Chapter 112 A Newbie

He rolled up the imperial edict with the imperial seal on it and went out. When he left, he specifically asked the eunuch at the door to take good care of His Majesty.

Soon, the imperial edict appointing Li Gaoyou as the crown prince and ordering him to supervise the country was issued and announced to the world.

In the past, Chu Ran wrote to Li Fu once a month, but now the situation in the court is changing too fast. Even if Chu Ran wrote a letter a day, he could not keep up with the speed of change.

But even though Li Gaoyou has become the crown prince, he is still in a daze all day long. He only has the title of crown prince, but all political affairs are left to Shen Minghan. Li Gaoyou has become a puppet.

Chu Ran finally understood what Shen Minghan wanted.

What Shen Minghan wants is the most supreme power in the world, and he is the one with the real wolfish ambitions.

But Chu Ran was trapped in the palace and could do nothing. The only thing he could do was to pass the news to Yunzhou.

The only good news was that it took King Dingbei only more than a year to defeat the Northern Di, and the Dingbei Army won a great victory.

Chu Ran was still happy about this matter, but he accidentally got a piece of news from the eunuch who served Li Gaoyou.

Shen Minghan planned to hold a banquet at Hongmen on the day when the Dingbei Army returned to Beijing to receive awards.

Li Gaoyou always believed that Li Fu had ordered the assassination on his wedding day, so he was full of hatred towards Li Fu. After learning that Shen Minghan was planning to arrange the Hongmen Banquet, Li Gaoyou was extremely happy and even went crazy in the palace.

He shouted, "Li Fu deserves to die! Li Fu deserves to die a thousand times! He should have his tendons and bones torn out and die without a burial place! Hahahaha! Hahahaha!"

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! Hahaha! Li Fu will die soon, along with his adoptive father and his 100,000-strong army. They will all die, hahahaha!"

The eunuch just repeated the original words to Chu Ran, but Chu Ran was very sensitive and realized that Shen Minghan was indeed going to take action against Li Fu.

Not only Li Fu, but also Qin Yuxiao, and even the entire Dingbei Army.

If Emperor Chengwen did not trust the Dingbei Army, then Shen Minghan's hatred for the Dingbei Army was even more obvious.

Most importantly, Li Fu knew his secret.

Shen Minghan wanted to support Li Gaoyou to ascend the throne and use him as a puppet to control the government. After Li Gaoyou died, Shen Minghan's only grandson would naturally inherit the throne.

This path was originally thought out by Li Fu for Shen Minghan.

Shen Minghan originally planned to use Emperor Chengwen's hand to first remove Qin Yuxiao's military power, and then persuade Emperor Chengwen to kill Li Fu to eliminate the worry of the future. However, unexpectedly, Emperor Chengwen was suddenly angered by Li Dingning and Shen Minghan had to change his strategy.

He could only take control of the government into his own hands first, and then find an opportunity to deal with Li Fu and the entire Dingbei Army.

The day when the Dingbei Army returns to the court will be the day when he will completely eliminate future troubles.

Not only was it to get rid of Li Fu, the insider, but it was also to get rid of the threat posed to the throne by the Dingbei Army.

It is definitely too late to write a letter now.

The Dingbei Army might already be on its way back to Beijing.

Where is Li Fu? Will Li Fu come?

Surely he would? Li Fu was the prince of Dingbei, so he would definitely go to the capital with Dingbei. Moreover, the Mid-Autumn Festival of this year was coming soon, and Li Fu had promised him that he would spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with him every year.

Chu Ran even thought that it would be better if there was no such promise. If there was no such promise, perhaps Li Fu would not come.

But in fact, whether there is such a promise or not, Li Fu will definitely come. As Chu Ran said before, Li Fu is the prince and the future heir of Dingbei Army. Even if it is not for Chu Ran, he will definitely come.

If writing letters doesn't work, then I can only send messages.

As long as we pass the message to Li Fu before he and the entire Dingbei Army enter the city and tell them not to enter the city, it should be fine, right?

The only person I can trust now...

Chu Ran thought of Uncle Xing.

Xing Ji is still in the capital, so he has to find a way to tell Uncle Xing the news. Uncle Xing will definitely find a way to inform Li Fu and the others.

But now he couldn't leave the palace, so he couldn't see Uncle Xing, let alone tell Uncle Xing about Shen Minghan and Li Gaoyou's "plan".

He had to find a way to leave the palace.

For the time being, Chu Ran couldn't think of a good way to leave the palace, so he could only return to his own yard.

Chu Ran walked into the house with a shamefaced look on his face. Suddenly, he stopped and glanced towards the corner of the yard.

There was a toilet lying quietly there.

Chu Ran's eyes lit up, a smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and he had an idea.

Every evening, palace servants would carry the toilet bucket out of the palace. Although the guards at the palace gate would also conduct routine checks, after all, no one wanted to get too close to the toilet bucket, so they would just give it a perfunctory check and then let it go.

Chu Ran squatted in the dark toilet. The smell was so strong that it almost made him pass out.

Along the way, Chu Ran covered his nose and held his breath. Only when he really couldn't hold it anymore would he take a breath and then quickly hold the breath back.

The vehicle transporting the toilet stopped. It had arrived at the palace gate and was carrying out the daily routine inspection. Chu Ran held his breath, his eyes wide open.

Fortunately, the guard at the palace gate just covered his nose and lifted the lid in disgust, then frowned and waved his hand to tell him to get out quickly.

Chu Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the wheels slowly rolling forward.

After walking for a while, Chu Ran guessed that he should leave the palace, so he stood up carefully and opened the lid of the toilet. He glanced at the palace maid who was transporting the toilet in front of him, and quietly turned it out from inside.

Standing at the door, Chu Ran raised his hand and knocked.

After knocking several times, the door didn't open. Chu Ran put his face against the crack of the door and peeked inside a few times.

The yard was empty and no one was there.

So Chu Ran looked carefully again, but still saw nothing.

Just as Chu Ran was looking inside intently, a sword suddenly hit his waist. Chu Ran didn't dare to act rashly, so he bent his waist and turned his back carefully.

"Where are the people?"

The man holding the sword asked.

Chu Ran raised his hands in a gesture of surrender and shook his head.

The man frowned and winked at the person next to him, who then asked someone else to hold Chu Ran.

The other party put the sword on Chu Ran's neck and motioned him to wait aside. The door was kicked open and a group of people rushed into the courtyard.

Chu Ran stood there like a log, not daring to move at all, for fear that if he moved, the sharp, shining sword would cut his neck.

After hesitating for a while, Chu Ran raised his hand, intending to move the blade of the sword away from his fragile neck. However, before he even raised his arm, the man frowned and glared at him, saying fiercely, "What are you doing?"

Chu Ran quickly showed an innocent expression, "I mean, I'm not good at either literature or martial arts, and I'm weak. Look at you, you're strong and muscular, you can beat three of me, so you don't need to be so nervous."

But the other party didn't take Chu Ran's words to heart at all, and his expression was still as tense as ever, as if Chu Ran was some kind of peerless master who could turn defeat into victory and escape at any time.

Chu Ran couldn't help but sigh.

Who knew he was just a rookie?