The head waiter took Du Wei's reward and did not dare to neglect it. After a while, he trotted all the way to bring Lao Yan.
Du Wei was changing and washing up while being served by several palace maids. When he saw Lao Yan walking into the room wearing a military uniform, he couldn't help but smile and said, "How is it? Are you still used to living in the Royal Forest Army's barracks?"
Others didn't know, but Lao Yan knew the meaning of these words. After all, he was once a member of the Royal Forest Army. He hesitated for a moment, shook his head calmly and said: "Our military camp in the northwest is more comfortable. Everything here is so enjoyable."
Judging from his cold expression, it was obvious that he no longer had any feelings for the Imperial Guard.
After Du Wei waved several waiters out, he said seriously: "Old Yan, you leave the palace immediately and go to the city to find Mr. Lan Hai! You should know Mr. Lan Hai's name! Go there quickly and tell him that I have
I need to ask for advice on something important. Please be sure to wait for me at our Tulip Duke’s Mansion tonight!!”
As he said that, Du Wei asked Lao Yan to stretch out his hand, picked up a pen on the table, and wrote the Chinese character "ji" on Lao Yan's palm. Others could not understand this thing. As the most outstanding disciple of Daxue Mountain,
, Lan Haiyue will definitely be able to understand it. And time is tight. Du Wei is afraid that Lan Hai will not come, so he can only use this method. I think he will come to Lan Hai out of curiosity when he sees this word.
Lao Yan was not a talkative person, so he just did what Du Wei told him. He didn't say anything at the moment, nodded and went out directly.
After Du Wei had breakfast, a court magician wearing a red robe came to see Du Wei.
Du Wei knew that Prince Chen had mastered the power of court magicians since he was a child. It could be said that in the entire palace, the people he trusted the most were not the imperial guards, nor the palace guards and waiters, but the court in the palace.
Magician power!
The court magician had a cold face and didn't say much when he saw Du Wei. He took Du Wei directly back to the palace where Augustine VI lived.
Du Wei saw the substitute Grum. This poor man looked in pain. He knew that the medicine he had given him to change his voice had an effect.
Grum's throat was swollen. When Du Wei arrived, he was clutching his throat and rolling on the bed in pain. At this time, Prince Chen was also standing beside the bed.
Seeing Du Wei walk in, Prince Chen had some confusion on his face: "Du Wei, what did you feed him? How could he become like this? His throat is swollen like this. The banquet the night after tomorrow..."
Du Wei shook his head: "This lump will go away tonight. Your Highness, the food I let him eat can change his voice. Don't you think his voice is too different from that of the late emperor?"
Prince Chen's face looked much better now. He smiled and said, "Okay, Du Wei, I'm a little anxious too. You know how I feel now."
Du Wei shrugged his shoulders, and then took out a small ice berry from his arms. He carefully separated a small piece of rice-sized berry with his fingernails, and stretched his fingers to Grum's ground: "Eat it.
Your pain will be relieved a lot."
Of course Prince Chen recognized what it was. He just raised his eyebrows and said nothing. In his opinion, it was meaningless to use expensive ice berries to relieve pain on this dying person.
Grum obviously had great trust in Duwei. After he swallowed the bit of ice berry, he quickly calmed down.
After Duvilla helped him sit down, he looked at Grum's face carefully.
He drew a lot of lines on Grum's face last night. They were marks and lines based on how he planned to decorate and transform the shape of the muscles on Grum's face.
Groom remembered Duwei's words and had not washed his face. At this moment, it seemed that the lines were still very clear.
Under the eyes of Prince Chen, Du Wei took out the tools he found in the room last night, as well as some medicines prepared last night.
He first used medicine to dye Grum's hair gray, and then a bottle...
Only he himself knew that the bottle contained spring water of the passage of time! But of course it was not the original solution, but diluted with water at a ratio of about one to one thousand.
This ratio was tested by Du Wei in the northwest.
Du Wei believes that even perfect makeup can't turn a forty-year-old into a seventy-year-old. Although the facial features on Groom's face resemble those of the old emperor, there is a big age difference. Whether it is wrinkles
, as well as the elasticity of the muscles and the luster of the skin, there are huge differences. If you only use makeup, you cannot hide the surprise of the years.
Since he couldn't put on makeup, Du Wei simply decided to let Grum grow old!
After seeing Groom take a small sip of the water in the bottle, Duwei immediately took the bottle back and quietly put it back in his pocket.
Then, under the surprised gaze of Prince Chen, Grum's appearance began to change!
He seemed to be aging at a speed that could be discerned with the naked eye! Wrinkles soon appeared on his forehead and at the corners of his eyes! His eyes, which were originally clear, gradually became cloudy. The color of his skin began to fade and age.
It went down, and the cheeks that were a little too full became shriveled...
In less than one meal, Groom, who was originally about forty years old, looked twenty years older!
Not only that, even one of his teeth fell out!
Prince Chen's eyes were filled with pure surprise at first, but at the end, when he saw that the middle-aged man who was relatively energetic just now turned into a decrepit old man standing in front of him, a flash of light suddenly flashed in Prince Chen's eyes.
Faintly vigilant!
Yes, be vigilant!
He immediately glanced at Du Wei subconsciously!
Although Prince Chen is also a magician himself, he has no idea what kind of magic potion Du Wei just drank for Grum. In fact, he has never even heard of such a magic potion in the world.
A magic potion that can make people age instantly!
Many thoughts immediately came to his mind: Could this kind of thing be the most terrifying poison?
If this kind of thing is used to harm people, wouldn't it be...
"How did you do it, Du Wei!" Prince Chen's tone was serious.
Of course, Du Wei knew what the king was worried about. In fact, he originally didn't want to take out the fountain of time. But now there is no other way. Only this kind of thing can conceal Grum's age to the greatest extent.
"It's just a secret magic potion I prepared." Du Wei tried to sound as calm as possible.
"Can it make people age? Or can it be more effective?" Prince Chen asked.
"No." Du Wei fabricated a lie: "This is just an appearance, it does not really make him grow older, Your Highness. As time passes, its effectiveness will disappear, and then Grum will return to his original appearance.
The potion I prepared can last for about fifteen days."
Du Wei thought to himself: After the banquet the day after tomorrow, I am afraid that Grum will die. This lie of his will be unproven by then.
"It's just a symptom?" After hearing these words, Prince Chen felt a little more at ease. No matter what, this potion is really terrible.
He did not open his mouth and continued to ask about the formula of this potion. After all, Prince Chen was also a magician. He knew that any magician would keep his secret recipe extremely confidential and would not easily reveal it to others.
"So... if taken in excess, can it directly age people to death?" Prince Chen couldn't help but ask.
"No." Du Wei's answer seemed very calm: "I said, it just makes people look older. It's not true. Overdosing is useless. After time, it will return to normal.
Already."
After all, Prince Chen is the regent. He can't stay here all day, and watching Du Wei put makeup on Grum is also very boring. He left soon. He also has many people from all over the country.
Official business had to be handled. However, when he left, out of trust in Du Wei, he did not leave the palace magician to supervise.
"Okay!" Duwei stood up and patted Groom on the shoulder. He looked at Groom's appearance from the left and right angles.
Now it seems that there are almost no loopholes!
After using the Time Lapse Spring to age Grum by more than twenty years, his appearance originally looked very similar to that of the old emperor, but now he looks more like him.
And Du Wei used some subtle makeup techniques and some magic potions to make some subtle changes in the marked areas on his face, making his face look like a living Augustine VI.
Look!
"The night after tomorrow will be the real test." Du Wei sighed: "The biggest trouble now is that you really don't behave like an emperor."
"Because I was just a tailor." Groom's voice was hoarse.
"Okay, tailor." Du Wei muttered, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Stand up."
Grum stood in front of Du Wei as he was told.
"Put your hands behind your back...well, stand up your chest! Grum!" Du Wei suddenly shouted: "Remember, you are not you now! You are an emperor now! A man who once controlled the entire
Empire, the emperor who is rich in everything in the world! Stand up your chest! Don’t look to the left or right! That’s right!”
He adjusted Grum's posture and said seriously: "You can't master things like palace etiquette, temperament, etc. in just two days. So, let's just make it simpler... Remember, from now on
From now on. You are not allowed to smile, just keep a straight face..."
"Sir, for a person who is about to die, I can't laugh even if I want to." Groom said lightly.
Du Wei said nothing and nodded: "Actually, this is what I need, Groom. The real Augustine VI has lost his power, and he has actually abdicated. For an empty-handed emperor who has lost his power,
He must be in a depressed mood. So the depressed mood you are showing now is very consistent with this. I ask you to keep this expression and a straight face the night after tomorrow, and act lovingly to whoever talks to you.
Just ignore it. And... can you do impatient, impatient eyes? Yes, that's it! If you feel that someone is talking to you and you can't answer, just snort and then pretend not to.
The impatient look means that you are frustrated and indifferent to anything right now, so that's fine."
After a day of training, Du Wei discovered that after leaving behind the burden of fear of death, Grum was actually quite talented in acting. He really shouldn't have chosen to be a tailor, but an actor. Although
There is only opera in this world.
"In order to avoid loopholes, at the beginning of the banquet, as His Majesty the Emperor, you have to say some toasts, but there is no need to make a long speech. You just need to raise your glass, and then say "Long Live the Empire" coldly, impatiently, and indifferently.
Okay, just remember to look very discouraged and bored."
Du Wei sighed.
In fact, for a dying man to pretend to be an emperor who has lost his power, in terms of emotional expression, it is quite similar.
"A little bit irritable, a little bit frustrated, a little bit impatient, a little bit indifferent." Du Wei said carefully: "If you grasp these four points, you can deceive most people. And you can rest assured that the night after tomorrow
, I will always be near you to 'protect' you."
That afternoon, Du Wei even conducted a "drill".
After obtaining Prince Chen's permission, he deliberately ordered someone from the palace kitchen to send some delicacies for His Majesty the Emperor to enjoy.
When several servants from the palace who had no idea about this incident came here with food, "His Majesty Augustine VI" tasted it casually and indifferently. He probably felt that the taste did not suit his taste, so he immediately got angry and handed over a worth of food.
The rich crystal bottle was thrown out of the hall, even smashing the head of a poor waiter.
Everyone present saw the angry roar of "His Majesty the Emperor": "Do you still think that I am the emperor? Have you already neglected me in your hearts!!"
Everyone looked at this angry, out-of-power monarch with trepidation, and no one dared to speak.
Everything...no flaws.
Du Wei hid behind the wall in the palace and breathed a sigh of relief.
After everyone left, Du Wei patted Groom, who was covered in cold sweat, and said with a smile: "You did a good job. Your anger just now was very good."
Groom's reaction was very cold: "Sir, I didn't perform. I'm really angry..."
"Well..." Du Wei looked at the person in front of him.
"I don't understand. I'm a good person. I haven't done anything wrong. I devote myself to my work. I love my family... But why do I have to die inexplicably? Yes, I am a little person, a bird.
I am a little ant, but my life can be taken away at will." Groom's voice was very soft, full of frustration: "This is not fair! It's not fair!"
The cry of this little person left Du Wei speechless at this moment...
