Nearly a hundred scholars in white clothes and black trousers danced in the hall to the exciting music of bells and drums. It was a spectacular sight.
The process of the elephant dance went smoothly. Everyone behaved and no one made a move on Fang Yun.
"It seems that Princess Qingchang also knows that this is a serious matter and does not dare to interfere with the hair-tying ceremony."
After the elephant dance, outside the Tongming Palace, a number of famous palace maids filed in. They held silver plates in their hands, and in the silver plates were placed a cotton belt, a yellow ribbon, ivory jade, and a jade comb.
The "Book of Rites" of the Great Zhou Dynasty said that the emperor wore white jade with a black ribbon, the princes wore mountain jade with a red ribbon, the officials wore green jade with a pure ribbon, the prince wore jade with a ribbon, and the nobles wore jade with a ribbon.
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As for ordinary scholars like Fang Yun, they only wear ivory jade!
Nearly a hundred palace maids filed in, each corresponding to a scholar, and stood behind these scholars. After the clerk of ceremonies finished reading the ceremony of tying the hair, these palace ladies began to comb these scholars with jade combs.
Hair, bun.
The process of tying a bun is very particular, requiring each strand of hair to be combed neatly. Although this process is simple, it is extremely tedious and takes almost half an hour.
After tying the bun, a palace maid put the jade comb back into the tray. Then she took the cotton ribbon from the tray and tied up the bun.
The last step is to wear jade. The Great Zhou Dynasty ruled the country with culture and was a state of etiquette. Confucian classics say that a humble gentleman is as gentle as jade. The last step of the hair-tying ceremony is to wear jade, which is to hope that all the scholars of the Great Zhou Dynasty will be gentlemen and be virtuous.
"In the Great Zhou Dynasty, after fifteen years of hair binding, you will have to perform military service. From now on, I must achieve great military exploits, be granted a title, and be knighted within five years, so that I can echo my father in the military!"
When he hung the ivory jade on his waist, Fang Yun's heart went up and down, and a huge voice echoed in his heart.
"In the Zhou Dynasty, we established the country with military force and governed the world with literature. Although it is the Lantern Festival, civil and military affairs cannot be abolished. In order to encourage all scholars to study hard, the royal family decided to launch a literary examination and a martial arts competition on the Lantern Festival. For the literary examination
Those who place in the martial arts competition will be given generous rewards. At the same time, those who finish in the top three in the martial arts competition and then take the literary test and enter the top three in the literary test will receive a big gift from the Emperor. I hope you all
Scholars, take part actively!"
After the hair-tying ceremony, the Supervisor of Ceremonies announced another news. The rewards for the civil and military competitions at the Imperial Banquet of the Great Zhou Dynasty were not announced publicly as a rule. But there was no doubt that they were very generous.
"A great gift from the Emperor?" A famous scholar looked at the Master of Ceremonies in surprise. In their impression, in the past, the rewards for literary examinations and martial arts competitions were usually given in the name of the royal family and the three princes.
.It has never been so clear that it was given by the Emperor.
"A great gift? What great gift? Ancient skills?"
All the scholars looked at each other and were very surprised. Since the Supervisor of Ceremonies said it was a great gift, it must be a great gift. The curiosity of all the scholars was suddenly aroused.
But the Director of Ceremonies had no intention of explaining. He held his hands behind his back, grabbed the golden scroll, turned around and walked in the direction he came from.
"The civil and military examinations are in the left hall. After entering, there are two doors, the left is for the martial arts competition and the right is for the civil and military examinations. Scholars, please go according to your abilities!"
As soon as the voice fell, many powerful princes and princes in the Tongming Hall immediately stood up and walked towards the left hall.
"Forget it, since they are participating in the Wubi competition, our trip will be in vain. We might as well stay here and enjoy the delicious food."
In the Tongming Hall, when they saw those powerful princes and princes walking into the gate of the left hall, many scholars immediately retreated, sat down again, and enjoyed the royal delicacies in peace. However, there were also many scholars who were better at writing and poetry.
, also walked in. They were going for the calligraphy and paintings of Duke Zhou.
The paintings and calligraphy of Taishi, Taifu and Dazai are worth a fortune in the market, and they are priceless! Most of them have been collected by themselves. According to rumors, these three adults are scholarly and arrogant in their writing, and they are kept in their homes.
, can suppress evil spirits and evil spirits.
"It's useless to stay here any longer. It's better to take the literary test, Wu Bi."
Putting down the wine bottle, Fang Yun walked towards the left hall.
In the crowd, Gao Wei, Cai Feng, Yang Qian, Li Ping, and Li Chen gathered together. These people suffered a loss in the eastern suburbs and have kept a low profile now.
"Don't go, you can't compete with him," Gao Wei just stood up when Cai Feng pressed his shoulder and pushed him down.
Gao Wei didn't pay attention at first, but when he followed Cai Feng's gaze and saw Fang Yun, his expression changed and he sat down with a depressed look on his face.
"Forget it, it's just an ancient martial art. We don't lack this, so we won't argue with him." Gao Wei said. No one could hear the resentment in his words. Last time he was hunting in the eastern suburbs, he suddenly ran out.
A golden horned python, but not only did the Fang brothers not die, they were a blessing in disguise.
Now Fang Lin has joined the Forbidden Army with his formation-level cultivation and has become the youngest warrior in the Forbidden Army. Before Fang Lin became the Forbidden Army, he was unscrupulous. Now he has the Forbidden Army as his backing, and at the same time he has General Cao Bao.
They were protected and became even more lawless. Yang Biao had only been dead for a week, but this guy came up to them one by one and beat them up.
Because he was worried about Fang Lin, Xu Quan not only did not go to Fang Lin to trouble him after he recovered from his injury, but instead stayed in the house and did not even attend the Lantern Festival Royal Banquet.
Yang Qian and Li Ping exchanged glances, and at the same time lowered their heads to drink wine. After spending a long time with these princes, they also understood that talking too much will lead to mistakes.
"The two princes don't have to be so depressed. Now that Fang Yun has entered the Wubi Hall, it will not be so easy to get out."
Li Chen smiled at this time, raised the wine bottle and took a sip. His eyes narrowed slightly, and a trace of pride flashed through him: "He was lucky last time. However, we can't afford to offend him. It doesn't mean that others can't afford to offend him either."
he."
"Oh, I wonder who wants to deal with Fang Yun?"
Gao Wei, Cai Feng, Yang Qian, and Li Ping turned to look at Li Chen at the same time.
Li Chen pointed to the depths of the palace with his finger: "Who else is there besides that one? It is said that that one heard that Fang Yun entered the Gang Qi realm when he was hunting in the eastern suburbs, and became crazy with anger. He used all kinds of means to
She took the miraculous elixir from the Human Emperor, not to mention top-notch techniques. She also secretly entered the palace treasury, produced a large number of elixirs, and distributed them to the guards, maids, and young eunuchs around her. It is said that there are also many princes and princes.
Those who were lucky enough to be summoned into the palace, took the 'Feathering Pill', and directly reached the peak of Qi, some even reached the Qi field level!"
Hiss!
Hearing the name of "Feathering Pill", several people gasped. Martial arts is one step at a time, and it is extremely difficult to improve! But this is not without exceptions. Just like human-level beads, earth-level beads can increase the speed of absorbing the vitality of heaven and earth.
Same. There are still some elixirs in this world that can improve people's cultivation level, and the Feathering Pill is one of them.
The Feathering Pill first appeared in the late period of the former dynasty. In order to fight against the rapidly rising army of the Zhou Dynasty, the army of the former dynasty refined a large number of Feathering Pills to increase the number of warriors. But after the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, this kind of pill
The medicine disappeared immediately. Even the pill prescriptions were destroyed. The Feathering Pills in the palace treasury were probably left over from the previous dynasty.
The effect of taking the Feather Pill is very obvious. It can directly improve one level of martial arts cultivation; but the side effects are also very obvious - it is only effective for warriors in the Fetus Realm, and it will reduce the life span by eight years. At the same time, the martial arts will stop there and make no progress.
"Crazy, Princess Qingchang is really crazy. She actually gave such a treasure to the palace maids and eunuchs."
There are four words written in Gao Wei's eyes at this time, incredible. The biggest side effect of the Feather Pill is that martial arts will never be able to progress further. But in this world, there are so many people who will stop at the Yuan Qi realm, Gang Qi realm, and Qi field realm for life. Take it.
You can still reach the aura state with the Feather Pill - if you don't accept it, you may have no hope in your life.
"I heard that Princess Qingchang also obtained a 'Golden Pill of the Imperial Way' from the Human Emperor. Now she has reached the peak of her aura!" Li Chen took his time and dropped another piece of news.
"Imperial Golden Pill!?"
Cai Feng couldn't sit still this time. The quantity of the Imperial Golden Pill was limited, and even the royal treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty would never have many. This kind of thing requires the collection of hundreds of rare materials and costs twenty
Years of refinement. Twenty years of being motionless in front of the alchemy furnace. How many people can bear it?
After the Imperial Golden Pill is mastered, the vitality is extremely powerful, and it is the holy product for the strong people in the Reborn Realm to break through bottlenecks. Only when the princes of the Great Zhou Dynasty went to war and made great contributions could they be rewarded with an Imperial Golden Pill.
And Princess Qingchang actually asked for one!
"She only lives in the womb realm!"
Yang Qian murmured to himself, even he felt that it was a huge waste for the Emperor to reward Princess Qingchang with an Imperial Golden Pill. It was like giving a treasury to a child to buy marshmallows.
"What a waste! What a waste, it's really such a waste!"
Li Ping also shook his head when he heard this. He was shocked and regretful at the same time. The fact that such a holy martial arts product could be given to Princess Qingchang shows how much the Emperor loves her. Even for the Crown Prince, this is the only treatment she gets.
"Li Chen, even I don't know such news. How did you know?" Gao Wei couldn't help but ask.
"I didn't say this. I also learned about it from my elder brother. Since he said so, it can't be wrong." Li Chen said calmly, speaking highly of his elder brother.