Chapter 24 The King's Will

The next day, the King's Palace.

The sun shines in through the window and into the bedroom.

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

After a while, Donald opened his eyes, staring blankly at the top of the bedroom, his eyes going round and round. After slowing down for a long time, his consciousness became a little bit clearer, and he turned his head to look aside. Butler Delong was standing and asked in a hoarse voice, "William... and Richard, are you here?"

"It's all here, I've been waiting outside for a while, Your Majesty." Deron replied in a low voice.

"Well." Downers closed his eyes and seemed to fall asleep again. After a long time, he opened his eyes again, sat up a little bit from the bed, and said to Delong, "Call them in."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Deron walked quickly towards the bedroom door, and returned in a moment, with the two princes following behind.

Walking in the forefront is the eldest prince William, wearing ordinary clothes without any flashy feeling. With sadness in his eyes, he quickly walked a few steps to Donald's bed, knelt down halfway, and greeted aloud, "Father, are you feeling better?"

Richard walked calmly in the back, without any fluctuations on his face, he walked closer and glanced at King Downers, and said without any emotion: "Dear Father, Your Majesty Downers, hello. ."

"Cough cough!" Downas coughed a few times, his face looked much worse than a month ago, he first grabbed William's hand and patted it, then looked at Li Cha and said, "You...you just hate it so much. Me, do you need to remember things three years ago for so long?"

"Don't dare."

"Alas." Downas sighed and said helplessly, "Pour me a glass of wine, then stand with your brother William, and I'll talk to the two of you."

Richard's eyes flickered and he didn't say anything. He stepped to the side of the bedroom, took out a glass and poured half a glass of wine into it. The sun shines in from the window, and some fine black particles in the wine glass swirl and sink to the bottom.

Richard picked up the wine glass and walked towards Downers, and saw the other party stretch out his hand. The skin on his arm was extremely dark, as if it had pigmentation, and the palm of his hand was a bump the size of a corn kernel.

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

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

William turned his head at this moment, and said a little strangely, "Brother, what are you talking about? My father is ill and his whole body is in great pain. He can only rely on wine to relieve it. How can he drink less?"

"Indeed, what William said is right." Downers said, raised the glass to his lips, took a sip, and let out a slow breath, "Without this wine, I wouldn't be able to bear it all day."

Li Cha stopped talking, just shook his head slightly.

Donnas picked up the glass again and drank the wine in a big mouthful. His face improved slightly. Because of the numbness of the alcohol, his spirit was much better. Looking at William and Li Cha, he said, "I thought I could survive this winter, but recently my illness has gotten worse. It is very likely that I will go to see your mothers ahead of time. I called you here today, yes I want to tell you something.

Although the Blue Lion Kingdom is not big and its population is only a few hundred thousand, it is a country after all. So, I want to put it in the hands of the qualifier, and that is William. Of course, I don't think you are bad, Li Cha...cough...but your interest is obviously not in this.

So, when the birch forests outside the city turn yellow this fall, I will go out of the city, move there, live there, die there, and be buried there. By then, William will inherit my throne. Richard, you will be named Grand Duke and have a large territory. As long as you don't cause trouble for your brother, you will live in peace. "

Raising his hand stopped William from trying to speak,

Downas closed his eyes, saved his energy again, and said slowly: "None of you should refuse, this is what I have decided. In any case, I hope you two can be well after my death. Live and maintain this country well. Also..."

...

After a while, the two princes, William and Richard, walked out of the palace after hearing the last words of King Downers.

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

"Da da da", the footsteps rang in the square in front of the palace, the two groups walked silently, reached the end, and walked in opposite directions to the left and right. Suddenly William stopped, turned his head to look at Li Cha, and said, "Li Cha! Brother!"

"Huh?" Li Cha followed and stopped, showing a questioning look.

At this time, there was still an indelible sadness in William's eyes, and his mood was a little low, and he said: "My dear brother, my father is like this, I think you and I are not in a good mood. In case my father really died that day, Lan There are only two members of the royal family left in the Lion Kingdom.

The two of us, brothers, haven't sat down and talked for a long time. Today I invite you to my palace for dinner. Although recently in order to find a doctor for my father to treat his illness and reduce the cost, dinner will be a bit simple, but I hope you don't dislike it. "

"I don't dislike it." Li Cha shook his head calmly, and then said calmly, "But I don't have time."

"Uh, this..."

"Let's talk when there is time, my dear brother - His Royal Highness Prince William, goodbye." Richard waved his hand and turned to leave, followed by his own guards. Edward, who was the captain of the guard, glanced at William, as if he was a little wary.

William was stunned in place, and he couldn't help shaking his head with a wry smile when he saw Li Cha and his party leave far away.

"His Royal Highness!" A voice sounded from behind William. It was the captain of his personal guard. Unlike Edward, he was not a nobleman, but a loyal soldier. At this time, he said a little angrily: "His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness Li Cha is too much. You are obviously well-intentioned, but he..."

The captain of the guard stopped suddenly, because William was staring at him coldly.

"King... Your Royal Highness, you..."

"Remember one thing." William said word by word, "No matter what Richard does or says, he is my younger brother. Except for my father, only one can evaluate him, no one else can! You— -Understand?"

"I understand……"

"Just understand, go back." William said softly.

"Then His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness Richard is not going to dinner. Are the preparations in the kitchen still going?" the captain of the guard asked in a low voice.

William recently said that he would cut costs, and he was really doing it. He only had two meals a day, brunch and dinner, and it was very simple. One white bread and some jam is one meal.

But today, because I wanted to invite Li Cha, although I didn't dare to be too extravagant, I still asked the kitchen to prepare some tricks. But obviously Richard didn't attend dinner, 80% of the time he wanted to...

But I didn't expect William to say: "Let the kitchen continue to prepare, my dear brother will not participate, but maybe there are other guests who will come."

"Um?"

"Don't ask too much."

"Yes." The captain of the guard said quickly, bowing his head.