Praise be to the Virgin Mary! The woman's hair was as bright as gold coins in the emperor's treasury, her skin was like the snow of the peaks of Mount Olympus, and her eyebrows were full of provocative flair, and then she introduced herself, "I am the noblewoman of the court of Your Majesty's throne, Eudoshia. Nestas. ”

Raymond immediately flattered himself and introduced himself, "Noble beauty, beautiful lady, contemptible, contemptible is here, Raymond from Saint-Gilles, fourth." He finished introducing himself with great effort but flattery, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down with difficulty as he stammered.

"Your Majesty has asked me to serve you, respectable and handsome princess." After saying that, Eudasia was by the Duke of Toulouse's side, and then the corners of her eyes drooped, she smiled, and offered her wine glass to the other party, and Yu Guang looked at Alexios, who was also holding a wine glass on the throne, and the chief of the guard, who bowed his head and looked a little pained, was also her husband Mikhail.

All the other dukes and counts were accompanied by the noblewomen of the Roman court and beautiful maids, which was also one of the emperor's strategies, because these things could not soften people like Godfrey in the past, and what was the use of that bastard Gawain even if he gave him more beauties? He still abducted his favorite daughter. But it was obviously effective against this group of barbarian lords from more remote areas.

"That is, one, generally young, handsome!" Raymond enthusiastically took Eudohya's wine, craned his neck and drank it down.

Then he saw Alexios cast a trusting look, and saw the beautiful woman beside him, and he was bold and proud, and drew his sword in a hurry, and everyone turned their faces to look at him, but saw that the right eye of the Duke shone with pride. Looking at the cold and sharp sword body, he muttered, "This, this sword, accompany me on the battlefield of Crododo, Dore. stained, stained with innumerable, innumerable crescents, pagans, pagans, ah, blood (Raymond had fought fiercely against the Crescentists before, mainly among the Spanish crusaders. made a lot of meritorious deeds, and married Alfonso's illegitimate daughter as his wife)! Today, today, we must uphold Your Majesty's pendulum, love, and continue to fight and fight with the infidels to the east! ”

Then the Duke raised his sword high. Looking up to the sky and howling, it is about to start chanting poetry in the Grand Palace. People covered their ears one after another, feeling that time had frozen awkwardly, and at this time, sitting on the side of the emperor's throne, the nearest Hugh. Capet got up in time to interrupt, "I think the Duke of Toulouse is very reasonable, and very sincere, we are all willing to fly the royal flag of His Majesty. Obeying the great Roman emperor, two or three days later crossed the Strait to fight the infidels. In this way, the tragedy of Raymond's poetry in the Castilian language was finally prevented, and everyone was relieved and wiped their cold sweats. They all talked and laughed.

"No, no, I will wait, waiting for the priesthood from Le Mans, the priesthood, Lord Admar, my lord, who is the envoy of His Majesty the Holy See, sent to, to the despicable." When Raymond said this to Hugh, he was actually boasting that the Pope only sent his own envoys, so there was no doubt that he was the eldest of these pilgrims, and the Capetian royal family was at odds with the Holy See, so he was closed. Capet didn't want to replace him, "Only, only when Lord Ademar comes, after he comes, can he open it." ”

"Your Excellency Godfrey's army has already defeated the Turkic bandits and surrounded Nicaea after a fierce battle, and I think His Majesty the Emperor also wants to recover this city that was deceived by the dishonest Surelman as soon as possible, so we will immediately cross the strait to help Godfrey and His Excellency Gawain." Hugh got up and said very beautiful words, which touched everyone present.

However, Alexios heard Gawain's name, and obviously scratched his fingers on the armrest of the throne a few times in anger, but he quickly subdued his emotions, where Raymond was still stammering and emphasizing that he would not be able to move on until Admar arrived by boat, and there was a "I don't agree, you can't go" leadership posture, and the whole scene was about to quarrel.

At this time, Robert of Flanders bowed his body and advised everyone, "We may divide into two groups for the time being, and I and the two lords of Normandy and Blois shall cross the channel first to reinforce the pilgrims of Nicaea." A week later, when the Priesthood of Ademar came up to the palace, the Honourable Raymond and the Honourable Hugh had His Majesty's ships transport them, and together they organized an attack on the city of Nicaa and handed it over to His Majesty's throne as the first prize. ”

"Since Your Excellency said and said it, I don't have any objections." Raymond put away his sword without a temper, sat down, and began to drink.

The Emperor gave the steady Robert an approving glance with satisfaction, and then said, "The troops and horses I promised Godfrey are also in order, and they will be handed over to my henchmen to command, and they will cross the sea with the two Robert and Stephen. ”

After the feast, the emperor specially summoned Raymond to the relatively secluded side hall, where eunuchs and maids came and went, guarded the ears, and lowered the curtains and silk curtains, and Raymond was flattered. "My dear friend, the entire group of pilgrims is now leaderless, but I believe that you can restore the Holy Sepulchre to the prestige of all people. After the Battle of Nicaea, the forces of Tetisius and Branath were handed over to you to control the Overseer. After saying that, the Emperor smiled meaningfully and pressed his hand on Raymond's shoulder intimately, "However, the hearts of the lords of the other pilgrims will be left to your best friend to ambush yourself, and I can't help it." ”

"Antioch, Jerusalem, and Damascus, these magnificent cities, I, I will hand them over to Your Majesty without reservation, with my own hands." Raymond was so excited that he even stuttered a lot better, and said it in one go.

I am afraid that even Alexios himself does not believe in this kind of empty rhetoric, but he still approves of Raymond's attitude, and at the same time secretly rejoices and inserts a wedge in the pilgrims, so the emperor turned around, and Raymond, who looked up, saw that the glamorous court lady who had just accompanied the wine turned out of the emperor's side, bowed her head and accompanied him, "Eudocia, serve the lord of Toulouse well" Alexios smiled and dropped this sentence, and left.

In the small hall next to the Grand Palace in the middle of the night, the candle flame flickered, Raymond snored like thunder on the couch, Eudasia opened her eyes, her blonde hair was scattered, and her eyes looked at the ceiling emptyly, "Yes, I am just a physical tool in the court, which is why the emperor was willing to forgive me before, in his eyes, my value is like this, I left my hometown back then, the three brothers and sisters came here together, I married Mikhail, and then came to this palace, this sinking palace, I gave up everything, flesh, dignity and shame, I only hope that my eldest brother can prosper in his official fortune, I hope that my husband can revitalize the lintel, and I only hope that Ingrid can be happy and happy" Suddenly, Yudoshia wanted to write to Princess Anna, how she envied each other! Even without the purple clothes and the surname Komunen, she can finally wander the world with the man she likes like a bird, and Yudoshia now just wants to ask her, "Is Gawain okay with you?" ”

But then he remembered Barry's sister, "Ingrina, you stupid woman, if you don't act, I'm afraid that Gawain will be taken away by the princess." (To be continued.) )