Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Although Yu Zhining and Zhang Xuansu are both in their 50s, they are not considered the oldest people in the court.

As an old man who has followed Li Shimin for many years, he will definitely be reused after returning to Chang'an.

Even if Li Tai had not belittled and ridiculed Kong Yingda, the two of them would have resigned after a while. After all, staying in the Prince of Wei's Palace delayed their future.

Kong Yingda gritted his teeth and said, "Three brothers, let's write a memorial together to resign from the position of teaching scholar in the Prince of Wei's Palace!"

The other three nodded in response.

"it is good!"

They immediately returned to their desks, spread out their pens and began to write their resignation letters seriously.

Li Tai was completely unaware when these four great scholars were writing their resignation memorials.

He was in a good mood at the moment because he had scolded Kong Yingda and vented all the anger he had suffered from Kong Yingda and others in the past year.

Li Tai drank the wine while watching the dancers dancing.

As for the fact that he couldn't depose or enthrone the princess, he had now come to terms with it.

Since the emperor father is unwilling to let him depose the princess now, he can order Yin Yushan to be established as the queen after he ascends the throne.

When the time comes, let’s see who is so blind as to dare to come out and stop him!

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Chang'an City.

Laiguogong Mansion.

As the wedding date of Du Aitong and Lu Ziying drew closer, the Laiguo Mansion was decorated with lights and colors to make it look festive under the direction of the old butler Du Dafu.

Du Aitong and Lu Ziying also returned to Chang'an from Longmen County today.

Because the two could not live together before getting married, as soon as Lu Ziying returned to Chang'an, she was taken back home by her father Lu Chengqing to live with her and prepare for the tedious matters of getting married.

In the study room.

The three brothers Du He, Du Gou and Du Aitong were chatting with smiles on their faces.

The eldest brother Du Gou said with emotion: "Third brother, when you marry Ziying, you will also have a family in the future."

"In my memory, you were still a snotty-nosed kid, but I never thought you'd be starting a family in the blink of an eye!"

Because his father Du Ruhui died early, and his mother died soon after due to grief of missing him.

Therefore, his third brother Du Aitong was basically raised by him.

This is also the reason why Du Gou was so emotional when he saw his third brother was about to get married.

Just when Du Gou was feeling deeply moved, Du He suddenly said jokingly.

"Brother, the third child is about to get married, and his wife, Lu Ziying, is a wealthy woman with a lot of money. You can finally stop worrying about the third child snatching your property away from you."

Forehead...

Du Gou's face turned dark.

Although this brat has become the Minister of Works, he still loves to act mischievously like before.

Du Gou said angrily, "You bastard, I am almost like a miser in your heart."

"Just relax, I have divided the family fortune into three equal parts, and we will each take one."

I heard that my eldest brother divided the family wealth into three parts, and he looked serious, not like he was joking.

Du Aitong waved his hands and said, "Brother, I don't want my share. You can keep it for yourself."

The current system of wealth inheritance in the Tang Dynasty is based on the eldest son inheritance system, which is also written in the New Tang Code.

If the three brothers divided the family property equally and outsiders knew about it, they would certainly laugh at them for being at odds with each other and think that he and his second brother were fighting with his eldest brother for the family property.

In addition, he was raised by his eldest brother and successfully entered the officialdom with his elder brother's help, so he has great respect for his elder brother in his heart.

Besides, his wife Lu Ziying was indeed rich. The generous dowry alone was enough for the couple to never have to work for several lifetimes.

Du He also smiled and said, "Brother, since the third brother doesn't want it, I certainly can't want it either."

"Now that I have a rich woman like Princess Chengyang supporting me, it's hard to live a poor life!"

Although Du He said that he used his wife Li Yi's money, the rewards he received in the past two years, plus the money he cheated from Fang Yiai, had made him extremely wealthy.

Du Gou shook his head and said, "As men of integrity, how can we rely on our wives' wealth to make a living?"

"On this matter, I'll listen to my eldest brother. I've divided the family fortune into three parts, one for each of us three brothers!"

Although the Duke of Lai's Mansion was not endowed by Yuchi Gong, Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others, His Majesty had rewarded it with a lot of gold, silver and other valuables in the early years.

Including the house, shop and land, the family wealth is quite substantial.

Du He and Du Aitong knew their eldest brother's temper very well, so they did not continue to talk about this topic, but changed the subject.

When the three brothers talked about the guests for the banquet, Du Gou asked with a worried look on his face.

"Second brother, how did the distinguished guests I asked you to invite respond?"

"How many people are willing to come to the third brother's wedding banquet?"

The reason why Du Gou attached so much importance to the guests coming was because their Laiguo Mansion and Jingzhao Du family had just broken up, so no members of the Du family would be invited to the wedding banquet this time.

Now that no tribesmen are coming to support us, we can only invite more colleagues and friends to come.

Otherwise, the wedding banquet would be deserted, and the lineage of Duke Lai would be ridiculed by people from other aristocratic families.

Du He smiled and said, "Brother, don't worry about the lack of guests. Duke Lai's Mansion should be prepared for a grand banquet!"

"Liu Li, Hou Junji, Ma Zhou, Cen Wenben, the assistant ministers of various ministries, and the chief officials of the nine temples and five prisons will all be here."

"Changsun Wuji, Li Jing, Fang Xuanling, Yang Shidao and the five ministers, although they cannot come in person, they will let their sons come."

"More than 20 generals including Cheng Yaojin, Wang Jun'e, and Xue Wanche are expected to come."

"In addition to these important officials, I'm afraid that 80% of the officials above the fifth rank in the court will also be here."

In addition to the people mentioned by Du He, the staff of the Eastern Palace such as Xi Junmai, Su Dingfang, Qin Huaidao and Pei Xingjian, as well as good friends such as Cui Shenji, Wang Jingzhi and Xiao Kai, will all come.

"Whoo~"

When they heard that Du He had invited almost all the ministers in the court, the brothers Du Gou and Du Aitong began to breathe rapidly.

Du Gou was surprised and said, "Second Brother, why did you invite all the civil and military officials here?"

"This is just too much of a fuss!"

He originally just wanted Du He to invite Hou Junji and Liu Li, two people with whom he had a good relationship and who had relatively high status, to come and support them.

I didn't expect that this brat Du He invited all the ministers in the court.

Du Gou's original intention was to make it a little more lively, but what Du He had done had completely exceeded his expectations.

This grand ceremony is so grand that it can attract His Majesty's attention, which really gives him a headache!

When the person involved, Du Aitong, saw that his second brother had invited so many people to attend his wedding banquet, his face was full of gratitude.

Du He smiled and said, "Brother, I only invited the chiefs of the three provinces and six ministries and a few good friends. The others came to me on their own initiative and wanted to come and share in the good fortune."

"I can't just refuse these people and tell them not to come, right?"