"Thank you, but isn't it good that you always come to the mountains? The old prince can't live without you."
Ming Lanruo took the basket and said to Chu Yuanbai.
As soon as Xiaobai and them entered Qiangui Province, they received news that King Jingnan was critically ill and fell into a coma.
For Xiaobai's sake, they hurriedly and slowly arrived at Jingnan Palace.
Ming Lanruo met the old King Jingnan in person and discovered that the old prince had an extremely serious liver disease and was indeed terminally ill.
He was so thin that only a handful of bones were left, but his liver was severely swollen and his stomach already had severe ascites.
She checked carefully and found no signs of being poisoned.
Ming Lanruo's conclusion after diagnosing the pulse is not much different from that of other doctors——
The old prince only had about half a year left to live, and he was in a coma most of the time, and was even unable to give his last words.
Although Ming Lanruo discovered something was wrong later, it was too late.
But when Chu Yuanbai first heard the news that Ming Lanruo was unable to save his father, he didn't feel too sad.
First of all, he himself was well versed in medical science and knew to some extent that his father's condition was incurable.
Secondly, the old prince has been in poor health for more than ten years. Almost as long as he can remember, King Jingnan has not been in good health.
Otherwise, he would not have started taking over the affairs of Jingnan Palace at the age of thirteen.
His father also chose to give up the throne to his heir apparent last year.
It's just that everyone is still used to respecting their father and the king - the old King Jingnan.
What's more, Chu Yuanbai also had complicated feelings towards his father, who was born as a concubine.
But he is much more important in his father's heart than his direct brother.
But this importance is because——
He is the product of the union of his father, who is the king of the three provinces in the southwest, and the spiritual symbol of Miao territory, the saint of Miao territory.
He was his father's tool to win over and rule the Miao territory.
Moreover, although her mother, a saint of Miao territory, had an extraordinary status in the three southwestern provinces, she was always looked down upon by her father's Han concubines.
The father could not control his grandma, who was a saint from Miao territory, in the Han way of marriage, and he did not like his grandma. He only regarded her as a tool to give birth to him.
Therefore, the father was not close to his son, and in addition to his poor health, every time he saw him, it was to teach him how to manage the affairs of the palace and fiefdom, or to check his martial arts.
Grandma's health was also not good. She returned to Miao territory and gave birth to Xiang Na, and she didn't have much time to devote to Chu Yuanbai.
But Chu Yuanbai has been brought up by the maids around his grandmother since he was a child.
From time to time, he returned to his grandfather, the great wizard Long Ting, to learn the art of Gu.
Therefore, he is closer to Miao and identifies himself as a Miao, and does not like his Han identity.
The death of the old Jingnan King was already something he expected to happen.
So when faced with Ming Lanruo's words, he just said calmly: "Father, there are doctors by his side. It's useless for me, a person with poor medical skills, to accompany him."
As he said that, he walked to Ming Lanruo and knelt down, raised his face, and looked at her with an innocent and unhappy expression——
"This is originally the back hill of the palace, and it is the territory of the palace. It is very convenient for me to come and go. It only takes two-quarters of an hour. Why, doesn't Sister Lanruo like to see Xiaobai?"
Ming Lanruo looked at him squatting in front of her with his paws on her knees.
He is really like an unhappy little puppy who is looking forward to being patted on the head by his master.
She smiled and patted his head in a doting and helpless manner: "Silly boy, what are you thinking about? I'm afraid you'll be too tired."
Chu Yuanbai: "..."
Silly...child?
Of course, if my sister is willing to get close to him and touch his head, he will be very happy.
But Ajie looked at him with the same look and tone as Xiao Xi, which made it hard to explain.
Chu Yuanbai was a little discouraged and annoyed. Forget it, sometimes he actually didn't know what he wanted from Ming Lanruo.
He just instinctively wanted to get close to her, knowing that this was probably due to the blood contract, and knowing that she was just using him...
But at least with her, she doesn't have to be the little Jingnan King who shoulders heavy responsibilities, takes care of everyone in the three southwestern provinces and takes care of the overall situation.
You don’t have to be the brother who wipes others’ butts all the time.
Chu Yuanbai stood up and sat across from Ming Lanruo: "I'm not tired!"
As he spoke, he opened the lid of the basket, took out the squab, food and soup, and said, "Let's have a meal together. Where is Xiao Xi?"
Ming Lanruo looked at the food and invited Jing Ming to sit down and eat together: "Okay, Xiaoxi went to the market with Chen Ning and Chunhe. If you want to play with him, you have to wait until the afternoon."
Not to mention, if this meal is really made by Xiaobai, then this guy is really good at it.
Chu Yuanbai nodded, and was very happy: "Okay, I'll let someone get a small fragrant pig that won't grow up, and then I'll raise it for him to play with!"
Ming Lanruo picked up the vegetables with her chopsticks and glanced at Chu Yuanbai: "I heard that the little fragrant pig you raised in the palace last time became so fat that it could fight with wild boar?"
Chu Yuanbai laughed dryly: "Well... Anyway, if I gain weight again this time, Xiao Xi can ride a pig all over the mountain. It doesn't matter if I have an extra mount."
Ming Lanruo had a headache. This boy had completely let himself go since he became his blood slave.
Back in Miaojiang, besides acting like a prince in the palace, Chu Yuanbai would chase chickens and chase dogs with Xiao Xi when he came to her place on weekdays. He did not do his job properly.
"Okay, Xiaobai, please restrain yourself. You also know that you, a 'holy girl', forced me to have sex with you. I don't know how many people are not convinced."
Ming Lanruo said while picking up half a pigeon for Jing Ming.
Chu Yuanbai sneered: "Otherwise, besides Ajie, who else can be this saint?"
Before he went to the Central Plains, he had great expectations and thoughts about Shanna.
But after going to the Central Plains, Shanna's various willful behaviors made him very anxious.
In the end, in order to save her, he sacrificed himself.
How could such a girl with such an extremely immature mind become the Miao saint?
Ming Lanruo put down the bowl and chopsticks and said calmly: "Among the five great wizards in Miao territory, besides you, does anyone support me?"
When he first entered the land of the three southwestern provinces, Chu Yuanbai directly claimed to have found the Gu God and the new saint of this generation.
The entire Miao territory was in a sensation, and people were sent to inquire about the news.
Chu Yuanbai took her into the Jingnan Prince's Mansion, and the other people were stopped
Chu Yuanbai didn't take it seriously: "Grandpa, I will find a way to convince him, not to mention that the person chosen by Gu God is a saint, and it is also the tradition of Miao territory."
He paused and said: "Besides, sister, you have worked hard to cure the plague in the Miao border these days and saved many people. Which of the Miao people in our area does not recognize you?"
Not only the Miao people, but also people from many other ethnic groups come here to visit.
Ming Lanruo saw this and said calmly: "I'm afraid the Great Wizard Dragon Cry is not that easy to persuade."
It has been half a month since she arrived in Miao territory, and she has not seen the Great Wizard of Dragon Cry until now.
It is said that the great wizard took Shanna away for treatment.
But the Great Wizard of Dragon Cry had turned the Miao Territory upside down just to control the entire Miao Territory.
Later, he even wanted to control the three southwestern provinces, so he gave his daughter to the old King Jingnan in order to make his grandson the heir to the Jingnan Palace.
Such an ambitious and ruthless person, after knowing that her grandson, who had high hopes for her, had become her blood slave, only focused on treating Shanna?