"Have you ever heard the name 'Marianne' during your time back in the capital?" asked Jenny, looking at Li Zijun.

"Of course, I think Marianne is probably the most talked about woman in Filano City, and even in the entire Dongyu Empire in the year since I left the Dongyu Empire!"

"A few days after I returned to Beijing, people kept telling me her name. When I left the capital, my ears were already filled with her things, and I really couldn't think about it!" Li Zijun thought of those rumors about Marianne and shook his head with a wry smile.

The reason why the name 'Marianne' has such a high spread in the Dongyu Empire is not because of how good she is or what she has done to cry ghosts and gods, but because of a scandal!

I think that at the beginning, the two support armies of Dongyu and the north went to the battlefield together, and soon after, the northern reinforcements sent back the good news of the success, although the battle situation in the south was not as prominent as the war in the north, but after all, it was considered to have temporarily stabilized the situation. Suddenly, the haze that had been swept away in the capital for many days began to reappear.

At this time, several courtiers took advantage of this east wind to secretly arrange a few balls for Virgil Bixia. It was at such a ball that Virgil Bixia met Marianne.

It is said that Marianne did not know the true identity of Virgil Bixia at the time, but was only attracted by his gentle and calm superior demeanor.

Regarding this statement, Li Zijun has been sneering at it since the day he heard it.

In many cases, people will be included in the ranks of 'traitors', and even directly equate with the 'glorious title' of 'traitors', but in fact, there are still certain differences between advisers and traitors.

The main function of the appearance of courtiers is to make the monarch happy and happy through flattery, so as to promote and reuse themselves. Although many of their actions tend to discourage a less determined monarch, this is ultimately a matter for the monarch himself, and not all the blame can be placed on them. From a certain point of view, there is a necessity for the existence of the courtiers!

The traitorous ministers reversed black and white, disrupted the court, and persecuted loyal ministers, and their purpose was to use all means to constantly make their rights greater, and most of them would eventually have something to do with seeking power and usurping the throne.

The main reason why the courtiers are misunderstood is very similar to the saying that 'women are in trouble', which has been passed down for many years, and they are all about shirking responsibility for an incompetent and failed guy!

To be able to become a qualified courtier, it is not only necessary to be able to speak the Tao and always grasp the mentality and preferences of the superiors, but the most important thing is not to put the superiors in any dangerous places! They all know very well that the safety and security of the superiors is the fundamental guarantee for them to rise to the top and live a happy life.

Therefore, Li Zijun did not believe that they would take Virgil Bixia to a place where no one knew his true identity. They said that just to give Virgil Bixia a curious mentality! This is also more in line with their flattery!

The next few encounters between Virgil Bixia and Marianne further proved Li Zijun's judgment.

It's just that Virgil Bixia himself doesn't seem to have such awareness, or that although he has noticed it, he prefers to pretend that he doesn't know anything, so that he can enjoy the feeling of attracting young beauties in their twenties at the age of sixty.

In short, during that time, Virgil Bixia and Marianne fell into a year-old love affair that 'looked beautiful'!

At that time, this matter had been extremely tightly controlled, and there were few real insiders in the entire Dongyu Empire. If the love affair between Virgil Bixia and Marianne only stops here, although sooner or later there will be some rumors in the upper class of the Dongyu Empire, it will never be the later storm in the city, or even in the country!

At this time, the news that the northern reinforcements were under siege and almost completely annihilated returned to the capital. Although the imperial court had tried its best to block the news at that time, under the deliberate spread of some well-intentioned people, the news still spread. Not only that, but after several retellings, the tragic situation of the defeat was extremely exaggerated!

The day before, Dongyu was still preparing to welcome the heroes who returned triumphantly, but in the blink of an eye, these 'heroes' became lonely ghosts.

At that time, almost no one believed that Li Zijun, who was only a teenager, could create miracles, and they basically thought at the same time that with this defeat, the northern gate of the Dongyu Empire was about to open!

The strong contrast from the great victory to the great defeat caused the entire city of Filano to fall into great despair!

Although the news obtained by the imperial court was more comprehensive than those rumors, and they also received a report that Li Zijun had temporarily stabilized the situation, they also did not believe that a child could really stop the famous general Yur of Menglin!

There was a situation that Li Zijun learned a long time later: Higgins had been specially received by Virgil Bixia the night before his departure.

What made this meeting special was that there were only two people in the palace at the time, Virgil Bixia and Higgins, and it was an absolutely separate meeting.

In this interview, Virgil Bixia only made one request to Higgins, that is, to save Li Zijun's life no matter what!

From this incident, it can be seen that Virgil Bixia cares about and attaches importance to Li Zijun, but this also shows from another perspective that the Dongyu Imperial Court had no confidence in Li Zijun at that time!

After the reinforcements departed, other things in the court that had nothing to do with the war were basically in a state of semi-standstill, and people fell into a difficult wait.

During this time, Virgil Bixia was worried about both the northern defense line of the empire and the life and death of Li Zijun.

But at this time, Virgil Bixia suddenly found that he couldn't find anyone to share the pressure for himself. Although he also knew very well that this was the sorrow of the kings of the past, he still couldn't help but feel inexplicably empty and lonely.

At this moment, Virgil Bixia finally realized that he was really a little old!

During that time, Virgil Bixia especially wanted to see Marianne, and it seemed that this was the only way to prove that he was still alive and well!

It is precisely for this reason that the relationship between Virgil Bixia and Marianne not only did not end because of the crisis of the Dongyu Empire, but became more enthusiastic because Virgil Bixia needed a harbor to comfort the soul.

It didn't take long for Li Zijun's 'Eighteen Bends' victory to make Dongyu feel uplifted, and they seemed to see the hope of guarding Dongyu's north gate again.

Virgil Bixia thought it was Marianne's good fortune, and the frequency of his meetings with Marianne became shorter and shorter.

Finally, the news of Yule's withdrawal came from the north! After confirming this news, Virgil Bixia was extremely excited, he immediately found Marianne, and without hesitation, he took possession of this woman who could almost be his granddaughter!

At this moment, Virgil Bixia found a long-lost feeling of youth in Marianne, he seemed to have returned to the age of high spirits and galloping on the battlefield, as far as the eye could see, as far as the long sword pointed to, the mountains and valleys could be stepped on!

What Virgil Bixia didn't expect was that the two of them were just a spring breeze for a while, and Marianne actually got married. An old man of his age can still hit the target, which makes Virgil Bixia feel surprised at the same time, and he is inevitably secretly proud in his heart, and he loves Marianne even more.

Marianne's news of conception happened to be after Li Zijun's successful sneak attack on Meigongshan, which made Virgil Bixia even more convinced that Marianne would bring her good luck, and thus had the idea of taking her into the palace.

It's just that the war was not over at that time, and Virgil Bixia was worried that he would be criticized for doing so, so he had to temporarily suppress his impulse.

It didn't take long for the Fengqi Empire and the Turkish-Hungarian Empire to withdraw their troops one after another, and this war, in the case of the Dongyu Empire with one enemy and three enemies, won the victory of Zuihou.

Suddenly, Virgil Bixia's prestige also reached an unprecedented height! Under such circumstances, Virgil Bixia gradually sobered up, and he became hesitant about whether to accept Marianne into the palace, and he was worried that this matter would affect his image in the eyes of the people. After all, when the soldiers were on the bloody battlefield, he was talking to a young woman. In this matter, even Virgil Bixia himself felt that he had done something inappropriate, and he couldn't help but retreat in his heart, and Marianne's entry into the palace was put down.

Although Virgil Bixia's move temporarily preserved his prestige, it was a little unfair to Marianne, and it was inevitable that he would be dishonest!

At this time, Marianne, who had already received a promise from Virgil Bixia, had every reason to ask him to fulfill his promise, or at least to express some dissatisfaction to him.

But what Virgil Bixia didn't expect was that Marianne not only didn't ask him for anything, but also treated him as always, seemingly completely forgetting what he had said before.

Marianne's performance won her great favor in Virgil Bixia's heart. If Virgil Bixia was originally only guilty of Marianne, after this time, he added endless love and pity to Marianne!

At the moment when Li Zijun re-entered the Dongyu Empire, Marianne finally came to give birth.

Hearing the news, Virgil Bixia immediately sent the most haode midwife in the palace to Marianne's side. Soon after, he also secretly left the palace to prepare for the arrival of his illegitimate son.

The midwife in the palace has a lot of experience in delivering babies, and she has checked Marianne many times before, and she has always concluded that Marianne will have no problems giving birth.

But what Virgil Bixia didn't expect was that Marianne's production eventually went wrong. She stayed up for a day and a night, but she couldn't give birth to a baby, and she had a difficult birth!