The charcoal stove burned in the sultry palace, and the hot wind blew into the dampness with a faint smell of sweat, and the whole palace carried a hint of rancidity. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

And in the corner, next to the huge copper stove, there was still a steady stream of people throwing herbs into the fire, and the pungent white smoke rose up, and the strange smell was almost impossible to breathe.

On top of the gorgeous bed, a thin middle-aged man lay in a heavy futon, as if in a nightmare, moaning hard in a drowsiness.

"Does it have to be like this?"

The attendant said to the doctor, "We must open the window, Your Majesty must not be stuffy here, the smell of incense is so choking that he is almost out of breath." ”

"You can't open the windows. The old physician shook his head: "Your Majesty must not see the wind and the light. Once the incense is diluted, the virus in the lungs loses its suppression and spreads rapidly. ”

"How long will these days last?" said the exhausted acolyte, his expression gloomy.

"How long can it last, how long can it last. ”

The doctor looked at the sad queen beside the bedside and whispered, "This is not what you should say, nor is it a question you should ask.

Just do what you should do, don't think about other things, and don't ask too much. ”

The waiter was stunned for a moment, realized his gaffe, his face turned pale, and he nodded hurriedly.

In the long silence, only the hoarse moaning of the patient on the bed, beside the bed, the haggard queen's expression changed, and after hesitating for a long time, she finally made up her mind, got up and walked towards the door.

At the door, two guards stopped in front of her.

The queen's face turned ugly.

"Get out of the way, do you dare to be my way!"

"Your Highness, you can't leave. ”

The older guard spoke, "Your Majesty needs your company now. ”

The queen's face turned pale, "What he needs is a doctor! A real doctor! It's not this kind of half-hanger who didn't know where to find it! It's not house arrest! Don Juan, that-son hybrid, he has been ready for this day for a long time, right? I have long seen that the wild species has been plotting against him from the beginning!"

The guards did not speak, as if they had not heard.

"Get out of the way!"

The queen commanded.

The guards didn't move.

"If the queen wants to get some air, let her go out for a walk. ”

A soft voice sounded from behind the door, "It's not good to be bored inside. ”

The Queen's complexion changed.

As if pardoned, the guard stretched out his hand and pulled the heavy door open. In the muffled sound of the steel hub grinding, the light of the scorching sun swept into the dim palace like a waterfall.

The autumn wind passed through the yellowing leaves of the courtyard, dissipating the almost suffocating air in the temple.

As the young man stepped into the hall, the queen's face turned pale and she couldn't help but retreat.

He was a head taller than himself.

His face was handsome and handsome, but he did not resemble his father in the slightest.

"I think there may be some misunderstanding here, your brother Marquis de Loire, our chief of the forbidden army heard some rumors, and just now, he did something regrettable. ”

The young man named Don Juan smiled politely, "It may be that I have kept you too long and caused some strange rumors to circulate outside, but I believe that soon, the rumors will dissipate in the face of the truth."

The subordinate is ignorant and offends you, please don't mind. Now I have something to say to my father, please take care of yourself. ”

The Queen's face twitched, and she stepped back under Don Juan's advance. She lowered her head, avoiding Don Juan's gaze, only to see the residual scarlet on his boots.

It's like stepping through blood.

"I'm sorry about your brother's business. Don Juan stopped beside her and placed a broken coat of arms in her palm: "He left me without a choice. ”

The queen was stunned, suddenly raised her head, stared at Don Juan deadly, her expression became distorted, and her five fingers held the iron coat of arms tightly, almost cutting off her palm.

"You ......"

She opened her mouth to scream, but heard a hoarse voice behind her.

"Is it Don Juan?"

The man in the hospital bed awoke from his slumber and opened his eyes with difficulty, with a gray glow in his turquoise eyes and a frightening chill in his decay.

Obviously he is terminally ill.

He struggled to prop himself up, the maid frantically wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth for him, his head was still trembling slightly, leaning obliquely on the head of the bed, beckoning to Don Juan:

"Come here, son, walk in some. ”

Don Juan smiled: "Okay, father. ”

Soon, all the other unrelated people left, and in the silent palace, only the medicinal herbs in the copper furnace burned and made a small crushing sound.

"Father, are you feeling better?"

Don Juan combed his messy hair back to the back of his head with concern and sat down in front of the bed.

"Give me some hot water, my stomach hurts. ”

The emperor sighed, holding the water cup handed by his 'son', shook his head and sighed: "Son, you poison is not very good...... although 'tulip' is safe, but the poison has been for too long, and the taste is strange, and it will affect your appetite when you put it in red wine." ”

Don Juan's brows furrowed slightly, but he didn't speak.

"Your uncle died like this back then, and you were much better than the way I drugged at that time. ”

The emperor put down the water glass, closed his eyes, and after thinking for a moment, he opened his eyes: "First the National Assembly, then the Ministry of Finance, calculate the time, the forbidden army and the army are already in your hands, right?"

"It's not close. ”

Don Juan replied truthfully: "Adrian is very slippery, and he has not agreed to my conditions until now. ”

"Don't worry, he's my chosen Secretary of War, I know him. The emperor commented: "Typical wall grass, knowing that you can use him, he will not take a stand until I die." ”

Don Juan listened and nodded: "Sounds fast." ”

"yes, it's coming. ”

The emperor bowed his head and looked worried: "I'm afraid I'm the shortest reigning emperor in history, right? After waiting for a lifetime, I only stayed on the throne for two months. ”

"History will remember you, Father. ”

"Who cares?"

The emperor laughed mockingly, raised his eyes and looked at him: "After I die, be kind to my queen, she is a stupid woman, and she can't harm you."

Your uncle will be the next emperor. You have to support him well. ”

He paused and looked at Don Juan, "What do I mean, do you understand?"

Don Juan thought for a moment and was stunned for a moment:

"You want me to guillotine?"

"Someone has to be responsible for the mess. The emperor sighed, "The current treasury and treasury are rotten to the roots, I don't have time to solve it, and he doesn't have the ability to do it, so he can only make things worse."

Since he has that crown on his mind, give it to him, and let him bear the wrath of the masses and the National Assembly for you, and when the next turmoil comes, you can send him to heaven with those problems.

Don Juan, you will be the new king of hard work, the lord of Burgundy, the emperor of perfection. ”

Don Juan listened, but was not pleased, but fell silent.

The emperor slapped his palm with difficulty and patted him on the shoulder, "Don Juan, don't worry. There are some things you need to 'take your time' and that's a lesson I've learned over the course of my life.

You're too reckless, sometimes you're in a hurry, and if I hadn't asked you to clean up, your brother would have been found out that time. ”

In the long silence, Don Juan looked up at him.

"Don't you hate me?" He bit the pronunciation of the word, "I killed my brother, your original heir, and now, I have taken everything from you." ”

The Emperor smiled.

"No, you've done everything I have, kid. ”

The Emperor smiled with satisfaction: "Why should I hate you? You are a good boy, like me, like me, when you touch me, your eyes are eternally hungry, and you don't know how to be satisfied."

I used to have six sons, but when I was old, I realized that they were overwhelmed and mediocre, and they only knew how to fight for leftovers in the trough like pigs, but they did not dare to look up at the sky.

Can you relate to my feelings? How painful and desperate.

But you're not like them, you're a wolf, a real predator.

The first time I saw you, I knew that you were the successor that Heaven had arranged for me, that the wishes of the ancestors would be fulfilled in your hands, and that you would become the true lord of Burgundy, the only king!

How ecstatic I was when I saw you. ”

He stretched out his hand and held Don Juan's hand, his eyes shining as if they were burning: "You don't know how relieved I was when I drank that glass of red wine with tulips, and how happy I was to welcome this result."

Unfortunately, you are still too frizzy and inexperienced sometimes, which worries me a lot. You should have cleaned it up a long time ago, how could this kind of thing leave such a big hole?"

Don Juan was stunned.

I was chilling all over my body.

He looked down at his 'father'.

"You...... You already knew?"

"Why don't I know? As a father, you have to know your son, isn't that one of the reasons why I love you?"

The emperor looked at him and smiled, and there was a hint of madness in that smile that Tang Juan couldn't understand: "Don't be afraid, how can I watch you lose everything?"

You're too careless and too soft-hearted to think about what to do if someone comes out to correct you?

Rest assured, the person sent by the queen to investigate will not come back, and I have already helped you pack up all your hands and tails, and there will be no worries. ”

The dying man grabbed Don Juan's wrist, but the palm of his hand was like an iron tong, no matter how much Don Juan panicked and struggled.

"You will wear a crown, my child. He stared at the successor in front of him, as if he wanted to kill his weakness: "You will become an epic, I will be forgotten by history, but history will remember you, remember Don Juan!"

Quiescence.

In the long silence, a stiff smile gradually squeezed into Don Juan's pale face.

"I ...... I see. ”

So the emperor smiled, let go of his hand contentedly, and as if he had exhausted all his strength, he collapsed on the bed, and could not even open his pupils.

"Don Juan, are you still there?"

"I'm here, father. ”

"Walk in, kid, I can't see you clearly. ”

The emperor looked at the approaching face and smiled, "Tell me, dear, who are you?"

"I am your son, father. ”

The young man replied hoarsely.

"Good. ”

The Emperor laughed, rejoiced at this answer, and with all his strength, cried out in a hoarse voice: "Tell everyone, then, who are you?"

"I am your heir. ”

Don Juan closed his eyes, blood spreading in his pupils: "I am the first citizen of Burgundy, the guardian of the White Rose, and I will be the emperor of everything after all!"

The Emperor closed his eyes in contentment and did not speak again.

Weak breathing stopped.

He's dead.

In the silence, Don Juan leaned feebly back in his chair, and the sunlight shone in from outside the hall and fell on the wall, casting a vague shadow.

He closed his eyes and laughed self-deprecatingly.

"yes, I'm Don Juan. ”