"Oh?" Yin Zhen looked at Ling Ruo in surprise, "My Concubine Xi has always been very talented, and she even has questions that can't be answered, so I want to hear what tricky and weird questions Hongli asked, which stumped his mother." ”

Ling Ruo was so embarrassed by what he said, "The emperor makes fun of his concubines like this, but does he want to make the concubines embarrassed?" ”

"I'm telling the truth, okay, you can say it, I'm listening." With that, he buttoned up the rest of the buttons himself. On the other side, Su Peisheng saw this, and hurriedly walked to Yinzhen with the copper basin, and during the walk, the water in the basin did not shake at all, which showed that the strength in his hand was extremely stable.

Ling Ruowei lowered his head and said softly: "People's hearts are selfish, so they are in danger. The Tao heart is reasonable, so it is subtle. Extinguishing selfish desires is clear. ”

Hearing her words, Yin Zhen, who had already bent down to clean his face, paused, straightened up and said, "I remember that this is from Ercheng in the Song Dynasty, right?" ”

Ling Ruo bowed slightly: "Yes, it is Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi." It was these two people who later had Zhu Zi's science, which was said: Preserve the principles of heaven and destroy people's desires. ”

Yin Zhen said: "Well, Zhu Zi once said that the sage has a thousand words, all of which teach people to preserve heavenly principles and destroy people's desires; Scholars must do their best to reform people's desires and restore the principles of heaven before they can learn. This is not difficult to understand, why Ruo'er was stumped, and Hongli has read books for more than ten years, does he even need to ask people about these truths? Speaking of the back, he was already slightly displeased.

Ling Ruo heard it, and hurriedly said: "This literal meaning, Hongli understands it, but when he thinks about it, he feels that something is wrong. The concubine thought he was talking nonsense, but after listening carefully, she felt that there was some truth. ”

"Tell me about it." Yin Zhen was a little interested, and after a little purification of his face, he took the tea brought by the palace people and sat in the chair, waiting for Ling Ruo to continue.

Ling Ruo pressed the tension in his heart and pondered: "People are born with all kinds of desires; Hour is the desire to be full; Slightly larger, it's the desire to play; When it is older, there will be more, such as the tongue, such as enjoyment, and QY at the beginning of love. All these are the desires that people normally generate in their growth, so that they have all kinds of pursuits, and they also embark on various paths. There are good and bad, good and evil. But if according to what Zhu Zi said, if all desires are removed, then won't there even be any desire to be full? Babies don't know how to feed, children don't know how to play, adults are mediocre and do nothing, then the world has become a lifeless, how to prosper and prosper. ”

Sixi, who was standing behind Yinzhen, jumped his eyelids, and smiled quietly: "Niangniang's words are a little crazy, but it's really like this, what else is it called." It's not much better than that netherworld. ”

At that time, Yin Zhen didn't expect Ling Ruo to say such a thing, and after listening carefully with the teacup, he said: "Ruo'er's words are a little too biased, Zhu Zizhi said that it is not so absolute, and people try to get rid of the distractions and greed in their hearts." The less greed there is, the higher the realm will naturally be, so that he will be able to keep the truth and pass on oneness and not live with selfish desires. So, it's not contrary to your so-called desire to be full, playful, etc. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Ling Ruo picked up and said, "But when you are full, it will become your tongue, and playing will also become fun later." If you want to destroy people's desires, then you should extinguish them from the root, otherwise one day they will become greedy or selfish desires, and they will not be able to be eliminated at that time. ”

Hearing this, Yin Zhen had gradually come back to his senses, looked down at the tea leaves that were floating in the pale yellow tea soup, and said slowly: "Concubine Xi, are these words really what Hongli said?" Or are you going around in circles and have something else to say. ”

When Yinzhen called the word "Concubine Xi", it meant that he had begun to dislike it in his heart, Ling Ruo had been by his side for so many years, how could he not hear it, Bei Yan bit his lower lip lightly, knelt down and said: "Please forgive the emperor for the crime of bullying the concubine!" ”

Yin Zhen glanced at her, plucked the tea foam floating on it with the tea cup and said, "Tell me, what the hell is going on, I don't believe that you will come to argue with me for no reason, and you still choose such a time." ”

Ling Ruo lowered his head and said: "The concubine didn't dare to hide it from the emperor anymore, in the first half of the night, Sanfu of Kunning Palace suddenly ran to the concubine's palace and shouted for the concubine to help." ”

Three Blessings? The name that came out of Ling Ruo's mouth made Yinzhen strange, and he put down a mouthful of unsiped tea cup and said, "What is he doing in your palace?" ”

"The concubine was also very strange at the time, and after asking, she knew that Sanfu and Jade had been in love for a long time, had a good impression of each other, and intended to rely on each other, but because of the rules in the palace, they didn't dare to pick it out, but secretly befriended, but this matter was found and reported to the queen mother, which made the queen mother Fengyan angry, and passed the jade question, because she knew that the queen mother had always been fair and selfless, and would not cover up because she was a person in her palace, so Sanfu was afraid in her heart, and came to the palace of the concubine for help at night. Although Sanfu made a mistake first, he and Jade were not reconciled, everything was affectionate and polite, and the concubine couldn't bear it, so she promised him to come and plead with the emperor, hoping that the queen could forgive the two of them. Ling Ruo said all the words that he had been hovering in his heart and thinking about for a long time in one breath, and he didn't say anything about the death of the Empress Sanfu Pan and the fact that the Empress wanted to get rid of them. First, these words are not conducive to saving their lives; Second, there is no basis for empty words, even if Yinzhen says it, he may not believe it.

Yin Zhen twisted his eyebrows and looked at Ling Ruo who didn't speak, his fingers lightly tapped on the table, according to the rules of the palace, once he found out that the palace people were privately giving and receiving them, he would be punished with a hundred rods at the least, and killed with a rod immediately, there was absolutely no room for tolerance. After a while, he said in a condensed voice: "Ruo'er, you should know the rules of the palace, and Sanfu and Jade are the people around the queen, so you shouldn't chase." ”

What the emperor said, the concubines all understood in their hearts, but Sanfu was really pitiful, and the concubines couldn't bear to refuse his pleas. Moreover, although the two of them are slaves, they are also two living lives, and it is already very pitiful to serve their masters as slaves and maids in the palace. Now it's just that someone brings a bowl of medicine when you want to be sick, and someone asks when you're tired, so why can't you bear to be harsh; Moreover, it is natural for men and women to like each other. Ling Ruo said earnestly: "If people don't even have the slightest desire, then people are not human, and they are not even as good as animals." ”

At first, it was good, but when he heard the back, Yinzhen's eyes were slightly dull, and the action of tapping his fingers was a little heavier, "Others can, but Sanfu can't, he is a eunuch, how can he like people." ”

Ling Ruo shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, forgive the concubines to tell the truth, no one is born a eunuch, or a family is sinned, and is confiscated into the palace as a eunuch; or the family is poor and cannot be raised and sent to the palace, not only can you get a place to live and fill your stomach, but you can also earn a few taels of silver to supplement the family. Although that knife made them eunuchs and no longer able to have children like normal people, it does not mean that all their feelings have been cut off, they still have joys and sorrows, joys and sorrows, and similarly, they still have the ability to like people......"