The Choice Queen's

TCQ 4: Hitting the Handsome Face of King Donghao

Li Fengran immediately packed the items that could be useful. No, he could not continue to stay in this palace. Trouble will come if it continues to delay the escape.

It's best to leave before the guards know who broke the beautiful frozen pond and caught it. After all, Li Fengran also did not want to live inside the palace which he thought was more sinister than the Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco.

“Nona, are we going to escape right now?”

Li Fengran nodded.

“Pending time will only cause problems. Quickly pack his things and find a way out of this palace.”

Xiang Wan, who from the beginning disagreed with her non-competition for the election of the queen, was like getting a light in the dark. The wish was certainly well received, and with zeal he packed his things into cloth and wrapped them into a large bundle of two pieces. It contained in addition to clothes, there were also some valuable objects and some money.

After feeling enough, the two sneaked out of Changsun Palace. Li Fengran led Xiang Wan through the snowy garden, giving her a thicker coat for the servant girl to endure. In this fairy tale world, the only person Li Fengran could rely on was Xiang Wan. He should take good care of her.

But, the journey was not as smooth as he thought. The occurrence of the frozen pond belonging to the broken king has made the entire palace splash. The guard guards were lowered in number by twice as much as usual, with different division of duties. Some are looking for the breaker, some are standing guard in the frozen pond.

“Why is the reaction so excessive?” li Fengran asked in a soft voice.

“Nona, the frozen pond of the King's Palace is His Majesty's favorite pond. Every winter came, His Majesty the King would sit in the palace courtyard and gaze at the frozen pond for several hours. When the pool breaks, of course Your Majesty will be angry.”

“Cih, your king has a very strange hobby,” sneer Li Fengran.

Li Fengran and Xiang Wan dodged the guards, covering to various sides, looking for an invisible hidden path. But after circling for nearly two hours, the sought-after exit was not found.

Li Fengran only saw high walls looming each time he raised his head. The snow has stopped, but the temperature is getting colder. It seemed, from earlier they were just circling around in the same area.

Li Fengran was compassionate, pitying himself who was bad at knowing directions. In this fairy tale world, there is no Google Maps that can be asked for help showing the way.

Li Fengran also did not have a directional compass. Worst of all, he also did not have a map explaining the layout of the palace.

“Nona, I am no longer able to walk. Can we rest for a while?” ask Xiang Wan. Although his body was not too cold, but his breathing was fast. She's exhausted.

“Cannot. I can get caught if we delay his escape.”

“Nona, have you broken the frozen pond Your Majesty?” Xiang Wan asked in surprise. Li Fengran immediately silenced his mouth.

“Sstttt…. You want me to be hanged tomorrow morning?”

“Then, let's run now!”

Xiang Wan who had been exhausted, his spirit returned again. It was like a burning fire. Whatever the reason, he would still accompany Li Fengran.

The master was a sister-like master, who had grown up with him since childhood. If the bodyguards knew Li Fengran who had already broken the frozen pond and captured him, Xiang Wan already did not want to live anymore.

The two walked back through the streets of the palace. Too bad, not the way out they found. Li Fengran and Xiang Wan actually returned near the frozen pond. They hid inside the bushes, and tiptoed away after the bodyguards caught their guard off guard.

As Li Fengran stepped up, a voice that several hours ago he heard was buzzing in his ears. “What are you guys doing?”

Without even turning his head, Li Fengran already knew who the owner of the voice was. Jeez, was the Chief Guards grudging because Li Fengran hit him and topped the tree earlier? If true, that person's heart must be very narrow. Li Fengran should not have looked for trouble with him.

“Ahahaha, Mr. Guards, my master at Changsun Palace needs something. I just returned from the Medicine Bureau,” Li Fengran said without turning his head. Xiang Wan frowned, in a soft voice she said, “Nona, isn't the master of Changsun Palace a Miss?”

“Be quiet.”

“Really? Why don't you guys turn your head?” ask the man.

“My neck hurts. Mr Guards, don't report me, will you?” please Li Fengran.

Li Fengran was just about to step up when his hand was suddenly blocked from behind. There was no other way, Li Fengran had to flee now.

With a lightning-fast movement, he turned around and directly punched the man's face with his fist. Li Fengran had yet to see his reaction as he directly threw out his hand and ran away.

“Aaahh! What are you doing?” said the man.

The punch on his face was quite loud, it hit the triangle of death. Instantly, fresh blood came out from the man's nose. The bodyguards around ran up to him, wide-eyed to see the person they were holding his bloody nose.

“Your Majesty! Who would dare to hit His Majesty the King?”

“No need to fuss!”

Nangong Zirui – the man, stopped the bodyguards who were about to chase after Li Fengran. The blood on his nose was quite heavy, but it froze after some time.

The cold temperature made the bodyguards shiver, but their task was not yet completed. The perpetrator who broke the frozen lake had not been captured, now instead someone dared to hurt their king until it bled.

“Do not make the whole rowdy palace!”

Nangong Zirui gave a rude snort. Tonight, he was walking and chose to go for a walk. Who would have thought that his existence actually made a woman misunderstand and think she was a chief of bodyguards. Judging from her clothes and words, the woman should be the waitress who came with the election participants.

Mo Wei – personal bodyguard Nangong Zirui, gawking for a moment. His angry king easily let go of the man who had beaten him to the point of bleeding? Is it possible that the cold temperature has left the brain of the king frozen and troubled?

The problem of breaking the frozen pool alone has not been solved, now it appears another problem. Mo Wei felt that this had something to do with the election competition event. The heavens did not approve of this election so as to lower the torment to the king directly.

Not surprisingly, either. This king, Nangong Zirui, might indeed be young, but his achievements in Donghao were incredible.

Two years after ascending the throne, he married the most talented noblewoman who is now his queen. Although often sickly, the Queen never once complained and always accompanied the King in every moment of state.

Only the Queen could stand the attitude of this king. This election, despite the Queen's will, Mo Wei actually felt less worthy.

After all, choosing the new Queen Donghao was not as easy as one would expect. It has to do with politics, also with the power of alliances.

Nangong Zirui wiped the blood on his nose with a handkerchief. He stepped away from the snowy garden with quick steps. The anger in his chest began to dissipate with time.

At that time, the dawn was almost breaking. If Nangong Zirui did not immediately return to Qihua Palace, the entire eunuchs and servants would automatically search for him with a loud noise.

“The selection started this morning, didn't it?”

“Why did His Majesty suddenly ask him?”

“I'm just bored.”

Currently, Nangong Zirui was cleaning up the remaining blood on his nose. The air temperature in Qihua Palace was warm, the blood was seeping again. Two silk handkerchiefs had already turned red, and Wang Bi – his personal eunuch had just regained consciousness from his sleep.

Seeing his king return bleeding, he panicked. Once again, Nangong Zirui silenced him by throwing a quarter-kilogram bar of ink at him.