Li Er turned around and said to Du He: "Please accompany me and the Queen to have dinner at Wende Hall today. I will send a carriage and horse to take you back then."
Du He originally wanted to refuse. After all, eating with the emperor and queen would definitely be uncomfortable.
But as soon as he heard that Li Yuanshu and Li Lizhi were there, Du He hurriedly agreed.
These two people are already Du He's appointed wives.
I haven’t seen you for many days, and I still miss you very much.
Not long after, Du He followed Li Er to Wende Hall.
As soon as I entered the gate, I saw Princess Li Yuanshu of Runan and Princess Li Lizhi of Changle from a distance.
The two of them were accompanying Empress Changsun, talking and laughing.
Li Lizhi was the eldest daughter of Li Er and was favored by thousands of people. Li Yuanshu was a concubine, but she was older than Li Lizhi.
As for Li Yuanshu's biological mother, she passed away before Li Er became emperor, and Empress Changsun has been taking care of her.
Therefore, Li Yuanshu and Li Li are as affectionate as sisters born from the same mother.
Seeing Du He coming, Li Yuanshu hurriedly lowered her head shyly.
Li Lizhi glared at Du He: "Du He, it's almost dark, why don't you go home and finish your meal? What are you doing with my father?"
Du He was speechless at this sentence.
Li Er's eyes widened: "Beauty, don't be rude. Today Du He is accompanying me to discuss political affairs. It's getting late, so I'll let him have dinner with us at Wende Hall. Why not?"
"Hehe!" Li Lizhi showed a cute smile.
Queen Changsun immediately called Du He to sit down and said: "Du He, your marriage to Yuanshu will be completed sooner or later. I will not tell you in detail about your escape from the marriage at the beginning, and I will not tell you in detail in the future."
We are a family, don’t be formal, sit down quickly, today I specially asked the imperial chef to cook the dishes that Your Majesty likes to eat. If you have something you like to eat, just tell me directly and I will ask the imperial chef to cook it.
!”
Du He hurriedly sat down and said, "Thank you Queen, I don't have any taboos."
Although Queen Changsun sounded stern when she spoke, there was a bit of doting in her tone.
All this can be attributed to Du He who cured his recurring headache.
Coupled with the box of donkey glue blood-tonifying granules, Empress Changsun was completely impressed by Du He.
Moreover, Li Yuanshu and Li Lizhi kept talking about Du He's various benefits in her ears all day long. As time went by, her impression of Du He became better.
Du He tried a few bites and found that the level of the royal chef was not very good, not even as good as the chef of the Duke of Lai.
Looking at Li Er and others, they were eating happily.
He suddenly showed a strange expression.
Li Er saw this and asked: "Du He, why do you look like this?"
Du He quickly put down his chopsticks and said, "Your Majesty, I just thought of a rumor for a moment."
"Oh, what's the rumor? I and the Queen should also listen to it," Li Er said with great interest.
Du He asked: "Do you really want to listen?"
Li Er and others all looked at Du He curiously.
"Okay," Du He spread his hands, "It is said that there is a country in the West called the Qing Dynasty. The emperor of the Qing Dynasty paid a private visit incognito one day. When he arrived in the capital, he saw his favorite snack on the street and took a bite.
, and asked out of curiosity why this snack was not salty, thinking that the snack vendors on the street were deliberately selling fake products. Finally, after investigation, it turned out that it was because the imperial chef who made the snacks in the palace did not like to wash his hands!"
"Pfft!"
Li Lizhi, who was eating, suddenly couldn't help it and burst out laughing.
Li Er's face turned dark.
Li Lizhi hurriedly wiped her mouth and said: "Oh, Du He, you are so disgusting. But this emperor is so pitiful that he eats such disgusting snacks every day, hahaha..."
Before everyone could react, Du He continued: "One day, the emperor continued his private visit incognito. He saw his favorite noodle cake on the street. He took a bite and was surprised, this noodle cake is actually hot? And...
It's still delicious when hot. Upon investigation, it was found that the noodles the emperor usually eats are not made by the imperial chef, but bought by the imperial chef from outside. When they were brought into the palace, they were completely cold."
At this time, even Li Yuanshu couldn't help but laugh.
However, the faces of Li Er and Queen Changsun became increasingly ugly.
Snap.
Li Er put down his chopsticks and said: "Zhao Yang, go check and find out why the food cooked in the imperial kitchen is not as good as before."
Li Er had noticed this a few days ago.
It was just that he never took it to heart. After Du He told these two jokes, Li Er remembered that he had never gone down to check what the imperial kitchen was doing and what he was eating.
In this case, wouldn't he also be the poor emperor?
As for Queen Changsun, she looked at Du He in great surprise.
It is said that Du He, the second son of Lai Guogong, was unlearned and unskilled, which was a great harm to Chang'an.
Now it seems that the rumors are all false. This person is not a person who has no education and no household. He is clearly smarter than a talented person.
In a short time, all the dishes were replaced and the dishes on the table were replaced.
Zhao Yang came up and said: "Your Majesty, Queen, those damn royal chefs, I don't know where they learned how to play Landlord, playing cards made of paper, and they had a great time playing and cooking all day long.
Naturally, Shi didn't pay attention. The slaves have already given orders, each of them will receive fifty pieces of wood, and they deserve to be beaten to death."
The dishes that were served again tasted much better than before.
Du He was eating, and when he looked up, he saw Li Lizhi opposite, who was also looking at him.
Their eyes met, and Li Lizhi's little heart was beating loudly.
Du He smiled slightly and blew a kiss to Li Lizhi with his left hand.
Although Li Lizhi didn't understand what it meant, she felt shy immediately.
So, she also blew a kiss to Du He.
This little move caught Li Er's eye, and Li Er angrily kicked Du He under the table.
Then, Du He became honest.
When Li Lizhi saw it, she proudly waved her pink fist at Du He.
After eating, Du He went back.
Li Er asked Li Lizhi and Li Yuanshu to leave first.
After everyone around him had dispersed, Empress Changsun said: "Actually, Du He is a very lovable kid. He is the son of Prime Minister Du and is smarter than many of his peers. But once he marries Yuanshu, he becomes
Prince Consort, it seems like this is the decision for the rest of your life, what a pity!"
Li Er understood what Queen Changsun meant.
Since ancient times, the prince-in-law of the royal family has been just a decoration. As a prince-son-in-law, no matter how talented he is, he cannot become an important minister of the court.
One of the reasons is that the rule of the royal family needs to be stable, but most of the princes-in-law are powerful ministers or heirs of aristocratic families. It is impossible for the royal family to let these princes-in-law hold important positions again. Wouldn't that make themselves uncomfortable?
Of course, the most important thing is that in ancient times, a son-in-law was equivalent to marrying into the family. How much can a son-in-law do?