The fact that the queen was abducted made Alfred feel completely blinded by this sudden accident, obviously the queen's power in the court was far beyond Alfred's imagination, and the thought that there were still remnants of those rebels in the palace, and that he might be cut out of his throat in the middle of the night or given a glass of poisoned wine while eating, Alfred became a little irritable because of nervousness and fear.

And the fact that someone openly led an army to rebel made Alfred even more annoyed.

Everyone was busy, the Seal Officer was trying to maintain the connection between the palace and the outside, and the Count of Mordilo was busy trying to maintain the whole country, but for a while Alfred became idle, and he hid in his room all day for fear of possible plots, and at this time, someone shouted "Please come out and preside over the overall situation".

As soon as this proposal was made, it was approved by an unexpected number of people, not only in the court, but also in the city, and when they heard of it, everyone seemed to be talking about it, and at the same time the heroic act of Shosha in the Balkans was again raised.

At the same time, stories of the Forlì tigress began to circulate among the people, and some people began to compare him to Caterina Sforza, but perhaps out of preference for the princess of his own country, Naples generally believed that the tigress was much more powerful than the tigress of Nafoley.

The call eventually reached Alfred, who immediately agreed to the offer.

As a reminder, Alfred took Count Mordillo and the Seal Officer to the room where Visa was self-imprisoned, which made the Count somewhat concerned, but he noticed that the guards outside had indeed been replaced by Balkan hunting guards, and seeing that Alexander did not even use the Agri this time, the Count sensed his determination and anger.

Clearly, Alexander was silently warning that he might do anything if the kind of thing that had brought Alfred close to Shosha happened again.

The Count was surprised by Alexander's unexpectedly strong desire for exclusivity, but Modilo saw something in it that seemed to be worth exploiting, and it was clear that Jossa was unique to Alexander, and that the idea of a single sister was likely to be a more special relationship between them than anyone else.

In the presence of two important court officials, Alfred first politely announced that he had pardoned Josha for his previous unintentional offends, and then immediately announced that his wife would run the affairs of the kingdom with him.

When she appeared in the main hall of the palace, there was a cheer among the courtiers, although it was not very loud, but it had different meanings to different ears.

The Seal Officer was terrified, for he had only regarded Count Mordillo as someone he needed to follow, but now it seemed that it was the Count's niece who was really admired, and Alfred was a little jealous in his pleasure, and he did not expect that his wife's reputation seemed to be much higher than his, which made him feel a little strange.

The most complicated mood was the Count of Mordillo, he could clearly feel that Zhosa was leaving him at a very fast pace, on the contrary, her relationship with Alexander was obviously beyond the scope of his suspicion, and the Count even had a feeling that the siblings might unite against him in the future.

When she sat down on the queen's seat for the first time, she didn't show the slightest nervousness, her eyes were determined, perhaps the trip to the Balkans and the battles there had really broadened her eyes, and now the seemingly treacherous court games in the palace of Naples, which had actually become a little childish and clumsy in her eyes, were no longer nervous and exciting.

"I will exercise the powers belonging to the Neapolitan royal family in the place of my husband fairly and humbly, but the first order I shall now order is to find out the whereabouts of the queen immediately, and I am afraid that the rebels will harm her, because I am convinced that the queen will not be involved in such a conspiracy, and that the rebels have used the name of the queen to protect her majesty and are under their coercion again. His Royal Highness had to order her to hide in a safe place for the time being, and now that the queen has been kidnapped, this will never be tolerated," said this, and his gaze swept over the people, and suddenly raised his voice and ordered loudly, "So I declared martial law on the city of Naples from now on, and in order to find out the whereabouts of the queen, I grant the army the privilege of searching all places." ”

The situation in the city suddenly became tense, and more and more Cosenza and Montina troops appeared in the city, and the Neapolitans could only endure the angry harassment as they took to the streets to search almost from house to house.

But the queen's captors seemed to have been prepared, and they disappeared as if out of thin air, allowing the army to almost turn the entire city upside down, and failing to find out their whereabouts.

The news of Josha's arrival was delivered by a special person in the afternoon of the next day, and looking at the contents of the letter from Count Mordiglo, Alexander wrote a reply after a little thought.

"My lord, I am glad that all your plans have been successfully achieved, and now that we can say that we have mastered Naples, I will soon quell the rebellion and return, because from now on the French are our greatest enemy, but I would like to remind you that please do not forget Ferdinand of Aragon, who also had great ambitions for Naples, and I firmly believe that he is as eager as you are to reunite Sicily, and unfortunately he does have such strength."

Alexander felt that it was necessary to remind the Count at this time, whether it was to prepare for the double oppression from France and Aragon that would follow, or to make the Count aware of the present enemy and not to cause any rifts to appear first.

He could sense a sense of indifference from Count Mordillo in the letter, and as for why, Alexander smiled as he looked at a tightly surrounded house not far away.

The house was a little far from where his army was stationed, and a group of Balkan soldiers surrounded the house, led by the Balkan Scheer.

The queen of Naples was imprisoned in this house!

It was Sher who carried out the task, and the whole process of kidnapping the queen was so easy that he was surprised when he returned, but when he reported it to Alexander, Alexander just smiled casually.

The free trade zone started in Naples, but why is Naples not as prominent as those who come after it in the whole trade zone?

Pisa, Rome, Frankfurt and Rotterdam are fast attracting the attention of those who came after them as early pioneers of the trade area, and people want their cities to be as glamorous as these places, but why not Naples?

This may seem unfair to Naples, but in fact it is because Naples has become a city of trade zones, where every nobleman, every merchant, and even every commoner and family is more or less affected by the free trade zone, and their lives, everything about them, is permeated with the slightest connection with the trade zone, and the price of all this is that the wealth obtained here is used almost silently in every corner that can penetrate.

"We have bought this kingdom," Alexander wrote bluntly in his letter, "and the next thing we need to do is to make their situation known to those who still refuse to admit it." ”

The queen's rebellion was indeed somewhat unexpected, but it also reassured Alexander a lot, the enemy hiding in the shadows was not as easy to deal with as in the open, but there were so many people supporting the queen, which surprised Alexander.

Especially now that they were dealing with the man Normezi, it was not his army that drew Alexander's attention to him, but his identity.

It doesn't really matter that this man is a distant relative of the queen, but he is also a descendant of the Trastamara family, which cannot but attract Alexander's attention.

The Trastamara family is now the royal family of Aragon, and this Normezi and Ferdina of Aragon are also distant relatives.

Alexander did not believe that there was no manipulation and shadow of Ferdinand behind this, and considering that according to history, Ferdinand would soon take advantage of the French invasion to send troops to Naples, and then he would depose Frederick, and then two years later he would drive out the French again and monopolize Naples, Alexander felt that it would not be new if he had instigated and used the Neapolitan nobility to create a rebellion before that.

As for the role of the queen in this rebellion, Alexander, although he was a little curious, did not have the heart to think about it anymore.

Interestingly, Normezi's rebels were stationed in the same monastery of St. John that Alfonso II had taken refuge in after he hastily passed the throne to his short-lived and hapless son Ferdinand in order to escape the French.

When he heard the news, Alexander couldn't help but be surprised by the wonder of fate.

The Monastery of St. John is located less than 20 franca from the city of Naples, and because it was built on a small but difficult stone hill, and because successive abbots have not stopped repairing it for fear of war, this monastery with stone as the main body has become a real military fortress.

There was a narrow road leading down the hill to the gate of the monastery, but because of the steepness of the hill, it was impossible to get out of the way, and the narrow terrain provided the defenders with a good chance to destroy the enemy, and as long as the junction not far from the monastery was firmly controlled, no matter how many troops there were, it would be useless because it could not be deployed.

Behind the monastery is a steep hill that is almost entirely made up of stones, a terrain that only goats can climb up the steep slopes.

According to Count Mordillo, the Count of Giulipe, Normezzi, was originally not very conspicuous among the Neapolitan nobility, and according to Count Mordiglo, the reason why Normezzi rebelled was largely due to his early feuds with the Cosenza family, which made him fear that he would be retaliated against in the future if he became queen.

So when he heard the news of the riot in the palace, the earl quickly made the decision that was most advantageous to him at such a time.

"That is, we cannot expect that man to surrender on his own," Alexander said, looking at the map and turning to the Balkans in a circle, "the only way now is to take St. John's Monastery." ”

Ofleiil looked at the map and frowned tightly, he was no longer the same stonemason nephew he had been, he had already considered himself an expert in warfare after many battles, so just looking at the map he realized that it would be more troublesome than he thought to take the abbey.

The almost impossible terrain to spread out in formation became the enemy's greatest barrier, and according to the information received, the rebels who had retreated to the monastery had transported large quantities of food to the monastery before the arrival of Montina's army, which meant that it was not so easy to force the enemy to surrender with a long siege.

And they all know that the rebels can afford to drag it out, but they don't have time to drag it out here.

Alexander could not help but admit that the Normezzi had acted quickly, and that he had already ordered a large amount of grain to be brought into the monastery of St. John at the same time as he declared his support for the queen, which made Alexander wonder if this man had not really intended to save the queen as he himself had said from the beginning, but had the idea of preparing to hold on to the monastery.

Isn't it a bit stupid to just do that?

As long as people with a little common sense know that it is very risky and even stupid to be trapped in an isolated fortress with no way out, because no matter how strong the fortress is, there will be a time when it will be breached, and no matter how much food is hoarded, it will always be eaten, unless it is to get the help of foreign aid, people often do not choose to take the initiative to cut themselves off and lock themselves in a lonely fortress, so is Normezi a stupid person?

Alexander thought he was clearly not.

From all indications, everything this man did was actually prepared in advance, and even the food he brought to the monastery was not able to be hoarded for a while, so Alexander was almost certain that this Normezzi's so-called rebellion in favor of the queen may have just caught up with this excuse, and this man must have been prepared for a long time.

The news that Schell had brought back that the queen had come of a surprise when she heard of Normezi's rebellion quickly confirmed Alexander's suspicions, and Alexander couldn't help but wonder how this Normezi could suddenly rebel, and in such a way that seemed really stupid.

Perhaps, it's not that this person is stupid, but what is he waiting for?

As the thought crossed his mind, Alexander suddenly seemed to grasp an important idea.

Who is he waiting for, or is he waiting for something to happen?

As soon as he thought of this, Alexander's mind could not help but speculate on the signs of events, and when he thought that this Normezi was also a descendant of the Trastamara family, he suddenly thought clearly about one of the keys that had been overlooked.

Now that all of Italy was drawn to the impending French invasion, Alexander knew that it was Ferdinand of Aragon who would really benefit from the invasion that had actually continued since Charles VIII.

When Louis XII's army was marching through northern Italy, Ferdinand sent his army in support of Naples, but he took the opportunity to depose Frederick and the French to divide Naples, and a few years later he joined forces with the French and finally drove out his own accomplice and took Naples alone.

So is it possible that this Normace already knew about Ferdinand's plans in advance, or even that he was Ferdinand's leader in Naples?

Perhaps he had already prepared for a rebellion, but Frederick's sudden illness and the queen's rebellion gave him a more legitimate reason to even propose that Aragone, as a member of the Trastamara family, intervene and take over Naples, if so, he really seized the opportunity to take the opportunity to make trouble.

Alexander, who had figured this out, couldn't help but feel a little heavy in his heart, he didn't expect that when he was about to take Naples, others would have the same idea, and this lesson made him secretly reproach himself in his heart, and it was obvious that a series of victories had made him a little fluttering, so that someone was doing something right under his nose without noticing.

"This Normezzi is not simple," Alexander sighed heartily, thinking that he could deceive the eyes of Josa in Naples, this Normezzi can indeed be called a clever mind.

"Prepare to attack the monastery," Alexander ordered, he looked at the Balkans who were preparing at the foot of the hill, and motioned to Schell, who was standing not far away, and he came over and whispered, "Schell, when you go back, pay attention, as soon as you receive the order to release the queen, no matter what happens, do you understand?" ”

"Understood, sir." Schell nodded vigorously, although he didn't know why the lord had to let the queen of Naples go after taking great pains to kidnap her, but he didn't need to think about it, he just had to do what the lord told him.

"Normezie, let me see if you're really as smart as you seem." Alexander looked at the monastery and whispered to himself.

Normezi was a small but sturdy fat man, and his early experience in the war made him more resolute and resilient than many nobles, but because he always spent his days in his small territory, he was not a conspicuous man, although he was from the Trastamara family like the Neapolitan royal family.

It's just that no one thought that this person would suddenly rebel.

The monastery of St. John was a little crowded, because of the sudden increase in the number of people, including the army, and the fact that Normezi had brought himself and some important family members into the monastery, which showed that Normezi had been prepared to defend the fortress for a long time from the beginning.

The presence of the Mondina army somewhat unnerved the people of the monastery, and despite the high walls of the monastery, the reputation of the Montina army was a bit greater, at least the defeat of this army had not been heard of so far.

"That Cambrai never failed because he didn't meet me," Nolmezzi sat at the table and tore the meat of the chicken leg with all his might, "St. John is the oldest and strongest monastery in Naples, and in the 400 years since it was first built by the French, St. John has never been conquered. ”

"But my lord, how long are we going to hold out?" One man asked a little worriedly, "Our food will run out one day, and if the Montina people keep besieging us, we will still lose in the end." ”

"It won't happen," Normezzi said confidently to his men, "Listen, the French are coming, and that Cambrai can't take care of us, and something will happen soon, which you would never guess." ”

Normezi was visibly confident, until he was suddenly told that a woman claiming to be the queen was calling for the door outside the convent, which made a smile freeze on his face.