The "flower girl" opposite sneered and drew her sword from her waist: "I, Honoré Roche de Villars, will make you remember today's lesson."
Almost all members of the Villar family are soldiers, and this Luo Xie is no exception. He served as a major in the Bourges regiment and was quite courageous.
"No!" Emily exclaimed quickly, "Stop it!"
However, once the two young men drew their swords, all they expected was each other's blood.
Andre took the lead in attacking, stabbing the opponent's ribs with the swift sword in his hand.
Luo Xie slammed down hard, pressing the tip of his sword to the ground, and then stabbed his calf.
Andre had been on the battlefield seriously and had seen blood. His reaction between life and death was extremely fast. He immediately stepped back and at the same time slashed upward with the edge of his sword.
Luo Xie hurriedly dodged, as if he didn't expect that this low-level officer's swordsmanship was so powerful. He immediately cheered up and moved his hands a little faster.
In the garden of the courtyard, the "lady in red" and the "flower girl" shuttled back and forth in the shadow of swords, fighting inextricably.
Joseph peeked his head out from behind the tree to watch. He could feel that Andre had the upper hand, but the light was dim at this time. If anyone didn't pay attention...
Thoughts flashed in his mind.
First of all, the brother of the future Marshal Davout must not be allowed to die here.
Secondly, Emily and her daughter were obviously being bullied, and their family fortune was about to be robbed. And since she was Andre's sweetheart, it was unjustifiable not to help the young couple.
And if Emily marries Andre, with her help, she will definitely be able to regain the power belonging to Duke Villar. The Villar family is extremely influential in Mulan's army, and may be a major help to him locally in the future.
"Stop fighting...Andre, be careful-" Emily cried and looked at the two dueling men, suddenly ran forward and was about to put out her hand to stop them.
Both men were startled and hurriedly sheathed their swords.
However, Luo Xie's reaction was still a little slow, and the tip of the sword passed across the girl's arm.
"Ah!" Emily cried out in pain, looked down, and saw a finger-wide wound on her arm.
Luo Xie was stunned for a moment, then pretended to caress the girl's chest and said, "Oh, dear Emily! I'm sorry, I didn't mean it!"
But Andre was so frightened that he grabbed his sweetheart's hand and was so anxious that he couldn't speak clearly: "What, how is it? Are you seriously injured? Why did you rush over suddenly..."
When Joseph saw this, he walked out from behind the tree. Emman quickly stood in front of him and said to the two men holding swords in front of him: "Please put away your weapons!"
Perna quickly opened her small suitcase, took out the tools, and stepped forward to help Emily treat the wound. She was relieved when she saw that the injury was not serious.
When Luo Xie saw an outsider appearing and Emily being injured, he knew that he would not be able to continue the fight. He immediately wiped his sweat, put away his sword and went to pull Emily: "Huh, he is lucky. Emily, we Go back and keep dancing."
Joseph suddenly said coldly: "Sir, why do you want Mr. Radavu's fiancée?"
"What did you say? Davout's? Haha!" Luo Xie didn't recognize the crown prince dressed in women's clothing, and immediately laughed sarcastically, "I don't know who you are. However, he will never be able to climb up to Villarreal." The Duke's house."
"Really?" Joseph smiled, "Then let's make a bet."
Luo Xie stopped: "Oh? What are you betting on?"
"If Mr. Davout and the Duke of Villars are engaged tomorrow, you will kiss his boots in public." Joseph said, "If they are not engaged tomorrow, then Mr. Davout will kiss your boots."
"How can this be done..." Andre was startled and hurriedly stopped him, but saw the young man winking at him.
Joseph pointed to Emang and said: "Mr. Davout, please trust my friend, he is good at divination. He just divined accurately that you will be engaged to this young lady tomorrow."
Emang: "..."
Andre felt that the voice was somewhat familiar, and he was suddenly surprised and said: "It's the king..."
Joseph immediately interrupted him with a dry cough: "Ahem! What do you two think about this bet?"
Although Andre had no idea at all, since the Crown Prince had said so, he gritted his teeth and nodded: "I agree."
Luo Xie smiled disdainfully: "Okay, I'll bet with you."
"Okay, please give me a high five." Joseph signaled to everyone, "Everyone present is a witness. I hope everyone will uphold justice."
Luo Xie didn't take it seriously at all. He gave Dawu a casual high-five and walked away.
Andre wanted to ask the crown prince what his arrangements were, but the latter said: "I won't disturb the precious time of lovers. Let's see you tomorrow."
He had no choice but to suppress the doubts in his heart and watch the three of them go away.
Emily then remembered something and hurriedly waved to Perna's back: "Thank you for treating my wound. I wonder if you can tell me your name?"
When she didn't get a reply, she sighed softly, turned around and hugged Andre hard, thinking that this might be their last time together.
After walking for a while, Perna asked Joseph curiously: "Your Highness, how do you want Miss Emily and Mr. Davout to get engaged?"
Joseph smiled slightly: "I will convince Miss Emily's mother."
"persuade?"
Joseph gestured toward the Hall of Mirrors: "Let's go, find her now."
When the three returned to the Hall of Mirrors, the dance was reaching its climax, and everyone was dancing elegantly to the music.
Joseph was worried about being besieged, so he just stood still in the corner and asked Emman to find Emily's mother.
As soon as Emang left, a young man in a sequined skirt came over, looked Joseph up and down, then put a note into his hand, and pointed to the second-floor platform of the Hall of Mirrors, pretending to be Scholar's Lady: "She asked me to give it to you."
Joseph glanced at the voluptuous woman in confusion, opened the note, and saw only one line on it: I know your biggest secret. If you want to keep it secret, come to the second room at the east end of the second floor of the South Hall.
The note was written by Madame Sanbellan, who knew how to attract men.
Usually, the success rate is not very high if you directly write "I admire you" like those little girls, or if you write "I want to spend the night with you" like a bohemian lady.
She knows that no one can resist secrets.
Especially the secret of why others know your secret.
She smiled proudly.
She has enough confidence that as long as the thirteen-year-old boy enters her room, she guarantees that he will not want to go out!
Joseph frowned, his biggest secret?
Of course it's because I come from another world.
Could it be that that woman also wore it?
When he thought of this, he immediately turned around and left the Hall of Mirrors, heading towards the South Hall.
On the other side of the Hall of Mirrors, a young man dressed as a fairy saw Joseph's leaving figure and couldn't help but narrowed his eyes: The Crown Prince has left hundreds of noble ladies here and has gone out twice. What is he going to do?
He pondered for a moment and immediately followed him.