Fan Changsheng sat cross-legged and continued meditating, saying mildly, "General, please go back."
Li Xiang's breathing grew rapid; he asked hoarsely, "With the Prime Minister acting like this, can he face Your Majesty with a clear conscience?"
Fan Changsheng sighed. "Does the General think these things are beyond Your Majesty's grasp? It's just that the Princes are truly unworthy, so we have no choice but to settle for the next best."
Li Xiong chose Li Ban in part because he respects and loves his elder brother, but isn't the greater reason still that his several sons are simply too disgraceful?
They are not only cruel and arrogant, they lack even the most basic filial feeling.
