The Choice Queen's

TCQ 16: The Queen's Disease

“Tabib palace can not know for sure what kind of disease this is. It's been years gone, it feels like this is the last time before I actually leave the world.”

“Servant Chu, can you call the palace physician here? I fear that Her Majesty's condition of the Queen is deteriorating again,” pinta Li Fengran on Chu Ming.  Chu Ming nodded, then rushed out looking for the palace healer.

Li Fengran took advantage of the opportunity to ask further and pry for detailed information regarding the illness that Ling Sui was suffering from. It seems like the illness is very severe and unusual. His face would not be this pale, nor would his voice be that weak.

“Your Highness, have you been through all these years, Your Highness has been often short of breath and coughs continuously accompanied by phlegm and blood?”

“Yes, it happens from time to time.”

“Do your chest often feel tight and your voice becomes hoarse?”

“How do you know?”

Li Fengran was stunned. Although he is not a doctor, but common symptoms like this are something that can be recognized by anyone.

There was a worry in his heart that made him stop talking for a while. He hoped it was just a worry and not a reality.

“Lately, your head must often feel pain and your weight decreases dramatically. Your memory starts to deteriorate, your joints and bones ache. Your appetite goes away, your eyes and skin turn yellowish over time. Is that true?”

Ling Sui did not expect Li Fengran to know everything. How did this girl know that she was suffering from all that when they met less than two weeks ago?

Is the condition of his body really known to everyone? But, other than Chu Ming, only the palace healer knew of his exact condition.

“Your Majesty, can Your Majesty take off the coat and give me permission to look at your neck?”

Despite the hesitation, Ling Sui kept her coat open. Li Fengran's eyes widened as he looked at the lump on the neck, right at the part of the lymph nodes were located.

The lump begins to enlarge, may have swollen for a long time and not treated. But in this age, what medicine can treat such a disease?

“Your Majesty, you..” Li Fengran has no power to say it.

“Nona Li, you know this type of my illness?”

There was a ray of hope in Ling Sui's eyes that shimmered and caught Li Fengran's gaze. No, it's impossible. Disease cannot exist in this age. Triggers and risk factors are very small and rarely found. Why did this happen?

“Nona Li?”

“Ah? Your Majesty, I still have to hand over this document to the King. Wait until the palace healer checks on you and I will visit you again later.”

Ling Sui was astonished by Li Fengran's sudden behavior to shift the subject and leave just like that. Though, Ling Sui had very much hoped that Li Fengran would say it.

At least before he died, someone could tell him what illness he had been suffering from all this time. Perhaps only Li Fengran could tell him.

After exiting the hall, Li Fengran walked over as he continued to think. He did not even realize that the two women who had him stuck at the gate had come again to look for him.

Su Min and Fei Jia stood near the gate, blocking Li Fengran along with some of his servants.

“Yo, isn't this Miss Li from Danchuan? Why did you come here? Are you not satisfied with the King's decision and seek the Queen for protection?” asked Su Min in a cynical tone.

Fei Jia then added fire and provoked along.

“For what nonsense to talk to him? I saw that he was only relying on his face to ask for the King and Queen's mercy. Cih, Danchuan women are all low-key!”

“Whispering!”

Originally Li Fengran was planning to ignore them, yet he ended up upsetting himself. The servants of these fox concubines were about to catch him, but Li Fengran managed to dodge quickly.

He beat the servants to death and made their faces worse than clowns.

“You think you can bully me, huh? Does the concubine also have the authority to interfere in the affairs of the Sword Stakeholder? Move!” li Fengran's snarl that was furious that Su Min and Fei Jia had not given up bothering him.

“You think you can run? Even if the King finds out, he won't blame us. Even though he was angry, he still had to give face to Jinchuan and Mochuan!” exclaim Su Min.

Fei Jia nodded in agreement and the two worked together to attack Li Fengran.

Li Fengran quickly dodged and struck the two of them. Su Min and Fei Jia resisted, but their abilities were below Li Fengran's. Carefully cared for beauty is now stained with red and blue tones in the cheeks and corners of the eyes.

The neat hair bun and accessories are now messy. The appearance of Su Min and Fei Jia was now nothing more than a vagrant on the street asking for people's mercy.

“If you still dare to bother me, I will not hesitate anymore! Move!” Li Fengran snapped again.

Su Min and Fei Jia did not accept it, but their current condition was very unlikely to win against Li Fengran. Although his martial ability is not high, but his ability in fighting is quite good and able to make both battered.

“Fuck change, just make me emotional!” grumbled Li Fengran. He did not know that in the corner of the palace, Shen Lihua watched his quarrel silently like watching a show.

“Your Highness, the Stakeholder Sword Lord fought with the concubines and got them battered,” Wang Bi reported after a subordinate eunuch stationed in the Back Palace came to report the incident in the Back Palace.

Nangong Zirui did not respond, he was busy playing the fire on the candlelight wick that was burning in his palace hall.

It was already night time, Qihua Palace was shining magnificently like a pearl in the midst of darkness. The wind teased the flames, shaking them to form a shadow of Nangong Zirui.

“The woman will not act if they are not looking for a cause. Let it go,” he said.

In a short period of time, Nangong Zirui could already understand Li Fengran's true nature. The woman was contemptuous and stubborn, but still had a fear of her.

He was a typical person who would not act if others did not bother him first. If something happened like Wang Bi said, then his first concubines were bothering him.

Wang Bi did not chim in anymore. Not long after, there was the sound of footsteps coming from outside the palace. Nangong Zirui smiled a small smile, while still playing the candle he said to Wang Bi, “Open the door. The woman has arrived.”

Sure enough, it was Li Fengran who came. Now, he had already changed his clothes to that of the palace lady. After returning from the Back Palace, he returned to Changsun Palace first and changed his clothes.

He thought that the perfume used by fox stealth was too strong on his clothes and had to be washed.

“Your Majesty, the document has been given the Queen's seal,” Li Fengran said as he handed over the documents in question. Nangong Zirui accepted it, then had Wang Bi put it on the table.

“How is the Queen's condition?” asked Nangong Zirui.

He wanted to know how Ling Sui was, because the palace healer usually always hid the fact of Ling Sui's true condition from Nangong Zirui.

Li Fengran immediately recalled and his expression suddenly turned serious. “Your Highness, your queen's condition is very alarming.”

“Really? Wasn't yesterday during the election competition, she looked well?”

“That's because he pretended. Today I saw him sputum out blood and he hurriedly told Chu Ming to hide it,” Li Fengran said.

“She has always done the same for many years.”

Li Fengran was surprised. “So, Your Majesty already knows that the Queen is hiding her true condition from you?”

“You think I'm a stupid king?”

Right too, thought Li Fengran. Nangong Zirui was King Nangong, the dashing and extremely majestic King of Donghao. The little lie that Ling Sui had hidden, her own queen could not possibly not have known. The court physician might be able to be bribed, but was unable to deceive Nangong Zirui's vision.

Li Fengran put aside the matter about why Ling Sui entered the palace and was willing to occupy the position of Queen Donghao.

Nangong Zirui might be able to help him find a cure for Ling Sui, although the chances are very small. He thought, Ling Sui shouldn't have died.

“Did he tell you something?” asked Nangong Zirui suddenly.

Li Fengran who was immersed in his thoughts immediately gasped.

“No, but he answered some questions I asked about his illness,” Li Fengran replied.

“Do you know the type of disease?”

Li Fengran looked doubtful, but based on Ling Sui's diagnosis and words, it was likely that his guess was correct. Li Fengran looked at Nangong Zirui, hesitating, but he finally said it anyway. “At my place of origin, it is lung cancer.”

Now, it was Nangong Zirui's turn to wrinkle his forehead. “I know about lung disease. But cancer, what kind is it?”

“Well, a kind of lung disease, but more severe.”

Nangong Zirui nodded. It is fitting that the court physician said he did not know the name of his illness. In this era, lung disease is known, but the term cancer, the first time Nangong Zirui heard about it. Li Fengran turned out to be able to know about this, it meant that he had knowledge above others.

“Your Majesty, can you give me permission to continue to be by his side?” asked Li Fengran. Nangong Zirui grinned strangely. He thought of something sneaky in his brain.

“Besides the maid, only the status of concubine can enter the Back Palace. You can choose one of the two options,” replied Nangong Zirui accompanied by his wily smile.

Li Fengran was unwilling to become a servant, but she also did not want to become a concubine. These two choices given by Nangong Zirui were both suffocating him.

Li Fengran snorted, feeling annoyed that this man seemed to be deliberately playing tricks on him. Though, he sincerely wanted to take care of Ling Sui because he felt that the woman's life would not be long.

Seeing Li Fengran mute and bewildered by the choice he gave, Nangong Zirui's grin grew even more.

Unfortunately, he turned his body back to Li Fengran so that no one saw his grin. Li Fengran definitely would not choose.

“Already, there is no point negotiating with you,” grumbled Li Fengran. Although his voice was slow, it could still be heard by Nangong Zirui.