The Royal Guards member smiled awkwardly. "Lieutenant Colonel Xia is truly humorous."
"You won't be in any danger. Your guard cannot go in; only you may enter."
As he spoke, he summoned a female guard to lead Xia Chujian inside.
Xia Chujian felt a little regretful that Huo Yushen would not be able to see her dashing appearance at the Conferral Ceremony.
But then she thought of it again. Huo Yushen and the others could watch the live broadcast outside...
So that was fine.
Smiling brightly, she followed the female guard onto an antique car and entered the venue for the conferral.
She was brought to the square outside a great hall in the Imperial Palace.
Xia Chujian had never been here before. She only saw a plaque hanging above the hall, bearing the three words "Yingwu Hall."
A flight of Thirty-Six Steps connected the square to the great hall.
Above the steps was the Danbi before the hall entrance, which had already been arranged as the site of the Conferral Ceremony.
The national flag of the Beichen Empire fluttered at the entrance to the hall.
The Live Broadcast Equipment had all been set up as well.
The female Royal Guards member who had brought her in had disappeared somewhere.
In the empty square below the steps, a space that would not have been crowded even with ten thousand people standing there, she was the only one present.
Would everyone else be above the steps, standing on the Danbi before the hall and looking down at her from on high? Seeing the arrangement, Xia Chujian felt uncomfortable.
She was a hero with illustrious military achievements, not a clown for people to gawk at.
Was today really meant to confer a rank upon her?
Xia Chujian pressed her lips together, unwilling