Chapter 693: King Gaochang disagrees
The sky naturally does not need eight pillars to support it. As for why the terrain of the Central Plains is high in the west and low in the east, Li Xiu is naturally very clear, so he patiently explained to Li Ke that Li Xiu also explained some astronomy and geography knowledge involved in these two issues.
Li Ke listened very seriously and dared to raise it when he encountered something he didn't understand. After he had completely figured out this issue, he bowed to Li Xiu and said, "Thank you for solving my doubts. Please accept Li Ke's greeting!"
Li Ke said a deep bow to Li Xiu, which made Li Xiu hurriedly help him up, and then encouraged him a few more words. However, the stubborn Li Ke did not say goodbye immediately, but hesitated for a moment and spoke again: "Duke, I often encounter some difficult problems when I was studying. I wonder if I can ask the Duke for advice in the future?"
"Haha, King Shu is polite. If you encounter any difficult problems in the future, you can ask me if you have any questions. However, the learning is endless. The more you study, the more ignorant you will find that you are. There are many questions I have no answers to, so I can only try my best to help you answer them!" Li Xiu also smiled and said, "He has always liked the children who are eager to study, and will not be stingy with his knowledge, otherwise he would not have established a school."
Hearing Li Xiu's answer, Li Ke immediately showed a happy expression, thanked Li Xiu again, and then said goodbye. Seeing Li Ke's happy look, Li Xiu smiled indifferently, then lowered his head to continue eating his own barbecue.
"Mr. Concubine, why do you have to do this?" But at this moment, I suddenly heard Changsun Wuji next to me sigh, and then whispered to Li Xiu.
"Brother Wuji, don't think too complicatedly. The King of Shu is good at learning, but I am good at being a teacher. Things are that simple!" Li Xiu responded with a faint smile at this time. He knew what Changsun Wuji was thinking, but he disdained to consider these issues.
"The prince-consort is not willing to think too much, but others may not have no other ideas. If you are implicated in the future, it is unlikely that the prince-consort will be as leisurely as it is now!" Changsun Wuji sighed again at this time. He admired Li Xiu's talent, had a good relationship with Li Xiu, and knew Li Xiu's character, so he spoke out. Otherwise, if someone else was going to say so much.
"Brother Wuji, Chengqian is my student, and Li Tai is also my student. If Li Ke is willing to study from me, I don't mind having another student. As for whether he has any other thoughts in his mind, I actually don't care. Moreover, I am just teaching and solving doubts. As for other things, I will never participate in it, and I don't want to repeat the tragedy that was originally!" Li Xiu said with a serious look on his face.
Changsun Wuji kept staring at Li Xiu's eyes and observed the change of expression on his face. After hearing Li Xiu's words, even the matter of Xuanwu Sect was mentioned, which made him sigh again, because Changsun Wuji knew that Li Xiu was not lying, and Li Xiu had no other thoughts about Li Ke.
"Since the prince consort said that, I can only hope that the prince consort will not misjudgment the person!" Changsun Wuji pondered for a moment, and then spoke again.
Li Xiu didn't say anything after hearing this, but just looked up at Li Ke not far away. In fact, he was very sympathetic to Li Ke. Among Li Shimin's sons, except for Li Chengqian and Li Tai, Li Ke was the most loved by Li Shimin, and he was also the most successful. His literary talent and martial arts were stronger than other brothers. Unfortunately, it was because of this reason that he was later eliminated by Li Zhi, a dark guy.
The hunting lasted for two days. On the first night, Li Xiu and the others lived in Kunming Pond. At night, they set up a tent to set up a bonfire. Li Shimin and a group of ministers and kings sang and danced around the fire and ate barbecue. Li Shimin actually hunted a tiger and also roasted tiger meat on the fire at night. Li Xiu tasted it while curious, but found that the so-called tiger meat was rough and not delicious at all. However, eating tigers would bring a kind of psychological satisfaction, making people feel like they had conquered this beast, but the taste was really not as delicate as pork.
After more than half a day of hunting the next day, Li Shimin took everyone back to Chang'an. However, after returning to the palace, the first thing he did was not to deal with government affairs, but to take a wild goose he had beaten by himself and then go to Da'an Palace to present it to Li Yuan to show his filial piety. However, Li Xiu was a little dissatisfied with this show. If Li Shimin was really filial, he would probably not have locked Li Yuan in Da'an Palace all the time.
Li Xiu was Li Yuan's son-in-law, so when Li Shimin went to send geese to Li Yuan, he also took him with him, which made Li Xiu helpless. In the end, he also brought a deer he had hunted to give to Li Yuan. This made Li Yuan very happy. He pulled Li Xiu to chat for a long time, but instead neglected Li Shimin's son, which made Li Shimin quite embarrassed, but he was already used to it.
When it was almost dark, Li Xiu and Li Shimin said goodbye to Li Yuan and left. When they returned to the back of Liangyi Palace, Li Xiu immediately asked Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, I don't know what happened to bringing Bai Diezi from Gaochang. Is there any answer to Gaochang Wang Ke?"
When Li Xiu asked this question, Li Shimin's brows frowned suddenly, and then he said, "When I was chatting with Gaochang last night, I had intentionally revealed to him about the introduction of Baidiezi, but Gaochang Wang didn't know what he thought, but he actually looked at it and didn't seem to be willing to do so!"
"King Gaochang actually disagrees?" Li Xiu also frowned when he heard this. The Tang Dynasty is now extremely powerful and has just destroyed the Turks. The Western Regions and the grassland tribes are desperately showing their favor to the Tang Dynasty. So he thought that the introduction of Baidiezi was a natural thing, but he did not expect that King Gaochang would risk offending the Tang Dynasty and did not agree. This is a bit strange. After all, even if King Gaochang did not agree, the Tang Dynasty still had a way to get cotton seeds from other channels.
"Not only that, I think this King Gaochang is a little ignorant of the current affairs. When I talk to him, although he was respectful on the surface, he was arrogant in his bones, which was really annoying!" Li Shimin said at the end, his tone was also a little annoyed. After all, since the Turks were destroyed, no one dared to disrespect him.
When Li Xiu heard this, his brows frowned even tighter. With King Gaochang's attitude, it would be even more difficult to introduce cotton seeds.
Chapter completed!