The scene fell silent for a moment, and Gale II struggled to his feet, gasping for breath: "I'm going to... Go and see my mother—" Jada hurriedly helped him and walked out slowly. Seeing this, the soldiers brought by Prince Lawler wanted to stop them with swords, but they hesitated, and when they heard Jada's sharp whistle, the weapons in their hands were suddenly knocked to the ground, and dozens of heavily armed guards appeared behind them at some point, and restrained them in a blink of an eye.

The ministers exclaimed again, and one of them shuddered and asked, "Your Excellency, you are..."

Jada gave him a faint look: "I won't fall in the same place twice!" Without looking at the ugly faces of some of the ministers, he walked straight out with Gale II. But the latter was weak, and as soon as he walked to the door, he gasped for breath, Jada frowned, and wanted to bend down to carry him, but was stopped by Mintra: "Leave it to me, you carry Your Majesty on your back, it's too bumpy." As soon as he finished speaking, Minter used his magic to make Gail II's body gently hang in the air, only half a foot above the ground, and he could move forward at normal speed without much effort.

Watching them leave the temporary dormitory, the ministers looked at each other. The three old ministers and some officials who had always been neutral quickly raised their legs to follow, and only the most active ones who had just echoed Prince Lawler were left, and they only felt a chill on their necks when they looked at the soldiers who were being held in custody and the swords of the guards were shining.

In the last palace change, the chief of the guard and the soldiers who were used did not end well, and the former even had their families wiped out, why were they so confused that they actually chose to support Prince Lawler?

By the time Minter followed Gale II and Jada to the Queen Mother's palace, it was already in chaos. The maids scurried around like headless flies, carrying water, quilts, cloth towels, basins, and salt-smelling things with panicked faces; One of the court physicians used by the Queen Mother was lying motionless on the steps, covered with blood and dust, and several large footprints were very obvious; The older maids were already half fainted, and the other half were taking care of the fainted people, and their eyes were all panicked when they looked in the direction of the Queen Mother's bedroom.

In the bedroom, the princess and several elderly ladies cried non-stop. And Prince Lawler hugged his grandmother's body tightly and screamed, kept rubbing the oil on her face and body, and sniffed the salt for her, and when he saw Gale II and others entering the door, he frantically pounced and grabbed Minter: "You can detoxify, right?!" You can cure her, can you?! Come on! Come on! ”

Minter didn't watch out for a moment, and the magic he used on Gale II went out of control. Fortunately, Jeda was quick to hold the latter. Prince Lawler, as if he could only see Minter, dragged him to the Queen Mother's side. Minter glanced at Gale II, and saw that he was also anxious, so he immediately went over to check, and saw that the Queen Mother's face was blue, her lips were purple and black, and her body began to chill, obviously she had been dead for a while, so she had to look back at Lawler regretfully: "The Queen Mother has died." "Look at this old woman who was originally untouchable, lying silently on the bed. Minter also had some bad feelings in his heart.

"Nonsense! Grandma didn't die! Lawler was furious, pushed him away, and rubbed his grandmother's corpse incessantly. He muttered, "Grandma, are you cold?" It's warm, wake up, wake up..."

Gale II trembled and walked up, reached out and touched his mother's face, closed his eyes, and wept: "Why... It's going to be like this..."

Jada turned to the princess and asked them, "How did the queen mother get poisoned?" What did she eat?! ”

The princess immediately glanced at her husband in a panic. Seeing that he ignored himself. Only then did he say slowly: "I didn't eat anything... Just drank some hot milk tea... We all drink the same... Today she is tired. Said to rest early. So we didn't talk to her either..."

"It's you!" Lawler jerked his head back. Pointing to Jada. "It's you dry land! That pot of wine is only you have touched. It's you who did it! He lunged over and grabbed Jada by the collar, "Why are you doing that?!" Why did you kill her! ”

Jada coldly grabbed his hand. Shake it off: "Even if you want to blame me." I also have to think of a statement that will make people believe! Obviously, you poured wine for the Queen Mother. Then he handed me the flask. If that pot of wine is poisonous. The only one who poisoned the land was you! Don't put the blame on someone else! ”

Lawler gasped. Some of the six gods have no master. He knew that what Jada was saying was true. But there's no reason for that. He's obviously arranged... Could it be that ...

He turned his gaze to his wife. Then he turned to the stepmother behind her: "It's you." Right?! You are not willing to let me become the crown prince. I want to kill my grandmother and hit me. so that your son may be a prince. Right?! ”

Prince Mario's second wife was a cowardly aristocratic daughter. As soon as I heard this. Dengshi's eyes widened. Shaking his head in a panic and waving his hands. But he couldn't say anything. Lawler was even more skeptical when he saw this. Hold on tightly to her and drag her out. But he was stopped by Gale II's words: "Let go!" Don't look for scapegoats! You know who the real murderer is! ”

Lawler was stunned for a moment, his hand was slightly loose, and the princess immediately broke free from his clutches, and ran away, and several maids surrounded her, whispering to comfort her who was trembling.

Gale II stroked his mother's cheek again, and came to his heart: "What you just said... That jug of wine is the same jug you asked Jada to pour me, right? Is that poisonous? You want to poison me and then say Jada did it? "There was a little depression in the gods, and he seemed to be very tired. Minter frowned, took out a bottle of stamina water and poured it into him a few sips, only to see that his face was better.

Lawler realized that he had just said something, and immediately kept silent. The ministers who followed behind had already listened to him, and they all looked at him reproachfully. Seeing this, Jada snorted coldly: "What else do you have to say?" The Queen Mother loves you so much, you actually poisoned her? He also tried in vain to poison His Majesty and blame me. What awaits you will only be a fair trial! ”

Lawler glared at him resentfully: "I didn't do that!" Grandmother... Grandma wasn't poisoned by me! ”

"Then why are the symptoms of poisoning the Queen Mother and Her Majesty the same?" Minter interjected, he had already asked the attendants beside the Queen Mother.

Lawler kept silent, glaring at Jada and Mint with hatred in his eyes, and after a long time he said, "You must have done it!" ”

Gale II did not want to waste any more time, and lightly ordered: "Take it down." Outside the door, several guards walked in, trying to escort Lawler out. Lawlor wrestled them and said viciously, "Don't think you've won! My father is outside the city with an army of 50,000! They'll be in town right away, and when the time comes, see who has the last laugh! ”

Minter frowned and looked at Gale II with some concern. The latter looked indifferent and was unmoved by the news. Jada was taken aback slightly, but quickly regained his composure.

Lawler thought that telling them about this would make them panic, but he was very surprised to see this: "You... Why not be afraid?! That's an army of 50,000! ”

"Even if it's 100,000, we don't care about it." An old voice came from outside the door. Minter immediately remembered that this was the old man whom Gale II called his uncle. Then, sure enough, he saw a thin old man with gray hair on crutches walk in, followed by two young men.

The old man continued, "The head of the quartermaster is my men, who have cut off the food supply to Mario's army, and no longer provide weapons, horses, and equipment. Hmph, don't say he only has 50,000 people, even if he has 100,000 or 200,000 and is hungry. I don't have the strength to storm the city! ”

Lawler had been glaring at the old man ever since he entered the door, his face getting paler and paler.

Jada felt a pang of joy in her heart. He added: "And, once we announce the news that your Prince Lawler has poisoned the Queen Mother, how many of the 50,000 men in the army will be willing to continue to obey your father's command?" That's the Nogar army, not Prince Mario's private army! ”

Lawler jerked his head to glare at him, and Jada stepped forward unconcernedly, "Even if they are still willing to obey your father, but... If Prince Mario knew that this son of yours had poisoned his real mother, would he still be willing to stand up for you? Don't forget, you still have three brothers! ”

Lawler's face was as white as a dead man. His wife screamed beside him. He fainted, and the maids were suddenly in a mess, but his stepmother's eyes lit up, looking left and right, and then lowering her head.

Sargent silently appeared behind Gale II, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, several dukes of Prince Mario's family have been brought under control, and their ladies, butlers, and servants have been placed in a safe place. Several families who usually have close contacts with them. They are all invited to their homes to await your orders. Princess Mario also let out a scream when she heard this, rolled her eyes, and fainted.

No one paid attention to her, and Gale II nodded slightly: "Okay." With a wave of his hand: "Escort him down, don't lock him up." Sargent answered the call and walked over to Lawler, who suddenly cried out, "Uncle! Did you get rid of us all so that Jada would inherit your place? I tell you, he's not a good thing either, and he'll help you. I just want to sit in that position! “

Gale II was expressionless: "I never cared that the younger generations were ambitious. As long as this ambition is good for the country. With another wave of his hand, Sargent summoned several tall and stocky guards. Surround Lawler. Lawler looked at him resentfully, then turned his gaze to his grandmother, who had long since died, and his eyes turned red, and he left under the escort of the guards.

Jada looked at his back, sneered, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and when he turned around, he saw Gale II looking at the body of the Queen Mother in a daze, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so he restrained his mind and walked over with his head down: "Are you okay?" ”

Gale II shook his head and turned to the old man: "Thank you this time, uncle, but... I hope you can restrain your subordinates and try not to conflict with Mario as much as possible, no matter what, both sides are our country's armies, once they are enemies of each other..."

"You don't have to worry about that, Your Majesty." A young man beside the old man spoke, "We know what to do, and we won't mess around." ”

The old man also nodded: "You don't have to worry that they will take the opportunity to seize control of the royal city, we are not that interested." Mario's approach has already had a bad impact on several large territories, and we are here to protect our own interests, and we won't hold you back. He glanced at the Queen Mother a few times and sighed: "I didn't expect my sister-in-law to be like this, if she wasn't..."

Gale II raised his hand to stop him: "Mother has passed away, please stop blaming her." He turned to Jada: "I'll leave the rest to you, just say it's my order, the Queen Mother died, let Prince Mario go back to the palace alone to mourn." After a pause, "For him, if you can, don't hurt if you can, but if he doesn't want to compromise...", he sighed, "Everything... All of them are in the national interest. ”

Jada took the order and retreated, and Sargent hurried to follow. Minter hesitated slightly, stayed behind, and quietly stayed by Gale II's side.

The ladies were kicked out, the ministers were busy, some were going to report the news, some were working on the draft proclamation for the public, some were gathering with each other to discuss what to do next, and some were going home in panic to wait for the reckoning, and for a time there were only two living people and one corpse left in the bedroom.

It took a while for Gale II to wake up from the grief of losing his mother, and when he looked back at Mint, he tugged at the corners of his mouth: "Good boy, it's late at night, go back and rest." ”

Mint shook his head, "It's up to you to rest, and don't forget, you're still sick." ”

"Really?" Gale II felt a sudden well-up of fatigue, and could not support it anymore, so he leaned to the side and fell asleep.

Minter breathed a sigh of relief, quietly put away the needle in his hand, and beckoned to the door, and the court steward and Mrs. Cole walked in at once, the latter still holding the king's cloak in his hand. They still used magic to send Gale II back to the king's bedchamber, and the attendants in the queen mother's palace began to prepare for the funeral.

The next day, Minter woke up from a short sleep and learned the latest news: Prince Mario was furious when he heard the news, and took four guards into the palace to mourn, crying over the body of the Queen Mother, and later went to see the eldest son in the place where he was being held. It is said that he beat Lawler so hard that he beat his son half to death, and left the palace without seeing Gale II. Some people say that he once spoke harshly about the direction of the palace, but for some reason, only two hours after returning home, he moved out of the prince's palace with simple luggage and lived in the barracks, without saying anything about taking his wife and young sons with him.

Of the original army of 50,000, three high-ranking officers threw themselves on the king's side, and the other two were still watching, and several of Prince Mario's die-hard subordinates kept encouraging him to teach the betrayers a lesson, and at the same time had a tough battle with the king and the great lords who supported the king, but he scolded those subordinates and drove them out of the door, and threatened to cut off their heads and send them to the palace if anyone said such things again.

Although Prince Mario was very relenting, Jada was still not at ease and sent many people to the barracks to monitor, but the reported news showed that Prince Mario behaved normally and did not act out of any ordinary way at all.

This confused Jada, who always felt that it didn't look like Prince Mario would do something on the ground. Minter listened to him and sneered, "Aren't you just worried that he will rebel with his army? Then cut off all possibility of his rebellion, let him move out of the barracks and live in another place, and then transfer the officers loyal to him from their original posts, and disperse them to various places, or let them continue to hold key positions. The method is that what's the use of you just worrying here? ”

Jada smiled dumbly, turned around and ordered his subordinates to say a few words, and when he came back, his expression was much more relaxed: "Your Majesty, how have you been in the past two days?" Still so depressed? ”

Mint nodded. Gale II lost his loved ones again, and had to do something to his only remaining brother, how could he feel better?

"That's right." Minter suddenly remembered something, "Your Majesty said that since the pot of poisoned wine that day was not made by us, and it is impossible for Lawler to poison the Queen Mother, then how did the Queen Mother be poisoned?" It's best to recover the remains of the flask, and you might be able to find clues. ”

Jada sighed, "How can it be so easy? I have called for someone to look for it at the bottom of the valley, and there is no debris at all. There are still dozens of people looking for them there. ”

The people sent by Jada did not find the flask, but the flask mysteriously appeared in the main hall of the front palace the next morning.

(Sorry, it's late again...>.)