Chapter 343: Three Luminaries in the Same Sky, Prayer to the Gods and Summoning a Dragon (8,000 words, please vote with your monthly tickets~)
"Husband, we've passed Sweet Spring Gate!"
The Dragon Consort had been watching the movements outside all along. Seeing the Ritual Chariot pass Sweet Spring Gate, she hurried to remind the Dragon Lord.
Although the Dragon Lord had been reclining on the cushioned couch rather than stealing peeks from the doorway like the Dragon Consort, how could anything outside escape his Dharma Eye? Before she spoke, he had already risen from the couch.
"Open the doors."
So said the Dragon Lord. When he did not wish it, those outside could not hear his earlier conversation with the Dragon Consort. When he did wish it, as with this command, those outside naturally heard him.
The flag formation and the musicians parted down the middle, moving sideways into two columns to clear a path. The nine jiao swept their tails and advanced through the opening, reaching the very front of the ceremonial procession in an instant.
Once they reached the front, Ni Wenyu pulled the reins, slowing the nine jiao again. The flag formations and musicians flanking the jade carriage, along with every ceremonial contingent behind it, slowed as well, passing slowly through Sweet Spring Gate.
Then Ni Wenyu released the reins, rose, and went to stand solemnly beside the doors of the jade carriage's hall.
Along the galleries, two strongmen and four maids approached the doors from either side. On each side, two strongmen worked together to pull a door open, while two maids carried over a silk-covered cushion and placed it before the doorway, and another two jointly raised a blue-topped canopy.
Once the doors opened, the Dragon Lord and Dragon Consort emerged and sat upright and