"I'm not leaving, and I, as your wife, need to stand with you in such a dangerous time."

When Emma heard Zhao Hongyu say that she would be sent to the battleship in the port of Marseille along with Sara and the widows of the Samus family, she immediately disagreed.

Sara was also a little reluctant.

In the eyes of two women, one older and one younger, Zhao Hongyu is their husband, and they are also his wives.

At such an important juncture, how could they just leave him?

However, no matter how unwilling they were, they still couldn't beat Zhao Hongyu in the end.

To put it mildly, Zhao Hongyu can be regarded as having done the ideological work of the two of them.

Then, Zhao Hongyu left Emma's side and went to Mary's.

When Zhao Hongyu arrived at Mary's, it happened that little Louis XIII was studying sonnets with his mother.

After he and Mary saw that it was Zhao Hongyu who came to visit late at night, they couldn't help but feel strange and a little happy at the same time.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, why do you have time to come to us tonight?"

Little Louis XIII stood up enthusiastically.

Mary nodded to Zhao Hongyu, she knew that Zhao Hongyu must have something to do when he came so late.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come so late.

Although Mary is confident in her appearance, she is not a nymphomaniac and thinks that Zhao Hongyu is interested in her.

"Your Highness the Queen, Your Highness the Crown Prince, I just received a not-so-good news from my subordinates. To the north of our estate, several small forces appeared, gathered together and stationed there. I reckon these people are probably the Duke of Orleans. ”

Mary's face changed, but she quickly faded away.

She couldn't have understood the meaning of Zhao Hongyu's words.

However, little Louis XIII didn't know anything about it, so he looked very curious.

"What did the Duke of Orleans do when he summoned his troops? Could it be that he came here for a duel. ”

Unlike Louis XIII the Younger, his captain of the guard, d'Artagnan, frowned.

"Your Royal Highness, you know what I mean. I want to know clearly. How's your preparation? Since the Duke of Orleans is now unruly and wants to make a trick, he has to do it in advance. ”

Zhao Hongyu was not too verbose, but directly faced Mary and said his thoughts.

Hearing this, Mary said to Zhao Hongyu: "My people will go to the territory of the Grand Duke of Orleans tomorrow and use some excuses to arrest and control his supporters and those nobles." ”

Zhao Hongyu nodded, Mary only needs to do it.

Then in this way, all he has to do is trap the Duke of Orleans here, or just kill him.

At the same time, those who followed his name and came to station outside the manor three miles away will be fine after they are all settled.

"Queen Mary. How many people do you have here? ”

Zhao Hongyu asked after thinking about it.

Marie turned her gaze to d'Artagnan.

Seeing Marie set her eyes on him, d'Artagnan hurriedly replied: "A team of thirty-five musketeers." ”

"From today onwards, you will protect the Queen and Her Royal Highness the Crown Prince every step of the way. We want to make sure that you and the crown prince are not harmed, and as for the Duke of Orleans, I will deal with it. ”

Zhao Hongyu said to Mary.

"How many men did the Duke of Orleans muster?" , Mary asked with a not very good-looking face.

Zhao Hongyu shook his head: "I just sent someone to investigate, and there is no accurate number yet." However, according to my judgment, there should be no less than a thousand. ”

Marie and d'Artagnan's faces became even more ugly.

Obviously. The Duke of Orleans had absolutely no ill intentions to let so many people come.

Little Louis XIII is now hearing a little bit of a problem.

"Mother, does the Grand Duke of Orleans want to do us badly?"

When Marie heard this, she raised her hand and pressed it on the shoulder of little Louis XIII. But the question was not answered.

Sometimes, not answering is the best answer.

"I have eight hundred elite Praetorian Guards here, and I can easily deal with the Duke of Orleans' men. Her Royal Highness doesn't have to worry too much about this, my Song Empire's army is very strong. ”

Although Zhao Hongyu was very confident in the army of the Song Empire. But that doesn't mean that Mary and Louis XIII Jr. are the same.

After all, in the current European mind, the superiority or inferiority of numbers is the ultimate consideration of victory or defeat.

"I'm going to attack those people tomorrow night. But you'd better keep your voice out of your voice, and don't alert the Duke of Orleans. The duel the day after tomorrow will be held as scheduled, and then we will kill him legally. ”

Zhao Hongyu told Mary about his plans.

Now the development of things is out of Mary's control.

At least, here in the manor, Mary has no say.

Who let Zhao Hongyu have more soldiers.

Therefore, Mary could only follow Zhao Hongyu's arrangement.

"Your Royal Highness, why do we have to bother so much. In fact, when we act tomorrow night, we can kill the Grand Duke of Orleans, and then my mother and I can completely testify that the Grand Duke of Orleans died in a duel. ”

At this time, Louis XIII Jr. opened his mouth to make a suggestion.

In the eyes of Louis XIII Jr., Zhao Hongyu's insistence on killing the Duke of Orleans in a duel was completely superfluous.

Anyway, the Grand Duke of Orleans has to die, so it might as well kill him tomorrow.

And he and his mother, Mary, could have come to a false conclusion.

Anyway, there are no outsiders here, so don't they have the final say?

It's just a pity that Louis XIII Jr. didn't know about such a troublesome problem.

If it weren't for the fact that he needed to think about his mother, why did Zhao Hongyu have to wait until tomorrow, he could have done it a few days earlier.

"Little Louie, you don't understand. The reason why the crown prince did this was to keep me out of the matter and not to blame. We have a great deal of affection from him, because I want to claim the territory belonging to the Archduke of Orleans for the royal family and for you, so the Archduke of Orleans must die legally, and some other nobles must be present when he dies. ”

Marie explained it to Louis XIII Jr.

At this point, Louis XIII Jr. understood the problem.

Dare to love, this crown prince from the Americas. I don't know when Lu Dao has reached an agreement with his mother.

"I estimate that tomorrow the nobles will arrive at the manor one after another during the day. These nobles will witness the duel of the Duke of Orleans, and we will be able to kill him in the duel, so no one can say anything. And if they want to hate, they just hate me, and if they want revenge, they can come to America, right? ”

Zhao Hongyu turned his head sideways and gestured to Mary.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, are you really sure that you can deal with the troops that the Duke of Orleans has summoned? Although the time is short, he will not gather too many to finally arrive with his army, but I think there will be no fewer people stationed three miles away. ”

D'Artagnan said to Zhao Hongyu at this time.

"Is there anything you can do but trust me?"

Zhao Hongyu asked rhetorically.

"D'Artagnan. We have to believe in His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The Duke of Orleans is now in the middle of it. ”

Mary said, glancing at d'Artagnan.

Yes, for the intentions of the Duke of Orleans, Marie has already received exact information through her own channels.

She knew very well what the Duke of Orleans was thinking about now.

It is precisely because she knows that she can only trust Zhao Hongyu now.

"From now on, everyone must keep quiet. I'll take care of the rest, and you'll all have good news when the duel starts the morning after tomorrow. ”

After telling Mary about the current situation. Zhao Hongyu was about to turn around and leave.

But he was suddenly stopped by Mary.

"Wait a minute!"

Zhao Hongyu stopped and turned to look at Mary.

"What's the matter, Queen?"

Marie walked over and lowered her voice with her back to Louis XIII and d'Artagnan the Younger.

"To make sure there won't be a problem, I've got a bottle of potion for you here. If you have the chance, you can mix the potion in the food of the Duke of Orleans. This would guarantee that he would die in a duel. ”

Mary took out a small bottle containing a blue potion from the gap between her breasts, and then stuffed it into Zhao Hongyu's hand.

Not!

What a big smell of perfume.

As soon as the bottle was taken out, a pungent smell of perfume rushed into Zhao Hongyu's nostrils.

The French don't like to take a bath. But he likes to spray perfume to hide the smell on his body.

I wonder if this Queen Mary is also like this.

Smelling the smell of perfume, Zhao Hongyu couldn't help but think about it.

Mary didn't see what the 'boy' standing in front of her was thinking.

She looked at Zhao Hongyu very seriously: "Everything is up to you." ”

Zhao Hongyu put away his cranky thoughts. He nodded to Mary in a serious manner.

"Again, everything is left to me, and it will be no problem for the people on the Duke of Orleans' side to let me deal with it. And all you have to do is stabilize him, make him think that he has the victory, and at the same time protect you and little Louie. As long as you're okay, then I'll be okay here. ”

Facing Zhao Hongyu, who was extremely serious about instructing herself, Mary also nodded solemnly and agreed.

"After this matter is resolved, as long as your funds are in place, I will immediately organize the army to go to the Spanish border."

As for Mary, now she can repay Zhao Hongyu, only Zhao Hongyu wants to cooperate with her.

Hearing this, Zhao Hongyu smiled at Mary: "This matter will be discussed when the Duke of Orleans is resolved, I have great confidence in the cooperation between us." ”

Then, Zhao Hongyu put the blue potion that Mary had given him into his pocket, and then turned to leave.

When Zhao Hongyu left, d'Artagnan walked to Mary's side with a serious face and asked respectfully and quietly, "Your Royal Highness, what should we do now?" Do you want to get out of here right away to avoid accidents? ”

Truth be told, d'Artagnan didn't want Marie and Louis Jr. to stay.

From the conversation between her and Zhao Hongyu, it can be heard that the Duke of Orleans has gathered a group of people to come, just to disadvantage the crown prince of the Americas.

At the same time, incidental hands will also pose a threat to Mary and Little Louie.

So, as the captain of the guard, d'Artagnan's first thought was that he would now have to take Marie and little Louis out of this dangerous place.

Unexpectedly, Mary glared at him and shook her head after listening to d'Artagnan's words.

"Nope! We can't get out of here, and I don't want the world to think I'm weak. And after we leave, it will inevitably alert the Duke of Orleans, and things will become more complicated and difficult to manage. ”

"Your Highness, the Duke of Orleans is obviously here for the Americans, and it is very unwise for us to join in. You must know that the Duke of Orleans is very powerful, and if one is not good, we will get into big trouble. ”

D'Artagnan didn't quite understand the key issues, and he was now just looking at the whole thing from the perspective of his captain of the guard.

That's why he thinks that it's the best choice for Mary and little Louis to leave the manor and stay away from the right and wrong here.

In fact, where did he know that the current situation and opportunity are very rare for Mary. If this opportunity is missed, God knows if there will be such an opportunity to solve the problem of the Duke of Orleans in the future.

After all, no one can say anything about killing the Duke of Orleans in a fair duel.

At the same time, it was the Americans who did it, and it had nothing to do with her Mary.

Could it be that she would give up this opportunity and wait until she tore her face with the Duke of Orleans in the future, and then invite assassins and killers?

Besides, what the future will become, Mary herself does not know.

I don't think there will be such a good opportunity.

And she and little Louis are likely to be killed by the Duke of Orleans.

After all, here in France, the Duke of Orleans has much more strength than the royal family.

"I'm all set, the Americans are a sharp knife. What's even more rare is that this American crown prince knows that he has made a knife, but he is still willing to assist me to deal with the Duke of Orleans, and I will never find such a good opportunity in the future. ”

Marie saw that d'Artagnan was puzzled, so she explained to him.

"And the Duke of Orleans is becoming more and more ambitious, and I can't control him anymore. Instead of making him stronger to deal with us, it is better to take this opportunity to deal with him. And the Americans, the nobles who followed the Duke of Orleans, wouldn't have pointed the finger at us, would they? ”

"Tomorrow morning the Praetorian Guard will begin secretly arresting some of the Duke of Orleans' hardcore supporters and imprisoning them. As long as the day after tomorrow as soon as the Duke of Orleans dies, Baron Chenko's army will enter the territory of the Duke of Orleans, so I must keep the Duke of Orleans here in the manor so that he will not notice anything. ”

Little Louis XIII on the side, listening to his mother and d'Artagnan, was very excited.

Aha, Mother is finally going to tear her face with Orleans!

That's great! (To be continued.) )