From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 438

Zhou Yuan was in pain, not to mention the other three women.

Zhuang Xuansu gritted his teeth, his face turned pale, and his left hand tightly grasped the hilt of the knife at his waist.

Princess Qinshui and Guan Caixi were shaking, and they couldn't believe what they saw. Their eyes were red and full of tears.

"Go! Don't stand there stupidly!"

Zhou Yuan grabbed Princess Qinshui's hand and shouted, "Go! Quick!"

He forcibly pulled Princess Qinshui back.

Princess Qinshui woke up from a dream, but there was only grief in her heart. She was a pampered person. She had suffered a lot of grievances since she was a child, but she had never seen such a scene.

Her worldview was shattered!

Because she found that the painful things she had experienced before seemed so absurd and ridiculous at this moment.

She didn't know who she was, and didn't know where she was in this world. She just couldn't breathe, and she just had no strength in her body.

Fortunately, someone pulled her.

It was a powerful hand that held her hand tightly, pulling her forward in the crowd and rushing through the crowded streets.

The smoke from the fire filled the sky.

It also filled her eyes.

Princess Qinshui shed tears. She remembered that when she was in Beishan, Zhou Yuan also protected her in the snow and pursued by soldiers, breaking through the deadly killing situation and breaking through her heart defense that had never been moved in the past thirty years.

He has a wife, but I am obsessed with him.

Is this my fault?

In that golden city blocked by palace walls, in that palace full of intrigues and interests, which woman has ever received true love?

Which woman would not be moved when meeting such a man?

Her world was originally desolate, colorless, and dark.

But Zhou Yuan was like a burning flame, breaking into her world and burning her reputation, dignity, and heart.

Like the man in the snow in Beishan, and like this man who held her hand and walked forward.

Princess Qinshui didn't know where she got the strength from, wiped her tears, and followed Zhou Yuan's footsteps.

They were in a mess, and finally arrived at the manor arranged by Guan Lu.

Guan Lu took dozens of his brothers and guarded the manor tightly.

Zhou Yuan walked into the yard, panting, with a stagnation in his heart, which was really uncomfortable.

"Fuck! Fuck!"

He roared and kicked the stone bench in the garden away, and then he felt better.

He could not help but yell, "Guan Lu! Guan Lu!"

Guan Lu hurried in and clasped his fists and said, "Sir!"

"How many have arrived!"

Zhou Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "How many of the 300 soldiers from the East City Military Department have arrived? Where is Liu Daguang!"

Guan Lu whispered, "In Zhaoqing Prefecture. I received his letter this morning. Most of them have arrived, and there are still about a hundred people who have not arrived."

Zhou Yuan said, "Write to him and tell him to leave a dozen people to receive the remaining soldiers, and the rest will all rush here."

"Yes! I will arrange it immediately."

Zhou Yuan continued, "Go and check the situation at the Xunnan Palace. I want to see what this bastard is thinking."

"I understand!"

Guan Lu left in a hurry, and he also felt Zhou Yuan's anger.

Zhuang Xuansu whispered: "I will transfer all the internal guards from Fujian and Guangdong provinces. There are not many, but they may be able to help you at a critical moment."

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said: "It's too late. Xiangzhou can't wait that long. The Portuguese will probably land every other day and may even send troops to station. When your people arrive, Xiangzhou will be an empty city."

Zhuang Xuansu said: "What should we do? Two thousand people, five hundred guns, we have no choice."

Zhou Yuan was silent for a moment before saying: "Lao Lin, do you dare to get a firearm?"

Lao Lin said solemnly: "It's very dangerous, but I can try."

Zhou Yuan said: "One is enough for a sneak attack to grab a gun. Don't fight too long. Get it and run away immediately."

"Okay."

Lao Lin nodded, turned around and ran out.

Zhou Yuan let out a long breath, looked around, and then said tiredly: "Qinshui, arrange for the maids and servants to cook, we can't not eat."

"By the way, comfort them, don't let them run away, tell them that we have the ability to protect this manor."

Princess Qinshui nodded and whispered: "Well, I will do it well, Zhou Yuan, don't...don't be too stressed, this is not your responsibility alone."

Zhou Yuan said: "Go, Master Zhuang, you also go to help."

"Well."

The two looked at each other and went about their business.

Zhou Yuan didn't say he was hungry, but at this time, he must find something for them to do.

Without anything to do, there is only grief, and people can't hold on.

"Zhou...Zhou Yuan..."

Guan Caixi's weak voice sounded.

Zhou Yuan looked at her and saw that her face was pale, her eyes were red, and her body was still shaking slightly.

"What's the matter?"

His voice was a little cold.

Guan Caixi opened her mouth and whispered: "I... I can contact the masters in the world, I..."

At the end, she couldn't say anything, but covered her face and cried.

Zhou Yuan grinned and said slowly: "Do you understand now? Do you understand now that you can't be capricious and willful about anything?"

"When you really see the invasion, you will know what you should do."

Guan Caixi pursed her lips and cried: "Don't say it, I'll contact them now, can they send someone to take me... I don't dare to go out alone..."

Zhou Yuan sighed and said solemnly: "Let Master Zhuang take you there, remember what I said before, as long as you come, it's fifty taels, guaranteed to be enough."

"As long as you get a gun, it's three hundred taels, also guaranteed to be enough."

"Master Zhuang will cooperate with you, this will be more convincing."

Guan Caixi nodded, looking very aggrieved, wiped her tears, and hurried to find Zhuang Xuansu.

Zhou Yuan knew that she was not aggrieved, but the impact on her values ​​after seeing the suffering.

Some things, when you read them in books and hear them in stories, will not be very touching.

But when you really experience that moment, you will know how shocking it is.

Take Zhou Yuan for example. He came to Yuehai for three purposes.

First, to make money, to build Xiangruifang and Yaokou, and to create an economic foundation for himself.

Second, to get guns and cannons. He wanted to contact the Portuguese and find a way to get their firearms and Portuguese cannons.

Third, to establish a complete, complete, and virtuous intelligence system to avoid being controlled by the inner court in the future.

But he encountered an invasion as soon as he arrived in Yuehai.

He had never expected to take care of this matter, but now that he saw it, how could he not care.

Not for the eldest sister, not for her.

It was for Zhou Yuan himself. His Tao heart did not allow him to stand idly by, and his will did not allow him to turn a blind eye.

If he was indifferent to such things, then the bold words he said in Lin'an Prefecture would be a complete joke.

Those who can save the world will not ignore the suffering of ordinary people.

Zhou Yuan looked around. This manor was clean and elegant.

But the shrill screams outside seemed to be heard faintly.

A wall is like two worlds.

Some people belong to the safe world inside the wall, and more people belong to the chaotic world outside the wall.

Zhou Yuan has no wall in his heart, he has the whole world in his heart.