Because his travels through Yu Province had delayed him for quite some time, and there were not many days left before the Nascent Soul banquet of the 'Purple Sun' Cui Family of Boling Commandery, Ji Province, Liang Zhaohuang no longer leisurely toured Yan Province and Ji Province. Instead, he headed straight for Boling Commandery.
As for those two provinces, he could explore them slowly later.
The 'Purple Sun' Cui Family was likewise a fourth-rank commandery clan. Unlike the disciples of the 'Jade Sword' Chen Family, who all served in the military commanded by the imperial house, most Cui Family disciples served as inner officials of the imperial house, and their ties to the imperial house were equally close.
There was not much unusual about the Cui Family's Nascent Soul banquet, but throughout the event, its ritual music, ceremonies, honor guards, procedures, and the like were even more elaborate and solemn than those of the 'Jade Sword' Chen Family.
In every respect, the 'Jade Sword' Chen Family's Nascent Soul banquet had already surpassed the several Nascent Soul banquets Liang Zhaohuang had attended before in its excessive ceremonial formalities.
Yet the 'Purple Sun' Cui Family went even further.
This was likely related to the various rites and customs cultivated by these Five Mausoleum Commandery Clans over several thousand years of serving the imperial house.
In particular, the 'Purple Sun' Cui Family mostly served as inner officials of the imperial house, making them especially attentive to such ritual music and ceremonial etiquette.
All of this was displayed to the fullest at the Cui Family's Nascent Soul banquet.
Liang Zhaohuang had little opinion on such matters. He merely recorded what he saw, adding to his family's archives. At the very least, these observations allowed him to glimpse the temperaments and habits of the Five