The shouts from outside the cathedral were deafening, but the people inside had different expressions, and people followed Alexander to the door, although there were many people, but no one spoke, and everyone followed the others with solemn expressions, and even when they met each other's eyes, they often separated immediately.

Alexander's previous words were like a sharp sword hanging over the heads of the Wallachian nobles, who knew that not to regard them as enemies was in fact a disguised warning to everyone to dissociate themselves from those conspirators as soon as possible, or else they would become his enemies.

Everyone could feel the suspicious gaze of the people around them, Alexander's words had planted a thorn in everyone's hearts, and they also knew that going outside at this time was actually a sign of compromise and submission, which really made these nobles feel unbearable, but as the Greeks took the first step, these people began to follow one by one, towards the door of the cathedral.

Sophia was not inconvenient to hold the two children alone, she stood on the top of the steps and watched the crowd surging below with no expression until Alexander came to the side.

"I'll make those people pay," Alexander whispered, "and give me Catherine now." ”

Sophia glanced at Alexander, and whether it was intentional or not, she handed August in her arms to Alexander, and hugged Catherine, who seemed to be about to cry again because of the noise.

Alexander continued as he took the child: "You seem to have broken the Patriarch's ribs at that moment, so you will have to express your condolences and apologies to the Patriarch in a moment. ”

Sophia seemed to want to frown, but Alexander gently poked her on the back, which made her eyebrows twist and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but show a strange expression.

"Yes, just smile, I know you're angry, but think about your performance in the circus, you think you're acting for someone else."

Sophia barely pulled her face, but the look on her face could not hide the anger in her heart, but fortunately the people were far away, and when they saw the nobles who had come out of the cathedral, they were already extremely excited, and as all the nobles stood on the steps and greeted the crowd like a show, the people of Bucharest were already cheering, and the turmoil and suspicion caused by the chaos in the cathedral had also disappeared with the appearance of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke and the children, and the appearance of such the Patriarch and some important ministers.

"Who said that there was an accident inside, isn't it okay to see His Highness?"

"What a perfect family, twins, this is a gift from God, and Wallachia will have a bright future."

The people blessed and sighed for the Grand Duchess's family, although there were still some people who wondered what had happened in the cathedral before, after all, they did see those guards surrounding the various exits of the cathedral, and those who were close seemed to hear the panicked shouts coming from the church, but at this time everyone seemed to be immersed in a kind of cheerful peace that could barely be maintained.

Until she re-entered the cathedral, Sophia had the kind of smile on her face that anyone could tell that she was barely maintaining, but as soon as she entered the cathedral door, the smile on her face disappeared instantly, and her face was so gloomy that it made Alexander feel that she didn't look so annoyed and angry even when she bumped into herself with Barondy or Jisha.

The Patriarch was indeed not lightly injured, as soon as he entered the door, he was supported by two people and fell to a soft collapse that had been prepared for a long time, and watched Sophia step by step towards those silent nobles, the Patriarch could not help but look at Alexander with some anxiety.

Sophia has a bad temper, which many people have gradually understood after getting along with her for a long time, so seeing her silently walking towards them, and then remembering the scary action she did before, many people couldn't help but be scared.

After the accident, the chasessers guarding the church and Sophia's Greek guards completely surrounded them, and although they had not yet been forced to surrender their swords, the nobles knew that even if they dared to resist, they would not be able to compete with these heavily armed soldiers.

In the eyes of people, Sophia at this time is like a female leopard that may pounce at any moment, and there is a certain wildness in her eyes that makes them afraid in addition to anger.

It was then that it became clear that Alexander was much easier to talk to than Sophia, and at least now the mother, who had been thoroughly enraged, apparently did not listen to anything.

Sophia's gaze swept over the people in front of her, she lifted Catherine in front of her as if to make them see her daughter clearly, then she raised her hand again and made the terrifying throat cut, and then she ignored the nobles, and carried her daughter through the crowd with her head held high, and walked out through another gate guarded by the guards.

There was already a carriage waiting for them, and it was only when Alexander got into the carriage that he was surprised to see Sophia huddled in the corner of the carriage, hugging her daughter tightly and trembling slightly.

Alexander leaned over and held her in his arms, and when he first touched her, Alexander felt a noticeable shock from Sophia's body, and then she leaned on Alexander's shoulder, and the family of four hugged each other tightly.

Alexander knew that Sophia was actually frightened.

Even in Sicily, when she was in prison and what happened later, Sophia was panicked, angry, and helpless because of fear, but there was no fear like this one, she held Catherine's arm stiffly, obviously worried about hurting the child and involuntarily using her strength, even leaning on Alexander's arms, she seemed to be full of vigilance, as if ready to pounce on any enemy who threatened her child.

"It won't happen again, I promise you."

Alexander comforted Sophia softly, she didn't seem to care about the child before, and was even jealous that they had snatched the girl that Alexander cared for, and at this moment she turned into a terrible lioness, Alexander didn't doubt at all that whoever dared to hit her child's idea at this time, this lioness who was completely angry because of too much fear would not hesitate to tear him apart completely.

Sophia looked up, and she reached out and slapped the hilt of Alexander's saber hard, staring at him with fierce eyes, as if she were forcing him to swear.

"I swear that I will punish anyone who wants to hurt our children." After Alexander's words, he looked out of the car, knowing that everyone understood that of course this was not the end of the matter, and with this accident, Bucharest would inevitably usher in chaos next.

As Alexander had expected, despite the silence of all the nobles who attended the baptism, word of what was happening in the cathedral quickly spread in Bucharest, and the whole city was instantly plunged into unease and panic, and many people realized that a storm was coming.

The nobles became cautious, and in addition to the local nobles, some nobles who had arrived from other places had to stay in Bucharest temporarily, knowing that their resignation at this time would inevitably arouse the suspicion of His Highness the Grand Duke, and Wallachia, especially those who were close to the nobility of Transylvania, clearly felt that things were not going well, and shortly after returning to the summer palace, an order was followed.

Archduke Sophia ordered the transfer of all the Wallachian guards guarding the summer palace, and ordered the Greek guards to enter the palace to guard them.

This obvious signal immediately caused an uproar among the Wallachians, who clearly no longer trusted the Wallachians.

As the Grand Duke of Wallachia, she showed such a strong distrust of her nobles, which made many people feel overwhelmed for a while, and it was even more difficult to accept.

The trouble is that if someone else does this, they may be digging their own graves, which will make him an enemy of the Wallachians, and if not face the fate of being overthrown and deposed, he will be isolated for the years to come because of his hostility to all the nobles, and he will eventually have to choose to compromise and make peace.

But Sophia is different, she is a Greek princess, the heir of the Eastern Roman Empire in the eyes of the Balkans, not to mention that there are a large number of Greeks who are firmly on her side, as long as she is in Bucharest for a day, the local people will choose to support her.

This made many nobles also more deeply understand why Sophia insisted on moving the capital at the beginning of her accession to the throne, because compared with the old capital, Bucharest is her home base, whether it is a nobleman or a commoner, she has a large number of followers in Bucharest, and she can even walk on the street without any scruples, because almost everyone who recognizes her will choose to follow her.

The nobles sensed great trouble, especially when they heard that the assassin had not been caught, and they realized that things might be in trouble.

Sure enough, things changed the next day, and rumors began to spread in the streets of Bucharest that what was happening in the cathedral was a conspiracy of some nobles who were dissatisfied with Sophia, and that their plot was to murder the children of the Grand Duke, in order not to have an heir of Catholic blood.

When they heard this rumor, many nobles were terrified, because they knew that the terrible thing about this rumor was not that it was a lie, but that it was true, and that it meant that almost all of the Wallachian nobles could be involved in the conspiracy described in this rumor, and all of them were suspects.

If this was in the old capital, these nobles would not have been so uneasy, for with their power and relations with the nobles everywhere, they could have contended with the Grand Duke, who might have lost his sense of proportion due to his anger, but in Bucharest they did not dare to act rashly, and could only wait in a restless manner, for the anger of the people alone might drown them out.

However, the people's Sophia has not yet come to those nobles, but Sophia's anger has already descended on Schelle.

Faced with the thunderous temper of the Grand Duchess because he returned empty-handed, Schell became the target of Sophia's anger, and she wanted to teach the clumsy farmer a good lesson with the sword more than once, and in her opinion, Schell had not learned anything useful from Alexander in the past year, which made her angry and suggest Alexander in front of Schell that he change his guard.

This frightened Scheer, and he looked uneasily at the Duke, who seemed to be seriously considering Sophia's suggestion, and just when he thought that a little reminder of the Duke would make it more "convenient" for him to keep him by his side, Alexander finally said a few kind words for Scheer.

"Your anger wasn't directed at Schelle, that man clearly had a well-planned plan, they had been planning it for a long time, and from the fact that he was able to infiltrate the singing class, they must have conspirators."

Alexander's words successfully changed the direction of Sophia's attention, and as soon as she talked about arresting the conspirators who threatened her children, Sophia immediately forgot about Sher, but then she was a little annoyed and had not achieved anything for 2 days.

"We chased him out and disappeared," Schell had to report again, "I promise I didn't see anyone else, but this person disappeared inexplicably." ”

Sophia glared at Sheel angrily, then looked at Alexander, waiting for his opinion.

"We don't have any evidence that one or some people are involved in this conspiracy, although we know that some of them must have something to do with it, but even if this is Bucharest we can't just convict those people so easily," Alexander comforted Sophia when he saw her look disgruntled, "but that doesn't mean we don't do anything, it's a plot to try to murder the Grand Duke's family, and I think it's necessary to investigate all those who are suspected." ”

Sophia nodded immediately, she couldn't wait to catch the murderers who threatened her children, which made her feel that being the Grand Duke had restrained her, otherwise she would have slashed the blood of those she thought were involved in the conspiracy with her sword.

Sophia was indeed frightened, and she even became a little suspicious, so there were several shifts of guards outside the children's rooms, and two guards were guarding the door at the same time at each time, and there were people guarding the prince's and princess's doors at all times of the day.

At the same time, in these two days, she miraculously began to insist on learning to deal with government affairs, although there were many fewer people who came to see her for a while because of the accident in the cathedral, but Sophia's change still surprised the people around her.

Bodeped approached Alexander for this, and after implicitly expressing his concern about the strangeness of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke's behavior in the past two days, Bodeped also asked the same question as Sophia: "How to deal with this matter?" ”

Alexander knew that the cathedral incident was a good thing in the eyes of the Greeks, although it was not appropriate to say so, and the Greeks who had been in and out of the summer palace for the past two days were unusually excited, especially after Sophia ordered the Greek guards to take over from the Wallachians to defend the summer palace, and it seemed to many Greeks that their time had come.

Alexander didn't want Bodped to have such a misunderstanding, so he made it clear to the Greeks: "Sophia is the Grand Duke of Wallachia, not just your princess, so all she has to do in this matter is to punish the criminals, but that's all." ”

Alexander's words disappointed Bodpaed slightly, but he soon understood that this was also true, but he still insisted that the matter should not be let go easily.

"This is the murder of a monarch, and someone must have to lose his head for this, both in Rome and in Wallachia today," Bodepaed did not hide his desire for bloodshed, and at the same time tactfully reminded Alexander, "Your Highness, mercy is certainly an admirable virtue, but sometimes proper bloodshed and severe punishment are the best way to establish the majesty of a monarch." ”

Alexander thought that perhaps he would be interested in getting to know Machiavelli, but it was a valid suggestion, but it was not yet the time for him to think so.

As time passed, the events of the cathedral remained inconclusive, and many people gradually calmed down from their previous apprehensions, and some Wallachian nobles even discussed in private, perhaps the Grand Duke had realized that his previous anger was a bit too hasty, after all, it was a very unwise move to be an enemy of all the nobles.

Compared with those foreign nobles, the local nobles were much more at ease, not to mention that many of them had participated in the Battle of Bucharest with Sophia and Alexander, but Sophia's decision to move the capital had already made them her supporters.

The nobles, mainly local and Greek, insisted that the Archduke must not let go of the plot to murder the monarch's family, while the foreign nobles demanded that the Archduke not lose trust in all the old Wallachian nobles because of the conspiracy of a few.

In the midst of all this disturbance, Aloxia's gaffe is less noticeable.

Morco was missing, and since that day she has not seen him, nor his companions, and she has even managed to go to the church of Bukur, but it is empty.

She has been in a state of hesitation for the past few days, and whenever she sees the guards appear, she thinks that they are here to arrest her, and several times when she sees Sophia, she thinks about confessing what she has done, but when she sees Sophia's always irritable expression, she can't help but cringe.

On May 12, a long-lost man returned to Bucharest.

As soon as he entered the city and heard what had happened, Nashan rushed back to the castle and broke into Sophia's bedroom after smashing the back of the guard with the back of his knife, despite the objections of Sher who was standing in his way.

Sophia, who had already heard the commotion outside, immediately let out a muffled cheer from her throat, and then she went around the furniture and the mess on the floor and threw herself into Nashan's arms!

"My good boy, let me see how you are," Nashan looked at Sophia anxiously, and then asked more anxiously, "What about my grandson and granddaughter, how are they?" ”

A word reminded Sophia, and she pulled Nashan and ran to the little bed, showing off her father to her two children in an almost ostentatious way.

"These are really two little babies," Nashan's dark face immediately showed joy, he wanted to reach out but was stopped by Sophia, watching his daughter bring a basin of water and keep gesturing, Nashan had to be forced by Sophia to wash before being allowed to pick up the child.

"This must have been the idea of that kid from Cambrai, you must know that these people are trouble, you were not raised by me so so-so," Nashan said as he took turns picking up the two children, and then let out a burst of exclamations, "This is such a beautiful little prince, this is a little princess, they are so cute, it makes me want to have another child." ”

Nashan kept admiring how lovely and beautiful his grandson was, until Alexander met him and found an opportunity to hint at him with his eyes.

Nashan immediately responded, and after agreeing to have dinner with Sophia, he followed Alexander out of the room.

When they came outside, Nashan's face was no longer smiling, and his eyes were fixed on Alexander as if he were always staring at his prey, and at the same time asked in a low voice, "Haven't you figured out how to deal with those people?" ”

"I know what to do with the enemies who want to hurt Sophia's mother and son, but before I do that, I'll take you to meet someone."

As he spoke, Alexander led the way to a carriage, and after getting into it, they left the castle and drove down the street to the docks of Bucharest.

Soon they got off at the pier to change boats, and after a short drive down the Dembvica River, they went ashore again.

By this time Nashan had found that they had reached the riverside fortress outside the city, where Montina's army had resisted the Ottomans.

Walking into the fortress and through the layers of guards, Alexander walked into a room with Nashan.

Looking at a man in the room with a mask covering half of his face, Alexander introduced Nashan and said, "Meet Morko, the mastermind of the events in the cathedral. ”

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