The Choice Queen's

TCQ 40: Jinchuan Land and its Memories

“Your Majesty, I can understand you are worried about me. But, why should His Majesty come with me at this time?”

Nangong Zirui instantly frowned, “Who is worried about you? I'm just afraid they're treating you badly. If until my Sword Starter has bad luck, am I not also the one who lost?”

The problem was, Nangong Zirui now instead went with Li Fengran to go to Jinchuan. Li Fengran was about to finish his service trip, but he really did not expect the King to get involved. Nangong Zirui can leave the palace!

“I mean, why should Your Majesty go to Jinchuan with me?”

“I want to visit my people, what's wrong with that?”

“Nothing is wrong, but your arrival will surprise them. Besides, if the ministers know you left the palace, wouldn't they make a fuss?”

“Just calm down, the Queen Mother won't let them mess up.”

“Didn't Her Majesty say the Queen Mother no longer meddles in political affairs?”

Nangong Zirui long ago got annoyed as well because Li Fengran continuously answered his words. “Ck... Why? I was missing the mood of Jinchuan. It's been a long time since my last visit.”

Actually, Nangong Zirui had another reason. In addition to saving Li Fengran, another reason why he insisted on leaving the palace and going to Jinchuan was because he received secret information from his spies.

Shen Jinglang is known to be going to Jinchuan, and Nangong Zirui is suspicious of his actions. Shen Jinglang had just lost military power, unlikely to have the mood of traveling to another state whose power was still intact.

Well, unless Shen Jinglang intended to embarrass himself.

Li Fengran did not respond anymore. It was actually fine for Nangong Zirui to come along, as he was the King and owner of Donghao. Merely, the thing that made Li Fengran upset half-dead was that the man forced him to sit inside the horse carriage the entire way.

He almost vomited yesterday and was forced to ride a horse. Now, Nangong Zirui pulled him and made him sit for a long time inside the shaking carriage. Li Fengran's stomach started to get nauseous and wanted to vomit, but he tried to endure it by biting his lips.

Nangong Zirui caught the change in expression on his face. He stopped leaning and no longer folded his hands on his chest. His body leaned forward, his hand held onto Li Fengran's shoulder and his forehead wrinkled. His eyes continued to look at the woman.

“What's wrong with you?” tanyakanya.

“Stop the carriage,” Li Fengran replied in a stifled voice as he bit his lip.

“What did you say?” asked Nangong Zirui again who did not hear his words clearly.

“Stop the train,” Li Fengran hissed again.

“Hold your voice and speak clearly,” said Nangong Zirui.

Li Fengran could not take it anymore. He yelled.

“Stop the train!”

Even Nangong Zirui had to crash and had to lean against the wall of the carriage as a result of his screams. His eyes gawked for a moment, like he was collecting lives. The train suddenly stopped, but because it had been speeding up quickly, then when it stopped, Newton's law prevailed and Li Fengran's body immediately lost balance.

He was pushed to the body of Nangong Zirui. The faces are close together and the skin of the hands is almost stuck. Their position is ambiguous. Li Fengran looked at the face and eyes of Nangong Zirui who was very close to him. The tremors in the man's chest told him that the man had a fairly firm heartbeat at the moment.

Nangong Zirui who was like losing his life, just stared into Li Fengran's eyes in silence. This was the first time she had been that close to a woman other than her mother. His heart could not be compromised, his chest was like tightness as Li Fengran's body fell on him. Not to mention his extremely close face, making it seem as if he wanted to pull it and eat it right then and there.

Suddenly, the nausea in Li Fengran's stomach returned and Nangong Zirui immediately pushed him away. After escaping from the awkward position just now, Li Fengran jumped out of the carriage and immediately vomited. The special forces accompanying them all pretended not to see and wore calm expressions.

The guards wanted to react to the Sword Stakeholder's words, but were restrained. So far, the Sword Saint was the first to dare to almost vomit on the King's shirt. It's a big accomplishment, they thought. It seemed, the relationship of the King and the Sword Bearer was already more than just superiors and subordinates.

Nangong Zirui only replied ‘oh’ without giving another response. So during the trip, they did not talk and just kept quiet while walking down the street. Li Fengran was engrossed in sitting on a horse's back, while Nangong Zirui was immersed in his long thoughts and fell asleep alone.

In the afternoon, their carriage had reached the main gate of Jinchuan. The city gate guard troops did not dare to block after seeing the Xingyu Sword in Li Fengran's hands, so they could easily enter the city. As if having a deep relationship, Nangong Zirui immediately woke up.

“Are we there?” ask from the car.

“Yes, Your Grace. Perhaps, a few hundred meters away is the city center,” Li Fengran replied.

Nangong Zirui suddenly got out of the carriage and approached Li Fengran. The woman was told to go down and although she was still confused, she still complied. “Company me for a short walk.”

“Ah? Wh why? Does Your Majesty not want to wait until Mr Su comes to greet?”

“I don't like to mince words with that old man.”

Without waiting for a response, Nangong Zirui pulled him into the hustle and bustle of Jinchuan residents. This place was the center of the Jinchuan government city, like a state capital. The Jinchuan government headquarters was located to the east, about two kilometers from where they stood.

This place is no less crowded with the capital. As the lanterns are lit, more and more residents roam. In some buildings, the sound of music sounded like the sound of a quiet evening tone, which accompanied the journey of these people. Strange, Li Fengran actually felt some discomfort in his heart.

He remembered the village on the mountain. There, the residents can only hide and survive by robbing, certainly before Nangong Zirui finds them and frees him.

All his life, perhaps, they had never set foot in this crowded and loyal place. Here, money is squandered, while far away in other areas, money is the life-defining source of life and death.

“Jinchuan is rich in natural resources. Of the Four States, Zichuan, Jinchuan ranks second as the most prosperous and wealthy state. It is not surprising that you can see someone throwing money in the middle of the road,” said Nangong Zirui as if he knew Li Fengran's thoughts.

“Despite that, they obediently pay taxes. Every year, Su Ren will send a report on the amount of income obtained from the tax payment of each residence,” he continued. “Only are they a little immoral in social life and have no great empathy towards the difficulties of others,” Nangong Zirui completes his remark.

“They don't even seem to care that in this region, many of their brothers are on the verge of death due to the spring flood disaster,” Li Fengran raised his voice, then sighed. He suddenly thought of something else.

“Your Highness, what makes you have strong memories in this place?”

At that time, they were sitting in a shop on the side of the road and ordered two bowls of noodles and tea. Nangong Zirui smiled lightly as he said, “This place is the origin of the Ling.” family

Li Fengran almost choked. Ling Family?

“Although the Ling family is in the capital, their ancestors are from Jinchuan. Me and Ling Sui came here several times a few years after we got married.”

Every time he remembered Ling Sui who was gone, Nangong Zirui's heart felt a sense of loss. It was like losing his best friend and life partner. Without love, but enough to describe the feelings of similarity between the two. His face was a little grim.

Li Fengran did not dare to make a sound. It could be seen that the relationship of King Nangong and the late Queen Ling was actually very good. It was just that some intrigue might have created a misunderstanding that could not be resolved and could only be silenced without a definite end.

King Nangong and the late Queen Ling, seemed to have agreed to choose a silent path with no end in sight and remained gray and dark.

Li Fengran's heart felt pain. But he doesn't know the reason. Whether it was out of pity for the fate of those who deliberately missed each other, or because Nangong Zirui thought of someone in his heart, Li Fengran did not know for sure. Clearly, that circumstance has prompted an awkward situation that is difficult to define. It shouldn't be so, but in fact Li Fengran had been carried away.

This nostalgia should be one of the reasons why the man insisted on coming here. Li Fengran fixed his emotions and heart, took a calm breath and expelled away the ill-intentioned thoughts.

“Your Majesty, don't you want to take a walk?”