Zhang Yanling said with a smile: "What? Miss Catherine doesn't want to leave, but she wants to stay? One of you leaves, but one of you wants to stay with me?"
Zhang Yanling's words were already ridiculing, and she looked at Catherine sideways.
Catherine blushed and turned away without answering. Zhang Yanling found that Catherine blushed very easily tonight. She was dressed more beautifully than Helena. She seemed to have forgotten to button the collar of her blouse, revealing a large area of snow-white skin.
Helena said softly: "Katherine and I are good friends. Naturally, I hope that she will come with me so that we can take care of each other. But she doesn't want to leave. Catherine, tell him yourself."
Catherine glanced at Zhang Yanling, stood up, and suddenly knelt down towards Zhang Yanling. Zhang Yanling stood up and frowned: "What are you doing?"
Catherine said solemnly: "Your Excellency, my father passed away. Now I have no father, no mother, and nothing. I am alone when I return to Franchi Country. All I think about now is revenge. That devil Alfonso
For killing my father, I have sworn revenge. He is now
After being defeated, retreat to the port of Garo Kingdom, or the port of Ceylon Kingdom. I know that the Duke will soon march to continue to attack these places. So I ask the Duke to allow me to follow you. I want to see Alfonso with my own eyes.
This devil must die. Please have mercy on me, Your Majesty the Duke, and Catherine will always remember your kindness."
Zhang Yanling sighed, nodded and said: "I see, you want to kill Alfonso to take revenge? Well, that's right. Alfonso killed your father. The hatred of his father is irreconcilable, so he must be avenged. However,
, how do you know that I will continue to attack all the way? In fact, I do not intend to continue to attack. My warships are seriously damaged. After occupying this port, I am afraid that I will not continue to attack. Therefore, your revenge for killing your father
, I’m afraid I can’t help.”
Catherine looked disappointed and glanced at Helena, not knowing what to say.
Helena shouted: "Your Majesty, please help Catherine. The only one who can help her now is you. Please help her."
Zhang Yanling frowned and said: "What a joke, this kind of thing is a major military matter. Whether to continue the attack or not requires comprehensive consideration and careful balance. Do you think it is child's play? In this battle, more than two hundred of my brothers were killed and three were injured.
More than a hundred people, that's all lives and blood. How many people will die if we continue the attack? Can I just squander the lives of the soldiers in order to help Catherine avenge her father? I'm sorry, I can't help you with this.
"
Catherine's face turned red and she lowered her head. She didn't know what to do.
Helena glared at Zhang Yanling and frowned: "Your Majesty the Duke, I know you will definitely attack. You said before that not only will you seize this place, but you will also continue to attack and fight back our Eastern Fleet of the Franji Kingdom back to our hometown.
"
"Did I say that?" Zhang Yanling frowned.
"Of course you said that. You told me on the way here that day. You said that your Ming Empire wants to build ports on the coasts of the world. Unless it is friendly trade with you, any country wants to run rampant on the sea.
, you don’t even allow it.” Helena said.
Zhang Yanling touched her chin and said nothing. Unexpectedly, this girl has a good memory.
Helena's voice slowed down and she said softly: "My Lord Duke, I know what you are thinking. You are not willing to do this favor in vain, are you? You just like to make deals with others, right? This time, let's make a deal too.
.Catherine is beautiful and gentle. I think you like her very much. More importantly, she is also willing to follow you. If after you help him avenge his father, Catherine is willing to repay you with her body, what do you think?
?”
Zhang Yanling stared at Helena in shock, then turned to look at Catherine again, speechless for a moment.
This Flemish woman was too bold, she actually talked about such things as if it were a joke. Helena actually pimped herself out and started a flesh-and-blood deal with her, which was simply unbelievable.
"Your Excellency, Catherine is a good girl, and she doesn't care about how many wives you have. As long as you treat her well, she will live here, and you also have a family here, and the wives at home don't know this.
Isn't it the best of both worlds?" Helena continued.
Zhang Yanling sneered and said: "It's really the best of both worlds. Just think about it and you'll be happy."
Helena said happily: "So, you agreed?"
Zhang Yanling laughed, looked at Catherine and said: "Miss Catherine, do you love me?"
Catherine was stunned for a moment and said confusedly: "I love you, Your Majesty the Duke."
Zhang Yanling said: "So, what is my name, how many people are in my family, and how old am I? What do I like to eat, drink, and play?"
Catherine shook her head blankly. She could not answer any of these questions.
Zhang Yanling sneered: "You don't even know my name or how old I am, and you just say you love me? Who are you fooling? Don't you think this is childish and ridiculous?"
Helena shouted: "Your Majesty the Duke..."
"Shut up! Helena, who do you think I am? I, Zhang Yanling, am the Protector of the Ming Empire. I am also a high-ranking figure. You actually used your beauty to seduce me and make deals with me. I, Zhang Yanling, need a woman.
Are you trading your flesh and blood with me? Who do you think I am? Me
Am I a lustful person? A person who takes advantage of others' danger? A person who has no bottom line for beauty? In your eyes, that's who I am? You French women are so self-indulgent and shameless, taking advantage of yourself.
Are you trading your body? This is really unreasonable." Zhang Yanling shouted sternly.
Catherine's face turned pale, and she immediately covered her face and started crying.
Helena's face also turned pale, and she said after a while: "I knew it wouldn't work. Alas."
"Let's go. I still have business to attend to here." Zhang Yanling said, brushing his sleeves.
Helena reached out and grabbed Zhang Yanling's arm and shouted: "Duke, don't be angry, this is all my fault, it was all my idea. Catherine didn't want to do this originally, it was my bad idea. She...
She is indeed desperate. If she returns to China with me, life or death will be in danger.
Paul. I don’t want her to have no support, so I want to keep her by your side. I’m leaving, and she’s here to take care of you for me, and I feel at ease. She also has someone to rely on. Don’t be angry, it’s all my fault, I shouldn’t say anything
It’s a deal. Catherine is very nice, and she really likes you, so don’t be angry.”
Catherine raised her head and shouted: "Helena, don't beg him. I don't like him, I just want him to help me get revenge. It's just that he doesn't want to, I just want to take revenge myself. Don't beg him. We Franco women
It’s not that you are spineless, so why bother making fun of others.”
Helena shouted: "Catherine, don't talk. This is really my fault. I shouldn't be so smart as to talk about the deal. I'm too stupid. God, forgive me. I just want to bring you two together."
Catherine, you said you like him."
Catherine blushed and shouted: "I didn't say it. Please, Helena, isn't that embarrassing enough? Stop talking. This matter is over. I will go back to France with you. I will have my own revenge."
way."
Helena said: "What can you do? When we go back this time, life or death is uncertain. I have no choice but to go back and die."
Catherine shouted: "So what if we die? It's better than being called contemptuous. Let's go."
Helena looked at Zhang Yanling pitifully, and Zhang Yanling turned to look out the window. Helena gritted her teeth and stood up, stomped her feet, snorted, pulled up Catherine, and the two walked quickly to the door.
Zhang Yanling turned around and watched them leave, secretly laughing.
He thought to himself: These two little girls are really trying to play tricks on me by playing such tricks on me. Maybe if I go back a few years, I will be confused by them. But now, how can I do it because of their tricks?
And be fooled by means.
That Catherine actually had no friendship with her, she just had a good impression at most. She wanted to avenge her father, and maybe if she begged for permission, she might not treat them like this. But they chose to play tricks on her.
Zhang Yanling is not angry because they think she is a womanizer. She has long since passed the time when she would be angry because she was misunderstood. She just thinks that this way of using her is too clumsy and it is an insult to her own intelligence.
Zhang Yanling could see that Helena was not to blame for the whole thing. This girl was straightforward and sincere, and she really wanted to bring herself and Catherine together. She might have felt that she was about to leave her, and it was difficult to let go of this friendship, so she wanted to let her
A good friend will replace you and stay by your side.
Helena had already used this trick when she begged her to save her father. She should have known that this method was useless to her. When she refused, Helena said, "I knew it wouldn't work."
That means she had objected beforehand.
So this matter was actually Catherine's plan. She dragged Helena here and asked Helena to beg her, while she herself seemed very innocent and angry. This foreign girl was quite scheming.
Zhang Yanling can actually understand her and pity her a little. Her situation is indeed worthy of pity. In order to take revenge, she may indeed want to play some tricks to achieve her goal. But this kind of behavior will not work with Zhang Yanling. Maybe she
She may not necessarily have bad intentions, but she must understand that she must not play tricks in front of him. He is not someone who can't act when he sees a girl. Sincerity is the only way to impress him.
"Go cry!" Zhang Yanling thought, drank all the tea and went back to her room to sleep.
…
In the early morning of the next day, Helena, who had been so angry that she had not slept all night, was still lying in bed and staring because of what happened last night, she heard a voice from the hall downstairs.
"Miss Helena, are you up? I'm here to see Mr. Almeida. I don't know if it's convenient or not."
Helena jumped up from the bed and quickly combed her hair and clothes. She looked in the mirror and saw that her eyes were black after not sleeping all night and her hair was messy. She was so anxious that she felt like crying. She quickly cleaned herself up, changed clothes, combed her hair and washed her face in a hurry.
"It seems I'm not welcome anymore. That's all, I'm leaving." Zhang Yanling's voice came.
Helena rushed out of the room, holding her messy blond hair and shouted: "Your Majesty the Duke."
Zhang Yanling looked up and said with a smile: "Miss Helena, what's wrong with you? Has your hair been bombarded?"
Helena was filled with anger all night and threw the comb in her hand.
Zhang Yanling reached out to grab it and said with a smile: "Where is your father, I want to talk to him."