Cheng Shaoshang was a little stunned, and he didn't know how to come over, so he leaned forward and got closer.

Xiao Yuanyi looked sideways, and couldn't help but look pale.

Emperor Wen laughed:

"Hey, let you sit closer, so far away, how to speak."

Cheng Shaoshang seemed to understand, and immediately got up, and very flexibly lifted the cushion on which he knelt and sit.

Suddenly, Xiao Yuanyi was stunned.

Emperor Wen spoke out to stop:

"Don't move."

Cheng Shaoshang was stunned for some reason, and when he saw his father whispering, he put down the cushion in his hand.

At this time, two palace maids came and carried cushions in the center of the main hall.

Waiting for Cheng Shaoshang to kneel and sit down, Queen Xuan opened her mouth and asked:

"Cheng family lady, what is your maiden name?"

"I" Cheng Shaoshang was stuck as soon as he spoke, and after a while, he said:

"The courtier's name is Cheng Shaoshang, and she takes the strings."

Empress Xuan smiled softly:

"Shao Shang Xian, Shao Shang, it's a good name, what is the age of teeth this year?"

Cheng Shaoshang replied:

"I've been past a few months."

Suddenly, Emperor Wen asked:

"I ask you, what is the relationship between you and Ziyan?"

Cheng Shaoshang thought for a while and said:

"I don't know what kind of relationship it is, we first met, I just thought he was the son of a family who came to the countryside."

"Moreover, he is still a very picky aristocratic child, and he refuses to compromise when he travels to the countryside, and wants to create all kinds of comfortable and comfortable utensils."

"It wasn't until I built a lot of tables, chairs and benches for him that I realized how to react in hindsight."

"It turns out that he had already noticed my plight, and he didn't want to embarrass me, so he specially asked me to build those objects."

"After that, he took great care of me, knowing that I was illiterate, so he taught me personally, and saw that I didn't like to read, only like the things of craftsmen, and also found the "Examination of the Work", and then brought a strange book "Heavenly Creations" that included everything."

"After more than three years of acquaintance and friendship, the friendship between us should be extraordinary."

When Emperor Wen heard this, he was a little surprised:

"Heavenly Creations? When was Ziyan given to you? ”

Cheng Shaoshang frowned and said:

"About two years ago."

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Wen and Empress Xuan looked at each other, and couldn't help but understand in their hearts, especially Emperor Wen, he said that the fourth son of his martial arts back then suddenly sent this "Heavenly Creation", it turned out that the real reason was still this Cheng family lady.

Emperor Wen only felt angry and helpless, and asked:

"Most of the little girls in other families like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and a few people like to practice martial arts, why do you like craftsmanship?"

Cheng Shaoshang corrected with a serious face:

"Not only do I love craftsmen, but I also want to know why buildings can be built so high and why cars can travel so far, but I also want to know why crops can be grown in the fields and how clothes are made."

"I want to know if there are any high-rise buildings in the world that you can climb without climbing stairs, and whether there are unmanned carriages."

"Can an acre of land produce more food, can the production of clothes be easier, and so on?"

Emperor Wen asked with great interest:

"Oh, how do you little girl want to know this?"

"The little woman saw such a sentence in the book, heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs, and a few months ago, outside Hua County, where my uncle took office, I really witnessed the tragic situation of the people in the village after the war disaster."

"Therefore, the little girl thought, it is precisely because heaven and earth are ruthless and indifferent to the world, because we are born as human beings, and we should be more benevolent and righteous, and help each other and compassion is, if it is just for our own pride, and we don't care about the blood of others, this is what the beast does."

She continued, somewhat embarrassed:

"Therefore, the little girl has some boundless thoughts, if there is no high-rise building that can be climbed without climbing stairs, there is no driverless carriage, there is no way to make the farmland more grain, and there is no easier means of making clothes."

"Then can I create these things that do not exist in the world, to benefit some of the people of Dawn?"

As soon as she finished speaking, except for Xiao Yuanyi, everyone present showed a look of approval.

"Do you know which sage said that?"

When Cheng Shaoshang heard Empress Xuan's question, he couldn't help but glance at his aunt and said:

"Kong said to be benevolent, Meng said to take righteousness, Xunzi feels that human nature is evil, so the words that heaven and earth are not benevolent must not be what they said."

"The Legalists talk about the pros and cons, and the Mohists want to love both, the former only cares about the benefits of the world, and doesn't care whether the world is benevolent or not, and the latter feels that the world is too benevolent and righteous."

"Since it is so benevolent, people should cherish each other even more, so it should not be what they say."

"The last one is the Taoist Lao Zhuang, so this must be what Lao Tzu said."

Empress Xuan smiled kindly:

"Why not Zhuangzi?"

Cheng Shaoshang instantly lowered his eyebrows and became pleasing to the eye:

"Because in the past few years, Ziyan has never forced me to read books I don't like, and after my mother came back, she let me read many books of sages, but I haven't read this Zhuangzi scroll, so I don't know what is written in it."

When the words fell, the two above were happy.

Queen Xuan explained to Cheng Shaoshang in a gentle voice:

"You guessed right, but this meaning is not right, heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs, not as pigs and dogs, indifferent and ruthless."

"Rather, it means that heaven and earth treat all things the same, and everything goes according to its course."

Cheng Shaoshang came to his senses and said bluntly:

"No wonder Ziyan never forced me to read the books of the sages, he once said to me that the saddest thing in this world is to know that it is helpless, and to be at peace."

The smile on Empress Xuan's face became more and more intense:

"This is in line with Ziyan's temperament, when he was in Changqiu Palace, he often said to Yu that people will win the sky."

"I even said that my life is up to me, and I will return Dan to gold for hundreds of millions of years, and let Yu practice "Tai Chi" more, and strive to practice immortality."

At this time, Emperor Wen opened his mouth to praise:

"Cheng Aiqing, you, you teach your daughter well, at a young age, you can worry about the world, amazing."

Cheng Shi made a gesture and said continuously:

"Don't dare, don't dare, it's all taught well by Neiko."

Xiao Yuanyi straightened up and saluted:

"Your Majesty, because of the perennial war abroad, I haven't returned home for more than ten years, and the concubine and the general's goddaughter have no way, I hope Your Majesty won't laugh."

Emperor Wen smiled and waved his hand, indicating that he didn't mind, and Empress Xuan said with a smile:

"Shaoshang, your parents delayed your studies for the sake of state affairs, and you are very smart, General Cheng and Mrs. Cheng only need to put a little effort into it, and they will definitely be able to teach you well."

Cheng Shaoshang just heard that his aunt despised him, and his mood was lowered, but when he saw the dignified queen, he praised himself like this, and his mood suddenly improved, so he gave a salute:

"Thank you, Queen, for the compliment."

Then, she noticed Empress Xuan's twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old figure, and couldn't help blurting out:

"Queen, you are so beautiful,"

Suddenly, Xiao Yuanyi's pupils shook, and Cheng Shi whispered:

"Hugh, Hugh is nonsense."

Empress Xuan couldn't help but laugh at this.

(End of chapter)