my grandmother

Chapter 286 Luck
There were no scholars in Prince Rui's palace, and Princess Rui knew that this literary meeting was initiated by her son, and that one of the opponents was her son's favorite. It was her second daughter who hurried over to tell her.

As soon as Grandma Gu's second aunt finished talking about this important matter, Grandma Gu's eldest aunt arrived.

Before Aunt Gu could sit firmly, the second aunt's question came: "Are you here for the literary meeting too? I just told my mother-in-law, she doesn't know yet!"

Seeing that Aunt Gu looked unhappy, she stood up and sat next to Auntie, "Will someone call my brother back to ask?"

"What are you asking?" Princess Wei was annoyed.

"Ask my brother what he wants to do." The second aunt's grandmother answered.

The three daughters and one son of the Gu family are not afraid of Prince Rui at all, and not much afraid of Princess Wei.

"Even if he doesn't want to tell the truth, let's see what he says to stop it." Aunt Gu agreed.

Princess Wei had a sullen face, and for a moment, she hummed.

Although she knew she couldn't get anything out of the question, her breath was stuck in her chest.

The eldest aunt raised her voice and asked people to invite the prince, there is something urgent.

The mother-in-law came back quickly, followed by Shi Gun, who was full of petty things.

"Princess, eldest aunt, second aunt," Shi Gun greeted each one meticulously, "the prince is busy with some extremely important accounts, and the palace is waiting for them. The prince asked the younger one to come back and report to the princess: the prince said, Even if you talk about knowledge, the prince will know it."

"How to teach knowledge? Who can teach it?" Aunt Gu asked.

"The prince didn't say it, but based on what I heard, Mr. Dongxi and Miss Li will probably tell it." Shi Gun replied casually.

"That Miss Li is really that knowledgeable?" Grandma Gu Ergu was extremely curious.

"I don't know about the other less educated people, but Ge Zhishang is so awesome that even the prince is full of praise for him." Shi Gun looked in reverence.

"What a powerful method?" Grandma Gu Ergu frowned and asked.

"I don't know. Listening to Miss Li and the Prince discussing style is like listening to a book from heaven." Shi Gun said with a smile.

"Go back." Princess Wei ordered Shi Gun.

Shi Gun agreed and bowed out.

"Shall I go take a look?" The second aunt's grandma was obviously excited when she saw Ajie from Aniang.

"What's the point of going to see her?" The eldest aunt glared at her sister fiercely.

"You might as well go and take a look." Princess Wei answered.

"Don't worry, eldest sister, I'll watch it quietly and I won't let anyone recognize it." Grandma Gu Ergu pursed her lips and showed a serious look on her face.

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Shi Gun ran over and over again, sending Li Xiaonan all the articles and experiences Gu Yan could find about Mr. Dong Xi, his family, parents, brothers, wives, children, friends, rumors heard from various channels, and other people's evaluations of him. Etc., etc.

Li Xiaonan read them all carefully, but she didn't think they could help her win the debate. She didn't think she could win Mr. Dong Xi at all.

After all, in this time and space, Dongxi is the host and she is the guest. All the logical viewpoints here belong to Dongxi, the host. If it were her time and space, she would be somewhat sure.

Li Xiaonan had no intention of winning against Dong Xi. Her bottom line was that she would not be convinced by Dong Xi. She was quite confident about this.

Li Xiaonan was very calm, but Wan Qing was busy all over the place.

Her girl is going to have a big occasion, so her clothes are very important. They can't be too luxurious, but they can't be too shabby to hold down the occasion. They can't be light and generous, but they have to be unique. They can't be too plain, and they can't be too gaudy...

Yu Ting followed Wan Qing and came up with an idea. This time A Wu did not despise the fact that clothes are a woman's particularity, but said seriously: A man is a man, a horse is a saddle, and this matter is very important!
Of course Li Wenliang and Mr. Hong knew that this matter was very important and important, but they didn't even know much about it, let alone help. Fortunately, they had more things to do than they could handle, and they had a son. As for me, they don’t need to worry about it.

On the day of the cultural gathering, Gu Yan didn't come, so Shi Gun brought a dozen guards and took Li Xiaonan to the garden behind the Gongyuan.

Li Xiaonan looked carefully through the screen window.

The garden is very large, with rows of ancient trees, and the entire garden is almost covered in the shade of the trees.

The garden was already full of scholars in twos and threes, looking unabashedly at the paulownia cart in the middle, which was guarded by brightly-dressed palace guards.

The car moved forward, passed by a large hall with a very high platform, and stopped on the other side of the hall.

Gu Yan walked briskly and came down from the high steps. He turned around and stood side by side with Li Xiaonan. As he went up the steps, he asked in a low voice: "Are you all ready?"

Li Xiaonan glanced at Gu Yan and did not answer the question.

"Song Yun has arrived. When you greet him later, squat down deeper and be polite and thoughtful." Gu Yan instructed.

"Yeah!" Li Xiaonan didn't move her head.

There were many people standing on the steps, all looking at her and Gu Yan.

Li Xiaonan had just finished climbing the steps when a loud announcement came from the bottom of the steps: "Ms. Wang is here."

"Stand still." Gu Yan reached out his hand to stop Li Xiaonan, then turned around and went down the steps.

"Your Majesty, you are too polite. I cannot bear such a welcome from Your Majesty." Wang Xianggong said with a smile as he cupped his hands at the foot of the steps.

"I accompanied the Crown Prince and listened to Mr. Xianggong's lectures. Mr. Xianggong can be regarded as my husband. Mr. Xianggong, please." Gu Yan walked quickly, walked down the steps, and let Wang Xiang go first. "Your Majesty, you're welcome." Wang Xiang gave in for a moment, then he was no longer polite, and went up the steps before Gu Yan.

After this literary meeting, there is a high probability that he will accept Miss Li as a nominal disciple. Now he is one step ahead of the crown prince, and he can be ahead of the curve.

"Please, Mr. Dongxi." Gu Yan turned around and asked Dongxi again.

"I don't dare. Please come, Your Majesty." Mr. Dong Xi did not dare to walk in front of Gu Yan.

Gu Yan was not too polite and followed Wang Xiang up the steps chatting and laughing.

Li Xiaonan had already found a seat to the side, and followed the so-called chime-folding posture that Li Wenliang invited to teach, bending down and bowing her head, waiting respectfully.

"A'nan, this is Xianggong Wang." Gu Yan introduced, and then said with a smile: "The one A'nan admires the most is Xianggong Wang. When we first met her, she heard that I came to build Lecheng, and asked me : Then do you know Mr. Wang? I answered her: Everyone in the world knows Mr. Wang."

"The prince praised me." Wang Xiang responded with a smile, looked at Mr. Dongxi and said, "They say that the beauty of Jiangnan is better than that of the daughter's family. It is true."

"What your husband said is absolutely true." Mr. Dong Xi leaned over and smiled.

"I originally thought that Jiangnan culture was only found in men, but today I learned that Jiangnan girls are not inferior to men. It is true that Jiangnan culture is the best in the world."

The officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial College next to me kept saying kind words to each other.

Li Xiaonan lowered her head slightly, kept smiling, and quietly and slowly straightened her waist. She was always too tired to bend over.

After a long exchange of pleasantries, a large group of people, headed by Wang Xiang and Gu Yan, walked through the hall and arrived at the other side.

Li Xiaonan sat on her futon with lowered eyebrows.

Mr. Dongxi's position is very conspicuous, allowing the scholars in the garden to see clearly, while Li Xiaonan's position is hidden behind a pillar.

After all, men and women are different.

After Wang Xiangyitong's opening remarks, Mr. Dong Xi opened the ceremony.

"It is a blessing for us, the Jiangnan scholars, to be able to gather together here." Mr. Dongxi's voice suddenly dropped, and it sounded like a very engaging lecture tone.

"Human nature is a chaotic mess at the beginning, knowing neither evil nor good. Gradually, when you grow up, you are educated by your parents and teachers, learn the ways of heaven and earth, and learn the principles of saints. Only then can you distinguish between good and evil, cultivate your mind, and even become a human being. We will read Without a teacher, you will definitely not be able to distinguish between good and evil, let alone cultivate your mind. What do you think, girl?"

"Those of us who are studying think that the master said that if we are walking among three people, we must have a teacher. We are those who are studying and think that as long as we can discern the character clearly, everyone can be a teacher. Do you think this is the case, sir?" Li Xiaonan bit her tongue hard. I am waiting for those who read', word for word.

Gu Yan raised his eyebrows.Prime Minister Wang's eyes were widened by Li Xiaonan's words, and all the officials sitting in the hall had different expressions.Mr. Dongxi was also speechless.

Without waiting for Mr. Dong Xi to answer, Li Xiaonan continued: "The little girl has no contact with Mr. Dong Xi. Here are Mr. Dong Xi's disciples and friends of Mr. Dong Xi. Many of them have talked with Mr. Dong Xi." Learned a lot and talked a lot.

"Mr. Dongxi has probably never spoken of me. When he talks about himself, he must always use the words "we", "we" are scholars, scholars from the south of the Yangtze River, and people from the mountains. When he talks about classics of knowledge, such as "my master When saying that when three people walk together, there must be a teacher, he must have said: The meaning of this sentence is that the teacher wants to tell us, and his explanation of the classics and knowledge are all the teachers want to tell us, and the saints want to tell us, he has never I haven’t said anything like: What is my understanding? Is that it?”

Gu Yan frowned slightly and thought back seriously.

Wang Xiang's eyes narrowed slightly, and he relaxed for a moment. He understood a little bit. This Miss Li was taking a wrong approach, and she didn't know where she would go next.

Some of the scholars in the hall and the garden were thinking carefully, and some were looking at me and then looking at you, with great interest.

"I am extremely good at Gezhi. Although I don't know much about classics, history, literary theory, etc., Gezhi can help me deduce the authenticity. For example: Mr. Dongxi just said: Without a teacher, you will definitely not be able to distinguish between good and evil, let alone Talking about cultivating one’s character. This is Mr. Dongxi’s own experience of cultivating one’s character and studying, and it is his own experience. If he says: I think so!”

Li Xiaonan bit her tongue hard at the word 'I thought'.

"You can just refute him: Is what you think is right? But Mr. Dongxi never said 'I think', he said: I am a scholar! You can't refute him. If you refute him : Are you right if you wait for the people who are studying? Then you are saying that all the people who are studying in the world are wrong.

"The style I am good at allows me to know that Mr. Dongxi's approach is not knowledge, but means.

"Mr. Dongxi's method is to hide among the crowd. This is one of Ge Zhizhong's methods to manipulate people's hearts, and it is also one of the debaters' methods."

"Young lady is spitting blood! I'll wait..." Mr. Dong Xi suddenly stopped.

Li Xiaonan laughed and continued: "Gezhi is not just magic, nor is it just the sun, moon and stars, astronomy and geography, Gezhi is also human nature. For example: when fighting in the army, first of all, most of them are in a group of ten people, and at least three people are required. Side by side, secondly, let the ferocious and war-loving men rush to the front to kill, like tigers and wolves leading sheep. Is that so?"

Li Xiaonan looked at Gu Yan.

Gu Yan nodded.

"Is it true that many soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles and killed countless people are so timid and cowardly that they don't even dare to kill pigs and sheep after they are disarmed and return to the fields?" Li Xiaonan then asked.

"This is indeed true. I have seen many of them when I was in the local area. Is this also elegant?" An official in the palace was very interested.

"Yes! This is the herd in human nature. When the army is fighting, he is among the people. Because he has friends around him, he forgets his own cowardice and fear, and also forgets his conscience and compassion. If someone starts to kill the city indiscriminately, , he will also kill babies and old people.

"Like Mr. Dong Xi, whenever the word "I" is used, he must use group words such as "we", "scholars" and "scholars of the world", in order to make himself invisible among the crowd. In this way, he will have the courage. Quietly hint your own selfish desires into everyone's wishes.

"These are the most basic principles of morality. I think everyone should know some of them. They can be used to distinguish people's hearts and can also be used to fight for politics."

"The girl is really sharp-tongued." Mr. Dongxi's face turned blue.He never expected that Li Xiaonan would say this.

"This is not words, this is character. I plan to write several books, so I'll write this one first. I don't know much about the character of human nature, and writing it down may inspire others." Li Xiaonan smiled.

Dongxi's 'I'm waiting' is really great!Today is really a lucky day, lucky, lucky.

(End of this chapter)