When Minte was delivering medicine to Gale II, he heard the palace steward blocking Jada from the door for the thirteenth time. He looked at Gale II, who had no expression on his face and just handed over the potion. He handed the tall glass back and said lightly: "It doesn't seem to taste as bad as before."
"Your body has improved a lot, so I have reduced a few ingredients. What do you think of the effect?"
"It's not bad, but I often feel tired, probably because of my age."
"If you walk around outside more, you will get stronger soon." Minte put the cup back on the tray and noticed that Jada outside the door was not like she was at the beginning, always trying to persuade the manager to let him go. When I came in, it was completely silent. He had a slightly bad premonition. After checking that Gale II was in good mood, he asked cautiously: "Are you... angry with the Duke?"
Gale II was stunned, and said with a wry smile: "It's very childish, isn't it? I know in my heart that this is not good, but I still can't help being angry. It was obviously a decision made by me and him, but when I think of..." He could no longer As he continued speaking, he raised his hand to cover his forehead and turned his eyes to the mantelpiece next to him.
There is a small portrait there, which depicts him with his father, mother, and younger brother. This was a gift to his mother when he was young, and he drew it himself. When the palace steward was ordered by him to sort out the Queen Mother's belongings, he thoughtfully sent them over. He looked at them every day and felt extremely sad when he thought of the good times at that time.
Seeing that Gale II was once again immersed in memories, Minte had to quietly exit the room and close the door. When he saw the steward saluting him with a kind and respectful attitude, he nodded in greeting, but saw The other party winked and took his tray in his hand.
Minte followed the other person's line of sight and saw Jada standing at the other end of the corridor, quietly looking at the door at this end. His face was expressionless, but his eyes showed desire.
The attendants who walked quietly in the corridor kept looking at him. When they reached the corner, they couldn't help but gathered together and whispered. When they saw Mint staring at them, they immediately stopped talking and pretended to be busy wiping around. Or turn around and walk away. Seeing this situation, anyone can guess the object and content of their discussion.
Minte sighed, walked over and comforted: "Your Majesty is just confused for a moment. He is not really angry with you. Don't take it to heart."
Jada shook his head numbly: "No, His Majesty regarded me as the murderer, so he refused to forgive me." His eyes turned to Minte: "What about you? You, like others, think that I am the murderer of my uncle and cousin. ?Why did you come over here? Aren’t you afraid of being implicated by me?”
Minte sighed inwardly. I know he has probably suffered a lot of setbacks these days. That's why he said this. He said: "You ask this kind of question. Do you think I am a fool? His Majesty warned you before when he sent you to arrest people. When the situation has not stabilized, doing too much will affect your image. At that time, you I understand. How could you knowingly commit a crime? Besides, they are both under your supervision. If something goes wrong, you will be suspected first. You are not a fool. How could you make such a mistake?!"
Jada was startled. Staring at him strangely. He looked a little uncomfortable: "Am I wrong? And you also ridiculed Prince Mario that day. If you really wanted to kill him, you wouldn't do such unnecessary things. You have the upper hand. . Why do you still want to kill them? Even if you really want to kill them, you will only wait for the situation to calm down and then quietly deal with them! This way you won't let them die so violently!" Don't think he can't see it. . This young Duke is a silent and cunning landowner.
Jada grabbed his arms suddenly. Stare at him. But he didn't speak. He had pain in his arm. He asked inexplicably: "What are you doing? Even if I expose your cunning intentions, there is no need to break my arm, right?"
Jada suppressed her excitement: "You...you..." "Me what?" Minte blinked. Suddenly he looked behind him: "Miss Junia?"
Jada let go. Closed his eyes. Just turned around. Sure enough, he saw his fiancée standing timidly behind him. Looking at him with questioning eyes. Then he frowned: "Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to stay in the room as much as possible. Don't you want to run around?"
Junia glanced at Minter. Minte walked away a few steps very smartly. Suddenly, I became very interested in a big red rose bush outside the window.
Junia focused her eyes on her fiancé. Said: "I'm not running around, I just... want to help you..."
Jada smiled disapprovingly: "What can you help me with? Your Majesty has not even seen me and Sargent, how can he still see you? Go back quickly." After that, he pushed her away.
Junia took out a piccolo from her pocket unconvinced: "I know His Majesty is in a bad mood now. He once said that I play the flute very nicely. People who are in a bad mood will become happy when they hear it. I am playing here now. Flute, Your Majesty will definitely hear it. When he feels better and sees me, I will immediately beg him not to be angry with you, okay?"
Jada's face darkened: "Don't be ridiculous! His Majesty has just finished the funeral, so how can he be interested in listening to you playing the flute?! Whose bad idea?! Go back to your room and stay there, or you can go back to the castle!"
Junia's eyes were red after hearing his words, she bit her lip, stamped her feet, turned around and ran out of the palace gate. Shade, who was guarding the palace gate, saw this, called her twice, and chased her a few steps. He turned back to look at Jada, who waved helplessly, and then he chased after Junia.
Minte walked up and saw Jada looking like she had a headache, so she asked in a low voice: "Isn't this bad?"
"What's wrong? Junia has the temper of a little girl. Once she's angry, she'll be fine. Shade will coax her." Jada was more worried about other things. "I don't know if it was her own idea or if someone instigated her. If she really plays the flute here and disturbs His Majesty, others will definitely say that just after my uncle and cousin died, I couldn't wait to have fun and stimulate Your Majesty! You think, won't my situation be worse by then? Are you embarrassed?"
That's true... Minte thought for a moment and said, "If you had told Miss Junia properly just now, she wouldn't have been so aggrieved. In fact, you should have reminded her more."
"How can I be in the mood to coax her now? I need others to coax me!" Jada whispered, "Originally, I was worried that she would be unsafe outside the city, so I brought her in. Now those people are gone. For As a precaution, let her move back to the castle, this palace is too chaotic...not suitable for a girl like her."
Minte frowned: "Are you stupid? Rumors are flying everywhere now. You asked your fiancée to move out of the palace. Doesn't it make people more suspicious? And almost all your people are dispatched. There is no one in the castle to protect you, so you are not afraid of something happening to her. ? You can't send Shade there, right? Every time you make your fiancée angry, you ask Shade to comfort her. Isn't it too..." There was a pause. He thought about what words to use to describe it better.
Jada didn't take it to heart at all: "It's okay. The three of us grew up together. Junia is like our little sister. In fact, both of their fathers are my father's subordinates. Junia's father died to save my father." , my father once promised to take care of Junia for the rest of his life, and even made a marriage contract for us. Junia grew up in our family and was pampered since she was a child. She may be too pampered and not very sensible. In recent years, it has become more and more troublesome. Fortunately, she was willing to listen to Shade, so I wasn't so worried. As we were chatting, a group of people walked in at the palace gate. Minte recognized that the young man at the head wearing luxurious black mourning clothes was Prince Mario's second son Luther. Earl, he walked past them with a haughty look on his face. He only glanced at Jada from the corner of his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth, as if he was mocking.
Jada's face darkened, and she turned away and ignored them. Luther's entourage did not intend to let him go. They whispered to each other about how shameless Jada was after being "kicked out" several times. Fortunately, they still knew how to measure. He didn't dare to say it loudly, but Jada could still hear it clearly.
Luther stopped in front of the door of the king's room, turned around and said lightly to the entourage: "Gentlemen, be quiet." Seeing that everyone complied, he straightened his tie proudly, brushed his hair, Then he took out a small bottle and applied it twice on his eyes. His eyes immediately became red and swollen. He blinked. Squeezing out a few tears, he raised his chin to the stunned palace manager beside him: "Why don't you report it quickly? Your Majesty summoned me!"
Only then did the palace steward react and immediately went into the room to inform. After a while, he came out and asked Luther to come in. The latter smiled proudly at Jada, then put on a sad look and walked into the room.
Jada suddenly turned around and left, and Minte hurriedly followed him to persuade him: "This doesn't mean anything. You don't need to be angry for that kind of person."
Jada suddenly stopped. Turn your head. His eyes were like a black lake, without a trace of fluctuation: "I want to go practice sword skills. How about you practice two moves with me?"
"Huh?" Minte didn't react for a moment and agreed smoothly, "Hey."
It didn't take long for him to regret it. Jada seemed to have taken the wrong medicine and attacked desperately. He blocked left and right, and also became fierce, slashing back with great force. The ground sword prepared in the palace was not easy to use, and it was quickly cut by Jedda. It was about to break. Minte threw it away and formed his own unique reinforced ice sword to block Jeda. After slashing the ground knife, the other hand transformed into a dagger and stabbed his hand, knocking his weapon to the ground. He jumped a few steps away and cursed: "I am not your enemy. Why are you hacking me to death?!"
Jada gasped for air, and then she realized she was exhausted. She staggered to the wall, sat down, buried her head in her knees, and said nothing.
Minte knew that he must still be thinking about what happened just now, so he walked over to comfort him, but unexpectedly saw him suddenly raising his head and shouting "Uncle is a bastard!" He was startled and looked around reflexively. The sword training room was quiet except for them. The soldiers who were originally responsible for guarding were transferred elsewhere after two disturbances. Seeing that no one else heard this, Minte felt relieved. Looking at Jada's appearance, he couldn't help complaining: "What's your name? I was almost scared to death by you."
Jada stared straight at him: "Let me ask you, why did His Majesty do this to me? What did I do wrong? Does he think I am the kind of person who will do anything for power? You can all think of things that he has done since he was a child. Watching me grow up, how could I not think of it?! Could it be that he... is just using me? Now that I have no use value, he will kick me away, or even use me as a scapegoat?!"
Minte frowned: "What are you talking about? Your Majesty is not that kind of person."
Jada smiled bitterly: "That's right... He has always been gentle and kind... I have loved this uncle the most since I was a child. I almost regard him as my second father. If... if he really..." He buried his face in his hands, Lower your head.
Minte couldn't bear to see him like this and said coldly: "Okay, don't look pitiful. You are indeed a little unjust in this matter, but His Majesty doesn't regard you as a prisoner. He just feels uncomfortable." That's all. If you think about what you have done recently, you will know why he is angry."
"What have I done recently?" Jada wondered, "I have been following his orders recently. Whether it was quelling the rebellion, imprisoning Lawler, or apprehending Mario, what did I do wrong?" Thinking of this, He felt dissatisfied: "Humph, I've done so many things for him, and he still blames me. I'm obviously trying to help him! His so-called biological mother, biological brothers, and biological nephews all just want to steal his throne. , Force him to death! He doesn’t blame them, he blames me..."
The way he was chattering was very different from his usual air of dignity. When Minte saw it, he found it very cute. In fact, he was not much older than me, but he always put on a mature face, as if he was already thirty or forty years old.
Min Te slowed down and said: "You did do what His Majesty wanted. But didn't you notice? You acted very eagerly, too eagerly. I have heard about your father and know why you are so eager. . However, although those people are not very kind to His Majesty, they are his closest relatives after all. You must be so eager for revenge. What will Your Majesty think when you see it?"
how to think? Jada looked at Minte thoughtfully, and immediately understood what he meant, and jumped up: "I'll explain it right away!"
Minte grabbed him and said, "Explain what? Aren't you trying to get revenge? Don't be stupid. He knew it in his heart, but he just couldn't accept it emotionally. Besides, Prince Mario's death was too strange, so How did the fire start? How come no one noticed it? Prince Lawler was imprisoned. Why didn't anyone stop him when he hit his head? When the guards found him, he was already unconscious. All these prove that you did not take care of them. , If nothing happens to them, His Majesty will not blame you, but now that something has happened, he can only blame you."
Jada was discouraged: "Then how long will he continue to vent his anger?"
Min Te smiled: "Your Majesty is a very sensible person. Even if he gets angry, he won't really do anything to you. You'd better do your job well and don't let others catch you in your mistakes." He picked it up on the ground. The sword was returned to its original position: "You haven't been very focused on your work these two days, have you? I heard from the people below that you made a few small mistakes. Fortunately, they were corrected in time. Now go back to the front palace to handle government affairs. There are so many officials missing all of a sudden, and there is almost no one left to do anything. The remaining ministers are too busy to eat."
Speaking of eating, it seems to be dinner time now, right? Minte looked at the moon outside the window and was about to urge Jada to leave, but saw the unpredictable expression on his face: "What are you thinking about?"
"I'm thinking..." Jada said slowly, "If I go and cry to His Majesty and ask him to forgive my mistakes, he is the only relative I have. Please don't abandon me, and by the way, ask him to give me a fief, and then recommend him." What do you think about Luther becoming the crown prince?"
Minte stared at him for a while, then managed to say: "It's so fake, you don't have the acting skills."
"Really?" Jada smiled, "Then I have to think about how to be more sincere." After that, he strode out. Minte was stunned, and then hurriedly followed: "Hey..."
"What do you think about using raw garlic? But the smell may be too obvious. It's better to have something more natural. Ah... By the way, the ladies' little secret, I remember my mother used it when I was a child. Maybe I should talk to Mrs. Cole. Let’s talk.”
What does he want to do? Minte watched him angrily as he walked towards the king's palace. He only glanced at Luther who was walking in front of him. Ignoring the ash-headed but pretentious expression on his face, he walked straight in and found Mrs. Cole. He didn't know what they talked about. Waiting until he When he reappeared, his eyes were only slightly red, and you really couldn't tell unless you looked carefully.
Then, he held the palace steward and talked for a while, then he held the dinner plate and pretended to be the steward and entered. The latter watched helplessly and worriedly as he disappeared behind the door. He looked back at Minte, not knowing what to say.
An hour later, when Jada opened the door and came out with red and swollen eyes, there was a faint smile on her lips. He walked up to Min Te and said: "Uncle asked me to rearrange the palace guards tomorrow, and also said that the government affairs of the front palace will be temporarily handed over to me. When can he recover?"
"Probably... in another half a month." Minte hesitated, "Are you... done?"
Jada smiled and put on his confident "old face" again: "Minte, I will never forget you. You are my best friend in life!"
Minte was stunned, and suddenly felt that this title was a bit heavy. Was he involved too deeply? Perhaps, he should take out the information about Prince Lawlor's family as soon as possible and leave this place.
The next day, he asked for leave. The reason was that the medicine prepared for the king was almost used and needed to be prepared again. However, the people coming and going in the palace would disturb him, so it would be better to go home and prepare it quietly. . Privately, he said to Jedda that when he was not present, the work of serving the king and taking medicine would be done by the other party.
Jada immediately understood what he said, smiled gratefully, and said nothing.
When night fell, Minte, dressed in black, carefully avoided the whistle and arrived in front of Prince Lawlor's mansion. There were originally a large number of soldiers guarding this place. Since the death of the male master, half of the soldiers have been withdrawn. The prince and concubine returned directly to her parents' home after leaving the palace. Now only the housekeeper and servants live here. The master's living area is very quiet, with only a few Soldiers patrolled by.
Spotting the gap between the soldiers' patrols, Minte quickly sneaked under the main building complex, pried open the window and door, and climbed in silently.
At this time, in the palace, Jada, who was working overtime to handle official business, welcomed Sargent, who excitedly brought him good news: "We caught a female spy who was dancing at the Queen Mother's birthday party that day. The Weisha woman! She got a lot of information from getting close to Prince Lawlor, and we found a lot of good things in her!"
Jada looked through the information he sent and was also very surprised: "Okay... I didn't expect Lawler to hide so many things. I thought the prince's palace was burned down and the things were gone. With these, those secretly Don’t let any of the miscreants escape!”
As he was flipping through the pages, he suddenly thought: "Do you think... are there more valuable things in Lawler's house? It seems that we have never searched his house?"
Sargent immediately gave a military salute: "I will lead people to search tomorrow!"
"No!" Jada thought for a while and stopped him, "Go tonight and bring your trustworthy soldiers. I can't wait to see more of them soon." He smiled, with an unknown light flashing in his eyes. .
(^^b The Internet was suddenly disconnected. I finally connected it. I’ll find someone to fix it tomorrow! It’s past midnight today. I’m sorry...)