The scene fell silent for a moment. Gale II struggled to get up and gasped: "I want... to see my mother..." Jada hurriedly supported him and walked out slowly. When the soldiers brought by Prince Lawler saw this, they wanted to use their swords to stop them, but were hesitant. When they heard Jedda's sharp whistle, the weapons in their hands were suddenly knocked to the ground. Dozens of fully armed guards I don't know when he appeared behind them and restrained them in the blink of an eye.
The ministers exclaimed again, and one of them trembled and asked: "Your Excellency, are you..."
Jada glanced at him lightly: "I won't fall down twice in the same place!" After saying that, she didn't even look at the ugly faces of some ministers, and directly supported Gale II and walked out. But the latter was weak and gasped for air as soon as he reached the door. Jada frowned and wanted to bend down to carry him, but Min pulled her back: "Leave it to me. You carry His Majesty on your back. It's too bumpy." ." As soon as he finished speaking, Minte used magic to make Gale II's body hang gently in the air, only half a foot above the ground, and he could move forward at normal speed without any effort.
Seeing them leaving the temporary palace, the ministers looked at each other. The three old ministers and some officials who had always been neutral quickly raised their legs to follow. Only the few who had just supported Prince Lawler the most actively were left. Looking at the detained soldiers and the guards' shining swords, I just feel a chill on my neck.
In the last palace coup, the captain of the guard and the soldiers who were exploited did not end well. The former even had his family silenced. How could they be so confused that they actually chose to support Prince Lawlor
When Minte followed Gale II and Jada to the Queen Mother's Palace, the place was already in chaos. The maids were scurrying around like headless flies, carrying water, quilts, towels, washbasins, smelling salts and other things with panic-stricken faces; the Queen Mother's usual palace physician was lying on the steps, motionless. The body was covered with blood and dust, and several large footprints were very obvious; several older maids were half fainted, and the other half were taking care of the fainted people, looking towards the Queen Mother's bedroom. Terrified.
In the bedroom, the prince and several older female family members cried non-stop. Prince Lawlor, on the other hand, hugged his grandmother's body tightly and screamed. He kept rubbing medicinal oil on her face and body, and gave her smelling salts. When he saw Gale II and others entering the door, he went crazy He rushed over and grabbed Mint: "You know how to detoxify, right?! You can cure her, right?! Come on! Come on!"
Minte was not careful for a moment, and the magic used on Gale II went out of control. Fortunately, Jada had quick eyesight and quick hands to hold the latter. Prince Lawlor seemed to only be able to see Minter, dragging him towards the Queen Mother. Minte glanced at Gale II and saw that he also looked anxious, so he immediately went over to check. He saw that the Queen Mother's face was black and blue, her lips were purple and black, and her body began to feel cold. She had obviously been dead for some time. He had no choice but to look back at Lawler with regret: "The Queen Mother has passed away." Looking at the originally arrogant old woman lying silently on the bed. Minte also felt a little uncomfortable.
"Nonsense! Grandma is not dead!" Lawler was furious, pushed him away, and kept rubbing his grandmother's body. He murmured, "Grandma, are you cold? It's warm. Wake up quickly. Wake up quickly..."
Gale II walked up tremblingly, stretched out his hand to touch his mother's face, closed his eyes, and shed tears: "Why...is this happening..."
Jada turned to ask the princes and concubines: "How did the Queen Mother get poisoned? What did she eat?!"
The princess immediately glanced at her husband in panic. Seeing that he ignored him. Then he said slowly: "I didn't eat anything... I just drank some hot milk tea... We all drank the same thing... She was tired today. She said she wanted to go to bed early. So we didn't chat with her..."
"It's you!" Lawler turned his head sharply. Pointing at Jada. "You did it! You were the only one who touched that pot of wine. You did it!" He rushed over and grabbed Jada's collar: "Why did you do this?! Why did you kill her!"
Jada grabbed his hand coldly. Shaking it away: "Even if you want to put the blame on me, you have to come up with a convincing explanation! It was obviously you who poured the wine for the Queen Mother, and then handed the jug to me. If the wine in that jug was It’s poisonous. You can only be the one who poisoned it! Don’t put the responsibility on others!”
Lawler gasped. Some people have no masters. He knew what Jada said was true. But that's no reason. He has obviously made arrangements... Could it be that...
He turned his attention to his wife. Then she turned to her stepmother behind her: "It's you. Right?! You are unwilling to let me become the crown prince. You want to kill grandma to attack me so that your son can become a prince. Right?!"
Prince Mario's second wife is a cowardly noble daughter. Upon hearing this. His eyes widened immediately. He shook his head and waved his hands in panic. But nothing could be said. Lawler saw this and became even more suspicious. He held her tightly and dragged her out. But he was stopped by Gale II's words: "Let go! Stop looking for scapegoats! You know in your heart who is the real murderer!"
Lawler was stunned for a moment and loosened his grip slightly. The princess immediately broke away from his clutches and ran far away. Several maids surrounded her and whispered comfort to her trembling body.
Gale II stroked his mother's cheek again, feeling sad: "The pot of wine you just mentioned...is the one you asked Jada to pour for me, right? Is that a poisonous place? You want to do something to me?" Poison, and then said it was Jetta who did it?" His expression was a little desolate, and he seemed very tired. Min Te frowned, took out a bottle of stamina potion and drank a few sips of it on him, only to see that his face looked better.
Lawler realized what he had just said, and immediately kept silent. The few ministers who followed him had already heard what he said and looked at him reproachfully. Seeing this, Jie Da snorted coldly: "What else do you have to say? The Queen Mother loves you so much, and you actually poisoned her to death? You also tried to poison His Majesty and put the blame on me. What is waiting for you will only be Fair trial!"
Lawler glared at him bitterly: "I didn't do that! Grandma... Grandma didn't poison me!"
"Then why do the Queen Mother and Your Majesty have the same symptoms of poisoning?" Minte interrupted. He had already asked the attendants around the Queen Mother.
Lawler kept silent and only stared at Jada and Minter with hatred in his eyes. After a while, he finally said: "You must have done something!"
Gale II didn't want to waste any more time, so he calmly ordered: "Let's escort him down." Several guards walked in outside the door, wanting to escort Lawler out. Lawler broke away from them and said viciously: "Don't think you won! My father is outside the city with an army of fifty thousand! They will enter the city soon. When the time comes, let's see who has the last laugh!"
Minter frowned and looked at Gale II with some worry. The latter looked calm and unmoved by the news. Jada, on the other hand, was slightly startled and quickly regained her composure.
Lawler thought that telling this would make them panic, but he was very surprised when he saw this: "You... why aren't you afraid?! That's an army of fifty thousand!"
"Even if it's one hundred thousand, we don't take it seriously." An old voice came from outside the door. Minte immediately remembered that this was the old man whom Gale II called his uncle. Then, he saw a thin old man with white hair walking in on crutches, followed by two young men.
The old man continued: "The head of the munitions department is my man. He has cut off the food supply to Mario's army, and no longer provides weapons, horses and equipment. Humph, let alone he only has 50,000 people, even if he has ten Ten thousand, two hundred thousand, hungry. No strength to attack the city!"
Lawler had been staring at the old man since he came in, his face getting paler and paler.
Jada felt a sense of joy in her heart. Added a few more words: "Moreover, once we announce the news that Prince Lawler poisoned the Queen Mother, how many of the 50,000 troops in the army are willing to continue to obey your father's orders? That is the Noga army, not the Mali army. Prince Ao’s private army!”
Lawler suddenly turned his head to glare at him, and Jada took another step forward without caring: "Even if they are still willing to obey your father, but...if Prince Mario knew that your son poisoned his biological mother, would he still be willing to do so?" Are you willing to stand up for you? Don’t forget, you still have three brothers!”
Lawler's face was as white as a dead man. His wife screamed next to him. After fainting, the maids were immediately in a mess. Only his stepmother's eyes were shining, she looked around, and then lowered her head.
Sargent appeared silently behind Gale II, lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, you have taken control of several dukes in Prince Mario's family, and have placed them in a safe place together with their female relatives, housekeepers and servants. The place. Several families who usually have close contact with them have also been invited to their homes to wait for your orders." Princess Mario also screamed when she heard this, rolled her eyes, and fainted.
No one paid attention to her. Gale II nodded slightly: "Okay." He waved his hand and said, "Take him down and don't lock him up together." Sargent responded and walked towards Lawler, who suddenly shouted: "Uncle! You got rid of us all because you want Jada to inherit your position? Let me tell you, he is not a good person. He will help you. He just wants to sit in that position!"
Gale II was expressionless: "I never care about the ambitions of the younger generations. As long as the ambition is beneficial to the country." He waved his hand again, and Sargent summoned several tall and strong guards. Surround Lawler. Lawler looked at him resentfully, then turned his attention to his long-dead grandmother. With red eyes, he left while being escorted by the guards.
Jada looked at his back and sneered, suddenly feeling something was wrong. She turned around and saw Gale II staring blankly at the Queen Mother's body. She didn't know what he was thinking, so she calmed down and walked over with her head lowered: "You Are you okay?"
Gale II shook his head and turned to the old man: "Thank you very much this time, uncle, but... I hope you can restrain your subordinates and avoid conflicts with Mario as much as possible. In any case, both sides are the army of our country. Once each other As an enemy…”
"You don't have to worry about this, Your Majesty." A young man next to the old man said, "We know what to do and we won't mess around."
The old man also nodded: "You don't have to worry that they will take the opportunity to seize control of the royal city. We have no interest in that. Mario's actions have had a bad impact on several large territories. We are taking action to protect our own interests. I won't hold you back." He glanced at the Queen Mother and sighed: "I didn't expect my sister-in-law to be like this. If she wasn't..."
Gale II raised his hand to stop him: "My mother has passed away, please don't blame her anymore." He turned to Jada: "I will leave the rest to you, just say it is my order, Queen Mother After passing away, let Prince Mario go back to the palace alone to attend the funeral." After a pause, "If you can't hurt him, don't hurt him, but if he refuses to compromise..." He sighed, "Everything... is based on the interests of the country."
Jada took the order and retreated, and Sargent hurriedly followed. Minte hesitated for a moment, stayed, and stayed with Gale II quietly.
The female relatives were all kicked out, and the ministers were all busy. Some went to report the news, some came up with a draft announcement for the public, some gathered together to discuss the next action, and some went home in panic to wait for the settlement. For a while, , there were only two living people and one corpse left in the bedroom.
After a while, Gale II woke up from the grief of losing his mother. He turned around and saw Minte and twitched his lips: "Good boy, it's late at night. You should go back and rest."
Minte shook his head: "It's you who should rest. Don't forget, you are still sick."
"Really?" Gale II suddenly felt tired, unable to hold on, so he leaned to one side and fell asleep.
Minte breathed a sigh of relief, quietly put away the needle in his hand, and waved to the door. The palace steward and Mrs. Cole walked in immediately, the latter still holding the king's cloak. They still used magic to send Gale II back to the king's palace, and the attendants in the queen mother's palace began to prepare for the funeral.
The next day, Minte woke up from a short sleep and learned the latest news: Prince Mario was furious after learning the news, brought four guards into the palace for the funeral, and cried loudly over the Queen Mother's body. field, and later went to see the eldest son who was imprisoned. It is said that he beat Lawler severely, beat his son half to death, and left the palace without seeing Gael II. Some people say that he once said harsh words about the direction of the palace, but for some reason, only two hours after returning home, he moved out of the prince's palace with simple luggage and lived in the military camp, but did not propose to take away his wife and several children. As for a younger son.
Among the original 50,000-strong army, three senior officers defected to the king's side, and two others were still waiting. Prince Mario's loyal subordinates kept encouraging him to teach the traitors a lesson, and at the same time communicated with the king and his supporters. The king's great lords came to have a tough fight, but he cursed those subordinates and drove them out of the door. He also threatened that if anyone said such words again, he would chop off their heads and send them to the palace.
Although Prince Mario showed great concessions, Jada was still uneasy and sent many people to monitor the military camp. However, the reported information showed that Prince Mario behaved normally and had no special behavior at all.
This made Jada very confused, and she always felt that this was not something Prince Mario would do. After hearing what he said, Minte sneered: "Aren't you just worried that he will rebel with his army? Then cut off all possibilities for him to rebel. Let him move out of the military camp and live somewhere else, and then put people who are loyal to him Officers were transferred from their original posts and dispersed to various places, or they were not allowed to continue to hold key positions. There are many ways, but what's the use of just worrying here?"
Jie Da laughed dumbly, turned around and gave some instructions to his subordinates. When he came back, his expression became much more relaxed: "How have you been these past two days, Your Majesty? Are you still in such a low mood?"
Min nodded. Gale II lost his closest relative again and had to take action against his only remaining brother. How could he feel better
"By the way." Minte suddenly remembered something, "Your Majesty said, since we did not make the pot of poisoned wine that day, and Lawler could not have poisoned the Queen Mother, then how did the Queen Mother get poisoned? It’s best to retrieve the remains of the hip flask, maybe we can find clues.”
Jada sighed: "How can it be that easy? I have already asked people to search at the bottom of the valley, and there are no fragments at all. There are still dozens of people looking there."
The people sent by Jada did not find the wine jug, but the wine jug mysteriously appeared in the main hall of the front palace the next morning.
(Sorry, it’s late again…>