Ye Fan wanted to extend the monarch's life, but he did not tell Ling Jiaojiao that he would use his own lifespan to extend the monarch's life. He just took a prescription of hundreds of rare medicinal materials and asked her to prepare some precious medicinal materials, making her mistakenly think that she was using a precious medicine to extend the life of the monarch.
This life-extending technique cannot be told to anyone, otherwise it will attract prying eyes from interested people.
Ling Jiaojiao agreed to Mark's arrangement and immediately ordered someone to get the medicinal materials.
At the same time, Ye Fan requested that the Yangxin Hall be sealed off. Within a month and a half, no one was allowed in or out. The queen personally led people to watch here to avoid leaking any information about the monarch to the outside world.
The queen and Ling Jiaojiao agreed to this request.
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"Jiao'er, can this Ye Fan work? I asked the imperial doctors to see the prescription he prescribed. All the imperial doctors said they had never seen this prescription before. They only knew that among the hundreds of medicinal materials, they were all very rare. Drugs, but they don't have that magical effect."
The queen was worried.
"Mother doesn't believe him?"
"It's not that the Queen Mother doesn't believe him, it's just... your father is critically ill now, and the Queen Mother needs to act with caution!"
"My father is still in a coma, and most of the doctors have judged that my father only has one month to live, and they are helpless, saying that there is no cure. Ye Fan has a life-extending prescription that can give my father half a year more life. . Now we can only let him try it. Since he said it works, it must work! He is Wuhou, there is no need to gamble his whole life on his father's life in this month! If it fails, it will do him no good. "
Ling Jiaojiao has full confidence in Mark.
The queen thought about it.
Ye Fan is already a Wuhou in his early twenties. No matter which king of Canglan Kingdom takes the throne in the future, he will have a place in Canglan Kingdom and enjoy endless glory and wealth. If he is not sure, he can just ignore the affairs in the palace, there is no need to get involved.
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The next day.
Yangxin Hall, in the bedroom.
Ye Fan cooked a medicinal soup prepared by several palace ladies and fed it to the king.
Let Ling Jiaojiao, the Queen and everyone else retreat first and wait outside.
He then used the secret technique of extending his life and injected his life essence into the monarch's body.
"In the name of the Stardust Wall, I am willing to share my life with you! 'Life Link'!"
Ye Fan bit his middle finger, a drop of blood flowed out, and he quickly drew a complex and mysterious blood-colored rune in the void, which was imprinted in the monarch's body. At this moment, his life force slowly flowed towards the monarch.
This is a one-way sharing of life. He can terminate this sharing of life force at any time simply by cutting off the life link.
Half an hour later.
The monarch, who was lying unconscious on the hospital bed, received a large amount of vitality and finally regained his composure. The old man's pale face became rosy. He breathed a long sigh of relief and slowly woke up and opened his eyes.
"Your Highness!"
Queen and Ling Jiaojiao, who were waiting outside, came in quickly when they heard the movement inside.
"Father, you're awake! It's great! The child and the queen are very worried that you won't wake up!"
Ling Jiaojiao threw herself in front of the bed, tears filling her beautiful eyes.
"Jiaojiao! Father is not dead yet, why are you crying!"
The monarch sat up and saw the queen and Ling Jiaojiao. He stroked Ling Jiaojiao's head lovingly and said with a smile. He soon saw a strange young man standing nearby, and couldn't help but wonder, "Who are you?"
"This is Ye Fan, a student of the Imperial College! The child has mentioned to his father several times before that he is the unique genius Wuhou in Donglai County! The queen mother has appointed him as Tingwei Shaoqing to investigate your murder case. The child asked him today I came here to treat you, and I just gave you a decoction to wake you up."
Ling Jiaojiao quickly explained.
"Ye Fan? That's Ye Fan from Luyang Mansion. He is considered a genius in our Canglan Kingdom! In just a few years, he became Marquis Wu of the Imperial Academy. He is indeed a genius once seen in a thousand years!"
The monarch nodded slightly and praised, he had a good impression of Mark.
Not just because Ling Jiaojiao mentioned it to him recently, but many years ago, he knew that there was such a young man in Luyang Mansion who had resurrected a mammoth stone egg, an ancient wild beast.
He even discussed with the Prime Minister whether to form a mammoth army!
However, considering that it was too difficult and would take hundreds or thousands of years, this plan had to be abandoned.
This incident left a deep impression on him.
Ling Jiaojiao asked hurriedly, "By the way! Father, you have been feeling unwell since your birthday, and you have often fainted in recent months! Ye Fan gave you a life-extending prescription, which helped you recover from fainting." After waking up, you can still live for half a year. Were you murdered at the birthday party?! Do you remember anything wrong at that time? As long as there are any clues, the child will definitely track down the culprit and avenge his father. !"
The monarch's face suddenly became heavy, his eyes were a little wandering, and he was unwilling to answer.
After being pressed by Ling Jiaojiao, he sighed helplessly: "My father is old and his birthday has come. It is normal for him to be weak, sick and unconscious. Jiao'er, please stop asking. Since my father can live for another half year, you Please spend these few months with your father."
"Father, why are you still refusing to tell me! Could it be that some of the princes did it, and you are temporarily soft-hearted and unwilling to pursue it? No matter which prince dares to harm you, I will make him pay the price!"
Ling Jiaojiao couldn't help but said angrily.
"Your Majesty! In your poisoning case, I have proven that a deadly toxin was found in the blood, which can cause rapid aging! I think it is better to investigate this case! Since Your Majesty has been seriously ill, the Crown Prince has not established , the princes are ready to make a move, and the people of the court are unstable! Only by taking down the culprit as soon as possible can the situation of the court be stabilized. In the remaining half a year, the monarch also has enough time to calmly choose a crown prince to inherit the throne. "
Ye Fan saw the monarch's face next to him, thought for a moment, and said with his hands in hand.
The monarch looked at Ye Fan with a deep expression. After a long time, he slowly said in a deep voice: "In that case, I will order you to investigate the case! Don't let this case spread, and I don't want to hear too much criticism! You Do you understand?"
"Wei Chen understands! This case must be investigated thoroughly, and the reputation of the imperial court and His Majesty must not be harmed."
Ye Fan nodded.
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After obtaining the monarch's permission, Ye Fan and Ling Jiaojiao exited the Yangxin Palace.
"Ye Fan, didn't you tell me before that my father was not poisoned? Why did you just say that he was poisoned? And I begged him for a long time and he didn't let go. When you said it, my father actually agreed to let you check!"
Ling Jiaojiao felt strange in her heart.
"I see the embarrassment on the king's face. He doesn't want to mention it. There must be a reason why he doesn't want to mention it. If this matter gets out, it will hurt your father's face and his reputation. Don't ask further! As long as you know, catch the murderer of your father!"
Ye Fan said lightly.
"Okay!~ I won't ask! I just need to chase the murderer, and I will cut him into pieces! Ye Fan, what should we do next?"
Ling Jiaojiao nodded bitterly.
"First, we must conceal the life span of the monarch. We must not let anyone except you, me, the monarch, and the queen know that he can only live for half a year. Only in this way can we have enough initiative to prevent the opponents lurking in the dark from knowing the details. Dare to act rashly!"
Ye Fan said.
"good!"
Ling Jiaojiao nodded.
"Then, you announce two things to the outside world.
First, the queen will come forward to celebrate the monarch's 251st birthday, and quickly recruit all the royal family members, court ministers, and border ministers inside and outside the royal city to come to the palace to pay homage within half a month. Whoever entered the palace last year must come this year. If anyone makes excuses and doesn't want to come, he must have something up his sleeve. Don't think too much and just send someone to arrest him.
I estimate that although those who murdered the king had a guilty conscience, they would still come to the royal city and have an audience in the palace in order to clear themselves of suspicion. If anyone really dares not to come, it will save trouble and just send troops to suppress it.
In this way, no matter who wants to rebel, fight for the throne of Canglan, or murder the king, they will be trapped in the palace for the next month and unable to take action. They will not be able to mobilize the troops from all the ten counties of Canglan. . At least there is no leader in the Canglan Kingdom, and there will be no large-scale turmoil that will harm people's livelihood.
At the birthday banquet, I have a way to find out who is secretly plotting to murder Your Majesty and eliminate them one by one.
Second, it was announced that the Canglan Palace Examination in one month will be held as scheduled and will be presided over by the monarch himself.
As long as it is announced that the king is still alive, the palace examination can even be held as usual. They don't understand the reason and make random guesses. They are very afraid and dare not do anything random.
After we take down the culprit, remove and replace those involved in the case, and put a group of supervisors who have passed the palace examination to various places to take charge of the situation, the political situation of the imperial court can be smoothly transitioned! The monarch also has plenty of time to arrange the candidate for the crown prince within the next six months. In this way, even if His Highness dies, he can go away with peace of mind. "
Ye Fan said slowly.
"Okay, I'll arrange these two things immediately!"
Ling Jiaojiao's eyes brightened and she nodded repeatedly.
Ye Fan made this arrangement in an orderly manner and immediately took the entire situation of Canglan Country into his hands. Chasing the murderer, stabilizing the court, stabilizing the people's livelihood, and arranging the crown prince are all important steps that are linked together.
She was indeed right.
Of course, the most critical part of all this is that Ye Fan extended the monarch's life for half a year.
The king is not dead yet, so she and the queen can still control the situation.
Otherwise, as soon as the king dies and the crown prince has not yet been arranged to succeed him, the Canglan Kingdom will immediately fall into chaos, and the princes will raise armies to fight for the throne, and the situation will be completely out of control. A princess and queen alone cannot control a vassal state, and no one will listen to her then.
After Ye Fan and Ling Jiaojiao had a good discussion, they immediately acted according to the plan.
same day.
After the monarch became seriously ill, Queen Zhou, who was temporarily responsible for supervising the country, announced two major events in front of all the ministers at the court.
The first is to announce that this year will be the 251st birthday of the monarch. All royal family members and ministers from all counties must arrive in the royal city within half a month to celebrate his birthday. Those who refuse to come for various reasons will be punished with lese majeste and troops will be sent to escort the royal city.
The second is to announce that the palace examination will proceed as usual and will be presided over by the monarch himself.
These two blockbuster news were announced at the same time, which immediately aroused countless disbelieving looks and heated discussions in Canglan country and inside and outside the court.