Chapter 65 No Trouble

"What a bunch of crap."

Looking at the group of people kneeling in front of him, Li Gaoyou became angrier and angrier and couldn't help but curse.

The group of people who arrested Chu Ran were indeed sent by him, because he suspected that it was Chu Ran who leaked the fact that Fu'er was pregnant.

Someone told him that before Fu'er secretly met him, she happened to meet Chu Ran on the road, and maybe Chu Ran had already discovered that Fu'er was pregnant at that time. In addition, the day after Fu'er's death, Chu Ran went to see Concubine Xi, his mother.

How long has Chu Ran not seen his mother? If you count carefully, it has been quite a few years. Ever since Chu Ran turned his back on his mother and went to show his good will to Concubine Li, his mother no longer wanted to see him.

Why is he willing to see her now? And not long after Fuer's death.

Li Gaoyou thought that his mother didn't know about him and Fu'er. He knew that once his mother knew that Fu'er was pregnant with his child, she would never let her go. He had originally planned to wait until he married Shen Jingyi, then find an opportunity to take Fu'er out of the palace and take good care of the mother and child. This was his original plan, but in the end, his mother found out.

He had to suspect that this matter had something to do with Chu Ran.

He had planned to "invite" Chu Ran here today to find out whether he was the one who did it. Even if Chu Ran refused to admit it, he would not let Chu Ran go, because he had already determined in his heart that Chu Ran was the one who did it.

But what does this have to do with Li Fu? Why is he intervening in the middle?

It's simply meddling in other people's business.

Li Gaoyou was not the only one who thought that Li Fu was "meddling in other people's business". Chu Siqian also thought so.

When Chu Ran was taken away by Li Fu, he was having dinner with Li Jinheng in a private room upstairs.

The window was half-open, and Chu Siqian stood in front of it, looking at everything happening downstairs.

Everything went smoothly, and Chu Ran was successfully taken away by Li Gaoyou's men.

But inexplicably, Li Fu suddenly appeared and took Chu Ran away right under their noses.

There was nothing interesting to watch, so Chu Siqian had to close the window and turned to look at Li Jinheng who was sitting at the table.

"What's wrong?"

Li Jinheng was drinking tea and seeing that he looked worried, he asked.

Chu Siqian sighed, walked over to sit down opposite Li Jinheng, pushed the empty teacup in front of him over, and motioned Li Jinheng to pour him some tea.

"Chu Ran was taken away by Li Fu."

"Oh?" Li Jinheng paused in pouring the tea, frowned slightly, and looked a little surprised.

"I also find it very strange." Chu Siqian said: "Tell me, what is the relationship between Chu Ran and Li Fu? Isn't Chu Ran just a little eunuch in the palace? When did he get close to Li Fu?"

"How should I know?" Li Jinheng smiled and said, "You forgot that I just returned to Beijing this year. You should know more about the things in Beijing than I do."

Chu Siqian pursed his lips, took the cup filled with hot tea, took a sip, and after a while, Chu Siqian said, "I have to find a chance and send someone to inquire about this matter."

"Yeah." Li Jinheng nodded.

"But, I'm still indebted to you." Chu Siqian reached out and held Li Jinheng's hand, and said with great gratitude: "Thank goodness you told me that my cousin and the palace maid had a secret relationship, otherwise my aunt and I would still be kept in the dark by my cousin. My cousin is really something, he is too reckless, and he almost ruined such a good marriage with the daughter of the Minister of the Central Secretariat."

Concubine Xi didn't know about this at first, it was Chu Siqian who told her, and Concubine Xi was furious when she learned about it, so she killed Fu'er. This matter was nothing, but Li Jinheng's words reminded Chu Siqian. Li Jinheng said that if Li Gaoyou knew that this matter was related to Chu Siqian, he might be angry with Chu Siqian.

Chu Siqian said nonchalantly at the time: "Why should I be afraid? I am helping him, not harming him. He will be grateful to me in the future."

That's what he said, but after thinking about it carefully, Chu Siqian started to feel uneasy again.

At that time, he told the matter to his aunt with the thought of "putting the overall situation first", but now thinking about it, his aunt's way of handling the matter was indeed a bit cruel. It was said that the little palace girl was pregnant with Li Gaoyou's child before her death.

Would Li Gaoyou blame him for this? Although he also felt that this was blamed on him and he felt very wronged, it was still possible.

Li Jinheng said: "We can find a scapegoat."

Li Jinheng's words reminded Chu Siqian again.

scapegoat.

Yes, we can find a scapegoat and make Li Gaoyou think that someone else did it.

Therefore, the scapegoat Chu Siqian finally found was Chu Ran.

The person who sent the message to Chu Ran, saying that Concubine Xi wanted to see him, was the one found by Chu Siqian.

Chu Siqian did feel guilty and remorseful when doing this, but Li Jinheng consoled him, saying that it was just a little eunuch. There were so many people who died unjustly in the palace every year, so the death of a little eunuch was not a big deal.

It is true that countless people die unjustly every year. One more or one less would not be too many, and one less would not be too few.

But this could not completely offset the uneasiness in his heart. Later, he thought that Chu Ran was a member of the Chu family and should have contributed to the family. However, in recent years, Chu Ran had abandoned his own bloodline and chose to stand on the opposite side of the family. What he did was not only what Chu Ran should bear, but also a punishment for Chu Ran for abandoning his father and family.

After comforting himself in this way, Chu Siqian's conscience was finally at ease.

While Chu Siqian was thinking about his own things, Li Jinheng was also lost in thought.

But he and Chu Siqian thought completely different things.

He was just thinking: What is the relationship between Chu Ran and Li Fu?

It seems that a thorough investigation is indeed needed.

…

Chu Ran and Li Fu were sitting quietly, neither of them saying anything, when Xing Ji walked in from outside.

Xing Ji didn't know what he heard, and thought Chu Ran was in danger. After he entered the house, he walked towards Chu Ran, grabbed Chu Ran's hand, and gestured anxiously with his other hand, "You, are you okay?"

Chu Ran said quickly: "It's okay, it's okay. It was nothing to begin with."

"It's really nothing." Li Fu said expressionlessly, "It's just that I almost lost my life."

Xing Ji immediately showed a look of fear and nervousness.

"Oh, it's not that serious." Chu Ran quickly comforted Xing Ji, telling him not to worry too much about him. "Even if I was taken away, I guess I would just be questioned briefly. I haven't done anything wrong, so I'm not afraid of being questioned."

"Really?" Xing Ji asked.

"Of course, right, Prince."

Chu Ran looked at Li Fu who was standing beside him. Li Fu knew the real situation. It was not as simple as Chu Ran said. He knew Li Gaoyou and he would not let Chu Ran off so easily. But seeing Chu Ran's pleading eyes, Li Fu lowered his eyebrows and said "hmm".

Chu Ran also breathed a sigh of relief. He patted the back of Xing Ji's hand and said, "Look, there's nothing wrong at all."

Although Xing Ji was not as nervous as before, he was still very worried.

"It's too dangerous outside." Xing Ji said, "Why don't you stay here? Besides, the prince can send someone to protect you."

"Ah..." Chu Ran looked at Li Fu anxiously, "This is not good, right?"

Xing Ji: "What's wrong with it?"

Chu Ran couldn't tell what was wrong with it, but he just felt it was not very good.

But if he had to say it, he might think that Li Fu might not agree.

He stared at Li Fu for a long time. Seeing that Li Fu didn't say anything, he turned around and said with a smile, "Forget it, Uncle Xing. I won't cause you any more trouble."

Xing Ji grabbed Chu Ran's hand with great force, as if he was anxious to say something, but before he could say anything, Li Fu's voice came faintly, "It's no trouble."

Chu Ran looked over with surprise.

Li Fu looked at him and repeated earnestly, "You won't cause any trouble if you live here."