The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"He didn't care?" Li Fu asked curiously.

"At that time, the two of them had a good relationship in private and had many exchanges in secret. At that critical juncture, of course he would not care." Li Shimin said: "The former prince still expected Pei Ji to block the news."

As for why the news was blocked, Li Shimin certainly knew it in his heart.

He was fighting with the eighteen tribes of the grassland on the front line, and Chang'an behind him became an empty shell, and he had no support.

The battlefield situation was dangerous, and he might die on the battlefield because of the shaken military morale.

No wonder, Li Fu thought, when he came out of the palace that time, he saw Li Jiancheng and Pei Ji together. It seems that the two of them had started to communicate privately a long time ago.

Pei Ji wanted to be good friends with the prince, so that when the prince ascended the throne in the future, the Pei family would still be glorious.

But Pei Ji didn't expect that after the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Chang'an City would change. Li Shimin really dared to kill the prince and the King of Qi and force His Majesty to give up power.

As for the IOUs in the Pei family's hands, if the Pei family did not bring them up to make trouble, perhaps they would be safe and sound. Otherwise, these IOUs would definitely become a knife stabbing the Pei family in the future.

How can we say that Pei Ji is smart? If the capital had really been moved, all the wealth and goods on the road would have been a burden.

But the IOUs are different. They are just a few pieces of paper. How much space can they take up?

"The matter of Lawyer Pei today has been concluded by His Majesty, so it's over. What do you think?" Li Shimin looked at Li Fu and asked.

"It's not a big deal. Most of the noble children in Chang'an are like this." Li Fu said, "It's just that Lawyer Pei was unlucky and met us. Even if this matter is exposed, it will be the same as it is in the future. If you really use this matter as an excuse and hold on to it, it will make people think that I, the King of Jingyang, have no heart."

As for the matter on the farm, Li Fu's farm is now very big, and the farm will continue to repair the canal in the future, so the matter of robbing water will not exist.

Moreover, they used to make things difficult for the farmers on Li Fu's farm upstream, just relying on the power of the Pei family.

But now, Li Fu is no longer the unknown little landlord who can't say anything when he is bullied by them.

When he had no status, he dared to blow up the dam. Now that he has become the King of Jingyang, he dares to blow up the Pei Mansion.

"It's great that you can think like this. I'm afraid that you have some friction with the Pei family, and you have a knot in your heart recently." Li Shimin said with a smile.

"That's not the case. If I really have an unsolvable knot with the Pei family, I will find a dark and windy night to blow up the Pei Mansion." Li Fu had a pure smile on his face.

The smile on Li Shimin's face gradually disappeared...

Good boy, you really dare to think.

"You just told me that the matter of explosives must not be known to others." Li Shimin said hurriedly.

"Just kidding, just kidding." Li Fu smiled: "Second brother, it's getting late. If there is nothing else, I will go back first. You can go see the children after you are done. They also brought you something."

"Okay." Li Shimin nodded in response.

Li Fu took his leave.

After Li Fu left, Li Shimin got up and went to the back to see Li Chengqian and others.

He was also curious about what the children brought him.

Li Chengqian was holding a food box in his hand. He had been holding it since he got off the carriage. When he arrived at the palace, the palace servants wanted to take it from him, but he was unwilling to let go even if they held it for him.

After seeing Changsun, he put the food box on the table and asked Changsun to come and see it.

"Mother, please take a look at this." Li Chengqian said, "This was made by Qingque, Lizhi and I in the afternoon at Uncle Wang's house."

"Really?" Changsun smiled and said, "What did you make? Let mother see it."

Li Chengqian opened the food box and saw the bright red candied haws.

"What is this?" Changsun asked.

"Mother, this is hawthorn fruit, covered with icing sugar. These hawthorn fruits were washed by my elder brother and sister. Uncle Wang removed the core and boiled the syrup. Please try it." Li Tai said.

"Yes, mother, it's delicious." Li Lizhi looked at the candied haws in the food box eagerly.

She still wanted to eat, but Uncle Wang said that they couldn't eat anymore today and had to rinse their mouths when they got back. Eating too much sweet food would cause bad teeth, which would be painful. Moreover, if all teeth fell out, they wouldn't be able to eat anything delicious.

"Okay, wait for your father to come back, and mother and father will eat together." Changsun said with a smile.

"What do you want to eat with me?"

At this time, Li Shimin's voice came from the palace gate.

"Aye is here."

The children laughed and went to LiShimin came forward.

"Aye." Li Chengqian bowed politely.

"Okay, okay, we are at home behind closed doors, don't be so reserved." Li Shimin reached out and touched Li Chengqian's little head.

Li Chengqian was the eldest son, and Li Shimin had high hopes for him. Therefore, if Li Tai played around on weekdays, Li Shimin would be more tolerant, but he was much stricter in educating Li Chengqian.

Therefore, when Li Chengqian saw Li Shimin coming, he would not rush to Li Shimin like Li Tai and Li Lizhi did, but would stand aside like a little adult and greet him politely.

"Erlang, you are here." Changsun Shi hurriedly invited Li Shimin to sit on the couch.

"What were you talking about just now?" Li Shimin asked curiously.

"It was the children who made some food with King Jingyang outside the palace and brought it back for us to taste." Changsun Shi smiled.

"Oh?" Li Shimin was interested: "Then we have to try it. Let's not talk about anything else. No one can compare to this King of Jingyang in making food."

Li Shimin looked at the candied haws in the food box.

"This is..."

"Aye, Uncle Wang said that this is called candied haws." Li Chengqian said: "It is made of hawthorn fruit and icing sugar. The method is very simple."

"Oh? Then tell me how it is made?" Li Shimin asked.

Today the children went out for a day, saying that they were playing, but they also did things by themselves. Li Shimin also wanted to test Li Chengqian and see how he felt about the steps and feelings of doing it himself.

He remembered what Li Fu said, that it is a good thing for children to study, but they should not study blindly.

Li Shimin felt that there was nothing wrong with this statement.

No successful emperor was made by studying blindly.

In the future, he will succeed to the throne, and Chengqian will be the prince, and he will also be the emperor in the future.

Precisely because of this, after he became the crown prince, he became much stricter with Li Chengqian and even invited great Confucian scholars to teach him specifically.