Chapter 55 My memory has become so bad

But Chu Ran thought that if he said that, Li Fu would definitely think that he was shirking responsibility and putting all the blame for not writing the letter on Li Fu. So after thinking about it, Chu Ran found an excuse that he thought was acceptable.

"Too busy." Chu Ran smiled and said, "I'm so busy every day that I forget about it."

"Forgot." Li Fu chewed on these two words patiently.

Chu Ran nodded sincerely, "Yeah, I forgot."

Li Fu drove his horse forward again, until he was within reach of Chu Ran. He bent his fingers and tapped Chu Ran's forehead lightly with his knuckles twice, as if in a warning.

"It seems that you are really busy, your memory has become so bad."

Chu Ran raised his hands to cover his forehead, his expression confused.

"I'm leaving."

Li Fu said these two words to Chu Ran and rode away.

Chu Ran turned his head and looked at Li Fu strangely, then turned back again with an increasingly confused expression on his face. However, his confusion did not last long. He clamped his legs hard on the horse's belly, and the horse went straight to the palace gate.

Early in the morning, Li Fu went to the palace to report to Emperor Chengwen. Emperor Chengwen treated him coldly as always. Li Fu looked at Emperor Chengwen with no emotion on his face. The two of them went through the process in a businesslike manner. At noon, Emperor Chengwen invited several officials to have lunch in the palace, including Li Fu. However, Li Fu left first, using the excuse that he had something to do.

Li Fu, who should have gone straight to the palace gate, deliberately went around the palace and finally went outside the Qiluan Palace.

The red walls of Qiluan Palace are high and steep, but unfortunately outsiders are not allowed to enter without permission. Li Fu stood outside the wall for a while. The eunuch who brought him out of the palace saw that he had stayed there for too long, so he carefully urged him to leave.

"My Lord, this is the harem. According to the rules, outsiders cannot stay here for long. My Lord, please follow me out of the palace as soon as possible."

Li Fu just glanced at him sideways. When the young eunuch met Li Fu's gaze, he quickly lowered his head and took two steps back.

A familiar voice came from the red wall.

Li Fu took two steps along the wall.

"Fourth Prince, what's wrong with you? You're lying here without worrying about catching a cold." "Xiao Linzi, I'm really upset."

Li Dingning sat in front of the stone table, his head resting on the book. Before Chu Ran came over, he had been daydreaming. After Chu Ran came over, Li Dingning finally found someone to complain to. He grabbed Chu Ran's arm and pulled him to sit next to him.

"Why are you upset?" Chu Ran asked him patiently.

"Look at these books. They give me a headache just by looking at them. I've said I don't like studying, but they force me to study. Some time ago, because I didn't memorize my lessons, my father was very angry. He said he would continue to test me in a few days. There are only a few days left, but what should I do if I just can't memorize them? When the time comes, my father will definitely not let me go."

The more Li Dingning spoke, the more helpless and sad he felt. He grabbed Chu Ran's arm and said, "Wuwuwu, Xiao Linzi, help me think of a way to escape this disaster. If it doesn't work, should I pretend to be sick? If I'm sick, my father won't make things difficult for me."

"Your Highness, you have pretended several times before. You cannot use this excuse again this time."

"What should I do? Xiao Linzi, help me think of a solution quickly, otherwise, I will be in trouble."

Chu Ran sighed and patted the back of his hand lovingly, "You can't avoid the fifteenth day, Your Highness, what is coming will eventually come. No matter what happens, you still have to memorize this article in the end."

"What should I do? I really can't memorize it."

Chu Ran thought about it and said, "How about this, I will carry it with you."

"What if I can't memorize it?"

"Then I will accompany you and carry it with you until you can recite it by heart."

Li Dingning grabbed Chu Ran's hand, shook it vigorously, and said with a grunt, "Xiao Linzi, you are so nice."

Chu Ran smiled and asked, "Okay, what part of it is that you can't recite?"

Li Dingning immediately pointed to one of the places and said, "Here, this is the place I can't memorize."

"Well, let me see..."

Outside the courtyard wall, the young eunuch, who lowered his head and trembled with fear but did not dare to continue persuading, had no time to react before Li Fu had already left in big strides. The young eunuch came to his senses, tiptoed, and hurriedly trotted to catch up.

The brothers Jin Yuan and Jin Bao were waiting for him at the palace gate early in the morning.

After leaving the palace, Li Fu did not return to his mansion, but went to Xing Ji's residence according to the address mentioned in the letter.

Six years ago, the place where Li Fu arranged for Xing Ji to live was demolished and rebuilt several times. Xing Ji was forced to move to two or three places before finally finding this quiet courtyard near the city gate where no one usually passed by.

When he reached the door, Jin Yuan went forward and knocked.

After a while, the door opened, and the person who opened it was Xing Ji.

Xing Ji first looked up and down at the person who knocked on the door, and then his attention was quickly completely attracted by Li Fu behind him.

Although he couldn't speak, his expression was visibly excited. His wrinkled face became redder and redder, and his eyes became particularly bright. Li Fu took two steps forward, and Xing Ji reached out his hand and held Li Fu's wrist tightly and tremblingly.

"Uncle Xing." Li Fu called him deeply.

Heat gradually welled up in his eyes, and Xing Ji nodded with red eyes. He grabbed Li Fu's arms with both hands and pulled him in from outside the door.

Along the way, Xing Ji held Li Fu's arms tightly with both hands, and did not let go until they entered the house.

Xing Ji pressed Li Fu's shoulder and asked Li Fu to sit down. Then he picked up the teapot and went out to pour water, and also got some of the food that the little master used to like.

"Uncle Xing, you don't have to do this. Sit down first. I want to talk to you."

Li Fu took the teapot from Xing Ji and handed it to Jin Yuan, who immediately took the teapot and went out.

Xing Ji glanced at Jin Yuan who had just left the house, and Jin Bao who was still standing beside them, and gestured with his hands: "They are..."

Li Fu explained: "After I went to Yunzhou, the two brothers have been with me all the time. I mentioned them to you in my previous letter."

Xing Ji nodded. Li Fu had indeed mentioned the two brothers in his previous letter.

"Do you want to ask me about Xiao Linzi?" Xing Ji asked.

Li Fu nodded.

Others may not know, but Xing Ji knew it very well. The reason why Li Fu kept him in the capital was not because he really expected him to do something useful. The main reason why Li Fu kept him was because of Xiao Linzi.

That was the first time that his young master's eyes turned red in front of him, "Uncle Xing, are you willing to stay in the capital for me?"

"He was left alone in the palace, and I was worried he would be scared."