Sophia's appearance immediately caused a commotion in the hall.

For Sophia, the feelings of the Balkans are actually very complicated.

On the one hand, the appearance of the Greek princess gave them hope, and the identity of the last blood of the Valleora family was enough to shake the hearts of almost every Balkan noble, because this status meant unimaginable appeal and the possibilities that could be brought about by it.

But on the other hand, the nobles were worried that the girl would become a tool and puppet in the hands of others.

No one wants to have a emperor pressed on top of their head, and they don't want this person to be the same as them before, or maybe even inferior to themselves, this is the normal state of people, and some of them even vaguely hold in their hearts that "even if the Ottomans come, it is better than being picked up by some adventurer".

Therefore, when Chipes showed that he was very close to Sophia, he was suspected by many people, who were worried that the purpose of his approach to Sophia was to take advantage of the opportunity to control the girl, or that it was not just Chipes, any man who tried to get close to Sophia became the target of other people's attention, and everyone built an invisible line of defense around Sophia to guard against others' incursions, even small people like Morco, in the eyes of many people, Morko is also one of those people who try to take advantage of the opportunity to seize power by getting close to Sophia.

However, to the reassurance of the nobles, Sophia herself was clearly not a person obsessed with power, so as to at least avoid a situation in which she herself would cause further chaos because of her intention to seize power, and the only time she had so far shown a need for power was when she heard that a foreign army had come to her aid but was treated indifferently by the Bucharestans, for which she walked the walls of Bucharest and demonstrated her great influence to the Balkans for the first time.

Then Sophia seemed to be a carefree girl again, and except that she seemed to be full of curiosity and interest in the army from Rome, she returned to her little palace, and no one knew what she was busy with all day.

It was not without thought of the possible trouble that might arise from Alexander's dealings with Sophia, but the origin of the count and his circumstances had been known by a loud-mouthed merchant.

At least the status of the Count of Montina alone is enough for people not to worry about the trouble of marriage, and as for whether there will be any ambiguous relationship between the two, this is not what those nobles care about.

In other words, some nobles vaguely hope that something will really happen between the two, because there is a tacit understanding between the Balkan upper nobles that they have gradually formed although they have not spoken, that is, they hope that Sophia will be single forever, or at least not to talk about marriage while she still has great influence.

A single Greek princess is more attractive and more acceptable than a married princess, while a husband who is strong or cowardly can be difficult to accept.

Because a strong husband will use his identity to influence Sophia, while a cowardly husband may make both of them puppets and tools of others.

Now after Sophia's sudden appearance caused a commotion, many people immediately involuntarily looked at Cepes, who was sitting in front.

Both opponents and their own people believe that Sophia's appearance should be related to Cepes, because he has always been the only one who has been close to Sophia, and he has used Sophia's influence to build up a huge reputation for himself in Bucharest.

As a result, the eyes of the people looking at Chipes became complicated, with some showing obvious hostility, others screaming excitedly.

Chipes was also surprised, he didn't know why Sophia suddenly appeared in the venue, which made him puzzled and a little expectant.

Cepes hopes that he can have a greater influence on Sophia, after all, the benefits are obvious, but he is not stupid, or he is not too big to get carried away and desperate, he knows very well that if he does so, he may become the target of public criticism, so he is careful not to anger those nobles while subtly influencing Sophia.

However, if Sophia herself took the initiative to show her support for him, Cepes would still be willing to accept the result.

Sophia stood under the porch for a moment, then she turned back and let out a single shout behind her.

A man who was strange to many people walked up to Sophia's side, and when he saw the countless pairs of projected eyes in the hall, the man barely squeezed out an ugly smile on his face, but then he immediately retreated behind her because he was scolded by Sophia.

Alexander looked at Prato in surprise, he had been thinking about what the nasty Morco and the big-mouthed Prato would say all night, thinking about Sophia's anger when she heard what he had done, Alexander felt that it was a good time for Bayezid II to suddenly attack at this time.

Sophia made her way through the crowd towards the king, her armor rattling and rubbing, and the delicate patterns on her armor glittered in the reflection of the sunlight shining through the window, which calmed down the originally noisy hall, and the eyes moved with Sophia's figure until she was not far from the king, and then she gracefully lifted the corners of the silk armor that was decorated with armor, and bowed to Ladislas II.

A smile appeared on the corner of the king's mouth, no matter how uncomfortable Sophia was now, but seeing this dignified girl now, the king still had a sense of accomplishment in his heart, after all, she was a rough and unreasonable country girl who came to the Prague court, and now she behaved as noble and dignified as a real princess, the king was happy that his queen could train such an elegant lady, and more importantly, Ladislas II believed that he still had a deep enough influence on Sophia.

Ladislas II nodded lightly to the somewhat bewildered master of ceremonies next to him, who immediately raised the staff in his hand again and struck the ground hard.

"Your Majesty, Monarch of Rome and the Romans, and sole heir to the suzerains of the kingdoms, Her Royal Highness Princess Sophia Alexandra Valleola."

The loud chanting echoed in the hall, and the nobles' expressions gradually became serious, and even the nobles of high status stood up and looked at Sophia.

Alexander also stood up, it was the first time he saw Sophia standing in front of everyone, looking at this figure in armor and proudly facing everyone, Alexander suddenly felt a faint sense of strangeness.

Maybe that Sophia was still his Sophia, but Alexander knew that something was really different.

Sophia nodded lightly to everyone in the hall, if you look closely, you will find that her demeanor is not very decent, even a little reckless and stubborn, it seems that even if she nods to people, it is a little hard, but this has formed a charm that belongs to her, like a strong and not yet fully grown child is trying to prove her maturity to adults, which should have seemed a little funny, but her unique figure is indeed much more mature than her peers, But it seems to be a powerful proof of her stubbornness, which makes her look filled with an indescribable special charm.

Perhaps this kind of charm would have been seen as rude and rude in the Italian courts, but in the Balkans, her appearance resonated with countless people.

Sophia looked at Cepes and Alexander, who were sitting on either side of the king, and seemed to think for a moment before slowly walking to Alexander's side, and slowly sitting down on the chair that the servant hastily brought her, close to the king, under the gaze of everyone.

Prato had been following Sophia carefully, and as he stood behind his chair, he could clearly feel the warning look that Alexander, who seemed to greet Sophia, was throwing him a warning look.

Prato wanted to explain it to Alexander, but thinking about the night's experience, he thought it would be better to keep his mouth shut.

"Count, go on," the king nodded to Alexander, and then explained to Sophia beside him, "the Ottomans are trying to attack Dembvica, and this is serious. ”

Sophia nodded incomprehensibly, her gaze fixed on Alexander's face as if she wanted to dig out some secret from the changes in his face.

Alexander coughed slightly, he thought Sophia looked a little strange, as if the judge was about to announce the outcome of the trial, deliberately pausing before the final critical moment, enjoying the pleasure of tormenting others in that moment.

Although he knew that this was probably his own thoughts, Alexander did think so, and he felt that maybe it was not just his imagination, and that Sophia probably came up with this in mind.

"We do have to defend Dembvica, but what we should do is something that needs to be carefully considered."

Alexander looked at the nobles, his eyes swept over the people, his Montina people became frequent customers in many taverns and brothels after entering the city, and the generous Montina people were very popular with the locals, but unconsciously, when people were making money from these foreign bigwigs, all kinds of news also silently reached the ears of the Montina people.

So although he had not been in Bucharest for a long time, Alexander was no stranger to some of the things that happened in the city, and as for the intricate relations between the nobles, although it was somewhat difficult to inquire, it was not entirely difficult, and if he had the heart, Alexander could have known who was now in Bucharest with great weight, and who was the former enemy.

"The Ottomans' advance on Dembvica was clearly premeditated, and we must wonder if there was any other conspiracy among them, and perhaps they were just waiting for us to relieve Dembvica," Alexander said as he looked at Chippes on the other side, and then he was satisfied to see that Chippes's face had changed.

The headless body of Vlad III is buried in the Cathedral of Dembvica, although not many people know about it, but not many people know about it, and it just so happens that Alexander is one of them.

Chipes's expression was very unsightly, and he looked at Alexander with a gloomy face, wondering in his heart the meaning of Alexander's words.

"It is possible that the Ottomans are deliberately luring our reinforcements," Alexander looked at the king, and saw Ladisras II's frowning brow, he continued, "They know that we must go and relieve the siege of Dembvica, so it is enough to make the appearance of besieging Dembvica to lure us into their encirclement, which is the purpose of the Ottomans, and then ...... "Alexander looks at the two people who don't look very good" and calmly exterminate us outside the city of Dembvica, I can guarantee that our men will never reach Dembvica, because they are already waiting for us there. ”

Ladislas II's fingers tapped lightly on the armrest, and he did not expect Alexander to suddenly say such a thing, which the king found both unacceptable and secretly annoyed.

The anger that had disrupted his steps with the sudden attack of the Ottomans was that Alexander's words burned in the king's heart.

Tzepes could not accept that Dembvica was so important to him that even though he vaguely knew that what Alexander said was not necessarily unreasonable, it was even more difficult for him to accept the terrible fate of the fall of Dembvica.

Alexander's words also aroused the displeasure of the other nobles, many of whom stood up and retorted loudly, and some even whistled contemptuously at Alexander.

Gompati, who was sitting behind Alexander, looked at Alexander, and he felt that these people were too unreasonable, or rather, too barbaric, although he could not understand what most people were saying, but he could also sense that they were mocking and mocking from the sharp whistles and the obvious mocking gestures made by those people.

To the anger of Gompati and the Montina officers next to him, the master of ceremonies did not want to stop the shouting at all this time, which made the shouting even more vigorous.

"Coward!"

"Fancy aristocratic lord!"

"Go back to your Rome, it's safer to hide under your mistress's skirt!"

The incomprehensible swearing might have been ignored, but the intelligible taunting made it even more embarrassing, and several Montina officers stood up unbearably.

Just as Gompati, who had taken a step forward, was about to open his mouth to scold those people, he suddenly heard a familiar "click" in the noisy and chaotic voices.

The long-term experience of life and death and the accumulation of combat experience made Gompati immediately realize that it was the sound of the musket being triggered, which surprised him, but before he could react, with the bright light next to him flashing, a thunderous muffled sound suddenly sounded in the hall!

The smoke filled the air, and the muzzle of the musket that Sophia raised above her head spewed out a string of sparks.

The shouting stopped abruptly for a while, and the hall was instantly silent, and everyone looked at Sophia in stunned arms with a smoking musket.

Looking at Sophia in full armor and holding a musket, Alexander couldn't help but secretly praise "domineering" in his heart, but then he saw Sophia's vicious eyes thrown at him, and at the same time, the musket in her hand also moved towards Alexander, intentionally or unintentionally.

This shot was not meant to be used against me, Alexander had an ominous guess in his heart, but looking at the Balkans around him who had not yet recovered from his composure, he asked Ladislas II, who was also stunned: "Your Majesty, am I going to continue?" ”

The king looked at Sophia with a blue face, he really didn't expect Sophia to bring a musket into the conference hall, but he couldn't scold her in front of so many people.

"Count, if you're still just the ones you just said, I think you can save you some time."

Ladislas II said with an ugly look on his face that he noticed that Chipes's face was not easy, which made the king feel that he and Chipes were in agreement, at least in the matter of relieving Dembvica.

Alexander, noticing the king's impatience, looked at the nobles, who had just recovered from the sound of the guns, and were whispering:

"Your Majesty, I know how important Dembvica is to Wallachia and to all the people of this land, even Moravia and Greece, but for this reason I would like to ask all the people here: Who do you think should be relieved of the siege of Dembvica?"

As soon as Alexander's voice fell, the entire hall fell into an eerie silence again.

And whether it was Ladislas II or Chipes, their faces showed solemn expressions at the same time.

Sophia looked around a little dazedly, she didn't understand what was suddenly happening, but looking at the sneering marks hanging from the corners of Alexander's mouth, Sophia sat down slowly, she handed the musket behind her, and looked around curiously from the king.

The question of who would relieve the siege of Dembvica may not seem like a big deal, but the nobles who attended the meeting realized that Alexander had given them the most difficult question to answer.

No one was unaware of Dembvica's significance to the Balkans, but it was precisely because everyone knew the extraordinary status of this small city like a holy place that they suddenly realized that they were facing an awkward situation.

That is, no one wants anyone else to be the savior of Dembvica.

The impact and honor of the great merit of breaking the siege of the Holy Land is enough to make everyone's heart move, but because this temptation is so great, no one can take the initiative to stand up.

Ladislas II looked at Alexander with a tight mouth, he didn't expect Alexander to raise the question in public, and noticed that Cepes, who was sitting on the other side, also looked strange, the king already knew what the outcome of this meeting would be.

"We need to form an army," the king slowly stood up, his gaze pausing on Alexander's face, and then suddenly turning to Chipes, "Grand Duke, I think it is most appropriate for you to command this battle to save the Holy Land." ”

Tsepes looked at Ladislas II with a little surprise, he obviously did not expect the king to give him such a huge opportunity, and even the possibility of subverting the entire Balkan power.

But he tried to suppress his excitement as secretly as possible, and stood up and bowed to the king.

"For the brothers St. Cyrill!" There was an instant cheer in the hall.

Amid the cheers of the people, Gompati suddenly approached Alexander and whispered, "My lord, I have found the whereabouts of those cannons. ”

Alexander was stunned, he didn't know why Gompati suddenly said this at this time, but he still turned his head slightly and asked, "Where is it?" ”

"You might not expect it," Gompati pursed his lips, "and the cannons are in Dembvica. ”