The morning bell tolled, the great vermilion gates swung wide, and officials in purple and crimson robes filed along the white jade arch bridge, passing through magnificent palace halls. Inside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the golden bricks shone clear as mirrors.
Guided by the Imperial Feather Guard, the hundred officials took their respective places. Then the grand eunuch cried out, and amidst the fluttering of ceremonial feather fans and insignia, the Great Xia Emperor and the Empress ascended the dragon throne. The pearl curtains lowered, and the officials raised their voices in a chorus of ten thousand years.
The ceremony concluded.
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