Constantin de la Rovere looked at the pile of deeds on the table, which contained accounts and letters about previous dealings with the French.

Konstantin felt a headache for these things, which were written with all kinds of dense numbers and detailed terms.

He considered himself a good knight, and in France he had defeated many famous knights, which made him appreciated by the King of France, and in addition to his personal prowess, he was also a good commander, although he had not commanded a single battle so far, but the successful training of the Swiss soldiers had earned him the approval of many generals, and he believed that if he was given a chance, he would not let his father down.

But he could do nothing about the numbers in front of him, which he thought were more difficult to deal with than the intrigues of his enemies, which were usually handled by his sister Barendi della Rovere.

In fact, Barendi is not very smart, at least not as aura as Lucrezia, and when it comes to appearance, it can only be described as "not ugly".

But even so, Barondi is still a rare person in charge of the business of the Luo Wei family, because although he does not deliberately look down on those merchants, no one in the Luo Wei family is willing to give up the opportunity to show his ambitions on the battlefield or in the church, so that the family's business and errands with the Chamber of Commerce have to be supported by Barondi, who seems to be more interested in these.

And I can't help but admit that Barendi has been doing quite well, she is very careful to find ways to find opportunities to make money for the Rovere family, and she has tried her best not to let others take too much advantage of her family, and after a long time, even their father, Giuliano della Rovere, the archbishop of Genoa, thinks that his daughter is really a great businessman.

But now, the merchant who was in charge of the money bag of the Rovere family was in that Gombray, which was okay, but the bad thing was that it was at this time that Gombray and Farne, or rather, the Borgia family behind Farne, were involved.

For the people of the Rovere family, this is really embarrassing.

The Rovere family obviously did not want to clash with the Borgias at this time, and they were trying to ease relations with Alexander VI, and they did not hesitate to send their own children to Rome for the sake of Giuliano della Rovere, which was actually a kind of hostage in disguise.

In this way, the Archbishop of Genoa wanted to make Alexander VI aware of his sincerity.

But now, everything seems to have been ruined by that Cambrai.

As soon as he heard the news, Konstantin's first reaction was to immediately send someone to pick up his sister from Marino's palace.

He had to let the Borgia know that Gombray's actions had nothing to do with the Roveres, and if possible, he was even willing to teach the Gombray a lesson with the Borgia family at once, so as to show the attitude of the Borgias.

Konstantin was not afraid of the Borgias, at least he was not afraid of Caesar, but he was not reckless in the major choice of the fate of the family.

Constantine thought so and did so, and he immediately sent a clever man to fetch Barentia, and at the same time he sent someone to tell his cousin La Fael de la Rovere the news.

But to Konstantin's surprise, when he heard the news, Rafort de la Rovere immediately had his men chased back the men he had sent.

Konstantin was surprised, it was rare for him to be so wise for the first time, and not purely rely on fighting to solve troubles, as some people in the family said, and some people even once sarcastically mocked him that it was because of his rudeness and recklessness that his marriage to Lucrezia fell through.

"My nephew, I'm glad to see that you're starting to be willing to solve problems with your brains rather than brute force," Raffel arrived quickly, and he lived not far from the villa of the Constantine siblings, "but I think you're still a little reckless in this matter, or rather you have some impulse to stand on the left, but suddenly run to the right." ”

Seeing Constantine's puzzled look, La Fortor shook his head indifferently, he knew that his cousin had high hopes for Constantine, and was even seeking a duke title and a good territory for him, if it weren't for his ambition to be absent from the church, he would have become a cardinal archbishop like Caesar at this time.

However, Lafort did not think very well of Constantine in private, although he did not have a good impression of the Borgias, and never said anything like "someone else's child" in front of anyone, but as long as he compared it a little, he felt that Alexander VI's sons were really much better than his cousin.

Even Barondi was much smarter than her brother.

"We really need the support of the Borgia family so that the archbishop can return to Rome," La Faul decided to enlighten his nephew, "but let's not forget that we are Rovere, della Rovere, a family that once produced Certusis IV, four cardinals and a dozen archbishops. And Borgia is just an upstart from Valencia, and their family is greedy guys, even if they steal the papal throne, they can't hide their inferiority and vulgarity, so there is a big difference between us and them. ”

Konstantin nodded, of course he agreed with his uncle's words, but he didn't understand what it had to do with Barondi.

"We have to show Borgia that we are willing to live with them, and even support them, but we are still Rovelle, and we will not immediately disassociate ourselves from our former friends, whoever they are, just because one of the Farnes family has been killed. Only then will the Borgias face up to our family and they will know that we are equal to them. "Your father has great hopes for you, and he wants you to one day be the pride of the Rovere family. ”

"Uncle Lafort, then, we should invite that Cambrai to our villa at once," said Constantine, as if enlightened, "so that the Borgias may know that we are not afraid of them, and that we are even capable of protecting our friends?" ”

Raffel looked at Konstantin for a moment, and when he was sure that his cousin really thought so, he couldn't help but sigh slightly.

"My dear nephew, if you really think so, I can only ask your father to send you back to Genoa as soon as possible, for you are not fit to stay in a place like Rome."

Konstantin listened in a daze, he didn't understand how he could make any decisions that seemed to be wrong.

And Lafort's blow to him is not over.

"As for the 'our friend' you said you were going to protect," Ravel della Rovere sneered, "I wish the Borgias had taught that fellow a hard lesson." ”

"Why, uncle?" Konstantin asked, stunned.

Lavery looked at his nephew a little helplessly, and the only thing he sighed at this time was why Barendi was not a boy.

"I don't know if he knew who he was when he killed someone, but I'm sure he wanted to kill someone a long time ago, and Barry Farne just became the unlucky one." Lafort looked out the window at the city of Rome down the hill, "Don't you think the timing of his departure from Rome was too coincidental, all the people involved were given enough benefits in the meeting of order, only he got nothing, and was sent so far away, do you think that Cambrai would accept this arrangement so easily?" Even if the arrangement came from Caesar Borgia? ”

Konstantin opened his mouth and uttered a single "oh" before he said, "He's using us, and he dares to use the Roverley family!" ”

"Yes, he's taking advantage of us," La Faul snorted, "can you imagine that one of those people actually took advantage of us, and he even took advantage of Borgia and Farne, although it may be just a coincidence, but I think whoever it is, he is taking advantage of it this time." ”

"We shouldn't help him, we should take Barentia back and let that Gombray face the wrath of Borgia himself."

Konstantin stood up angrily, he wanted to go to the door and order someone to send someone to chase back the retinue who was chasing him, but looking at the silent Lafort, he finally shook his head helplessly and sat down.

Seeing his nephew's puffing face, Rafour smiled and walked over and patted Konstantin on the shoulder.

"You should have understood, although everything is the trap of that Cambrai, but this is a must for us to help him, because this is also an opportunity for the whole of Rome to face up to the Rovere family, maybe he guessed this, so he dared to kill at will so boldly, as for the excuse he found to kill at will......" Speaking of this, Rafort shook his head, "I don't think anyone can find a reason to refute it from this excuse, because he is not for the sake of the territory or the crown, but purely for the sake of protecting the reputation of his woman, This is something that no one can refute. ”

"Are we being used by him like that?"

Hearing Constantine's complaint, La Faul smiled: "Don't worry, anyone who wants to take advantage of the Rovere family will not do so, this time not only will that Gombray make his cleverness pay, but we will also take this opportunity to let everyone see the importance of the Rovere family in Rome again." ”

After saying this, Lafour instructed one of his attendants, who was standing not far away: "Go and contact the Pope's secretary, and say that I have important business and hope to see His Majesty as soon as possible." ”

While La Fael della Rovere was waiting for Alexander VI to summon him, at the Marino Palace, Barentia de la Rovere was looking at Alexander, who was sitting across from him, with a gloomy face.

Judging from the face, Alexander can really only admit that this woman can only be said to be "not ugly" at most, and she is now gloomy, and even makes people look a little faintly disliked.

There are many things that make Barendi unhappy, and one of the reasons is right in front of her.

Sophia was now clinging to Alexander's side, or rather simply huddled in his arms, she was eating a large snack with cold cheese in her hand, and when Alexander raised his hand to wipe a trace of grease from her cheeks, she even pushed his hand slightly with her head.

In Barendi's eyes, she couldn't help but think of an Egyptian cat she raised, and she also liked to do this kind of action.

This made Barendi feel an inexplicable irritability in her heart, and she felt that this appearance made her unhappy.

"You killed Barry Roverere?"

Seeing Alexander nod, Barondi's heart was even more unhappy

This is another reason that makes her angry.

"Don't you know what this will bring," Barondi tried to stand up, but her leg was twisted by a non-injury in the carriage accident and she couldn't use her strength, "You're using the Rovire family!" ”

"Ah~"

Sophia let out a single tone unhappily, she stared at Barendi with some annoyance, and even if Alexander didn't have to explain the look on her face, Barendi could understand that she was angry.

"Sophia said that if she knew your attitude, she shouldn't have saved you last night." Alexander looked at Sophia as he explained, and seeing that the girl couldn't help nodding his head in praise of his 'translation', Alexander smiled at Barondi, who had turned black, "I admit that I am using the Rovelle family, but this is not normal for both of us, from the moment we reached an agreement, we have been using each other. ”

Barondi didn't say anything angrily, she knew that Alexander was right, they had been angry at Alexander's terms, but in the end the two sides reached an agreement, and the reason for this was precisely because the people of the Rovere family knew that it was profitable in this matter.

The pursuit of wealth that can never be satisfied is the dream of people in this era, and it is hard to believe that anyone in the world would rather give up that wealth.

"I admit that cooperation with you is very important, but it is delusional that you want Rowere to go to war with Borgia, and it is impossible for the Roveret family to completely fight Borgia for you."

Barondi looked at Sophia, who put a piece of snack on Alexander's lips for a while, but when Alexander opened his mouth, she immediately moved away, and she felt that this girl's behavior was not only childish but also a little ridiculous.

"I don't need you to go to war with Borgia," Alexander sat up straight and looked at Barondi's ordinary face seriously, this face is indeed too ordinary, not to mention that it is better looking than Sophia or Josha, even Joanna is better looking than her, but Alexander knows that the owner of this face is very intelligent, "I just want you to join in when you feel it is beneficial to you." ”

"Why?" Barendi looked at Alexander with some confusion: "Aren't you friends with Caesar, why would you suddenly oppose him?" ”

Alexander only smiled at the question, for he couldn't tell Barendi why.

He couldn't tell Barondy that Caesar would soon give up his priesthood and devote himself to a war to build his own empire, or that Caesar's adventure would be a great success that everyone expected.

It can be said that Caesar was the first person to really try to unify the whole of Italy after the fall of the Frankish kingdom and the long partition of the entire Italian peninsula.

But the real point is that Caesar Borgia could not have succeeded.

"All I can say is that I would love to be his friend, but he didn't treat me as a friend."

Alexander said and looked at Barendi, and then at Sophia next to him.