"Oh?" Yinzhen looked at Ling Ruo in surprise, "My Concubine Xi has always been very talented, but she still has questions that she can't answer. Then I want to hear what tricky and weird questions Hongli asked.
His mother-in-law was also stumped."
Ling Ruo covered her mouth and chuckled at what he said, "Your Majesty makes fun of me like this, are you going to make me feel ashamed?"
"I'm telling the truth. Okay, go ahead and tell me. I'm all ears." With that said, he buttoned up the remaining buttons himself. On the other side, Su Peisheng saw this and hurriedly walked to Yinzhen with a copper basin.
, while walking, the water in the basin did not move at all, which shows that the strength in his hands is extremely stable.
Ling Ruo lowered his head slightly and chanted softly: "The human heart has selfish desires, so it is in danger. The Tao is at the heart of heaven's principles, so it is subtle. If selfish desires are eliminated, heaven's principles will be clear."
Hearing her words, Yinzhen, who had already bent down to clean his face, paused, straightened up and said, "I remember that these words came from Er Cheng in the Song Dynasty, right?"
Ling Ruo yawned slightly and said, "Yes, it was Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi. It was these two people who came up with the Neo-Confucianism later developed by Zhu Zi, which he called: preserving the principles of heaven and destroying human desires."
Yinzhen nodded and said: "Well, Zhu Zi once said that the sage's thousands of words are all to teach people to preserve the natural principles and destroy human desires; scholars must eradicate human desires and restore the natural principles before they can start learning. This is not difficult to understand.
Why is Ruo'er so stumped, and Hongli has been reading books for more than ten years, do you still need to ask people for these truths?" After saying this, he was already slightly unhappy.
Ling Ruo recognized it and said hurriedly: "Hongli understood the literal meaning, but when he thought about it carefully, he felt something was wrong. I thought he was talking nonsense, but after listening carefully
, I think it makes some sense.”
"Come and let me hear it." Yinzhen became somewhat interested. After cleaning his face, he took the tea brought by the palace servant and sat in the chair, waiting for Ling Ruo to continue.
Ling Ruo suppressed the tension in her heart and considered: "When a person is born, he has various desires. When he is young, it is the desire to be full; when he is a little older, it is the desire to play; when he is older, he has the desire to play.
There are many more, such as speech, enjoyment, and sexual intercourse when love begins. All of these are the desires that are normally generated when people grow up, which makes them have
After pursuing all kinds of pursuits, they also embarked on various roads. Some are good and some are bad, some are good and some are evil. But if we follow what Zhu Zi said and get rid of all desires, then wouldn’t even the desire for fullness be lost?
No more? If babies don’t know how to nurse, if children don’t know how to play, if adults are mediocre and do nothing, then the world will become lifeless and there will be no prosperity.”
Sixi's eyelids twitched as he stood behind Yinzhen, and he smiled calmly: "What you said is a bit scary, but if it's really like this, who else can you call me? It's not much better than the underworld.
"
On the other side, Yinzhen did not expect Ling Ruo to say such words. He listened carefully with a tea cup and said: "Ruo'er's words are a bit too biased. Zhu Zizhi's words are not so absolute, but let people try their best.
Get rid of distracting thoughts and greed in the mind. The less greed, the higher the realm will naturally be. In this way, he can abide by the truth and live without selfish desires. Therefore, this is not the same as your so-called desires such as fullness and play.
Not disobedient."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ling Ruo continued: "But a full stomach will turn into words in the end, and playing will turn into play later. Desire is changing all the time. If you want to destroy people's desires, then you should
Cut it off at the root, otherwise it will one day turn into greed or selfish desire, and then it will be impossible to eliminate it.”
Hearing this, Yinzhen had gradually come back to his senses. He looked down at the tea leaves floating in the light yellow tea soup and said slowly: "Fei Xi, are these really what Hongli said? Or are you going around in circles to find another one?
I have something to say."
When Yinzhen called the word "Concubine Xi" sternly, it meant that he had begun to dislike her. Ling Ruo had been with him for so many years, how could he not hear it? He bit his lower lip lightly, knelt down and said:
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty, for my concubine's crime of deceiving you!"
Yinzhen glanced at her, used a tea cup to stir up the tea foam floating on it and said: "Tell me, what's going on? I don't believe that you would come to argue with me for no reason, and you still choose such a person.
when."
Ling Ruo lowered his head and said, "I don't dare to hide anything from the emperor anymore. In the middle of the night, Sanfu from Kunning Palace suddenly ran into my palace and shouted for help."
Sanfu? The name that came out of Ling Ruo's mouth made Yinzhen strange. He put down the tea cup that he had not sipped and said, "What did he do in your palace?"
"My concubine was also very surprised at the time. When I asked, I found out that Sanfu and Jade had been in love for a long time. They had a good impression of each other and wanted to rely on each other. However, because of the rules in the palace, they did not dare to reveal it openly and just secretly made friends. How could it be
I expected this to be discovered
The complaint was brought before the Empress, which made the Empress Fengyan furious. She sent Jade to question him. Knowing that the Empress was always fair and impartial in dealing with matters, Sanfu was afraid because she was not a member of her own palace.
, I came to you at night
The concubine asked for help in the palace. Although Sanfu made a mistake first, he and Jade were not on the same page. Everything was done out of love rather than courtesy. The concubine couldn't bear it, so she agreed to come to the emperor to plead for mercy, hoping that the queen could forgive them both.
"Ling Ruo will be there in one breath."
The words he had been thinking about for a long time were spoken out. As for Sanfu's hope that the queen would die, and the queen's intention to get rid of them, he did not say anything. Firstly, these words were not conducive to saving their lives; secondly, they were empty words, even if they said Yinzhen
You may not even believe it.
Yinzhen frowned and looked at Ling Ruo without saying a word. He tapped his fingers on the table. According to the rules of the palace, if he found out that the palace people were secretly giving or receiving, he would be punished with a hundred sticks at the least, or be killed immediately with a stick. This was absolutely unacceptable.
There is room for tolerance. After a while, he said in a serious voice: "Ruo'er, you should know the rules of the palace, and Sanfu and Jade are people close to the queen, so you shouldn't interfere."
"I understand what the emperor said, but the three blessings are really pitiful, and I can't bear to refuse his plea. Furthermore, although they are slaves, they are also two living lives, slaves in the palace.
Being a maidservant and serving the master is already very pitiful. Now it's just someone to have when you feel sick.
When you are carrying a bowl of medicine, someone just asks you when you are tired, so why should you bear to be harshly criticized? Besides, it is a natural thing for men and women to like each other." Ling Ruo said with a sincere expression: "If a person doesn't even have a trace of lust,
Then humans will no longer be human beings, even worse than animals."
It seemed fine at first, but when he heard what was going on, Yinzhen's eyes darkened slightly and he tapped his fingers a little harder, "Others can do it, but Sanfu can't. He is a eunuch, how can he like people?"
Ling Ruo shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, please tell me the truth, no one is born a eunuch, or his family suffered a lot and was banished to the palace as a eunuch;
When you are full, you can earn a few taels of silver to supplement your family income.
Although that knife turned them into eunuchs and could no longer have children like normal people, it did not mean that all their emotions were cut off. They still had joys, sorrows, joys, sorrows, and pain.