Chapter 200: Rupture
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's time to take your medicine. "Shangri City, in the royal castle, a court priest shook gently, and Coro XVII was sleeping.
"Oh, let it go. Corot XVII opened his eyes slightly, and said weakly.
The court priest sighed softly with a sad look on his face, and crept out of the room.
"High priest, how is Your Majesty?" the Minister of Rites hurriedly greeted him and asked softly.
The palace priest pondered a little, shook his head, and said, "Your Majesty's condition is getting worse and worse, I'm afraid I can't stand it this month." β
Everyone was shocked, their faces were full of sorrow, whether it was true or not, they should show such an expression at this time.
"And what is Your Majesty's will?" asked the Minister of War, Ferson Jowell, in a deep voice.
"Not yet. β
"However, the eldest prince is the most filial, at this time in the imperial capital presided over the appropriate size, and you look at the other princes, they all feel that Shangri City is flocking, and they want to shout to see Your Majesty all day long...... Hey, this comparison, it is still the eldest prince who makes His Majesty the most relieved. An old minister sighed.
"I don't see it, anyone with a discerning eye knows that Your Majesty is planning to support the eleventh prince. Another old minister said in a contrarian tone.
At the moment, Coro XVII's illness is getting worse and worse, forcing everyone to stand in line, and cannot be in a wait-and-see situation, the vast majority of people support the eldest prince, and some support the eleventh prince.
Now, only these two people are the most likely to inherit the throne.
The eldest prince is calm, mediocre, honest and easy to control, while the eleventh prince is comfortable, lustful, mediocre and difficult to control.
These two princes are the most suitable candidates to be kings now, and one of the two of them becoming a king can at least ensure the internal and external stability of the Koro Empire, and there is no danger of destroying the country or destroying the country.
When I walked out of the royal castle in Shangri City, all the officials and nobles were clearly divided into two teams, and the classes that were still watching and not helping each other were all inherited noble families with deep roots and great influence. No matter which prince succeeds to the throne, he must be wooed in every way.
"I heard...... Tiran is pregnant with a wild seed in her belly?" asked Corot XVII weakly in the royal castle.
The high priest of the palace waited aside, muttering for a while. Nodding.
"Ahem......" Koro XVII coughed violently a few times, and the court priest on the side hurriedly fed him a bottle of potion.
"I know, ahem...... You're all worried about my illness and don't want me to know, but I'm still the ruler of this empire. I hope you don't hide it from me, after all, the people I trust the most now are you court worshippers and elders. "Like an old, sickly lion, Colo XVII is paralyzed in a wheelchair, his head gray and his skin is shriveling.
The palace priest felt a pain in his heart, and said softly: "How can your great majesty be struck down by illness? β
Corot XVII squinted a little tiredly, a little later. He said: "Take a document, and then take my jade seal, I want to write a letter to Li Jun myself." β
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"Count Li Jun, this is a letter written to you by His Majesty, you take it, and I will leave. Thomas, the head of the mission who had fought side by side with Li Jun and "together" eliminated Rusif, came to the city of Edberet under the protection of a team of royal knights and personally handed Li Jun a letter of state.
"Why are the Thomas brothers in such a hurry, let's have a meal and then leave?" Li Jun said quickly.
Thomas sighed softly. Said helplessly: "Dear Earl, it is really a great majesty, he does not wait for anyone." β
Thomas glanced left and right, took Li Jun's arm, and walked to a place where no one was. He lowered his voice and said, "Now that Your Majesty is seriously ill, the palace priest said that our great Majesty Corot XVII, I'm afraid he won't be able to survive this month...... I'm afraid I'll be too late to go back, and I won't even be able to see His Majesty for the last time. β
Li Jun was taken aback, he got Zack's intelligence. I already knew the news that Coro XVII was critically ill, and he should have been one of the first outsiders to know the news, but he didn't expect that he was critically ill so quickly, and I remember that when I saw him a few years ago, he was still so majestic and healthy......
The years are not forgiving.
"Now, then, His Majesty, can he issue an order to determine the heir?" Li Jun asked.
Thomas shook his head and said, "No, who knows what His Majesty has in mind...... But now, only the eldest prince is there in the imperial capital, and the rest of the princes are staying in Shangri City, waiting for the new king to ascend the throne. β
Li Jun's eyes flashed, and he had an answer in his heart.
The old king is critically ill, how can a prince leave his father's eyes, thousands of miles away?
Since Koro XVII planned to recuperate in Shangri City, the power organs of the whole country have temporarily moved to Shangri City, and the generals of the two major military villages that protect the imperial capital have also come here.
Moreover, Shangri City extends in all directions, is located in a rich land, there are a lot of food, weapons, and gold coins, which are incomparably abundant, and the imperial capital is heavily guarded in all directions, forming a line of defense to protect the imperial capital......
The new king will take over the crown from Coro XVII in Shangri City and be crowned Coro XVIII!
And the eldest prince...... Either he was imprisoned, or he was seized of his power, and he was sent to be a free prince, or ...... Directly executed!
The opinions of the old ministers are undoubtedly very important, especially those aristocratic families that have been inherited for hundreds or even thousands of years, and the will cannot be ignored.
Most people supported the eldest prince, forcing Corot XVII, the ruler of the empire, to be cautious, transferred the eldest prince to the imperial capital, planted heavy troops around the imperial capital, and changed the defense, and sent his henchmen to serve as inspectors, just to prevent the eldest prince from rebelling and rebelling.
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In Edbelay City, the only castle, Li Jun was lying on a rocking chair, with a lazy little white fox lying on his stomach, squinting his eyes, and swaying with the chair, he sighed again and again, which was extremely cute.
Li Jun nibbled on melons and fruits while looking at the letter that Koro XVII had written to him.
In the eyes of many people, this is undoubtedly very disrespectful, but for Li Jun, he has not respected and surrendered to the black-hearted old king for a day.
"Dear Li Jun, since I heard all the dirty things about my naughty daughter, I am deeply saddened that the dignified princess of the empire actually had 'sex' and 'fornication' with a man behind her husband's back, and conceived his wild seed! If it weren't for Qili telling me, I would still be in the dark (a bit of a blame for Li Jun), I know that during my serious illness, my princes were very unstable one by one, coveting my throne, but I don't blame them, because I also coveted my father's throne at the beginning, all of this is a fixed thing that every royal must repeat, I have ordered Qili to kill the wild seed in Tilan's belly, when the new king ascends the throne, I hope you Li Jun can assist you wholeheartedly......"
Thousands of words were sprinkled throughout the article, and there was nothing of nutritional value, Li Jun threw it away casually, hugged Jiu'er, and nibbled on a fresh melon and fruit.
Jiu'er stretched her waist comfortably, rolled in Li Jun's arms, and her long white tail was casually placed in front of Li Jun's nose, squinting her eyes, as if she had fallen asleep again.
"Lazy fox, be careful to get fat and eat you. Li Jun pulled Jiu'er's tail and said with a smile.
Corot XVII is very dark-hearted, but he is very inaccurate in terms of looking at people, such as palace strife, coup d'Γ©tat in the imperial capital, rebellion in the border area, etc., if it weren't for a specially trained court elder and worship group, even the palace would be full of murderous opportunities, and he couldn't sleep well.
He thought that he controlled Li Jun, first promoted, then exiled, and then promoted, and gave his most beautiful daughter to Li Jun as his wife.
The combination of rigidity and softness, and the gift of title, prestige, and daughter, but after all, he failed to win Li Jun over and have the same heart with him.
Like many old ministers, Li Jun also likes the big prince who is easy to control, this eldest prince Li Jun has been in contact with a few times, giving people a very honest and gentle feeling, and there is a secret agreement between the two, it is much more cost-effective to support him than to support the eleventh prince.
Although Corot XVII did not specify in his letter who he would appoint as the new king, one thing is certain: the eldest prince has no chance.
Li Jun groaned for a while, called out to a winged bird, tied the letter to its leg, and flew towards the direction of the intelligence agency secretly set up by the bird hall in the imperial capital.
A few days later, the eldest prince received the letter, and that night a cry of anguish rang out, and all the maids were terrified.
"The throne is mine! If I can't grab it, I'll !!die," the eldest prince said to his confidants with scarlet eyes.
Li Jun wrote another letter, and this one was addressed to his old friend, the Holy Maiden of the Church of Light, Her Excellency Angela.
The covenant between the two should still count, Li Jun has not bothered her in the past few years, and she is a little reluctant to go, in the first half of the letter, a few polite words, a greeting greeting, and then the topic immediately changed, let her use the relationship and power of the church...... Support the eldest prince to ascend the throne.
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"You've always been an unstable person," Angela, who was worshipping the goddess in a church, muttered when she suddenly received the letter.
Angela is undoubtedly more beautiful than a few years ago, and the years have not left the slightest trace on her face...... In addition to a little more charm and a little less green.
A new Pope candidate has been chosen, a peerless genius who is proficient in the eight lines of magic!
You must know that the most terrifying genius in the history of the Canaan Continent, and the best Pope of the Light Church of the Canaan Continent who is proficient in the ten systems of magic, is also slightly inferior to him at this age!
Is the new and strongest pope about to be born?
...... Khambis Shkwi Khan, this is the name of a pope who everyone thinks is destined to write a new legend! )