Chapter 42 Royal secrets?

Chu Ran quickly closed his eyes.

Li Fu didn't expect that there was someone lying on the bed. He thought there was no one in the room, so he turned around, closed the door again, and walked towards the bed.

Chu Ran could hear Li Fu's approaching footsteps, but his mind was constantly thinking about the conversation between Li Fu and the man outside the door just now.

Chu Ran was thinking in a daze. At one moment he felt as if he understood everything, and at another moment he felt as if he understood nothing.

My head feels heavy, as if a piece of lead is pressing on it.

The breathing is also very hot.

At this moment, Chu Ran felt a pair of cold little hands placed on his forehead.

Li Fu touched Chu Ran's forehead just as Chu Ran had touched his own in the morning, and compared it with his own. As if realizing that Chu Ran was sick, he turned and walked to the table, picked up the teapot, and then left the room.

After a while, Li Fu came back with a teapot of hot water.

He poured a glass of water, walked to the bed with the hot water, lowered his head and called Chu Ran twice.

Chu Ran opened his heavy eyelids.

"Drink some water first."

Chu Ran struggled to get out from under the quilt and sat down against the head of the bed. He reached out and took the hot water that Li Fu handed over.

Li Fu tiptoed onto the bed. He sat sideways on the edge of the bed and looked at Chu Ran seriously.

"How is it? Is the illness serious?" Li Fu asked.

He did not have much experience with the severity of his illness. Even though he had been sick many times before, Li Fu never felt that he was seriously ill. It was as if he was used to it.

But Chu Ran was different. Li Fu couldn’t tell what was different, but he just knew that Chu Ran was different from him.

When he is sick, he must feel much worse than I do.

Chu Ran shook his head.

He was very aware of his physical condition and thought that he had simply caught a cold. He covered himself with the quilt and went to sleep. He estimated that he would be well again by tomorrow.

In fact, it was because this body was not cooperating well. If it were his previous body, he would not get sick just because of catching a cold at night.

The water in the cup must have just been boiled and was a little hot. Chu Ran covered it with both hands and waited for the water to cool down a little before drinking it.

He lowered his head, but his mind was full of thoughts, thinking about many things.

At present, it seems that Concubine Xi's fall from favor is related to Li Fu and Zhao Zhongyi. It is very likely that Xiao Yingzi is also one of them. I just don't know when these two started to cooperate.

But what he couldn't figure out was how Li Fu was sure that Concubine Xi would lose favor if she performed the Huxuan dance? Was it really because of Concubine Rou? What secret was there, and why did Li Fu know it?

It is possible that Li Fu did not know it, but Zhao Zhongyi told him.

"What are you thinking about?"

Chu Ran suddenly came back to his senses, he raised his head and looked at Li Fu.

It's hard to say. The complex emotions he felt when he saw Li Fuyong looking at him like that in an instant were deep and sharp, with a hint of inquiry, as if he had already guessed Chu Ran's thoughts.

Chu Ran subconsciously held the teacup tighter in his hand.

Chu Ran didn’t know whether Li Fu had guessed his thoughts, but Chu Ran was too lazy to guess what Li Fu was thinking.

It would be better to ask him directly.

If he wants to say it, I will tell him naturally. If he doesn't want to say it, then don't say it. Chu Ran won't force him to say it.

"you……"

Although he had made such a decision, it was still difficult for Chu Ran to be honest. He took a deep breath, gathered up a little courage, and then said: "I heard what you said to the person outside the door just now."

Li Fu seemed stunned for a moment, and his gaze quickly returned to normal, but when he lowered his head, a hint of helplessness seemed to flash across his cold eyes.

"Really?" Li Fu whispered, "What do you know?"

"The matter of Concubine Xi has something to do with you, right?"

Li Fu hesitated for a while, still lowered his head and said "hmm".

In fact, when asking this question, Chu Ran thought a lot. This kind of thing should be considered as a handle. Even if Li Fu didn't admit it or gave him an ambiguous answer, Chu Ran would admit it. But he didn't expect that he would be so frank with him.

It's not that Chu Ran doesn't believe Li Fu, it's just that everyone has a sense of self-preservation. Even the closest person in the world cannot be completely honest and have no secrets.

However, since Li Fu was willing to tell him the truth, Chu Ran might as well ask a few more questions.

"How do you know that Concubine Xi's performance of the Huxuan dance will definitely anger the emperor?"

Li Fu lowered his eyes and remained silent for a long time before he said in a low voice, "Because of my mother."

Chu Ran was startled, then he thought of the speculations he had heard. After thinking for a while, he asked tentatively, "Is your mother Concubine Rou?"

The book should have described Li Fu's life in detail, but Chu Ran was drowsy when his deskmate was talking about it, and when he woke up, he skipped this part. In addition, there were many important plots that Chu Ran did not listen to carefully enough. If he had known that he would be in a book, he would definitely have taken up the spirit and attitude of sprinting for the college entrance examination and listened to the story carefully. Moreover, he would borrow this book and stay up all night to recite the whole text.

But thinking about these things now is of no use.

"Um."

It is true!

Chu Ran didn't understand. Wasn't Concubine Rou the favorite concubine of the late emperor? The late emperor and the current emperor were brothers, so how could Li Fu be the son of Concubine Rou and Emperor Chengwen?

Could it be that Emperor Chengwen...

Chu Ran couldn't help but gasp. He suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Fu, feeling as if he knew something extraordinary.

There must be some unknown royal secrets in this!

A younger brother steals his elder brother's wife? After all, this kind of thing has happened before.

This could also explain why Emperor Chengwen disliked Li Fu so much.

But is it really so?

These are just Chu Ran's guesses.

"I'll tell you about this later." Li Fu said, "It won't do you any good to know this now."

"Oh." Chu Ran nodded hurriedly.

He understands this.

The more you know, the faster you die.

Since Li Fu has said it, now that he knows it is not good, he will definitely not ask anymore.