I Am Truly Not a Treacherous Minister Your Majesty

Chapter 8 The Holy Church Nation

The Holy Church Nation.

Believers are coming in an endless stream, and today, believers from all over the human world have gathered in the Holy Church Nation.

This is not uncommon in the Holy Church Nation. In fact, there are several days like this every year: the Day of the Holy Lord’s Descent, the Pope’s Birthday, the Day of the Church’s Appearance, etc. These festivals bring a lot of popularity to this small country.

Recently, the Pope’s birthday is approaching, and the Holy Church Nation has sent invitations to dignitaries from various countries, inviting them to come and celebrate the Pope’s birthday together.

Undoubtedly, the Holy Church still has a lot of influence here. When the invitations were sent out, many dignitaries from various countries accepted the invitation. Moreover, whether it was to disgust the Great Xia or due to negligence or other reasons, the Holy Church even sent an invitation, hoping that the Emperor of the Great Xia Central Empire would send someone to attend this foreign banquet.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is just a stunt by the Holy Church, although it is indeed a poor one. Xia Yuxiao did not respond to the Holy Church’s invitation, but this matter itself became a topic of great interest.

Many people are even speculating whether the Emperor of the Great Xia Empire will come to celebrate the Pope’s birthday.

At least in terms of attracting attention, the Holy Church has done a very good job.

And that invitation did indeed reach Xia Yuxiao’s hands, and she read it carefully.

However, Xia Yuxiao’s comment on this was…

“Incomprehensible.”

Yes, incomprehensible. Because from the perspective of the Great Xia, the Great Xia is not one of your church countries, nor is it under your church’s control. Why would you bother others with your Pope’s birthday?

So Xia Yuxiao didn’t even bother to write a reply herself, but directly handed it over to Prime Minister Long for him to handle. Prime Minister Long pondered for a long time and fully demonstrated his ability as a civil official by writing a long, sarcastic essay. After reading it, Xia Yuxiao felt as if her mind had been cleared by his sarcasm and decisively decided to send this essay as a diplomatic letter.

Meanwhile, in the Holy Church Nation, people were crowding around the Pope as he walked into the cathedral. The current Pope is nearly ninety years old and already very frail, but his face still shows a spirited demeanor.

He warmly received the dignitaries from each church country and also discussed recent international situations with them, expressing sympathy for the people of many war-torn countries.

To be honest, by the standards of an elderly person, the Pope’s physical condition is exceptionally good. His mind remains sharp, and when dealing with different dignitaries, he always manages to maintain control of the conversation, often initiating topics with questions. This is something many people find unimaginable.

Now, the old man was smiling as he listened to the leaders of several small countries complain about recent trade route disruptions, while also glancing at the dignitaries seated below the pulpit.

Soon, the pulpit was set up.

The Pope walked up to the pulpit and began to preach the gospel of the Holy Lord.

Among the crowd below the pulpit, there were two peculiar guests.

One was a girl, dressed in an exquisite sky-blue dress, wearing a cute white straw hat. Her jade-like arms were exposed, and her graceful curves were fully displayed. Her eyes quietly watched the Pope preaching.

Beside her was a man who looked much more low-key. He was tall, dressed in a well-fitting black suit, sitting next to her. His identity was obvious as the girl’s attendant, as his body often subconsciously leaned towards her.

“Your Majesty, you are easily noticeable like this.”

Qin Ji whispered.

“Discovered? Even if they did, it doesn’t matter. That Pope isn’t a fool. Even if I did go to his territory, what could he do? He would just continue to hope that their Holy Lord forgives me, the ‘heretic.’ Though I don’t need any forgiveness.”

As she said this, Xia Yuxiao gently touched the hat on her head.

A very cute straw hat, which she had just found while walking on the street. In this place, the decorative value of straw hats far exceeds their practical value, so each one is made very exquisitely. When she put this hat on her head, the playful straw hat added a bit of liveliness that she usually didn’t have.

In fact, the original travel plan for the two of them did not include the Holy Church Nation. Xia Yuxiao and Qin Ji’s main purpose for this visit was the Western Empire, and there was no need to visit the Holy Church Nation.

According to the original plan, their convoy was supposed to travel through the buffer plains between the western mountains and then detour south.

But this route brushed against the Holy Church Nation.

Since they were already here, under the pretext of investigating the local customs (even though these customs had nothing to do with Daxia), Xia Yuxiao, after careful consideration, finally decided to step onto this land said to be blessed by the gods.

Of course, this time the two of them were not visiting openly, but under the guise of noble believers from an eastern island nation.

To facilitate the privacy of her visit, the emperors of Daxia had always had special people create false identities for them—these identities, although false, were mostly based on real information.

For example, Daxia’s professional team had several sizable industries in the Rising Sun Nation, which were actually prepared for Xia Yuxiao. Xia Yuxiao was the so-called behind-the-scenes boss here, and here, she was known as Xia Munai.

Once she used such a false identity, it was almost impossible to find any issues, because to others, after careful makeup, “Xia Munai,” who looked very different from her original appearance, indeed had several industries in the Rising Sun Nation, and her family’s history could be traced back a hundred years.

This time, she also used this identity to sneak into the Holy Church Nation.

“If possible, I hope Your Majesty won’t change the travel plan at the last minute next time,” Qin Ji could only smile wryly and say, “After all, when you change the plan, the entire visiting team has to change a whole set of plans.”

Her sudden whim made the visiting team almost all busy. The guards had to change their identities to protect Xia Yuxiao, and the team had to create the illusion that Xia Yuxiao and Qin Ji were still in the convoy…

Do you know how frustrating it is to have a bunch of burly guards perform a one-man show in front of an empty carriage?

“I will reward them, and also, don’t call me that title outside.” Xia Yuxiao glared at him slightly.

“Yes, Miss. So, Miss, did you notice anything?”

Qin Ji changed his address very smoothly.

“Our Pope is in good health and will probably live for another ten years.”

Xia Yuxiao looked for a long time and came to this conclusion.