Chapter 198 Moon Goddess
The envoys who came to visit did not greet the emperor and officials first, but instead greeted their own goddess first.
It seemed as if they were not here to visit, but to pay a visit.
This attitude made the officials of the Ministry of Rites very unhappy, and some young officials even stepped forward and wanted to argue.
But the older Minister of Rites who had just been promoted stopped the young official, looked at him, and shook his head slightly.
We are now at the gate of the capital. If a fight breaks out, not only will it be embarrassing, but people will also make a big fuss about it, accusing Dayong of bullying others by abusing its power.
So the young official could only swallow his anger.
But he already had a bad impression of this so-called goddess. Even if she was as beautiful as the rumors said, she was still a woman who had no sense of propriety and no sense of decency!
Even if he really has supernatural powers, so what? The spiritual masters in their capital city are the ones with supernatural powers.
Just as the goddess' carriage was entering the city gate, the wind blew up the curtain of the carriage, revealing the true face of the goddess inside.
The goddess was indeed as beautiful as the legend said. Even though she had a veil on her face, her beautiful eyes seemed to be filled with autumn water and all things in the world.
When ordinary people see such a goddess, their eyes will involuntarily linger on her for a while.
When the wind blew open the carriage curtain, the goddess was prepared to be watched by people.
Unexpectedly, the officials from the Ministry of Rites only looked at her for a moment, and then turned away without even staying for a moment.
There was even a hint of disdain in their eyes.
This made the goddess stunned for a moment. She was a little surprised and a little suspicious as to why these officials of the Great Yong Dynasty reacted to her in this way.
She even tilted her head slightly and asked the maid beside her: "Is there something on my face today?"
The maid looked at the goddess carefully for a while before shaking her head: "No, the goddess is still as beautiful as ever today."
This made the goddess feel even more puzzled. Why did these officials from the Ministry of Rites react like this?
The goddess has always been very confident in her appearance since she was a child, and she has never encountered such an abnormality since she was a child.
The more she thought about it, the more strange it seemed to her, so she secretly used her "divine power" while no one was paying attention, and used a piece of talisman paper that could spy on people's inner thoughts.
After using this talisman paper, you can see the current thoughts in ordinary people's minds, and you can only see a person's thoughts in the blink of an eye.
She used the talisman on the young official from the Ministry of Rites who had just glanced at her and then looked away with disdain.
She clearly heard the official's inner voice: "This so-called goddess is just so-so, not as pretty as the rumors say. She is not even as pretty as our Master Ling, who is even more powerful than this goddess."
The goddess could not hear what the official behind was thinking.
The goddess's face looked a little ugly and turned a little pale.
The divine power she can use in a day is limited, and can only be used once at most.
I didn't bring many truth-telling talismans that could hear people's thoughts, only three. Now that I have used one, there are only two left, and the divine power I can use today has also been used up.
I didn't expect to hear such an answer.
The goddess frowned slightly. Before she came to Dayong, why had she never heard that there was a spiritual master in the capital who was more beautiful than the goddess and had more powerful powers than the goddess?
The maid next to her saw that the goddess looked strange and realized that she had used her divine power. She was immediately shocked and said, "Goddess, did you use your divine power just now?
You can only use your divine power once a day. The high priest has instructed you to use your divine power where it is most needed.
You haven't even met the Emperor of Dayong today, but you've already used your divine power in advance. I'm afraid that's inappropriate..."
The goddess looked indifferent, even a little impatient: "I know my limits. When is it your turn to point fingers at my affairs?"
"But..." The maid wanted to say something, but after meeting the warning gaze of the goddess, she could only swallow all the words she wanted to say.
The goddess was also feeling irritated.
She was really fed up with being the Moon Goddess of the Moon Kingdom. From the moment she was chosen as the goddess, she had no freedom at all.
Although he seems to be being supported by a high authority and respected by the people of the Moon Kingdom, in fact, his every move is closely monitored by the people around him.
No matter what she does, there are strict rules, even when she can drink water, how much water she can drink, and what posture she should use to drink water.
The high priest was even more perverted. Ever since she was chosen as the goddess at the age of six or seven, the high priest often called her to a secret room alone. He said that he was teaching her magic, but in fact he was taking the opportunity to touch her.
The more scared she was, the happier the old high priest was.
If it weren't for the fact that as a goddess she must be a virgin, otherwise the ritual would not be successful.
She was very suspicious that she had been cleared by the high priest a long time ago.
Later, she was not satisfied with the status quo and she refused to accept her fate.
She didn't want to grow up like this, and marry the high priest, an old man whose half body had to be buried in the ground, when she was twenty-six years old.
She deliberately designed a plan to lure out the three most powerful princes and make them fight for her.
She would rather marry a young and strong prince, lose her divine power as a goddess, and lose the useless admiration of the people, than marry the perverted high priest who had coveted her for a long time.
Unexpectedly, her behavior angered the Khan, and he saw what she was thinking.
The Great Khan thought she was restless and was dissatisfied with her for provoking wars among the princes and destroying the emotional peace among the royal brothers.
It just so happened that the Yue Kingdom had enjoyed good weather in recent years, its strength had continued to grow, and the number of horses, cattle, sheep, and population had increased.
Apart from the vast grasslands, their Yue Kingdom is poor in resources, especially salt mines, iron mines and other mineral resources.
The Great Khan has always wanted to cooperate with the Dayong Kingdom to build a larger horse market in exchange for more resources.
They simply sent her to the Dayong Kingdom for marriage. To put it nicely, it was a marriage, but to put it bluntly, she was sent here as a bargaining chip.
After all, when the previous goddess married into the Dayong Kingdom, she not only brought more than 20 years of peace between the Yue Kingdom and the Dayong Kingdom.
Moreover, when the whole country of Dayong was hit by a drought and there had been no rain for two years, he held an altar to offer sacrifices to the heaven, which in return brought heavy rain for three days and three nights.
The reputation of the Moon Kingdom's goddess is still very good, so this time they want to use the same trick again and send her to marry in exchange for greater benefits for the Moon Kingdom.
The goddess knew that no matter how high-sounding the words seemed on the surface, this was the essence of the matter.
She is just an outcast abandoned by her own country.
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