As soon as Du He went out, a young eunuch hurried into the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, it's not good!"
Li Er was furious and asked: "What's the matter?"
The little eunuch stammered: "The palace guard came to report just now, saying that Du He's guard broke General Li Junxian's bones..."
Li Er was shocked: "Lang Ji has been with me for many years and has great martial arts skills. Why can't he defeat a small guard?"
Cheng Yaojin said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, in the Huguo Temple before, my second brother Qin, General Li, and I worked together, but we couldn't beat the idiot next to Du He!"
Li Er: "..."
How many of his generals joined forces to defeat Du He's small bodyguards?
After a long while, Li Er pointed at Du Ruhui and sighed: "Keming, Keming, you have raised a good son... I haven't received any good news since your son escaped from marriage!"
Du Ruhui was frightened: "Your Majesty, I am guilty!"
Li Er waved his hands, sighed, and said: "You guys, go down first. I originally planned to let Du He join the court as an official and serve the Tang Dynasty after he married Yuanshu. Now it seems that this matter still needs to be done."
Let it go!"
As Li Er's son-in-law, of course he has to serve as an official in the court, but seeing Du He's lawlessness, Li Er really doesn't dare to let him become an official, otherwise he doesn't know how much trouble he will create!
…
At the gate of the palace, Du He looked at the guards lying on the ground, including the lieutenant general Li Junxian.
Lu Bu stood aside with his arms folded.
Du He asked curiously: "Lu Bu, what's going on?"
Lu Bu said expressionlessly: "Master, I just heard these guys saying that you are one of the four pests of Chang'an, ignorant and incompetent."
Du He: "..."
I didn’t expect Lu Bu to be so protective of his master!
Du He hurriedly stepped forward, helped Li Junxian up, and asked, "General Li, are you okay?"
Li Junxian stood firm against the wall and waved his hand: "It's okay, Mr. Du, it's just a fracture..."
Du He thought to himself that Lu Bu was ruthless enough!
After appeasing Li Junxian and others, Du He quickly took Lu Bu and fled.
Several guards came to Li Junxian and said unconvinced: "Du He, a dandy, is one of the four dangers of Chang'an. It is really shameful that he has such a loyal, strong and skilled guard!"
Li Junxian shook his head: "Everyone in the world says Du He is a playboy, but in my opinion, that's not necessarily the case!"
At noon, Du He returned to the Lai Kingdom Mansion.
I saw that the entire palace of Lai Kingdom was still decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and all the decorations were in preparation for marrying Princess Li Yuanshu of Runan.
Du He looked at it and felt it was extremely dazzling. He hurriedly called the housekeeper, Old Fu: "Old Fu, I'll give you half a day to quickly dismantle all these colorful things!"
The old man said in embarrassment: "Young Master, this...this is all prepared for your marriage, and it was arranged by His Majesty. It cannot be torn down!"
Du He snorted: "If there's anything that can't be broken down, break it down quickly. If anything happens, I'll be responsible for it. I won't marry this princess yet."
Seeing Du He getting angry, Lao Fu quickly arranged for his servants to start unpacking things.
As for Du He, after eating something, he went back to his room.
Not long after, Du Ruhui came back and happened to bump into the servants who were unpacking things. When he asked, he became very angry and rushed to the backyard and called Du He to the study.
Du Ruhui looked at his familiar yet unfamiliar son and asked, "He'er, tell me honestly, what are the reasons for your recent series of abnormal behaviors?"
Lao Du's face was serious, not because he was lecturing, but because he was curious.
Seeing this, Du He asked: "Dad, if I successfully marry Princess Runan, what will happen next?"
Du Ruhui thought for a while and said: "Of course you are going to serve as an official in the court and serve the court. Moreover, His Majesty has had private conversations with me many times and stated that you have a good relationship with the Crown Prince and can become the Crown Prince's right-hand man in the future!"
Snapped.
Du He snapped his fingers and said, "Yes, this is imaginary. Dad, I can tell you that once I really become the consort and become the prince's son, I'm afraid I won't live for a few years."
According to the original historical context, Du He became the servant of the prince Li Chengqian, rebelled with the prince, and was eventually beheaded by Li Er.
Du Ruhui looked startled!
The most ruthless emperor's family, how could Du Ruhui not understand it!
However, what shocked him was that Du He, at such a young age, could see so far!
Du Ruhui understood immediately: "So, you openly escaped from marriage and annoyed His Majesty several times, just because you don't want to become an official in the court?"
Du He nodded solemnly: "Yes, dad, I can tell you that the Tang Dynasty is only a small part of the world. The world is huge. When my son and I accumulate original capital, we will leave the Tang Dynasty and go to Central Asia and Europe.
, even North America, to open up new territories, why should we suffer by the emperor's side! Hehe, from the beginning, I never planned to live in Chang'an, it's so boring... The world is so big, I should go and see it! "
With that said, Du He took out a packet of Chinese medicine, took one out, and gave the rest to Lao Du.
Du Ruhui was surprised and said: "Didn't you say there is no more?"
Du He smiled and said, "That's what I'm saying to Your Majesty. Although we have these good things, they are not many. Your Majesty cannot take them all."
Du Ruhui nodded in agreement, and then the father and son puffed away in the study and started talking.
For the whole afternoon, Du Ruhui looked at his dandy son with admiration.
Even Lao Du doubted that this was still the idiot son he had before? No matter in terms of speech, behavior, or depth of thought, he was actually above him!
Seeing that it was getting late, the housekeeper came over to report that dinner was served.
Du He shook his head: "The food I have eaten for half a month is not to my taste. Let's eat hot pot and mutton today!"
The old man smacked his lips: "Master, what is this hot pot with mutton? I have never heard of it!"
Du He curled his lips: "Of course you haven't heard of it, old master, hurry up and arrange for someone to buy some fresh mutton and prepare the following condiments..."
With that said, Du He explained.
The old man ordered his servants to buy mutton and condiments, and then came to ask Du He how to make hot pot mutton.
Du He thought for a while and said, "I'd better do it myself. An inexperienced cook will only waste my ingredients."
The old man said anxiously: "Young master, you can't do it, you can't do it. The sage has said that a gentleman is far away from the kitchen. You are a scholar, so you can't do such dirty work!"
Du He smiled helplessly and said: "Get out of here, what kind of gentleman is he who is far away from the kitchen? Doesn't it mean that a gentleman won't eat or shit? Don't listen to the saint's nonsense, it's all a lie..."
"This this……"
The old man was so anxious that he didn't know what to do.
Du Ruhui stepped forward and said, "Old Fu, let He'er get it by himself."
After an afternoon of communication, Lao Du also looked away.
His eldest son Du Gou entered the court and became an official. He was injured in Shandong and became disabled. He drank all day long to drown his sorrows and failed to recover.
If the second son Du He can really stay away from the emperor's family, wouldn't it be a good thing?