God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 54 Too shameless
On the Hall of Tai Chi.

Li Er sat on the revolving wooden chair, rubbed his temples, and said in a deep voice: "Dear dear friends, a few days ago, disaster victims from Shandong, Henan and other places have arrived in Chang'an area one after another. As the disaster worsens, there must be more and more refugees. , do you have any good resettlement methods?"

This incident gave Li Er the most headache.

Before the words were finished, Prince Li Chengqian appeared suddenly.

Li Er's eyes lit up: "Chengqian, do you have any good ideas?"

Li Chengqian shook his head and said: "Father, I didn't have any good ideas about the disaster victims. Today, I came here for the matter of Master Confucius. Yesterday morning, Du He had the audacity to go out in public at the Lai State Palace. Insulting Master Confucius has caused a lot of trouble in the city, and now everyone in Chang'an City knows about it, Du He really deserves death, I ask my father to order Du He to be arrested, and give Master Kong an explanation."

When Li Er heard this, his complexion suddenly sank.

But Li Chengqian didn't notice it at all, and continued: "Du He is the son of the Duke of Lai, and he has a marriage contract with a son-in-law, but he is acting like Meng Lang, and he doesn't take my royal face in the slightest. He has done something to regret the marriage, and the crime will not be tolerated." Forgiveness, this is the first. Second, Du He is a scholar. He doesn’t appreciate the emperor’s grace, and doesn’t want to be loyal to the country. Everyone, especially the prince and concubine, has a high status and great influence, but Du He actually said in public that Master Kong gave birth to a pair of elegant bow legs, which became a joke in Chang'an City. This is the greatest insult to Master Confucius and the greatest disrespect to the saint. For these three crimes, Du He cannot escape the death penalty, please give the order!"

Li Chengqian was not talking in empty words, but with reasons and evidence, listing Du He's three crimes.

The three crimes, no matter which one, can put Du He to death.

As soon as Li Chengqian finished speaking, the Minister of Rites, Chen Shuda, stood up next to him.

"Your Majesty, I agree with the Crown Prince's words. Du He, as the son of Prime Minister Du, has repeatedly committed crimes against his superiors and failed to pay attention to the majesty of the royal family. Not only is Du He guilty, but I feel that Prime Minister Du is ineffective in teaching his son, and he also has a great responsibility." Chen Shuda Say so.

Gao Shilian, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said: "The minister seconded the proposal, please give an order to put Du He into the prison and punish him."

Yang Zuan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, also stood up: "My minister seconded the proposal, please punish Du He, Your Majesty!"

Wang Gui, the attendant of the Huangmen, also said: "Please punish Du He, Your Majesty!"

"The minister waits for the second opinion!"

"Your Majesty, please seek justice for Master Kong!"

"Your Majesty, on behalf of the officials studying in the world, please seek justice for Master Confucius!"

In a blink of an eye, there were fifteen or sixteen people asking Li Er to order Du He to be arrested.

What was surprising was that Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and the others, who usually did not deal with Du Ruhui, did not participate in this matter now.

Cheng Yaojingang wanted to speak, but Qin Qiong tugged at his sleeves.

Qin Qiong whispered: "Zhijie, look at Du Xiang's performance."

Cheng Yaojin looked over quietly, and saw Du Ruhui standing at the front, calm and composed, without any worry on his face.

Cheng Yaojin snorted and said, "Old Du, what the hell is he doing? He's still holding his breath at this time."

Qin Qiong shook her head and said, "Don't worry, Du Xiang must have figured out a way. Let's not get involved. Didn't you see that Mr. Wei, who usually likes ginseng the most, didn't speak?"

Qin Qiong took a look, and sure enough, that old guy Wei Zheng was standing by, looking like he was watching the show, but he didn't say a word.

Cheng Yaojin scratched his head, then lowered his head, not caring about this matter anymore.

Li Er looked down at the dozen or so people headed by Li Chengqian, his face was expressionless and motionless, but in his heart, he was already simmering with anger.

What chilled him the most was not that these people joined forces to ask Du He to be punished, but that these guys actually tricked Prince Li Chengqian into doing this.

With the presence of hidden guards, Li Er has a clear grasp of the words and deeds of these people below.

Among them, although Li Chengqian was filled with righteous indignation, more of them were bewitched and instigated by Wang Gui and others.

Li Er was about to speak, but Du Ruhui suddenly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, your lords speak with certainty. If what you say is true, then I have nothing to say. Whether it is to punish Du He or punish me, I have no objection." , but this matter still requires Du He to come forward, and the government should confront it, otherwise, I, Du Ruhui, will absolutely refuse to accept it just because of your lords' insistence."

After Du Ruhui finished speaking, he scanned the people around him.

Seeing Du Ruhui's calm expression, Li Er thought of something in his heart, so he said: "Quickly declare Du He to court!"

Zhao Yang went to make arrangements immediately, and within a short time, he heard the news of Du He's arrival.

Under the leadership of the servant Zhao Yang, Du He came to the Tai Chi Hall.

Everyone turned their heads to look at Du He, but they were almost angry and wanted to hit someone.

I saw Du He's clothes were disheveled, he yawned and walked up, staggered to the front, and said carelessly: "Craftsman Du He, I have seen Your Majesty."

Seeing this, Prince Li Chengqian asked sharply: "Du He, don't you hurry to kneel down and confess your guilt? You insulted Master Confucius in public, and your father ordered you to go to the palace. Your clothes are disheveled and slack. How can you be decent?"

Du He scratched his head, as if he just woke up, he didn't even bother to look at Li Chengqian.

Li Er above also said curiously: "Du He, you must give me a reasonable explanation!"

Du He smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the grass people have been building a new dragon chair for His Majesty in the past few days, but they haven't had a good night's sleep for many days."

Li Er glanced at Du He in surprise: "Du He, if you don't tell me, I almost forgot that I rewarded you with a thousand taels of silver before, asking you to build me a special revolving wooden chair for the Tai Chi Hall. Now, How did it go?"

Du He said with a smile: "Your Majesty, a lot of revolving wooden chairs have been built, but I thought about it again, Your Majesty, you are the Ninth Five-Year Venerable, and your status is supreme. If you put a revolving wooden chair in this Tai Chi Hall, it will be very different from you." My identity does not match, I thought day and night, spent seven days and nights at my desk, racked my brains, lost a lot of hair, and finally designed a new chair. After repeated experiments and deliberations, I finally found that, This new chair is in line with your majesty's lofty status. After seven days and seven nights of sleepless nights, I finally built the new chair by myself. But I was tired for days and couldn't hold it. I fell asleep early this morning. , I didn't know that His Majesty suddenly announced me to the palace, I wanted to take a bath and change clothes, but when I thought of your Majesty, you have a lot of things to do every day, and time is precious, so I came here in a hurry...It made Your Majesty laugh!"

Li Er: "..."

Li Chengqian: "..."

Civil and military officials: "..."

There is only one thought in everyone's mind.

This Du He is really shameless!
He actually flattered His Majesty in public!

King of flattery!

(End of this chapter)