Jeda shook his head and raised his chin towards several veteran ministers: "You go in, His Majesty is already awake." Several weak-footed ministers looked at each other and walked into the room cautiously. After a while, there was news There was a cry, and then they heard the voice of Gale II softly comforting them.
Minte frowned and looked at Jada who was gasping for air: "Did you wake him up? Where is the doctor?"
"The monsters were beaten to the bedside, and the old doctor was thrown out of the window before he could even scream. If His Majesty doesn't wake up, he will never wake up again!" Jada raised her sleeves to wipe her face, spat out blood, and fiercely He said authentically, "If I know who did it, I will definitely cut him into eighteen pieces!" A trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, and he took a step forward and stabbed a man with broken limbs by the window who was still struggling for life. The chest of the armored soldier who climbed in pushed him out of the window with his inertia. Looking at the soldiers who had gathered again in front of the palace gate, he shouted loudly: "If you think you are stronger than these monsters wearing iron armor, come on, I will never show mercy! Anyone who storms the king's palace is a rebel!"
The soldiers were moving and did not attack. The commander shouted hoarsely: "The ambitious man who wants to usurp the throne is clamoring. We must not let him succeed! For the sake of the king, go up!"
The soldiers still refused to come forward. The man erratically slashed the soldier closest to him with a knife and shouted: "What are you doing?! Do you want to be a traitor?! Aren't you afraid that your whole family will be..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a trumpet sound at the palace gate, three long and one short. After the soldiers heard it, they immediately lined up and ran towards the palace gate. Upon seeing this, the commander stepped forward to stop them, but was kicked away by one of the leading soldiers: "We don't know who you are, we only know that you must obey military orders!"
The man wanted to say something else, but he heard the sound of neat footsteps behind him, interspersed with the sound of horse hoofs. Looking back, he saw Sargent, the captain of the palace guard, leading dozens of cavalry and a large group of soldiers galloping from the direction of the palace gate. Come and quickly surround them. Another person ran towards the back mountain. Looking at Sargent's dark face, he couldn't help but feel weak, knowing that the plan had failed.
Sargent looked coldly at the embarrassed soldiers in front and said: "Put down your weapons and wait for trial. His Majesty the King will decide your punishment!"
The soldiers lowered their heads in frustration. Then some people made a sound of surprise, and others followed their gazes and saw Gale II standing proudly in front of the door of the king's palace, with Duke Jedda and several ministers behind him.
The rumor was instantly shattered.
Sargent quickly got off his horse and led a group of subordinates to Gale II. He bowed his head and bowed. The latter stretched out his hand to help him up and said calmly: "It's a pity that you came back in time. You and others will bring these things to you." Let the soldiers be imprisoned. Don’t make it too difficult for them, after all... they were just deceived."
Some defeated soldiers heard his words. They were all ashamed. When I think of the palace I just attacked. There is a king. I couldn't help but tremble with fear. He looked at the commander with resentment in his eyes. For yourself. For the sake of those companions who died in vain!
The commander changed from his previous decadence. He raised his head arrogantly: "Coward! Don't you even dare to attack the enemy? How can you establish our great Noga Empire?!" After speaking, he waved his hand. Has held a silver dagger. Sargent and others immediately drew out their swords nervously and were on guard.
Gale II raised his hands. Press down. The commotion at the scene immediately calmed down. He said to the man calmly: "The Great Noga Empire can't be established by relying only on swords and killing people. If you think this is true dedication to the country, then let me tell you. All you have done is destroy this country. It’s just pushing me into an abyss of more pain!”
The man laughed several times and said, "Nonsense!" Then he stabbed himself in the neck with a knife. collapsed.
Gale II looked at the man's body quietly. He told Sargent: "Put his body with the others. Take good care of it." Sargent lowered his head and responded.
Gale II looked up and looked inside and outside his palace. Rivers of blood flowed. The ground was full of corpses. Several curtains and window frames were still burning. Two window sills collapsed. Shards of glass and ceramics were everywhere. There are floor paintings on the walls. Several paintings were also stained and damaged. Just woke up. The world seems to have changed. He closed his eyes. He rubbed his brows. He was forcibly awakened before the time was up. He was still a little tired. What made him even more uncomfortable was the mental pain. The coup that year was a struggle between different political opinions and factions. So this time. It’s just bloody flesh and blood on the naked ground! Dear mother and brother. Is this what you want? !
When he opened his eyes again, Gale II's eyes had regained his composure. There was still a lot of aftermath work to be done, and he had no time to be sad.
Minte did not go out with the king. He stayed in the palace and patrolled everywhere. If he saw any armored soldiers still squirming, he would add a sword. He opened the helmets of several armored soldiers and found that they all had blue faces and a faint smell of **, which made him feel sick.
Before returning to the king's bedroom, the surviving attendants were already sorting and packing the king's luggage under the command of the palace steward. This palace has suffered such a disaster and may no longer be suitable for habitation in the short term. More than a dozen injured male and female attendants cried softly, briefly bandaged each other, and then went to look for their unfortunately deceased companions. The soldiers found the old doctor's body beside the flower bed outside the room window and moved it back into the house. This old man served the Noga royal family for decades, and finally gave his life for it.
Mrs. Cole covered her face and sobbed, took out her handkerchief and wiped the face of a dead girl. That was her niece, who had just turned eighteen. If she had known that something like this would happen, she would never have promised her brother to let her child enter the palace as a maid.
Minte walked gently to her side and took off the small pearl necklace from his hand. The surface of the white beads was stained with blood. He wiped it with the corner of his clothes. Seeing that he couldn't wipe it clean, he wanted to use some water. Magic, but I felt a wave of fatigue coming over me. The water elements gathered for a moment and then immediately dissipated. He had already spent too much magic power just now, and now he couldn't even use the simplest magic.
"It doesn't matter, just give it to me like this." Mrs. Cole found him and took the necklace with a forced smile, but it was more heartbreaking than crying. "My sister begged me for this at the Temple of Light in Xico. It was the archbishop who personally blessed the earthly relic... But I am too ungrateful. If I had recited the prayer earlier and taken out this necklace earlier, wouldn't this child have been able to..." She choked and couldn't help it anymore. Go on.
Min Te hurriedly said: "This is not your responsibility. On the contrary, it is because of you that so many of us were saved."
Mrs. Cole shook her head. Tears kept pouring out of her eyes. She wiped them with a handkerchief, but the blood stains on the handkerchief made her hands and face covered with blood stains. She looked at the handkerchief and the blood on her hands, then looked at her niece's face, and then again Crying bitterly.
Minte hurriedly took out his clean handkerchief and handed it over, whispering: "Please show your condolences." Looking at Mrs. Cole crying and looking at the tragic situation around him, the anger in his heart towards the murderer behind the scenes could not be extinguished.
Is it for his own power? Is it okay to sacrifice so many innocent people? !
The ministers who returned to the house talked around Gale II again, indicating that they were only misled by rumors and came to accuse the Duke of Jedda. But they were dissatisfied with the duke's rashness in letting the king take drugs with unknown effects. They believe that if the king had not been asleep, this disaster would not have happened in the first place, and Duke Jedda needs to bear some responsibility for it.
These ministers have always been at odds with Jedda, and among all the officials, they are the ones who hit him hardest. In the coup that year, they strongly supported Gael II's ascension to the throne, and believed that only Gael II's descendants could be called the legitimate heirs to the throne. Over the years, he has been advised to remarry a queen and have a son.
Gale II listened quietly, but there was a hint of impatience in his eyes. Jada stood in the corner, turned around and looked out the window at the soldiers cleaning up the battlefield. Her face was expressionless, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
Minte listened for a while and became angry when he heard a minister accusing Jada of deliberately concealing the truth. Blocking them from seeing the king and causing rumors to spread caused this turmoil, and when everyone was in danger, they couldn't bear it anymore. He suddenly remembered the strange fragrance he smelled before the attack, so he walked out of the door in three steps and ran towards the front palace, causing screams all the way.
Arriving at the side hall of the front palace, the house was in a mess. in the corner. The body of the murdered attendant had not yet been removed, and several soldiers came in and out. Search every room to see if anyone is still hiding. Minte went directly into the room where the officials were on duty at night, and saw a large brass vat used to light incense placed beside the fireplace. When he walked in, he saw that the vat was clean, without any trace of spices or sesame oil.
He felt a little strange. He glanced around and found another half-old copper vat in an inconspicuous corner behind the screen. There was a chip on the edge. The remaining spices in the vat were exactly what he smelled on the ministers. kind of. Looking at the remaining portion, if it is really burned, these old guys will probably become victims like the few attendants outside.
After finding a piece of paper and wrapping half a packet of spices, Minte ran back to the king's palace and directly asked the noisy ministers: "Did you light any incense last night?!"
Several ministers were a little annoyed when he interrupted, and said angrily: "No!" One of them, who had a good temper, added: "Last night, an attendant broke the incense jar, and I don't want to If you like the taste, ask them to change it.”
Minte sneered and put the things in front of them: "This is the spice found in the vat, it's the incense! Fortunately you didn't smell it for too long, otherwise, you would sleep to death in the front palace and be chopped down like the attendants. Split in half! You really have to thank Duke Jedda. If he hadn't caused those rumors, how could you have come here and avoided those armored soldiers?!"
The ministers looked at the half pack of spices, their faces turned pale, and they were still holding on: "It's impossible...why...why would those people..."
Jada sneered and walked over: "Don't you understand? You always like to go against me. As long as you die in the rebellion, those people can say that I killed you in revenge! As long as they attack If you get rid of both Your Majesty and me, you can say that I was the one who intended to rebel and killed Your Majesty! Then who else will stop them from seizing the highest power in this country?!"
The ministers stared at him with wide eyes. He smiled contemptuously, turned to Gale II and said: "Your Majesty, things are almost done here. Isn't it time to go find the chief of guards in the Queen Mother's palace? He? Since he is temporarily responsible for the defense work in the palace, he should have an explanation for how those monsters appeared, right?"
Gale II sighed, nodded, and turned around to go out with Jada, only to meet Sargent head-on, who reported bad news to them with a solemn expression.
Sargent came back after hearing the loud noise on the southeastern mountain last night and worried about something happening in the palace. However, Prince Mario also returned under the same name, and the latter also brought 50,000 yuan with him. The human army is currently stationed outside the city. The only thing that can give people some peace of mind is that this army has no sign of entering the city.
Jada's face was ashen, Gale II remained silent, and several ministers did not dare to speak anymore. Sargent waited for a while, and when no one responded, he whispered: "I think... His Royal Highness must be really worried about something happening in the palace, so he brought troops here. He seems... not aware that this will happen this morning. Something like that…”
Gale II's face looked better, but his worry did not diminish at all. Regardless of whether Prince Mario knew about the rebellion this morning, what decision would he make once he knew the truth? If he leads his troops to attack, who can resist
At this time, a man dressed as an attendant came outside the door. He looked around at the hustle and bustle. When he saw Gale II, he paused, then smiled and said, "It's great that your Majesty is safe. The Queen Mother is worried about you. Please go there with Duke Jedda." Turning his eyes, he turned his attention to Minte: "Also, please bring the doctor or pharmacist who has treated you recently. Wang The Queen Mother said she had something to ask them."
Gale II looked a little sad: "Minte, please go over, the old doctor...is no longer here..." Minte responded, feeling a little confused. What did the Queen Mother want to do by making such a fuss
The palace where the Queen Mother lives is located in the back mountain, about three to four hundred meters away from the king's palace. Due to the early death of Queen Gael II, Lawler, as a prince, was not the son of the king and did not live in the palace. The queen mother occupied the entire harem. The architecture and decoration style here are very different from the Noga Palace that Minte has seen.
The house is entirely built of white marble. It is not as solemn as other palaces, but it is not as magnificent as the palaces in Shaonan and East. The garden is very large, with flowers everywhere. There are seven or eight corridors running through the garden. There are countless white marble pillars standing there. There are golden brown rhombus patterns on the pillar bases. The walls, door frames and window sills are also made of matte gold. se’s lacquer depicts delicate patterns…
On the way to the palace where the Queen Mother is, you have to pass through a long corridor. On both sides of the corridor are twenty or thirty beautiful girls, all with slender figures, wearing round-neck, sleeveless, high-waisted and pleated dresses made of fine white linen gauze. She wears a long skirt, a slanted shawl made of colorful damask produced in Shaonan, a silk round hat on her head, and more than a dozen strings of beads and jade hanging down, which jingle when the wind blows.
They bowed respectfully and saluted, but their eyes couldn't help but glance at their group. When they saw the large group of soldiers following behind them, they couldn't help but feel panicked and let out a soft cry. Some of the soldiers couldn't help but stare at them, and they stared back half-annoyed. A soldier chuckled, but Sargent turned his head and glanced sideways before regaining his composure.
Minte walked past the girls expressionlessly and saw that the railings and embroidery piers where they were sitting were covered with rubber balls, flower baskets, toys and other objects, as well as a few cats taking a nap lazily in the sun. .
He suddenly felt ridiculous. Looking at this scene, who would have thought that an hour ago, a bloody battle took place less than 300 meters away, in which nearly a hundred people died tragically, and the bodies are still piled up where they were. land! The smell of blood can be smelled even in this courtyard filled with birds and flowers!
(There are internal and external troubles. How will this turmoil end? I seem to have forgotten something very important this month...Everyone, a certain L would say shamelessly, please vote for me more. Pink votes, all votes.)