Before long, the square outside Fengtian Hall was packed with people.
At the elevated platform,
four seats had been placed there.
Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Zhu Ying, and Zhu Wenxi took their seats.
Now,
as Zhu Wenxi had grown older, Zhu Ying had consciously begun training him to handle state affairs. Especially on an occasion like this, where the myriad nations came to pay homage, Zhu Wenxi naturally had to attend.
Once Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Zhu Ying, and Zhu Wenxi had taken their seats, the foreign rulers in the hall did not hesitate for a moment.
They all dropped to their knees.
Then they shouted in unison, "May Your Majesty live forever! May the Crown Prince live forever! May the Imperial Grandson live forever! May the heir live forever!"
Looking around,
these foreign peoples had all manner of skin colors, and there were both men and women among them. Though they did not look like the Han Chinese of the Central Plains, they could all speak Chinese.
Some of the foreign rulers even spoke Chinese with remarkable fluency.
"Rise."
Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor of the Grand Ming Empire, addressed the foreign rulers in a cold voice.
A moment later,
the foreign rulers shouted in unison again, "This subject thanks Your Majesty!"
To be honest,
most of these foreign rulers were visiting the imperial capital and the imperial palace for the first time. When they saw the palace's grandeur, they could not help feeling deeply moved.
Moreover,
when these foreign rulers saw Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Zhu Ying, and even Zhu Wenxi, they felt an overwhelming imperial majesty and did not dare whisper among themselves in the square.
"Tell Us how development is progressing in your respective lands."
As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, the foreign rulers below revealed panicked