As the prime minister of the dynasty, Fang Xuanling can be said to be one of the successful examples of literati, so when he said the "demon" son from his mouth, not only Li Shimin, but even Kong Yingda and Yu Zhining next to him frowned.

Seeing their expressions, Fang Xuanling's face remained unchanged, and he immediately arched his hand towards Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, when the crown prince was young, he was smart and well-behaved, and he was known for his kindness, but when he grew up, his temperament changed greatly, doesn't Your Majesty think that this change is too great?"

In fact, people are the most susceptible animals to the outside world, and it is normal for temperament to change, but at this moment, when Fang Xuanling said this, not only did no one voice object, but they all showed a contemplative look.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Fang Xuanling smiled secretly in his heart, and continued to speak.

"Moreover, since His Majesty cut off the Xiaoxiao in the East Palace, the prince's whole person has been different, not only has he seen through the disaster of Jindan, but also created such a wonderful method of breaking sentences, and now he has written a good article like "Ai Lian Said", in addition to being bewitched by demons, does Your Majesty think there are other possibilities?"

When educated people talk about science, they are naturally the head of the way, and when they talk about superstition, they are even more set one after another, which makes people fall into the Tao unconsciously.

For example, now Li Shimin believes it.

"Hmph, I just said how did my prince become what he was at the beginning, it turned out that it was the demons who made trouble, and I only didn't realize it earlier, so I let these demons bewitch the prince!"

Seeing Li Shimin's indignant appearance, Fang Xuanling hurriedly bowed to him again.

"Your Majesty does not need to be responsible, now that the demons have been eliminated, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned to the past, this is a gratifying thing, not to mention that His Royal Highness can write an article like "Ai Lian Said", which is enough to show that it is not too late to make up for the loss."

Hearing Fang Xuanling's words, Li Shimin nodded and showed a satisfied smile.

"What Fang Aiqing said is that in fact, yesterday, Wei Aiqing presented himself to me and praised the prince very much, which shows that the prince is really different from before."

As soon as Li Shimin's topic fell, the three people below immediately glanced at each other, but they only found surprise in each other's eyes.

Even Wei Zheng said good things to the prince?

After hearing the news, Fang Xuanling was silent on the surface, but he smiled with satisfaction in his heart.

"It seems that this move was really done right!"

In fact, when Fang Xuanling raised the argument of "demon" just now, it was naturally not what he really thought in his heart, and the reason why he said that was actually because he saw that Li Shimin's opinion of the prince had changed.

As a courtly minister with first-class strategy, Fang Xuanling knew when to say something, for example, this time Li Shimin called the three of them to the imperial study, did he really just want them to read the article?

The answer is naturally no, in Fang Xuanling's view, Li Shimin's move is sending a signal to them - he is beginning to pay attention to the prince!

After coming to this conclusion, Fang Xuanling immediately began to think about how to wash away Li Chengqian's notoriety.

This matter is not a difficult thing for Fang Xuanling, you must know that he even washed away the notoriety of Li Shimin's Xuanwumen rebellion, and with the last experience, it can be said that it is easy to wash away Li Chengqian's ridiculous name this time.

The old rule, since Li Shimin has already killed someone, can't he just blame the dead people?

Fang Xuanling defined the few people killed in the East Palace as demons, which not only preserved the reputation of the prince, but also gave Li Shimin a reputation for killing demons.

You know, killing indiscriminately and slaying demons are completely different things!

It can be said that Fang Xuanling's words not only won Li Shimin's favor, but also befriended the prince, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone!

And the most important thing is that the great changes that have taken place in Li Chengqian can completely corroborate Fang Xuanling's statement, making this statement more credible, even if anyone doesn't believe it, they don't dare to risk offending the emperor and the crown prince to find out directly.

The sycophants of the masters are always colorless and tasteless, and Fang Xuanling is undoubtedly the best in this way!

Li Shimin was satisfied, not only did he leave the three of them to eat, but when they left, he also rewarded each of them with two crumpled old radishes for them to take back to eat.

After watching the three of them leave the imperial study with a thousand thanks, Li Shimin asked someone to send a bowl of lotus root and carp soup, and talked to himself while drinking.

"Well, the lotus root is really much tastier than the reeds in the cellar......"

At this time, Li Shimin suddenly felt that he was beginning to like lotus flowers, and he even wondered whether to let people go to Taiye Pond to dig some lotus roots.

And when Li Shimin was still in the stage of consideration, Gao Ming had already put it into action, and after lunch, he took a few entourages to Taiye Pool.

Taiye Pond is located in the north of Daming Palace in Chang'an City, it was excavated in the eighth year of Li Shimin's accession to the throne, and it has been dug for nine years now, and it is still under construction.

However, Gao Ming naturally values not its size, but the lotus roots at the bottom of its pool.

The lotus roots that were dug up from the fish algae pond have been given to the female officials of the East Palace by Gao Ming, and the fish algae pond has also been cleaned up by Li Shimin, and naturally there are no lotus roots left, so Gao Ming hit the idea of the Taiye Pool.

The water in the Taiye Pool is a little deep, so this time Gao Ming doesn't plan to go into the water by himself, anyway, there is no shortage of people with good water surnames in the palace, and as soon as he gave an order, he found several people with good water characteristics.

There is an old saying that there is a lot of power, and Gao Ming came back not long after he went out with people, and the few people he brought out were each carrying a large bag full of lotus roots.

The leader is a burly man, just when digging the lotus root, Gao Ming found that this person has the best water nature, and the highest efficiency, others float up to breathe two or three times before digging up a lotus root, this guy slammed down for half a day without rising, and when he came up, he was already holding two lotus roots in his hand.

It can be said that he alone tops the other two or three people.

Looking at this burly man, Gao Ming immediately nodded with satisfaction.

"You're very good, what's your name?"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, the big man suddenly showed a look of astonishment.

"Back to Your Highness, the last will be the foundation of the Gang Chengji? The last general Wude followed His Highness around, Your Highness, don't you remember me? ”

At this time, there was a hint of grievance on his face with a look of consternation, like an abandoned puppy.

Hearing his words, the corners of Gao Ming's eyes suddenly twitched several times.

Damn, I didn't expect it to be an acquaintance!

However, Gao Ming already had a way to deal with such a situation, looking at Su Gan Chengji's stunned appearance, Gao Ming suddenly let out a long sigh.

"Alas, in fact, Prince Ben was seriously ill before, and many people have forgotten a lot of things, but Su Gan Chengji, I remember that you and a person named Zhang Sizheng seem to be the guards around me, right? What about Zhang Sizheng, are you here? ”

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, he only heard a "poof", and another burly man next to him had already knelt on one knee and clenched his fists towards Gao Ming.

"The last general, Zhang Sizheng, is willing to die for His Royal Highness the Prince!"

may be the reason why he was too excited, and Zhang Sizheng had a tremor in his voice at this time.

Hearing his words, Gao Ming's eyes suddenly narrowed.

"It seems that what is recorded in history is really correct, the two of them, Su Gan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng, should be the leaders of the dead soldiers around Li Chengqian, so there should be more than a hundred dead soldiers under their hands?"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming's heart suddenly became inexplicably excited.