The state banquet of the Xiliang Girl Kingdom is one level lower than the spiritual meal in Cuiyun Mountain. Cuiyun Mountain is the cave of the Immortal Family, while the Xiliang Girl Kingdom is just a secular force.
However, there was no shortage of seasonal fruits, vegetables, and rare birds and animals at the banquet.
The guests and hosts enjoy themselves.
Bai Gui also became acquainted with the Queen of Xiliang.
"Brother the Minister..."
"Recently, Xiao Wang has been studying a subset of the classics and history of the Middle Kingdom. But there is no one in Western Liang, so it is difficult to teach Xiao Wang. My brother, the assistant minister, is the leading literary star of the Tang Dynasty. I think he is familiar with this. It is better to stay in the palace and be a master Wang to teach temporarily.
How about Xiao Wang?"
The Queen of Xiliang sipped the grape wine from the jade cup, her face was as delicate as peach petals, her phoenix eyes were full of eyes, and her skin like mutton fat was stained by the sunset.
She was drinking with her back, a shy look on her face, and her narrow sleeves could not hide her delicate look.
A drop of purple-brown wine slid from the corner of the lips to the tender face that could be broken by blowing, and then dripped into the soft ravine.
The frail willow tree swayed slightly, and the golden pei jingled softly.
"Since ancient times, heroes have been saddened by beauty."
"This has always been the case..."
Bai Gui sighed secretly in his heart.
No wonder there are nine or eighty-one difficulties. The most difficult part is the Kingdom of Women. If such a charming beauty wants Tang Monk to stay, Tang Monk will inevitably not be moved even if he forgets his customs.
The king of the daughter country asked him to be a royal tutor.
To be honest, he also had some daydreams.
With the move of his fingers, based on the customs of the Western Liang Kingdom and the hint of affection in the eyes of the women of the Western Liang Kingdom, he might be able to sleep on the dragon's bed tonight and hold the beauty in his arms.
Even if it doesn't work tonight, it won't be difficult to survive for a day or two.
"Bai Meihe, Bai Meihe, have you fallen so low?"
"Have sex all day long! Have sex! Don't think about any enterprising spirit!"
"Lu Zu said, "Twenty-eight beauties have a body that looks like a crispy body. With a sword on their waist, they can kill a foolish man. They don't see the head fall off openly, but they secretly make your bones dry up."
"Mencius said: 'To nourish the heart, don't cultivate your own desires.'"
"Xunzi also said: 'A gentleman is happy to have his way, and a villain is happy to have his desires. If you control your desires with the way, you will be happy but not chaotic. If you forget the way with desire, you will be confused and not happy.'"
Bai Gui exhaled a breath and secretly warned himself.
He secretly thought about the White Bone Viewing method and tried to view the Xiliang Women's Kingdom as a red and pink skeleton.
"But my brother, the assistant minister, doesn't want to?"
"Xiao Wang heard a saying from Tang Dynasty: 'Virtue is not alone, it must have neighbors.'"
"Although Xiao Wang's Xi Liang Women's Kingdom has a small population and a weak country, it has always admired the Heavenly Kingdom. Now that the minister's brother is going to Xi Liang Women's Kingdom, Xiao Wang is overjoyed and is delighted to be able to imitate the teachings of the Tang Dynasty..."
Having said this, the Queen of Xiliang showed a trace of disappointment on her face, like Xizi holding her heart, her willow eyebrows slightly furrowed, making people look pitiful. She sighed: "My brother is unwilling, and the little king doesn't want to force him, but
Unfortunately, living in a barbarian country, it is difficult to imagine the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty."
"Am I overthinking it?"
Bai Gui was startled for a moment and looked ashamed.
He never expected that the Queen of Xiliang asked him to be the Tutor Wang, not for personal reasons, but to transform the Xiliang Kingdom into a royal state of the Tang Dynasty.
It's him who worries too much.
Also, King Chechi of the Tang Dynasty, as a kingdom in the Celestial Dynasty, was frightened when he saw him as a Shangguan, while the King of the Daughter Kingdom heard that he was the Minister of War of the Tang Dynasty and a bachelor of Hongwenguan, so he asked him to use this opportunity to educate the Daughter Kingdom of Xiliang.
excusable.
I wonder who among the human nations doesn’t yearn for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
When the conversation reached this point, Bai Gui could only agree. After all, the Queen of Xiliang said, "Virtue is never isolated, it must have neighbors." This sentence comes from "The Analects of Confucius Li Ren".
Educating the female kingdom of Xiliang was a measure to demonstrate the virtues of the Tang Dynasty.
As an official of the Tang Dynasty, he could not refuse too much.
"King Liang, there is no need to feel sad. Pindao will stay in the West Liang Women's Kingdom for five days to educate King Liang and the people of the West Liang Women's Kingdom. This is a matter of merit for our race, and Pindao will never refuse."
Bai Gui shook his head, with a serious look on his face, and said in a deep voice.
The daughter's country is hanging in Hezhou, Xiniu, thousands of miles away from the Tang Dynasty in Zhanbuzhou in the south, but she still wants to be the king of the Tang Dynasty. As a minister of the Tang Dynasty, how could he have the heart to refuse this matter.
Moreover, as he said, educating the Queen of Xiliang and the Kingdom of Xiliang is also a great meritorious deed that is beneficial to the human race.
The Queen of Xiliang was overjoyed. She walked down from the throne, gathered her clothes and bowed to Bai Gui, "The little king thanked the assistant brother, no, the little king thanked the Taifu for his teachings."
Immortal Ruyi on the side also nodded and said with a smile: "I don't know what it means to be a king of the Tang Dynasty, but it would be good for fellow Taoist Bai to stay in the Xiliang Women's Kingdom for a few more days."
Gu Feng
"Jieyang Mountain is not far from Hongye City. If Fellow Daoist Bai wants to see Pindao, he can just go to Jieyang Mountain."
Having said that, Immortal Ruyi didn't want to disturb the two of them, waved his sleeves and robe, and left in the clouds.
In the palace, only Bai Gui and Queen Xiliang were left.
The rest of the palace maids have long regarded him as nothing.
"Tai Tuo, please follow Xiao Wang into the bedroom. Xiao Wang has been reading the Book of Songs recently and still has some questions. Please Tai Fu come into the palace to answer them."
Queen's Road of Xiliang.
"Can……"
Bai Gui glanced at the sky and said, "King Liang, it is already late at night. I am a man. How can I go deep into the palace? I am afraid it will damage the reputation of King Liang."
"My daughter of Xiliang Kingdom has never cared about honors. Besides, there are no boys in Xiliang Kingdom. There is no need to abide by the etiquette of the Central Plains. Furthermore, the Taifu only stayed in Xiliang Kingdom for five days. Naturally, Xiao Wang will take advantage of this time to pay more tribute to
Brother Shilang, please give me some advice..."
"With education and knowledge, only then can Xiao Wang know etiquette and observe etiquette."
The Queen of Xiliang lowered her head and said with a sly smile.
Predict the etiquette and observe the etiquette later.
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, you will easily fall into rigid thinking, just like the "tampered" Neo-Confucianism during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which deviated from the original meaning of Neo-Confucianism.
Knowledge, if it can be put forward by wise men, is not too bad.
It's always the execution that makes the big mistake.
Therefore, what the Queen of Xiliang said is not a big mistake.
"The King of Liang does not need to observe etiquette, but the poor Taoist must observe etiquette."
Bai Gui declined.
This is different from him entering Princess Iron Fan's room to discuss Taoism. Princess Iron Fan and he are both monks, and they have no distracting thoughts, so they don't care about worldly opinions. But now he and Queen Xi Liang are secular people, and he is giving Queen Xi Liang
If a bachelor who respects etiquette does not abide by etiquette, he will not be justified.
The Queen of Xiliang was dumbfounded. She rolled her eyes again and said with a smile: "I dare to ask Tai Tu, in the female kingdom of Xiliang, what is the difference between day and night? Entering the palace late at night and entering the palace during the day are both the same in the palace.
These people, that is common etiquette, if they follow it, they will only make people laugh."
"What is etiquette? Originally it was about the distinction between clothes and hats, and the distinction between animals."
"He who is rude has no clothes."
"The palace is full of women, so why does Prince Liang need to wear clothes?"
Bai Gui chuckled lightly and asked.
The Queen of Xi Liang's moral behavior was still far from being able to argue with him.
The Queen of Xiliang blushed and spat lightly.
However, she has also read poetry books and knows that this statement may seem frivolous, but in fact it is common sense in debates. Just because she is a female, she cannot give the example of being naked.
Clothing means etiquette.
"Pindao is a minister of the Tang Dynasty, not a citizen of the Liang Dynasty. Therefore, he respects the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty."
"What's the matter? The world's governance is not easy, and the world's chaos is not suppressed."
Seeing that the Queen of Xiliang still wanted to quibble, Bai Gui explained the reason.
The Queen of Xiliang wanted him to follow the local customs, but he insisted on being independent.
"Confucianism bathes the body and bathes in virtue, speaks and lies down, is calm and upright, and does not know what is superior; is thick and warped, but does not act in a hurry, does not approach depth but creates high, does not add less but creates more. The governance of the world is not light.
, The world is in chaos and it is not frustrating. The same thing is not the same, and the differences are not the same. It is unique and unique." - "Book of Rites·Confucianism".
Shi Zhi refers to the Tang Dynasty, and Shi Lu refers to the Xi Liang Women's Kingdom.
He did not easily deviate from his moral character during the Tang Dynasty, and he would not change his ethics during the chaos of the Xi Liang Women's Kingdom.
"What the Master said made Xiao Wang somewhat enlightened."
The Queen of Xiliang nodded her head, seeming to understand, "Entering the palace late at night has no benefit or loss to Xiao Wang's reputation, but for the Taifu, it is equivalent to changing his own ethics."
"Children can be taught."
Bai Gui smiled.
He is not a simple Confucian believer, and he will not deliberately abide by the Confucian practices in the Book of Rites. But at this moment, the Queen of Xiliang asked him for advice on the Classics and History Collection, and he did not want to lose the dignity of the Tang Dynasty.
