Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

After the servants of Duke Lai's Mansion finished shouting loudly, Du He and Li Yi also got off the carriage carrying Du Ping'an.

Du Gou and his wife and Du Aitong and his wife hurried over and bowed respectfully to Li Yi.

"Greetings to Her Royal Highness Princess Chengyang!"

"Meetings, Mr. Du."

Seeing their eldest brother and third brother and their wives bowing respectfully, Li Yi and Du He looked at each other with a hint of helplessness on their faces.

The person in charge of the family now is the eldest brother Du Gou. In his opinion, etiquette cannot be abolished.

Although Li Yi and Du He have said many times that a family's daily reunions do not need to follow all those empty rituals, Du Gou always makes them very grand.

A smile appeared on Li Yi's face, and he waved his hand and said.

"We are all family, there is no need to go through all these empty formalities."

After a few people stood at the gate and exchanged greetings for a while, Du Gou pointed inside the gate and said.

"It's cold outside, let's sit by the fire in the lobby and talk."

"Your Highness, please go first."

Li Yi turned his head and looked at Du He, then nodded with a smile on his face, and walked slowly towards the Duke of Lai's Mansion with Linglong's support.

Du Heze glanced at his elder brother, curled his lips and said.

"Brother, we are just having a daily gathering in the mansion, not in the court, so why do we need to go through so much formality?"

"When a family gets together, they should be relaxed. Having so many formalities will only hinder everyone from chatting."

Whenever Princess Li Yi was present, Du Gou treated the private reunion as a reception for important court officials, following all the rules and speaking with caution.

"You bastard, etiquette cannot be abolished."

After Du Gou finished speaking with a serious face, he forced a smile on his serious face and took Du Ping'an over.

"Uncle, give me a hug."

After Du Gou hugged Du Ping'an, the rest of the people gathered around him and walked into the mansion while teasing Du Ping'an.

As for Du He, the second master of the Duke of Lai's Mansion, he was disheveled in the strong wind.

It turns out that the eldest brother and the third brother's family were only respectful to Li Yi, and had no respect at all for him, the Minister of Works.

Du He shook his head slightly, then pointed at the guards including Zhang Shizheng and Feng Shijin behind him, and gave instructions to the old butler Du Dafu.

"Uncle Fu, I'll leave these brothers to you to take care of."

"They are all martial artists, give them some meat and wine."

After hearing Du He's instructions, guards such as Zhang Shizheng and Feng Shijin all showed gratitude on their faces.

With the Lord like this, what else could they ask for?

If they could become Du He's slave like Du Wu, their lives would be complete.

The old butler Du Dafu had always been aware of Du He's temper and knew that he treated these servants as his own deadly soldiers, so he did not dare to be negligent and responded immediately.

"Don't worry, Master. I will entertain you all well."

Du He nodded, then strode into the princess's mansion and started chatting about family matters with the eldest and the third son.

During the conversation, I learned that Du Aitong's elder brother-in-law Lu Chen had been promoted from the magistrate of Jishan County to the magistrate of Longmen County.

For this, Lu Ziying, Lu Chen's sister, specially expressed her gratitude to Du He.

If it weren't for Du He's recommendation, her elder brother would not have been promoted from a lower-ranking county magistrate to a higher-ranking county magistrate so quickly.

In the afternoon, Du He, under Li Yi's coaxing, went into the kitchen and cooked a few king ox trotters himself.

Du Gou, Wen Shufen, Du Aitong and Lu Ziying tasted such delicious and fragrant beef trotters for the first time and kept praising Du He's cooking skills.

During the banquet, Du He also told Li Yi and Ling Long that she was pregnant.

The people who were originally eating delicious food with big mouthfuls seemed to be frozen in place, motionless like statues.

After a while.

Du Aitong said in astonishment: "Second brother, what treasure did you eat to make you pregnant so quickly?"

"Please teach me your recipes. I also want to have my own offspring soon."

Princess Chengyang gave birth to a child at the end of March last year, and it has only been ten months since then. Just thinking about this ability makes people envy.

He has been married for several months, but his wife's belly is still not showing any signs of pregnancy.

"hey-hey."

Du He gave two wicked laughs and then said slyly.

"Third brother, I, your second brother, am extremely gifted. You can't envy me."

"Just let the pregnancy take its course. After all, you are still so young. If you are really anxious, you might as well ask Sun Simiao to prescribe you two pills of medicine."

Du Aitong was not like Cui Shenji, Wang Jingzhi, Xiao Kai and other dissolute young men. He did not indulge in excessive sexual activities and kept his body in good shape.

Moreover, there were many second-generation young men in the court who were addicted to alcohol and sex, and they were unable to have children.

People like Fang Yiai and Chai Lingwu, they had affairs with many beautiful maids in private, but nothing happened, which shows that there was something wrong with their bodies.

Du Aitong nodded seriously and said, "Thank you for your advice, second brother. I will go see Dr. Sun in a few days!"

"I will try to be like you, my second brother, and have two babies in three years!"

After hearing what her husband said, Lu Ziying blushed and pinched his arm.

When she first returned to Chang'an, she went home to see her parents. Her shameless father also urged her to conceive a child of the Du family as soon as possible.

Du Gou looked at his two younger brothers working so hard and a gratified smile immediately appeared on his face.

...

While everyone in the Duke of Lai's Mansion was having fun, the study in the Duke of Liang's Mansion was filled with depression.

Duke of Liang Fang Xuanling was seen sitting on the main seat with his horse and golden sword. On the cushions on both sides of the study, the four brothers Fang Yizheng, Fang Yiai, Fang Yize and Fang Yiyi were all sitting upright with nervous expressions.

Seeing that none of these descendants were up to par, Fang Xuanling's face suddenly turned ashen.

"Humph!"

Fang Xuanling snorted heavily, then spoke in a deep voice.

"Look at you four brothers. Not only have you not made any progress in your careers, you have even been regressing!"

"You have completely disgraced me in the court!"

The eldest son Fang Yizhi is waiting to inherit his title, so he does not need to work too hard, and his future official career will be smoother.

The one who made him most angry was his second son, Fang Yiai, who had finally become the third-rank Taifu Temple Minister, but was demoted to the Weiwei Temple Secretary because of his mischief.

Moreover, this rebellious son had a conflict with Princess Gaoyang, resulting in Princess Gaoyang being unwilling to return home with this rebellious son for a reunion, which was a complete disgrace to him.

As for the third son's son Yi Ze and the fourth son's son Yi Yi, they are now just minor officials who have just been promoted.

Fang Xuanling then scolded: "Look at the three brothers of the Duke of Lai's Mansion, they are doing very well now!"

"Du Gou is the Minister of the Left, Du He is the Minister of Works, and even Du Aitong is the Secretary of the Central Secretariat!"

"I have been wise all my life, how could I have given birth to four useless people like you!"

This time Fang Xuanling not only scolded Fang Yiai, but also scolded the other three.

The four brothers were scolded by their father during a festive holiday, and the father used the Du He brothers as a comparison. They showed shame and dissatisfaction on their faces.