"What do you think of our paradise, Your Excellency Zhou Xingyun?" Houllier asked an irrelevant digression very abruptly.
"It is very beautiful and exquisite. Even in the Central Plains, it is difficult to find such an elegant city. Unfortunately, this city is rich but not prosperous and lacks vitality." Zhou Xingyun stayed in Paradise for two days and had already noticed the problems of this city.
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The first impression of the paradise on Zhou Xingyun was very good. It was beautiful, elegant, wealthy, and exquisite. It was really a resort. However, after two days of moving in, Zhou Xingyun realized that the so-called paradise was really just an illusion. There was no busy traffic, no bustling city, everything.
, are all so peaceful, even quieter than the palace.
There are hundreds of civil and military officials attending court in the imperial city, while Paradise is a place of idleness, with nothing but elegance and beauty.
All in all, fun-loving guys like Zhou Xingyun and Mo Nianxi will feel uncomfortable after living in the paradise for half a month.
"No, Your Excellency Zhou Xingyun misunderstood me. What I'm asking you is, what do you think of the women in Paradise?" Hollier smiled meaningfully. Her idea was to use the women in Paradise to seduce Zhou Xingyun.
help.
Houllier is very good at judging people. Zhou Xingyun is definitely a pervert with a blind eye to sex. He just said that he plans to buy many, many foreign beauties and return to his country.
The women in the paradise are all carefully selected beauties. Even if they are not as outstanding as Wei Suyao and other women, they are still beauties collected from the Western Continent. All of them are young women of seventeen or eighteen years old, Holier can be sure.
, Zhou Xingyun will be tempted in all likelihood.
Even if Zhou Xingyun is not interested in the women living in the paradise, Holier can still take him to see the girls who are being cultivated. In order to protect the interests of the empire, Holier even thought of using Seluvinia as a bargaining chip to please
Zhou Xingyun and others helped.
"how do I say this?"
Houllier's words were so explicit that Zhou Xingyun could naturally hear the underlying meaning.
"As long as Your Excellency Zhou Xingyun helps us repel the invaders, the women in the paradise will belong to you, and you can deal with them as you like." Houllier was like selling cabbage, and said the words in an understatement that made Zhou Xingyun ecstatic.
However, when Zhou Xingyun changed his mind, he felt that there was nothing more sad than death.
Old lady, you are the reincarnation of Kong Ming, and you know that I am a 100% libertine from Jianshu who played into the trap of beauty. The problem is... Zhou Xingyun hopes that Houllier will say these words to him ten or eight years later.
Zhou Xingyun was puzzled. He did not belong to this era. Even if Houllier gave him all the beauties in the paradise, he would not be able to take them away.
"Don't you, Your Excellency Zhou Xingyun, look down on the women in Paradise?" Houllier saw Zhou Xingyun's expression of frustration and immediately thought that he didn't like the vulgar girls living in Paradise, so he added more: "Your Excellency Zhou Xingyun should have seen my apprentice Sai
Luvinia, she is also a part of the paradise. To tell you the truth, besides Luvinia, there are many more good things in the paradise that you have never seen."
"Ah?" Zhou Xingyun was stunned for a moment. He wondered if he was hearing hallucinations. What did Houllier say just now? This kind-faced old woman sold the little stuff without blinking an eye.
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Seeing Zhou Xingyun's moved expression, Hollier couldn't help but say in a more serious tone: "As long as Your Excellency Zhou Xingyun can help us repel the invaders, the women in the paradise, including all the candidates for the imperial concubine who are practicing rituals, will all belong to you. You can give them to you."
They are all brought back to the Eastern Continent, sold, or enjoyed for themselves, whatever you want."
"You're not kidding me, are you?" Zhou Xingyun looked surprised. He didn't expect Houllier to be so ruthless and actually sold Xiaoxiaocai. Fortunately, Xiaoxiaocai was not present, otherwise she would have been very upset when she heard her mentor's words of disavowal.
sad.
Furthermore, doesn’t the emperor like Xiao Xiaosai very much? This old woman dares to give him all the women in the paradise. I’m afraid it’s not a big trap!
"What do you think? As long as you agree to my request, I can immediately take you to see the girls who have been carefully cultivated in the paradise. I guarantee you that, without exception, they are all beautiful embryos that are unique in thousands." Holier
He said very seductively.
Indeed, as Zhou Xingyun thought in his heart, it was impossible for Hollier to give all the women in Paradise to Zhou Xingyun. Even if she wanted to, the emperor would not agree.
The girls cultivated in the paradise belong to the emperor, and Houllier has no right to use them as bargaining chips.
Now that Houllier has offered such conditions, it is nothing more than to tempt Zhou Xingyun into being fooled. It is a naked trap.
Will Zhou Xingyun take the bait? Houllier guessed that he would take the bait in all likelihood. Just like Caesar and others believed that Zhou Xingyun would sell the beauties around him, Zhou Xingyun would take a chance and believe her words.
After all, Hollier is the manager of the park, and there is no evidence to prove that she is lying. Now that she has sworn to be frank about the conditions of her promise, Zhou Xingyun will probably believe it.
To be sure, Zhou Xingyun would probably give Houllier a chance and trust her first.
However, believing once is enough! Even if all credibility will be lost this time, Houllier will not hesitate.
The moment Houllier threatened to give all the women in Paradise to Zhou Xingyun, he was ready to burn bridges.
Although Zhou Xingyun is a powerful person in the Eastern Continent, his own strength cannot be underestimated, but... they are foreigners after all, and there are only nine of them. The empire is really more than enough to deal with them.
Houllier had already made a plan. He would compromise first and induce Zhou Xingyun and others to help contain the enemy forces with generous terms. He would then renegotiate with Zhou Xingyun and others after the empire had dispatched its troops.
If Zhou Xingyun and others know each other, Houllier can indeed give Zhou Xingyun the woman who lives in Paradise as a reward. Of course, this does not include candidates for the imperial concubine.
If Zhou Xingyun and others don't understand each other, he will die in a foreign land, and the beauties around him will become the emperor's pets.
Houllier thinks the latter is more likely, because the development of the situation depends not on Zhou Xingyun's attitude, but on the attitude of the emperor.
If the emperor sees the beauty next to Zhou Xingyun, he will definitely ask him to pay tribute. What will happen then, Houllier can't really guess.
However, that is all a matter for the future. The top priority is to induce Zhou Xingyun and his party to persuade them to help the empire fight against the invaders.
"Your Excellency Holier, aren't the girls trained in the paradise all candidates for the imperial concubine? Without the emperor's consent, you...can really give them away?" Zhou Xingyun was skeptical. He was not sure, but wanted to believe Holier.
you.
You know, yesterday, in order to keep Xiao Xiaosai, Houllier directly 'scammed' the three men of Grand Duke William's family to death.
Zhou Xingyun also learned from Isabel that Hollier ordered Bud and Leiter to kill Wei Nuo with their own hands, otherwise they would both die.
A petition! This is a petition! In this way, Bud and Leiter are both the murderers of Wino, and they dare not reveal the truth about the paradise to the outside world.
"Like Caesar, they were killed and kidnapped by the Alat Bandits and the guards of the Lhasa Kingdom." Holier smiled tepidly.
The Holy Union Army and the Osselan Alliance joined forces to sneak into the port of the Kingdom of Lhasa and invade the Principality of Cheryl in the southwest of the Esilans Federation.
To put it bluntly, the Principality of Cheryl cannot be saved, and the paradise will inevitably fall.
In other words, all women who settle in paradise will be kidnapped by the enemy.
Rather than giving it to the enemy in vain, it is better to use it to please Zhou Xingyun. As long as Zhou Xingyun is strong and can protect the women in Paradise, they will belong to him.
"How? Do you believe what I say now?" Hollier said very sincerely: "The Holy Union Army and the Osselan Alliance invaded the Principality of Cheryl. They were almost dead in Paradise. I used them as bargaining chips, but
There is no solution within a solution. In short, I have no choice but to continue to protect them. If His Excellency Zhou Xingyun does not help us repel the invaders, they will all become the property of the invaders. Therefore, I can only treat dead horses as living horses.
Doctor, use them to negotiate terms with you. In this war, as many women as Paradise can survive, His Excellency Zhou Xingyun will be able to obtain as many women as possible."
Houllier acted coyly, as if he really wanted to give Zhou Xingyun the beauty he had gathered in the paradise.
After all, Houllier was right. Without the help of Zhou Xingyun and other experts, whether they could escape back to the empire was a question.
In other words, after learning that the armies of the Holy Union Army and the Oseland Alliance appeared at the port of the Kingdom of Lhasa, Holier could not escape directly with Xiao Sai.
They must stay in the Principality of Cheryl to contain the armies of the Holy Alliance and the Osselan Alliance, so that the empire has ample time to deploy its troops.
Otherwise, the armies of the Holy Union Army and the Osselan Alliance will directly pass through the Principality of Cheryl and raid the capital of the Essilans Empire. In the worst case scenario, Essilans may be destroyed!
Hollier must not let this happen. Even if everyone in Paradise is sacrificed, she must block the troops of the Holy Union Army and the Osselan Alliance within the territory of the Principality of Cheryl, buy time for the empire, and prevent the fall of the imperial capital.
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"Don't you think this is very interesting, Your Excellency Zhou Xingyun? On the surface, you are helping the empire to resist the invaders, but in fact, you are robbing the beauties of the paradise. In the end, as many of them can survive, you will get as many as you can, leading you to
How many people are gone? It’s like a game, a game where bets are made on the lives of beauties! It’s fun, exciting, and interesting, and it can just pass the time in your boring life. Your Excellency Zhou Xingyun, you already control their life and death.”
Houllier saw that Zhou Xingyun didn't say a word, so he could only persuade him further.
Previously, Zhou Xingyun said that he came to the Western Continent purely for sightseeing and excitement. Now Houllier asked him to regard the current situation as a game to block the life of a beautiful woman.
Nobles like to play this kind of game that involves killing people, and Houllier thinks Zhou Xingyun will also like it.
Good guy! Zhou Xingyun just wants to say one thing to the white-haired old woman, you are such a good guy!
Under Zhou Xingyun's calm appearance, there was a huge wave of ecstasy. He never expected that Houllier would actually offer such conditions.
Even though he knew it was a lie, Zhou Xingyun had a plan in mind to use it to defeat Houllier.