Chapter 63 The Prince Invites

It’s not that Chu Ran doesn’t want to leave, but seeing Li Fu’s current expression, he really doesn’t dare to leave.

Li Fu didn't realize that it was his facial expression that was the problem. He just thought Chu Ran didn't want to leave, so his expression eased a little, "It's getting late. Where do you live? I'll take you back."

Chu Ran said: "Actually, I live not far from here, I can walk back."

"Then why don't you leave?" Li Fu sneered.

Chu Ran hesitated for a while and said, "Then you should send me back."

Li Fu finally realized that when he spoke to Chu Ran in a nice and gentle manner, Chu Ran would only be polite to him, which would only make things difficult for him. Whenever he spoke to Chu Ran in a less good-tempered manner, Chu Ran would behave well.

It was clearly not like this before.

I don't know when this problem was developed.

Chu Ran said that he lived not far from the tavern, but in fact the distance was not that close. It took a quarter of an hour to get there by carriage.

After sending Chu Ran to the door, Li Fu watched Chu Ran get off the carriage and couldn't help but ask, "Is this the not far you were talking about?"

Chu Ran laughed awkwardly twice.

The carriage eventually went away.

The next day, Chu Ran went to the building as usual. When the carriage was halfway there, someone stopped the carriage.

"Eunuch Chu, the Fifth Prince left the palace early this morning and asked you to meet him at the Pine and Bamboo Pavilion. He said he wanted to discuss the construction of the pagoda with you."

"I understand." Chu Ran smiled and said, "In that case, please lead the way, sir."

A second ago, Chu Ran still had a decent smile on his face, but the moment he lowered the curtain, the smile on Chu Ran's face disappeared.

He carefully lifted a corner of the curtain next to him.

Just as he expected, except for the eunuch who was leading the way, his entire carriage was surrounded by people. Moreover, the group of people surrounding him did not look like ordinary people, but experts.

In fact, when the eunuch came to convey the message to Chu Ran just now, Chu Ran already knew that this message was definitely not sent by Li Dingning.

First, the messenger was wrong. Li Dingning would only use familiar faces to pass on messages to him. Second, the messenger's message had too many loopholes. He said that Li Dingning left the palace early in the morning. Li Dingning would get up early for anything, but not for supervising the construction of the pagoda. He would not run out of the palace specifically to discuss this matter with Chu Ran.

Li Dingning wanted to hand the matter over to Chu Ran to handle. He even said, "What should we discuss?" He didn't understand anything. What was there to discuss? He was too lazy to discuss it with Chu Ran.

Chu Ran didn't know when he had offended this group of people, and why they used Li Dingning's name to stop his carriage. But if it was fair and aboveboard, they would not use someone else's name.

The other party must be trying to do something secretly.

It's definitely not a good thing.

But even if Chu Ran recognized the other party, it seemed to be useless. The other party was outnumbered. If he tried to escape by force, he would probably not be able to get far before being caught again.

The main thing is that he doesn't know what the other party's goal is. If the other party's goal is his life, if he resists, the other party will take his life...

We still have to think of a way.

But in this situation, it seems there is nothing we can do.

Chu Ran was sitting in the carriage, getting anxious and angry. At this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped.

"Is the person sitting inside Eunuch Chu Qinglin?"

"Please get off the carriage, Eunuch Chu. The prince wants to see you."

The crown prince? Could it be Li Fu?

Chu Ran opened the curtain and was about to get off the carriage happily when the group of people surrounding his carriage suddenly took a step forward. Chu Ran stopped and dared not to act rashly again.

At the same time, a group of soldiers in armor appeared on the opposite side.

The two sides confronted each other for a while, and finally, the group of people surrounding the carriage took a few steps back on their own initiative. Chu Ran looked up and saw that the people on the opposite side were divided into two rows, with a path in the middle. Li Fu rode over on horseback.

Chu Ran turned his head and took a look. Seeing that they were no longer blocking him, he felt relieved. Then he quickly jumped off the carriage and ran towards Li Fu on the opposite side.

"You came just in time. I..."

Li Fu said: "If you have anything to say, let's talk about it when we get back."

Chu Ran nodded, but he felt as if he had taken a tranquilizer in his heart. He was thinking about how to go back, and he didn't see Li Fuduo leading a horse over. Then he saw Li Fu holding the rope with one hand, bending his back, and stretching a hand towards him.

Chu Ran hesitated for only a moment before placing his hand on Li Fu's. Li Fu's rough palm clenched Chu Ran's hand, and Chu Ran felt a strong force pulling him up. Then Chu Ran sat steadily in front of Li Fu.

"Walk."

Li Fu pulled the rope, and the horse turned its head. The people behind it followed Li Fu and left.

Many years ago, when Chu Ran thought he would be able to leave the palace in this lifetime, he actually had a fantasy that after he left the palace and got rid of his identity as a eunuch, he would find a beautiful place to live down and retire, and then marry a beautiful wife. In the spring, he would ride a horse and take his beautiful wife for a stroll in the mountains and fields, admiring the beautiful scenery of spring and feeling the quietness of life.

But he never expected that the first time he shared a horse with someone, that person was not only a man, but also Li Fu.

Although Li Fu kept a distance from him out of restraint and courtesy, Chu Ran still had the illusion that Li Fu would stick to him in the next second.

Chu Ran tensed his body and stood very straight, fearing that a stone or something on the ground would suddenly trip the horse, and he would then uncontrollably collide with Li Fu's body behind him due to inertia.

But fortunately, the road was smooth and the ground was smooth and clean, so the thing Chu Ran worried about did not happen. There was only one time when Li Fu's private parts seemed to have lightly hit Chu Ran's butt, but it only broke apart at the touch.

Chu Ran's face turned red uncontrollably, but it was only for a short moment. It was because they separated so quickly that Chu Ran couldn't be sure if it was actually that part that hit his butt. It could have been just the flesh on his legs or something like that. But the flesh on Li Fu's thighs looked quite firm, and not as soft as it would have been when he hit it...

But no matter where they were, it was impossible for two people to ride on the same horse without any contact from beginning to end. This was inevitable, and Li Fu could not have done it on purpose.

After all, he could sense that Li Fu had tried to stay away from him as much as possible and certainly didn't want to have too much close contact with him.