The next day, the King's Palace.

Sunlight streams in through the windows and into the bedrooms.

On the bed in the bedroom, King Donus fell asleep under a thin quilt.

In the middle of the ring, Donus opened his eyes and stared blankly at the top of the bedroom, his eyes occasionally rounded. After a long time, his consciousness was a little clear, and he turned his head to look to the side, and Steward Delong was standing, and asked in a hoarse voice, "William...... And Richard, are you coming?"

"It's all here, and I've been waiting outside for a while, Your Majesty. Delon replied in a whisper.

"Hmm. Donus closed his eyes as he listened, as if he had fallen asleep again. After a long time, he reopened his eyes, sat up from the bed little by little, and said to Delong, "Call them in." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. DeLong immediately walked briskly towards the bedroom door, and returned a moment later, the two princes following behind.

At the forefront was the eldest prince William, dressed in ordinary attire without any sense of flamboyance. With sadness in his eyes, he walked a few quick steps to Donnas's bedside, half-knelt down, and greeted in a loud voice: "Father, are you better?"

Richard walked calmly behind, without any fluctuations on his face, and walked closer to look at King Donnas, and said without any emotion: "Hello, Your Majesty Donus, Dear Father." ”

"Ahem!" Donus coughed a few times, his face looked much worse than it was more than a month ago, first grabbed William's hand and patted it, then looked at Richard and said, "You...... Do you hate me so much, you need to remember what happened three years ago for so long?"

"Don't dare. ”

"Alas. Donus sighed, and said helplessly, "You can pour me a glass of wine, and then stand with your brother William, and I'll talk to you two." ”

Richard's eyes flashed, but he didn't say anything, and walked to the side of the bedroom, took out a glass and poured half a glass of wine into it. The sun shone in through the window, and some fine black particles inside the glass swirled and sank to the bottom.

Richard walked over to Donus with his wine glass, and saw that the other party stretched out his hand, the skin on his arm was extremely dark, as if it was pigmented, and the palm of his hand was a bulge the size of a corn kernel.

As the hand is raised, the color of the whole hand changes from dark to pale, then purple, then flushed, and finally returns to its original dark color, which is typical of Raynaud's syndrome.

Seeing that all the black particles in the glass were sinking to the bottom, Richard handed the wine glass to the other party's hand and said loudly: "It's better for you to drink less of this wine, my respected father!"

William turned his head at this time and said a little strangely: "Brother, what do you say? My father is sick and has great pain all over his body, so he can only rely on wine to relieve it, how can he drink less?"

Indeed, William was right. Donus said, holding the glass to his lips, taking a big sip, and reluctantly, "Without this wine, I wouldn't be able to endure it for a day." ”

Richard stopped talking, just shook his head slightly.

Donus picked up the wine glass again, drank the wine in a big gulp, and his face improved slightly, because of the paralysis of alcohol, his spirit was much better. Looking at William and Richard, he said, "I thought I would survive this winter, but I've been getting sicker and sicker lately, and it's likely that I'm going to see your mothers early." I have called you here today to tell you something.

Although the Blue Lion Kingdom is not large and has a population of only a few hundred thousand, it is a country after all. So, I want to put it in the hands of someone who is qualified, and that is William. Of course, I don't think Richard is bad at you...... Ahem...... But that's obviously not your interest.

So, this fall, when the birch forests outside the city are all yellow, I will go out of the city, move there, and die there, and be buried there. At that time, William will succeed me to the throne. Richard, you'll be made Grand Duke and have a large territory. As long as you don't get your brother in trouble, you'll live in peace forever. ”

Raising his hand to stop William's movement to speak, Donus closed his eyes, gathered his energy again, and said slowly: "Don't refuse, this is what I have decided." In any case, I hope that both of you will be able to live well and maintain this country well after I die. In addition......"

......

Half a bell later, the two princes, William and Richard, walked out of the palace after listening to King Donus's last words.

Outside the palace, the guards of the two waited for a long time, and hurriedly followed, and immediately the two of them became two teams.

"Da da da", footsteps sounded in the square in front of the palace, and the two teams walked silently, came to the end, and walked in the opposite direction to the left and right. Suddenly, William stopped, turned his head to look at Richard, and said in a loud voice, "Richard!

"Huh?" Richard paused, revealing an inquiring look.

At this time, William's eyes still had indelible sadness, and his mood was a little low, and he said: "My dear brother, my father is like this, I think you and I are in a bad mood." In case my father really dies that day, there will be only you and me left in the Blue Lion Kingdom.

It has been a long time since we two brothers sat down to speak, and today I invite you to dinner in my palace. Although the dinner will be a little easier recently in order to find a doctor to treat my father, I hope you don't dislike it. ”

"Don't dislike it. Richard shook his head calmly, and then said calmly, "But I'm not available." ”

"Uh, this ......"

"Say goodbye when you have time, my dear brother, His Royal Highness Prince William. Richard waved his hand and turned to leave, followed by his guards. Edward, the captain of the guard, glanced at William, as if he was a little wary.

William was stunned in place, until he saw Richard and his party leave far away, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

"Your Royal Highness, Prince!" a voice sounded from behind William, the captain of his personal guard, not a nobleman, not a nobleman, but a loyal soldier. At this time, he said with a little anger: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness Richard is too much, you obviously mean well, but he ......"

The Captain's words suddenly stopped, as William was staring at him coldly.

"Wang ...... Your Royal Highness, Prince, you ......"

"Remember one thing. William said word by word, "No matter what Richard does or says, he is my brother." Except for my father, there is only one who can judge him, and no one else can do it! You—understand?"

"I ...... Got it......"

"It's good to understand, let's go back. William said softly.

"Your Royal Highness Prince, Your Highness Richard, he doesn't attend dinner, will those preparations in the kitchen continue?" asked the captain of the guard in a whisper.

Recently, William said that he wanted to cut back on the use, and he was really doing it, eating only brunch and dinner twice a day, and it was very simple, a white bread and some jam were just a meal.

But today, because I wanted to invite Richard, although I didn't dare to be too extravagant, I still asked the kitchen to prepare some tricks. However, it is clear that Richard does not attend dinner, and eighty percent of it is to ......

But unexpectedly, William spoke up: "Let the kitchen continue to prepare, my dear brother will not participate, but maybe the rest of the guests will come." ”

"Huh?"

"Don't ask. ”

"Yes. The captain of the guard hurriedly said and lowered his head.