After Gale II discussed with Jada, the latter took out part of the potion and asked someone to test it. It was confirmed that it was not poisonous and had a certain resistance to some minor toxins.
Gale II was very happy and decided to take the medicine in the bottle as soon as possible, but he was a little worried about the fact that the user would fall asleep for a whole day: "If someone discovers it, I'm afraid it will cause chaos, right? The situation is getting increasingly unstable now." Be stable and don't let the news spread. In this day, the matter will be left to you. My child, don't let anyone outside know, and don't let the Queen Mother find out. Just think that I am tired and want to Take a day off, as long as you get through this day, you will be fine in the future.”
Jada solemnly agreed: "Please don't worry, I will stay here all day long and never let anyone enter your room!"
Gale II smiled and nodded: "Okay, after I wake up, if the medicine is really effective, the remaining half can be dedicated to the Queen Mother, and it is up to you to donate it, so that she will not always doubt you. "
Jada lowered his head, he knew what Gale II was referring to. During the coup that year, one of his uncles was accused of poisoning the Queen Mother and had Prince Mario execute him secretly. Therefore, the Queen Mother was even more unfavorable to people of his lineage. He could still enter and exit the palace and participate in political affairs with the appreciation of Gael II, but the other surviving uncle could only lie in his room in the decaying castle, enduring a life of semi-house arrest.
But... to be honest, he was very reluctant to donate the potion. The Queen Mother was too partial to Prince Lawler. She knew that her grandson had done many heinous bad things, but she still indulged him without principle, even He also prevented Gale II from teaching his nephew a lesson. If Lawler ten years ago was a good young man who was somewhat arrogant and willful but still smart, then now he is rotten from the inside to the outside. It is a shame to the Noga Kingdom to have such a prince!
Moreover, the Queen Mother's natal family was originally just an ordinary noble. But now they have a close relationship with Prince Mario and have become a dominant force in the north. It is said that they are still raising private troops in the territory. The economic artery of most of the northern territory is in their hands. The Queen Mother's brother and nephew not only forcibly robbed merchants' shops and civilian property, but also interfered with local affairs. Even nobles with lower titles than them were bullied by them. Many people have come to the capital to complain, but Prince Lawler sent people to suppress them. An unknown number of them were sunk into Lake Nomonka. If they continue to do evil, this country will be hopeless!
Therefore, Jie Da hesitated for a moment and said: "I took half of the potion and asked someone to try it before, but now it is less than two people. After you take it, there is not enough left for one dose, right? Then after the Queen Mother takes it, will the effect be compromised? ? I heard Minte say that each person can only take this medicine once in his life, and it will be ineffective if he takes it again. We might as well ask him what materials are needed to prepare this medicine. We will find a way to collect them all and ask his teacher to prepare a dose. Wouldn't it be better to offer it to the Queen Mother to drink? Gale thought for a while, smiled and said: "Then I'll do as you wish, and I'll leave the rest of the potion to you. "Jada looked at her uncle's smile, and somehow felt that he seemed to have read through her thoughts. She lowered her head with a slight blush and responded vaguely.
When he found Minte, Minte was counting the potion materials that had just been delivered. He heard from the person who bought the medicine: "All other materials can be bought, except for one called Oriental twenty-seed grass, which is available in almost all material stores." No one knew it, but later I found a big material store and they said they had just sold out and had to wait a few days. I saw that this material was marked as very important in your list. I waited there for three days before buying it back. Take a look, are there any missing ones?"
Minte glanced at it and said with a satisfied smile: "It's very complete. Thank you for your hard work." He looked up at Jada who came in and said, "What? Is something wrong?"
Jada waved the two people down, sat down and looked at the materials that filled most of the room, feeling a little dazed: "Do you need so much?"
"Just leave it alone. Who said that the land must be used by His Majesty when you buy it? You and Shade use the land for hemostatic medicine and antidote. It all depends on these materials."
Jada coughed lightly: "Speaking of the antidote. Your Majesty would like to ask your teacher what ingredients are needed for the medicine prepared by your teacher? We want to prepare a dose for the Queen Mother."
"Didn't I give two people a share of land?"
"This... because it's not enough to find someone to try the medicine... now."
Minter looked up at Jada. Suddenly he sighed and said: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? My uncle just left this morning. If he is still here, you can ask him to bring a letter to my teacher. And now there are so many materials. With these." There are only a dozen of the most precious medicinal materials left. We can gather them together. However, those medicinal materials are very difficult to find."
"If it's not easy to find, just look for it slowly." Jada said with a smile. "The most important thing is. You must use the best materials. This is dedicated to the Queen Mother."
Minte raised his eyebrows, looked at Jada's sincere expression, thought for a moment, and smiled: "I understand, don't worry."
Gale II decided on a date to take the medicine. In order to avoid trouble, he specifically chose the day when Prince Mario would go out of the city to inspect the military camp. The prince would be away for two days, while Prince Lawler would not enter the palace for the time being because his wife's birthday was approaching and a banquet was going to be held at home. If there is an urgent government matter, it will be handled by Jada, and other matters will be taken back to a back burner. He has been ill for many years and has been a little tired recently. If he takes a longer rest, he should not arouse suspicion.
On that day, Gael II sent his younger brother off in the morning and finished handling all the political affairs at hand. After dinner, he said that he was overworked and needed a rest, and ordered the palace manager not to allow anyone to disturb him. Just in case, he arranged for one of his most trusted palace physicians to wait with Minte in a nearby room. When all preparations were made, he took the potion and fell asleep.
Time passed minute by minute and second by second. Gale II snored slightly and fell into a deep sleep. Jada and the palace steward opened a crack in the door, looked at it, and then closed the door. The steward suddenly started crying: "Your Majesty, it's been a long time since you slept so well..."
"Shh!" Jada stopped his crying and pulled him a few steps away, "Calm down! It's only been a few hours, why are you crying?!"
The steward quickly took out his handkerchief and wiped his face, and bowed respectfully: "Sorry, I'm going to see how the arrangements are in other places." Then he quickly left. Jada exhaled and walked to the waiting room next to her. She saw Mint reading a book and the doctor. He had already dozed off in the corner, so he walked up to the former with a smile and asked in a low voice: "What are you looking at?"
Minte closed the book: "I picked up some customs and customs of your country from the bookshelf. How is your majesty?"
"Sleeping soundly." Jada looked at the sky and said, "It's almost dark. Is he feeling hungry?"
"We can't wake him up now. Let's ask someone to prepare more easy-to-digest food tomorrow. He will be hungry when we get here." Minte stood up, "I'll go over and take a look. Don't stay here all the time. Go to the office." Well, so as not to arouse suspicion."
Jada nodded with a smile and walked out. She didn't notice the two books in Mint's hands shaking slightly. Just disappeared.
After dinner, Jada sorted out the official documents and stretched. Then he walked back to the king's palace and saw Minte and the palace steward talking quietly. When they saw him, they made a sign that everything goes well. He breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward with a smile and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a "bang", which seemed to come from the southeast. The building on his feet shook, and a woman's scream came from all around.
"What happened?!" Jada was shocked and angry. Minte quickly ran to the window. Looking to the southeast, I saw a faint light on the mountain: "Is there anything special on the southeast mountain outside your city? Why does it seem to be on fire?"
Jada's face darkened, she ran to him and looked out the window, cursed secretly, and ran out quickly. An hour later, he came back and said, "It's okay, it was just an accident." He collapsed on the chair and seemed very tired.
Minte smiled and didn't ask any further questions. But I was secretly vigilant in my heart and determined to find out what was on the mountain!
There was a commotion outside the window, which seemed to be something happening in front of the palace, but it was far away and could not be heard clearly. Jada wailed in a low voice: "What's wrong?!" Minte glanced at the palace steward, who then glanced at the attendant outside the door. The attendant quickly ran out to inquire, and soon came back to report: " It was Prince Lawlor who brought people to enter the palace gate, saying that an accident occurred outside the city tonight. He was afraid that the Queen Mother would be frightened, so he came to accompany and comfort the Queen Mother. The person guarding the palace gate said that he could not be allowed in without permission. So there was a lot of noise. Woke up."
"That guy!" Jada just felt unlucky, stood up suddenly and walked out, "I'll stop him, you guys take care of this place!"
Before he walked out of the palace gate, he heard a group of people walking from the front to the back hill. Judging from the movement, it was obviously the people led by Prince Lawlor. Jada was furious now, and grabbed a soldier who was following those people far behind: "What is Sargent doing?! Doesn't he know that closing the palace door at night means that no one is allowed to enter or leave the place unless ordered by the king?" !”
"S-Captain Sargent is not here...he went to inspect the military camp with Prince Mario..." the soldier answered fearfully. Only then did Jada remember that in order to find out the situation in the military camp, he had made an appointment with Sargent a few days ago to arrange for him to follow Prince Mario. The person in charge in front of the palace now must be Sargent's deputy. Although this person is reliable, his status and qualifications are not very good, so it is difficult to stop Lawler. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but secretly sigh that he was unlucky.
The soldier glanced at him cautiously, and from the corner of his eyes he glanced at Prince Lawler and his party from time to time, "Your Excellency, Duke, the vice-captain asked me to follow His Royal Highness, you..."
Jada let him go and stood there for a while before turning back to the king's palace: "Ignore them, just don't let them in!"
However, things went against expectations. Less than half an hour later, Prince Lawler suddenly walked into the king's palace with a few attendants. He was somewhat surprised to see Jada: "Why are you still here? I thought you went back to your home. It’s over.”
"If Your Majesty wants me to do something, please let me stay in the palace overnight." Jedaphi said with a smile, "Why are you coming here so late? Your Majesty has already gone to bed."
"Oh?" Lawler raised his eyebrows, "The Queen Mother is very worried about His Majesty. She said that the noise just now was so loud that it must have disturbed His Majesty, so she asked me to come and see if His Majesty was frightened."
Jada smiled kindly, "The Queen Mother is really concerned about Your Majesty. Your Majesty is fine. Although you woke up just now, you have fallen asleep again. Just go back and please tell the Queen Mother that everything is fine here."
With a "squeak", the door of the antechamber opened at this moment, and the old doctor's head appeared in confusion. When he saw it was Prince Lawler, he was startled and hurriedly came out to say hello to him. Lawler became suspicious and asked in a long voice, "Why is the doctor here?"
"It's just a precaution." Minte walked out of the waiting room. After dozing off, the old doctor heard some noise outside and ran out to see. He was so fascinated by his book that he didn't stop him and had to run. Came out to help Jada: "After all, the loud noise just now was too shocking. We were worried that it would affect His Majesty's sleep, so we asked the doctor to come and accompany him."
Lawler was noncommittal and turned to Jada: "I want to see His Majesty." He started to walk towards the door.
Jada stepped forward to block his path: "No, your Majesty is already asleep. If you are awakened, it will be difficult to fall asleep again. You should be very clear, right? Your Majesty's poor sleep will affect your health. "
"The Queen Mother told me to make sure that Your Majesty is fine."
"Your Majesty is fine, but you will disturb him."
Seeing Jada repeatedly blocking him, Lawler became suspicious: "Just take a look outside the door, isn't that okay? You can't hide anything, right?"
Jada was still about to say something, but suddenly she felt Minte pull her secretly, paused, and did not stop her. Lawler opened the door and took a look inside, and saw that Gale II was indeed fast asleep. He was about to walk in again, but the door was closed by Minte: "His Royal Highness has already seen it, please don't disturb His Majesty anymore." Go to sleep."
Lawler glanced at him sideways, turned around and backed away. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, he knocked over a large vase on the wall. The vase fell to the ground and broke into pieces, making a loud noise.
Jada's face darkened: "Your Highness! Please keep quiet!" Lawler spread his hands and said innocently: "I didn't mean to do it." But he glanced in the direction of the door.
At this time, Minter had already entered the room, checked that Gale II had no signs of waking up, turned around and left the room, and met Lawler's thoughtful gaze. He hurriedly closed the door and shook his head at Jada. The latter breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his voice and said harshly: "You have seen everything you need to see, please leave!"
Lawler left with a smile. Jada and Minter were worried that he would have another follow-up, so they stayed on tenterhooks until dawn, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. The former smiled and said: "As long as you wait until noon, you will be fine. You have stayed up all night, are you tired? Why don't you take a rest first?"
Minte looked at the weather, nodded and went back to his room. He washed up a little and was about to take a nap when he heard someone talking loudly outside the door. He hurriedly went out to take a look and found that they were several elderly ministers. They clamored to see the king. Jedda explained that Gael II was too tired and was resting, so it was not convenient to see them. One of the ministers said: "Are you telling the truth? Duke Jedda, I heard that the king is seriously ill." , you are taking advantage of this opportunity to plot something evil. I didn’t believe it at first, but now it seems that I’m afraid there’s nothing wrong with it?!”
Jada was shocked: "Where did this rumor come from?! There is absolutely no such thing!"
"Then what's the matter with the sudden heightened security in the palace?! Also, a few of us stayed in the side hall on duty last night, so we didn't leave. This morning, all the ministers were not allowed to enter the palace. The guards guarding the palace gate The soldiers all said, this is your order, what’s going on?!”
"What?!"
(The so-called plan does not change quickly...)