Chapter 108 I'm very tight-lipped
Since meeting Qin Nianwei at the market that day, Li Dingning had to leave the palace almost every day. After leaving the palace, she would not go anywhere else but run to that stall.
Sometimes I can see Qin Nianwei, but most of the time I can't meet her.
Chu Ran thought that he still underestimated Qin Nianwei.
This woman definitely has some skills.
He clearly told Qin Nianwei every time he went out of the palace with Li Dingning, but Qin Nianwei pretended to know nothing and sometimes even deliberately did not show up.
"Do you think we can run into that girl when we leave the palace tomorrow?"
Chu Ran didn't want to hear what Li Dingning had to say, so he simply found himself a job. While wiping the porcelain, he said expressionlessly, "I don't know."
"Oh, if only I knew her name and where she lives."
Li Dingning talked to himself for a while, and then asked, "When we leave the palace tomorrow, if we see her, can we ask her what her name is?"
Chu Ran chuckled twice.
No need to ask, her name is Qin Nianwei. She lives in the Dingbei Palace in Yunzhou. She is the daughter of the Dingbei prince and an unknown woman.
"Ask you?" Li Dingning turned his head to look at Chu Ran, and Chu Ran replied perfunctorily: "Very good, ask."
Li Dingning was indeed not smart enough. In just a few days, that woman had Li Dingning under control.
After thinking about spring for most of the day, Li Dingning finally remembered the important matter.
"The Emperor urgently summoned my second brother back to the capital. Did you know about this?"
Chu Ran paused while wiping the vase. "When did it happen?"
"It was not long ago. I just heard about it. I don't know what happened. Anyway, I noticed that Father didn't look very well these days. Is it because of the recent intense war that Father is in a bad mood?"
Li Dingning said again: "Hey, why am I asking you? I don't even know about it, so you don't know it either."
Emperor Chengwen suddenly summoned Li Jinheng back to Beijing?
Could it be that Shen Minghan had already presented the evidence to the Emperor? Did Emperor Chengwen already know that Li Jinheng was colluding with the enemy, and that was why he urgently summoned him back?
That should be the case.
According to the information Chu Ran received, Li Fu's life or death is still unknown, so Li Jinheng probably doesn't know that Li Fu had set a trap for him. Although he might have doubts when Emperor Chengwen summoned him back to the capital this time, he would not act rashly unless he was forced into a desperate situation.
And the fact was just as Chu Ran guessed. After Li Jinheng saw the imperial edict from Emperor Chengwen summoning him back to the capital, he did grumble in his heart for a while.
But because there was no news before, Li Jinheng just thought that something happened in the capital, which was why Emperor Chengwen was so anxious. He did not connect this matter with his collusion with the enemy.
Therefore, after receiving the imperial edict, Li Jinheng rushed back to the capital without stopping.
Chu Siqian only learned the news that Li Jinheng was returning to Beijing one day in advance and was waiting at the city gate early.
Chu Siqian waited for a long time and even skipped lunch in order to wait for Li Jinheng. It was not until the afternoon that Li Jinheng entered the city gate.
Chu Siqian was delighted to see that most of the people were returning to Beijing, and was about to get off the carriage.
The city gate that was originally wide open was suddenly closed at this moment. The people who were queuing in and out of the city at the gate were frightened and moved aside one after another until the imperial guards appeared and surrounded Li Jinheng and the troops he brought back, and quickly dismissed the other people, leaving no outsiders around.
Chu Siqian had a bad feeling, but like other people, he was forced to disperse from the crowd. Even if he stretched his head and looked hard, he couldn't understand what was said inside.
Not long after, the imperial guards who had surrounded the city spread out to form a path. The commander of the imperial guards rode in front on horseback, Li Jinheng was in the middle, and behind him were more than a hundred imperial guards.
It's like being escorted.
The intuition that had just been circling in his mind seemed to be being verified, and Chu Siqian's uneasiness grew even more.
Chu Ran also heard the news that Li Jinheng had returned to Beijing.
In order to obtain first-hand information, Chu Ran went to wait outside the hall when Li Jinheng was brought into the palace.
The door of the hall was closed, and Emperor Chengwen was talking to Li Jinheng inside.
After about an hour, when Chu Ran's legs were sore from standing outside, the door to the hall was finally opened again and Li Jinheng was led out.
Chu Ran waited at the door for a while, and when he saw Dong Quan coming out of the hall, he stomped his numb feet and trotted after him.
"You're here." Although Dong Quan took small steps, he walked quite fast.
Chu Ran followed closely behind him, "I heard that the second prince has entered the capital. Father, do you know what happened?"
Dong Quan glanced to the side and waved to Chu Ran to come closer.
Chu Ran immediately leaned over like a servile ear.
Chu Ran showed a look of shock, "How could it be...!"
"Let's wait and see." Dong Quan chuckled, "Maybe in a few days, there will be an imperial decree."
At this point, Dong Quan muttered to himself: "Fortunately, my family did not take sides at the time, otherwise... heh... this matter should not be leaked in advance, so as not to cause displeasure to His Majesty."
Chu Ran nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, godfather, I'm very strict and will never tell anyone about this."
Chu Ran, who was known for his tight-lippedness, turned around and planned to write a letter to tell Li Fu about this.
But then I thought that Li Fu was still a "missing person", so I had to give up.
After another thought, Chu Ran estimated that Li Fu would get the news soon. It was only a matter of time, so he felt relieved.