War is peace; freedom is slavery; ignorance is strength. — The Secret Records of the Fourth Empire Emperor, Conquest Volume, page 79.
Tang Xiao also gave a slight bow. Nodding to Count Dooku, he said, "The Dawn Territory will also continue as a part of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, advancing hand in hand with the Confederacy and fighting for freedom and justice in the Milky Way Galaxy!"
The Dawn Territory was shorthand for the domain of the Grand Duke of Dawn. It was also the official Galactic designation for the Fourth Civilization, which had yet to truly step into the spotlight. (From here until Tang Xiao became king, the title Fourth Civilization would temporarily be replaced by Dawn Territory. It should not be for too long; Tang Xiao would become king shortly after the Galactic Empire was founded. Just so everyone knows.)
The two then delivered another round of highly official declarations, mostly empty formalities about the relationship between the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Dawn Territory, cooperation, jointly resisting the Galactic Republic, seeking justice for the Jedi Order, and so on.
Yet with the atmosphere crafted by the finest writers and composers, even those formalities still made people's blood boil.
Countless spectators below burst into tears at the speech, raising their arms and shouting as the atmosphere reached a fever pitch.
Then Tang Xiao's wife, Adele Ulan, stepped onto an antigravity platform and rose into the air. Though the security measures were exceptionally thorough, flying several hundred meters into the sky atop a little disc less than a square meter wide still frightened Adele Ulan pale.
Nevertheless, she came to a position slightly below Tang Xiao and lowered her head in a graceful salute.
Tang Xiao nodded, reached out to help Adele Ulan up, and tightly clasped