God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 103 Poor Emperor
Li Er turned around and said to Du He: "Let's have dinner with me and the queen in the Wende Palace today, and I will send you back with a chariot and horse."

Du He originally wanted to refuse, after all, eating with the emperor and queen must be uncomfortable.

But when he heard that Li Yuanshu and Li Lizhi were there, Du He hurriedly agreed.

These two are already Du He's designated wives.

Long time no see, I still miss you very much.

Not long after, Du He followed Li Er to Wende Hall.

As soon as he entered the gate, he saw Princess Li Yuanshu of Runan and Princess Li Lizhi of Changle from a distance.

The two were accompanying Empress Changsun, talking and laughing.

Li Lizhi is the eldest daughter of Li Er, who is loved by thousands of people.Li Yuanshu is a concubine, but she is older than Li Lizhi.

As for Li Yuanshu's biological mother, she died before Li Er became emperor, and she has been taken care of by Empress Changsun.

Therefore, Li Yuanshu and Li Lizhi are like sisters born of the same mother.

Seeing Du He approaching, Li Yuanshu hurriedly lowered her head shyly.

Li Lizhi glared at Du He: "Du He, it's getting dark, why don't you go home and finish your meal, what are you doing with my father?"

This sentence, Du He was speechless.

Li Er stared: "Li Zhi, don't be rude. Today Du He is with me to discuss political affairs. It's getting late, so I will let him have dinner together in Wende Hall. Why not?"

"Hee hee!" Li Lizhi showed a lovely smile.

Empress Changsun immediately asked Du He to sit down, and said: "Du He, your marriage with Yuan Shu will be completed sooner or later. I will not talk about your escape from marriage at the beginning. We are a family, don't be cautious, just sit down, today I asked the imperial chef to cook dishes that His Majesty likes to eat, if you have something you like, just tell me, I will let the imperial chef do it !"

Du He hurriedly took his seat, and said, "Thank you Queen, I don't care about it."

Although Empress Changsun sounded harsh when she spoke, there was a hint of doting in her tone.

All of this was due to Du He's cure of his recurring headaches.

Coupled with the box of donkey glue blood-enriching granules, Empress Changsun looked at Du He with admiration.

What's more, Li Yuanshu and Li Lizhi talked about the various benefits of Du He in her ears all day long. After going back and forth, they naturally had a better impression of Du He.

Du He tried a few mouthfuls, and found that the level of the imperial chef was not very good, not even comparable to the chef of Lai Guogong's mansion.

Looking at Li Er and the others, they are eating happily.

He suddenly showed a strange expression.

Seeing this, Li Er asked, "Du He, why are you showing such an expression?"

Du He hurriedly put down his chopsticks and said, "Your Majesty, I just thought of a rumor for a while."

"Oh, what's the rumor? Let me and the queen listen to it too." Li Er said with interest.

Du He asked: "Do you really want to listen?"

Li Er and the 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 visited in private one day, and when he came to the capital, he saw his favorite snacks on the street and took a bite. , and asked curiously, why the dim sum is not salty, I thought it was because the street dim sum peddler deliberately sold fake products, but after investigation, it turned out that the royal chef who made dim sum in the palace didn’t like to wash his hands!”

"Pfft!"

Li Lizhi, who was eating, couldn't help it suddenly, 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, he eats such disgusting snacks every day, hahaha..."

Before everyone could react, Du He continued: "One day, the emperor went on a private visit in a micro-service. He saw his favorite noodle pancake on the street, took a bite, and said in surprise, this noodle pancake is actually hot? And It's still hot and delicious. After checking, the emperor's usual bread was not made by the imperial chef, but bought by the imperial chef outside, and it was completely cold when it was brought into the palace."

At this time, even Li Yuanshu couldn't help laughing.

However, the faces of Li Er and Empress Changsun became more and more ugly.

pat.

Li Er put down his chopsticks and said, "Zhao Yang, go and find out why the food made in this imperial dining room is getting worse day by day."

Li Er had noticed this matter a few days ago.

It's just that he didn't pay attention to it all the time. After Du He said these two jokes, Li Er remembered that all along, it was what the imperial dining room did and what he ate, and he never went down to check.

In this way, isn't he also that poor emperor?

As for Empress Changsun, she looked at Du He in astonishment.

It is said that Du He, the second son of Duke Lai, is ignorant and incompetent, which is a great harm to Chang'an.

Now it seems that the rumors are all false, this is not uneducated, this is clearly a clever person.

In a short time, all the dishes were changed, and the dishes on the table were changed again.

Zhao Yang came up and said: "Your Majesty, Empress, those damn imperial chefs, I don't know where they learned to fight the landlord recently, playing cards made of paper, playing cards all day long, cooking Naturally don't worry about it, the servants have already ordered them to go down, and each of them has received fifty boards, and they deserve it if they are beaten to death."

The dishes served again tasted much better than before.

Du He was eating, and when he looked up, he saw Li Lizhi who was opposite him looking at him too.

The four eyes met, Li Lizhi's little heart was beating non-stop.

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 right away.

So, she also blew a kiss back to Du He.

This little move caught Li Er's eyes, and Li Er angrily kicked Du He under the table.

Then, Du He became honest.

Li Li confronted Du He and waved her little pink fist triumphantly.

After eating, Du He went back.

Li Er asked Li Lizhi and Li Yuanshu to leave first.

After all the people around had dispersed, Empress Changsun said: "Actually, Du He is quite likable, and he is the son of Du Xiang. He is smarter than many of his peers, but once he marries Yuanshu, he will become a Son-in-law, it seems that this life has been decided like this, what a pity!"

Li Er understood what Empress Changsun meant.

Since ancient times, the royal family's son-in-law was just a decoration. As a son-in-law, no matter how talented he was, he could not 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 sons-in-law are the heirs of powerful officials or aristocratic families. It is impossible for the royal family to allow these son-in-laws to hold important positions again. Isn't that making them feel uncomfortable?

Of course, the most important thing is that in ancient times, a son-in-law was equivalent to marrying a son-in-law. How much can a visiting son-in-law do.

Therefore, Empress Changsun had such emotion.

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