The Choice Queen's

TCQ 24: Scolded by the King

“Are you crazy? If I hadn't come in time, you might have been wretched!”

Nangong Zirui blocked Li Fengran's arm while continuing to scold him. Today, he really felt annoyed. If Xiang Wan had not told him, Nangong Zirui would not have known his mother was about to punish Li Fengran originally.

“I've refused but the waiter says if I don't go, the Queen Mother herself will come to me.”

“In addition, I've done a defense. If only I had not stumbled upon a stone, I would not have fallen so shamefully in front of you.”

“Still dare to argue?”

Nangong Zirui continued to grumble and scold Li Fengran all the way. In this world, only he had the right to decide how to punish Li Fengran.

Anyone, including her mother, has no right to touch her. He became very angry when he heard someone trying to hurt him.

However, Li Fengran did not listen to his chatter and the woman instead focused on staring at something. Nangong Zirui's hands blocked him while walking, automatically the tip of his robe lifted. There, near his thumb, was a blue circular-shaped bite.

“Your Majesty, did I bite you too?” suddenly tanyanya. Li Fengran remembered he had once dreamed of biting the servants who wanted to throw him away and it felt very real.

Instantly Nangong Zirui hid his hand and covered it with a robe. His angry expression changed, he rolled his eyes in various directions several times and cleared his throat. “How is it possible? Am I, a king, able to be bitten by you easily?”

“No, that's my bite mark! Your Majesty, I really bit you!”

Inevitably Nangong Zirui ended up forcibly pulling his hand and hiding it again. The red hue on his face expanded, making his white skin instantaneously like a boiled crab. Just this time she felt like she was electrocuted when a woman forcefully pulled her hand.

“If you already know, why still talk?”

“Gosh! Your Majesty, you won't kill me, will you?”

“What's in your brain? Do I look like a guy who likes to kill?”

“Then be thankful. Your Majesty is kind.”

The man did not respond. This scene is really dangerous. Her mother dared to touch her people, it was a fatal offense to her.

Ever since becoming King of Donghao, Nangong Zirui had never seen his mother punish people who were not related to him. He thinks, his mother who is colossal it must have been influenced by someone.

 “Does the Queen Mother really do all that?”

“No. Although her thinking is colossal towards the role of women, she will not punish people who do not offend her directly.”

“So you mean Your Majesty, someone has provoked the Queen Mother?”

“You also think so?”

Li Fengran even raised his shoulders. The affairs of the Back Palace, he did not want to know and did not want to interfere. If he could, he wouldn't see the Queen Mother anymore. But since the woman had already offended him, Li Fengran couldn't possibly not care.

He thought someone had provoked him. If the Queen Mother really wanted to punish him, it should have been done a few days ago.

“Women who live behind the palace walls, will not be easy to act rashly, especially against the accomplices of his own son,” said Li Fengran.

“You just realized that you are my accomplice?”

Instead of answering, Li Fengran instead turned his gaze the other way and made Nangong Zirui smile a little. In his mind, Li Fengran thought there was no harm in staying by Nangong Zirui's side.

The most dangerous place is the safest place. At least if there was Nangong Zirui, his small life could still be preserved.

“Already. Come with me,” said the man. This time, he walked first a few steps, then was overtaken by Li Fengran behind him.

“Your Majesty, since when did you start calling me Xiao Feng?” asked Li Fengran.

“The name I gave you, do you not like it?”

“No, no, I dare to refuse. I think it's pretty good.”

Nangong Zirui led Li Fengran to the dungeon. The prison is located north of the Ministry of Law, and is a secret prison specially made by Nangong Zirui.

He deliberately placed it there and only he and a few of his subordinates were able to enter the place. Prisoners imprisoned in that place are mostly criminals who were arrested alive for relating to secret cases.

As soon as Li Fengran entered, a gloomy death aura instantly emitted out. The prison is clean and not dark as depicted in comics or dramas, but more terrifying than a haunted place. The prisoners all had severe injuries on their bodies, but they did not put lives at risk.

Li Fengran shuddered.

“Look. Were they the ones who wanted to dump you that night?” asked Nangong Zirui. They arrived at the very end of the cell, which contained several people dressed in servants and palace eunuchs.

Li Fengran was surprised and immediately noticed the faces of those servants.

“Really! That's them! Those who want to throw me away and say I'm a ghost! Where does His Majesty know that they want to banish me for thinking I am dead?”

“Was before I bit you, I delirious?” li Fengran asked doubtfully.

How crazy did he actually do when he went to sleep that night? But even Nangong Zirui had absolutely no interest in bringing it up.

It's not like his style. The man usually likes to go straight for the calculations and reply on the spot, but somehow this time he did not talk and instead showed these people to him.

So naturally, the other questions of Nangong Zirui's true personality and nature came back along with the changing way Li Fengran looked at the man from time to time. Nangong Zirui even got into a dispute with his mother.

“I've already asked Mo Wei to investigate who has poisoned you. While these people, you can reply them as you please.”

Li Fengran was even more surprised. It was only fitting that he had not seen Mo Wei's whereabouts anywhere since the day of his fight.

Apparently, the king again threw it away under the pretext of investigating the case. Li Fengran also wanted to know who poisoned him, but never imagined there would be someone helping him in this way.

The woman entered the cell and squatted in front of the frightened looking waiters. There was torture in their bodies. “Who ordered you to dump me? I wasn't even dead at the time.”

The servants looked at each other and refused to speak. Li Fengran growled, he asked again in a higher tone, but again the servants were silent.

It seemed, their mouths had already been gagged with an enormous bribe. If they could keep their mouths shut this close, then the mastermind behind it was no joke.

“Look carefully, who is standing in front of you!” exclaimed Li Fengran, he pointed at Nangong Zirui who was standing with a flat expression. His eyes stared at the servants, a cold and cruel aura instantly emanating from his beautiful face.

“You even dare to be presumptuous in front of His Majesty. I guess that guy would want more than just my death, right?”

Li Fengran revealed a sly smile. Other people can play tricks, then he can too. “Oh, don't-don't, that guy wants His Majesty?”

“Your Majesty, what do you think?” asked Li Fengran. He blinked one eye asking Nangong Zirui to cooperate with him.

“Mati.”

“Oh right, dead. Even though you don't love your own life, it's impossible not to care about those close to you, right? Ah, Your Majesty, has Your Majesty received the family history document of these people?”

“Sure.”

The faces of the servants paled instantly. It didn't matter if they died, but if it had to drag the family, it was unacceptable. The servants immediately looked at each other, between saying or not, they were in a dilemma.

The payment given for the price of their lives can be used to support a family for several years, but what good would it be if the family lived at the expense of that life eventually died?

“Your Majesty, forgive our family's life!” one of the servants finally made a sound. With a pleading gaze, he crawled to Nangong Zirui's feet and was about to grab his robe, but Li Fengran's hand quickly blocked him with the sword still in its sheath.

“We, we're just little people working to support the family. We were tempted by big pay. But we swear, we don't know what the guy meant and what his purpose was to target the Sword Stakeholder.”. It seemed, he was the leader of these servants.

Li Fengran crouched down again and looked at the servant. “How much fee does he give?”

“Xiao Feng, why are you asking this?”

“Your Majesty, I must know how much payment was given to pay the price of my life.”

The man shook his head, astonished by the behavior of his Sword Stakeholder. Right now, he was simply curious as to who had asked them to dispose of Li Fengran that night.

The person behind it must have known Li Fengran had been poisoned ever since from Danchuan and knew the effect would peak that night. You could say everything was planned.

“Who told you?” Li Fengran this time asked again impatiently. “I can guarantee the life of your family. Your Majesty is not a person who has no mercy. He can forgive you if you speak honestly.”

In his heart, Nangong Zirui said, “Since when did this woman understand my temper?”

The faces of the servants had all paled and were claustrophobic to the point of almost dying. For these little ones, there is no way back.

“The waiter really doesn't know. The afternoon before the time of the incident, someone came and asked us to do the work. Your Highness, really, that's all we know!”

There is no point in asking. These servants may be honest, because the person behind all this will not show themselves easily. The only thing Li Fengran thought about was that person was a big person and understood Li Fengran's condition well first.

“Xiao Feng, what do you think?”

“It's useless. How to punish him, Your Majesty, just do it according to your rules.”

After that, Li Fengran left. This secret prison was uncomfortable to live in and smelled of sadness and regret. Let Nangong Zirui investigate. Right now, Li Fengran only wanted to calm himself down before facing an even tougher tomorrow.

“What do you think?” nangong Zirui asked after getting out of prison.

Li Fengran sighed.

“People who want to kill me, likely come from Big Lord Danchuan's own house.”