Chapter 235: The son inherits his father's business and is a good son
In the old king's study, the eldest prince Xibo and the second prince Basil stared at each other, and the atmosphere was very strange.
While the third prince was dispatched, the second prince was also recalled to ask for news about the behemoth, but the words he received were basically the same as those conveyed by the previous messenger. The second prince explained that this was because they escaped in too hasty.
So little is known.
His condition was much better than that of the eldest prince. He was not injured, but was a little disgraced.
Now the old king was alone with his ministers about the competition between monsters and the throne. The two princes were left alone, sitting on their seats, both with their heads lowered and not knowing what they were thinking. From time to time, they secretly looked at each other with strange eyes, and found that the other party also
After doing the same thing, he quickly looked away, and after a while he couldn't help but look twice, and so on.
...
To talk about the eldest prince's current mood, it is regret, very regret.
When the old king announced the rules of the competition for the throne, Xipo knew that his father was favoring him and the throne must be his.
After being a prince for decades, Xibo was very happy to think that he would soon be the master of a country, but he also knew that he had to exercise restraint at this time and not create unnecessary complications.
Then he restrained himself for a few days...
The day before the crusade against the monster, he couldn't bear it any longer, because the next day would be the day when he would be confirmed as the heir to the throne. The more Xibo thought about it, the more excited he became, so he found a few of his closest friends to celebrate together.
It is inevitable to drink some wine when celebrating. Fortunately, Xibo is not a brainless person. He also understands the principle of drinking and causing trouble. Originally, an extraordinary person with a strong physique like him can tolerate ordinary drinks better than ordinary people. Those concentrations
If it's low, it's almost like drinking water.
It just so happened that Xibo also collected a lot of good wines, and the rarest among them was a low-concentration wine that he was never willing to drink.
Now we are going to be a kingdom. If we don’t drink at this time, we can drink at any time.
When all the friends arrived and the banquet began, Hippo ordered the servant: "Bring me my best wine!"
I didn’t prepare it in advance, but I had to say it now, of course, so that all my friends could hear it.
Because Xibo, like his father, is also a very good-looking person, he was favored by the old king. The similarity in personality is a very important reason.
In the words of the old king, he "saw the shadow of his youth" in Xibo.
As a result, it was because of this bad thing.
In order to save face and appear grand in front of his friends, Xibo told the servant to bring him his best wine.
His original intention was of course to get his favorite wine, but the servant didn't think so much, and he didn't understand wine. He ran to the wine steward and said, "The eldest prince wants the best wine to entertain important guests."
The problem is that among the wines collected by the eldest prince, they are the best and the strongest.
One drink will make you drunk instantly. Needless to say, people are said to be those fire elements that will vaporize as soon as the alcohol reaches the stomach. Even if you drink this, you will not be able to hold on. I heard that it is not the alcohol, but the impact of magic.
This is why it is the most precious.
The wine steward knew that, he knew that the eldest prince was going to fight against monsters tomorrow, and it was also the key to deciding the throne. After all, the old king had been publicizing it in order to increase his son's prestige.
He realized that it was not good for the eldest prince to drink strong liquor at this time, but when he thought about what the servant said, "entertaining important guests", maybe he was just giving it to the guests? Thinking again, it was the critical moment to compete for the throne.
The eldest prince himself should be confident and not drink excessively, right?
So the steward found the best and strongest wine and asked the servant to deliver it.
On the eldest prince's side, Xibo and his friends were chatting happily, telling them how lucky they were and how long he had kept the wine. At this time, the servant came in with the wine, and the eldest prince immediately ordered:
"Pour the wine for the guests first."
After the guests were finished, the servant walked up to the eldest prince and prepared to pour him wine. As soon as he got close, Sibo smelled something was wrong.
This wine is the strongest bottle!
He originally wanted the servant to change him, but when he glanced out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that several friends were looking at him, and one of them spoke: "Let's first wish the eldest prince a successful start tomorrow!"
As he said that, several people picked up wine glasses and waited for him. They could only smell the aroma of the wine, but they didn't know how strong it was. These people had the same idea as being in charge of wine. You are going to be a king, so what can and cannot be drunk? It's up to you.
There should be a number.
Originally, as long as the eldest prince said that he couldn't drink now, everything would be fine, but...
He wants to save face!
Oh, now everyone is holding a wine glass to toast to him, and then he says that he can't drink this wine and wants to change it to the lightest one and let his friends wait. Then he has to lose face.
Furthermore, Xibo thought, "I am so strong, I just take a small sip and it should be fine."
Then he drank.
Then, there is no more.
When Xibo regained consciousness, it was already the next day, and he was about to go to the camp, and he would be the first to carry out the crusade, but Xibo was still dizzy, and the magic in the drink was still impacting his brain.
It makes him feel so high.
With the help of his confidants, he finally got the duck on the shelf and went into the mountains alone to look for monsters.
Then I went in in a daze, got lost inside, and came out in a daze again.
According to the rules of the competition, once you enter the mountains, no matter what the reason is, when you come out, the crusade will be over. If you don't even see the monster, the eldest prince naturally means that the crusade has failed.
Xibo, who was full of annoyance and regret, thought of another question. If he went back to his father and said that the crusade failed because he was drunk, that would not be...
Isn’t it so shameless!!!
So Xibo made up a powerful monster that didn't exist and pretended that he was defeated by the monster and escaped. He also had people fake his injuries and apply a lot of strong-smelling medicine to cover up the remaining thin smell of alcohol on his body, fearing that he would see the old man.
Exposed when king.
Things turned out just as he thought. The old king believed what he said and did not blame him too much.
Although the throne was lost, the face was saved!
Just when Xibo thought that the throne would definitely be taken away by his younger brother, the second brother Basil also failed. What he never expected was that the other party actually said that he had seen the monster he made up.
Xibo was puzzled. Maybe Basil was lying. What was his purpose? After his failure, he was the one who had the best chance of winning the throne.
Or did Basil drink too much?
This was also the reason why Xibo had been stealing glances at Basil before, but seeing that the other party was unharmed after cleaning up, and there was no obvious smell of alcohol on his body, he thought it was impossible.
There couldn't be a real thing similar to the monster he made up in the mountains outside the city, right?