(2-in-1 chapter)

The rain fell like a waterfall, the torrential rain had been falling in the royal city for several days, the sky was overcast and hazy, thunder sounded from time to time, the dense rain made the warm water lake a little turbulent, and the fragile plants in the garden were difficult to raise their heads under the pressure of the downpour.

In the King's office, Perseus was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window looking at the rain curtain in distraction, and it had been 7 days since he handed over the responsibility of Danyu City to Andrei.

Every day passes, the crisis of the beast disease intensifies, and the Crimson Church has sent people to urge it several times, and the danger period is imminent, and the cultivation of blood essence grass cannot be delayed.

Andre has also been busy in the past 7 days, this time he went to Danyu City not for tourism, but for pushing the executive order, and all aspects must be prepared before leaving.

Perseus knew it was a chore, very hot, and unpleasing to both sides, but among the people around him, only Andre was the most suitable.

First, it was his own son, who was trustworthy.

Second, Andrei has an excellent reputation among the people, and there is the least resistance to pushing the executive order.

It's just that as soon as the wheat stalks in the Danyu Plain are pulled out and the blood essence grass is a kind of grass, Andrei's reputation among the people will definitely be damaged.

Of course, Pertheus didn't want to see this scene, but now it was difficult to ride a tiger, and when the beast plague returned, the whole kingdom could only move forward, and there was no other way.

As for Andrei's reputational losses, let's compensate him later ...

While Pertheus was in a daze, Solandale was sitting next to him reading a book, and he didn't turn a page for more than ten minutes, obviously a little absent-minded.

She didn't directly participate in the meeting, and she didn't know the specific situation of Danyucheng, but she heard that things were not going well, and her father was always frowning these days, which made her more convinced of this fact.

However, there is nothing she can do, she is still too young to be able to help her father, and his father cannot leave the big things to her now.

What she can do is to bring food from home to her father every day, so that he can eat on time and not be tired, and then spend more time with him here to make him less lonely.

Solandale couldn't read the book, so she looked at Percius's back and whispered, "Father, my brother hasn't been home for seven days..."

Perseus was obviously distracted, and was silent for a long time before coming back to his senses: "Huh? What did you just say? ”

Solandale sighed lightly: "My brother hasn't been home for 7 days, I'm wondering, is he okay outside..."

Perseus said lightly: "Andre has a difficult task on his shoulders, he has to do a big thing that is enough to save the kingdom, I'm afraid it's not that he can't return home in the next two days, and he will be running outside for the next few months." ”

Solandale sat on the chair and dangled her calves, looking a little lost, and lowered her head and said, "Sometimes I often think that it would be nice if I could grow up faster, so that I could help my two older brothers carry the burden together and make them less tired." ”

Pertheus's heart warmed when he heard this, and he came over and touched Randel's little head, and said with a smile, "Children, don't worry about adults. Your task now is to study hard every day, have a happy childhood, and then grow up safely. ”

Solandelle smiled, stretched out his little thumb, and said quite meaningfully: "I will hook up with you, I will definitely study hard, absorb knowledge, and when I grow up, I will be your trusted helper like my two elder brothers." ”

Looking at his daughter's outstretched little thumb, Perseus only felt a sour nose.

This promise is impossible to fulfill...

At least for now, it's impossible...

Willingly or not, the day Solandale came of age, the day she left home to marry, she would become a political victim and be forced to sacrifice herself to the Crimson Church.

Perseus often thought that with her daughter's gentle character from an early age, when she learned of her fate, whether she wanted it or not, she would not show it on her face, and she would not cry and fight at her parents like other girls who were forced to marry.

She would only nod silently, bearing the fate of being born in the royal family, and even deliberately showed a bright smile on the day she left home, just to not worry her parents.

Sometimes, Persius really hopes that his daughter will not be so well-behaved, she should learn from Burton, be a little more temperamental, shout out if there is anything unpleasant, flip the table, smash the tea set, and vent her emotions, so that he can feel less guilt in his heart...

He can only comfort himself now that there are at least 3 years left, and there is still hope before the last moment.

Perseus steadied himself, and also stretched out his little thumb, revealing his father's unique kind smile: "I'll wait for you to grow up." ”

The little fingers of father and daughter hooked together, and they made heavy promises to each other, and the rain curtain in the sky seemed to be a little smaller...

But at that moment, the silence was broken by the sound of hurried footsteps.

"Bang." There was no knock on the door, and the door was pushed open.

Breaking into the King's office without permission is a serious crime in normal times, and no one dares to do it.

However, now the imperial guard who broke into the office seemed to have forgotten the rules, his armor was covered with water droplets, apparently running all the way from the rain, and his face was full of panic: "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness the Prince, he..."

It may be that he found that Solandale was also here, but the imperial guard did not say everything, but gave up his position and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, you come out with me first." ”

The imperial guard was in such a hurry that Pertheus secretly screamed in his heart, and hurriedly ran out and closed the door with his backhand.

Solandale is not a fool, the imperial guard just mentioned "His Royal Highness the Prince", coupled with that panicked look, it is likely that something happened to Andre's brother, where can she sit still, put the book on the table, and hurriedly followed.

Pertheus walked briskly through the hallway, frowning and asking, "What's going on?" ”

The imperial guard followed behind, his face pale, and he reported in a trembling voice: "His Royal Highness the Prince has been preparing for a trip to Danyu City in the past few days, meeting with many nobles, raising food in the name of the royal family, he has been busy day and night in order to raise as much as possible, and he hasn't closed his eyes for several days, just now he..."

The imperial guard did not dare to say any more when he said this, and in fact, there was no need for him to continue, and Pertheus saw the situation.

In the hall of the main hall in front, Andre was lying on a stretcher, and several royal ministers and palace doctors next to him were surrounded in a hurry.

Perseus hurriedly stepped forward, and when he saw Andre clearly, he suddenly choked for breath.

Andrei's current condition is more than "bad", he is slumped on the stretcher, his hands curled up uncontrollably, his body is constantly pumping, and his mouth is foaming like a dead fish, and his appearance is extremely terrifying.

"Brother!" When Pertheus was sluggish, Solandelle, who was following behind, was already crying in fright, and ran over to hug André tightly, but he didn't know what to do, so he could only cry helplessly.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, please get out of the way!" The healer pulled Solandale behind him, put his finger into Andre's mouth, allowing saliva and vomit to flow out to prevent it from blocking his airway, and then pressed the side of his face to the side, placing a cotton cloth between his teeth to protect his tongue.

Just as the doctor was taking first aid measures, Persius was already covered in cold sweat and asked the official who was kneeling and trembling next to him, "What's going on?!" ”

These officials, all of whom were Andre's assistants, were so frightened that they said in a trembling voice: "We... We don't know... His Royal Highness the Prince was just counting the borrowed food stamps, when suddenly his eyes fell to the ground..."

Burton had a temper burst, but now that the second brother suddenly fell ill, he was suddenly anxious, and carried an official into the air with one arm, and scolded: "Did you let him eat something wrong, causing him to be poisoned?!" ”

The official cried out, "Absolutely not! We ate and drank with His Royal Highness the Prince, and if someone poisoned the food, we should have been poisoned too..."

"Your Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, don't embarrass them, it's nothing to do with the food." The doctor pressed Andrei's face with one hand, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with the other, and said in a deep voice, "Judging from the symptoms, it should be an intracranial injury." ”

"Intracranial damage?!" Perthewston was stunned, "Andre has always been healthy, how could he suddenly be damaged in the skull?" ”

The doctor explained: "Intracranial injuries are not all congenital, but can also be caused by acquired factors, such as head trauma, or... Lack of rest for long periods of time, leading to intracranial hemorrhage..."

Bolton's arm shook vigorously and asked the official who was carrying it, "How long has it been since my second brother rested?!" ”

The official trembled and said, "Since 7 days ago, the second prince has been visiting the nobles in the royal city, contacting the major trading houses, buying grain and borrowing grain from them, just... I never closed my eyes..."

"you!" Bolton saw that the second brother was tired, but these officials and assistants were full of blood on their faces, and they looked very good, he couldn't get angry in his heart, and threw the person directly to the ground, smashed the other party's legs, and fell to the ground crying and wailing.

"Father... Father—" Suddenly, a weak murmur sounded.

Andrei seems to be showing signs of awakening, but his consciousness has not fully recovered, and he can't even open his eyes, just keep shouting "Father".

Pertheus hurriedly squatted down and put his hand on Andrei's shoulder: "Child..."

Andrei's body trembled, and it took almost all his strength to grab Perseus's hand, and handed over the thing that he had not let go of tightly in his hand: "Father... Grain... Food stamps..."

Persius took the stack of food stamps and looked at them blankly.

There are many kinds of these food stamps, some of which are the records of grain purchases by commercial houses, and some of which are the vouchers of nobles borrowing grain, adding up to hundreds of thousands of tons.

Such a huge amount was actually raised by Andre in 7 days, it is hard to imagine how many people he met in the past 7 days and how much effort he spent.

Andre was confused and said intermittently: "Father... Here it is... The food I raised for you... But... Danyu City... It's not enough... I'm sorry... I've let you down..."

In the middle of Andre's words, his already ugly face suddenly became even paler, his stomach twitched, he lay on the ground and vomited blood, and the whole person collapsed as if his backbone had been removed.

The healer knelt down in front of Perseus and said with a nervous expression: "Your Majesty, it is very dangerous to have an intracranial injury, His Royal Highness the Prince can no longer stay here, he must be sent to first aid immediately!" Otherwise... Otherwise, it will go on like this..."

Otherwise, if you continue like this, you will probably die... The healer really didn't dare to say the second half of the sentence, but presumably Perseus could understand it.

Looking at the son in front of him who had worked so hard for Danyu City that he was so tired that he vomited blood, Pertheus was already red-eyed, but the majesty of being a king made him unable to cry in public.

Perseus put his arm on Andrei's shoulder again and said heavily, "You've done enough, now go and rest at once." ”

"No... I can't yet... Fall..."Andre weakly propped himself on the ground with his hands, trying to struggle to get up, "Danyu City... There are so many people in Danyu City..."

"Rest, it's my father's order." Pertheus pressed Andre back and stroked his hair gently, "Take care of your illness and don't think about Danyu City anymore." By the time you recover, you'll find that all the problems have been solved, I assure you. ”

Andrei's consciousness was already very unclear, and he didn't even seem to hear Perseus's words, and he kept muttering "Danyu City" in his mouth, and was carried down by several healers.

After André was carried away, the atmosphere at the scene was very solemn, except for Solandale wiping tears and whimpering, no other sound could be heard.

Perseus covered his face with his hands and stood in silence, and after a long time, he silently called, "Burton." ”

"Father." Burton stepped forward.

Pertheus handed the blood-stained food stamps in his hand to Bolton, his eyes burning like fire: "Your brother is exhausted, you as a younger brother must stand up and finish the unfinished business for him." ”

Bolton is not an indecisive person, without any hesitation, he directly took the food stamp, and said heavily: "Leave it to me, father, let the second brother have a good rest, I will definitely complete the mission!" ”

"I believe in your decisiveness, but you are not as good as your brother in the world, and I don't ask you to learn to be tactful, you can just give full play to your strengths." After Perseus finished speaking, he looked at the imperial guards accompanying him, "Fetch my manuscript paper and laurel seal." ”

The imperial guard quickly brought over the two things, and took the pen very carefully.

However, Persius did not take the pen, but saw that he held a blank manuscript paper in his left hand and a laurel seal in his right hand, and directly stamped it on it, and handed it to Bolton.

Bolton looked at the blank content of the king's edict stamped with a laurel seal in his hand, and didn't quite understand what it meant, so he subconsciously asked, "Father?" ...”

Pertheus's expression was full of the majesty of the superior, and he said coldly: "To give you a blank oracle is to tell you - your words are my words, your orders are my orders, without exception - you can ignore the legal code and make any decision in Danyu City!" ”

"As long as you can plant the blood essence grass within the limited period, you will arrest and kill the officials and nobles there, and you don't need to ask for instructions or be responsible!"

Bolton, a fierce general who grew up in a military battalion, is most afraid of looking ahead and backward and restraining his hands and feet, but now with this blank hand, he is like a goshawk taking off in the air, and the dragon entering the sea, without any worries, he can completely let go of his hands and feet.

Bolton nodded heavily, turned away with a blank message, and left only four words: "Wait for my good news!" ”