The next day.
After Li Zexuan finished his breakfast, he arrived at the Cloud Mountain early in the morning. However, he unexpectedly saw an unexpected person.
"Eh? Wenhao? When did you come? Shouldn't you be at Huji Grain Store? "
Li Zexuan couldn't help but ask when he saw Meng Wenhao, who had disappeared for a long time, in Yan Shaoning's temporary "office".
The last time he came to Cloud Mountain, Li Zexuan had invited a group of students from the School of Mathematics for a meal. He had heard a few students mention Meng Wenhao. They said that he was working as a bookkeeper in a grain shop to earn money to support his family. That was why he didn't come to Cloud Mountain with them. Li Zexuan understood that at that time. In his previous life, he had also worked during the holidays, so he didn't blame Meng Wenhao for this.
"Sir! You're here! I just came the day before yesterday! I'm a little late, please don't blame me! "
Meng Wenhao saw Li Zexuan coming in and quickly stood up to greet him excitedly.
However, Yan Shaoning interrupted in annoyance, "Look at your students. All of them are more active than you. A few days ago, someone was sitting on a fairy lamp and walking around Chang 'an City. How carefree!"
Li Zexuan was speechless, "I was just proving to everyone that I wasn't bragging, okay ~? It's not for my personal enjoyment ~? To a certain extent, I was also doing it for the future development of Yanhuang College ~! "
Yan Shaoning curled his lips, "Fine, fine, fine ~! You're the only one with such twisted logic ~! But speaking of which, your student is really good ~! Not only is he good at accounting, but he's also very charming ~! "
Li Zexuan was confused and asked, "What do you mean ~?"
Meng Wenhao's face was red as he quickly said, "Nothing, Commander Yan, please don't say it ~!"
"This is something to be proud of, what's there to be embarrassed about ~?"
Yan Shaoning patted Meng Wenhao's shoulder and laughed. Then, he said to Li Zexuan, "Little Xuan, you still don't know, right? After you went to Huji Grain Store, not only did you beat their four bookkeepers in mathematics, but you also almost kidnapped their eldest daughter when you left ~! Tsk, tsk! "
Li Zexuan was taken aback and asked with great interest, "Oh? There was such a thing ~? Shaoning, quickly tell me about it ~! "
After saying that, this guy quickly moved a stool over and sat in front of Yan Shaoning. He looked like he was eager to hear some gossip. He didn't look like a gentleman at all!
Meng Wenhao's eyelids twitched as he watched. He was speechless.
Yan Shaoning, on the other hand, was used to Li Zexuan's impulsive personality. He also sat down and began to tell Li Zexuan about Meng Wenhao's' romantic affairs'.
Thus, the two men in the room began to gossip while the half-grown young man was sitting awkwardly at the side.
After a few minutes, Li Zexuan understood the whole story. He stood up and laughed, "Wenhao, you're really something ~! You haven't even graduated and you've already learned how to flirt ~! Haha ~! Not bad, not bad ~! "
Meng Wenhao was embarrassed. Although he didn't know what 'flirting' meant, he could roughly guess. He muttered, "Sir, I just want to use what I've learned to earn some pocket money. I don't intend to provoke anyone ~!"
Li Zexuan waved his hand and said, "Haha ~! You don't have to explain to me. I still believe in your character. But why didn't you accept the eldest daughter of the Hu family ~? "
"Uh ~! This … "
Meng Wenhao scratched his head in embarrassment. He didn't know how to answer.
Li Zexuan looked at Yan Shaoning and asked, "Is it because of her appearance ~? Shaoning, what does the eldest daughter of the Hu family look like ~? "
Yan Shaoning held back his laughter and said, "Her facial features are alright. It's just that … her figure is slightly plump. There's nothing bad about it ~!"
"Oh ~!"
Li Zexuan replied with a meaningful "Oh". Meng Wenhao quickly said, "Sir, it's not because of her appearance. It's just that I'm still young and haven't considered marriage ~!"
Yan Shaoning curled his lips and said, "Tsk, pretentious ~! If it wasn't because of her appearance, then it would be weird ~! "
"Oh, right ~!"
Li Zexuan suddenly thought of something and asked, "Shaoning, don't you like girls with plump figures ~?"
He remembered that many books in his previous life wrote that the Tangs viewed plump people as beautiful ~! Logically speaking, since Miss Hu's facial features weren't bad and her figure was slightly plump, such a girl should be more popular nowadays. But looking at them now, it was obviously not the case ~!
Yan Shaoning said in disdain, "Go ~! Who said that I like girls with plump figures ~? I don't see you like girls like that ~! Why do we have to like them ~? Wenhao, do you like girls like that ~? "
Meng Wenhao hesitated for a moment but still shook his head.
Li Zexuan sweated and thought to himself, Did I remember wrongly again ~?
He didn't remember wrongly, he was just misled.
In his previous life, the saying that the Tangs viewed plump women as beautiful had been around for a long time and was widely spread.
Some experts, after some research, asserted that the Tangs did view plump women as beautiful. They also pointed out several reasons why the Tangs viewed plump women as beautiful. The Tangs' economy was prosperous, and people had the means to eat well and wear warm clothes to maintain healthy and plump bodies. The Tangs' culture was open and inclusive, and they were generous and fat. The Tangs' Xianbei bloodline in the Tangs' royal family made them innately fond of women with strong bodies …
In reality, this saying was wrong, or at least not accurate.
The reason why people thought that the Tangs viewed plump women as beautiful was mainly based on Yang Guifei's body shape and the images of women in the Tangs' palace paintings and paintings.
In fact, as long as one looked carefully at the famous Tangs' Yan Liben's "Walking Carriage Painting" and Zhou Fang's "Flower Hairpin Painting", it was not difficult to find that the palace maids and ladies in the paintings were not plump at all. The nine palace maids in the "Walking Carriage Painting" clustered around Li Shimin as they walked slowly. Some were carrying the carriage, some were holding umbrellas, and some were holding fans. They all seemed to have some strength and were definitely not sickly beauties who could not stand a gust of wind.
However, looking at their figures, they were all quite slender. The women in the "Flower Hairpin Painting" were probably of noble status and slightly older. Their figures were slightly plump, but their standing posture was graceful and graceful, as light as the spring breeze brushing the willows. There was no doubt that their figures could be described with the word "slender".
Regarding Yang Guifei, there were records in the literature that she was fat and afraid of heat. For example, the "Legacy of Kaiyuan Tianbao" said that she was "fat and hot until summer". However, Yang Guifei's "fat body" was definitely not as plump as people said today. At most, he had some muscles, which was what the "Outside Biography of Yang Taizhen" called "Just a little bit of muscle."
A person who was good at dancing (the "Rainbow-Colored Feather Dance" was her representative work) would definitely do a lot of physical exercises, so it was normal to have a bit of muscle. Yang Guifei's fear of heat was actually not because she was fat, but because of her physique. According to the "Legacy of Kaiyuan Tianbao", Yang Guifei often went to the back garden in the early hours of the morning to suck on the flower dew to moisten her throat. In order to moisten her lungs, Yang Guifei would have a piece of cool jade fish in her mouth every day in the summer.
Moreover, there were no historical records that showed that Yang Guifei was favored by Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty because she was fat or plump. According to the old and new "Tang Books" about Yang Guifei, Yang Guifei was favored mainly because of her "good aptitude". Specifically, it included: "Good at singing and dancing, good at music, wise and alert, welcoming and understanding" (the "New Tang Book"). That was, she had literary skills, was smart, and understood others.
In addition, Poet Saint Du Fu described in the poem "Beauty's Walk", "Her posture is deep and true, her skin is delicate and even." That was gorgeous, dignified, temperament, and delicate skin. In reality, Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty did not appreciate Yang Guifei's muscles.
According to the "Biography of Yang Taizhen", Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty was reading the "Biography of Emperor Cheng of Han" in the Baihua Courtyard. After Yang Guifei saw it, she asked him what he was reading. Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty smiled and said, "Don't ask. You will feel bad if you know. "
Yang Guifei snatched the book and saw that it said, "Emperor Cheng of Han obtained the flying swallow, and his body was light and unable to withstand the wind. Fearing that he was floating, the emperor made a crystal plate and ordered the palace servants to dance and dance … " At this time, Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty joked with her and said, "You can withstand the wind more than her." Yang Guifei was not convinced and confidently expressed that her "Rainbow-Colored Feather Dance" surpassed Zhao Feiyan's.
When Li Bai was enshrined in Hanlin, he was ordered to write three "Songs of Purity and Peace" to praise Yang Guifei's beauty and the life in the palace at that time. The second one was dedicated to Yang Guifei's beauty.
A stick of red dew and fragrance, the clouds and rain Wu Shan heartbroken.
Who in the Han Palace can be like her? Poor flying swallow is wearing new makeup.
In the poem, Yang Guifei was compared to a peony and Zhao Feiyan. If Yang Guifei was really a fat person, she could form a sharp contrast with Zhao Feiyan. Then, this comparison would be a mockery and disobedience. It was very likely that Yang Guifei herself also admired Zhao Feiyan and was willing for others to compare her to Zhao Feiyan. It was said that Yang Guifei had the nickname of "Fat Maid", which was very likely a curse from people who were jealous and hated her (such as Concubine Mei). From this, it could be seen that people at that time did not view fat as beauty.
The most interesting were two lines of Bai Juyi's poem, "A fat horse walks fast, a prostitute sings and dances" ("Three Poems with Feelings"). Fat horses are beautiful (the six horses of Zhaoling are all fat and strong), but thin and tall prostitutes are beautiful. Being fat is an unforgivable flaw for prostitutes. The famous poet Du Mu met a fat prostitute in Shaanxi, a bar girl, who urged him to drink. He immediately wrote a poem that was extremely sarcastic and ugly. Take a look:
At that time, Pangu had a distant grandson, and he still ordered today to show off his family.
A cart of white earth covered with mud, and ten red flags patched up.
In the Waguan Temple there were traces of footsteps, and in front of Huayue Mountain there were palm marks.
There was no need to be melancholy and worry about marriage, waiting to ask Le Kun.
All kinds of evidence showed that the Tang people's saying that fat was beautiful lacked evidence. Moreover, this was the first year of Zhenguan, and the Tang Dynasty had only been established for less than ten years. Even if the Tang Dynasty had a trend of fat being beautiful, it certainly hadn't been completely established yet. At the very least, Empress Zhangsun and Princess Changle were not fat, and were very slim.
"F * ck, there's a problem here!"
Li Zexuan muttered to himself. He suddenly remembered that he had seen Empress Zhangsun, and realized that at this time, people didn't think fat was beautiful. Otherwise, Empress Zhangsun wouldn't be so thin!
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