541 Calais Secret
The beautiful man elegantly held the wine glass, slowly poured a glass of wine from the crystal bottle, and suddenly the silver cup flashed, and a light and elegant aroma floated up, he leaned his face over, and then took a deep breath, and then buried his body in the soft gold velvet backrest with satisfaction, slowly brought it to his lips, and took a sip. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Hearing the chaos in the palace, the smile on his face continued to bloom, as if he was listening to a beautiful piece of music, and every note seeped into his heart. The more he listened to the smile on his face, the stronger he became, and he couldn't help but stand up, listening to the chaotic noise in the palace with a wine glass in his hand, and actually dancing in the cold west side hall.
His dancing is very beautiful, the beauty does not seem to be human, perhaps because of the dance, his originally fair face gushed out a touch of crimson, if people see, they will definitely think that he is a stunning woman in the world, although he has a height of more than two meters, but the slender and well-proportioned figure has no sense of disobedience, but also sets off a different kind of elegance and nobility.
When he was jumping, the door of the side hall was suddenly pushed open, and a soft footstep followed, he hurriedly stopped dancing, put the wine glass in his hand on the table, and then quickly sorted out his appearance, stepped forward to meet the footsteps of the comer, and then knelt down on one knee, lowered his handsome face, and asked very humbly: "Mother is well." β
The person who came just snorted, jumped over him, came to the front of the desk, glanced at it, and saw the silver wine glass, picked it up casually and sniffed it, and suddenly the brows of the person who came were furrowed.
"Did you do it?" There was already a bit of anger in his tone, and the man hurriedly replied: "In front of the mother, the son did not dare to hide it, and the son did do some tricks, but in the end it was the desire of the man's many sons to promote this, if the mother must blame me, then I have nothing to say." β
"How much of a involvement have you been in this?" the woman had sat down, but her face was still serious. "A few brothers came to me to discuss, so I gave random advice. "What are you pointing them to?" the woman pressed in. "I said that the man likes wine, especially when he is frustrated, wine is a good thing, but the man is stubborn and self-serving, and will not listen to persuasion, at this time, whoever tries to persuade him will leave a bad impression in his heart, and a bad impression will inevitably affect their future prospects, so they all choose to send wine to the past to show filial piety. β
"You didn't send it?" "I didn't!" "Really not?" the woman's anger was evidently rekindled, "How did I smell drunken dreams and death in his bedchamber?" The woman was not talking about human attitudes, but about a kind of wine, and this wine was the kind of wine that the man had just drunk.
This kind of wine also has a name called ghost brewing, is a specialty of the blood clan, because of the brewing method is mysterious, and the output is very small, so each cup is more expensive than a thousand gold, if anyone knows that he has just poured half a cup of drunken dreams on the ground, I am afraid that he will jump to his feet and scold him for being a loser.
But such a precious wine was an ordinary thing for him, and this stemmed from his identity, not because of his status as the second prince, but from the bloodline of his bloodline.
Speaking of his identity, it involves a period of Calais's biggest secret, and it is precisely because of this that his identity has become extremely embarrassing, and even few people in the palace know that he is such an existence, and only knows that the second prince of Calais has a weak temperament, and he only seeks knowledge, and he has no intention of political career and no military circles, and he just wants to live a dull life in the palace.
Even his brothers thought so, so in the days of Theodore's defeat and decadence, many brothers came to him to get an idea, in order to win the favor of his father and prepare for the future unification.
"Well, I guessed that there must be someone who would go to great lengths to buy rare wine in order to please that person, and I don't think it's surprising that this kind of wine can be bought. The second prince said with a slight mockery. But it is undeniable that what he said is absolutely possible, it is no secret that there are blood clans in Calais, so it is only natural that there are blood clans who can get ghost brew, and this kind of wine has been circulating among the nobles of Calais for a long time, but in very small quantities. Less means there are, and there are still things in this world that money can't buy? Yes, I'm afraid there aren't many.
The princes sent wine one after another, and Theodore was a good drinker, so there must be a comparison, so some people did not hesitate to buy this wine and then give it to Theodore, all of which made sense. But if anyone knows how this wine is brewed and what the consequences will be if you drink it excessively, I am afraid that it will smell of conspiracy.
Although this wine is a secret of the blood clan, as the second prince and the woman as the princess, they are all very clear. This wine is a medicinal wine, and the medicinal materials used are extremely valuable, which is the main reason for limiting its production. It took several years for the Blood Clan to prepare a batch of medicinal herbs and brew no more than ten barrels of Wraith Brew.
When the medicine was ready, they would choose twenty fifteen-year-old Terran boys and twenty men and twenty women, each of whom must be full of blood, and then tie them to the stone pillar opposite, and force them to take the medicine for a month.
Some people consciously become kings in illusions, some become a generation of giants, some become brave generals, some become magic masters, and the boy's dreams are all these things. And what girls think in their hearts is even more strange, some fantasize about becoming a queen and making all the people submit, some think that they are beautiful and shocking the world, and become a saint in the hearts of the world, but some will fantasize about becoming a housewife and living a quiet life of husband and children every day.
As the blood clan naturally has the means to monitor their illusions, once these banal fantasies are discovered, they will immediately discard, that is, kill them directly, and finally usually select ten pairs of men and women, when their blood is full of medicinal properties, they will be cruelly pumped out of a body of blood, poured into the barrel, and then after a long and complex brewing, it will finally become a ghost brew.
Because this wine is made of human blood, which is also a drug ingredient, coupled with the soul remnants of young men and women at the moment of death, after mixing and brewing, there are wonderful changes, so that the person who tastes this wine has a magical feeling, as long as you take a sip, it will be infinitely amplified at that time, and this effect can be controlled by yourself, for example, you are very sad now, when you drink the ghost brew, force yourself to think of a happy thing, then the wine reflects the happiness magnified countless times, and you forget all your troubles in an instantγ
But the only ones who can truly taste this wine are the Bloods, and only they have control over their souls, and even if they fall into a state of depression and misery, they will recover after a night's rest. It is not a big deal for other people to drink less, but once they get drunk, they are afraid that they will fall into a certain emotion forever and cannot extricate themselves.
The princess knew after a moment that this wine was indeed circulated among the nobles of Calais, and because the quantity was very small, it was even more mysterious. It is not uncommon for a prince to spend a lot of money to obtain this kind of wine, which is used to curry favor with his father, not to mention that the second prince is likely to use a little trick behind his back to let a certain prince happen to buy this wine.
If this is the case, then the second prince is really well-intentioned, and his intentions are only afraid and extremely unpredictable, it can be said that it is an exaggeration to kill the king, but no one can catch the real evidence, even if the princess knows it in her heart, can she announce this matter to the public?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but have a cold face: "Don't you really say anything to your good brothers who are drunk and dreaming of death?" "I seem to have said, but all alcohol is nothing more than making people drunk, but after being drunk, it may relieve worries or add sorrows, it all depends on the person who drinks, if this person is depressed, it is likely to be addicted to alcohol and cannot extricate himself, but even if this kind of person does not drink, he is afraid that he will not have the fighting spirit at all, and every day is just like drunkenness or sleepwalking. Although the second prince did not directly break the drunken dream of death, but his words made people think of this word, and when they thought of this word, they thought of this wine, not to mention that this wine is hard to find, which is suitable for the needs of this time, and there must be a prince who can think of it, but it makes the second prince appear more innocent, because he did not directly say this wine, as for who thought of buying it, it has nothing to do with him.
"Didn't you really do anything inside?" the princess was already in a loud voice, trying to force someone to find out, because she knew her son too well and understood the relationship between father and son.
"Do I need to do anything? What does it matter to me if the man is dead? Perhaps the only benefit of his death is that I no longer have to be trapped in this deserted western hall, and I no longer have to endure the cold words of others. The second prince looked very excited.
"Don't be that man all the time, he will be your father after all. Hearing this, the man's face couldn't help but froze, and then he was slightly distorted, "Father? Hahaha, where do I dare to be? He has never had a son like me." β
"Maybe everything is my fault, at the beginning, I shouldn't have γγγγγγ" The princess looked at her son's face, and couldn't help but feel sad, just imagine who doesn't feel sorry for their children, don't say that rich and noble families, even poor families usually take their children to offer the same as pearls, but the emperor's family, but because of the selfish desire for supreme rights, this affection is cold.
What's more, he is still a prince with blood blood? This identity cannot be revealed in front of others. For the existence of her blood princess, although it is already an open secret, there have long been rumors among the people of Calais, saying that several generations of kings are ** disciples, coveting the beauty of blood women, ** blood women have been accepted as princesses, but I have never heard of any princess giving birth to a prince, let alone a prince with blood blood in front of the public.
This is another old story related to Calais, when Calais and Omar fought for many years, although Calais always had the upper hand, but both sides were exhausted, and then Omar rose, but there was a variable of the Luna Kingdom, not only to Omar is a huge threat, Calais has also been hit by a lot, and even some old nobles in Calais have believed in the teachings of the Luna Kingdom, which has a tendency to split Calais.
In desperation, the two empires that had been hostile for many years joined forces and attacked the Luna Kingdom with thunder, but they didn't expect that in just a few years, the Luna Kingdom had accumulated such a deep strength, and the two countries were almost defeated, and finally the Temple of Light of Omar showed divine grace, and the Temple of Honor of Calais also had divine grace, but the scale was much smaller than that of Omar.
After the Calais royal family secretly compared their strength, they feared that Omar would point the finger at them after defeating the Luna Kingdom, and in desperation, they took the risk of activating the power of the blood clan and finally released this race that had been besieged for thousands of years.
With the help of the blood clan, they not only defeated the kingdom of the moon god, but also wiped out the kingdom of the orcs, annexed the vast and fertile land, and drove the remnants into the swamp, and the orcs became slaves of Calais.
Afterwards, the blood clan negotiated with Calais and asked Calais to divide a piece of land in the territory for them to live in, but Calais knew that once this opening was opened, he was afraid that it would be difficult to control the blood clan in the future, and the blood clan would not be as powerful as the Moon God Kingdom, it would only be more terrifying.
After intense discussions, the two sides only allowed a certain number of people from the Bloods to enter Calais for a certain period of time to purchase some of the necessities of the Bloods in order to improve the suffering lives of the Bloods. The Bloods were besieged in a bitter cold place called the Valley of Grudges, which was not only bitterly cold but also very barren, with little crop cultivation and a very slow reproduction of domestic animals, resulting in a population of the Bloods not only not increasing for thousands of years, but also greatly decreasing, when the population was less than one million.
If it weren't for their long life, the race would have been extinct, but Calais gave them the opportunity to reappear to the world. In order to ensure the validity of this contract, the blood clan proposed that a nobleman must enter Calais to listen to the government, but was sternly rejected by Calais, and finally after fierce debate, it was decided that every king should accept a noble beauty of the blood clan into **, so as to ensure that the blood clan can smoothly implement the contract and obtain a little meager benefit.
For such generations of kings, there are blood beauties entering the palace, but the royal family of Calais is also well aware of the intentions of the blood family, so several generations of kings have never been happy with the blood princess, let alone give birth to an heir, which is to prevent the blood of the blood clan from taking advantage of it.
The blood clan found that this strategy could not work, so they selected the most beautiful woman of the blood clan that year, and approached Theodore, who was still the prince, in advance, so that the two had a strong affection, just waiting for Theodore to successfully ascend the throne, the woman will successfully become the princess, the two have a deep emotional foundation, and it is logical to give birth to an heir.
This matter is completely a conspiracy, but the two of them did not know it from beginning to end, and the Blood Clan used a clever opportunity to create a chance encounter between the two, and asked Theodore to perform a scene of heroic rescue beauty, saving a Blood Beauty who was about to die in the mouth of the Demon Beast. Everything went quite smoothly, but there was a lot of change, because Theodore's acquaintance with the blood woman was known by the royal family, and he was almost deprived of the right to inherit, although in the end, after a hard and bloody struggle, he successfully ascended to the throne, but this has been more than ten years have passed.
In more than ten years, Theodore finally grew into a king, and finally understood the ruthlessness of the royal family towards him. But that beautiful figure has been deeply imprinted in his heart, so he can't let go, and finally after he succeeded to the throne for more than ten years, married the queen and gave birth to the eldest prince, he was finally able to overcome public opinion and marry his beloved woman. But for this reason, he still promised the royal family that he would never have children with her.
But everything is not up to him, how can the blood clan easily let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? The two lovers who have experienced many hardships are finally united, so that he can't help but be happy every day, and at this time, a pack of potions gave birth to the advent of a bitter prince, since the princess of the blood clan was pregnant, he banned ** and blocked the news. Therefore, the child was only said to have been born to a court maid after he was drunk, and since the princess of the blood clan had no children, he was given to her for foster care, which was very common among the nobles of Calais, and did not arouse the slightest suspicion at first.
When Theodore looked at the fair-skinned and handsome baby with a heroic aura, and seemed to see the shadow of his childhood in that face, how could he not cherish it? But when the prince was five years old, the blood blood line awakened, and because the princess was really inexperienced, and there were no blood elders by her side, a nightmare happened.
**More than ten palace maids serving the prince were sucked to death, which alarmed the entire court, Theodore had no choice but to block the news with ruthless means, but this smart and lovely prince became a nightmare in his heart, if it wasn't for his reluctance, he was afraid that he would have been killed in the first place. In the end, the prince was imprisoned in the west side hall, and legend has it that he had a strange disease, and the princess of the blood clan was almost thrown into the cold palace, and Theodore never survived again.
The days of the second prince passed day by day in loneliness, although the things of the year were very clean, but with the growth of the second prince, some strange phenomena still caused speculation in the palace, his bloodline was about to come out, but no one dared to declare it, and it became an open secret, so it was indispensable to hear the cold words in the palace.
And the most unacceptable thing for him is that Theodore, a loving father, suddenly became a demon king who imprisoned him, and since then he has almost never taken the initiative to visit him, even his mother rarely visits him, he seems to be a forgotten person, living in an inconspicuous corner of the secluded deep palace, resentment arises in the bottom of his heart, and grows up slowly with that young heart.
The princess will wash her face with tears every time she thinks of this, it is not her fault that she is a blood clan, and she herself is also very gentle and kind, she has never done anything to hurt others, but she has to endure so much suffering, her beloved is disheartened by herself, and her own flesh and blood cannot accompany her. And for so many years, the inner palace has never stopped fighting, and has repeatedly pointed the finger at her, making her accustomed to too many conspiracies, especially her embarrassing identity, which has made her taste too many vicious words.
She also has resentment in her heart, but her love for Theodore and her apology for the child have never changed, although she can't meet Theodore, but she still firmly believes that the other party has her own in her heart, but she doesn't want to cause more trouble, and estrangement is actually a helpless protection.
Although she can't accompany her son, she still tries her best to give him the best through her own efforts. Looking for the best exercises in the world for him, looking for a way to change the bloodline, she thought stupidly, maybe changing the bloodline of her son can change everything, she has always hoped that the two fathers and sons will have a day of reconciliation, but she didn't expect that what she was waiting for would be such an ending.
Watching his mother cry, the second prince's heart is also sour, so many years he knows his mother's love for him, but also knows the helplessness, in order for him to save his life, to be able to retain a peace in this deep palace, his mother does not know how much humiliation he endured, how much effort he made, this kindness he will always engrave in his heart. So he couldn't stand his mother's tears. Gently stepped forward and knelt down at her mother's knees, raised her hand to help her wipe away her tears: "Mother, no matter what the world becomes, I just ask you to be well!"