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cesses and ladies of the highest distinction, waited for him at the inner door of the female apartments. The empress mother, holding a large plate of gold and silver, filled with new coins of several kinds, and also with a variety of gems and precious jewels, poured the whole as an offering over his head; and after wishing him a long and prosperous reign, she took him by the hand, and introduced him within the imperial sanctuary.
