Douluo: Traveling through Huo Yuhao, I am really not a succubus

Chapter 13 Conversation between the Two Dukes
"Second uncle, and all the uncles, let's not stand outside and chat. I have asked the servants to prepare the royal tea bestowed by the royal family in the past. Let's go inside and drink and chat." The Duchess smiled slightly, took the initiative to step forward, took Zhu Ganglie's arm, and helped him walk into the house.

"Miss Zhu Lu, let's go in too." Dai Huabin extended his hand to invite her. Zhu Lu nodded slightly without saying anything, and just followed Dai Huabin quietly.

Looking at his family around him, Dai Huabin's mouth never dropped.

The inner courtyard of Duke Baihu is indeed the largest residence in the entire duke's mansion. The hall used for drinking tea alone is more spacious than the main hall of the Second Lady's villa.

After the group took their seats, the maids brought brewed tea and placed it in front of each person, then stepped back and stood still.

"Hua Bin, Zhu Lu, this time our two families are meeting at home just for your matter." The Duchess took a sip of tea, the clear tea aroma bloomed in her mouth, making her mind calm down.

She put the teacup down gently and spoke softly.

Dai Huabin sat upright, "Second Grandfather, and all the elders and grandfathers of the Zhu family, my mother had already told me the reason for this marriage before you came here."

"You told him." Zhu Ganglie laughed. He played with the hot teacup and seemed unaffected. "Hua Bin, I like you very much. You and Zhu Lu are of similar age, and both are outstanding geniuses from two families. You are a perfect match. But the reason why Zhu Lu and you were married is mainly because your mother sent a drop of your blood to the Zhu family. After our experiments, we found that the martial spirit compatibility between Zhu Lu and you reached an astonishing 50%. In other words, you two have already occupied half of the foundation. After you have in-depth exchanges in the future, I believe that you will see the Nether White Tiger appear in your generation in the near future."

Dai Huabin nodded repeatedly, "Second Grandpa, I understand. I will cultivate my relationship with Zhu Lu in the future."

Zhu Lu looked shy.

"Don't just talk and don't do anything, kid. The reason why I, your second grandfather, was able to marry your second grandmother was because I kept pestering her. Otherwise, she is a relative of the Douling Empire's royal family and she is also very beautiful. Why would she be with me?"

Dai Huabin's mouth twitched. He couldn't do something as shameless as pestering her.

"Okay Huabin, mom and your second grandfather have something important to discuss, so you can take Zhu Lu out for a walk first." The Duchess looked at Dai Huabin with soft eyes, and the latter answered and said to Zhu Lu at the other end in front of her, "Miss Zhu Lu, shall we go?"

"Okay." Zhu Lu said softly, put the teacup on the table, and walked away side by side with Dai Huabin with elegant and agile steps.

As the two boys and girls disappeared, the Duchess's gentle expression suddenly became serious. "Uncle, the situation between our two families is not clear right now. Dai Hao was supposed to come back this week, but he wrote to me yesterday saying that he was not sure about his return date. I think the royal family may be ready to suppress our power."

Zhu Ganglie snorted coldly, "The royal family, humph, if the Dai family had not had so few members at the time, and if the Xingguan Xu family had not secretly developed its power, how could the throne have fallen into their hands?"

"But now the Xu family's power is getting weaker year by year. Xu Jiawei and the Queen haven't had a child in these years, and the eldest princess Jiujiu is still young. Apart from those old guys who are more troublesome, the strength of our two families is indeed not inferior to their royal family." Zhu Ganglie said this with a mocking smile on his face, "When the child Yaoheng grows up, I'm afraid no one in his Xu family will be able to compare to him."

The Duchess' eyes lit up. "Speaking of Yuheng, what do you think of pairing this child with Xu Jiujiu?"

"I think your idea is good. Letting Yuheng and Xu Jiujiu be together will not only make the relationship between the Dai family and the royal family closer, but most importantly, the royal family will definitely slow down their actions against us for the sake of the eldest princess. Then let Xu Jiujiu give birth to a son for Yuheng. Wouldn't that make him the only bloodline of the royal family?"

"Of course, in order to avoid accidents, we can even secretly make Xu Jiawei or the queen infertile. In this way, can't we take the throne without bloodshed? Even if we take a step back, it can also buy us more time."

"Time is so important to us right now."

A member from the Zhu family elders' council who was sitting next to Zhu Ganglie frowned. His name was Zhu Wuneng, and he was the cousin of Zhu Ganglie and the Duchess' father.

"Brother, and Xuan'er, have you ever thought about the Xu family's reaction?" Zhu Wuneng touched the edge of the teacup, his slender eyes like a venomous snake, as if he could deliver a fatal blow at any time. What would the Xu family's reaction be?
Zhu Ganglie shook his head. "We were indeed too naive. Those old men in the Xu family have become very smart. Letting Yuheng get close to Xu Jiujiu at this time, isn't it obvious that we want to strike first? Alas, I am old. This is a bad idea."

"I don't think so." The Duchess had a different view. "What you are talking about is under normal circumstances, that is, it is us who proposed the marriage. But what if we passively accepted it?"

Everyone was stunned. The Duchess smiled, but there was a hint of cruelty in her smile. "What if Xu Jiujiu fell in love with our Yaoheng? Or if she got pregnant with our Dai family's child, do you think the royal family would marry Xu Jiujiu to the Dai family?"

Zhu Ganglie felt a chill on his back for no reason, but he had lived for such a long time. Apart from a moment of absent-mindedness, he soon smiled in appreciation, "She is worthy of being the daughter of our Zhu family. This is what our Zhu family should do."

"If the Dai family were willing to give up their so-called dignity and honor and choose the same method as us, would the royal family still be surnamed Xu now?"

While the visitors from the Dai and Zhu families, led by the Duchess, were discussing future strategies, Huo Yuhao was eating hot pot in the side courtyard.

It seemed that after traveling through time, Huo Yuhao inherited the original cooking skills. Huo Yuhao actually successfully made the hot pot. However, the climate in the Xingluo Empire was relatively dry, so Huo Yuhao made a mushroom soup base instead of his favorite red soup pot.

"Brother Hao, you are awesome. You can even research something like hot pot." Dai Luoli gulped down a bottle of beer. This beer, which is the favorite drink of soldiers, is really delicious when eaten with hot pot.

Huo Yuhao took a large piece of beef with chopsticks and put it in Wang Lao's bowl. "What a pity. Lamb in the Xingluo Empire is too rare. Otherwise, I would have added some clear soup to the mutton and dipped it in the sauce. That would have been a great taste."

He put the bowl down, picked up the bottle and held it up, but did not drink directly from it.

"Old man, will it affect us if the Zhu family sends someone here?"

"Whether it has an impact or not is none of your business." Mr. Wang took a big bite of beef. The texture of the meat and the mushroom soup were closely integrated together. It was a completely different feeling from the roasted kidneys.

"What if they send a large group of strong men to forcibly kidnap me? Old man, you are powerful, but you are only one person after all."

"Nonsense, is the Zhu family crazy to send so many strong men here just to kidnap a little soul warrior like you who is less than level 10? Yuhao, you think too highly of yourself."

The corner of Huo Yuhao’s mouth twitched. Well, I don’t care anymore. Just die.

In fact, he had already thought it through. If he was really kidnapped by the Duchess and her men, he would definitely shoot all the blood energy stored in his blood pupils at the Duchess before he died.

Shoot her in the face.

Of course, this kind of shot is not that kind of shot. It is true that Haoge likes mature women, but not old women.

Maybe someone will like the Duchess.

Let me emphasize again, it’s not me, Huo Yuhao, please don’t throw dirty water on Brother Hao.

(End of this chapter)