Chapter 72 Why So Coquettish

It was not until the next day that Chu Ran received the news that after they left last night, the remaining people were all detained in Li Gaoyou's mansion. They spent the entire night there and were released one after another in the early morning.

Something big did happen last night - an assassin sneaked into the wedding banquet and attempted to assassinate Li Gaoyou.

The reason Chu Ran knew all this was because Li Dingning told him.

Li Dingning said, "I heard that the assassin was a woman, and that this woman was a maid brought by Miss Shen as a dowry, and had been with Miss Shen for many years. That night, after Miss Shen's hood was lifted by the third brother, she said she was hungry and asked the maid to bring in some food. Who would have thought that this woman actually hid the dagger under the tray."

"I think Concubine Xi is crazy. She detained everyone, including my second brother, for a whole night. Fortunately, you brought me back to the palace in time, otherwise I would have to stay there all night."

"How badly is the third prince injured?" Chu Ran asked.

Li Dingning shook his head. "It is said that the imperial physician has gone to see him, but no news has been released yet. I hope that Third Brother can escape this disaster safely."

Li Dingning is kindhearted and hopes that Li Gaoyou can escape this disaster safely, but Chu Ran is not as kind as Li Dingning. When he thinks of the bad things Li Gaoyou has done, he thinks that this is probably retribution.

However, looking at the current situation, Chu Ran guessed that Li Gaoyou must have been seriously injured this time, otherwise Concubine Xi would not have lost her mind so much that on the day of the wedding, she would have detained so many important ministers and royal relatives in the court without even an imperial decree.

Li Fu, who had promised last night, would leave the palace to look for him today. However, due to Li Gaoyou's incident, perhaps worried about complications, Concubine Li ordered that everyone in Qiluan Palace should stay in the palace during the recent period and not move around at will.

Chu Ran had no choice but to stay in the palace for a few days.

Li Fu originally planned to attend Li Gaoyou's wedding and then return to Yunzhou, but he didn't expect this to happen. In fact, this matter had nothing to do with Li Fu, but for some reason, Emperor Chengwen suddenly issued an order to let Li Fu stay in the capital for a while, saying that it would not be too late to leave after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Chu Ran couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Emperor Chengwen thought that Li Gaoyou's assassination was related to Li Fu?

If this is true, then it may not be a good thing for Li Fu to stay in the capital.

Not long after, news came out that Li Gaoyou was only slightly injured that night. As for the female assassin that night, she committed suicide on the spot after the assassination attempt on Li Gaoyou failed. So until now, it has not been determined why the female assassin wanted to assassinate Li Gaoyou.

Chu Ran felt that this matter was very strange. The incident caused a lot of commotion that night and everyone in the city knew about it, but in the end Li Gaoyou only suffered minor injuries?

But despite his suspicions, Chu Ran had no evidence.

While Chu Ran was still worried about Li Fu, she received news that he could leave the palace.

As soon as Chu Ran left the palace, he planned to go directly to find Li Fu, but under the big willow tree near the palace gate, Chu Ran saw a carriage parked.

This carriage was ordinary, and there was no difference from other ordinary carriages. The person driving it was also a stranger that Chu Ran did not recognize. But just as Chu Ran looked over, the person in the carriage seemed to have sensed something and opened a corner of the curtain. Chu Ran was moved and walked towards the willow tree.

He walked up to the carriage, and the driver made way for it. Chu Ran opened the curtain and got in.

Chu Ran got in and sat down. Soon, the carriage started moving.

"How did you know I was leaving the palace today?"

Chu Ran was very surprised that Li Fu was waiting for him at the palace gate.

"Guessed." Li Fu looked at Chu Ran and said, "The matter of Li Gaoyou has come to a conclusion. I think you should be able to leave the palace soon."

Chu Ran showed a look of realization.

But in fact, even if it was a guess, Li Fu couldn't have guessed so accurately. Three days ago, he thought Chu Ran would leave the palace, and at that time, he was already waiting here. But fortunately, he finally picked her up.

"So you know about Li Gaoyou?"

"Um."

Well, Li Fu is a very smart person, he must be better informed than him.

“I always feel like there’s something wrong with this.”

Li Fu pretended to be serious and attentive. "Well, what's the problem?"

So Chu Ran told Li Fu about what he thought was wrong, that is, he felt that things were not as simple as they seemed, and that Li Gaoyou must have been seriously injured that night...

"You are right. Things are not as simple as they say."

"Is that so?" Chu Ran said, "That's my guess...but how can you be so sure? Do you know something?"

Li Fu smiled and said nothing.

Chu Ran thought about it and thought that Li Fu was unwilling to say it. He looked outside and found that the carriage was almost out of the city gate, so he asked, "Where are we going?"

Li Fu said: "It's a mass grave."

No one knew what Li Fu was doing here in broad daylight. It was eerie, with corpses everywhere in the mountains. It was creepy just to look at.

Chu Ran didn't want to get off the carriage at all. Li Fu must have seen Chu Ran's resistance and said to comfort Chu Ran: "It will be fine in a while."

Li Fu said to wait a moment, and it was just a moment. Not long after, someone approached their carriage. Li Fu did not get off the carriage, but just said to the person outside through the curtain: "It's good to find him, bring him with you."

After saying this, Li Fu lowered the curtain and said to the driver, "Let's go."

When the carriage was about to leave, Chu Ran couldn't control his curiosity and lifted a corner of the curtain next to him. He saw several people carrying a stretcher coming down the mountain. Just now, these people had been digging something with tools in their hands, but in a place like this, Chu Ran couldn't think of anything else to dig except corpses, so it was self-evident what was lying on the stretcher.

I just don't know whose body this is and why Li Fu ordered people to dig up such things.

Although his heart was full of questions, Chu Ran asked nothing.

After doing all this, Li Fu did not return to the city, but continued to move forward. After walking for about half an hour, there were mountains all along the way, and the road was difficult to walk on. It was very bumpy. Chu Ran had basically been in the palace all these years and had never suffered such pain. Chu Ran's buttocks were almost split in two. Fortunately, he was sitting in a carriage. If he had ridden a horse, it would have been even more uncomfortable.

Even so, Li Fu still noticed Chu Ran's discomfort and asked, "Uncomfortable?"

Chu Ran wanted to sit down but couldn't. He put his hands under his buttocks and frowned bitterly, saying, "My butt hurts."

Li Fu smiled and said, "Why are you so coquettish?"

Chu Ran was unhappy to hear this. Which man wants to be called coquettish? Besides, how could he be coquettish? It was just the first time he walked this way and he was not used to it.

In order to show that he was not coquettish at all and was actually very manly, Chu Ran pulled his hands out from under his butt, straightened his back, and sat upright. Even though his butt was still very painful, he sat very steadily, more steadily than Li Fu.

He just wanted to prove to Li Fu that he was a real man.

How can a real man be called "coquettish"?

Seeing him like this, Li Fu laughed to himself, and then said, "Just bear with it, we'll be there soon."