Chapter 25 Come and apologize to my son

Li Gaoyou frowned, bent down and picked up the thing.

"What is this?" Li Gaoyou looked at the thing in his hand and couldn't help muttering.

It looks like a wood carving, but I don't know who carved it.

"Who is this?" Li Gaoyou moved the wooden sculpture closer to Li Fu and asked.

Li Fu clenched his teeth, his back teeth grinding and creaking. "Don't move."

Li Gaoyou sneered: "I'm moving, what can you do? Not only did I move, I also burned you!"

He thought for a moment, threw the wood carving to the ground, and took a torch to burn it. The tail of the wood carving quickly caught fire, and soon the tail of the wood carving was burnt black.

Seeing Li Fu's angry yet unable to resist, Li Gaoyou felt more and more proud.

At this moment, Li Fu struggled to take another step forward. Li Gaoyou was concentrating on burning the wood carving on the ground. He did not expect that Li Fu still had the strength to struggle. He was so scared that he suddenly raised the torch in his hand and swung it at Li Fu regardless.

The flames were swaying and were about to roll towards the left side of Li Fu's cheek. Li Gaoyou raised his eyes and saw through the flames that Li Fu's expression was gloomy and cold, so cold that even the flames could not warm him.

Li Gaoyou was also panicking at this time. He wanted to stop, but it was obviously too late. The flames were only a few inches away from Li Fu's face and would soon lick him.

At this moment, Chu Ran suddenly rushed out from somewhere, with his waist bent, like a newborn ox, rushing forward, and his head hit Li Gaoyou's waist directly.

With a "thump", Li Gaoyou was pushed to the ground with his buttocks, and the torch fell to the ground. Li Gaoyou turned his palm downwards, intending to use it to support his buttocks that were hurt by the collision, but in panic, his palm directly pressed on the torch that was not completely extinguished. The next second, Li Gaoyou screamed sharply at the top of his voice, followed by a series of "Ahhh, help!"

Chu Ran had just been hit with such force that his head was dizzy and the world was spinning. Chu Ran felt like he had a concussion.

Before Chu Ran could figure out the situation, his wrist was suddenly grabbed by someone, and then Li Fu took Chu Ran and ran wildly in the palace.

The sound of wind whistled past his ears. Chu Ran ran for most of the day, and his consciousness seemed to be gradually becoming clearer.

Chu Ran didn't understand why Li Fu suddenly pulled him to run, but Li Fu ran very fast and Chu Ran didn't have the chance to ask any questions.

Finally, Li Fu stopped.

In the darkness, the two men bent over, breathing heavily in place. In the silent night, there was only the sound of rapid breathing as they entangled with each other wantonly and passionately.

It took a long time until his breathing gradually became steady and peaceful. Chu Ran looked at Li Fu, but could only see his blurry and dark figure, like a shadow in the darkness.

"You go back first." Li Fu said.

"Where are you going?"

"I have other things to do." Li Fu said, "You go back first, I will be back later."

"What's going on? Can I come with you?"

Li Fu said, "Go back."

It was too dark, and Li Fu's expression was completely hidden by the night. Chu Ran could not see anything except the darkness and the fact that there was a person standing there. And Li Fu's tone when he spoke to him was so calm and normal that Chu Ran did not have any doubts at all.

"Then you should come back earlier." Chu Ran thought of the mooncakes he prepared and said happily, "I also prepared mooncakes. When you come back, we can eat them together."

"good."

Li Fu left.

Chu Ran watched Li Fu leave, and then he turned back to his residence.

When he returned to his yard, the old eunuch was gone. There was only a recliner in the yard, standing there all alone.

Chu Ran walked to the recliner, sat down, and then lay down comfortably.

He lay in the chair for a while, then saw a teapot beside him and poured himself a cup of tea.

The tea was already cold, but it didn’t matter, Chu Ran couldn’t tell whether it was good or bad.

Chu Ran sat on the chair and waited patiently. As he waited, he felt a little cold, so he went into the house, got out a thin cotton blanket and covered himself with it.

His body began to warm up, and at the same time, he gradually felt sleepy. He fell asleep without realizing it.

Chu Ran was awakened by being frozen. The temperature around him was getting lower and lower, and covering himself with such a thin cotton blanket could no longer keep him warm.

There were a few clangs of gongs outside, and it was already three o'clock in the morning.

Chu Ran rubbed his eyes. It was already this late, why had Li Fu not come back yet? Could he have gone somewhere else to rest?

We agreed to eat mooncakes together tonight, could he have forgotten?

Chu Ran stood up, holding the cotton blanket, and walked slowly into the house. He turned around, closed the door, and then the candle on the table went out. Chu Ran did not wait for Li Fu to come back.

Only two mooncakes were still on the table, untouched.

Seven days have passed since the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet.

During these seven days, not only did Li Fu not come back, but even Uncle Xing and the old eunuch did not come to see him again.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chu Ran went to the place where Li Fuyuan lived the next day, but there was no one there.

Li Fu is not here, and Xing Shu is not here either.

So where did Li Fu go?

Chu Ran didn't know many people in the palace. Apart from these three people, he didn't know anyone else. But now these three people were missing, so Chu Ran didn't even have anyone to ask.

Did something happen to Li Fuhui?

But he is a prince and has the aura of a villain, so nothing serious should happen.

If Li Fu was not in trouble, why didn't he come back? Where did he spend the nights he was missing?

Chu Ran leaned on the broom and thought about it... He did know someone who might know what happened.

I just don't know whether Li Dingning is willing to see him.

Regardless of whether it is possible or not, Li Dingning is the only person who may know what Li Fu’s situation is, so he must go and ask.

But before he could act, someone came from Zixia Palace and said that Concubine Xi wanted to see him.

It has been several months since Concubine Xi last met him, so this time it should not be because of what happened last time.

It should be something else.

Chu Ran intuitively felt that it was about the third prince Li Gaoyou, but he couldn't be sure.

Chu Ran still remembered that the last time he met Concubine Xi, she smiled at him and called herself his aunt. But this time when he met Concubine Xi again, she had a completely different expression.

Become mean and vicious.

"Did you push You'er during the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet?"

That's right, Li Gaoyou is Concubine Xi's son. To be honest, Li Gaoyou is also Chu Ran's cousin. However, Concubine Xi and Li Gaoyou would definitely not acknowledge the relationship between him and them. As for Chu Ran, he doesn't have such a corrupt, vicious and cruel relative.

However, Chu Ran didn't understand why Concubine Xi suddenly asked him these questions. Seven days had already passed. If she was talking about a crime, Concubine Xi should have come to him long ago and should not have waited until now.

But he really did do it, and Chu Ran's explanation was useless. Moreover, since Concubine Xi asked this question, she must have known the whole story, otherwise, she would not have summoned him here specially.

Chu Ran said: "It's me."

Concubine Xi suddenly sneered, looking ready to accuse him: "When did you get involved with the Fourth Prince? How come you've been in the palace for so many years and you've learned nothing but to go against your will?"

Chu Ran said, "It's nothing. I just... saw the Third Prince bullying the Fourth Prince and was worried that the Third Prince would do something terrible, so I pushed him. I originally wanted to stop him, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this."

"So, you're doing this for You'er's sake?"

Chu Ran didn't say anything.

Although he hated Concubine Xi and her son Li Gaoyou, he also knew that the arm could not beat the thigh. Forget about the arm. Compared with Concubine Xi, Chu Ran was like an ant and an elephant. If Concubine Xi really wanted to kill him, she wouldn't have to waste any effort. She only needed to step on him lightly and he would die on the spot.

"It'd be better if what you just said was true." Concubine Xi said in a warning tone.

After a while, Concubine Xi leaned back slightly, assumed a relaxed posture, and spoke in a relaxed tone, but her words were particularly vicious.

"My son's hand was burned, and he suffered a lot. His sin cannot be in vain. As a mother, I will seek justice for my son. Since you pushed my son, you should apologize to him."

"Someone, bring up the charcoal brazier."

A eunuch, with his hands covered with a lining, brought a charcoal brazier into the house from outside.