In the suburbs not far from the castle of Montina, Ulliu was anxiously waiting for his lord's return, although Alexander had not left before, and he had been walking for a longer time, but this time Ulliu was really looking forward to the lord's return as soon as possible, because he felt that the situation was a little out of control.

What Uliu didn't expect was that Urrius was so unabashedly open to Barendi about her relationship with Alexander, and as soon as Uriu left, Ulliu, who was summoned by Barundi alone, faced a series of questions, and had to admit that it was all the truth when there was no need to hide it at all, Barundi was completely confused, and she sat there motionless for a long time, so that Ulliu, who was standing aside and waiting to be greeted, thought that Madame had forgotten herself.

It was only when he was about to slip away quietly, but Barondi suddenly relented, she stopped the Moors in a very stern tone, and then began to ask little by little about the brother and sister, especially about what happened in the days when Alexander returned to Naples, although Uliu did not follow at that time, but Barondi believed that with Uliu's style, even if he was not around, he should be very clear about their affairs.

The Moors stubbornly guarded the last bit of secrecy for their master, but he was defeated by Barondi's fierce pursuit, and finally had to tell everything he could.

So now Ulliu, sweaty, waiting for his lord to return, was happier than anything else to see Alexander at this time.

Soon after Alexander's huntsmen entered Montina, Ulliu received the news, and he simply ran out of the shade of the waiting tree, jumped on his horse and followed the road, and soon he saw the familiar pennant, and when he saw Alexander walking in front, the Moors finally let out a long breath.

How he spent this time, only he understood the bitterness in his heart.

When Alexander returned to the castle, Barentia had already led all the Montina officials and nobles to wait in front of the castle, and saw Barentia standing in front of the line with a strange look from a distance, Alexander slightly pulled the reins and looked at her from afar, and then he suddenly clamped his horse's belly with his feet, and in Pagasos, a little dazed but instinctively stepped forward, and quickly rushed towards the procession to meet him.

Everyone watched in amazement for a moment, until Pagasus rushed in front of them, and when they dodged in panic, Alexander had already bent down and dragged Barondi, who was standing there at a loss, onto his horse and placed it horizontally in front of him.

Then he continued to clamp the horse's belly hard, and rushed straight through the crowd that had dodged a path.

"What are you doing Alexander, you're crazy, let me go!"

Pagasus rushed into the castle as quickly as the people watched, and then, to the astonishment of the people, it passed through the courtyard in front of it, and then rushed straight into the tall foyer, and then, to the stunned eyes of the servants and maids, Alexander turned and dismounted, picked the red-faced Barondy from his mount, and walked towards the vault with his hands crossed.

"Tell everyone that unless the Pope, the Emperor, and my father-in-law come in person, don't disturb us no matter what happens."

After giving this order to Schell, Alexander slammed open the door of the vault with his shoulder, and strode in with Barondy in his arms.

Schell turned his head exaggeratedly and grimaced at Ulliu, who had followed, but when he saw the expressionless expression on the Moor's dark face, he immediately straightened up, and then the two of them stood at the door of the vault, one left and one right.

"How long are we going to stand?" After a while, Scheer asked in a whisper to the side to measure his body, and saw the Moorish slowly turn his head to look at him, his upturned beard shook with him, but then Uliuri turned his head without paying attention to it, so that Scheer seemed to understand something somewhat, and he muttered in a low voice, "It seems that we have to get someone to get us something to eat first......

In the vault, it all started with Alexander's seemingly finally relaxed phrase, "I'm finally back alive to see you."

The intrigue of Bucharest, the adventure of the vampire's homeland halfway, and the small but significant accident on the Hungarian border, Alexander told Barendi little by little about the adventures of this trip.

"Believe me, the danger in Transylvania still haunts me, knowing that we were completely surrounded by the locals at that time, and there was no possibility of help in that kind of place, so I even slept soundly that night, because I knew that it would be an extra grace of God if I could come back to you alive, otherwise I would have been destined to die in that poor country."

Listening to all this, Barondi's anger at first, her surprise, and her later surprise and unease, when she heard that he had entered the castle of Schwara to face the group of Transylvanian nobles, it occurred to her mind that Alexander was standing alone in front of a large group of hideous-looking barbarians, as if he might be eaten alive by them at any moment.

"Didn't they hurt you?"

"Almost, I'm sure they did, their leader sat in the middle, and the others sat on the sides, and they surrounded me so that they could pounce on me and cut me to the ground at any moment."

"God don't say it's a miracle that you came back alive, and you're never allowed to leave again, I mean if you're going to do something, you have to bring enough troops."

Barondi's frightened little face turned pale, as long as she thought that Alexander might really never return, she was completely frightened, the reason why she did not hesitate to break with the family was to be able to marry this man she had fallen in love with and become his wife to form a family, so just imagine that Alexander might die outside, she was so frightened that she forgot everything, and at this time she completely threw aside even if she wanted to say anything because of Zhensha, And what Alexander did to her next made her no chance to question.

The sun is in the west, the sun is setting, the moon is rising, and the moon is setting again.

Standing at the door, Shel drank the wine sent by the maid in one gulp, this wine had just been sent from the cellar, and it tasted very cool but very good, and Ulliu, who was originally standing on the other side, was sitting cross-legged on a blanket at this time, eating the cold mutton on the plate in front of him, as well as some nuts and other foods that seemed to taste good and suitable for supper, which was also sent by the maid, and listening to the maid's meaning, it seemed that the master steward had arranged it in advance.

"So, you knew this was going to happen?" Schell pointed to the closed door of the vault with his thumb, took a sip of wine, and asked in a low voice.

This time, Uliu didn't look at him with the kind of eyes that made Schell uncomfortable, but after swallowing a mouthful of mutton, he enlightened his peers very intimately: "If you follow the master for a long time, you will know how to do some things and how not to do some things, and believe my brother, if you don't want to lose your head because of those women because of him, the smartest thing is to never stand on the side of any woman." ”

Schell listened to the advice of the Imperial Governor and Governor, looked at the closed door and pondered for a moment, then nodded approvingly.

A messenger rode into the palace of Naples, which attracted attention, and then many people heard a cheer from the Queen Regent, which was rare, and the last time the queen was heard was because of the news of Count Mordiglo.

After a few months of disappearance, someone finally brought news of the Earl's whereabouts, and although the situation did not seem to be very good, when she heard that the Count was at least alive, the Queen screamed with joy and pulled the lady-in-waiting around the hall in circles.

This time the queen was so excited, some people speculated that the whereabouts of the count were finally known, but then as Jossa ordered to pack her bags and prepare to leave, people knew that it was because the Duke of Thesia of Rome had returned.

The Queen's last visit to Montina didn't take much time, but on the way back she visited Pisa and then Rome, and when she returned to Naples it was already mid-May.

I didn't expect the queen to travel again so soon, but fortunately she had already prepared in advance, so on the third day after the messenger sent the news of Alexander's return, Jossa boarded the ship from Naples and set off for Pisa.

As for what it would be like to meet Barondy again, Jisha didn't think about it that much.

It was Lucrezia who knew earlier that Alexander had returned to Montina, but she resisted the urge to rush to Montina desperately, because she knew that it would make Alexander very difficult, so she just sent someone to send a letter to Montina in the name of her daughter, in which in addition to confiding in her heart, she asked a question that had always made her conflicted, whether she should attend Alexander's wedding.

Lucrezia had been haunted by this question, and even she didn't know what kind of answer she wanted, as if it would only make her uncomfortable anyway, but it was a question that had to be clarified, and in a sense it was not her own business with Alexander, but a big question about Pisa's status in the Duchy of Romagna-Tuscany.

So those who want to know the answer to this question can wait eagerly for Montina's reply in Pisa.

Another person who received the news was Massimo, who had already officially performed the priesthood in Rome.

As Metropolitan of Romagna and Tuscany, Massimo had only just begun his tenure as cardinal, and although he was clearly a newcomer to the cardinal, no one naively thought that the cardinal was easy to deal with.

He was already seen as Alexander's agent in Rome, so when he received the letter that Alexander had written to him in the city of Civele, "I'm back to Montina for my wedding," Massimo knew what to do at once.

He quickly visited the elder Rovere, and then went to the Pope without stopping, and after receiving their support, Massimo formally requested the Holy See to grant him the right to go to Monttina in the name of the Vatican to receive the ceremony of the Duke consecrating his marriage to God,

The Holy See quickly acceded to Massimo's request, and even the Pope ordered the dispatch of a reliquary of the symbolic four-pillar drapery of the Holy Bed, which is said to be made of the same manger wood that Jesus had laid down on at the time of his birth, although it has not been understood why Joseph and Mary were running around with a tattered manger.

Even the two sides that were fighting in Lombardy had already sent emissaries, and it was interesting to see that both sides had been killed on the battlefield before they were sitting together at someone else's wedding.

In short, the marriage will be grand, and this is what satisfies Barondi, because for her, only a grand marriage can prove that Alexander really loves her.

On June 29, six days before the wedding, Josa arrived in Montina.

Barundi's mood is very complicated about the arrival of Jisha, she doesn't know how to face this sister-in-law and rival, which even sounds ridiculous to her, but the fact is that the condescending appearance of Jisha when she confessed at that time made her realize very clearly in her heart that Jisha is not talking nonsense, but the truth is like that.

Especially when she saw Josha running over and hugging Alexander after seeing him, Barendi even had the illusion that she had snatched the other person's lover.

"My brother, you're getting married, let me see if you're any different," Jossa took Alexander's shoulders and looked at him carefully for a while, then hugged him again, "I'm so glad for you," she whispered in Alexander's ear, "Don't doubt that I'm sincere, because then you won't have to worry about who to marry, at least compared to Barendi's is much better than the other two nasty women." ”

Alexander smiled slightly wryly, he knew that Josa still cared about this after all, which also made him a little curious about what Josa had done when he passed through Pisa before: "I heard that you went to visit Lucrezia, I mean you went to Lucrezia's palace, and it seems that you stayed there for a long time, right?" ”

"You're getting better informed now," said Zosa, turning to look at Barendi on the side, and then she suddenly did something that was a little out of courtesy, she first smiled at Barendi, and then stretched out her arms to take Alexander and Barendi's arms one by one, and the three of them walked slowly forward side by side, and at the same time she said in a tone that only the three of them could hear, "I did go to see Lucrezia, and I suggested that she go to the Vatican during this time to make a pilgrimage for the blessing of her daughter, Coincidentally, the teacher also seems to be interested in meeting his daughter who has been reunited for a long time. ”

Barendi opened her mouth slightly, she was actually worried about this matter these days, she knew that she could not Lucrezia come to the wedding, because it was not about jealousy but about the stability and unity of the future principality, for a woman who always prided herself on being known for her sanity, Barendi knew what she should choose.

But she really didn't want to see the shadow of her rival at her wedding, especially when she thought of Lucrezia standing there with her daughter in her arms, Barendi felt that this was simply a great irony and an insult to her.

Not only did this conundrum also bother Alexander, but even some of the nobles and generals of the duchy were involved, some Pisan officers openly stated that it would be a great insult to Pisa if Lucrezia could not attend the wedding, and some nobles were equally worried about the troubles that might arise if they were not handled well.

The point is that any reply that comes out of Alexander's mouth, whether it is an invitation or a refusal, is a great disservice to one of the women, and at the same time a source of possible turmoil and trouble, which is the main headache for many people.

Now, this seemingly unsolvable problem was actually solved so easily by Jisha, which made Barendi, who had been troubled by this problem, relax all of a sudden.

She looked at Jisha a little blankly, and for a moment her expression was full of complexity and she didn't know what to say.

"Please believe my dear sister-in-law, I can be your staunchest ally." She nodded lightly to Barondi, and when Barendi hurriedly bowed, she twisted and hugged Alexander again, and said in his ear, "I solved this problem for you, what are you going to use to thank me?" ”

"With all that I have," Alexander hugged him harder, "you're such a good sister." ”

"Of course I am, I'm your only sister in this world," Zhisa said proudly before letting go of Alexander and looking at Barondi, "I'm doing this for Alexander, but as I said, if I had to choose someone to be my sister-in-law, I'd rather choose you than any other woman." ”

Barondi had completely calmed down at this time, she straightened up and looked at Qi Sha seriously: "Please forgive Your Majesty, can I understand it this way, you chose me just because I won't be jealous?" ”

"No, I chose you because you're a smart woman who knows what to do even if you're jealous." As she spoke, she took a step forward and gently hugged Barendi under the gaze of everyone around her, but she also lowered her voice and said, "But please remember that he will always belong to me." ”

On July 3, two days before the wedding, Estelles, Duchess of Pisa, accompanied by Cardinal Mahimo, arrived in Montina, a workout of the fact that Duchess Lucrezia was unable to attend the wedding for some reason.

Watching the Duke personally pick up his daughter from the unusually comfortable carriage, and not let go for almost a day, everyone seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief at this moment.

On July 5, the wedding took place at the Cathedral of Montina.

Hymns, hymns, and blessing masses abounded with elaborate ceremonies, and the wedding guests were able to see the distinctive style of Montina's army.

Clean, neat, even almost ornate costumes and impressive stereotyped queues make the shadow of Montina's army imprinted in the minds of many people.

People couldn't understand how these young master soldiers, who had been trained to wipe off even the slightest mud stain on their boots, won the battles one by one, but when the hunters who opened the way walked by, the sound of their oppressive steps made the guests with their own thoughts realize.

The wedding went off without a hitch, and the dramatic process of asking if anyone was opposed to the marriage had yet to take place, so when Mashimo finally placed the crown on Barondi's head, the church resounded with a clear high-pitched singing.

It's just that at the end of the wedding, Estelles, who had been obediently held in the arms of the nanny, seemed to be frightened by the singing, and she immediately let out the same high-pitched cry that was not lost to the chorus of dozens of singers.

The cry resounded through the cathedral, and Alexander strode over to take his daughter from the nanny's bosom in full view of everyone, and at the same time he laughed loudly and said, "Listen, just cry, my daughter will be a great queen in the future." ”

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