Chapter 54 Sacrificial Dance
Ornate gold-trimmed eaves, stunningly painted beams, the extravagance was such it scarcely paled in comparison to the Great Yan Imperial Palace within the Luoyang Royal Mansion.
Bronze Music chimed.
In one of the majestically decorated great halls with boundless elegance.
A group of girls, clad in diaphanous gossamer dresses, like a flock of beautiful birds, was rehearsing the Sacrificial Dance under the guidance of a Ceremonial Officer appointed by the contemporary Prince Mansion.
Though it had been since Emperor Wen of Taizong that the Great Yan Court had implemented the national policy: "Distribute fiefs without assigning land, confer ranks without overseeing the people, receive stipends without governing."
Nevertheless, the nine subordinates at the founding of the Prince Mansion were still retained, each now appointed by the Court, no longer private vassals of the Vassal King.
It even subtly carried the implication of surveilling every move of the Vassal King.