"These unfilial sons. It is a misfortune for the family to try to kill me before I die, and to poison my food!" said the old lion king, very tired. About half a year ago, he suddenly found that his body was getting worse and worse for no reason, and he didn't care about it at first, he was not young after all. But as time passed, he found that instead of getting better, his body was getting worse and worse, and at the same time, his princes seemed to have some small movements. The emperor's instinct for many years told him that there must be some connection here, so he asked his subordinates to investigate secretly. This check frightened him, it turned out that his body had already been poisoned by the eldest prince. The cycle of this poison is outrageously long, it can be as long as 10 years. At first, this medicine will not be discovered, because it is harmless and odorless, and only in the ninth year of the drug will the power of this medicine slowly exert itself, but the symptoms are not obvious, but the body will feel a little tired and weak. Only in the last 1 month will the drug power fully explode, and all the organs of the body begin to fail rapidly, and finally the death is extremely tragic, the blood and organs all over the body are evaporated by the drug power, and all that is left is a dried corpse. This medicine also has a well-known name called 'Death's Sigh'.

When his subordinates brought the name of the great prince to him, he sat on the throne and aged a lot, and the anger and sorrow in his heart were entangled, and he casually interrupted the continuation of his subordinates' statements. interrupted his subordinate's statement because he also knew that it was impossible for only the eldest prince to participate in this matter, and for such a long time, it would definitely not work if there were no few internal responses, and letting him listen to it again would only make his heart more depressed and sad, so he simply replied 'I'm tired' and sent his subordinates away. A man sat in a daze in a huge palace, in which he did not know who else to believe. Thinking back on his life, how could he die so aggrieved, thinking about it, there was a sudden flash of inspiration, and there was one person who definitely did not participate in the inside story of these princes, that is, Wang Meng, who was wandering in a foreign land. So he sent his own right-hand man to look for him, and his own right-hand man was the Scar Man who appeared in the arena. After that, the scar man took Wang Meng back to the palace. When he arrived at the palace, Wang Meng relied on the intuition of a warrior to find that there were some abnormalities in the palace, and he couldn't tell what it was, but he could feel the tense atmosphere of the mountain rain coming and the wind filling the building, especially from the hurried conversations between several brothers, he could feel the impatience and uneasiness.

Wang Meng also felt that since he lived in the palace, there were often people sneaking into his courtyard to investigate, but he did not act rashly when he did not understand the situation clearly, and let these people come and go freely. But the strange thing is that Scar Man said that his father was looking for him, but after a few days, there was no news of him summoned, not even a meeting, until he got the news of Lotte and went to ask his father for his resignation, it was their first meeting. After meeting, they didn't communicate much, Wang Meng said strange in his heart and didn't think too much about it, and left the palace.

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"The emperor and the prince are gone, don't you tell him?" asked the scar man puzzled.

"The time is not yet ripe, it is very likely to scare him now, this time we are weak, it is not so easy to pass the throne to him smoothly, we must act cautiously, a little carelessness may lead to the loss of previous achievements. The Lion King smiled coldly and continued: "Hmph, I want to see who will kill the deer in the end, these people who dream of getting the throne, when they find out that the throne finally falls to Wang Meng, I don't know what their expressions will be, it must be very exciting." Unfortunately, I can't see their expressions. The lion king said.

"Your Majesty, don't say that, I will find famous doctors all over the world, there must be a way. ”

"Alright, you don't have to comfort me, I know my body, and when I know it's a 'sigh of death,' I know I'm hopeless. The 'Sigh of Death' is not in vain, and you won't know about the glorious achievements of the past. ”

"But...... You can't give up, can you?"

"I don't want to give up, I also want to teach Wang Meng how to govern the country. I owe him and his mother so much in my life, but what can I do? The lion king said regretfully: "In the future, I will have to trouble you to assist the prince." ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will do my best to help him. If anyone wants to touch him, they have to step over my corpse!"

"But Your Majesty, Wang Meng's trip is extremely dangerous, and it has not been a day or two since I heard that the multi-faceted country has planned this matter. Are you so relieved that he's going alone?"

"Young goshawks need to soar in the sky by themselves in order to exercise their wings. Otherwise, even if he grows into an eagle, he still won't be able to really fly, so how can he compete for domination of the vast sky?"

"Well, Weichen understands. But I mean, what if he is killed or injured in this battle? Isn't everything we have to do to be a flash in the pan?"

"That can only say that he is not fit for this throne. But don't worry, how could I let him die so easily? As early as when he was born, I asked the master of the Heavenly Machine Pavilion to tell him his fortune, saying that he had suffered a lot of hardships in his life. But as the so-called heaven will descend on the people, they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, and starve their bodies, so these childhood hardships will become the foreshadowing for him to become the king. Finally, the master said that the young goshawk is not suitable to grow under his wings all the time, and if he wants to conquer the sky, then he must suffer as a young man. ”

"Oh, so that's the case, no wonder he was sent out of the palace by you to experience at such a young age. ”

"Hey, I can't help it. Everywhere he went when he was young was based on the master's prompts, and from the time he entered the Sword Sect, his path to king was about to begin. ”

"There's nothing wrong with that master, right?"

"Don't talk nonsense, that's the master of my clan, and he will feel it when you mention him. Okay, I won't say more nonsense, you go down, there are still a lot of things you need to take care of. ”

Then Weichen retired first. With that, the scar man slowly withdrew from the palace and disappeared into the thick night. In fact, just now he wanted to say that Wang Meng's ambition for the prince did not seem to be here, but looking at the old and tired expression of the lion king, he never said this sentence, hoping that Wang Meng could understand his father's hard work.