Chapter 136 is true

Originally, what he looked forward to most was meeting Chu Ran in his dreams at night, but now, he inexplicably began to look forward to the appearance of the little eunuch who always kept his head down and whose face could not be seen clearly during the day.

Li Fu knew very well that he sometimes couldn't tell the difference between dreams and reality, but that was only when Chu Ran appeared. On weekdays, when attending court and handling government affairs, Li Fu could tell the difference clearly.

But now, Li Fu was in a trance. He felt that he was in reality, but things that only happened in dreams seemed to be happening.

The "familiar and suspicious" eunuch seemed to be just a shadow, a shadow imagined by Li Fu, very much like Chu Ran. This shadow should only appear in dreams, but now, he appeared in what Li Fu thought was reality.

This kind of situation actually happened frequently before. For example, when Li Fu was having a meal, sitting down to handle government affairs, or instructing his servants to do something, Chu Ran's shadow would suddenly appear in front of him. However, that shadow would only do the things that Chu Ran had done when they were together. It was like their past was replaying over and over again in Li Fu's mind. Because of this, when the shadow disappeared, Li Fu could clearly tell that it was just an illusion.

But now, this shadow seemed to have its own consciousness. He came and went, never showing his face, and was doing things that Chu Ran had never done in his memory, but it gave Li Fu a feeling that was more familiar than before.

Chu Ran finished his work and walked out. Li Fu stared at Chu Ran's back and suddenly asked Dong Quan, "Can you see it?"

Dong Quan was confused when asked, "Your Majesty, what did you say?"

Li Fu still looked in the direction Chu Ran left, "Can you see that little eunuch?"

Dong Quan frowned, thinking, is His Majesty sick again?

But when Your Majesty asked this question before, there was no one in front of him. But this time, it was just the opposite, there was really someone in front of him!

Can this disease change?

Dong Quan didn't understand and didn't comprehend.

Fortunately, the imperial physician had instructed Dong Quan many times before that if His Majesty had hallucinations again, he should tell the truth and say what he saw and not lie.

It's always right to do what the imperial physician says.

Thinking of this, Dong Quan readily replied, "Your Majesty, that is Eunuch Chu. He has been with us for almost a month."

"New here?"

"yes."

Li Fu knew that Dong Quan would not lie to him, because every time Li Fu asked such a question, Dong Quan would always say that it was fake and there was no one in front.

But this time, Dong Quan said that there really was someone there and it was not Li Fu’s hallucination.

The new eunuch.

Either Dong Quan is fake, everything he sees now is fake, he is still dreaming. Otherwise, everything Dong Quan said is true, he is really a new eunuch.

If this was a dream, it was too long. Moreover, the only person who appeared in the dream was Dong Quan. Even the eunuch who looked like Chu Ran only appeared once or twice...

Li Fu felt something was wrong.

Nothing is right.

He also has standards in his mind for distinguishing between dreams and reality.

In reality, most of the time, there were palace maids, eunuchs, ministers, and guards. Chu Ran would only appear very rarely during these times. But in his dreams, he was always with Chu Ran.

So, this is reality, not a dream.

Then this is not Chu Ran, but the new eunuch mentioned by Dong Quan.

Li Fu doesn't care about irrelevant people.

He no longer observed the new eunuch, but at night, Chu Ran lay quietly on Li Fu's thighs with his eyes closed. When Li Fu lowered his eyes, he could see the purple marks on Chu Ran's neck, which were light or heavy.

Li Fu was at a loss again for a moment.

This is what he left on Chu Ran, some from tonight, some from last night, and some from the night before yesterday...

The location of the bruises seemed to overlap with the marks on the little eunuch's neck.

Not only the location, but also the size and depth are the same.

As a result, on the second day, when the new eunuch casually presented the traces of last night to Li Fu, Li Fu finally lost control and grasped Chu Ran's wrist with a trembling hand as he was about to pour tea.

"Keep your head up."

Li Fu stared at Chu Ran without blinking and gave the order in a trembling voice.

With a "clang", the teapot filled with hot tea fell to the ground and landed at the feet of two people. Chu Ran subconsciously took two steps back, squatted down, and began to pick up the broken pieces of the teapot on the ground.

"hiss--"

As soon as it touched the fragments, the fragile and thin index finger was pierced by the sharp porcelain piece, and bright red blood flowed out from the fingertip.

"Your Majesty, please calm down! Your Majesty, please calm down!"

Dong Quan was startled and ran up quickly. He stood in front of Chu Ran and scolded, "You clumsy guy, get out of here!" He kicked Chu Ran lightly with his foot. Chu Ran understood and quickly collected all the broken porcelain pieces into the lacquer tray, picked it up, turned around and hurried outside.

"Your dragon robe has been soiled. I will ask someone to bring you a new one."

Li Fu ignored Dong Quan and stared in the direction where Chu Ran left.

Holding the lacquer tray, Chu Ran walked out of the hall, raised his right hand and looked at his cut fingers.

Fortunately, he was gentle with his blow and the wound was relatively small.

Chu Ran still cherishes his body very much. As for the scars, just a little bit will be enough and there is no need to make them too serious.

At night, Li Fu indeed discovered the small wound on Chu Ran's right index finger.

Li Fu's eyes flickered for a moment, then he raised his head and stared into Chu Ran's eyes, "How did you get hurt?"

Chu Ran pursed his lips, holding his not-so-serious finger, and said pitifully, "I accidentally pricked my hand while picking something up."

"What are you picking up?"

"Teapot!" Chu Ran said angrily, "I don't know what someone ate, but he was stronger than a bull. He grabbed my arm and I couldn't hold the teapot steady, so it fell to the ground."

There was confusion, bewilderment and puzzlement in Li Fu's dark and deep eyes, just like ink dripping on rice paper, spreading in all directions.

He pursed his lips and asked a trembling question that he had not even thought of.

"Chu Ran, is this a dream?"

Chu Ran narrowed his eyes and looked at him with a smile, "What do you think?"

"Is it a dream?" Li Fu asked again.

Chu Ran gave up the joking intention, looked at him seriously, and replied: "No."

"Is this a dream?" Li Fu muttered to himself, and he seemed to think that he was ridiculous for always imagining that dreams would become reality. After so many times, Li Fu realized that these were all dreams, not real, they were just dreams.

"You must be lying..."

"It's just a dream..."

Li Fu weakly pressed against Chu Ran's chest, like a cub left alone in a nest during a thunderstorm. His tone was fragile and almost desperate, "It's just a dream, it's not real..."

Chu Ran raised his hand and stroked Li Fu's hair gently, but he felt a dense pain like needles pricking his heart.

He would rather Li Fu always be high-spirited, superior, and omnipotent, than to see Li Fu so fragile.

This made Chu Ran's heart ache along with Li Fu's.

Is it really that hard to leave Chu Ran?

Chu Ran doesn’t think he is that special, and Chu Ran is not indispensable. Because he is not that special, he is not irreplaceable.

However, at this moment, the sense of security that Chu Ran longed for was completely filled by Li Fu.

It turns out that Chu Ran can be unique and irreplaceable.

"It's true."

Fundamentally, the source of all insecurity is that Chu Ran cannot leave Li Fu.

Chu Ran was real, and it was also real that Chu Ran wanted to be with Li Fu.