Oriole Garden has been expanded once, and the surrounding buildings are all new. The two walked for a long time and came to a rockery.
Yang Ying walked around to the back of the rockery, stopped just now, turned around, and stared at Du Zundao with murderous intent on his face.
"Mr. Du, this place is inaccessible. Even if I kill you, no one will know about it!"
Du Zundao smiled slightly and said: "Madam, you are joking. I am here to save you from danger. How could you kill me?"
Yang Ying narrowed his eyes and said, "That's really nice to say. When Li Er was defeated, you were the one who sent people to arrest my mother and son!"
Du Zundao frowned and said: "Madam seems to have some prejudice against me. You are Brother Han's wife, so even if I..."
"That happened in the past! My current husband's name is Hou Baisi!" Yang Ying interrupted rudely: "After the wedding banquet, I hope you leave Jiangdu immediately, otherwise don't blame us for being rude!"
After hearing Yang Ying's threat, Du Zundao was silent for a while and said in a deep voice: "My wife wants to remarry, and I can't control it. But I need to leave with Brother Han's son!"
Yang Ying said coldly: "He is my son, why should I leave it to you?"
Du Zundao said lightly: "Since Madam is his mother, she should think about his safety even more!"
"Haha... It's really ridiculous. You, a stinky man with only conspiracies and tricks in your mind, are you qualified to teach me how to be a mother?"
Du Zundao said calmly: "At least I know one thing. Jiangdu Army is about to face a disaster. If you mother and son continue to stay in Jiangdu, there is only one way to die!"
Yang Ying sneered and said: "Okay, that's very good. I wonder if Mr. Zhang will chop off your head when he hears this!"
Du Zundao laughed and said: "Madam is a woman after all, so she cannot see the general trend of the world! Manager Zhang is a smart man, different from a reckless man like Zhang Shicheng. He has been preparing for defense since he captured Jiangdu, which shows that he knows very well what cutting off water transportation means.
What!"
Yang Ying was secretly shocked and asked: "What does it mean?"
Du Zundao's eyes were stern: "The Yuan Dynasty is still very powerful now and will not allow water transportation to be cut off. They will assemble the most powerful troops and conquer Yangzhou in one go!"
Yang Ying gritted his teeth and said: "Since Manager Zhang has known this for a long time, he must be on guard!"
Du Zundao sighed: "No matter how prepared he is, it's useless! To be honest, facing the Xuzhou army, even we are not sure of winning, let alone the Jiangdu army!"
Yang Ying sneered and said: "You have been beaten so hard by Chahan Timur that you cannot hold your head up. What qualifications do you have to compare with Jiangdu Army?"
Du Zundao raised his voice and said: "The way to use troops is to show them with softness and meet them with strength, show them with weakness and take advantage of them with strength. Our army keeps a low profile in order to give the Yuan soldiers a fatal blow."
Yang Ying was stunned for a long time and said: "In that case, you just attack Yuan Ting directly, why do you come to find our mother and son?"
Du Zundao looked solemnly and said: "Madam, you underestimate the Yuan army. Although Emperor Yuan is getting more and more confused, he still has capable people and his strength is still there. We must make King Xiao Ming the emperor before we can defeat them!" Yang Ying remained silent.
Du Zundao said leisurely: "Madam, you know that more than 400,000 troops have been assembled in Xuzhou. When spring comes next year, the troops will go south. With Jiangdu's 50,000 troops, how can we stop them?"
Yang Ying said resolutely: "Even if I can't stop him, I will live and die with Jiangdu's army!"
Du Zundao sighed: "Madam has a strong temper, which I always admire, but are you willing to watch Jiangdu's army be wiped out and your husband and son die under the Yuan army's butcher knife?"
Yang Ying stopped talking again.
Du Zundao said softly: "The plan for now is for my wife to take Prince Xiao Ming back with us. We will support him as the emperor and my wife as the queen mother. When our army marches north in a big way, the Yuan soldiers must divide their troops to stop us.
Jiangdu is in danger!"
Yang Ying closed her eyes.
Du Zundao knew that Yang Ying had been persuaded, and said softly: "When the Yuan Dynasty is defeated, we can also enthrone Jiangdu Army and Hou Baisi. If Madam does not want to stay in the palace, we can also let you out of the palace and be with Hou Baisi."
One Hundred and Four Reunion!"
Yang Ying remained silent.
Du Zundao said calmly: "Madam may doubt my words, but as long as Prince Ming comes of age, he will be able to control the power of the emperor. No matter what Madam wants to choose, she will get what she wants!"
Yang Ying sneered and said: "I'm afraid that after my mother and son pass, Lin'er will immediately become a puppet emperor in your hands. When you finish using it, you will usurp power!"
Du Zundao smiled lightly and said: "Madam is really smart. Although I won't do this, I don't deny the possibility. Madam can regard this as a gamble!"
Yang Ying raised his eyebrows and said: "Gambling?"
Du Zundao said with enthusiasm: "Yes. The forces of the Red Turban Army in Jiangbei are complex. At present, only King Xiao Ming can unify the orders. In the process of destroying the Yuan Dynasty, no one will have the heart to rebel. If before the destruction of the Yuan Dynasty, my wife can help King Xiao Ming grasp the power."
, everything is solved!"
Yang Ying was stunned for a moment and said: "What if it can't be done?"
"Then Madam, I can only leave my fate to the ministers below. It depends on whether there are more loyal ministers or more treacherous ministers!"
Yang Ying snorted and said, "Are you a loyal minister or a traitor?"
Du Zundao smiled and said: "I can only promise one thing, before the Yuan Dynasty is destroyed, I will never have any different intentions!"
If Du Zundao swore that he was a loyal minister, Yang Ying did not believe it. His statement now made Yang Ying trust him a little more.
"How did Brother Han die in the first place?" she asked suddenly.
A strange light flashed in Du Zundao's eyes, he glanced left and right, and whispered: "Madam, I will explain this to you later, okay?"
Seeing his reaction, Yang Ying gritted his teeth and said, "Did someone really leak the secret back then?"
Du Zundao was silent for a long time, then lowered his eyes and said: "If Madam wants to avenge Brother Han, from now on, she must keep this matter deep in her heart. Only after King Xiao Ming comes to power will she have a chance to take revenge!"
Yang Xing felt a chill in her heart. For Du Zundao, the second-ranking figure in the Jiangbei Army, to say such a thing, the person behind it was self-evident. After she took a deep breath, she said no more.
Du Zundao said: "Madam, can you take me to see Prince Xiao Ming?"
Yang Ying hesitated for a while and finally nodded.
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In a small garden to the west of the Oriole Garden, Han Lin'er climbed up to the rockery, stretched out his hand to pull Xiao Qi up, and said to the children below: "From today on, Xiao Qi is my queen. Please pay your respects to the queen!" The children below, led by Hu Xiaobao, shouted in confusion: "Meet the Queen!"
Xiao Qi chuckled, feeling it was fun and didn't feel anything wrong.
A fat kid below stood up and shouted to Han Lin'er: "Hou Lin'er, come down quickly, it's my turn to be the emperor!"
Han Lin'er said: "Little Fatty Wang, wouldn't it be nice for you to be my general?"
The fat kid said unhappily: "No, I also want to be the emperor and let Xiaoqi be my queen!"
Han Lin'er thought for a while and said: "You can be the emperor, but Xiaoqi is already my queen, I can't do it for you anymore!"
The fat kid yelled: "Why not?" After saying that, he climbed up the rockery, pushed Han Lin'er away, and shouted to the children below: "Xiao Qi is my queen, you must worship the queen!"<
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Hu Xiaobao took off the grass ring on his head and said: "Wang Xiaofa, if you become the emperor, I will not be the prime minister! I will only be the prime minister for Brother Lin'er!"
With him taking the lead, all the children immediately started booing and refused to worship.
Wang Xiaopang was very angry, waved his fist, glared at Hu Xiaobao and said, "Will you become prime minister for me?"
"No!"
Wang Xiaopang screamed and slid down from the rockery. He rushed towards Hu Xiaobao angrily, stretched out his hand and pushed him to the ground.
Hu Xiaobao immediately sat on the ground and cried loudly. Han Lin'er said angrily: "Wang Xiaopang, how dare you bully my brother!" He also slipped down the rockery and struggled with Wang Xiaopang.
The two children were rolling around on the ground, and the children on the side were making noises.
Xiao Qi was very anxious. He ran to the corridor and said to Li Jiu who was sitting on the corridor fence: "Brother, Wang Xiaopang is bullying Brother Lin'er. Please help."
Li Jiu was often asked by Mrs. Xu to look after Han Lin'er. In the past, he would take care of Han Lin'er when he made trouble, but later he found out that this kid was a troublemaker, so he didn't bother to take care of it.
"Xiao Qi, they are just joking, don't worry!" Li Jiu waved his hand casually.
Xiao Qi glared at Li Jiu, turned around and pulled Hu Xiaobao up, saying: "Stop crying, go and help Brother Lin'er!"
Hu Xiaobao muttered: "Master once said that a gentleman talks but never uses his hands!"
Xiao Qi said anxiously: "Then don't do anything and bite him with your mouth!"
Hu Xiaobao was stunned, as if he felt something was wrong, but he couldn't resist Xiaoqi's urging.
Turning around to look, she saw Han Lin'er being pinned down by Fatty Wang. She was already crying after being beaten. She immediately rushed over with a scream and bit Fatty Wang on the buttocks.
Wang Xiaopang cried loudly in pain and shouted: "You bite people, I will tell my mother!" He covered his butt and ran away.
Xiao Qi helped Han Lin'er get up and said: "Brother Lin'er, please stop crying, Wang Xiaopang has already run away."
Han Lin'er hurriedly wiped her tears and shouted: "Who is crying? Why are you meddling in other people's business? In a little while, I can beat up Wang Xiaopang!"
A child booed: "Brother Lin'er knows how to brag. He can't beat little fat brother every time!"
Han Lin'er blushed and said loudly: "I asked him to do that!"
Not long after, a group of children played the Emperor Game again. Li Jiu beside him was so bored that he fell asleep. He leaned against a pillar and closed his eyes to keep fit.
He didn't notice that just three feet away from him in the corridor, Du Zundao was silently sizing up Han Lin'er, his eyes twinkling.
After a long time, Du Zundao turned his back, clasped his hands behind his back, and slowly returned to the main hall of Oriole Garden.