After a heavy rain, the forest is filled with the freshness of the rain.

The smell of earth permeated the forest, and a team of knights rode and swayed here, and there were many of them.

Several carriages with black carriages, in the center of the knights' procession, were heavily guarded.

One of the carriages was the most luxurious, and although there was nothing to be seen from the outside, it was inlaid with gold lace on the inside.

Dressed in a black lace tutu and long blonde hair curled in a bun at the back of her head, Queen Mary leaned against the open window of the car, her eyes fixed on the scenery that kept dangling outside.

After the rain, the road is muddy and rough.

In the 17th century, not to mention concrete pavement, even asphalt pavement was absent.

Dirt roads like this after rain are common.

"Your Highness, we have arrived in the northern suburbs of Marseille, and it will only take a while for us to reach the manor."

Boom!

At this time, a knight dressed in a half-cloaked with a gold-trimmed pattern arrived, and he gestured sideways to Mary, who was half-leaning against the window.

"Send someone to inform you and order everyone to speed up, we're already a lot late, so don't let the family wait impatiently."

"Your Highness."

The knight straightened up and tilted his head in response.

Then the knight urged his mount to move out of the crotch, and then shouted, "Everyone speed up." ”

At the same time he called out to a knight, and after whispering a few words to him, the knight nodded and galloped forward.

This group of pedestrians is none other than Queen Mary of France.

After she received the news that Zhao Hongyu came to Marseille, she immediately prepared to come and meet Zhao Hongyu.

But it must be troublesome for a woman to prepare, so it takes a lot of time.

In a blink of an eye, almost half a month has passed.

But fortunately, half a month. Now Marie is finally in the vicinity of Marseille, and is almost at the estate.

Retracting her gaze, Mary sat up straight.

"Mary, do you think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince from the Americas will be difficult to deal with?"

At this time, a deep male voice sounded from across from Mary.

It turned out that Gaston I, Duke of Orleans, was sitting opposite her.

It is said that Queen Mary and this guy have an adulterous affair, and it seems that it is almost the same from this point.

Mary shook her head when she heard this: "I don't know very well, and I don't have much information about this American crown prince here, so I can't give a rough inference, but anyway, I think we should have a common topic with him, right?" ”

Queen Mary meant something. Gaston understood what she meant by the widows of the House of Samuel.

"The magistrate of Marseille has been dealing with this highness all this time, and has some personal information about this crown prince, but none of it is worth paying attention to, I only have general information about this crown prince's age and family."

Gaston said to Mary.

"Oh, tell me about it." Although it was not too important information, Mary was still very interested in learning about it.

Gaston hurriedly said: "This Royal Highness the Crown Prince from the Americas is only sixteen years old. Although he is much older than Little Louis, he is still a young man after all. He was married, and his wife was a girl of about thirteen years old, the queen of 300,000 Indians in Manhattan. There is an absolute right in this area. ”

Gaston told Mary everything he knew about Zhao Hongyu.

Mary listened very attentively.

"You know the rest of the information, Sara is also the wife of the crown prince now, but her status is not half as bad as that of the Indian queen. And I heard about the queen of the Indians. is still a person with a high talent in music, and at the same time has a good swordsmanship, which can be described as both civil and military. ”

No matter how powerful the Indian queen is, she has nothing to do with Mary. She is not Zhao Hongyu's wife, so she doesn't care about this.

So Mary said: "Is there any information about the crown prince, as for the information of his wives, I am not very interested." ”

Mary interrupted Gaston and said impatiently.

Gaston nodded and said, "Of course, this is some information from the mouth of the Indian queen." ", said the Duke of Orleans with a smile.

In fact, Gaston didn't know anything at all, and the information that the Marseille administrator took out of Emma's mouth was also fabricated by Zhao Hongyu and Wang Shan.

You must know that Zhao Hongyu was originally from the next generation, and there are no so-called relatives in this world, just a lonely person.

Don't look at what he bragged about earlier about the Song Empire and the Song Empire, in fact, it was just nonsense.

It's just that now with the cowhide blown by Zhao Hongyu, it looks like that, covering everyone.

"This crown prince of the Americas is the only heir of the Song Empire, his father is seriously ill and his time is short, his mother died when he was young, and there is no one else in the royal family of the Song Empire, so it is a sure thing that this crown prince will take over the empire in the future."

That's all Gasto knows, and he doesn't want to know any more.

It's very simple to be willing to press, and that's all the news that Wang Shan and Zhao Hongyu released to the outside world.

After listening to Gaston's words, Mary let out a long sigh.

"I really envy this crown prince, it seems that there is no obstacle for him to take over a huge empire, as long as he wants to. It's not like we have to clear countless obstacles and troubles to do this. ”

Mary was talking about her own business.

After all, relations within European countries are very chaotic, and the interests of countless parties are entangled.

That's exactly what she said.

Therefore, she envied Zhao Hongyu sincerely.

"For this young man who will take over the huge empire in the future, we need to lower our posture and try to gain his favor. After all, most of our current finances are financed by the profits earned from American goods. Mary said to him, looking at Gaston earnestly. If we offend His Majesty, it will greatly affect the share of commodities, and then our finances will deteriorate. ”

Gaston nodded, knowing that Mary was right.

It is true that the domestic economy of France is not very good right now, and they owe a huge foreign debt.

This alone is not enough, they also have a lot of personal debts, which need to be compensated for by buying goods from the Americas and buying and selling them for a profit.

Coupled with the fact that they went to the colony of Quebec, the French economy suddenly became more American.

Therefore, they must not offend this prince of the Americas.

You have to know Lu Dao, now I don't know how many people in Lu Dao are rushing to touch the ass of this American prince, hoping to get greater benefits from him, and there will definitely be no one who will offend him like a dead brain.

"Marie, do you estimate that the crown prince of the Americas came to Marseille for any purpose?"

Gaston asked, lowering his voice.

Mary smiled and said, "Of course there is, everyone has a purpose in doing things, and it won't be for no reason." So I conclude that he must have had a great interest in the widows of the Samuel family. It may not be true that it was Sara who brought the crown prince to Marseille. ”

"You're saying that the crown prince's purpose is the women of the Samuel family. Did he want to take those women away? Gaston's eyes rolled around, looking a little obscene. No, these women are our good cards, and if he takes us away, won't we have something to threaten Sarah? ”

Gaston lost his voice in a frustrated manner.

When Mary saw Gaston's behavior, she was very disdainful.

Hmph, if it weren't for the need for you to suppress the royalists, why would I have a leg with you. It's just a waste idiot, and you can say such a thing.

But disdain is disdainful, and Mary still needs to rely on the strength of the Duke Gaston to suppress those who rebel against her at home.

So, on this issue, she needs to explain it to Gaston well.

Otherwise, if he took Gaston to see Zhao Hongyu so recklessly, he would really cause something, it wouldn't be very good-looking, wouldn't it.

Gaston was a complete fool, and if it weren't for the fact that he was a duke, Mary would have given him two shaves to make him understand.

"Those women of the Samuel family we were destined to give to Sarah, and I can't stop you from doing so. Is there any other way you can stop Sara from taking these women away? I think you should understand that we can't stop it, right? ”

As soon as Mary said this, Gaston slowly calmed down.

yes, what can I do to stop Sara from taking these women, not at all.

But watching these women being taken away like this, he was very unwilling.

"I know you're unwilling, but there's nothing we can do about it. In that case, then let's just do a little bit of favors and return these women to Sarah, of course we didn't give these women back to her for nothing, she needs to give a little bit of it. ”

Mary had already guessed the intention of Zhao Hongyu and his party, and was ready to deal with it.

Mary is not a stupid woman, on the contrary, she is very smart.

It's a pity that no matter how smart she guesses, she can't guess the real purpose of Zhao Hongyu's trip and what he really cares about.

Those women of the Samuel family are some inconsequential people to Zhao Hongyu.

It is not impossible to sacrifice them if necessary.

It's just that there's no need for that now.

As for Sarah, she knows who she should support at a critical moment. (To be continued.) )