Chapter IX The Widowed and Sick (Continued)
In the study of the Xiyang Wangfu, King Yuwen Wen of Xiyang was sleepy and Li Gang, the chief of the royal palace, had no expression on his face. The two sat opposite each other and said no, as their eyes intersected seemed to stir up many sparks.
Li Gang arrived at the palace early in the morning and saw that Yuwen Wen had not left the front yard and moved into the East Floor before he left the front yard to check the carriages and flags and other ceremonial guards. When he returned to the palace at noon, he found that Yuwen Wen had not yet come out of the back yard.
Maybe it was sleeping in, maybe it was with family in the backyard, or maybe it was normal for Yuwen Wen to not go to the front yard for the whole morning.
But the abnormal thing is that the butler Li Sanjiu was a little hesitant when facing Li Gang's inquiry, which made Li Gang suspicious: Could it be that King Xiyang didn't come out in the backyard, and there was something that could not be said?
Immediately asked to see Yuwen Wen, but was told that the King of Xiyang would have lunch, which was reasonable, so Li Gang left and went to the palace to ask for a meeting half an hour later. Yuwen Wen met him in the study.
When Li Gang saw Yuwen Wen's sleepy eyes and listless look, he knew that this person "is indeed so". His fighting spirit suddenly became high, and he carefully said with words: "Master, please take care of your health."
"Ah? I am in good health, why did you say this?"
"The emperor is brave enough to ask the king to control himself, don't be too greedy for pleasure."
Li Gang went straight to the topic, and Yuwen Wen asked knowingly: "What the gentleman said is inappropriate. What does it mean to be 'too greedy and joy'?"
"The king yawned forever. I thought it was not sleeping all night. When I walked, my back was slightly hunched and my waist was rubbed from time to time. I thought it was a night of storm, and my waist was a little overwhelmed." Li Gang said this and advised again: "The king often leads troops out to fight. Please put your health first."
"Gaozi said that food, sex, and nature, I don't know what Mr. Husband has to do with this."
"Everything must always have a degree, not to mention that it is against etiquette when proclaiming lust in the day."
Li Gang's nose was very smart. He smelled the faint rouge fragrance on Yuwen Wen's body. This person doesn't use rouge powder on weekdays, which means that he didn't go too far last night, but he was really "promoting lust in the daytime".
Yuwen Wen was overjoyed when he heard this. He lost the last round of the confrontation. Since the opponent challenged this time, he would face the challenge: "Daily proclaiming lust? I am sick!"
I have illnesses, and I have a conversation between King Xuan of Qi and Mencius. Facing Mencius who advised him to implement benevolent government, King Xuan of Qi cheated on me and said, "I am sick, I am lustful, and I am good at goods."
What you said makes sense, but I am very "vulgar". I like women and money, and I can't do anything about it!
"The king is addicted to women and can't extricate himself. Where can he manage military and political affairs?"
"I am resting today, so I have not handled any matters. What the gentleman said is alarmist, right?"
Yuwen Wen smiled and saw that the other party was trying to make the topic wrong, he quickly pulled it back: "What the gentleman said about 'provoking lust in the day' is not polite. I am very curious. Where does this statement come from?"
"King Zhou got up with Lutai, and was obsessed with alcohol and lust in his wife, and the wine pond and meat forest, and he had fun with Daji every day. Later generations called this behavior a precursor to impoliteness in the day, which was a sign of incompetence and injustice."
What Li Gang is actually not targeting "promoting lust in the daytime", but trying to persuade Yuwen Wen not to indulge in alcohol and sex. His previous words were the introduction, and then he wanted to lead to a big problem, but the other party just didn't take the bait.
"Wine Pool and Meat Forest, please ask sir, if the raw meat is left in a few days, it will smell bad if the wine is not sealed in the wine jar, it will become bad if it is left in a while. I wonder how King Zhou was licentious when he was left in a smelly meat forest and the rotten wine pond?"
"The king, the wine pool and meat forest are used to describe King Zhou's extravagance and desire. If he is picky of words, he will study hard."
"At this point, I have something unknown when reading history books, so I would like to ask you for advice." Yuwen Wen began to set the rhythm. After all, he is not good at sophistry of white horses but not horses, and he is more experienced in bringing crooked topics.
Li Gang knew it very well, but the other party was led away by the topic, and he could not interrupt it rudely, so he could only follow the topic and asked: "I don't know what the king is doing."
"Xia, the king of the fallen country, Jie, was said to be arrogant and extravagant. He built a palace with a jade platform and used it as a Qiong Room to search for beauties from all over the place, hid it in the harem, and drank with Yuxi and the palace maids day and night."
"It is said that a large wine pool was built to row boats in it. Since then, Jie of Xia ignored the government affairs and lost the hearts of the people. Later, he raised troops to attack and destroy Cheng Tang."
Speaking of this, Yuwen Wen paused for a moment. Seeing that Li Gang did not question what he said, he asked: "Zheng Shang, the history books also said that he was arrogant, extravagant, and wasted his money. He built a Lutai, searching for beauties everywhere for his enjoyment..."
"I drank and had fun with beauties such as Daji day and night, and I also dug a wine pool... I am very curious about why Jie and Zhou both acted exactly the same. It would be fine if I like women, but I also liked to dig a wine pool and rowed in the stinky wine pool for fun..."
"Is it possible that King Zhou is not actually licentious and the historian could not find evidence of the crime, so he copied the crimes of Jie Xia to Zhou of Shang?"
"The king's words are wrong!"
Li Gang was excited when he heard this. Yuwen Wen actually questioned the atrocities of Jie and Zhou. If it spread, it would make people look at it. It was said that it was ignorant or a trivial matter. If someone said that "King of Xiyang recognized Jie and Zhou's atrocities", it would be a catastrophic damage to reputation.
No, this dangerous idea must be stopped immediately!
He quoted the scriptures and tried his best to explain to Yuwen Wen why the atrocities of Jie and Zhou had similarities, just like a shepherd who struggled to drive the lost lamb back to the right path.
Yuwen Wen made a listening gesture and nodded as he listened. He looked like a serious student, but he cheered in his heart: "Dare you dare to dig a hole and let me jump? Now let me take it to the hole!"
Today he was indeed "promoting lust in the daytime". Last night, Yuchi Chifan spent the night with him. Today, it was already noon after he got up, but Yuwen Wen was still not satisfied and had a few more tricks with the princess. After noon, the evil fire stopped.
Li Sanjiu came to report that the chief minister had important things to meet. Yuwen Wen thought that this person would definitely talk about "daily prostitution in daily life", and he couldn't help but complain in his heart: My wife and I have a love relationship, what does it have to do with you!
So what if you do it during the day! Are you not harmonious in your husband's lives? I'll find fault if you are jealous?
If the visitor is not good, will he avoid the limelight? This is impossible!
He soon had an idea, not to avoid or avoid, but to argue with Li Gang, and use his rich experience in bringing crooked topics to avenge his last defeat.
After a long discussion, Li Gang spoke dryly, and Yu Wenwen suddenly realized: "So that's the case, people still read too few books. If you have nothing else, please reply first. I must read immediately."
"Your Majesty, please come back, I have something to report to you!"
"Why are you so excited? I am in love with the princess, and there is no fault in both emotion and reason. Do you want to go to the Prime Minister to discuss right or wrong?"
Princess Yuchi Chifan of Xiyang is the granddaughter of Prime Minister Shu King Yuchi Jiong. If this kind of thing really comes to the prime minister, it can only prove that Yuwen Wen and Yuchi Chifan have a good relationship. Will Yuchi Jiong think that his granddaughter is favored?
Li Gang was anxious. Yuwen Wen was extremely cunning. He couldn't get back after he brought the topic wrong. If he was obsessed with etiquette, he would be fooled by Yuwen Wen today.
"King! The king lives in the backyard. Although he wants to be close to his family, it is easy for him to be a slave to isolate his inside and outside as a noble slave!"
"Hao Nu? Are there any Hao Nu in my mansion?" Yuwen Wen put away his smile and stared at Li Gang. "Sir, if there are Hao Nu in the mansion, I will beat him to death by sticks. If there is no... Mr., you must be responsible for what he said just now!"
Chapter completed!