The Choice Queen's

TCQ 70: Lost

“Your Majesty, I have finally found you! Your Majesty, where is Miss?”

Xiang Wan approached Nangong Zirui in a shop. He had long since separated from Li Fengran and had long since looked for him, but had not managed to find him. He could only look for Nangong Zirui to ask him, or he could ask for his help to find his master.

Getting the question, Nangong Zirui frowned. Last time when he was following Li Fengran, the woman disappeared among the crowd and he thought Li Fengran went to look for Xiang Wan.

“Didn't he go looking for you?”

Xiang Wan shook her head.

“We've been separated for a long time. I think Miss went with Her Majesty.”

“He was with me. I just thought he went looking for you.”

Xiang Wan's face turned worried. In this sea of humans, what if the nona is missing or something bad happens to him? The nona is bad to recognize the direction when night falls, what if he gets lost, kidnapped, used by people, tricked and sold by bad people?

Nangong Zirui also started to worry. Had he been following her, perhaps Li Fengran would not have disappeared. Not wanting the matter to escalate, he had Mo Wei lead a group of troops to look for Li Fengran. He also went to search with Xiang Wan.

But in this crowded sea of humans, looking for Li Fengran was like looking for a needle in a pile of Straw. It had already been two hours, but they had yet to find any signs of Li Fengran's existence. The woman could not have returned to the palace alone without telling Nangong Zirui. Then where did he go?

Every shop, every shop, even almost every building on the roadside was visited. No matter how claustrophobic the humans in that place were, Nangong Zirui broke through it in search of Li Fengran. When annoyed that the people did not step aside, Nangong Zirui was forced to use his power to make them give a gap.

Unfortunately, Li Fengran was still nowhere to be found. Mo Wei's forces moved all over the capital, but they returned empty-handed. Not even a single clue was found. Where exactly did the Sword Stakeholder go?

Mo Wei who usually avoided Li Fengran the most was also following in a panic. Without that woman, how would the future King be?

His king obviously liked him a lot and spoiled him a lot. Had it not been found, even if it were to tear apart the entire country, the King would have definitely not stopped looking for it!

Until midnight, a bodyguard came to report to Mo Wei. He said someone once saw the Sword Stakeholder walking towards the southwest of the capital following a small child and not returning. With those clues, all the troops moved and headed southwest of the capital.

In the middle of the road, Xiang Wan found a ribbon that Li Fengran often wore on his head. He was very clear about it and immediately reported it to Nangong Zirui.

The search continued, but as it was already very late and the road in the southwest was not as bright as in the center of the capital, the search force was somewhat constrained.

“Your Majesty, it is best that Your Majesty return to the palace. Let us seek the Sword Stakeholder,” Mo Wei said. He was afraid that the King would experience danger. Anyone can attack them right now.

“If I am not even able to find and protect my own Sword Starter, how can I deserve to be your King?”

He forgot Li Fengran's remark telling him not to demand to be perfect as a King. Nangong Zirui was upset that Li Fengran was missing. Right now, he was blaming himself for having ignored Li Fengran and thought the woman went to look for her servant.

Mo Wei still wanted Nangong Zirui to return to the palace. He again said, “Your Majesty, here is very dangerous. Please Your Majesty return to the palace.”

“I won't leave before finding it.”

“Your Highness, please Your Majesty return to the palace,” reset Mo Wei.

“Mo Wei, you?”

The soldiers felt the same. It's dangerous for the King to be outside the palace this night.

Ignoring the possible anger of the King and the consequences they would endure later, the troops then simultaneously said as they knelt following Mo Wei, “Please Your Majesty return to the palace.”

Nangong Zirui was furious, he grabbed the sword of one of the guards and pointed it at Mo Wei.

“You know the consequences against me?”

Mo Wei boldly raised his head, “If Mo Wei were to die under His Majesty's sword for the sake of protecting His Majesty, Mo Wei willingly! Please Your Majesty return to the palace!”

Seeing Mo Wei's persistence, Nangong Zirui closed his eyes. He wanted to immediately find Li Fengran, but he also could not ignore the pleas of the bodyguards who told him to return to the palace.

If it doesn't come back soon, the Queen Mother will send more troops looking for it and it will mess up the festival crowd. The impact is bad on the people who are celebrating the festival and the joy will turn into tension and fear.

Xiang Wan saw Mo Wei's persistence and the King's anger immediately kneeling down. He wants his nona found soon, but that doesn't mean he has to risk putting the King in danger. He was sure his body would be fine. If you knew the King was looking for him like this, the nonanya would not be happy either.

“Your Majesty, please Your Majesty return to the palace. I'll go with Guards Mo looking for Miss. Please Your Majesty return to the palace,” Xiang Wan said as she took a show.

“No matter how, find the Sword Stakeholder and bring it back for me.”

Mo Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief. He led the troops to say, “We carry out His Majesty's orders.”

Nangong Zirui decided to leave unsettled. His heart was agitated the entire time. Even the crowd of the festival was unable to treat his worries.

As long as he had not found Li Fengran, he would never calm down. His heart prayed for the woman to be found and returned to her safe.

*

In a remote dilapidated house southwest of the capital, several people walked back and forth watching the place.

They were heavily armed, similar to a private army tasked with escorting someone. The door of the dilapidated house was locked from the outside, while inside was a candle that became the only lighting.

Li Fengran coughed a few times before he opened his eyes. His nose felt tight while he felt his hands and feet being tied with a very strong rope. His mouth was gagged by a handkerchief. His head is a little dizzy.

Shit, he has entered into a trap of people!

After he fled Nangong Zirui, a child approached him and said he wanted to ask him for help in taking his mother to the doctor because of illness.

Li Fengran who basically liked to help people unsuspectingly followed the little boy. The longer they stay away from the crowd.

Li Fengran had started to get suspicious and asked where the little boy's house was. The little boy always said they'd be there soon. But after such a long time and had already walked far enough, Li Fengran saw no signs the little boy would stop.

He was about to leave, yet someone suddenly drugged him from behind and Li Fengran lost consciousness. He woke up in this dilapidated place without knowing where he was now. Li Fengran regretted having trusted someone so foreign, regretting dispelling his vigilance towards a child.

The sound of footsteps then sounded. Li Fengran pretended to still faint the moment the door was opened and two men entered. One of them wore a black robe and covered his face with a mask.

His voice became faint as he said angrily, “What are you doing? Why did you kidnap her?”

The other person then replied, “Didn't the Young Master want it? I think it's a good time to bring him.”

Young Master? The kidnapper was a Young Master? Wh who? Li Fengran did not remember him having a romantic story with a man before. Who is this Young Master and why is that person saying the reason for his kidnapping?

“You hurt him!”

The cloaked man kicked his subordinates furiously. His hoarse voice disguised the expression that was behind the mask. The kick must have been very loud because the person who was kicked seemed to have been lying down in pain.

“Young Master, don't you want it?”

“I won't use dirty ways by kidnapping her. Release him!”

“Ah?”

“Let go him or you will die!”

“Alright, I'll release it.”

Then, the two men left. The person who was a subordinate came back in, then crouched down in front of Li Fengran. He released a mouth-stifling handkerchief and was about to untie Li Fengran's hands and feet, he was shocked when suddenly Li Fengran opened his eyes.

“Chen Pang?” Li Fengran said in disbelief. “So you did it! Tell me, is the Young Master you mentioned just now the Great Lord of Zichuan, Shen Jinglang?”

Chen Pang would naturally not dismantle it so easily even if he died. Damn it, it turns out that this woman pretended to faint and deliberately eavesdropped on their conversation!

“What did you say? The Great Lord will not fall in love with a woman like you! You don't even know each other!”

It makes sense, thought Li Fengran. Shen Jinglang could not be that cloaked person. Who is that cloaked man? Why did Chen Pang call him Young Master? Does Chen Pang have two employers?

“Chen Pang, how dare you kidnap me!” exclaimed Li Fengran furiously.

Chen Pang was afraid of Li Fengran causing trouble. He struck Li Fengran and knocked him unconscious again. Chen Pang then had a group of people come inside and said, “You take care of this woman! Make sure not to leave a trace!”