budget of 110,000 pounds, and the total cost of Edward's accession to the throne was 1.15 million pounds.

It cost a lot to entertain guests, so Roland could only save money on these three items.

He rented the coronation dress from the Jinyuan Kingdom Museum.

This was the coronation dress of a certain empress of the Jinyuan Second Empire more than 500 years ago.

Because this dress was sealed after being used only once, it is still as new as ever even after hundreds of years.

This dress is extremely gorgeous and full of elegant artistic atmosphere, and because it has been sealed for a long time, no one knows it, and no one knows its origin.

Just looking at the dazzling gems, this dress is worth 100,000 pounds.

Anyway, it has to be put back to sleep after being used once, so renting it is of course no problem.

Cost of dress: 300 livres, about 293 pounds.

The price of a crown is many times more expensive than a dress. For a level like the Emperor of the Sussex Empire, a crown costs at least 300,000 pounds.

Less than this price, it would be a loss of face.

This was not a problem for Roland. He did not commission top jewelers and artists to make the crown, but found Norton.

Use alchemy to forge gems.

Alchemical forgeries are more dazzling and gorgeous than the originals.

No one dared to question that it was fake.

After all, no one would have thought that the queen would use a fake crown when she ascended the throne.

Even if someone thought of it, would he dare to jump out and accuse?

Crown cost: 15 pounds.

The golden scepter cannot be forged. Fortunately, gold is much cheaper than gems. One pound of gold can be melted into 7.75 grams of gold, which is the basic cost.

The biggest cost of the golden scepter comes from artistic design.

In order to show their achievements and ambitions, most monarchs would ask famous art masters to design unique shapes when they ascended the throne.

The most important thing is to add the signatures of these masters.

The artists' worth is raised by them, and their reputation is further raised by the artists' flattery.

The left foot steps on the right foot, and everyone is happy.

Top carving artists are very expensive, and they never serve ordinary people, just to maintain this sense of luxury.

They don't open for three years, and they must make a living for nine years after opening.

With Sylph's coronation imminent, many artists' travel routes coincidentally head towards Hansa City.

They won't take the initiative to solicit work, but they will definitely give the Royal Steward a chance to see them.

Unfortunately, they miscalculated this time.

The Royal Steward this time is Roland.

A natural miser.

Roland didn't even plan to use gold to make a scepter.

He was ingenious, and he prepared a long sword for Sylph as a symbol of power.

The founding emperor Sussex the Great ascended the throne holding a long sword.

A golden scepter? That's something ordinary emperors who inherited their ancestors' foundation used.

As an empress who opened up a vast new world, a scepter is not suitable.

A sword is more suitable.

There are ready-made swords.

The hundred-forged Austrian steel long sword [Morning Star] worn by Marco was taken away by Roland as a trophy.

This long sword was used as the weapon for the coronation.

According to convention, the left hand often holds something.

It is obvious that anything that can appear at the coronation ceremony, even if it is just a decoration, is extremely expensive.

Fortunately, Roland, who temporarily played the role of the royal steward, came up with a great idea.

Magic mirror.

Right hand [Morning Star], left hand magic mirror.

The long sword shatters the darkness, and the magic mirror clarifies the heart. The meaning is excellent.

More importantly, the magic mirror is a divine artifact. What decoration can be more classy than a divine artifact?

At least Roland couldn't think of it.

After arranging all the props, there was still a lot of money left in the budget given by Sif. Roland could even buy himself a few barrels of Redbeard Stout and drink a few mouthfuls.

Under the attention of everyone, the coronation ceremony began.

Many people did not come to support, but sent people to observe carefully, in order to get the intelligence at the first time.

The coronation ceremony is an excellent opportunity for the new monarch to show himself to the people of the country and even the world, and it is impossible not to pay attention to it.

Even if it is just to show the financial strength of the empire, the coronation ceremony should be very grand.

However, Sif's coronation ceremony made the whole world a little confused.

The ceremony was very simple, but the whole body was dressed very luxuriously.

Sif's carriage and guard cavalry did not stop in front of the temple, did not stay for a moment in the Governor's Mansion and the palace, but went straight out of the city.

People were very surprised.

How could he ascend the throne outside the city.

Sif didn't care. Since Roland arranged it this way, he must have his reasons.

The crowd followed Sif's convoy out of the city and finally saw the destination of this trip.

Outside the city, there is a brand new warrior cemetery, where warriors who died in previous wars rest.

In front of the cemetery, there is a newly built high platform.

Tens of thousands of soldiers lined up neatly and stood there quietly.

Tens of thousands of people stood for at least dozens of minutes, still in neat lines, without any noise.

The envoys from various countries who followed finally understood what Sif was going to do.

She was indeed showing her ambition to everyone.

The ambition to advocate force and conquer everything with force.

The envoys from various countries finally remembered what she had done in the past year or so.

Annexed part of the territory of the Val city-state, cut off half of the province from the Oden Kingdom, intervened militarily to change the political situation of the Golden Kite Kingdom, and used the flagship as bait to kill General Hai Ao.

Although Roland had made many achievements in the war, in the eyes of outsiders, Roland and Sif were in the same bed, so there was no need to divide them too finely.

When Sif walked to the high platform, even the most dull people reacted.

She held white flowers in her hands and presented them to the newly erected Warriors Monument. She bowed three times and then turned around.

People with good memory finally remembered the dusty past hundreds of years ago.

The first Sussex Emperor wore a crown stained with the blood of his enemies in front of the cemetery, holding a murderous sword in his hand, and announced the establishment of the empire.

Sif followed the path of the first ancestor.

When she raised the sword, the blood of the Sussex people boiled.

The onlookers were in tears.

They were overseas citizens. In theory, they enjoyed the rights of imperial citizens, but in fact they were looked down upon by the self-righteous old imperial people in the empire.

The queen came, and they finally saw the opportunity.

The opportunity to get promoted and make money.

The opportunity to fight bravely.

The opportunity to leave a name in history even if they died in battle.

"I am willing to work with you to restore the glory of the empire."

Sif's voice was very soft, but it had an indisputable power.

"Long live!"

"Long live Her Majesty!"

The soldiers shouted in unison.

The sound reverberated over the jungle and between the mountains, and the echoes reflected back and forth, making the sound stronger and deafening.

Roland did not arrange for a shill in the army to lead the commotion.

There was no need.

The overseas new troops were all loyal to the queen, so there was no need to arrange anything.

They were all shills.

Me too.

Roland thought silently.

The corners of his lips rose slightly, watching Sif raise her sword and listening to her melodious voice singing the song of God Bless the Queen.

In a pool not far away, Miss Siren also sang along.

The old Mr. Walder was flushed and sang along.

When the restless Mr. William was distracted, he couldn't help but sing along.

Everyone was singing.

The singing spread from outside the city to the city, drifting farther and farther, resounding throughout the continent.