The Choice Queen's

TCQ 52: Not Lucky

Li Fengran's echoing cry made the servants panic. They wanted to enter, but hesitated. Not long after, Fei Jia and Wang Bi arrived from the direction of the gate.

The two met at an intersection and decided to go together. When he saw the servants looking at each other, Wang Bi could not help but question in his mouth.

“Why are you so panicked? Don't you know manners? This is the King's palace!” he exclaimed with a high tone of voice.

A servant then hesitantly and fearfully replied, “Easy Wang, just a moment ago His Majesty asked us to prepare cold water. Then..”

“What then?”

“Then the Sword Stakeholder came to talk about something. We didn't dare to get in the way and just now we heard the Sword Stakeholder yelling for help.”

“Why didn't you tell me?”

Wang Bi was angry, but Fei Jia reminded him that the important thing to do now was to look for the King.

The two then went inside the palace, following up to Nangong Zirui's bathhouse in the side room. When they arrived, both of them turned and were very surprised.

Li Fengran was inside the bathtub in a drenched state. Meanwhile, Nangong Zirui fainted in the bathtub, yet his face looked extremely happy.

Fei Jia looked at his lips bleeding, then his mind floated incoherently. He automatically looked at Li Fengran and found the same wound on the lips.

Is…. Has he lost that opportunity?

He had come to try his luck, but the one he was after seemed to already belong to someone else. The golden dragon that flew in the sky that he was chasing from below, seemed to have landed on a place that belonged to someone else. Why...why should that woman?

“Easy Wang, quickly help Your Majesty!” exclaimed Li Fengran.

He was upset that Wang Bi did not help him immediately. Wang Bi regained his senses, then tried to lift Nangong Zirui's body from the bath.

“Swiss Master, what happened?” ask Wang Bi.

Li Fengran whose clothes were drenched then replied, “Your Majesty seems to be exposed to an aphrodisiac.”

Wang Bi was shocked and widened. He said, “Who is so brave?”

“Where do I know,” said Li Fengran as he spread his shoulders.

Nangong Zirui was laid on his bed. Fortunately, Wang Bi had already helped her put on her clothes. Li Fengran came out of the bathtub, water droplets dripping on the floor and making the floor slippery. He almost slipped, but managed to keep his balance.

Li Fengran walked over to Nangong Zirui who was still unconscious. The man had a calm face, as if a burden had just been lifted off his shoulders. Had Li Fengran complied and left as he shouted to chase her away, the incident might not have been like this. But if he were to leave then, maybe Nangong Zirui was in danger as well.

“Switch Master, you better hurry to change your clothes. Let me take care of His Majesty,” Fei Jia said.

He did not want to let a woman like Li Fengran take care of the King. He had already lost his chance once, then not for the second time.

Li Fengran looked at Fei Jia in full probing. This aphrodisiac, if it wasn't, then who would it be? In this palace other than the concubines and the Queen Mother, who would be so bold as to give the King an aphrodisiac in various forms?

Moreover, Fei Jia's arrival was also very precise as if it had been taken into account. Given this, Li Fengran would naturally not give him a chance.

“It's okay. I'm the one who takes care of him,” subtly rejects him.

“How can? That's not appropriate. I am His Majesty's concubine, while you are only the Sword Stakeholder. Talk about who deserves it, then I deserve it more. There's no way a Stakeholder of the Sword forbids a wife from taking care of her husband, right?”

“Your words are right but also wrong. Who knows the culprit who put the medicine is between you and the others. I as the Sword Stakeholder certainly can't let a crafty person take advantage in the narrowness.”

Fei Jia was furious and pointed at Li Fengran with her finger.

“You! As the Stakeholder Sword King, you are so disrespectful! How dare you slander me!”

“What's really why? Precisely because I am the Stakeholder of the Sword King, his safety is the main task charged to me. Instead of you, you seem to be looking for an opportunity in narrowness.”

The two of them almost had a fight if only Wang Bi did not interrupt immediately. The eunuch did not want any commotion in Qihua Palace. He thought, The Sword Bearer's remark had a point.

Who knew the man who had given the medicine was among the three wives of the King. The king had previously advised not to let anyone get a chance to take advantage of him.

“You! How dare you schemed!”

“Hey, watch what you say!” snapping Li Fengran. “If you want to be blamed for trapping His Majesty, then you may stay.”

Fei Jia was at a loss for words. He tried luck, but he didn't get it. If he was still here, it was likely that the King would suspect him after coming to his senses later. The king's anger, no one can contain him. She was afraid of ending up like a Queen locked up in her palace and told to learn the rules from the Queen Mother.

Fei Jia came out and left from Qihua Palace with a stifled fury in her chest. His feet stomped on the ground and the servants who saw him only lowered their heads in fear. It seems like tonight is not a peaceful night.

“Switch Master, your clothes are wet. I will have the waiter tell Miss Xiang to have her bring you dry clothes,” Wang Bi said. “Please take care of Your Majesty for a moment.”

“Then it can only trouble Eunuch Wang.”

Just as Wang Bi was out to send out a servant, Li Fengran picked up the dry silk and wiped his face and lips.

Nangong Zirui's bloodstains were removed immediately. But, it seems like her lips are already swollen. The corner of his mouth hurt a little.

Ah, why can't this man hold back?

It used to be that when Shen Lihua gave him the potion-mixed wine, Nangong Zirui could endure it all night and successfully dissipate its effects by soaking in cold water and ice.

Why can't he hold it now? Is the effect of the drug given in the form of incense burned greater and more dangerous?

I don't know, he doesn't know himself. Li Fengran understood that in this age, the fastest way to benefit from someone was to turn rice into porridge.

Aphrodisiacs known as spring herbs are a common remedy that is often used. But, he did not expect himself to be the victim.

Really scary.

“How dare! Whoever it is, I won't let him live free! How dare to trap His Majesty the King!”

Wang Bi went back inside while grumbling. Li Fengran turned his gaze for a moment to look at the eunuch's face.

“Switch Master, do you know in what form the medicine was given? As far as I know, the mooncakes and snacks that Consort Fei and Consort Su brought did not contain the medicine,” asked Wang Bi.

He was sure that the mooncake that Su Min and Fei Jia had brought earlier this afternoon did not contain any spring herbs.

“Dupa. You can check the incense burner that His Majesty threw on the floor of his hall,” Li Fengran replied.

“Dupa?”

Li Fengran nodded. Wang Bi thought for a long time. He seemed to remember something. Incense burners in the hall were incense burners commonly used by Kings. Incense that is burned is also an agarwood-scented incense that is most favored by the King.

“Easy Wang, do you remember anything?”

“It looks like it was indeed the source of the incense.”

“Why can it happen? Aren't you the one who used to replace and burn incense for His Majesty?”

“That's true, but not with today. A waiter helped me burn his dupe.”

“Which server?”

Wang Bi thought and tried to recall again.

“Ah! The waiter who just came with Concubine Fei!”

Li Fengran immediately clenched his hands and kicked over the edge of the bed. He had subconsciously hit the hand of Nangong Zirui who was below him and when he came to his senses, he immediately turned his back. Wang Bi was also the same, but he chose to pretend not to look.

“Then, Stakeholder of the Sword, please take care of His Majesty for a moment. I'll arrest the waiter and investigate the truth.”

Li Fengran nodded. Not long after, Xiang Wan came to bring her dry clothes.