The Last Queen of Peacelava

CHAPTER 48

Xin Qian was very worried knowing her unconscious Father and her face turned black.

"Master, what happened to Ayahanda?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the King has drunk a drink with poison in it."

"How come? Who did that to Ayahanda?"

"We don't know for sure, but we'll find out soon."

"Tabib, can't you help my father?"

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. The poison had spread throughout the King's body, and the servant could not do anything."

"Then, is there no other way to cure Ayahanda?"

"Nothing, Your Grace. The poison that was inside His Majesty King's body was a deadly poison, and the poison had spread throughout His Majesty's body. It would be very difficult even impossible to make His Majesty the King recover."

Xin Qian approached a Dayang who was cleaning the glass.

"Honey!"

"Hamba, Your Majesty."

"Who asked you to give Ayahanda a drink?"

The dayang was extremely scared and looked towards Zhang Pei. Xin Qian stared at Zhang Pei.

"What's wrong? Why are you staring at Zhang Pei?" xin Qian asked in surprise.

"Because Zhang Pei had asked Dayang to bring the drink to His Majesty the King." Lui Wei interrupted.

Lui Wei approached Xin Qian and looked at her with a smile.

"I said the right thing, Your Majesty. Master Zhang Pei had asked Dayang to bring him the drink" Lui Wei said.

"I did ask Dayang to bring a drink to His Majesty the King, but I did not know if there was poison in it." Zhang Pei explained.

"You could have lied to everyone, master Zhang Pei. But you can't lie to me. I know if you don't like to see Her Majesty the Queen marry His Majesty King Jiang Li. And you vented your anger on King Arlo."

"That's not true, Lui Wei. I can't possibly do such a bad thing to His Majesty the King."

"You could've done it."

"I don't like to see Her Majesty the Queen marry His Majesty King Jiang Li, but I can't possibly do anything bad to anyone else let alone to His Majesty the King."

"That's enough! I don't want any chaos here! Father is lying helpless, so please leave this place. And you're Ji Nian, you're the chairman of this palace. You're the one who's gonna have to figure out who did it."

"Okay, Her Majesty the Queen."

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Xin Qian was sitting beside the fish pond, there Jiang Li deliberately hid and peeked at him. The longer he was with Xin Qian, the more Jiang Li began to feel concerned about Xin Qian.

He was about to approach Xin Qian and calm her down, but by then Zhang Pei had already met Xin Qian first. Jiang Li finally undoed his intentions and remained attentive to them from a distance.

"His Majesty the Queen!"

"Zhang Pei?"

"I'm really sorry to you. If I hadn't asked Dayang to make the drink, it probably wouldn't have been like this. But I could have sworn, if it wasn't me who mixed the poison."

"Zhang Pei, I believe in you. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't do that."

"By the way, where are you and chief Ji Nian from?"

"Me and Ji Nian had distributed some foodstuffs to the people without Jiang Li's knowledge. I can't bear to see them starving in the middle of this blizzard."

"Zhang Pei, this blizzard is about to pass. The people will not feel hungry anymore, they can take food from their gardens."

"You're right, Your Majesty."

"So much trouble came upon this land after my coronation to be a Queen, I felt very worried."

"Your Majesty, the heavens have given us destiny and we as humans can only carry it out."

Just as Jiang Li was seriously listening to their conversation, suddenly a soldier came and startled Jiang Li.

"Please, Your Majesty. Servant came here because there was an old man who purposely prevented us from hunting in the middle of the forest."

"Did you bring him to this palace?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Alright, then you come with me to see him."

"Okay, Your Majesty."

Jiang Li and the soldier went towards the throne room. Jiang Li firmly asked the old man a few questions, Jiang Li had now changed a little.

He who used to not want to listen to the explanations of others, now wants to listen to the explanation of the old man.

"Why are you blocking my soldiers from hunting animals in the forest?"

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. But the Soldiers hunted all the animals in the forest and if they continued to do so, then the habitat of the animals in the forest would quickly become extinct. The servant has long lived with the animals, and the servant has regarded the animals like his own slave family, Your Majesty."

"Why do you live in the woods? Don't you have a family?"

"The former servant lived with his wife and also the two twin sons of the servant. But after the followers of the demon monster find out if the servant who found the sword of damascus, they try to kill the servant and the servant family. Servant's wife has been killed at the hands of the demon monster, the two twin sons of the servant are lost somewhere and now the servant is alone."

"The sword was a sword made by the god of death to kill the demon monster, but the servant had no idea where it was at the moment."

"Why are demon monsters looking for that sword?

"His Majesty the King, the sword of damascus is a sword of the creation of the god and its power is as great as a gemstone. Whoever has it can rule the world. Servant was so afraid that if the sword fell into the wrong hands, she would definitely use the sword as she pleased."

"Your Majesty, will His Majesty punish the servants because the servants have prevented them from hunting animals in the forest?"

"Actually I don't have the heart to punish him, after all he also has no family," Jiang Li said.

Xin Qian and Zhang Pei came to the throne room and were surprised that Xin Qian saw that uncle Yu was now in his palace.

"Uncle Yu!"

Everyone turned their heads towards Xin Qian.

"Uncle, what's Uncle doing here?"

Uncle Yu did not answer him at all for fear of the notoriously cruel Jiang Li.

"Uncle, why is Uncle just quiet?"

Xin Qian then turned her head towards Jiang Li with a sinister look.

"Have you brought Uncle Yu here? What are you gonna do to him?"

"I'm allowing you to stay in this palace because you have no family. The Queen also seems to know you very well, so I won't give any punishment to you."

"His Majesty the King, I thank you very much."

Jiang Li did not return the thanks from uncle Yu and left the place with a flat face.