Chapter 52 Eunuch Chu
The weather is clear and the weather is brisk. It is a good time to go hunting.
A few days ago, Chu Ran accompanied the fifth prince Li Dingning and several other princes in the palace to Luanshan for hunting.
Chu Ran had no interest in hunting. While others were galloping around in the hunting grounds, hunting for prey, Chu Ran found a quiet, secluded place with sunshine, leaned against a big tree, pulled up the lower half of his robe to cover his face, and stole half a day of leisure.
The sun was not too scorching in the afternoon, and it beating lazily on Chu Ran. The temperature and the environment were just right, and soon Chu Ran fell asleep under his clothes.
Until a little eunuch came looking for him.
"Eunuch Chu, Eunuch Chu."
Seeing that Chu Ran would not wake up no matter how he called him, the young eunuch came forward and pulled off the clothes covering Chu Ran's face.
Chu Ran opened his sleepy eyes, stretched out his waist comfortably, yawned and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Oh, why are you hiding here alone? I've been looking for you for a long time. Hurry up, we are going back to the palace."
Chu Ran stood up slowly from the ground, brushed off the dry grass and leaves on his body, and followed the eunuch back to the hunting gathering place.
In addition to the Third Prince Li Gaoyou and the Fifth Prince Li Dingning, there is another important person participating in the hunting today, the Second Prince Li Jinheng.
Li Jinheng was the oldest among all the living princes, but his mother was of low status, and he was sent to his fiefdom by Emperor Chengwen as soon as he came of age. Because Li Gaoyou was getting married in the second half of this year, Li Jinheng, as the elder brother, was ordered to go to the capital before the New Year, and he had to wait until after Li Gaoyou's wedding before returning to his fiefdom.
The three princes each brought along someone they knew and some foreign officials of similar age to join them in the hunt.
Chu Qinglin's blood-related brother, Chu Siqian, was also invited.
When Chu Siqian was young, Chu Ran could not see his extraordinary qualities except for his outstanding appearance. But six years later, Chu Siqian was indeed quite capable. He coaxed the three sons of the emperor to like him and be close to him, even the stupid Li Dingning was no exception.
Of course, the one who likes Chu Siqian the most is naturally the male protagonist Li Jinheng. The look in his eyes when he looks at Chu Siqian reveals his impurities.
Take the days of hunting for example. Chu Ran saw the two of them flirting with each other every day. Even though Chu Ran calls himself a straight man, he is almost immune to it.
Of course, most of the time, Chu Ran chose to turn a blind eye.
In addition to Chu Ran who noticed the cat-like nature of the two, there was another person who also noticed that something was wrong between the two. That person was the fifth prince Li Dingning.
Li Dingning had been brainwashed by Chu Ran's various "true love" stories since he was a child, and his understanding of the ambiguous feelings between the two was more accurate than radar detection. But compared to Chu Ran, Li Dingning was more obsessed with secretly supporting the couple.
For example, when Li Jinheng and Chu Siqian suddenly looked into each other's eyes, Li Dingning became excited. Ah! They looked into each other's eyes! They looked into each other's eyes!
For example, when Chu Siqian accidentally fell, Li Jinheng thoughtfully went over to help him up. Li Dingning: Touch my hand! Touch my little hand!
Oops! He even touched my waist! Hehehehehe...
Is Li Dingning here to hunt? No, of course not. Hunting is not as interesting as CP.
The reason why he always rushes to the front every time he hunts is because of his motivation and determination to be on the front line to create CP!
Chu Ran saw all of this.
On one hand, he thought that Li Dingning's sneaky smile when he was shipping his girlfriend was very obscene, but on the other hand, he felt that Li Dingning was very suitable to be a paparazzi, and must be the most qualified paparazzi who could dig out explosive news.
On the way back to Beijing, Chu Siqian broke his leg, so Li Jinheng invited him to ride on the same horse.
Li Dingning, who was following behind, also started to kowtow.
Ouch, we are riding the same horse. Haha.
Originally, the group planned to return to the palace before dark, but they did not expect that after walking for a while, the sky, which was originally bright and sunny, was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and soon, the sky became completely gloomy.
Li Jinheng then suggested, "It will take us at least an hour and a half to get back to the capital, and there is no place to stay on the way. If it rains, it will be troublesome. And I think it will be dark today, and the visibility will be poor. We may encounter danger on the road. How about this, we return to the Luanshan Palace tonight and stay there for one night, and then return to the capital tomorrow depending on the situation?"
After hearing what Li Jinheng said, others expressed their agreement.
It's cloudy now, who knows when it will rain? And Li Jinheng is right, it will be dark soon. If we can't get back to the capital, we will have to stay outside the city, not to mention the dangers we may encounter if we travel fast in the rain.
The group followed Li Jinheng's advice and turned back to the nearest Luanshan Palace.
As they walked, a few drizzles fell from the sky and it was getting darker and darker. At this moment, Li Gaoyou, who was riding in the front, suddenly stopped his horse.
The others were anxious to get to the palace before it rained heavily, so they rode their horses at a fast pace. When Li Gaoyou stopped in front, the others behind him also hurriedly tightened the reins and stopped.
"What happened?"
Chu Siqian, who was following behind, suddenly shouted. Li Gaoyou turned his head. From a distance, Chu Ran felt that he seemed to have frowned, and at the same time, he put his index finger to his lips, signaling everyone to be quiet.
The people behind saw Li Gaoyou's gesture and all kept silent.
Chu Ran was riding on a horse, looking up ahead. It was extremely dark ahead and he had no idea what was happening.
But even though they didn't know what had happened, in this remote place with no one to turn to and in such bad weather, everyone was nervous and didn't dare to make the slightest sound.
Soon, Chu Ran heard the sound of swords clashing from the front.
Before he could react, the sound of swords and knives stopped, and a group of people came like evil spirits running out of hell, each holding a knife in their right hand, with fine rain and blood mixed together on the knife. They passed by Chu Ran at lightning speed, like a hurricane that rolled up from the ground, and left in an instant.
The movement faded away, and in the silent night, someone said, "Let's go and take a look."
The others followed, and Chu Ran looked behind him. The group of people with knives were walking very fast. They appeared and completely disappeared from Chu Ran's sight in just a moment.
Chu Ran stared at it for a while before riding his horse and following the others forward.