Zhao Rong nodded.
"Grand actions need not fuss over minute details, and great ceremonies need not eschew minor concessions. Being a live-in son-in-law, what harm is there? How have I debased myself? My actions are right, my posture is upright, and my conscience is clear. I'm not debased at all. It is Meng Xuezhen who is mistaken."
Meng Zhengjun waved his sleeve grandly.
"Boy, do not act shamelessly or utter words lacking in propriety, righteousness, integrity, and honor. Now let me ask you, in the 'Linlu Academy Declaration,' what are the five teachings?"
The students watching nearby were slightly startled upon hearing this.
This 'Linlu Academy Declaration' is the academy's code of conduct, given to each student upon enrollment, a thick booklet.
But who, on normal days, wishes to waste time reading it?
At first, indeed, some would flip through it, especially memorizing the first few and the last few lines.
