My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 708 Helen

Helen talked a lot about Venice until it was getting late. When she was worried about whether this oriental man would take away her virginity, she did not expect that the other man just asked her to take her down to rest and did not do anything deviant to her. thing.

Helen finally breathed a sigh of relief, and followed a female official to a side hall at the back. The female official then introduced: "My surname is Wang, and I am Si Yan next to the prince. You can call me Wang Siyan."

"Hello Wang Siyan!"

Helen saluted politely and said that she now knew her identity. If she wanted to survive in this strange country of Han, she must rely on the Crown Prince.

"Very good. Originally, the prince did not have a maid close to him, but you have received His Highness's grace and specifically appointed you as a maid. Then you must learn the rules of the palace, otherwise you will not be able to offend the nobleman easily! "

Wang Siyan warned again.

The system in the Han Palace was modeled on that of the Ming Dynasty, and there were also female officials. There were six bureaus and 24 divisions. Everyone had a clear division of labor and no oversteps were allowed. But Helen was special. She was the maid appointed by Zhu Zhanhe, so Wang Siyan also had to do it. Responsible for teaching her some palace etiquette.

"Do I need to work then?"

Helen asked worriedly. She had already accepted her identity as a maid. She used to have a maid at home. She had a lot of work to do every day, and she even had to wash clothes in cold water in winter. Just thinking about this kind of life for her All feel hopeless.

"You are His Highness's maid, and you are also a kind of female official. Naturally, you don't need to work, but if you don't do things well and you are demoted to the Clothing Bureau in the future, that might be a problem."

Wang Siyan warned.

To be honest, Wang Siyan dislikes Helen, a Hu girl. After all, in her opinion, Hu girls are too unruly and can easily cause trouble for themselves. She spends a lot of energy just teaching her the rules and etiquette in the palace. .

Helen finally breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that she didn't have to work for the time being, and then promised that she would learn the rules of the palace and never let Wang Siyan down.

Wang Siyan didn't say much. After giving the other party a few words of advice, he arranged a room for her and sent someone to deliver dinner.

The dinner was delicious, and there was Helen's favorite seafood. Helen, who had no appetite at all, also ate a lot. Then she simply washed up and fell asleep, because she had been living in fear since she was captured by the Ottomans. , never had a good night's sleep.

Zhu Zhanhe was very busy, and in the next few days, he had no time to pay attention to the new maid Helen, so Helen learned various etiquette in the palace under Wang Siyan's arrangement.

Helen never dreamed that the court etiquette of the Han Dynasty was so complicated, and it was completely different from the aristocratic etiquette she had learned before. She had to learn everything from scratch, and even her walking posture had to meet the standards, so in just a few days Throughout the world, she has learned in a miserable way.

It was not until the fifth day that Zhu Zhanhe had time to summon Helen again, intending to talk to her about Venice again.

But when Helen walked into the hall, Zhu Zhanhe was stunned for a moment.

I saw Helen folding her hands on her waist and walking in with small steps. This kind of pace requires her shoulders not to sway and her head not to shake. But Helen obviously didn't learn it. Her posture when walking was very awkward and she looked like a quail. Yes, Wang Siyan's face turned dark.

"Who taught you to walk like this?"

Zhu Zhanhe looked at the quail-like Helen and couldn't help but ask in a funny way.

"I……"

Helen's face turned red and she glanced at Wang Siyan next to her with some embarrassment. "Your Highness, please forgive me. It's all my fault that I didn't do things well and failed to teach her the etiquette in the palace!"

Wang Siyan immediately confessed and said that although she was a woman, she was old-fashioned and rigid in doing things. She never compromised, which was why she was able to work next to Zhu Zhanhe. She also felt that she had failed to teach Helen well this time, and she also felt that it was her dereliction of duty.

"Okay, Helen is an overseas woman. Teaching her the etiquette in the palace will not only embarrass her, but also embarrass you. You don't need to teach her any more etiquette in the future!"

Zhu Zhanhe said and waved his hand, signaling Wang Siyan to step back.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Wang Siyan felt like he was being pardoned after hearing Zhu Zhanhe's words. In order to teach Helen the etiquette in the palace these days, she had lost a lot of hair, but now she was finally relieved.

"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Helen was also extremely happy, and immediately stepped forward to salute, but her walking posture was still very awkward.

"Stop walking like that, it looks too awkward!"

Zhu Zhanhe smiled again and said, "A beautiful woman has turned into a quail, but it looks awkward no matter how you look at her."

When Helen heard this, she immediately woke up. She immediately put her hands down, and then tried to resume her original walking posture. However, it didn't feel right to stretch her left foot, and it didn't feel right to stretch her right foot. Finally, she said with a sad face: "Oops, I forgot how I used to do it." Walking!”

Zhu Zhanhe burst out laughing when he heard this. He didn't expect that Handan learning to walk turned out to be true!
In the end, Zhu Zhanhe asked Helen to sit down, which saved her from embarrassment. However, after this incident, Helen obviously relaxed a lot in front of Zhu Zhanhe.

"Your Highness, what do you want to hear today?"

Helen asked proactively.

"Tell me about Venice's military power and your main enemies?"

Zhu Zhanhe thought for a while before opening his mouth.

In the previous conversation, he had learned from Helen about Venice's history and political structure, as well as some domestic situations. Now he wanted to know about Venice's military power in order to better evaluate their strength.

"We have three main enemies in Venice. The main ones on land are the Duchy of Milan and the Pope. In order to deal with the expansion of the Duchy of Milan, we have had many wars with them, and the main reason for fighting the Pope is to compete for control of Rome."

Helen said, briefly introducing the situation of the Principality of Milan and the Pope. However, these two enemies did not pose a great threat to Venice. There was only one enemy that really threatened and could even destroy Venice, and that was Osman.

"Compared to the Principality of Milan and the Pope, the Ottomans are our biggest enemy. In the past, the Ottoman navy was very weak and was not our opponent at all. But in recent years, they have begun to vigorously develop their navy, which has put more and more pressure on us. My father even said that our invincible navy might be defeated one day, after all, the Ottomans are too powerful."

Helen also had a look of worry on her face when she mentioned Osman. Although she was proud of Venice, facing such a powerful enemy as Osman, even her father issued a pessimistic warning.

Zhu Zhanhe also nodded secretly when he heard this. Although Venice could temporarily confront the Ottomans, in its original history, it still lost to the Ottomans and lost territory to the Ottomans again and again. This confrontation lasted for more than 200 years, and this More than 200 years have also been the history of Venice's gradual decline.

(End of this chapter)