Chapter 8 Duel (3)
"Actually, I'm not afraid of duels." Ding Yi held Anna's slender arm and said softly to her. His hand on Princess Anna, waved outwards, signaling that the guards who were about to enter could withdraw first. The woman's tears, even the beautiful woman's tears, Ding Yi could still resist it. When necessary, he would not mind reflecting the tears in the steel knife he swung out.
But because of the tears of the beautiful woman who was concerned, Ding Yi was always helpless.
"Okay, don't cry, thank you, child." Ding Yi said and touched his nose. Even he himself felt the word "child". It was a bit hypocritical when he said it at this moment. "Don't worry about me. Look in my eyes and listen to me, you have to believe me, yes, believe I can win."
Princess Anna shook her head desperately, and her golden curly hair surged like waves: "No! Your Majesty, that is a demon, he will kill you! Just like those humble longbowmen did in the Battle of Agincourt!" The British longbowmen's most brilliant victory in the Battle of Agincourt, the arrow curtain fired by the longbow killed many French knights.
"Your Majesty, you said that knowledge is power, but in the duel arena, knowledge cannot help you resist the blade like armor!" Princess Anna felt like she was going crazy. She didn't know how to stop this man, the man who fascinated her, and embarked on the road of death.
Ding Yi felt a headache, but he had no choice but to comfort her, even if he pulled out the revolver and accurately hit the vase twenty meters away, he could not give Princess Anna a trace of peace: "Your Majesty! That is a duel that prohibits firearms. Your battlefield is definitely not on the duel field! I believe you can command the army and achieve the final victory, but not on the duel field!"
"But I can't be a coward." Ding Yi really had no choice. Not only could he not reassure Princess Anna in words, but as time passed, the close body and the fragrance of virginity also gradually made him feel a little distracted from touch to smell. Although he could still control himself, he had originally held Princess Anna's hand unconsciously stroked her long soft golden hair.
So he decided to use this statement to stop the conversation.
"Yes, Your Majesty." She could hear that Ding Yi had made up her mind, so she did not persuade her again.
Standing upright, Princess Anna looked like she had removed the tears at the corners of her eyes, and she was as tall and solemn as usual: "But I think that Mohammed II may be a coward, and maybe he would not want to go to the duel arena, so the problem will be solved." Princess Anna, who can become the Regent, has already revealed her fortitude and determination.
"No, child. You don't have to do that for me." Ding Yi could tell what she meant. She wanted to cause some trouble for Mohammed II when he arrived in Paris, or at that time, to prevent Mohammed II from entering the duel.
He said as he reached out to hold her hand, but he was wrong, maybe just wrong. In short, he hugged her slender waist, although he immediately let go of his hand: "Believe me. I will solve this problem. Maybe at that time, you will consider going back to Smyrna with me. The cute girl."
Ding Yi's original intention was to say that Princess Anna could consider his invitation and teach at the Rongcheng Academy Branch in Smyrna.
However, in the princess's ears, there was a different meaning. Her snow-white face suddenly turned red, so that a few small freckles on her nose appeared - she came out too quickly and forgot to put on makeup. She didn't say anything more. She lowered her head and held the corner of her skirt to salute Ding Yi, and then hurriedly prepared to quit.
He can always melt her, always melt her from a solemn princess to a beautiful girl.
"Wait, child." Ding Yi stopped her and asked Cao Jixiang to bring a box up, "A little gift."
"The piano you gave me is precious enough." Her voice suddenly became low, and even her beautiful face was no longer as high as usual. But she still took the wooden box, full of Ming style carvings, simple, elegant and atmospheric, and looked at it and made people have infinite expectations for the objects in the box.
Ding Yi held down her hand that was about to open the box: "Go back and take it apart."
After she left, Cao Jixiang gave Ding Yiji tea: "Your Majesty, the establishment of the Ministry of Rites must be made early. Otherwise, there must be a charter for this excerpt. Although they are not good-looking in Xifan, they are also the daughters of the Barbarian King. If they are included in the palace, they must always be rewarded with a concubine to show the great grace of the emperor."
Listening to this, Ding Yi almost sprayed out the tea. Cao's chauvinism is not ordinary strong. The man Anna is mainly used in later generations. Why is it a model's figure and a celebrity's face, but Cao Jixiang thinks he looks ugly? Well, who made China not weak in this era? Naturally, the mainstream aesthetics are mainly based on the aesthetic of the Celestial Empire.
Cao Jixiang was still helping Ding Yi to make a plan: "Your Majesty knows, and I have read some books by your Majesty. This saltless mother, although she has no face, has virtue. Your Majesty is to become a saint who will achieve the foundation of all generations. According to my Nu, this daughter of the Barbarian King is indeed talented and serves the country and the people. Alas, why not just accept it, it will be a pain to Your Majesty!"
Ding Yi couldn't help it, and a mouthful of tea choked out of his nose.
He pushed Cao Jixiang away who was about to come over to beat his back, waved his hand, and signaled him to go out first to calm himself down.
At this time, Cao Jixiang whispered to Jeddah outside: "If Isabella looks like Isabella, although her eyes are scary green, her skin color and appearance are still acceptable; although the daughter of the French barbarian king is talented, she is really a pain!" Isabella has a oval face, and her nose is taller, it is quite in line with the aesthetic view of China at this time.
"Now Yan took over Louis' daughter and waited for Louis to collapse, France will naturally belong to that French!" Jeddah said dissatisfiedly, "For our tribe, no, our country, Yan is really suffering! But in Jeddah's view, it's worth it!"
Ding Yi had already stopped coughing. He listened to their conversation and coughed desperately for a while before calming down. He whispered to himself: "You know, don't say that people are obviously pretty, they can play with their long legs for a day without getting tired of it!" But after a pause, his face turned red, "Forget it, this is too beast, it looks only twenty!" But he quickly became entangled, "No, you can't do this anymore. I already owe Liu Yiyi and the others very much, but I can't go wrong." It was precisely based on this mentality that the gift he gave to Anna was a pair of shoes and exquisite shoes. He thought Anna could understand what he meant.
Giving shoes to a woman means to keep the other person away. Ding Yi doesn't think Anna will not see through this meaning.
But he became melancholy again, got up and walked around, and said to himself, "But this is the Chenghua period, the Chenghua period! Taking a concubine is not illegal!" At this time, he was not as quick as he was when he married Sofia, because it was a pure political marriage and an exchange of interests. This time, it was obviously not like this. After all, he was not a saint, so he struggled a lot in his heart.
Princess Anna who got on the carriage and returned to Paris, even though she sat in the carriage, she could still feel the heat on her cheeks.
"No, I'm not sick." She said to the maid who came to greet her with concern, and then opened the exquisite wooden box that Ding Yi gave her.
There are pairs of high heels inside. Although French court dressmakers have invented high heels in this era, Dante Yi's pair of high heels blended many Chinese craftsmanship and styles. The jade embellishment and smooth shoe shape fascinated Princess Anna at once. Even the maid next to her could not help but cover her mouth and frighten her: "God! This is not a pair of shoes, it is an exquisite work of art!"
"He can always give people endless surprises." She stroked the pair of exquisite shoes, as Ding Yi expected, and immediately understood what Ding Yi meant, but she quickly found a message for herself, "Does he want me to put on these dreamy shoes and follow him to Smyrna? Maybe this is a good choice."
However, the flushing on Princess Anna's face slowly disappeared because she had made a decision.
Once she made a decision, she restored the solemnity of the church: "Tell the Grand Commander of Joan de Croy that I do not want Poseidon's opponent to enter the duel arena. This is a commission that must be executed, and no denying is allowed. If it fails, then I will do my best to lobby the nobles of various countries and provide money to support his reconstruction; if it succeeds, then he can end his career like a rat and repeat the glory of the past. Don't forget that Joan of Arc has been named Saint."
Jon De Kroy was the rebuilt leader of the Knights Templar. The Knights Templar had money, and the reason why it was ordered to be annihilated by the church was some of the later generations, which was because it was too rich. It is said that the loan notes and accounts of usury were piled up higher than those of the scriptures.
However, despite the reconstruction of the current Knights Templar, it has not recovered its vitality for more than a hundred years.
As Anna said, they could not show up in a blatant and open manner.
So the reward she proposed was definitely a condition full of temptation, especially when she mentioned Joan of Arc, that is, Ding Yi's influence on the Pope.
Following the guard next to the carriage, someone replied by the carriage window: "As you wish, Your Highness."
Then the guard left the convoy and fled into the dark streets.
"I won't let you have something to do!" Princess Anna swears secretly.
Chapter completed!