"Chong Chong Chengcheng is about to turn eighteen." Mom said at the dinner table.

"What, Chong Chong Chengcheng is eighteen years old soon?" Meng Xinyi was taken aback and said.

"Eighteen, so fast?" Tianming was also very surprised, lamenting how quickly time passed.

"Yes," Liu Hongcai nodded and said, "Chong Chong Chengcheng and they have all graduated from middle school and are about to enter college." ”

"If we do that, we're almost in our 40s now, nearly half a hundred years old." Lan Luo touched his hair and said.

My grandparents smiled and said nothing, they were already over 100 years old, and now they don't look like they are forty or fifty years old.

As we age, aging is a problem that everyone has to face, especially for women, it is undoubtedly a sad thing to have wrinkles, crow's feet, menopause and other phenomena.

However, with the development of medical technology, the empire has not only solved the problem of longevity, but also made great progress in anti-aging research, and the introduction of a variety of drugs and treatment options, although it is impossible to rejuvenate old age, it is still no problem for people to maintain the appearance of twenty or thirty years old for a long time.

Tianming and his family usually pay attention to maintenance, and after the age of 30, they can hardly see the traces left by the years, and they are not even willing to disclose their age, admitting that they are already in their 40s...... Even on my grandfather's 100th birthday, there was no big celebration...... Please forget the fact that the middle-aged man in front of you is already 100 years old.

A heavy snort came from across the dining table, and Li Yuhan's eyes flashed with grievances: "Uncle, I'm 33 years old this year!" ”

Everyone looked at Li Yuhan, still looking pitiful in his 20s, but his eyebrows were much more mature than before.

The old mother hurriedly smiled embarrassedly, turned her head to look at Tianming and said, "Son, I see that Yuhan is not young, and I will delay other people's ...... again."

"Uh-huh!" A heavy snort was heard. Lan Luo looked at Li Yuhan expressionlessly and said, "When you are old, you naturally have to find someone to marry quickly, how can you be embarrassed to eat and drink in someone else's house." ”

"Mom~" Li Yuhan naturally didn't follow such a strong sarcastic word, and shouted a word to Liu Hongcai with an aggrieved face, which made the atmosphere even more embarrassing.

"Little Blue...... Everyone has seen what Yuhan has done for our Xu family over the years, so you can understand it......"

Lan Luo slapped his chopsticks on the table, "Don't eat, I'm going back to my room to rest." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and there was no follow-up to the matter.

changed the topic and returned to Chong Chong Chengcheng.

"Chong Chong Chengcheng is about to be eighteen years old, and we should have a grand birthday party for them. One more great gift for them! ”

"The banquet will be held in the Golden Palace, and some relatives and friends will be invited to come over and congratulate our little birthday star!"

"Eighteen years old, people only have one time in their lives, eighteen years old, they have grown up, adults, they should really do a good coming-of-age ceremony for them......"

"It's better to make the scene bigger, so that the people of the empire can see that their princes and princesses are all grown up." Tianming Road.

"Isn't that a little too flamboyant? It's not just the eighteenth birthday...... "Meng Xinyi doesn't like the kind of life where her birthday is exposed to the spotlight.

"Something is still necessary. After all, the royal family is royalty, and it is always necessary for the subjects to know and know their future imperial ruling class. ”

……

On the 22nd, "Future TV" broadcast a 33-second news: "Prince Chong Chong and Princess Chengcheng of the imperial family are about to turn eighteen, and His Majesty Emperor Xi à will hold a banquet in the Golden Palace." Coronation of two princes and princesses to celebrate the addition of two adults to the royal family. ”

Although the news was short, it still attracted a lot of attention.

There is a lot of talk on the Internet.

"Eighteen years old adult, does this mean that Prince Chongchong can take a concubine. Can Princess Chengcheng get married? ”

"Eighteen years old, it should be legal to fall in love, and my son is twenty years old this year. I wonder if there is a chance to marry a virtuous woman like Princess Chengcheng? ”

"I don't know if we'll ever get a chance to attend the coming-of-age banquet at the palace, but if I could, I'd really like to bring my daughter, who is seventeen years old."

"My son also graduated from high school this year, and he said that he likes Princess Chengcheng very much, but he doesn't have the courage to pursue ......"

"Prince Chong Chong and Princess Chengcheng are both seniors of my third middle school, I admire them......

"I'm about to turn eighteen, so if only I could spend it with Prince Chong......"

……

Five days later, His Majesty the Ming Emperor held a feast in the Qianqiu Hall of the Golden Palace, inviting more than 3,000 guests to attend the coming-of-age ceremony of Prince Chong Chong and Princess Chengcheng.

Among the more than 3,000 people, more than 1,500 are officials of the imperial class, more than 500 are members of the imperial family, and more than 1,000 are teachers and classmates of Chong Chong and Chengcheng and the parents of their classmates...... The relationship is very good, and after these people were invited, they were also very honored to wear suits and dresses and participate in this coming-of-age ceremony.

There are many descendants of the direct children of the imperial family, and the emperor alone has six children, and the emperor's younger brother also has four, adding up to ten.

There are also more than a dozen princes and princesses who are not in the direct line of the royal family, such as the three children of King Chengdong of An, all of whom have been crowned princesses and princes.

So many descendants of the royal family, even if most of them are not adults, but their appearance, talent, and morality are excellent, especially Princess Cher, the daughter of King An, is seventeen years old this year, and her appearance has been shocking, and countless people bluntly said that "this Princess Xue'er is more reckless than Snow White in fairy tales, and only the perfect man in the world can match her." ”

Princess Xue'er is stunning in the world, and the appearance of Princess Chengcheng and Princess Xiaofeng is also admired by many people, and they are also goddesses in the hearts of many peers.

As a result, many ministers and officials privately revealed the idea of marrying the royal family.

Some ministers felt that their daughter looked good and was of the right age, so they hoped that she could marry into the royal family and form a good relationship with the royal family.

There are also ministers who like several princesses in the royal family very much, and it just so happens that they also have boys of the right age in their families......

After these voices reached Tianming's ears, he rejected them all without hesitation.

"The marriage of the children of the royal family is decided by themselves, and adults cannot interfere."

"In the future, it doesn't matter who these princes and princesses like. As long as it is true love, we have no right to prevent it from being together. ”

"And I don't want to hear anyone talk about the marriages of the children of the royal family anymore, especially when they are still minors!"

"In short, for the marriage of the children of the royal family, abide by the principle of freedom of love!"

Tianming is very disgusted with customs such as "baby kiss", "family match" and "family marriage", and the social tie is guided by these customs, if he really agrees to the marriage request of those ministers...... In less than three hundred years, the empire will be finished, there is no doubt about it.

Some kind of Cheng dù on. He would rather see the children of the royal family fall in love with some excellent commoners, and it is much better than those noble children who fall in love...... For the sake of the long-term peace and stability of this empire.

Of course, without that blood marriage, it must be difficult to maintain this huge empire, especially when the empire enters the expansion stage, if the ministers stationed in distant places have self-reliance intentions out of personal ambitions, plus some gradually growing families, I am afraid that the division of the empire will not be avoided in the end...... No signs of this are visible now, but two or three hundred years later. It will definitely affect the stability of the empire.

Tianming is not willing to think so far, people must always have a little persistence, if you give up idealism because of the helplessness of reality, then what is the point of the previous persistence?

Tianming's purpose for establishing this empire. Naturally, I wanted to take a different path...... The path that completely broke the shackles of human nature.

……

Guests were seated.

"I would like to invite our honorable little birthday star, Prince Chong Chong and Her Royal Highness Princess Chengcheng!"

The sound of music playing by the symphony orchestra sounds.

A gentleman man wearing a royal tunic, a collar flower, and leather shoes appeared with a woman wearing a snow-white princess dress and light makeup.

The conversation of the guests stopped, and then they all stood up and bowed.

"Meet His Royal Highness Prince Chong Chong!"

"Her Royal Highness Princess Chengcheng Wan'an!"

The rush into the costume made everyone's eyes shine.

A handsome and handsome man. There is already a king's demeanor in the footsteps.

Next to him is generous and beautiful, extravagant, and has the demeanor of everyone's ladies.

What a pair of excellent royals!

They instantly became the center of the feast!

"His Majesty Emperor Xi à has arrived!"

Another bulletin sounded. Tianming, who was wearing a noble dragon suit, walked over quickly.

"Meet His Majesty Emperor Ming!"

Everyone bowed.

"Please crown His Royal Highnesses the prince and princess and congratulate the adults!"

The waiter came with a tray in which two crowns were lying.

One is a golden crown with a large diamond in the middle.

One is an off-white jade crown with a pearl in the center that glows silvery white.

"Chong Chong, congratulations, you officially became an adult today." Tianming put the golden crown on Chong Chong's head.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Chong Chong bowed.

"Chengcheng, from today onwards, you, like your brother, have also become an adult." Tianming put the jade crown on Chengcheng's bun.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Cheng Cheng stuck out his tongue and bowed slightly.

Tianming smiled mysteriously, leaned his head over and whispered to the two: "The birthday gift has been prepared for a long time, the latest Feiyue No. 6, one for each person, you should be careful with it." ”

Chong Chong Chengcheng's face suddenly showed ecstasy!

Flying over No. 6, this kind of thing that I don't know how many times I asked for it before and couldn't get it...... Today, on his eighteenth birthday, Uncle actually gave it to himself as a birthday gift.

This is undoubtedly a big surprise.

"Thank you Uncle, thank you Uncle!"

Looking at the two Chong Chong Chengcheng who walked with a little jumping, and were coping with the staggered cups and lights of his classmates and teachers, Chong Chong even danced ballroom dancing on the dance floor with a good-looking female classmate...... Tianming showed an extremely relieved smile on his face, these children are really about to grow up.

…… (To be continued......)