In the Wei Dynasty, according to custom, starting from the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month to celebrate the Little New Year, sky lanterns would be erected in front of the Qianqing Palace day and night.
On New Year's Eve, after dark, a more solemn lighting ceremony will be held.
As the party progressed, it became dark.
The lighting ceremony of New Year's Eve begins.
Emperor Jian'an led many of the Zhao family's children outside the palace.
At this time, the eunuchs were neatly arranged in two rows on both sides of the steps outside the Qianqing Palace.
Seeing that the time was almost up, at the signal of Emperor Jian'an, Feng Dabao walked to the front and shouted: "Light on!"
Behind the Qianqing Palace there was music playing, and the "beacon light" under the eaves of the Qianqing Palace was lit.
Then the entire Wei Palace seemed to have received some kind of unified order, and the lights everywhere were lit at almost the same moment.
In an instant, the entire Wei Palace became colorful, like a city that never sleeps, causing everyone to exclaim in surprise.
After the lantern lighting ceremony is over, the elegant music in the Qianqing Palace will change accordingly.
Many concubines, princes and many other relatives of the Zhao family will send the emperor off respectfully, officially ending the family banquet.
Throughout the family dinner, Zhao Hongming only focused on eating and did not take the initiative to participate in any activities.
So in the end, of all the seats, only his seat had the cleanest plate.
Emperor Jian'an didn't seem to want to pay extra attention to him, and didn't even mention it.
Zhao Hongming, who had no sense of presence at all, became even less present at this family dinner.
Even though Zhao Hongguang helped him many times and asked him to take the initiative, he remained indifferent.
The eighth brother who liked to follow him was disappointed for a while.
After a few days.
In the backyard of Dongwu Institute.
Zhao Hongming and Chen Xuerong sat opposite each other.
On the stone table between the two of them, there was a charcoal stove cooking hot soup.
"Your Highness, what is this?"
"The food I cooked myself is called Yuanyang Hot Pot."
Zhao Hongming said with a casual smile.
After New Year's Eve, the cold climate in Dawei has not changed much.
It happened that the previous snow was still melting, adding a bit of air conditioning to the cold climate.
At this time, eating hot pot to warm up is a good choice.
Chen Xuerong has never seen this kind of eating method.
Nowadays, soup and minced pork are popular in the Wei Dynasty. This is the first time I have tried such hot-boiled food.
She imitated Zhao Hongming, rinsing a piece of tripe up and down in the hot soup seven or eight times, then dipped it in a little sauce and put it in her mouth.
Chen Xuerong couldn't help but comment: "The taste is indeed unique, tender and chewy."
"Haha, I also like this way of eating, but I have never had the opportunity to find a suitable friend to try it. You happened to be free today, and I caught you here."
Chen Xuerong clasped her fists and said politely: "It is my honor to have dinner with His Highness."
"What an honor? It is my honor to have dinner with you, a talented martial arts girl." Zhao Hongming said with a smile: "I really envy you, a martial artist who can practice and fly into the sky. , do things that ordinary people cannot do.”
"Your Highness is joking. Those who have the ability to fly to the sky, escape from the earth, and conquer mountains and seas are rare among men. But not all martial artists are like this. At least I can't do it."
Zhao Hongming laughed and said, "That's right."
It is said among the people that if you are rich you cannot learn literature, and if you are poor you cannot learn martial arts.
There are only one out of ten people in the world who can practice martial arts, and the remaining nine out of ten are just mortals, like him, who have never practiced martial arts due to one or another reason.
Among the many martial arts practitioners who practice martial arts, 80% are martial artists in the Pulse Opening Realm. These people's physical fitness is just much better than that of ordinary people.
Even if you reach the Aperture Realm after that, you will only reach the limit of your lifespan.
Only when you reach the Xiantian realm can you live for thirty more years, reaching about one hundred and twenty years old.
Subsequently, one can live to two hundred years in the Wudan realm, and four hundred years in the Creation realm. As for the higher realms, no one has reached it yet.
If he wanted to have the power to move mountains and seas, Zhao Hongming would probably have to be at the Wudan realm or above to achieve some of it.
And as he learned more about it, he discovered that the martial arts here had not really prospered.
There are only ten martial artists in the world who are in the martial arts realm, pitifully few.
There is still a long way to go before true immortality and true immortality.
He said with emotion: "The book says that Confucianism used literature to disrupt the law, and chivalrous people used martial arts to violate the prohibition. It is not easy for this world to have the order it has today."
"It is a blessing to the people that His Highness has such a compassionate heart. It will definitely benefit the whole country in the future."
"You don't have to praise me anymore."
Chen Xuerong seemed to have remembered something and suddenly said: "By the way, Your Highness, I heard that Huo Xianshui's leg has been reattached and he will be able to recover as before."
"That's good." Zhao Hongming didn't show too much expression.
"Don't you think it's a happy thing for your Highness?" Chen Xuerong said in surprise: "If Huo Xianshui's legs can recover, maybe the Queen will be able to grant you a marriage. Your Highness also has the Huo family to rely on, and you won't have to live in the future. It has to be so hard.”
"I'm lucky to get it, but I won't die." Zhao Hongming said with a smile: "I feel that people who want to rely on getting a wife to gain dependence will often not get real dependence in the future. Besides, the eldest son of the Huo family The young lady probably looks down on me."
Chen Xuerong couldn't help but admire Zhao Hongming's open-mindedness.
It's hard to imagine that he could reach such a state if he could understand himself without anyone caring about him or telling him anything in the palace.
This reminded her of the sage's words: "Heaven will assign great responsibilities to people."
"Miss Chen, we've almost eaten. They say that many skills are not enough for you. Why don't you teach me other martial arts? I still have some talent in this area."
After these days of continuous practice, Zhao Hongming has a new understanding of martial arts and has become more comfortable with it.
As for his root bones, thanks to the continuous optimization of the Eight Desolations Immortality Skill, the root bone bonus has reached 1.8.
Now if he wants to learn a martial art, he basically won't spend too much energy.
He felt that it was time for him to master some more martial arts skills. Only one sword skill was still weak.
Chen Xuerong said: "I wonder what your Highness wants to learn this time?"
"I would like to learn another boxing technique."
"If His Highness wants to learn boxing, perhaps Mountain Shaking Fist is more suitable for His Highness."
"What's unique about this boxing technique?"
"Shaking Mountain Boxing, as the name suggests, if practiced to the extreme, one punch can shake the world." Chen Xuerong recalled carefully and said: "This boxing technique has a total of eighteen levels, from shallow to deep, and the front is very easy to master. , even if there is no true energy, the strength of the whole body alone can still exert the strength of this fist 50% to 60%."
"The further you practice, the more difficult it will be. However, for Your Highness, just practicing the first half of this technique is enough."
