Li Shi Min's words made Crown Prince Li Chengqian very happy.
He calmly looked at his henchman, Fourth Prince Li Tai.
After receiving the Crown Prince's instructions, Li Tai immediately said,""Imperial Father, your son has heard that Imperial Brother Li Ke seems to be busy with the Wandering Eagle recently. Perhaps because Wandering Eagle was lost in his thoughts, he forgot about the morning court session…"
Wandering eagle meant playing with eagles.
Li Tai's words were vicious.
Not attending the morning court session had already made Li Shimin prejudiced against Li Kexin.
Now that Li Tai had said this, Li Ke had an additional impression in his father's heart that he had lost his will to play with things.
The other princes were all mediocre people who only knew how to shout "666".
The Third Prince Li Ke was a useless person who lost his will to play with things.
As such, among the princes, Crown Prince Li Chengqian naturally appeared to be even more " outstanding."
And Crown Prince Li Chengqian was appreciated by his father and ascended the throne in the future.
Naturally, Li Tai would benefit from it.
Crown Prince Li Chengqian and Fourth Prince Li Tai were both planning for the sake of their little schemes.
As expected, after hearing Li Tai's words.
Li Shi Min was even more furious.
He frowned and scolded,"This Li Ke really disappointed me!"”
In fact, Li Shi Min had already made plans to let Li Ke become a vassal as soon as possible.
However, in the face of the Emperor's reprimand, a portion of the courtiers said,""Your Majesty, I believe that Third Prince Li Ke is not what he appears to be.”
"I agree!"
Among the civil and military officials, there were actually more than ten people who were speaking up for Li Ke.
Li Shi Min was surprised by this scene.
He did not expect that Li Ke, who did not care about the government, would have so many officials who thought highly of him.
Li Shimin was confused,"Maybe Li Ke is really different?"”
Although he was suspicious, he did not show any reaction on the surface.
Pretending to be angry, Li Shimin flicked his sleeves and left.
Seeing this, the eunuch hurriedly shouted,"Retreat!"”
His Majesty acted as if he was too disappointed that Li Ke had lost his ambition.
So he left the table in anger.
This made the ministers have guesses in their hearts.
After the Emperor left, the officials surrounded Crown Prince Li Chengqian and smiled.""Congratulations, Crown Prince."
His Majesty's departure from the banquet in anger had made the ministers certain.
Crown Prince Li Chengqian would definitely be the future monarch.
Therefore, they all went forward to curry favor with him.
Receiving such flattery, Crown Prince Li Chengqian was overjoyed.
However, he still paid great attention to his image.
Although he was already overjoyed, he still pretended to be dignified and said,"Ministers, don't be so harsh. We still have to put the country first!”
When the ministers heard this, they all flattered,
"It is the Great Tang's good fortune that His Highness the Crown Prince is concerned about state affairs!”
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is kind-hearted, this old man is extremely impressed!”
"Heaven and earth can testify to the benevolence of His Highness the Crown Prince!”
Fang Xuanling and the others looked at the group of sycophants with disdain.
The few of them did not go forward to curry favor, but left separately.
On the way, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were stopped by eunuchs.
He secretly entered the emperor's bedroom.
Seeing the two old ministers, Li Shimin put down the memorial in his hand and said to the palace maid,"Men, give me a seat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The two old ministers bowed and sat down.
Li Shi Min waved his hand and said,"Sigh, there's no need to be so formal.
Today, I called the two of you here for some of my family matters.”
Family matters?
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at each other and had a guess in their hearts.
He had just reprimanded the prince in the palace, and now he was summoned to discuss "family matters".
If nothing went wrong, the family matters that the Emperor was talking about should be related to the princes.
Sure enough, it was as they had expected.
Li Shi Min paused for a moment and asked directly,
"The two of you are old founding ministers. In your opinion, how are my princes?”
Hearing His Majesty's question, Fang and Du couldn't help but mutter in their hearts.
Appraising a prince was a tricky matter.
If he were to praise a prince, the Emperor would inevitably suspect that he had participated in a factional struggle.
If he were to honestly evaluate a prince, it would inevitably hurt the Emperor's face.
There was no good ending for either of them.
For a moment, the two old officials who dared to remonstrate were in a difficult position.
Seeing the two of them like this, Li Shi Min knew what they were worried about.
"There's no need for the two of you to think too much.”
Since His Majesty had said so, the two of them had no more worries.
"I wonder if Your Majesty would like to know the evaluation of that prince?" asked Prime Minister Fang Xuanling.”
"Crown Prince Li Chengqian!" Li Shiming said. Third son Li Ke!"
Fang Xuanling said,"
"The Crown Prince has been made the Crown Prince since he was young, and His Majesty has invested a lot of effort in him. Thus, the Crown Prince was naturally intelligent and could be compared to Prince Fei Chang. As for the King of Shu, Li Ke…"
Speaking of Li Ke, Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment, then cupped his hands and apologized,"Forgive this old minister for not being able to see through the depths of the King of Shu.”
Li Shimin frowned at Prime Minister Fang's words. He turned to Du Ruhui and asked,"How is Minister Du?"
"Just as the Prime Minister said, Crown Prince Li Chengqian has read a lot of books and has the guidance of the three masters of the Eastern Palace.”
"Where's Li Ke? How is he?"
Faced with His Majesty's questioning, Du Ruhui answered truthfully,""Your Majesty, although the King of Shu is obsessed with playing and doesn't think about political affairs.
However, I always felt that those were just fakes.
The King of Shu probably had another side that no one knew about!”
Fang Xuanling also added," Although the King of Shu is undisciplined, his eyes are firm. He doesn't look like a person who would lose his will by playing with things."
This old minister has known people for many years and can tell the depth of talent at a glance.
However, I couldn't see anything from the King of Shu.
However, I have a feeling that the King of Shu is hiding something.”
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, these two were important officials with sharp eyes.
The two of them spoke with authority in the Great Tang.
Right now, the two of them actually both thought that there was a hidden side to the Third Prince Li Ke's playful appearance.
This made Li Shimin even more curious about the King of Shu.
He pondered for a moment and thought, Could it be that the Third Prince is really talented?”
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