Chapter 130: He is really diligent in his work and loves his people

Chu Ran's heart skipped a beat.

"To tell you the truth, he has been ill recently and has not been to court for several days."

"What's wrong? Is he sick?" Chu Ran asked nervously.

"I don't know either... I heard it was a headache and a bad temper... but it could be more than that. However, he didn't want to say it, nor did he admit it, and we didn't dare to ask... Naturally, Nianwei noticed these first."

Speaking of Qin Nianwei, Li Dingning's expression was both happy and a little shy. It had been so long, but he was still like a young boy who had just fallen in love. "Anyway, no one else knows about this now, only Nianwei and I. Nianwei didn't ask anyone to tell others. I thought you knew it should be okay, so I told you. You must not leak it to anyone."

"How could this happen?" Chu Ran murmured in a low voice.

Before his death, Li Fu was in good health and didn't look like he would get sick at all.

"When did it happen?" Chu Ran asked.

Li Dingning thought for a moment and said, "I don't know exactly when it happened. I kept it a secret until Nianwei noticed it. Nianwei said that he was fine when he was well, but when he was ill, he might have some hallucinations. I don't know the details... But fortunately, His Majesty is surrounded by people he trusts now, and no one dares to tell anyone."

Li Dingning glanced at Chu Ran after he finished speaking, not knowing how to tell Chu Ran about this matter. "I am worried that he is ill now and may not be suitable for meeting."

"I still want to see him." Chu Ran said.

Li Dingning saw Chu Ran's determined expression, hesitated for a while, and said, "Okay, let's do it tomorrow. I have time tomorrow and will take you to the palace."

Chu Ran woke up very early the next day. In fact, he didn't sleep much at night. Li Dingning and Chu Ran sat in the carriage to the palace. Li Dingning looked at the dark circles under Chu Ran's eyes without saying a word.

Li Dingning asked Chu Ran whether he wanted to dress up as a guard or a eunuch to enter the palace. Chu Ran chose the eunuch. After all, he had been a eunuch for so many years that he didn't need to imitate anything. He could just bend down and he would look like a genuine eunuch.

Thinking that they had to go into the palace so early, and wondering if Li Fu had woken up, Li Dingning took Chu Ran directly to Li Fu's bedroom. However, the eunuch guarding the bedroom said that Li Fu had been in Qianxing Palace all night last night. Qianxing Palace was where Li Fu handled government affairs after he ascended the throne.

"Fourth brother is really diligent and cares about the people." Li Dingning said with emotion: "Even though he is so sick, he still wants to handle government affairs."

Chu Ran followed behind Li Dingning, his lips tightly pursed, and he didn't speak much along the way.

When they arrived at Qianxing Palace, Li Dingning said something to the person at the door and then pushed Chu Ran in.

"Go ahead. There's no one else in there except my fourth brother."

Chu Ran was pushed into the hall by Li Dingning. Somehow, Chu Ran felt inexplicably nervous.

He looked around and then walked into the inner hall.

The huge Qianxing Palace was cleaned thoroughly without a speck of dust, and there was indeed no one else in the palace, so it was eerily quiet.

After passing through the spacious front hall, Chu Ran entered the inner hall. The inner hall was not very big. After Chu Ran entered, he saw Li Fu lying on the bright yellow couch behind the dragon table and resting.

The couch was just big enough to accommodate one person. Li Fu had his back to Chu Ran, his body slightly hunched, and only a thin brocade quilt covering him. Two piles of memorials were placed on the table in front of him, and a red imperial edict was placed on the pen holder, the tip of the front brush still wet.

I guess he just fell asleep not long ago.

Looking at Li Fu's increasingly lonely back, Chu Ran felt a surge of bitterness in his nose and eyes.

Chu Ran took a deep breath and walked towards Li Fu with light steps.

Until I sat next to Li Fu, Li Fu showed no signs of waking up. In the past, this was almost impossible. Maybe he was really too tired.

Chu Ran didn't want to disturb him, and didn't want to wake him up, but Chu Ran couldn't control himself. He turned around, leaned down, lowered his head and lightly kissed Li Fu on the mouth.

The moment he closed his eyes, a drop of salty tear rolled down his cheek, like a cold and transparent splash of water, hitting Li Fu's cheek, splashing tiny water droplets.