In the palace, Li Er summoned his son Li Chengqian, looking at his son who lowered his head but refused to admit his mistakes with a dark face. Li Er was also very sorry for his irony.

"Du He has a grudge against you or a grudge? Did you send someone to dodge him so dirty? What are you trying to do?"

Facing the father's questioning, Li Chengqian did not dare to look directly at the other party, lowered his head and said, "My son and Du He have no grudges, but they can't stand his beastly behavior that poisoned his mother. If such a person still lets him escape punishment, where is the law of heaven?"

"Okay, don't be perfunctory. It's fine if you say these words to others. You are my son. No one knows your son better than your father. Tell the truth!

You don’t know that he is Du Ruhui’s son. Putting aside my relationship with Du Ruhui’s monarch and ministers, he is also my friend of comrades and friends for many years. If the old friend’s son is not tolerated, how can I explain to Du Ruhui?” Li Er scolded.

"My son thinks that it is a shame for Du Xiang to have this son, and cleaning up the door for him is an explanation!" Li Chengqian said with a righteous spirit.

"Cleaning the portal? Even if you clean the portal, it will be your turn? Is there no one in the Du family? You should be broad-minded and focused on the people of the world, but you can't get along with a seventeen-year-old boy. This is your vision? You really disappointed me.

Don’t forget that Du He has already given you a marriage to your sister Chengyang, and you are your prospective brother-in-law.”

Hearing this, Li Chengqian blurted out, "What brother-in-law? Such a person is worthy of it?"

To be honest, the son-in-law didn't want to watch Chengyang's sister jump into the fire pit, and he knew that his father could not help but be soft-hearted, so he took his own initiative."

Li Er looked at this stubborn son and thought to himself who he looked like. After a long time, he sighed: "What a self-righteous approach. I thought you could learn something after worshiping three famous teachers and be better than others. Now it seems that I am thinking too much. Go back, when will you figure it out and when will you come again? Before that, let go of all the affairs of your Prince of the East Palace and think about your mistakes behind closed doors."

Crown Prince Li Chengqian looked up at his father in a daze, "Keep the door? Thinking about his mistakes behind closed doors? Father, my son's ministers do things to uphold justice and to save his sister, what's wrong with me?"

"Come, take it down!" Li Er saw that the other party was not regretful and directly ordered him to drag him out. He felt extremely disappointed. Those who are ungrateful and narrow-minded are not allowed.

Not long after, several people came from the Political Consultative Hall, all of whom were old ministers of the Central Rites Department. As soon as they entered the door, they came up and shouted: "Your Majesty, such a great traitor has occurred in the country. I believe that the traitors should be severely punished to correct the country's laws and to make people resent."

Li Er covered his forehead and sighed, "You are also here for that little boy Du He?"

"That's right, I think Du He, a 17-year-old boy, can be so vicious, and what will happen in the future? He must be a peerless and fierce man." An old man with white beard said angrily.

"You don't know that Du He is the son of the late Du Xiang. Du Xiang has only two sons. Do you want to cut off his incense?"

A younger official said seriously: "Your Majesty, no son is qualified to transcend the country's legal ethics. Don't say that Du Xiang is gone, I'm afraid that if Du Xiang is alive, with his character, he will be the first to stand up and destroy his relatives with his own righteousness. "

Seeing his subordinates so persistently, Li Er advised: "I think Du He is just a seventeen-year-old boy with a turbulent mind and impulse for a moment. It should be given a chance to reform and demonstrate the court's tolerance."

"Your Majesty cannot. Only by punishing evil and eliminating evil can the imperial court be shown to promote justice and justice. You must not let it go in a hasty way!" Several old ministers begged one after another.

At this moment, someone came from the Political Consultative Hall again. Li Er saw that, okay, this time it was not an outsider, but a royal family Zong Zhengqing, his cousin Li Xiaogong, who was a famous general of the Tang Dynasty. After becoming famous, he voluntarily took off his military status and turned to become a idle job Zong Zhengqing, who only cared about the royal family.

"Your Majesty, Du He, the second son of Duke Lai's Mansion, was extremely guilty and the public was very resentful. Because he had a engagement with Princess Chengyang of the royal family, in order to avoid affecting the reputation of the royal family and to avoid inhumane entrusting by the royal princess, I represent the Zongzheng Mansion and request Your Majesty to issue an order to terminate the engagement between Princess Chengyang of the royal family."

Li Er felt his head hurt, it was all caused by his eldest son, so Du He was finished now.

It's over? No, it's not over. After Li Xiaogong, there are still people coming. The person who came was the Minister of Justice and the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. Because of Du He's affairs, many people who were eager to be righteous and were going to severely punish the evildoers. Therefore, the Ministry of Justice, which was in charge of punishment and the Dali Temple, which was in charge of case judgment, became a place for the people to gather.

In desperation, the two yamen had to come out to ask the emperor for instructions.

"Since ancient times, the people have not sued officials and not investigated. The person Du He harmed was his mother. No one from the Du family came out to sue. We couldn't even receive the complaint, so we couldn't get the people." Shaoqing of Dali Temple spoke.

The Minister of Justice said: "But the people do not follow it. I think that since Du He has a conclusive evidence of his crime, he is enough to be sentenced to prison. Even if it is to calm the public's anger, we should take the power to deal with it."

Seeing these people coming to give advice in batches, Li Er knew that this was purely because Du He was a public figure and the focus of Chang'an. If Du He was an unknown person, even if he killed his mother at home, he would be a government jailer at most, and there would not be such a big deal.

Now Du He can't save him anymore. Maybe the prison is the place where he can be saved. Just when Li Er was about to issue an order to take him, a piece of news came to the palace. Du He left his house and came out to vent his pleasure. He was caught by the indignant people and was beaten to death and left a breath.

What???Li Er didn't expect that this guy could really make a desperate man and dare to go out at this time?

He spread his hands and said to the ministers in the hall: "Look, now that people are almost beaten to death, how can we pursue them? Forget it, we will terminate Du He's engagement, remove his official position as Shang Cheng Fengyu, and demote him to a commoner. This ends here."

Besides, when Duke Lai’s Duke’s Mansion, Du He slipped away, Du Shaoqing knew it was not good after slapping his thigh. This idiot, he had long known the storm outside when he went home, and he was afraid that someone would be beaten to death when he went out.

As expected, Du He walked out less than a quarter of an hour and walked out of the Du family without two streets, and was surrounded and beaten. When the Du family found him, the guy had half his life left. Not only the left arm that was broken by Du Shaoqing, but now his right arm was broken, his left leg was broken, his ribs were broken, his nose was swollen, his face was covered with blood. Du Shaoqing felt it was difficult to see it.

After two hours of rescue, Du He finally woke up. He had been wrapped into a big dumpling. He opened his eyes and was still shouting not to hit me. It shows how deep the shadow on him this time.

In Du Gou's study, Du Shaoqing and his brothers looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Du Gou looked sad and said, "Brother, what should I do? The second brother was destroyed like this. The princess broke the engagement and the people shouted to beat him. What will he do in the future? Why did it suddenly become like this?

It was Xiaohui, it must have been made by that bitch. I told her not to let her reveal it. I shouldn’t have let her go at that time.”

After reaching out and holding Du Gou, Du Shaoqing sighed, "Haha, how capable is a maid? Does anyone believe her words? I'm afraid there is someone behind this matter, and it's still the Du family's enemy.

The wealthy and nobles are very deep. I didn’t want to come to Chang’an to get involved in these things, but by chance, it seems that I still live in the countryside of Luoxia Town.”
Chapter completed!