484, Brother Shilang (Please Order the Whole Set)

The state banquet of Xiliang Women's Kingdom was a level lower than the spiritual meal of Cuiyun Mountain. Cuiyun Mountain was a fairy cave, while Xiliang Women's Kingdom was just a mortal force.

But there was no shortage of seasonal fruits and vegetables, rare birds and animals on the banquet.

Both the host and the guests were happy.

Bai Gui and the Queen of Xiliang also became more familiar with each other.

"Brother Shilang..."

"Recently, I have been studying the classics, history, and collections of the Central Plains. But there is no one in Xiliang, so it is difficult to teach me. Brother Shilang is the literary talent of the Tang Dynasty, Kuixing, I think he is familiar with this. Why don't you stay in the palace and be a royal teacher and teach me temporarily?"

The Queen of Xiliang sipped the grape wine in the jade cup, her peach-petal-like face was delicate and charming, her phoenix eyes were full of autumn waves, and her mutton-fat skin was stained with sunset.

She drank with her face up, her jade face was shy, and her narrow sleeves could not hide her delicate appearance.

A drop of purple-brown wine slid from the corner of her lips to her delicate and tender face, and then dripped into the soft ravine.

The fragile waist swayed slightly, and the golden pendant rang softly.

"Since ancient times, heroes have been unable to resist the temptation of beauty."

"It should be like this since ancient times."

Bai Gui sighed in his heart.

No wonder the most difficult of the 81 difficulties is the one in the Kingdom of Women. If such a beautiful woman wants Tang Seng to stay, even if Tang Seng is unworldly, he will inevitably be moved.

The King of the Kingdom of Women asked him to be a royal tutor.

To be honest, he also had some fantasies.

With a few moves of his fingers, with the customs of the Western Liang Kingdom and the hint of affection in the eyes of the Western Liang Women, he might be able to sleep on the dragon bed tonight and take the beauty home.

Even if it doesn't work tonight, it won't be difficult to do it in a day or two.

"Bai Meihe, Bai Meihe, have you fallen so low?"

"Sleeping all day long! Sleeping together! Don't you have any ambition?"

"Lü Zu said that a beautiful woman in her twenties has a body like butter, and she carries a sword on her waist to kill foolish men. She may not see her head fall, but she secretly makes your bones dry."

"Mencius said: 'Nothing is better for nourishing the heart than having few desires.'"

"Xunzi also said: 'A gentleman is happy to get his way, while a villain is happy to get his desires. If you control your desires with the way, you will be happy but not chaotic. If you forget the way with your desires, you will be confused but not happy.'"

Bai Gui exhaled a turbid breath and warned himself secretly.

He thought about the method of viewing bones secretly, and tried to regard the Western Liang Women's Kingdom as a red-faced skeleton.

"Are you unwilling, my dear brother?"

"I have heard a saying in Tang that goes: 'Virtue is never alone, it must have neighbors.'"

"Although my country of Xiliang is small and weak, it has always admired the Celestial Empire. Now that my dear brother is going to Xiliang, I am overjoyed and happy to be able to be enlightened by the Tang Dynasty..."

At this point, the Queen of Xiliang showed a hint of disappointment on her beautiful face, as if Xi Shi was holding her heart, with her eyebrows slightly frowned, making people pity her. She sighed and said, "My dear brother is unwilling, and I don't want to force him, but it's a pity that it's hard to imagine the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty when you are in a barbarian country."

"Am I overthinking?"

Bai Gui was stunned for a moment, and his face was ashamed.

He never thought that the Queen of Xiliang asked him to be the Royal Tutor not for personal matters, but to let the West Liang Women's Kingdom be enlightened by the Tang Dynasty.

He was overthinking.

Yes, the Tang Dynasty is the Celestial Empire. King Chechi was terrified to see his superior, and the Queen of the Kingdom of Women heard that he was the Minister of War of the Tang Dynasty and a scholar of the Hongwen Academy, so it was understandable that he asked him to teach the Kingdom of Women in Xiliang.

Who among the human race does not want the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty?

Having said that, Bai Gui could only agree. After all, the Queen of Xiliang said, "Virtue is not alone, it must have neighbors." This sentence comes from "The Analects of Confucius: Li Ren".

Educating the Kingdom of Women in Xiliang is a measure to show the virtue of the Tang Dynasty.

As an official of the Tang Dynasty, he couldn't refuse too much.

"King Liang, don't be sad. I will stay in the Kingdom of Women in Xiliang for five days to educate King Liang and the people of the Kingdom of Women in Xiliang. This is a meritorious thing for our human race, and I will never refuse."

Bai Gui shook his head, his face was serious, and he said in a deep voice.

The Kingdom of Women is isolated in Xiniuhezhou, more than a thousand miles away from the Tang Dynasty in Nanzhanbuzhou, but it still wants to admire the Tang Dynasty. As a Tang official, how could he bear to refuse this?

Moreover, as he said, educating the Queen of Xiliang and the Kingdom of Women of Xiliang is also a great meritorious thing that benefits the human race.

The Queen of Xiliang was overjoyed and walked down from the throne. She bowed to Bai Gui and said, "The little king thanks the Minister, no, the little king thanks the Taifu for his teaching."

The Immortal Ruyi beside him also nodded and smiled, "I don't understand what the Tang Dynasty is, but it would be good for you to stay in the Kingdom of Women of Xiliang for a few more days."

"Jieyang Mountain is not far from Hongye City. If you want to see me, just go to Jieyang Mountain."

After that, Immortal Ruyi didn't want to disturb the two of them. He flicked his sleeves and left on a cloud.

Only Bai Gui and the Queen of Xiliang were left in the palace.

The rest of the palace maids had long been ignored.

"Taifu, please follow me to the bedroom. I have been reading the Book of Songs recently, and I still have some questions. Please come to the palace to answer them."

The Queen of Xiliang said.

"Yes..."

Bai Gui glanced at the sky, "King Liang, it is late at night now. I am a man. How can I go deep into the palace? I am afraid that it will damage the reputation of King Liang."

"My daughter of Xiliang has never cared about reputation. Besides, there are no men in Xiliang. There is no need to follow the etiquette of the Central Plains. Besides, Taifu will only stay in Xiliang for five days. I will naturally take this opportunity to ask you, my brother, the Minister, for some knowledge..."

"With education and knowledge, I can know and observe etiquette."

The Queen of Xiliang lowered her head and smiled cunningly.

First know etiquette, then observe etiquette.

Bai Gui nodded.

This is the normal process of education.

If you only know how to observe etiquette, but don't know what etiquette is. This will easily lead to ideological rigidity, just like the "tampered" Neo-Confucianism in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which deviated from the original meaning of Neo-Confucianism.

Knowledge that can be proposed by wise men is not too bad.

It is always the execution link that makes a big mistake.

So the Queen of Xiliang said that there is nothing wrong.

"The King of Liang does not need to observe etiquette, but I do."

Bai Gui declined.

This is different from when he entered Princess Iron Fan's room to discuss Taoism. Princess Iron Fan and he are both monks who have left home, with no distractions in their hearts, and they will not care about the secular perspective. But now he and Queen Xiliang are secular people, and he is a scholar who teaches etiquette to Queen Xiliang. It is unreasonable not to observe etiquette.

The Queen of Xiliang was speechless. She turned her eyes and smiled, "May I ask, Taifu, in the Kingdom of Xiliang, what is the difference between day and night? Entering the palace late at night and entering the palace during the day, the palace is full of these people, that is a common etiquette, if you follow it, it will only make people laugh."

"What is etiquette? Initially, it is the difference between clothes and beasts."

"Those who are rude have no clothes."

"The palace is full of women, why does the King of Liang need to wear clothes?"

Bai Gui chuckled and asked back.

The Queen of Xiliang's level of Taoism is far from being able to discuss Taoism and reason with him.

The Queen of Xiliang blushed and spat lightly.

But she has also read poetry and books, and knows that this statement seems frivolous, but it is actually common sense in debate. It can't be that just because she is a woman, she can't give an example of no clothes.

Clothes are etiquette.

"I am a Tang official, not a citizen under the rule of King Liang. Therefore, I respect Tang etiquette."

"Why? In a peaceful world, I do not despise it; in a chaotic world, I do not discourage it."

Seeing that the Queen of Xiliang was still trying to argue, Bai Gui explained the reason.

The Queen of Xiliang wanted him to follow the local customs, but he insisted on being independent.

"Confucianism has the virtue of washing oneself, hiding one's words, and correcting them quietly, so that the superiors do not know; it is rough and arrogant, and it is not hasty to do it, not facing the depth to be high, not adding a little to be much. In a peaceful world, I do not despise it; in a chaotic world, I do not discourage it. It is not the same as others, and it is not wrong to be different. His independence is like this."-"Book of Rites·Confucianism".

The peaceful world refers to the Tang Dynasty, and the chaotic world refers to the Western Liang Women's Kingdom.

He did not easily deviate from his virtue in the peaceful world of the Tang Dynasty, and he would not change his integrity in the chaotic world of the Western Liang Women's Kingdom.

"I am somewhat enlightened by what the Grand Tutor said."

The Queen of Xiliang nodded, not quite understanding, "Entering the palace late at night will not harm the reputation of the Prince, but for the Grand Tutor, it is equivalent to changing his own ethics."

"The boy is teachable."

Bai Gui smiled.

He is not a simple Confucian believer, and he will not deliberately follow the Confucian conduct in the Book of Rites. But at this moment, the Queen of Xiliang asked him for advice on the classics, history, and collections, and he was unwilling to lose the face of the Tang Dynasty.

It is a kind of responsibility.

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