Heaven rewards those who work hard: There is no bottleneck in my martial arts

Chapter 35
According to the tradition of previous years, every New Year's Eve, Emperor Jian'an will hold a 'family banquet' in Qianqing Palace.

All the Zhao royal family who are still in the palace will be called together to celebrate the festive season with them.

Even some princes who have already been crowned kings will occasionally return to Daliang to participate in such banquets with the permission of Emperor Jian'an.

At this time, the main hall of Qianqing Palace is decorated with lights and festoons, full of excitement.

Those princes who were summoned back to Daliang, as well as the royal children who had no sense of existence like Zhao Hongming, all looked excited.

In their eyes, this is a family banquet set up only once a year by the Emperor of Great Wei, and it is the center of the Great Wei Temple.

If you are lucky, you may be able to get a panacea, or you may be allowed to enter the Tibetan martial arts building to choose the best exercises, or you may be rewarded with gold or silver...

A brilliant performance can change the fate of oneself or one's subordinates.

For them, this family banquet is a rare opportunity.

Not to mention those ambitious princes.

But in all fairness, Zhao Hongming is not interested in this kind of 'family banquet'.

There are too many familiar and unfamiliar people in the so-called 'family banquet' in front of me, without any 'home' atmosphere.

Inside Zongzheng, many concubines living in the palace, the recalled second and third princes, and the current King Bi and Dai Wang were all present.

It stands to reason that these people are Zhao Hongming's relatives, but to be honest, even if they live together in the palace, they don't have much affection for each other.

It is not much different to say that they are nodding acquaintances.

Therefore, in Zhao Hongming's eyes, this kind of "family banquet" is probably not worthy of the name.

"Your Majesty, the queen is here."

Around Shen Shi, Emperor Jian'an Zhao Gongxu and Empress Tu Huali walked into the main hall of Qianqing Palace together in Feng Dabao's singing.

Many concubines, princes, and princesses who had been waiting for a long time stood up to welcome them, shouting long live.

"Let's all be flat." Emperor Jian'an Zhao Gongxu waved his hand, and led the queen to the chief position.

After Emperor Jian'an took his seat, the rest of the people who came to the banquet took their seats one after another.

Zhao Hongming raised his head and looked at his father, whose appearance was about [-]% similar to his, and whom he rarely saw on weekdays.

It just feels very strange.

He withdrew his gaze, and his face became sad and joyless.

In the main hall, the prince's family is closest to the seat of the emperor.

Then came Zongzheng, the concubines, the princes who had already been crowned kings, and after that were the princes who had not yet left the cabinet, and some other clan relatives.

Zhao Hongming's ranking is not high, so the seat is relatively close to the back, in a corner that no one pays attention to.

If the other princes might be unhappy because of this, Zhao Hongming didn't care much about it, instead he was quite happy.

After taking his seat, Emperor Jian'an began to speak words of encouragement.

It is nothing more than this year, what kind of achievements the court has made, what kind of development the Zhao family has, and what kind of prospects will be in the new year in the future.

Finally, I sent out some emotions in life and said some congratulations on family harmony.

After all the congratulatory speeches were finished, the family banquet officially kicked off.

The eunuch of the imperial dining room, who had been waiting outside the hall for a long time, placed bowls of dishes in front of everyone's table under Feng Dabao's order.

Soon, as the family banquet proceeded, several ambitious princes including the crown prince, fourth prince, and seventh prince greeted Emperor Jian'an one after another, either reciting poems or fighting against each other, intending to win Emperor Jian'an's attention.

During this special season, Emperor Jian'an naturally wouldn't spoil the fun, and even played games such as guessing coins, thumb wars, and drinking orders.

At the back, Zongzheng also joined in.

But he played a more elegant game - guessing allusions.

What Zongzheng said about guessing allusions was that he randomly said some riddles to let the people present find out the corresponding allusions, which was difficult or easy.

It is not only a game, but also a test against everyone.

Emperor Jian'an prepared some small gifts such as jade pendants, jade bracelets, pills, and swords as rewards to enliven the atmosphere of the banquet.

So, under the stimulation of Emperor Jian'an, many princes and princesses, as well as princes who returned from abroad, were eager to try it.

For the ambitious among them, rewards may not be particularly important, what they care about is whether they can please Emperor Jian'an.

Zongzheng stroked his goatee, pondered for a while, and said, "Don't be tricked by beauty, just type up the Analects of Confucius."

After he finished speaking, Zhao Hongming only felt that he was in a fog and didn't understand the meaning at all.

"The Analects of Confucius: Ji Shi: When you are young, the blood is not stable, and the guard is in the sex."

Soon the fourth prince Zhao Hongli guessed the answer.

"Good, reward!" Emperor Jian'an said with a smile.

The little eunuch guarding the hall held a jade box and presented it in front of Zhao Hongli.

He took the jade box and opened it to see that it was a marrow washing pill.

Zhao Hongli's mind was quick, and he immediately realized that this was an affirmation of what he did in the upper study that day.

He excitedly said: "Thank you, father, and wish you a long life."

With Zhao Hongli making the start, the others were all motivated and eager to try.

"Puppet, hit Mencius."

"Mencius King Hui of Liang: 'The one who made the figurines has no descendants!' It is also used for its elephants."

"Easy to learn, type the Analects of Confucius."

"The Analects of Confucius Shuer: Know it silently, never get tired of learning, and never get tired of teaching."

"All the people are soldiers, and the art of war is a word."

"Sun Tzu Marching Army Chapter, order it with literature, and use it with martial arts."

……

The riddles were uttered one by one, and then the crown prince Zhao Hongwen, the second prince Zhao Hongwu, the seventh prince Zhao Hongsheng and other princes and princesses all answered the riddles correctly, and gained a lot.

The atmosphere on the field is getting more and more heated.

Suddenly, the Eighth Prince Zhao Hongguang, who was sitting behind Zhao Hongming, poked his head and said in a low voice, "Fifth Brother, why don't you go up and say something? I think you're just eating there."

Zhao Hongming spread his hands, and said honestly: "I don't know how to play this game, what a joke."

"Everywhere hit a wall, type the Analects of Confucius."

At this time, Zongzheng uttered another riddle.

The Eighth Prince's eyes lit up and he said, "Fifth Brother, I will answer this question. The Analects of Confucius Zi Zhang: The master's wall is so high that you can't enter through the door. You don't see the beauty of the ancestral temple and the wealth of hundreds of officials. Fifth brother, hurry up, go and talk about it."

"Eh..." Zhao Hongming didn't expect the Eighth Prince to tell him the answer directly and let him show off, but after a while, he said in embarrassment: "Eighth Brother, this answer is too long."

Not long after his words fell, the Seventh Prince took the initiative to stand up and told the answer to the mystery.

Seeing that the eighth prince's eyes were full of hatred, he missed the opportunity in vain.

Zhao Hongming picked up a braised pig's trotter and gnawed it seriously, which was quite out of tune with the intense atmosphere in the whole hall.

After gnawing on the pig's trotters, he picked up a whole roast duck, dipped it in the dipping sauce, and carefully tore it up and ate it.

While eating, Zhao Hongming smiled and said, "Eighth brother, why don't you tell me the answer when you know the answer?"

The Eighth Prince Zhao Hongguang shrank his neck and said, "There are so many people, I'm a little scared..."

Hearing this, Zhao Hongming was immediately happy.

The eighth brother is one year older, but as expected, nothing has changed, he is still so cowardly.

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