From the Grand Porta, past the Church of Marcellino and St. Peter, after passing the famous Via Curanos, you can see the Arch of Constantine in the distance.

Just a few years ago, a man led his army through the road and tried to pass under the triumphal arch that heralded victory and conquest, but was stopped.

It was only one man who stopped the man's army, but even so, the man was not afraid, but confronted the whole army under the triumphal arch.

"It's a pity that Alexander blocked the Gonzalo, but he himself couldn't pass under the triumphal arch." Riding on her horse, she said with a slight regret that around her was a whole group of grenadiers, and on the outskirts were Kosenza's army armed with swords, shields, and spears.

The grenadiers watched vigilantly on the streets, raising their guns and preparing to shoot whenever anyone tried to approach them, while the sword and shield soldiers on the periphery also carefully placed their shields on the outward side, and the whole team was like a small mobile fortress, which convinced the captain of the guard who was in charge of guarding the Shosha that even if he encountered a large number of thugs, he would not easily break through their formation.

In fact, apart from the obvious signs of vandalism on the streets, not only did they not see any rioters, but they rarely even saw a single figure.

Before Jossa himself entered the city, the Neapolitan army had already entered Rome, and after driving away a large number of angry people, and then neatly suppressing some mobs that still refused to leave and boldly launched attacks, the Neapolitan army declared that they had taken over the city.

Suddenly, she grabbed the reins, and she saw a little dirty square, perhaps because it had rained the other day, and the little square was full of mud, but she got off her horse and walked through the guards.

The guards immediately stirred, and the captain followed Josha with a few grenadiers, while he swung his arms in an attempt to get the whole guard to surround the small square.

She did not go to the small square, but stood not far away and looked at the place, and then she turned back to the waitress beside her and said, "I have selected a group of workers here according to my brother's orders, and now some of them should be in Crete, and some of them are in some place I don't know, and although I did this at that time, I was a little skeptical of his decision, but now I believe that no one will question him anymore, and our sugar foot can bring all of Europe under his feet." ”

She looked up at the Arch of Constantine, which was shrouded in a golden glow by the setting sun, and the dazzling light of the setting sun shone through the opening of the Arc de Triomphe on her face, making her reach out to block it, while narrowing her eyes slightly.

Then, after getting used to the dazzling light a little, she first opened her transparent fingers, which were illuminated by the sun, and let the light shine through between her fingers, before she lowered her hand and looked up at the magnificent sunset.

"I like this city," said Josa to those around her, and then she gently urged her horse, and as her hand flicked forward, her guards marched toward the Arch of Constantine under the watchful eye of the Neapolitan troops already assembled in the square.

On June 16, 1501, the Neapolitan army of Naples was led into Rome by the regent of Naples, Jossa Cosenza Astamara.

On the same day, the Queen Regent performed a simple ceremony to enter the city in the Roman Forum, after which the Queen walked through the Arch of Constantine in the posture of a conqueror.

Following the entry of Charles VIII into Rome in 1497, the second monarch passed through the triumphal arch, which meant victory.

During the whole process, the city guards who defended Rome did not react, and the Papal Army, which was the Vatican army, remained outside the city and remained stationary from beginning to end.

The sky had darkened slightly, and the time when the Neapolitan army entered the city was actually a bit strange, and the choice to suddenly enter the city in the afternoon brought not only surprise but also fear to the Romans, because people realized that the night was the cloak of sin, and for any conquered city, the arrival of night was terrible and terrifying, because darkness could cover up all terrible crimes.

The Romans hid in their homes, they did not dare to light the lamps, many of them blocked the doors and windows with heavy furniture, some nobles had armed their servants in order to guard against the mobs, and now they were even more vigilant to turn their homes into strong fortresses, ready to deal with those who might break in at night, and those who could become more terrible than the mob at any time.

From time to time, there would be hurried footsteps in the streets, and sometimes there would be a few screams in the alleys in the distance, where there were lone people who had been robbed, and people listened nervously in the house, hoping that the mob would not target their homes, in addition to praying for the unfortunate ones.

There was a hurried, dull sound, which could be heard as a procession passing, and the residents of the houses on both sides of the street immediately became nervous, and they leaned against the doors to listen carefully, and some quietly looked out through the cracks in the taut curtains.

The streets were full of people, and groups of soldiers passed by the door, and the thunderous sound of their boots on the ground seemed to knock on everyone's hearts, and at this moment everyone raised their hearts to their throats.

There was a sound of horses' hooves, and a large number of people could be heard from the sound.

In a family's house, a woman huddled in a corner of the living room with her one-year-old son in her arms, and another teenage boy next to her clutched the cloth apron in front of his mother's clothes, staring nervously and excitedly at his brother who was hiding by the window and peeking outside.

"It's a squad of cavalry, and looking at them dressed up, these people must be Neapolitan troops."

The young man standing by the window whispered what was happening in the street, despite his mother's anxious urging, when suddenly he let out a 'ah' sound that seemed to be surprised, which frightened the woman, and she immediately stood up and covered her son's mouth with her hand for fear that he would cry.

"I saw a young woman, she was so beautiful, she must be the Queen of Naples." The young man's eyes lit up, and he lowered his voice with an irrepressible excitement.

"What is the Queen doing here?" The boy asked, a little curiously.

"I know, she's here for Marino," said the young man, suddenly in realization, "that Marino's palace belongs to the Queen's brother, the Duke of Romatesia, and she's here to live here." ”

The young man's eyes shone with excitement, and although he knew that he could only look at it so secretly, he felt that he would probably not forget the charm of the queen when she passed by the window of his house, which he would never forget for the rest of his life.

Unaware that she had an admirer, she was standing on the steps of the renovated Marino Palace, looking up at the familiar palace.

Although it has been 2 years, the renovation of the Marino Palace is still in progress, mainly because the original expectations of the palace were too high, although it has not yet been pushed to the point of reconstruction, but in addition to the main building, the whole palace was originally close to the east and west wings of the main building The annex has not only been renovated, but also added a corridor that can connect the two annexes from the rear according to the intention of the Josa, so that the entire Marino Palace still retains the previous style, But in reality, both the room and the structure have changed dramatically.

As a result, it will take at least five years to complete the project, and the cost will be as high as 27,000 florins.

It's a lot of money, and it's a magnificent palace that rivals anything else in the city of Rome.

After all, even St. Peter's Basilica would cost only 170,000 florins, a huge project that would have taken almost a century to complete.

To her relief, Caesar had expelled the Roman Thecian army in Rome, but he had not attacked the Marino Palace, so when he entered the palace and saw the nervous but orderly servants and the familiar environment as before, he rewarded everyone in the palace for being in a good mood.

It's just that when she walked up to the second floor and passed through one room after another, she frowned slightly as she stood outside one of the doors, and then she pushed the door open.

Looking at the familiar furniture inside, as well as a wooden frame of armor placed against the wall as before, Josha's nose made an imperceptible snort, she knew that this should be Alexander's order, obviously in Alexander's heart may still be looking forward to the bohemian girl to return to Rome, but although Josha looked at all this a little unhappy, but she knew that Alexander's wish probably would not come true.

Unbeknownst to Alexander, after Alexander's second return to Rome from the Balkans, Jossa began to secretly let Pratoli set up a trading post in the port of Constanta where she had passed on the Black Sea, and through Ashurk's connections, Prato had transported large quantities of goods from Naples to Wallachia in the war-torn Mediterranean.

Among these goods, in addition to some luxuries that were needed by the Bucharest court and the rich and nobles, the main thing was weapons!

Flintlock muskets, artillery of all calibers, and even wheel-fired muskets that were not yet fully widespread in even the army of Zhussa, were shipped to Wallachia in large quantities of copper, gold, silver, and iron ore.

It didn't seem like a wise choice to make her rival stronger, but she didn't see it that way, she thought that the quickly armed Wallachian army would be enough to spark Sophia's ambitions, and considering that she was probably staring at the neighbors around her, especially for the future of her twins, and that she was ready to make a big move, she felt that at least for a long time imaginable, she didn't have to worry about the wild girl coming to make trouble for herself.

"Dear brother, you should thank me for making your woman very strong." After complimenting herself in her heart, she left Sophia's room, and listened to the crisp sound of the lock behind her, she smiled and continued to walk forward.

There was a rush of footsteps from behind, and Jossa stopped to look back to see Elliot of Taranto walking with an annoyed look on his face.

"Your Majesty, I beg your pardon for disturbing you, but I want to know what you are doing?" Elliot seemed to be a little angry, he seemed to be barely suppressing the dissatisfaction in his heart, seeing that Jisha seemed to be completely indifferent to his words, he took a deep breath before calming his emotions down a little, "You have entered Rome, and even passed through the triumphal arch of Constantine, but then you actually went straight home, so what were we doing before?" ”

"So what do you think I should do? Walk across that bridge and occupy the Vatican? As soon as she looked at Elliot and saw that he was about to speak, she continued, "As long as I don't cross that bridge, everything is under our control, and you can rest assured that the bishops will come to us on their own initiative, and as for the Pope himself, do you think there is anything more important to him now than to get out of the immediate trouble?" ”

"But there are Papal troops outside the city, and if Constantine orders them to fight us, plus the Roman city defenses, the situation is not in our favor, so we should reach an agreement with the Vatican as soon as possible instead of doing nothing and waiting for them." Elliott said worriedly, the excitement of entering Rome before had gradually calmed down as the enthusiasm subsided, and he had to worry about the delicate situation of the Neapolitan army now, and he had to worry that Zhisa seemed to be so satisfied.

"Don't worry, don't forget that we entered the city in the name of quelling the riots in the city of Rome, and as for the city guards, why do you think they haven't reacted yet?"

Josha suddenly smiled at Elliott, her bright smile made Elliott lose his mind for a moment, and Josha's next move surprised Elliott even more.

Josha raised her arm to him.

Elliott was a little dazed at this moment, he did have some kind of fantasy about the young queen who almost became his stepmother, but he never expected that Zhisa would show him an unusual attitude at this time.

Elliot immediately stepped forward, ready to respond enthusiastically to the queen, but before he could speak, Josha said to the reassuring man behind him, "Welcome secretary, I don't think you need to be careful this time." ”

Elliott turned around in astonishment, looking at Nomero who had staggered past him, and then stepped forward to take Josha's hand and bow his head to kiss him, Elliott was stunned for a moment, and his expression was dazed.

The fact that the Queen of Naples did not enter the Vatican was a secret relief to the entire cardinal body.

When they heard that the Neapolitan army had entered the city of Rome, everyone was overwhelmed by the surprise.

They were very worried that the Neapolitan army would directly occupy the Vatican, and if that would happen to the Holy See would inevitably fall into an embarrassing situation, although this would certainly not be good for the Neapolitans, but the cardinal could not help but shudder at the thought that those ** might be desperate to loot the entire Holy See.

The Holy See has been sacked more than once in history, in addition to the pagans, even those who claim to be devout in Christ have also unceremoniously given the Holy See a good look, and now because of the Radia gold coin caused such a big turmoil, it is really difficult to guess what the Neapolitan army that entered the city in the name of quelling the riots in the city will do.

Although they were relieved that they did not enter the Vatican, the cardinals' next move was bewildered.

"What does she want?" At this time, no one dared to despise the young queen, and the cardinals were all on Massimo, waiting for his answer.

Massimo always had that annoying smile on his face, he did not participate in the discussion of the cardinals, but only listened to the attendants report the news one by one, until all of them were puzzled by the actions of the cardinals, and then suddenly came to his senses and came to him, Massimo stood up and looked at the cardinals:

"Everyone, you have probably forgotten a very important thing, Queen Quesa Cosenza Astrama is not only the sister of the Duke of Thesia, but also an important member of the Free Trade Alliance, and although the Radia Gold Coin is issued by the Holy See, it relies on the trade of that Trade Alliance to succeed, and now the Radia Gold Coin has encountered such a big crisis, which obviously also destroys the interests of the Trade Alliance, so it is completely understandable that the Queen sent troops to quell the riots in the city of Rome at this time."

The cardinals looked at each other, they were already a little overwhelmed by this sudden change, although the Holy See Guard still controlled Castel Sant'Angelo, but none of them really expected them to stop the army that even Caesar had killed.

Old Luo Weilei looked at Mahimo in silence, and he had no doubt that all this was actually premeditated.

It doesn't matter when this premeditated plot began, what matters is that from the declaration of war by the trade alliance with the French, to the run on the gold coins of Ladia, and then the entry of the Neapolitan army into Rome in the name of quelling the riots, all these seemingly completely unrelated events, once connected, seem to have become a great net from which no one can escape!

And the prey in this net, there is Rome, there is the Vatican, there is Louis XII, there is Alexander VI, and maybe even him!

Thinking of this, old Rovie suddenly felt a faint chill in this hot June, and after thinking for a while, he finally whispered to Massimo: "Then tell me, what does she want?" ”

Massimo was about to speak, when he was interrupted by a commotion from the doorway, followed by a low exclamation that seemed to be unexpected to attract attention.

The cardinals looked towards the door, and then they were stunned to see Alexander VI standing in the doorway.

The white-robed Pope's body was slightly hunched, his expression was a little depressed, his deep-set eyes made him look tired, and the staff that was originally used for rituals had now become a crutch to support his body.

"Cardinal, are you asking him what he wants," a smile of insignificance appeared on Alexander VI's emaciated face, he glanced at old Rovere, then at Massimo, and then his gaze slowly passed over everyone's faces, "Rest assured, trust me that all of you will be safe this time, because I think she knows what she wants." She wants me. ”