"His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince was poisoned?"

Lin An was surprised.

She was surprised not by the content of the matter, but by the fact that Count Jefa would tell her such a secret.

It stands to reason that a person like him has many secrets in the palace in his head, and he will keep his mouth tight, and Lin An does not believe that the emperor will favor a close minister who does not know how to keep secrets.

But Count Jerfa's next words quickly explained the reason.

"Yes, Your Majesty is in a depressed mood, and even one of her favorite maids has been punished by the attack." Count Jerfa smiled wryly.

Otherwise, he would not have run out at this time, nothing more than to avoid the center of the typhoon, so as not to be swept away.

“…… But several masters couldn't come up with a way for a while, and His Majesty had already sent people to invite the few masters left behind by the secret law group, as well as the various families to worship, hoping to gather the strength of everyone, and they should be able to find a way. ”

In other words, it won't be long before this matter is to be kept secret, so Count Jefa doesn't have much scruples about talking about it.

When Lin An heard this, his heart moved slightly.

"After talking about it for so long, I don't know how His Highness Yokyadan is doing now. By the time Master Rice and I returned, the further spread of the erosion had been largely contained.

Is the toxicity really so powerful? Will His Highness Yokyadan ......"

Lin An's eyes showed a little concern, and he gestured with his hand.

Count Jefa was a little strange, although he had been by the emperor's side for the past few days, he was also in control of all the troubles in the palace.

After this Master Lin lived in the Rose Palace, he closed his door, never asked about the condition of the five princes, and did not even do a little pretended to care, and his attitude towards the five princes was obvious.

Could it be that she was covering up before?

He thought to himself, and his eyes were slightly tentative.

"Your Highness's condition is indeed dangerous, although the masters have once again curbed the erosion. But those elements that penetrate deep into the body are difficult to get rid of. According to Master Rice, if those elements continue to accumulate for a day or two, even if His Highness can be rescued, his body will probably be ......."

He stopped talking, sighed, and then quietly looked at Lin An.

Lin An lowered his eyes.

In other words, Yokjartan's life was just between a day or two.

The horror of elemental erosion has been experienced by Lin An.

The more elemental affinity the mage, once it encounters the elemental erosion of Yan zhòng. The more terrible the reaction, with the resources in the palace, it may not kill all at once. But the terrible thing is that after the imbalance of the elements in the body, the organ failure can turn a strong man into a scarecrow, and from then on, he will be hung by taking medicine, and he will even gasp three times when he gets out of bed and walks.

If York's illness is not solved, it will not be possible to solve it with the efforts of everyone. Then even if Yokjadan has a way to hang his life, his body will be abolished from now on, and he will no longer have the ability to compete with Odin, even if the emperor is old and confused, he will not let an heir who may hang up at any time take the throne, and Merlin is especially impossible at this time.

Yokjaran was really self-defeating this time. Lin Anxin thought.

Is Odin really unstoppable?

She was a little unwilling in her heart.

She was tired and tired on Paradise Island, and finally created this situation, although it did achieve the purpose of diverting attention. But for now, Lin An hopes that the role it will play is not just to divert attention.

What's more, if Yokyadan's miscalculation this time also helped Odin remove the obstacles, then the loss of Paradise Island. It's not a loss for Odin.

Lin An's eyes flowed when he was thinking, but it was just a casual action. But the style of the wandering room also made Count Jefa, who had seen beauties from all over the world, secretly praise his eyes, and at the same time thought in his heart, it seems that this Master Lin is indeed not as irrelevant as he imagined.

I only heard Lin An sigh lightly, and seemed to say with some disbelief:

"I came back with His Highness, and I know a little about His Highness's situation, I originally thought that there would be masters of the palace mage group, Your Highness would have no accidents, but I didn't expect that there would be such a turn of events later...... His Highness's condition, even if it is difficult to treat, should not be life-threatening. ”

Lin An's words slightly relieved Count Jiefa's doubts, but he said with little confidence: "It shouldn't be." But for His Highness, if it can only be delayed, it is better to ...... Ay! ”

He said, shaking his head.

Lin An calmed down, "No matter what, if you can stay alive, there will always be a turnaround in the future." ”

Lin Anxin thought that as long as Yokyadan did not die, then his condition would not be bad news.

The loss of status of Yokjadan will only resent Odin more, and the other princes also have more opportunities to play on the topic, so she doesn't care about the severity of Yokjardan's illness, although she has the key to solve the crisis of Yokjaran at the moment.

Therefore, this sentence was just a casual comforting sentence, just like a friend who comforted him and said that he would recover soon, but it was just a casual word, but it inspired Count Jefa somewhere, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Lin An, as if thinking of something.

"Turnaround? Yes, this sentence is only perfunctory nonsense for anyone to say, and only for you is to say it is an empirical word...... It's been too busy these days, and it's rude to say that I haven't congratulated you on your recovery! ”

Count Jefa smiled and said, "This is really great news for you, if it weren't for Master Ulysses mentioning it, Your Majesty probably wouldn't have noticed." ”

Lin An's heart jumped secretly, feeling that Count Jefa had something to say, his mind flowed, and he said with a smile on his face:

"It's just a trivial matter, in fact, my injury is not as severe as it is rumored outside, and there are already signs of recovery before the award."

Count Jefa did not doubt this.

If it weren't for this, this Master Lin would probably not have been depressed and desperate all the time, so Lin An's words deepened the thoughts in his heart, just looking at Lin An's attitude, he had no intention of interfering at all.

His mind turned, he didn't test anything more, said a few words to Lin An, and when he saw that she didn't ask anymore, he said goodbye.

……

Back to the Maple Palace, pieces of red red maple leaves are piled up all over the ground, red and bright like fire, and the white buildings in the Maple Palace reflect the maple forest.

In the past, this was a scene in the palace, but now all the nobles who entered and exited the Maple Palace were not in a good mood, and they were even more bored when they saw the red in their eyes.

As soon as Count Joffa returned to the courtyard, he heard the clatter of porcelain shattering, and the cups and plates fell to the ground, and then a maid screamed and covered her mouth with a whimper.

I didn't see any sound inside. It seems that a female voice whispered two words, and after a while, the two guards dragged a soft body out, and saw that the skirt was the maid serving in the Feng Palace, who was unconscious at this time, and I didn't know whether she was dead or alive, but presumably she would not appear in this palace again.

Count Jefa took a look and stepped into the courtyard.

Under the flaming maple tree, Princess Victoria, dressed in a light blue dress, sat at the white coffee table, and her grandmother stood aside to wipe her hands with a white towel. At her feet, a maid knelt on the ground, cleaning up the remnants, leaving only a puddle of wet marks of tea.

Several children of the emperor. Jaffa is a common face.

A few smaller ones, who also called him uncle when he was a child, including the arrogant Princess Victoria, have always been watched by him to grow up, and even brought by himself.

Count Jefa leaned over. Yao Yao stroked her chest and saluted, but Princess Victoria nodded not as before, lifted her skirt with her slender hand holding the velvet fan, walked over, and invited:

"Master Van Gogh and Master Kodiak did not come, Master Larry entered the palace. My father is discussing with a few masters inside, Uncle Alpha might as well sit down and wait first, and drink tea with me. ”

"It's fine."

Count Jefa was in no hurry to get in either. Knowing that Princess Victoria was not looking for him for nothing, he didn't ask anything, so he changed the tea for the princess after sitting down, and poured himself a cup without sugar. Stirred with a cinnamon stick, he said:

"Why are you alone? What about Elizabeth and Margaret? ”

He only asked the princess. But he didn't talk about a few princes.

"The queen mother was a little dizzy, and I asked Elizabeth to help her back to rest." Princess Margaret was not mentioned in Victoria's words.

The latter was not born to the queen herself, and was only brought back to the palace two years after Victoria's birth, and she has always felt like air, with Victoria's pride, she will not ruin her reputation to bully the eldest sister, but she will not pay attention to the eldest princess, she has always thought that she is the real eldest daughter of the emperor.

And among the upper-class nobles, the three princesses have always been called by their names, not like the princes.

Count Jefa knew that he was entangled inside, and he didn't ask in detail, but just took this opportunity to open the topic, and when he heard this, he was naturally concerned about the situation of His Majesty the Queen, and comforted that the five princes would be safe.

The two talked about it, from the illness of the fifth prince to the other princes, and then to the recent situation of Princess Victoria, Princess Victoria mentioned it as if she was inadvertent:

“…… Speaking of which, I originally had a good thing, and I planned to sue my father and queen mother in the next few days, but I didn't expect something to happen to Yokjardan, so it seems that I have to delay it for a while. ”

Count Jefa said:

"The two Majesties have not been happy these days, the princess has something good to say, this is good news, but I haven't received the news before, you can keep the secret so closely, can you let Uncle Alpha hear it first?"

In the past, when Count Jefa said this, Princess Victoria would probably cover her lips and smile, but this time she covered her lips with a velvet fan, lowered her head a little shyly, and her cheeks were slightly red.

Count Jerfa was surprised and glanced at the grandmother standing behind Princess Victoria.

The grandmother looked at her thirties, smiled and said softly:

"As far as I know, there is a noble gentleman who has won the favor of the princess, and the princess wants him to be her guardian knight."

Mama's smile was withdrawn after a moment, as if she was a little reluctant, and it seemed that she was not very in favor of the princess's choice, but it was not easy to object.

The so-called guardian knight is just another term for the fiancé candidate.

Usually an unmarried princess will have several guardian knights, and when she becomes an adult, she will pick out one of them and become the princess's fiancé.

And for the aristocracy, the betrothal has been determined, except that they do not officially live together, nominally, there is not much difference from the husband, and the possibility of regretting the marriage will definitely not appear unless it is a very special case.

Princess Victoria is now twenty-seven years old, her first husband Count Witte has been dead for a year, and the two are not in harmony and have no heirs.

The two Majesties had already released the news and let Princess Victoria choose her second husband independently, so the princess at this time obviously had already taken a fancy to the candidate.

As a close member of the royal family, the movements of several key members of the First Family were the homework that Count Jerfa had to do.

He thought back to Princess Victoria's recent movements, and Count Jefa had already guessed the object of the princess's crush.

But he still had a look of surprise and joy on his face.

"That's really good news, Her Majesty the Queen has been thinking about the princess's marriage for a long time,"

He looked at Princess Victoria kindly, "I don't know which young handsome one it is." I am lucky enough to win your favor, and the young talents of the entire imperial capital will be jealous of him! ”

Princess Victoria's face turned even redder, but she put down the velvet fan generously, and without waiting for Mama to speak, she said Ludwig's name, "...... He is a hero who has just returned from the Far North Ice Sheet. ”

With a delicate eye, Count Jefa quietly observed the joy in Princess Victoria's eyes, and her countenance more stretched than ever.

He noticed that Princess Victoria was dressed more delicately, and her complexion was several years younger. It seems that back in his early twenties, Count Jefa, who has come over, still doesn't understand anything.

He thought to himself. He didn't know whether this Baron Ludwig was a hero or not, but he could make the princess go her own way despite the disapproval of the trusted grandmother, and in a short period of time there was already an intimate relationship, and the weight in the princess's heart can already be imagined.

With the proud character of Princess Victoria. It's not just a plaything or a lover who can get to the sky in one step if he pleases him. What's more, the other party was able to do this in less than a month, and I am afraid that the princess was completely infatuated with him.

And the reason why Princess Victoria left him to speak is self-evident, the other party's age and appearance match, but his background is really low. In the eyes of the two Majestics, this must be an obstacle.

Originally, there was a promise made before His Majesty, as long as the princess was determined. This is not a big problem, anyway, there is also the queen who loves her children.

But when the fifth prince was seriously ill, Her Majesty the Empress didn't care about these things, and Princess Victoria didn't dare to mention it to Her Majesty, probably wanting him to knock on the side. Or see when Your Majesty is in a good mood and give her a wind.

It's not a big deal. As a close courtier, Count Jefa could not stay out of the matter, so after thinking about it, he politely agreed.

At this moment, a sound of footsteps walked out of the hall, and the emperor in a civilian robe walked out.

Master Ulysses and Prince Odin, dressed in the black robes of the court masters, were one step behind, followed by Prince Byron and Prince Charles, and Prince Douglas disappeared.

In addition, Master Larry, who entered the palace from the secret magic group, and Master Rice, who was originally in the palace, are still inside, and the five princes are now keeping two masters by their side at any time, and even the two old sword saints of the Sword Saint Mountain have occasionally entered and exited the palace these days, going back and forth between the Sword Saint Mountain and the imperial capital.

Although the emperor's expression was calm, Count Jiefa, who was familiar with the emperor's micro-expressions, could still see the emperor's displeasure and exhaustion from the wrinkles on the corners of his forehead and mouth, and it was obvious that the results in it were not very good.

Princess Victoria, of course, saw it, but she still greeted it, holding the emperor's hand on the emperor's right side before greeting the others.

Although the emperor was in a bad mood, he smiled a little at his beloved daughter, stroked her hand and said:

“…… Your Uncle Alpha is so busy, what do you always pester him for? ”

Princess Victoria glanced at Count Jefa and said with a reserved smile:

"It's because I see Uncle Alpha always coming and going that I want him to sit down and rest, lest he get tired and you won't be able to find him."

Count Jefa also said, "The princess's maid tea is very well cooked, and I have sat down and eaten some snacks, and I have been in good spirits." ”

The emperor smiled and said that Jiefa had worked hard, while the princess talked to several brothers and asked in a low voice about the situation of the five princes.

When the emperor heard the inquiry, he sighed, and his eyebrows furrowed, and deep wrinkles appeared between his eyebrows.

"The situation in Yokyadan is stable for the time being, and you can often come in to see him when you have time, or spend more time with your mother." He said to Princess Victoria, and in his tone he didn't have much hope for York's recovery.

This is the first time in the past few days that the emperor has said something in a similar tone, even if everyone has been mentally prepared for the facts, but when they heard the emperor's words, the faces of Byron and Charles were all wavering, only Odin's face remained unchanged, as before.

Princess Victoria's eyes widened and she took a breath.

She didn't know about Yokjadan's injury, with the status of Princess Merlin, she was born as if to prove the injustice of the world, and she never thought that with the power of her father and so many strong people, she would not be able to make Yokjadan heal, otherwise she would not be in the mood to talk to Count Jefa in the palace.

"It can't be! How so? ”

Princess Victoria clenched her velvet fan, and her voice was a few degrees sharper, "There are so many people here, if it's not enough." Just look for it, whatever it is, we can find it! ”

She seemed to remember something, and grabbed the emperor's hand tightly, "Father, didn't the Blue Lion family say that there was once a life-saving secret medicine, that thing called 'White Dragon True Dew', I will ask for it immediately!" And the Benson family's ......"

"Viva, calm down!"

"Watch your manners, Victoria!"

Charles and Odin spoke out one after the other. One dissuades and one sneeses.

The Emperor sighed.

As an emperor, he is rich all over the world, what kind of treasure and secret medicine. Will Merlin have it in his treasury?

Even if it was the Blue Lion Family's secret medicine, they didn't dare not take it out to pay tribute, but Victoria didn't know what to do with it.

However, the many secret medicine treasures in the inner treasury have no effect on the situation of Yokyadan, unless Yokyatan is willing to destroy his own magic pool. From now on, cut off the path of the mage, then those domineering secret elixirs may come in handy.

But although Yokjadan is now in a coma, he occasionally wakes up and would rather die than destroy the magic pool, and the emperor is actually unwilling to give up hope, and until the last moment, he is never willing to break the magic pool that destroyed Yokyadan.

Master Ulysses looked at the bustle in front of him. At this time, it was aloud:

"Actually, the Elemental Fountain Essence may be useful to Prince Yokyadan. It's just that. Those of us who stayed in the imperial capital have never left the imperial capital, and we don't have these things in our hands, if we spend some time looking for them, we will definitely be able to find them. ”

"What you say is true?"

Charles' eyes lit up. With a look of surprise on his face, he asked Master Ulysses aloud. He looked at the Emperor again.

Byron opened his mouth slightly, and stopped talking, while Odin was still expressionless, just his eyebrows moved, and he looked at Master Ulysses.

The emperor ignored their appearance, and when he mentioned his spirit, he also said, "Why didn't you say it before, Ulysses." ”

Master Ulysses said lightly:

"It's just a possibility. What's more, the situation of His Royal Highness Yokyadan is only in the past two days. The scarcity and preciousness of the Elemental Fountain Essence will hardly be willing to take it out, as far as I know, none of us old men have gone outside to collect the Elemental Fountain Essence, and they can't find it in a day or two. ”

The hope in the emperor's eyes darkened again, and he sighed again, but the other three princes still had different expressions.

"How do you know if there is one without trying, there are so many people in the imperial capital, maybe someone has the elemental spring essence in their hands? Father-"

Princess Victoria immediately tugged at the emperor's sleeve.

"That's right, of course!"

The emperor nodded again and again, and said to Count Jefa: "Alpha, you immediately inform the major families, if anyone can come up with the Elemental Spring Essence within two days, I will give him the title of Earl!" ”

Count Jefa immediately responded and did it immediately.

Master Ulysses saw it in his eyes, and knew in his heart that the poisoning of Prince Yokyatan this time was a matter of that position, and if anyone present really hoped that the five princes would be cured, I am afraid that only Princess Victoria would be.

If it weren't for his duties as a court mage, and his unwillingness to disobey his principles, he wouldn't have bothered to get into this troubled water.

There is no need for Count Jefa to do this kind of thing, Count Jefa went out to recruit people, said a few words, and immediately returned to the emperor's side.

After listening to Master Ulysses' words, he was a little nervous, especially observing the actions of the two princes, Odin and Charles, and after thinking about it, his face showed some strange expressions from time to time.

The hesitation has only been revealed many times, and someone has asked.

"Uncle Alpha, is there anything you want to say?" Victoria noticed his look and reciprocated.

"Jafa, you old fellow, what do you have to say? How absent-minded today. The emperor also beckoned him to come over under the reminder of his daughter, and asked out loud.

Count Jepha came over.

"Your Majesty, I just remembered Master Lin, I passed by the Rose Palace today and met her, her beauty is amazing, and it is really rumored that it is better to see it in person."

Lin An's appearance is a good entry point, and it is also the deepest impression that outsiders have of her.

Everyone present had seen Lin An, no matter what they thought in their hearts, when they saw Count Jefa mentioning Lin An, they all secretly paid attention, only Master Ulysses did not hide his curiosity.

When Count Jefa talked about this topic, he found it relatively easily, as if he wanted the emperor to change the topic and relax, the emperor paused when he heard this, and then said:

"Oh, shouldn't you have seen him when she came back with Rice?"

"That day, His Majesty was only concerned about the injury of His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince, and did not care to look at it carefully,"

Count Jefa said with a smile, "Today, I bypassed the Rose Palace, and I remembered that she was still living in it these days, and I asked the maid to ask, it is said that she has been practicing behind closed doors in the past few days, and she has not even asked the maid to serve, so I can't help but want to see her once and ask if she is doing well in the palace." ”

"Oh? It's true that I forgot about her," the Emperor nodded, as if he had just remembered, "and is she okay?" ”

"She is in good spirits, and it seems that the injuries that were very strict in the previous legend have completely healed."

Count Jerfa said with a smile: "Judging from the fact that she can assist Master Rice, my strength may have improved a lot compared to before." It's just that the cultivation is too urgent, as if I want to get back the time when I was injured before, so I can't help but persuade her, she is still very young, don't be too anxious. ”

"Hmm." The Emperor nodded, thoughtful.

Seeing that the Emperor had grasped the main point, Count Jefa stopped continuing and left the choice to the Emperor.

(To be continued)

ps：

Thank you Fenghua Sakura for your big reward, and the snow dance for the big evaluation vote! o(n_n)o~ character card: Master Ulysses - one of the archmages enshrined by the court mage group, ranked third, received the emperor's favor, and became a court mage due to human favors. Good character, abide by principles and promises, not keen on power, and do not care about the whereabouts of the mage group, orthodox mage. \(\)