In the depths of the palace, in a room decorated like a fairy tale, Princess Joanna and her sister Princess Catalina held the little Prince Alfonso on the wooden horse, shaking and teasing, and the three siblings seemed to have a good time.

However, Princess Joanna's eyes could not be concealed, revealing a deep sorrow.

In the past few days, she has really been worried, because the little Duke Cromwell has been persecuting her by various means.

She really didn't want to marry the little Duke Cromwell, because this person gave people the impression of being arrogant, vulgar, and self-righteous.

Although marriages between nobles are common, although Britain is indeed stronger than Portugal now, and although the father of the younger Duke Cromwell has taken control of the power of Britain, she still does not want to marry the little duke.

Her father, João IV, also did not want to marry the young duke himself.

However, the little Duke Cromwell pestered her, threatening her, her father, and Portugal, as if she did not agree, and the whole of Portugal was going to end!

And this shameless little duke has been pestering her, pretending to be a gentleman in front of her, and at night, this shameless little duke bullied the maids in the palace unscrupulously, such a shameless person, she really doesn't know how to deal with it.

She could only hide everywhere, trying to avoid this shameless little duke, like to-day, she got up early in the morning, and under the cover of several maids, she fled to her brother Alfonso Jr.'s room, and called her sister Caterina, who wanted to play with her younger siblings and forget her sorrow for a while, but this sorrow had been haunting her heart like a cloud, lingering.

When is this kind of day a head, can I really only marry this shameless little duke?

More than once she dreamed of a prince riding a white horse to rescue her, but, every time she woke up, she was confronted with that nasty little duke, which made her wonder if there really was a handsome prince with a sense of justice in this world?

Just as she fantasized about Prince Charming again, there was a sudden commotion outside, and it seemed that someone was breaking into the room.

Could it be that the Duke of Cromwell Jr. has found himself again?

Princess Joanna was frightened, she subconsciously picked up little Alfonso, and then took Caterina's little hand, and was about to find a place to hide, but the door of the room was suddenly pushed open, and a handsome young man in armor walked in with a smile.

Not Duke Cromwell Jr.!

This young man was so tall and handsome, his smile was as warm as a spring breeze, and his eyes were as deep as a puddle of autumn water.

Joanna froze for a moment, who was this, she had never seen it before, but she was sure that this young man was definitely not the little duke's subordinate, because his eyes and his hair were clearly different from those of the British, could this be the legendary mysterious Oriental?

Zheng Chenggong saw that the three sisters and brothers were there, and he was finally relieved, at this time the entire palace had been controlled by him, and the British soldiers had also been emptied by him, but he was really startled just now, because the two princesses were gone, and their rooms were empty, and whether they asked the captured British soldiers or the maids in the palace, they didn't know where the two princesses were.

These two dukes are missing, then it will be troublesome, how can he explain to his master, and how can he explain to João IV!

Fortunately, the three siblings were all in the room of the little prince Alfonso.

He understood at this point, and it was estimated that those maids were lying to him, probably, they all thought they were bad people.

He pretended to have the most gentle and amiable expression, came to the three sisters and brothers, stroked his chest and saluted: "Her Royal Highness the Princess, Your Royal Highness the Prince, I am Zheng Chenggong, the prince of Nanyang, the allied Ming Empire. ”

Ming Empire!

This Far Eastern super empire, Joanna, had naturally heard of it, and her father had sighed in front of her more than once that if the Ming Empire was willing to help them, they Portugal would be fine.

The nobles of the Ming Empire must have come to save themselves, this is the prince charming of their dreams.

Joanna looked at Zheng Chenggong obsessively, and asked inexplicably, "Are you a prince?" ”

Zheng Chenggong looked at the beautiful princess in confusion, and then explained: "Your Royal Highness Princess, my father is just a marquis. ”

In the Ming Dynasty, the status of the marquis is actually not high, because there are many dukes above, and there are more royal princes and county kings, so there is a big gap between the son of a marquis and the prince.

However, in continental Europe, the status of the marquis is not low, because there are very few royal princes in the European continent, basically the duke has the right to inherit, like João IV was only the Duke of Bragança before he became the king of Portugal, and it is normal for the marquis to have a fiefdom, and the son of the marquis seems to be called a prince, at least Joanna thinks so.

She thought for a while, and asked inexplicably, "Is your family's fiefdom big?" ”

Family fiefdom?

Is it good that our family doesn't have a fief, at least not now, Zheng Chenggong was waiting to tell the truth, but when he saw Princess Joanna's expectant expression, he hesitated again.

This fief should have sooner or later, according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, there seems to be a fief after the marquis, and his father is the Marquis of Nanyang, so, can Nanyang be counted as a fief in his family?

He said in a ghostly manner: "This, our family's fief has not yet been decided, and at present, we are only occupying Batavia, where the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company was located. ”

Of course, Joanna of the Dutch East India Company knew that the whole continent did not know about the Dutch East India Company, and Batavia had also heard that there were many huge islands, some of which were larger than the Portuguese mainland.

She couldn't help but say excitedly: "Wow, your family's fiefdom is so big!" ”

This one!

Zheng Chenggong's face turned a little red, he thought about it, and simply changed the topic and said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, why don't you go out with me first, the entire palace has been cleaned up by me, there is no danger anymore, your father is still waiting for you outside." ”

When Princess Joanna heard this, she said with a shy face, "Okay, I'll go with you." ”

Zheng Chenggong sighed, made a gesture of please very politely, and then took the lead and walked out.

Joanna held little Alfonso in one hand and Caterina in the other, and followed him obsessively, like a marionette.

At this time, João IV and Queen Luisa were anxiously waiting outside the palace, Queen Luisa and the little prince Pedro, who was less than two years old, had already been sent out by Zheng Chenggong, but Joanna, Caterina and Alfonso had been missing, could they not be in a hurry.

When Zheng Chenggong led them out, João IV and Queen Luisa couldn't help but pounce on them, hugged their children, and screamed in their hearts.

Joanna snuggled in João IV's arms, her eyes were still looking at Zheng Chenggong obsessively, and she didn't know what was wrong, she suddenly asked, "Father, what do you think of that prince?" ”

Joao IV followed her gaze and couldn't help but be stunned, because he didn't know anything about Zheng Chenggong's family background!

Zhang Bin looked at their expressions and couldn't help asking, "Success, what are they talking about?" ”

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he said hesitantly: "This, this princess seems to be asking me if I am a prince." ”

Prince?

Zhang Bin looked at Zheng Chenggong, and then at Princess Joanna, and suddenly showed a sudden look in his eyes.

A prince and a princess, this seems to be a good idea!