Xu Zhiqiong asked Gongsun Wen to kowtow on the spot, but Gongsun Wen refused.
The censors and scholars mocked:
"Since we have made a bet, how can we not keep our word?"
"Mr. Gongsun, is your theory a theory of two minds or a theory of ten thousand minds?"
"I don't know how much heart this guy has, and I don't know how much face this guy has. Gods and men may have such abilities!"
Wang Yanyang sneered and said: "What a god, what a shameless person."
During the confrontation, Xu Zhiqiong felt a faint murderous intent.
It's strange, this guy has no cultivation, how can he have such strong murderous intent?
Could it be that……
It’s not that this guy has no cultivation, but that I can’t see his cultivation?
Xu Zhiqiong's heart trembled, and he silently prepared for battle.
Liang Yuyao was still sarcastic: "Mr. Gongsun, either you can tell me these ten thousand hearts one by one, or you can kneel down and kowtow!"
Gongsun Wen kept his head down and said nothing, but suddenly he saw King Huai standing up: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, intellectual debates do not have to be based on superiority and inferiority. Mr. Gongsun is full of great talents. Don't let any words hurt you."
So peaceful."
Liang Yuyao frowned and said: "When Gongsun Wen was aggressive, why didn't he see his uncle talking? This guy can't compete with Xu Zhiqiong now, and he wants to be a coward, but his uncle talks about being friendly?"
King Huai glared at Liang Yuyao, but Liang Yuyao showed no fear.
In the eyes of the Sixth Princess, King Huai is an absolute political enemy, a political enemy more hateful than the Crown Prince. Under any circumstances, Liang Yuyao will not show any mercy to him.
The atmosphere became increasingly tense, and the other princesses, princes, and princes did not dare to speak. Finally, Emperor Zhaoxing spoke.
"Yuyao, don't be rude!" Emperor Zhaoxing scolded the Sixth Princess, then looked around at everyone, and finally focused on the prince, "Gongsun Wen is the prince's companion, let Yuyang handle this matter."
The ball was kicked to the prince. The prince looked at Gongsun Wen and said: "Mr. Gongsun, after all, you have been my teacher for nearly a year. I asked you to kowtow to me, but it is embarrassing for you."
Gongsun Wen clasped his fists and said: "Thank you, Your Highness, for remembering this. I am deeply grateful. During today's debate, I was caught off guard and fell into Xu Zhiqiong's trap. I will wait for the future..."
"Don't talk about the future, today's accounts still have to be settled," the prince stood up, pinched his waist, showing his usual crazy look, "You don't need to kowtow, but you have to become a disciple. If you lose, you lose. You have to worship Xu.
Zhi Qiong is my teacher!"
Gongsun Wen stared at the prince with wide eyes, unable to believe his ears.
"Should I take him as my teacher?"
"What's going on?" The prince lowered his eyes and said, "When you Confucian saint was alive, you had many masters. He once said that if three people are walking together, they must have my teacher. The Confucian saint still has such ambition, let you become a teacher."
Have I wronged you?"
Gongsun Wen gritted his teeth and said: "I will not worship this fool..."
The prince lowered his face and said: "Gongsun Wen, if you lose, you are the fool! If you dare to say that Xu Zhiqiong is a fool again, I will make you kneel here and kowtow ten thousand times!"
Gongsun Wen did not dare to say anything more. He turned to face Xu Zhiqiong, bowed his hands and said, "Gongsun Wen lost to Xu Denglang in the debate. I would like to worship Xu Denglang as my teacher!"
Xu Zhiqiong asked the prince: "Your Highness, what is the Chinese character Gongsun Wen?"
"The word is Ke Zhong."
Xu Zhiqiong nodded: "Kezhong, you are not very talented, you are not broad-minded, you are not young, you are not thin-skinned, and your knowledge is not very good. In the future, you should learn more basic skills and don't write random books to make people laugh.
!It doesn’t matter if you lose your own face, but you can’t lose the face of your teacher!”
Wang Yanyang laughed loudly when he heard this: "What this guy did really disgraced Xu Qianhu!"
Another bachelor said from the side: "Xu Qianhu, you should expel this guy from the school as soon as possible!"
A group of censors and bachelors were laughing, and Liang Yuyao was laughing too.
Gongsun Wen clenched his fists tightly and said nothing.
…
After the lecture that day, the prince and Xu Zhiqiong happily returned to the East Palace. When they met Lin Qianniang, the prince recounted today's debate. Lin Qianniang was so shocked that she was speechless for a long time.
"One plus one equals three...Xu Lang, how did you think of using such a mysterious method to defeat Gongsun Wen?"
Mysterious? Actually, there is nothing mysterious about it.
There is only one key to the problem, never use philosophy to challenge mathematics.
If Xu Zhiqiong said this, he was afraid that neither Qianniang nor the prince would understand, so he changed it to a more simple explanation.
"One plus one equals two. This is the ancestor of all truths in the world. Any truth that dares to challenge our ancestors will not stand!"
"Well said, today is really fun!" The prince did not think deeply, but Qianniang remained silent.
Xu Zhiqiong's words touched her greatly.
The prince ordered people to prepare wine and food, and the three of them were about to celebrate when they suddenly heard someone coming to report that Princess Yuyao had come to see them.
"What is she here for?" The prince frowned, "Zhiqiong, you and Qianniang should hide for a while first."
…
Liang Yuyao came to the East Palace with two envoys in red, and the prince came out with his servants.
"Sixth sister, we've just been separated for a while, and you miss me? Since you miss me, just do it by yourself. What are you doing with them? It's not good if our affairs get spread!"
Liang Yuyao spat and said: "You don't have a serious mouth. I brought some food and wine. Let's have a drink!"
"It's easy to talk!" The prince ordered someone to set the table, "Sister, tell me what kind of poison you have poisoned, I will prepare the antidote first!"
"Can you please say something!" Liang Yuyao said angrily, "If you don't want to eat my food, I will throw it away immediately!"
"Sister, how come you can't see that I care deeply!" The prince said sincerely, "Anything from my sister is poison, and I took it too!"
The two chatted and made noise, and after setting up the food and drinks, Liang Yuyao asked the two envoys in red to leave first, and the prince also dismissed all the servants.
"Sixth sister," the prince said with a blush, "there are only two of us left now."
Liang Yuyao nodded: "It's a little quieter. Call Xu Zhiqiong and let's have a drink together."
"Why did you ask him to come here without disturbing our good deeds?"
Liang Yuyao crossed her hands and placed them on her big conscience: "Prince, Xu Zhiqiong will live in the palace for a long time. If I can tolerate him in the future, his life will be easier."
The prince nodded: "It doesn't matter, it's rare that you have this intention."
…
Xu Zhiqiong was planning to do something serious with Lin Qianniang in the bedroom, but Qianniang was always worried.
Chamberlain Lu Yunxi came in: "Xu Denglang, Princess Yuyao invites you to a banquet."
Xu Zhiqiong waved his hand and said, "My brother and sister are having dinner, what should I do?"
"Go quickly, you know the princess's temper, and this is also His Highness's order!"
"Brother Lu, please tell your two highnesses that I have something important to do."
Lu Yunxi stepped forward and grabbed Xu Zhiqiong and said: "Brother Xu, please don't embarrass our family. Come with me quickly."
Xu Zhiqiong had no choice but to follow Lu Yunxi to the main hall. When he saw two envoys in red standing at the door, Xu Zhiqiong felt even more uneasy: "Brother Lu, please come closer to me later."
"The two highnesses have ordered that no one is allowed in the main hall. Besides, if Princess Yuyao wants to do something to you, there is nothing we can do. Brother, we can say a few words for you and ask the gods to keep you safe. The rest , just wish yourself well!"
Entering the main hall, Liang Yuyao looked at Xu Zhiqiong with a particularly sinister look, and Xu Zhiqiong's heart jumped up and down.
After sitting down, Liang Yuyao poured Xu Zhiqiong a glass of wine: "Today you have earned face for my brother, I respect you for this glass."
What's the situation? Aren't you and the prince incompatible?
Didn’t you try to kill me several times?
Would you like to offer me a glass of wine?
Isn't this wine poisonous?
Xu Zhiqiong held the wine glass and looked at the prince. The prince said angrily: "Look what I am doing? Can I still try wine for you?"
Liang Yuyao took the wine glass from Xu Zhiqiong's hand, drank it in one gulp, and then poured another glass for Xu Zhiqiong: "Don't worry this time."
Xu Zhiqiong took the wine glass and felt that this meant something was wrong.
Although Daxuan is civilized, the wine glass that a woman has drank from should not be given to a man again.
But since Liang Yuyao handed it over, Xu Zhiqiong couldn't refuse, so he could only drink it in one gulp.
The prince observed for a moment and saw that neither of them had poisonous hair. He also picked up the wine glass and said, "Sixth sister, Zhiqiong, I'd like to toast you two."
The Sixth Princess smiled sweetly: "Look at the faces of you two, do you think this can be considered a manly spirit?"
After drinking, the atmosphere became more harmonious. Liang Yuyao directly opened the topic: "Brother, do you think things are a little strange today?"
The prince gnawed on the chicken wings and said, "How do you say it's strange?"
"Gongsun Wen, that little guy dares to come here to humiliate you. He must have ordered it from his father. King Huai also agreed with him. But what's the point of this?"
The prince spat out a piece of chicken bone and snorted: "What's the point? Don't you understand the truth? How many times has my father humiliated me over the years? Don't you always agree with me?"
Liang Yuyao smiled and said: "That's different. I'm used to arguing with you. After all, we are all the father's descendants. But who is King Huai? He has tried to usurp power several times and his father has always seen it. Why should he win over Huai?" The king is suppressing you? Isn’t it painful for relatives and happy for enemies?”
While talking, Liang Yuyao glanced at Xu Zhiqiong.
Xu Zhiqiong was chewing on chicken legs, his mouth full of oil.
The prince sighed: "My father has always looked down upon me."
"If I don't like you, how can I like King Huai?"
The prince said: "I'm afraid there are three elders involved in this."
"I don't understand even more. With what Liang Yuming did, it was necessary to kill the nine tribes, but why did the three elders repeatedly protect King Huai?" Liang Yuyao glanced at Xu Zhiqiong again, who was eating mutton. , I can’t hold anything in my mouth.
"Maybe it's for the peace of the clan!" The prince took a sip of wine alone and said nothing more.
Liang Yuyao sighed: "Let me say something here today. I will not recognize you after I leave this door. If you become the emperor one day, can you save my life?"
The prince patted his chest and said: "I will never hurt my sister's life. I dare to guarantee this with my head. If my sister becomes the emperor, can I save my life?"
Liang Yuyao smiled bitterly and said, "What a shame, I'm a girl. I'll never have this chance in my life!"
The prince looked serious: "I just want to ask my sister, is it possible?"
Liang Yuyao nodded and said: "If such a day comes, I will not only save your life, but also protect your life of glory and wealth, and the prosperity of your descendants!"
The two siblings stared at each other, while Xu Zhiqiong was drinking soup at the side.
Gudong! Gudong! Gudong!
Liang Yuyao slapped the table: "Xu Zhiqiong! Did you hear what we just said?"
Xu Zhiqiong almost spit out the soup, swallowed two mouthfuls, wiped his mouth and said, "Listen, I heard you all."
"I heard it, why didn't you say a word?"
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "How can I say anything about the royal family?"
"Don't think that this matter has nothing to do with you. If King Huai becomes emperor, you will be the first to be cut to pieces!"
"Princess, what you said is wrong! How could Prince Huai become the emperor?"
The prince said: "It may not be impossible. It is reasonable for fathers to succeed to sons and brothers to succeed to brothers."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "But the prince is still here, so it's not King Huai's turn."
Liang Yuyao said: "What if the prince is no longer here?"
If the prince is no longer here...
assassin!
The prince said: "From this we can infer that the assassin should have been sent by King Huai."
Liang Yuyao said: "If it's not him, who else could it be?"
The prince smiled and said: "I always thought it was sent by my sister."
"These words are really heartless!" Liang Yuyao said angrily, "Yuyao Palace is separated from the East Palace by a wall. I have been your neighbor for so many years. When did I ever use such despicable means to harm you?"
The prince snorted and said, "Don't you usually hurt me a lot?"
The two started arguing, but Xu Zhiqiong remained silent.
Liang Yuyao said: "Why don't you eat?"
"I'm full." Xu Zhiqiong pinched his chin and fell into deep thought.
The assassin may have been sent by King Huai, which is a reasonable inference.
But couldn't Emperor Zhaoxing have thought of this?
Why did he want to win over King Huai and humiliate the prince?
Show weakness to King Huai and win reconciliation?
If he was really that weak, he wouldn't have been able to be the king for so many years.
Was the blood tree planted by Emperor Zhaoxing?
Besides him, who else can mobilize the penance workshop?
What happened to Taotie's body? Does it have anything to do with Emperor Zhaoxing?
Why is Emperor Zhaoxing's mind so elusive?
…
In the secret pavilion, Gongsun Wen knelt down and nodded.
Daxuan did not kneel before the emperor, but Gongsun Wen was a special case. He insisted on kneeling before the emperor according to the tradition of the previous dynasty.
"A humble minister is incompetent, but today he was publicly humiliated by the scoundrel Xu Zhiqiong."
Emperor Zhaoxing smiled and ordered Gongsun Wen to stand up: "I love you, but I don't want to argue with you. That guy is just using sophistry, so why should you care? Has King Huai ever contacted you?
?”
Gongsun Wen nodded and said: "Only then did I ask someone to deliver a letter to me, and asked me to go to his mansion for a banquet tomorrow night."
Emperor Zhaoxing nodded and said: "The matters tomorrow night should be handled properly, and the matters tonight must not be neglected."
Gongsun Wen knelt down again and said, "My lord, I will definitely fulfill my mission!"