Chapter 244 [Unforcing Case] ​​(Two-in-One)!

(Two in one, six thousand words chapter)

For an emperor, the biggest problem is the heirs.

Especially for those emperors who have already achieved success.

It has been a year since Chen Daolin came to the Roland Empire. After this year, what he has contacted and heard and seen, the current emperor, his reputation is not bad, whether in the upper class of the empire or among the people.

The Roland Empire is currently in a long-term confrontation with the alien race, which means it has entered a relatively stable and peaceful development period. At this stage, although the emperor did not show much enterprising and ambition, nor did he make any achievements, he at least did a pretty good job in maintaining success.

Moreover, Chen Daolin noticed that the emperor was not unsuccessful. At least, he was very visionary about the development of the overseas province of Newhofen.

Governor Fritz, a new minister in the empire, was also promoted by this emperor. The governor did not disappoint the emperor's expectations and handled the chaotic situation of the smuggling in the province of Newhoven in an orderly manner, and the taxes were even more exponentially increased.

Now in the imperial capital, many people are optimistic about Governor Fritz, believing that with his ability and age, he should have a great chance to become the premier before retirement.

However, the biggest problem that troubles the emperor is the appointment of the crown prince!

The lack of children is the greatest fatal injury to the emperor!

In fact, the emperor also had children in his early years, but unfortunately he died at a young age.

Just a few years ago, His Majesty the Emperor encountered an accident and was accidentally injured during a hunting activity except for the exception. The injury is said to be a bit special, and he has lost his fertility since then.

The royal family has always been secretive about the emperor's injuries, so the people do not know much about the specific details of this matter. They only know that the emperor has never had any children, which is a major hidden danger to the empire.

Of course, those "real Augustines" have been fanning the flames in recent years, deliberately making many strange rumors and intentionally released, and they also had the intention to muddle the water and put pressure on the emperor.

But Chen Daolin is not sure what the truth is about this matter.

But it is obvious... the woman in front of me definitely knows the truth!

"If the truth was told, I'm afraid there would be no way to find out the truth." Du Weiwei's words were beyond Chen Daolin's expectations - she didn't even know it.

"Your Majesty's hunting and falling horses was very strange." Du Wei smiled bitterly, and then slowly began to tell:

"Our Majesty is not too addicted to women. He has always been interested in martial arts. He is the emperor's emperor, so he naturally has no chance to fight. Besides, the empire is currently in a confrontation with foreign races, and no one will rashly provoke a war. When His Majesty is idle, his biggest hobby is to take people on horseback hunting. Although he cannot really fight, leading a team to hunt some beasts is better than nothing.

Three years ago, His Majesty's only prince died unfortunately, at the age of eight. The pain of losing his son made His Majesty very sad for a while. During that time, it was said that he rarely saw the queen and others, just for fear of the sadness in his heart.

During that time, His Majesty devoted himself to hunting in mountains and rivers, and even neglected state affairs for a while.

And just half a year after His Majesty's prince died, such a big event happened.

His Majesty brought people out of the city to hunt, and the Gretan family was responsible for managing the royal hunting ground outside the city.

The Gretan family is also a royal family, and is considered a branch of relatives. What's more subtle is that they are the "real Augustines," a member of the group.

However, after two generations of emperors, the Gretan family gradually moved closer to the royal family and gradually became assimilated. In order to continue to win over other unstable "Augustines", the royal family also treated the Gretan family with special preferential treatment, intending to make them a typical example. What is the meaning? I think you should understand, that is, to let everyone else know: Look, as long as you come and move closer to me, you can live a good life.

This strategy cannot be said wrong, at least it was very successful at that time.

The Gretan family was deeply favored by the emperor, and many royal industries were left to them to manage, especially the royal hunting grounds on the outskirts of the city.

And during that hunting process, an accident occurred.

His Majesty accidentally fell off a horse during the hunting process and was seriously injured.

This incident was originally very strange, because His Majesty himself had good martial arts and excellent riding skills. The royal horses were strictly trained, so His Majesty himself was naturally the best and gentle horse to choose from in a thousand.

After investigation, a shocking result was found: His Majesty's mount was tampered with!"

"Have you touched your hands?" Chen Daolin took a breath.

"Yes, there is a poison needle hidden in the saddle. The poison needle is very exquisitely set and it is also very hidden. It is absolutely impossible to see on the outside. But as long as someone rides on it and runs on the horse, the needle will pierce into the horse's skin under the saddle. A special drug is placed on the needle. After this drug enters the horse's skin, it will make the horse crazy and can no longer control it."

When Chen Daolin heard this, he felt more and more confused and couldn't help but say, "Since these people have a way to get the poison needle on the saddle, why do they poison the horses? If you have this ability, just get a poison needle, and as soon as you run, you stab the emperor and poison him directly to death. Wouldn't that be the easiest?"

Speaking of this, he said again: "If you make such a move, even if you succeed, you will only cause the emperor to fall and get hurt. Of course, the emperor will be injured and lose his fertility due to it. This should be considered an accident? Otherwise, even if an ordinary person falls ten or eight times, it may not be so coincidental, and his life will be broken. I think there are too many loopholes in this statement and it really cannot stand the scrutiny."

Du Weiwei glanced at Chen Daolin and smiled faintly, "You are indeed a sensible person." Then her face suddenly turned red, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Who did you hear me? Who said the emperor fell, broke... broke...that thing."

Chen Daolin glared: "Huh? Isn't it?"

"Bah! Of course not." Du Weiwei bit her lips. Even though she was free and easy, she was still a girl after all. When talking about this topic, she couldn't help but blush and glared at Chen Daolin fiercely: "Let me tell you, this is strange here! The poison needle in the saddle is real, the poison needle makes the spur crazy, and the emperor is real because of this. But His Majesty was only injured and did not lose his fertility."

"Huh? Then why..." Chen Daolin said.

"Don't be so anxious, listen to me and finish talking to you slowly." Du Weiwei frowned.

Chen Daolin quickly closed his mouth and waited for the woman to speak honestly.

"When the incident happened, I also felt strange, how could His Majesty be dismissed? The guards on the spot stopped the Crazy Horse, checked His Majesty's saddle and found this mechanism. I know that after that, I also had the same idea as you: Since it was attacking His Majesty, why not kill directly? It took so much trouble and made such a big deal, was it just to make His Majesty fall?"

Then Du Weiwei's face gradually became gloomy: "However, what happened next became more and more difficult.

Your Majesty was traveling to hunt and fell off a horse, and the people were outside the city. He suffered external injuries at that time. He had to use medicine and treatment at that time. But he could not wait to be sent back to the imperial palace before he was treated. After all, it took half a day to return to the palace from the outskirts of the city, and Your Majesty was injured and bleeding. It would definitely not be possible to ride horses along the way.

There is naturally an open palace in the Royal Hunting Ground, and the accompanying people moved His Majesty to the open palace for treatment.

Then something strange happened.

Logically speaking, His Majesty went out to hunt and was free to the royal rules, and the accompanying personnel were all prepared. He went to the high-ranking guards, the Red Feather Cavalry, civil servants, the chief supervisor of the inner court, and the servants who served tea and water in the palace, and even the chefs were accompanied by a group of people.

But at that time, I searched all over the team, but found that there was no doctor brought!

This is weird!

Imagine how could the emperor have such mistakes when he is traveling? What's more, when he goes on a horse hunting trip, he will inevitably have some accidents when he dances with a knife and a gun. Not to mention falling down and falling, it is common to be scratched by a branch. How can a hunting team, the royal team not bring doctors with him?

But the emperor fell into a trap and was injured when he fell into a horse. There was no doctor in the team at that time!

However, at that time, the guards and generals and soldiers accompanied His Majesty, and he still had some experience in this kind of fall and injury.

Therefore, at that time, several guards from the Imperial Guards took action to help His Majesty rectify the injuries.

It is not surprising that a martial arts practitioner carries some ordinary medicine for fall and injury."

Speaking of this, Du Weiwei suddenly shut up without saying a word, without frowning slightly, and her expression was full of solemnity.

"………………… Then what?" Chen Daolin finally couldn't help asking.

"Then?" Du Weiwei smiled bitterly, "Then Your Majesty used the usual fall and wounding medicine sent by the guards."

“…and what?”

"And then, Your Majesty has not been able to give birth to a child for three years!"

Chen Daolin was stunned, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "How is this possible!!"

Du Weiwei spread her hands: "This is also something I can't figure out."

Then the woman sighed: "Your Majesty was injured when he was hunting. As a result, he returned to the palace. He was seriously ill that night. Many doctors in the palace were helpless, and even the palace magicians were helpless. Your Majesty was sick for a month and finally had a hemorrhage. Later, it was finally found that Your Majesty was infected with a strange poison, which invaded Your Majesty's body, especially the most important aspect of men. Your Majesty, he was fine, and he could still be humane after he recovered, but the ability to give birth was completely gone."

"This... is a hell." Chen Daolin glared: "How did the poison be put?"

"I don't know." Du Wei shook his head: "Everything has been checked. In addition to His Majesty's diet, the most suspicious thing at that time was the wounded medicine that he temporarily used for His Majesty at the hunting ground. However, the wounded medicine was taken out by the general of the Imperial Guard. The general was loyal to the emperor and would never have any unfair intentions. Moreover, the remaining medicines were also examined, so there was no problem!

What makes people most helpless is that the general of the Imperial Guard could not remove his suspicion even if the drug was found to be found. In desperation, he knelt outside the dormitory of His Majesty in the palace and committed suicide by slashing his own innocence."

"Is the injury medicine absolutely fine?" Chen Daolin asked.

"No problem." Du Weiwei said: "There are many people who check for the injury medicine. Doctor's magician, court wizard, and masters in my family have all seen the injury medicine. So many people have checked it and will never be tampered with it.

“What about the diet?”

"Of course I have also investigated it." Du Weiwei smiled bitterly: "The imperial chef of the palace who was traveling with the emperor was arrested and interrogated for ten days, but he could not find any results. His Majesty's diet and ingredients were thoroughly investigated, so there was no problem."

Chen Daolin thought about it and then thought: "It seems that the biggest doubt is the injury medicine! The emperor did not bring the imperial doctor in the palace when he was on his way. As a result, he wanted the emperor to use the ordinary injury medicine sent by his generals... No matter what, this is a doubt."

"You are right. The investigation afterwards also started from here. The person who was originally responsible for arranging all the affairs of His Majesty was naturally the head of the inner court, Pitt. But just a few days before His Majesty's trip to hunt, Pitt was sent out to handle other affairs by His Majesty. This was confirmed by His Majesty himself. In the days when Pitt was away, the person who was responsible for arranging His Majesty's affairs was a deputy minister of the court's internal affairs."

"This person is suspicious." Chen Daolin sighed.

"If you can be the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, you are naturally a trusted confidant of Your Majesty. Otherwise, you would never sit in such an important position. But it was because of his arrangement for Your Majesty to go on a hunting trip, and he actually did not arrange a doctor in the entourage of the team. This suspicion is enough to prevent him from being able to get rid of the suspicion."

"What then? This Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs must be in trouble."

Du Weiwei was silent for a while and nodded slowly: "He... His fate is indeed very miserable."

Then, Du Weiwei whispered in a solemn tone: "The Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs was imprisoned and severely interrogated and tortured. At the beginning, he refused to plead guilty and refused to deny it in every possible way. In the end, he was tortured one night but was seriously injured and died.

At that time, His Majesty knew that he was poisoned and could not have children for the rest of his life. His Majesty was furious and ordered the body of the Deputy Chief of Internal Affairs to be exposed to the city gate. It was not until many days later that body was gnawed by crows that it was only a skeleton left. His Majesty refused to spare him and sent someone to put the corpse in a cloth bag and throw it on the road, and then let hundreds of cavalry trample it back and forth, trampling it to pieces, and then ordered the bones to be crushed and ashes to be thrown into the Lancang Canal. It can be seen that His Majesty hated this person's poison!”

Chen Daolin couldn't help but feel clever when he heard this!

I never thought that the emperor who seemed kind-hearted and kind had such a cruel side.

"This matter is not over yet." Du Weiwei smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty has never had any descendants for three years. The important ministers of the Empire are worried. People keep seeing Your Majesty and want to make a crown prince quickly. Because the problem of Your Majesty having no descendants is a foregone conclusion, the originally stable government has gradually become chaotic. Regarding the issue of establishing a crown prince, there have been some very bad fluctuations, and many people have poured out of the water. You know, even wealthy families like the Liszt family have been involved.

Your Majesty always did not respond or make decisions about the matter of becoming a crown prince, and let the people below speculate and confuse.! At the beginning of this year, a big event happened."!

"event?"

"Gretan family." Du Wei smiled bitterly.

Chen Daolin suddenly remembered that on the first day he arrived in the imperial capital, he met Montoya and others on the street to assassinate the emperor, and deliberately took action under the name of the Gretan family.

"I just told you that the Gretan family was actually a member of the group who was attracted to me, and was also set up as a benchmark by His Majesty, and was extremely favorable. This is the meaning of buying horse bones with a wealth of money.

And just at the beginning of this year, a sensational news suddenly broke out.

It was not surprising that the Gretan family originally had some smuggling businesses in private, and even some banned things were sold to orcs. Many wealthy families in the empire do these businesses, and as long as they are not too much, they usually turn a blind eye.
To be continued...