Chapter 1005 - 515 The Emperor and the Electors
Among the three thousand ordinary princes, there were not only common dukes, marquises, and earls but also a substantial number of bishops within bishoprics—these religious nobles.
And these were not all the princes within the Empire.
For the Empire’s territories were also filled with tens of thousands of independent knight domains, most of which were inconsequential third-rate characters; but among these knights, there could be a Duke Knight who had grown tired of eternal life and was skirting by in the countryside.
Therefore, beyond the seats of the princes and the free cities, there were even more standing spaces—the knightly standing places.
The awe-inspiring Imperial Parliament Hall, located in the Regensburg Region, was a district that completely excluded commoners.
Hence, it was also known as [Little Heaven] to describe the noble luxury of this area, which was dignified and untouched by a single wisp of poverty.
The seven Electors and Emperor Oyo III, accompanied by grand ceremonies and solemn robes, along with the crowns and the imperial crown on their heads, entered the eight chairs at the center of the hall.
Among them, Emperor Oyo III’s dress was the most exaggerated; the traditional small crown of the Holy Empire was set with a row of fist-sized sapphires and a row of fist-sized rubies, the entire crown was nearly all made of gold, and on the very top of the luxurious crown sat a diamond the size of a soccer ball.
The sunlight passing through that diamond refracted and changed within it, casting a spectrum of colors around the Emperor, creating a magnificent and commanding view.