Chapter 124 Are They a Match?

Chu Ran thought about it carefully and agreed. Now that the situation had come to this, the Emperor Chengwen's wishes were no longer important.

As Li Fu expected, Emperor Chengwen was unwilling to agree at first, but people inside and outside the court were forcing him. Finally, after nearly a month of stalemate, Emperor Chengwen was finally forced to agree.

Uncle Xing's funeral has been arranged, the time is ripe and there is no need to delay any further.

Today is the day when Li Fu officially worships his ancestors.

When Li Fu was removed from the clan register, it was just a matter of a word from Emperor Chengwen, but now, restoring the royal bloodline requires a complicated and lengthy ceremony.

First, one must offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, then go to the Imperial Ancestral Temple to worship ancestors, enter the Jade Book, accept gifts, and hold a banquet...

After the whole process, even a month is not enough to prepare.

Fortunately, the court officials and the people could not wait, so all the ceremonies were simplified again and again, but ancestor worship was essential.

Chu Ran got up very early with Li Fu. The servants helped Li Fu put on the complicated and exquisite crown and robes. Finally, Chu Ran helped him put on the nine-tassel crown himself.

Chu Ran looked at Li Fu, who was dressed in his best clothes, and exclaimed sincerely, "So handsome."

"You go down first." Li Fu said to the people in the room.

After everyone in the room had left, Li Fu took a few steps forward and approached Chu Ran. Chu Ran helped him remove the troublesome tassels on his crown and gave Li Fu a wet kiss.

"Go ahead." Chu Ran patted Li Fu's arm, took two steps back, and said to Li Fu with a smile, "Come back soon."

"Um."

Li Fu left. Chu Ran watched his back disappear from his sight before turning around and going back into the house.

Chu Ran had asked Li Fu many times about what happened on the day of the ancestor worship, but Li Fu refused to tell him what happened on that day. Finally, he had to ask Jin Yuan, who happened to be there.

"At that time, all the civil and military officials in the court, including Emperor Chengwen, were present. When the ancestor worship ceremony was halfway through, the prince, oh no, it was His Highness, suddenly summoned the eunuch Zhao Zhongyi and the man surnamed Shen to enter. The two pointed out on the spot that His Highness was the blood of the late emperor, and that it was Emperor Chengwen who teamed up with the two of them to tamper with the will. Emperor Chengwen deceived everyone in the world and made everyone in the world think that the late emperor had no descendants, so that he could ascend the throne smoothly. He even forced the concubine of the late emperor to have sex with him after that. Everyone present was watching, and Emperor Chengwen was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot, and now he is still lying unconscious in his bedroom! Don't tell me, don't tell me, you were not there at the time, that scene was really gratifying!"

Chu Ran was very excited when listening to it, and his sense of substitution was also very strong. That feeling was more satisfying than reading a revenge novel.

Shuangwen is just words written on paper, but it is really happening to him!

How can they be compared?

"Very good, hahaha, very good." Chu Ran crossed his legs, ate and laughed with his mouth wide open, looking very happy.

He just couldn't understand why Li Fu didn't want to tell him about this matter. This matter was so good! Why didn't Li Fu want to tell him about it no matter how much he asked?

Later, Chu Ran seemed to understand something.

Let’s put ourselves in Li Fu’s shoes. If Chu Ran were in his shoes, he would definitely feel embarrassed.

How should he describe the scene of that day? Should he say, I, Li Fu, am so powerful and awesome, I finally got my revenge and let all the bad guys get the retribution they deserved! I took back everything that belonged to me!

Does Li Fu want to say this to him?

Chu Ran fantasized about it in his mind and couldn't help but shudder. He couldn't think about it because he would tap his toes in embarrassment.

Li Fu must have felt embarrassed, so he didn't say anything.

Chu Ran always thought that he was thin-skinned, but in fact Li Fu was also quite thin-skinned.

Chu Ran was enjoying himself when suddenly a servant came over and said that a eunuch from the palace was outside the door and wanted to see Chu Ran.

Ever since Chu Ran sneaked out of the palace, it seemed like Chu Ran had disappeared in the palace, and no one knew that he was with Li Fu now.

But the person outside the door asked to see him by name... Chu Ran roughly knew who it was.

"Let him in." Chu Ran said.

The young eunuch was led into the room. When he saw Chu Ran, he knelt on the ground with a plop. He kowtowed to Chu Ran without raising his head. His voice was filled with tears. "Eunuch Chu, Eunuch Zhao...he is dying. He asked me to tell you that he wants to see you before he dies!"

When Chu Ran rushed to the palace, Zhao Zhongyi was lying on a recliner, swaying in the sun. The sun was shining brightly today, neither hot nor dry. Zhao Zhongyi was wearing a newly made red eunuch's uniform, a hat, and a steaming hot teapot placed on a round stool beside him.

Chu Ran looked dazed.

It seemed like I had returned to many years ago, when Zhao Zhongyi's hair had not yet turned completely white, and although his legs were not flexible, he could still walk around. Unlike now, his hair has turned completely white, his teeth are almost falling out, he speaks slowly, and can only walk a few steps a day. The only good thing is that his mind is still clear.

Zhao Zhongyi didn't know whether he was asleep or his ears were not very good at hearing. Chu Ran had already walked up to him. Zhao Zhongyi barely opened his wrinkled eyes and said, "Here she comes."

"Um."

Chu Ran responded, and the eunuch who came with him brought a chair over for Chu Ran.

"You know about those things, right?"

Chu Ran knew that Zhao Zhongyi was talking about the things he did when he was young.

But in fact, Chu Ran already knew it.

"Ah..." Zhao Zhongyi sighed, and it seemed that he didn't know what to say. After a while, Zhao Zhongyi said: "I'm glad that you can come..."

"You and him are getting along well... Even if he ascends the throne in the future, he won't treat you unfairly... So I'm relieved... But there's something I want to remind you of..."

"From now on, he is the king and you are the minister... No matter how good the relationship is, you must remember this... Hey, who made us eunuchs? It's better to have a child. Knowing that you can't give birth, you can adopt one as an adopted son. Pick one with good character and honest and simple heart... Eunuchs have no descendants, and no one will take care of them when they are old... If you have a son, someone will take care of you in your old age..."

Chu Ran lowered his head and listened to Zhao Zhongyi's words. Suddenly, his eyes felt dry and sore.

Chu Ran raised the back of his hand and rubbed his eyes.

"Very good... everything is fine..."

Chu Ran didn't know what he meant by "very good".

After a long time, Chu Ran didn't hear Zhao Zhongyi speak again. When Chu Ran looked up at him again, he found that Zhao Zhongyi had closed his eyes, with his hands naturally placed on his chest, and looked like he was asleep.

Chu Ran suddenly felt empty in his heart.

Zhao Zhongyi was an old man in the palace, and many people in the palace had received his favors when he was alive. But when Zhao Zhongyi died, no one even came to see him. In the end, it was Zhao Zhongyi's adopted son Dong Quan who took care of his funeral.

This is what it means when people leave and the tea cools down.

No matter how glorious he was in his life, he was reduced to dust after his death. Although Zhao Zhongyi was not necessarily a good person, his life was still a bit pathetic.

Fortunately, I have an adopted son who is grateful and repays my kindness.

Coming out of the palace, someone was walking towards Chu Ran from a distance.

"You are Eunuch Chu, right?" the visitor asked.

Chu Ran nodded.

"I am the steward of Dingbei Palace. Our prince wants to see you."

After the Dingbei Army entered the city, Chu Ran was brought back to Li Fu's mansion. During the first one or two days of recuperation, Chu Ran met Qin Yuxiao. Later, Li Fu moved Chu Ran to another place to recuperate, and Li Fu himself moved there. Later, when he handled Xing Shu's funeral, he also stayed in the new mansion.

Chu Ran thought at the time that although Li Fu asked him to move out so that he could recuperate in peace, there was also another reason, which was that Li Fu did not reveal their relationship to Qin Yuxiao.

In fact, Chu Ran had already guessed that this day would come.

Qin Yuxiao would definitely take the initiative to talk to him, but he didn't expect that this day would come so soon, and even Chu Ran didn't have time to prepare.

But what had to be faced had to be faced, so Chu Ran nodded and got on the other side's carriage.

Qin Yuxiao's face was not so friendly, and even a little fierce. Chu Ran was actually a little afraid of him.

"Meet, meet King Dingbei." Chu Ran said nervously.

But that kind of nervousness was not because Qin Yuxiao was the King of Dingbei, but because Qin Yuxiao was Li Fu's uncle and Li Fu's only relative.

Qin Yuxiao didn't say anything, but just looked Chu Ran up and down with a calm gaze.

Chu Ran lowered his head. Even though he had guessed what the other party had called him to do, he didn't dare to speak up because he didn't know how much Qin Yuxiao had guessed.

As if he had looked at Chu Ran enough, Qin Yuxiao returned to his seat and sat down.

"You sit down too." Qin Yuxiao said.

Chu Ran breathed a sigh of relief and sat down to one side. Before he could even settle down, he heard Qin Yuxiao ask in a calm voice, "Eunuch Chu, do you think my daughter Nianwei and Fu'er are a good match?"