Chapter 199: Sending Letters: The Most Dangerous Profession
Alexander's arrival apparently shattered all rumors more forcefully than any explanation.
Moreover, it is said that the Count did not come out for a long time after entering Madame Lucrezia's room, and when the two men finally walked out of the room in the afternoon of the next day, Lucrezia had regained her previous cheerfulness, and even had a certain charm peculiar to a woman, while the Count was pale and her feet were floating, which shows how the two of them were in condition for nearly two days.
In any case, the matter is over, and the Pisan people are back to their happy lives, except for the fact that they have nothing to talk about the Count's affair as a topic to relieve their boredom, and everything seems to be back to the same way again.
Only Uliu knew that things were not so easy to pass.
Lucrezia apparently received certain promises from Alexander, either to herself or to Estelles, but in any case it was all the result of paying the price.
Alexander's sudden arrival in Pisa was of course not only to appease Lucrezia, but he had already realized at the time of writing that letter that the news of his imminent marriage would cause quite a stir.
Pisa may have all kinds of bites because of the changes in his relationship with Lucrezia, and there may even be people who take the opportunity to agitate, which Alexander will never allow to appear, he must prove with practical actions that he still loves Lucrezia's mother and daughter, and at the same time, he must prove that he still has undoubted dominance over Pisa.
What Ulliu did was satisfactory to Alexander, at least when he came to Pisa, he didn't see much of a fluctuation, so he just had to calm Lucrezia like a wounded fawn.
During these two days, Ulliu was not idle, he wandered around the streets, stopping from time to time to listen to the nagging and various unreliable speculations of the townspeople, and then bought something from the street stalls to take home.
No one paid attention to a Uliu, who looked quite clever but was just an ordinary young Moorish servant, so all kinds of topics reached Uliu's ears, and when he returned to the palace with the things he bought from the market, he first handed the dishes to the kitchen, and then found the captain of the city defense and said very casually: "I went to the street to buy vegetables today, I seem to have heard such a thing......
In short, the turmoil in Pisa passed quietly, and Alexander faced another big problem.
"Do you have to go?" Lucrezia snuggled up in Alexander's arms, and couldn't hide a trace of worry in her eyes: "You won't have any good results when you go at this time." ”
"Don't say that, it's like I'm going to be guillotined," Alexander's hand under the blanket moved, and Lucrezia couldn't help but let out a soft groan, "After all, I'm going to see my father-in-law, and he shouldn't do anything to his granddaughter's father." ”
Lucrezia opened her mouth to say something, she didn't dare to guarantee Alexander's words, after all, her own son had already cheated on a son-in-law before.
"Don't worry, your father won't do anything to me, especially at this time," Alexander smiled and comforted Lucrezia, he knew that she didn't understand this, so he didn't continue to explain, but attached himself and kissed the corner of the woman's lips, "Then before I leave, shall we make out again?" ”
"If you can let me have a son, I'll make you more affectionate."
Looking at Lucrezia's face, which had changed from youthful to charming at some point, Alexander was a little secretly worried in his heart.
It seems that we have to speed up the expansion of the power of the Gombray family, otherwise we will not be able to cope with the appetite of these women.
On the terms of Lucrezia's agreement, Alexander agreed to give Lucrezia's other possessions in Romagna and Tuscany, in addition to Pisa, to Lucrezia's children.
It's just that thinking about Lucrezia's strong fertility in history, Alexander feels that it is time to give himself a little motivation or pressure.
As for the children with Barentia in the future, Alexander did not think of keeping them in Montina, or even of Romagna.
Alexander was going to see the Pope because he had finally received a letter from Alexander VI to him.
In the letter, the Pope did not say anything about why Alexander did not react at all when he faced the predicament, but instead poured out bitterness from the beginning, grieving the listeners of the Vatican's current embarrassment and weeping when they heard it.
In a word, the Pope needs money, and a lot of money.
For this reason, the Pope asked his cheap son-in-law to meet with the Vatican immediately to discuss how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure to contribute to the cause of income generation for the Holy See.
"Does my father need money?" After finally getting out of bed, Lucrezia asked.
"When does he not need money?" Alexander finally couldn't help but be sarcastic, just thinking of the fact that the Borgia family was said to have almost gone bankrupt in order to become Pope, one can understand the extent of the old man's greed for wealth.
"You can send him my money, I'm rich now." Lucrezia said that Pisa's wealth was indeed accumulating at a terrible rate, and that as the first city to establish an exchange, Pisa had gradually become one of the most important cities on the coast of the Tyrennian Sea in the past year or so, and even Genoa and Naples had lost a lot of their luster to it.
And as the mother of the ruler of Pisa, even if she had just inherited the title, Lucrezia could still say such things.
"Your father doesn't need a little money," said Alexander, reluctantly dressing himself, "and he's going to plunder all of Europe." ”
"What?" Lucrezia looked stunned.
"You heard it right, or at least half of Europe," Alexander gently hugged Lucrezia, who was helping him fasten his cloak, "and I'm here to be his accomplice." ”
The Pope decided to increase the amount of money issued, and this Alexander had already thought of it.
It even came to mind when he decided to pledge all his share of the alliance.
For Alexander VI, there was no such thing as greed, because it was just his nature.
Therefore, once he suddenly had such a large amount of capital in his hands, he would certainly not be satisfied with the small land of Romagna to acquire wealth, and his eyes had obviously been cast further afield, perhaps Lombardy, perhaps the Danube, or simply those separate German city-states.
"Lucrezia, do you want to have a son?" Alexander suddenly pressed Lucrezia's hand to clean up his clothes, looked at the flushed woman in his arms, he picked Lucrezia up and walked to the bedside, "Maybe we will have a son if we work harder." ”
Listening to another strange sound in the room, Ulliu, who was ready to leave, was stunned, and then reluctantly took off the hat he had already put on his head and threw it aside.
Lucrezia was indeed very protile, but the land in Italy was not so barren, and Alexander felt that he could afford to provide for it.
Eventually, Alexander reluctantly left Lucrezia's bedroom, summoned the nobles and officers of Pisa, and set out on the road in the afternoon of the next day.
Ulliu had gone without his lord, and on the first day he had gone alone, and no one knew where he had gone.
Barendi's anger was not without reason.
Although she has been working for the interests of her family, Barondi has not yet reached the point where she is stupid enough to completely forget herself.
Alexander's adventurous move made her angry, and although she was happy to do so, it meant that Alexander could give everything for her family, but she didn't know how to express her annoyance at the thought that he had invested all the money he had to make ends meet for the next two of them in solving the problems of her mother's family.
But after all, Alexander did these things for her, so he was moved and angry, and Barendi put up with it for him to run to Pisa before he got married.
However, she still wrote a letter to her father behind Alexander's back, in which Barentine rarely expressed her dissatisfaction with the family, especially the opinion that Constantine was never able to take on the responsibility of the family.
"If he could be more aware of his responsibilities, maybe I wouldn't have to show my head like this, father, you know I'm not pretty, so if I can't behave like a good wife anymore, it's hard for me to be optimistic about what the future of this marriage will be."
After writing this paragraph with some anger, Barendi, who had calmed down a little, wanted to burn the letter, but in the end she sealed it and stamped it.
The letter was now lying in Ulliu's pocket along with several other letters, while Ulliu, who was heading towards Rome.
The Moors were somewhat dissatisfied with the old man's covetousness of Lucrezia's beauty, after all, there was still a lot to do, such as dealing with two old men, such as dealing with a proud sister in Cosenza.
Ulliu first rushed to Rome, and after handing the letter into the cardinal's hands, he immediately hurried to Naples without stopping.
Ulliu knew very well that Alexander, who seemed to be leisurely maneuvering in front of women, was always doing things with a kind of urgency that others could not understand.
Although he never understood the reason for this urgency, as a loyal servant, it was his duty to solve problems for the master.
Naples was still so busy at the end of 1498, and as an important port on the Tirenian Sea to the Mediterranean, Naples was much richer and more prosperous than Taranto, which also contained the mouth of the Adriatic Sea.
The white lighthouse in the distance of Puerto Santa Lucia still lights up every evening to guide the passage of ships, and the undulating lights dot the beautiful city in the hillside city.
Having already entered the city, Uliu did not rush to the Tuylan Palace, where Count Mordillo was, but turned a corner and entered the tavern called "Lookout Post".
When he saw the tavernkeeper's sturdy figure, Uliuu couldn't help but twist his head slightly, and then remembered that Massimo was now in the convent of St. Mark's in Florence, and it was obviously unlikely that he would be involved with the tavernkeeper's sister again.
The tavern keeper looked surprised at the sight of Uliu, and then he immediately shouted a shout as he pushed away the guests in front of him and came to the Moor.
"Oh, you're back Moorish, where is your master, is he back?" The tavernkeeper kept glancing at the doorway behind Ulliu.
"Don't look at it," Uliu pouted, "Assemo hasn't come back, and you don't have to worry about your sister anymore, you wouldn't have thought that Massimo is already a big man now." ”
"Him?" The hotel owner asked in disbelief, "Can he become a big man?" ”
The owner's words caused a burst of laughter in the tavern, and the people began to talk about the jokes of Brother Mahimo's past with great interest.
"He established a religious order in Rome."
"Oh~"
People were a little surprised.
"And an audience with the Pope."
"Oh~~"
There was a burst of exclamation from the tavern.
"Now he is the abbot of the Convent of San Marco in Florence."
"Oh~~~"
Incredible shouts erupted like thunder in the tavern, interspersed with incessant questioning.
"Barr, I've got something to do with you." Ignoring the non-stop questioning guests, Uliuu dragged the somewhat confused tavern owner up to the second floor.
However, the tavern owner apparently hadn't woken up from the news about Massimo, and he let out an occasional "oops" exclamation from time to time until he sat down.
"Okay, you should be glad that your sister and Massimo didn't do much in the end, you must know that now he is not the same as before, your sister is not so attractive that he can keep obsessed with himself, and in the end she will only be sad."
The tavernkeeper nodded, apparently thinking that the Moors were right.
Seeing that it was almost over, the Moorish man picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of water, and then leaned forward: "Tell me, how is Naples lately?" ”
"It's not the same as it used to be, the king just enjoys his life and doesn't care about everyone at all." "At the beginning, your lord asked me to follow him, but unfortunately I was reluctant to give up my family and this tavern in the end, otherwise I might have been as famous as Massimo by now." ”
"Maybe he has lost his name," Uliu disagreed with the boss's complaints, "and what about the Count, how has he been during this time?" ’”
"He," Barr shook his head, "the Count doesn't care about anything now, it is said that he spends his days hunting with a group of friends except for banquets, but the King would definitely like to see him like this, after all, the Modillo family has always been a problem for the royal family." ”
Ulius nodded silently, he came to Naples but did not go directly to see the count just to inquire about the current situation in Naples, and now it seems that the count is in seclusion.
"What about Miss Count, what is she doing?"
"I don't know," Barr frowned, "but there is a rumor that it seems that the Countess has recently become obsessed with a Bohemian, so the Countess made a lot of trouble and went back to the territory in a fit of rage. ”
The corners of Moor's mouth twitched, and he vaguely felt as if something terrible was about to happen.
Sure enough, the next sentence from the tavernkeeper confirmed his hunch.
"That bohemian seems to have been sent by the Queen of Bohemia, and he seems to be called, called ......"
"Nashan, I know this man." Uliu rubbed his eyebrows and said helplessly, "Okay, tell me something else, I don't think anything will surprise me." ”
"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing," said the tavernkeeper, who suddenly remembered something, and said excitedly, "it seems that the king is in the process of divorcing," Barr looked at Ullius with a smile, "for he has heard that he is going to marry the Countess of Cosenza." ”
"What?!" Ulliu, who had already thought that nothing would attract his attention because of the series of unexpected news, instantly widened his eyes
Since ancient times, the elder brother has always had a natural hostility towards the man who pursues his sister, and this is not a contrary to the norm, but a pure antipathy to the person who tried to take his little sister away.
But even if he didn't want to admit it, Uliu couldn't hide his master's special feelings for his sister.
So Ulius knew that it would be a terrible and even terrible thing to let the lord know that Frederick, King of Naples, was going to marry his beloved sister.
"Well, what do the Earls and Countesses say about this?"
Ulliu's face turned pale and he didn't know what to do if both the Count of Mordilo and the Lord's mother were in favor of it.
"How do I know this," said the tavern keeper angrily, "it's all about the nobles, but ......"
"But what?" Uliu hurriedly asked.
"I heard that the king's son, the prince of Lynn, was strongly opposed to this marriage, but it seems that it was not for the sake of defending his mother's marriage, but for himself, for it was the prince himself who wanted to marry the countess."
Uliu nodded silently, he didn't know what to say anymore, and now he had to meet the Earl before he could make a plan.
After coming out of the "lookout post", Ulliu walked slowly down the street, because he had heard from the tavern owner that the Count might have a grand dinner again today, so Ulliu was not in a hurry to feel the Duylan Palace.
It wasn't until nightfall, when the city had been enveloped in the night with the last rays of the setting sun below the horizon, that Uliuu made his way to the vicinity of the Count's Palace.
Even before you get close to Tuilan Palace, you can already feel that the cheerful and lively atmosphere has overflowed from the palace, especially the lights that are more brightly lit than anywhere else, making Tuylan Palace seem to be the center of the whole city.
Uliu looked at the palace in the distance with some surprise, and he realized that he was completely wrong about what he had thought before, not only was Modillo, Count of Naples, not in seclusion, but on the contrary, he seemed to be deliberately proving to everyone that he was present and important in the Kingdom of Naples.
Ulliu shook his head, he felt that what he had heard and seen throughout the day had really exhausted him, but he had not forgotten his duty.
The Moorish followed the bustling nobles into the Tuylan Palace, and as he was so familiar with the palace, he quickly walked through a few small doors to the Count's peculiar room on the water.
But he had not gone far through the garden when he saw two figures coming towards him.
It's just that what makes Uliuu strange is that the two people look very strange, as if they are tightly glued together.
Then he heard a familiar moan.
The Moor's mind flashed to him, and he turned to run away.
But the other party immediately spotted his traces, and just as Uliu had taken two steps, a cold scimitar was already on his neck from behind.
Looking down at the familiar tip of the knife reaching in front of him, Uliu only hesitated for a moment before turning around very simply.
At the same time, his eyes drooped, his eyes stared at the tip of the man's boots on the ground, and he said respectfully in a low voice: "Countess, in the name of your son, the Count of Montina, I greet you." ”
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