"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 taken 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--Old Jingnan King.
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 the Miao territory, the saint of the 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."
With that said, 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 his master's head pat.
She smiled and patted his head fondly but helplessly: "Silly boy, what are you thinking about? I'm afraid you'll be too tired."