Normezi sat calmly in his chair and listened to Alexander's advice, knowing when he was at John's Monastery that Alexander must have had a purpose in keeping him alive, and that purpose was probably to deal with the Aragonese.

However, Normezi didn't care about this, when the Aragonese assassinated the queen, the cooperation between him and Ferdinand actually meant that it had broken down, and it was clear that the Aragonese were trying to blame him for the queen's death, and perhaps even wanted to use it as an excuse to send troops to Naples, and by then Normezi was already certain that they would never fulfill the promise they had promised him.

Did Ferdinand do these things, Normezi felt that this was a fact that was obvious without doubt, in fact, as long as you think about Gonzalo's rudeness and unreasonableness to the Neapolitans when he was the commander of the Aragon reinforcements, you can know how arrogant and arrogant the Aragonese are, but these are nothing, what really worries Normezzi is that Ferdinand may even take the opportunity to eliminate him in order to destroy him.

It was with this in mind that when Alexander revealed to him at the Monastery of St. John that he wanted him to deal with Ferdinand together, Normezi did not hesitate to agree, because the only way for him to save him from being wiped out by the Aragonese in the future was to cooperate with the man in front of him.

It's just that Normezzi is still a little apprehensive, thinking of the strength of the Aragon army, he feels very unconfident that the Neapolitan army can confront Ferdinand.

"Count, do you want me to go to Louis of France as an emissary?" Normezi groaned for a moment before asking, "Don't forget that I am your enemy, aren't you afraid that I will take advantage of the opportunity to betray you?" ”

Alexander shook his head slightly, but no one knew whether he agreed with or against Normezi's words, but Ofrey, who was standing aside, noticed that there was something quite playful in the count's expression.

"If you do betray me, then I will have to pay the price for my stupidity, but if you think it is worth it, you can do so, for example, you can go to the French again, but I warn you in advance that my uncle, the Count of Mordiglo, is very close to the French, and if you think that in the eyes of the French, you can now compare to Modillo as the First Minister, then you can do so."

Normezi's face was furious, he seemed enraged by Alexander's contempt, but he endured it eventually.

Normezi stood up and walked slowly around the chair, as if thinking about Alexander's suggestion, and after a circle, he sat down again, looked at Alexander and made a condition: "I can promise you, but you must promise to release me and my family, you know that these things have nothing to do with these people, and I want Alfred to publicly pardon them in the name of regent." ”

Alexander pondered for a moment and then nodded in agreement, those people were not hostages in the first place, and it is indeed not suitable for killing in Naples today, it is precisely because of this that Alexander will acquiesce to Leoford's actions that seem a little stupid, for him Leoford is not so much catching the small citizens who are spreading rumors everywhere, but gradually establishing among the Neapolitans the impression that the image of the Hossa and the royal family is one.

However, this should not be too anxious now, Frederick's father and son are still alive now, and Alfred is still the nominal husband of Chelsa, and it will take some time for people to gradually recognize Chelsa's inheritance.

It's just that now it seems that what they lack is time.

According to reliable sources, the French fleet was finally ready after an unexpectedly slow preparation, with Louis's imperial camp from Nice.

How soon will the French arrive in Naples, a few days or a week?

The Neapolitans were talking and panicking.

However, Alexander knew that things should not be so bad for the time being, because there was an attitude of a key person that no one had thought of before that would determine the next move of the French.

After the negotiation had been made and some of the trivial matters of the departure of Normezi were handed over to Ofleil, Alexander returned to the Tuylan Palace, where he now had temporarily resided.

Although it was already afternoon, Lady George Anne had not yet gotten up, because she had been hanging out so late the previous night with a gardener she had recently taken a fancy to, that Alexander could still hear their sultry voices in the early hours of the morning, after it was already dark.

Alexander suspected that Lady Georges-Anne was only trying to vent her inner loneliness, and that this lady's life was undoubtedly a tragedy, and that every moment of her life seemed to be in the hands of others, and that it was probably only when she was completely indulged that she could forget everything outside of her.

And Alexander guessed that George Anne seemed to be deliberately not wanting to see him, after all, although she may not have any feelings for the child who was sent away just after birth, as long as she saw him appear in front of him every day in the name of Qiao Er, Lady George Anne would always be stimulated by this.

Thinking so, Alexander returned to his room, which happened to be the same room he had lived in before, but it reminded him of living here with Sophia.

I don't know what happened to Sophia, this thought made Alexander a little impatient, speaking of which, Lucrezia had him by his side during her pregnancy, but Sophia could only face it by herself, which made Alexander feel deeply guilty about Sophia, but now the situation in Italy makes him unable to take time to accompany Sophia, and according to his assumptions, this tension will probably not be eased for a long time.

A dusty man followed Schell in, and Alexander had seen him waiting outside.

The man looked familiar, and a little recognition of Alexander made him a close associate of old Rovere.

"The cardinal has ordered me to send you a letter," said the man, tearing open his clothes, carefully pulling out a few pieces of paper from each of the different compartments and bringing them to Alexander.

Eventually, the man handed Alexander a dagger with a Bible precept engraved on the hilt of a knife he had brought with him.

Looking at the admonition, Alexander immediately found the ciphertext index of the letter from the corresponding Bible in the room, and began to read it bit by bit.

This letter was the elder Rovere's reply to Alexander, and Alexander couldn't help but shake his fist excitedly when he saw the first sentence: "If nothing else, your Massimo will soon put on the cardinal's red hat".

Let Massimo enter the Vatican, this is Alexander's idea that he has planned for a long time, and now think about it, even when they were still in Naples, this plan had already begun, but at that time Alexander himself did not have a specific direction, so although he had deliberately arranged for Mashimo to gradually enter the upper echelons of Naples from that time, everything was still so uncertain.

Now, everything is clear.

Massimo would become cardinal, and then he would need a few years or more to secure his position in the Vatican, while Alexander could use Massimo's growing influence in the Holy See to continue his plans that now sound almost whimsical.

Aside from the fact that there was something about Massimo, what the elder Rovere really wanted to say in this letter was about the French.

The growing ties between Alexander VI and Louis XII had aroused the alarm of old Rovere, and more importantly he noticed that Alexander VI seemed to be in a hurry to organize an army for Caesar, which made old Rovere realize that something was unusual.

"It is clear that the Pope's son has completely undisguised his ambitions for Romagna, and he has repeatedly admitted in public his interest in the title of Duke of Romagna, and he has said more than once that if he cannot obtain this image by peaceful means, then he will step on the corpses of all the enemies who try to prevent him from going to the throne of coronation."

Although the content of the old Rovere's letter was written a little alarmist, but Alexander was not very surprised, he knew more about Caesar's ambitions for Romagna than old Rovere, and even more than Caesar himself, Caesar at this time was actually not too rampant, and his desire for the Duke of Romagna was only interested in this title, and only after the French invasion, as he took the opportunity to conquer those regions one by one, his ambition became more aggressive and possessive. Later, Caesar was even dissatisfied with the title of Duke of Romagna, and his eyes would be set on Tuscany, and even Lombardy, and it was his insatiable behavior, coupled with the unexpected death of Alexander VI, that caused him to lose his strong support, which made him gradually lose Louis XII's favor.

But those things were a long time later, and Alexander didn't think they would happen again.

"For another French invasion, I believe you are ready, the French fleet will soon depart, but they will not get any help from Genoa, let alone stop at Genoa, which means that their trip will inevitably be delayed because they can only get supplies in some small ports, but I would like to remind you here that if the French advance along the coast and they do not get enough supplies along the way, then Pisa will undoubtedly be a very good supply on their way."

Seeing this paragraph in the letter, Alexander paused, he didn't expect that old Rovere would take the initiative to remind him of this, although he had already prepared, but as long as he thought that as Barondi's father, old Rovere reminded him in the letter for Pisa or for Lucrezia's safety, Alexander felt more deeply about old Rovere in his heart.

There is no doubt that this man is a true conspirator, a ruthless man who can cooperate with any enemy for the sake of power, and who will not hesitate to sacrifice even those closest to him!

Compared to old Rovere, Alexander VI is cuter, at least in his mind, family comes first, and in old Rovere's mind the first thing is always power.

"I can't tolerate the French now," seeing this, Alexander was a little surprised, he had the impression that old Rovere has always been very calm, even when he is angry, he will not be emotional because of anger, which makes him a little suspicious that old Rovere is acting, but he still continues to watch "Compared with Charlie, Louis is undoubtedly a suspicious, stingy and narrow-minded person, he hopes that the Vatican will not be a collaborator, but an obedient servant, The Borgias were obviously able to meet his request, but I was not destined to do so. So the French had to leave me behind and look for other helpers in the Holy See. This is nothing to me personally, but I am disturbed by Louis's ambitions, who clearly want not only to inherit Charles's claim to Naples, but to conquer all the city-states, including the Vatican, and I do not want to see such an outcome, let alone become the Pope of Avignon of the French one day. ”

Seeing this, Alexander finally couldn't help but smile, at this time he somewhat understood why he was the largest former leader of the party, but later became the craziest anti-French, which reminded Alexander of Ludvico in Milan, probably it was the kind of betrayal by the people he trusted was the most angry stimulus, which led to the change of these two people.

The elder Rovere aspired to become pope, but his greater ambition was to unify all of Italy!

Even if he doesn't realize this now, he is indeed as he said in the letter, he cannot tolerate the Avignon who will turn the Vatican into a Frenchman, let alone the Pope who will one day become a pope who admires the French nose.

"God of War Pope." Alexander muttered to himself, he remembered again the famous nickname of old Rovere, which no one had yet called him, but in the future, even while he was alive, it would be famous throughout Europa.

It was with this in mind, even for the sake of a small distraction from the French, that the elder Rovere did not hesitate to remind Alexander to protect his lover and his daughter's pizza.

"Barondi, you really have a good father." Alexander shook his head with emotion, saying that he still preferred the Pope more, but when he thought about Nashan, who was said to have a leg with his mother, he couldn't help but shake his head.

There are many things written in the secret letter of the old Roverley, any of which is a great deal, especially in the attitude towards the French, although the relationship between the Roveret family and the French has been very cold, but the attitude of the old Roveret who directly confessed his hostility to Louis XII, and even made it clear that he wanted to ally with the enemies of the French, once leaked, caused an uproar after all.

So after reading it, Alexander immediately burned the secret letter, and looking at the ashes falling to the ground, Alexander couldn't help but secretly wonder how much old Rovere's words could be believed.

There is no doubt about the attitude of the French, and the key is what he will do in the future, whether he will spare no effort or sit on the sidelines, and wait until the heat is almost over.

Alexander preferred that he would choose the latter, not only because of the profit, but also because of his current position.

If you can't become a pope for a day, you can't let yourself be the target of others' attacks, let alone go against a behemoth like France.

Thinking of this, Alexander could almost guess what old Rovere would do next.

Obviously, at least at first, he did not expect to get the support of the Roveres, and even in the letter the elder Rovere kept reminding Alexander to be careful not to completely anger the French, but at the same time as saying this, the cardinal again mentioned the matter of replacing the Fuggers as a minter from the emperor, and in the letter the old Rovere expressed enough concern about this, which led Alexander to speculate that perhaps the elder Rovere was planning to make some agreement with the Emperor Maximian through this matter.

"It's complicated."

Alexander, who had a bit of a headache, went to the window and sat down to look out, and old Rovere would not have imagined that he was considering contact with the French at this time, and that the Aragonese army, which he thought might be the backbone of the resistance to the French, would collude with the French to seize Naples.

France and Aragon were certainly not true allies, and in fact, shortly after the capture of Naples, Ferdinand took advantage of disputes with the French over some disputed areas to start a war, and then drove out the French and completely monopolized Naples.

So what if this battle for Naples happens sooner?

Alexander pondered as he walked to the table, picked up the pen and began to write on the paper, and gradually his thoughts became clearer, and at the same time, the last point of the previous vague use of Normezi's good chess piece was also grasped in his mind.

"Dear Count Julipe, it seems that we have all underestimated your role before." Alexander burned the messy paper, and then he shook his handbell to call in Schell, who had been waiting outside.

Schell looked at the Earl with some nervousness, all he could think about this afternoon was how he would be wiped out, whether to "cut off his head" or "hang himself on a crooked neck tree", and Schell felt that his fate was already doomed.

After all, he saw something he really shouldn't have seen, which made Scheer even a little strange how Busako, who is now the commander of the new Balkan regiment, survived all these years.

Looking at the guard, who seemed a little distracted, Alexander said, "Go and ask the captain of the marching army, how the Normezi is preparing." ”

"Yes, sir." Schell answered but did not move, he looked slightly from under the brim of his upturned hat to look at Alexander's expression, and then immediately looked at the brass ornaments on the table.

Speaking of which, Scheer didn't like this kind of weird-looking hat for Balkan soldiers before, compared to the common pointed curled brim hat of the Balkans, this kind of hat with only front and back hem is really a little unaccustomed, but now he has discovered one of the advantages of this hat, that is, he can peek at the old man's face.

"Anything else?" Alexander glanced at Scheer, who was standing still.

"That lord, I have not served you for a long time, but I am still very loyal, I have stood guard for Her Royal Highness Alexandra, I have put a guard for Her Royal Highness the Princess, I ......"

"And who do you want to meet?"

"Huh? No, I don't see anyone, I just want to ask the master, what are you going to do with me? Schell gritted his teeth and simply asked, "I know I've seen something I shouldn't see, do you want to poke me in my mouth with a red-hot iron or gouge out my tongue directly, or do you like to have someone pull me out to the yard to shoot me or behead me, my lord, I just beg you to give me a good time." ”

Alexander silently looked at Schell and paused, and then said slowly: "Schell, you are a very smart person, speaking of which, I don't see many people who are so clever as you among the Balkans, so I am very optimistic about you." I suggest that if you have the opportunity to meet my retinue in the future, Uliu, you can talk to him more, and I am sure he will be able to tell you a lot of things to do. ”

Schell looked at Alexander with some blankness, of course he admired the name of the Moors for a long time, but he didn't quite understand what the old man meant.

But one thing he was sure of was that the old man didn't seem to intend to kill him, which made Shel let go of a big stone in his heart.

Before going out, Schell first saluted excitedly in the manner of the Balkans, and then said something hidden in his heart with a little hesitation: "That lord, when you and the princess were in the corridor, your uncle came. He, he seemed to know something. ”

With that, the Balkans ran out of the room.

Looking at the door slamming shut, Alexander was slightly stunned, and then couldn't help but curse in a low voice: "Damn old guy." ”