The Choice Queen's

TCQ 23: A Warning

Linghua Palace, Shen Lihua residence palace.

The news of the suspension of the Queen's appointment in the court hall reached Shen Lihua's ears. The woman was so angry that her face turned red. Within her palace, she no longer maintained her image as a gentle, beautiful, and talented royal woman, as it was only here that she could show her true face.

“What does His Majesty really think? Shouldn't I have been picked up as soon as Queen Ling died?”

His servant just stood behind him in fear. Shen Lihua's anger frightened the entire palace and distanced itself, allowing their future queen to vent her anger alone.

Shen Lihua was not inexhaustible, why did King Nangong even delay the inauguration?

“In addition, why should he also hear Li Fengran's opinion?”

“Mistress, Sword Stakeholder has the authority to follow the court. With the King's permission, he can express his opinion,” said his servant timidly.

Shen Lihua was very unhappy. The king's decision to appoint him as the Sword Saint was already very upsetting for Shen Lihua.

She thought she would be the only woman to achieve the highest. The position of the queen he had painstakingly achieved was not supposed to be matched by any other position.

That Sword Stakeholder, there shouldn't be!

Why does the king think he needs a Sword Master? It made Danchuan win a step away from Zichuan.

Shen Lihua brought honor to Zichuan, but Li Fengran instead had a special honor!

Suddenly there was the sound of hurried footsteps. A servant of Shen Lihua's confidant walked in while reading a letter and handed it to the woman. “Mistress, Big Lord send us a letter.”

Shen Lihua delayed for a moment her anger and read the letter. His expression stiffened, then gradually eased. The letter contained a notice that Grand Lord Danchuan had received news of the Queen's appointment, and he himself would come to the capital to ask for an explanation and confirm that King Nangong could not play tricks on Zichuan.

In addition, the letter also asked him to do something so that when Great Lord Zichuan came, the position of the Queen belonged to him and the king could not deny it anymore.

Shen Lihua smiled. This Great Lord Zichuan, as well as his family, truly understood what he wanted.

At a moment later, Shen Lihua revealed her smile and burned the letter.

“Your Majesty, you may be able to cope with your ministers. But, can you fight your own mother?”

The other is Changsun Palace. The occupant of the palace, Li Fengran, was allowed to rest for two days since yesterday's incident.

Li Fengran just fell asleep, bathed, ate, pooped, then lazed around. It was arguably the most relaxing day he had ever had since coming here.

Li Fengran did not need to get up early, take a cold shower and come to court with Nangong Zirui. Physician Hong who examined him last time did not come again and only gave Xiang Wan a poison-treating prescription, while the servant took very good care of him.

Just as Li Fengran was preparing for lunch and drinking medicinal soup, his palace door was suddenly knocked from the outside. The man was impatient, shouting continuously.

Xiang Wan opened it, then sparred a few words with him. But, the waiter who came was impatient and instead pushed Xiang Wan.

“Supply! How dare you push my waiter!” jolt Li Fengran. He was not willing for Xiang Wan to be bullied by another servant.

“Heh, just an ordinary woman, dare to act? The Queen Mother asked you to come! Quick go!” said the waiter.

Angry, but Li Fengran immediately hid it after hearing the servant's words. It was only fitting that he was so rude, it turned out to be from the inner palace. But what made Li Fengran hesitate was the request of the Queen Mother who told her to come.

She had nothing to do with the Back Palace, why did the Queen Mother have to call her?

“I'm not a harem member. Why am I following you?”

“If Miss doesn't go, Queen Mother will come here.”

Not wanting to search for death, Li Fengran finally left after fixing his clothes. Along the way, Li Fengran continued to grumble and complain. Wanting a peaceful day is very difficult. Nangong Zirui did not bother him, but someone else instead came in his place!

In the Back Palace, precisely at Ningxi Palace which was the residence of the Queen Mother, Li Fengran saw the half-old woman was sitting in the garden while enjoying tea.

Beside him were Shen Lihua, Su Min, and Fei Jia waiting for him. Their expressions are ugly. Li Fengran was convinced this was a bad omen.

“Greetings to the Queen Mother,” said Li Fengran.

As usual, the Queen Mother ignored her greetings again and did not have Li Fengran straighten up. Li Fengran woke up on his own, but the Queen Mother's servant encouraged him to kneel.

“I heard, you beat Concubine Su and Consort Fei?” ask the Queen Mother.

“No,” Li Fengran replied. “I didn't beat them. They themselves are facing me.”

“Really?”

“I obeyed the King's order to ask for the Queen's seal and they blocked me. Empress Dowager, please answer my question, do I have to break the King's orders and just shut up?”

The Queen Mother stopped turning her cup. Every now and then he glanced at his three daughter-in-law who put on an unacceptable face.

“Suri's mother knew clearly that the Stakeholder of the Sword is the hand and foot of the King. When one obstructs the affairs that the King mandates to the Sword Stakeholder, it is tantamount to obstructing the affairs of state. I have the authority to fight. Queen Mother, is it wrong?”

“Heh, you're good at talking!”

Ever since serving as the Queen Mother, she had never encountered such a disrespectful woman as Li Fengran. Although women from the Four Regions of the State often came and went in the palace, all of them had good and orderly temperaments. This woman, in fact, has properties that are inversely proportional.

The Queen Mother had not noticed him before due to anger at her son. But after hearing the words of his three daughters-in-law, he became angry again and immediately called out to him.

In the dictionary of his life, there was no Sword Stakeholder. Woman, after entering the palace if not become a servant then become a concubine.

“Servant! Get me my whip!” exclaims the Queen Mother.

Li Fengran's eyes widened. Just be right! The Queen Mother wants to punish him?

“Mother Suri, what do you want to do?”

“What I want to do, you obviously know! As a woman, you are very disobedient and disrespectful! You even dare to hurt the King's concubines! If I don't teach you a lesson, then all the women in Donghao will imitate your behavior!”

The servant by the Queen Mother's side forced Li Fengran to extend a hand. Li Fengran revolted, but the servants did not let go.

Before the Queen Mother's whip hit her palm, Li Fengran bit the servant's hand until it bled. The servants instantly let go of the check.

“You!” The Queen Mother was angry and raised her whip high.

At that moment, Li Fengran used the opportunity and fled. He chased after the servants and circled around in the garden of Ningxi Palace. The run was quick until the servants were almost out of breath and gasping, while the Queen Mother was angry until her face turned red.

Fei Jia and Su Min were in pursuit, but their run was not as fast as Li Fengran.

“Don't let that woman escape!” shouted the Queen Mother.

“Mother Suri, calm down. Do not let damage to health because of anger at women like the Sword Starter,” Shen Lihua calms down, even though he smiles in his heart.

“Fucking fox! How dare you guys chase me!”

The chase action instantly came to a halt as Li Fengran stumbled and fell on his stomach. What he saw before his eyes was an embroidered shoe of the highest quality.

A few centimeters above him was the tip of the black-colored robe of silk, embroidered with golden threads. Li Fengran looked up, only then did he see that the things he saw were part of the clothes that someone was wearing.

“Xiao Feng, what are you doing?”

Nangong Zirui looked at him with a twitching forehead. Feeling that this was God's help, Li Fengran immediately stood up and hid behind Nangong Zirui's body.

He pointed at Fei Jia and Su Min, “Your Highness, they chased after me. Sword Stakeholder is your subordinate, you must not let him be bullied before your eyes!”

Nangong Zirui's cold gaze fell on Su Min and Fei Jia who were lowered, then onto the garden where Empress Dowager and Shen Lihua were. Just then, the Empress Mother's expression turned ugly. The presence of this son was very precise!

“Rui’er, why are you here?” ask the Queen Mother.

“If I don't come here, will Mother whip my Sword Storker?”

“Rui’er, I only gave her a light punishment. He's already oppressing your concubines. Am I not entitled to punish him?”

“Of course not entitled. The Sword Starter is my female official and subordinate. He's not a harem member. If you want to punish him, then only I have the right to punish him.”

“My son, are you not listening to your mother anymore?”

“Not so. It's just that Mother's actions are less appropriate. I know clearly the nature of the Sword Stakeholder. Should Mother ask herself to Mother's daughters-in-law, what they have done until the Stakeholder of the Sword fighting with them.”

Nangong Zirui withdrew Li Fengran's hand and turned around, bringing the woman out of the Back Palace. The Queen Mother was angry and threw her whip, she was almost unsteady if Shen Lihua did not support her.

All his life, he had never seen his son speak so coldly and looked at him like that.

“Mother Suri please calm down. Your Majesty may be captivated by the beauty and unconsciously make you angry,” Shen Lihua tries to calm down. Although his words sounded sincere, but it was a knife that increasingly sliced the anger of the Queen Mother.

“True. Rui’er wouldn't have been so rude to me if the woman hadn't lured him. Lihua, your appointment can not be delayed anymore.”