Chapter 1585: Jealousy

"Di... Diana." Ling Chen forced a smile onto his stiff face and said, "You haven't gone to sleep yet?"

Diana's beautiful brows furrowed slightly: "My dear General Ling Chen, if I were asleep right now, how would I have discovered the good things you're up to here?"

Ling Chen looked at the woman who had already changed her clothes on his bed, and his expression grew even stiffer.

Even for him, having campaigned on the battlefield for many years, he did not know how to handle such a situation.

He couldn't help but think of Chief Councilor Liu Zheng; how would he handle this at a time like this?

"Oh, she is a woman I saved tonight, her name is..." Ling Chen thought for a long while before he realized he hadn't asked her name.

"By the way, what is your name?" Ling Chen asked.

"My name is Lina," Lina replied shyly.

Thinking of how she had looked when she bumped into Ling Chen just now, her face turned even redder.

Diana watched her expression, raised an eyebrow, and then looked at Ling Chen's guilty, thief-like appearance; her anger flared up even more.

"Hmph, men."

"The Lord is right, there isn't a single good thing about men." Diana huffed and stopped paying attention to Ling Chen.

She shoved past Ling Chen and stormed off in a rage.

Seeing this, Ling Chen was instantly at a loss.

Lina reminded him from the side: "General, she seems to be interested in you. I advise you to go after her."

Prompted by Lina, Ling Chen let out an "oh" and hurriedly chased after her.

Outside the camp tent, Diana was standing right there.

Ling Chen ran over quickly.

Seeing Ling Chen chase after her, Diana felt secretly pleased, but she still huffed in a very haughty manner.

"Diana, actually, she and I really have nothing going on."

Ling Chen explained hurriedly.

Diana glanced at him and said haughtily: "Did I ask you about that?"

Ling Chen was stunned; Diana really hadn't asked him that.

Ling Chen gave a sheepish laugh: "Hehe."

Seeing this general, who had once been cold and ruthless in front of her, now acting like a fool in her presence.

The intense contrast made Diana unable to hold it together any longer.

With a snort, she laughed out loud too.

Seeing this, Ling Chen felt inexplicably relieved.

At this moment, a Strategist outside the tent was just about to report the results of the battlefield inventory from this battle.

He saw Ling Chen revealing an expression he had never seen before and was instantly stunned.

The Strategist very tactfully moved away, having witnessed Ling Chen's dark history.

As for the fact that his dark history had been seen by someone, Ling Chen was completely unaware.

Meanwhile, Lina, inside Ling Chen's tent, thought of the scene with Ling Chen just now and felt incredibly flustered.

However, thinking of the relationship between Ling Chen and Diana, Lina felt somewhat at a loss.

At this time, Poland.

Poland at this moment was already without waves.

Poland, a powerful nation that had appeared more than once in European history, was now being carved up following this struggle for influence.

The last government-in-exile of the Polish Dynasty had been decimated, though it had not yet vanished.

But Poland was now divided into three.

Prussia was living better and better in the days it occupied Poland.

All this credit had to be attributed to the Ottoman and Longyan.

Hamid and Prince Yong helped Prussia attract the majority of the attacks.

Although it was winter, Poland was still suitable for fighting at this moment.

Therefore, the Austrian Army in Poland had never given up on their offensive.

But precisely because of this, Austria's consumption here was also enormous.

For this reason, Austria had to borrow money from the Nobles of its own

Hungary.

Now the entire Austrian government had incurred massive debts, so Victor chose to withdraw troops stationed far away in Poland back to Austria during this period.

Hamid and Prince Yong both felt that the recent Austrian Army was acting abnormally; their frequency of attack had gradually decreased.

Therefore, Hamid deduced that Austria was currently short on grain and supplies.

If they took this opportunity to cut off the supply lines transporting materials to the front-line troops, it would surely deal a heavy blow to Austria, and might even cause the isolated Austrian troops to lose their supplies.

Perhaps they could end this war that had been fought for too long.

Prince Yong and Hamid began to prepare for the attack on the Austrian supply lines.

And at this time.

In Paris, France, the French were belatedly realizing that something might have happened to the ports in Egypt.

Louis XV sent out a wave of exploration ships, but before they could reach Egypt, they were sunk by the Longyan Navy.

But because of this, they also obtained a result: Egypt might truly have fallen by now.

Upon receiving this result.

The Prime Minister of France and the Pope of Catholicism both expressed deep concern.

However, Louis XV, this monarch of France, did not show the slightest panic, and did not even express any attitude toward this matter.

Now their French Empire was gradually declining.

Louis XV did not want to manage it, nor did he know how to manage it.

When he ascended the throne, the French royal family was already very withered, and in order not to let the power of his own family leak out.

Louis XV had to keep having children.

Although he was already quite old, he still did not stop his desires.

For all these years, the one he loved most was Madame Pompadour.

Although Madame Pompadour had been married and had a husband, and France was a country that stipulated monogamy by law.

Such laws had no influence whatsoever on him, this King of France.

He still openly kept Madame Pompadour as his Mistress.

Regarding this matter, officials throughout France tacitly expressed their approval.

Although they knew that doing so would corrupt the dignity of the French Empire.

They had no reason to stop this King of France; at the very least, this could keep Louis XV settled.

Although Madame Pompadour was of humble birth, she counted as half a Noble by relying on her ex-husband.

Coupled with the conferment and favor of Louis XV, this Madame Pompadour had already become the most powerful woman in France.

Although she had never once truly participated in politics.

This lady manifested her influence at every moment.

Originally, Prussia and France were once comrades-in-arms fighting side by side, but under her whispering, Louis XV decided to become allies with Austria.

Although France gained many benefits by doing so, it also paid too much.

This also led to mixed reviews of this Madame Pompadour throughout France.

But Madame Pompadour did not care; she always believed that she had only provided very necessary suggestions to Louis XV and had not interfered in politics.

Therefore, regarding the fall of the two transport ports in Egypt, Madame Pompadour did not express any opinion, and Louis XV did not have any opinion either.

Everything depended on the resolution of the officials throughout France; Louis XV stated that he only needed to wait for their results, and he would just sign his name.