A clergyman hurried outside Pope Alexander VI's room with a bulging letter, and when he saw the servant standing at the door, the clergyman shook the letter in front of his eyes to indicate his intention.

The servant looked the priest up and down before pushing open the door beside him and letting him in.

In the room, Alexander VI was again arguing with a plate of pigeon meat on the table, and the silver knives and forks in his hands collided with each other with a slight sound, and he did not stop his "work" when he saw the priest enter.

"Your Majesty, there is a letter from the Vatican," the priest hurried to the Pope's table, and although the food on the plate gave off an enticing aroma, he was obviously not in the mood to see what the Pope had eaten.

Alexander VI paused to look at the priest, his expression slightly solemn.

At this time, the news from the Vatican should not be a good thing, which made the priest nervous when he handed over the letter.

Nowadays, the people of Madrid have two very different and conflicting moods about the arrival of Alexander VI.

On the one hand, they felt a great honor for the Pope to stay in Madrid, after all, whether it was Valliaridode, Zaragoza, or anywhere else, it seemed more appropriate than Madrid, at least they could not think of a reason why the Pope chose Madrid.

On the other hand, they feared that it could involve the Church in Madrid in a fierce and even brutal struggle.

In fact, this struggle has already begun, and even the Church of Madrid has not had time to make a choice of which side to take, and has been forced to be at the forefront of this struggle.

Alexander VI picked up the glass and drank the wine, while picking open the wax seal with the knife in his hand and reading the contents of the letter.

But gradually, his original disapproving expression became solemn. 、

He simply put down his glass and began to open the letter in earnest.

The letter was addressed to him by an auxiliary bishop in the Vatican.

The auxiliary bishop obviously had no experience in how to write letters to the pope, so his wording seemed a bit inconsistent, but Alexander VI understood what he was going to say.

It was a matter that seemed to have nothing to do with him, but the auxiliary bishop apparently felt that the situation was serious, or that the man was trying to make a face in front of the Pope, and as for why he didn't pat old Rovere's ass, Alexander VI could guess his mind somewhat.

There must have been too many people around the old Rovere who wanted to flatter him, so it was not so easy to get the attention of the cardinals, and the Pope seemed to have lost power and even been expelled from the Vatican, but that didn't mean he didn't have a chance to make a comeback.

Alexander VI was not disgusted by the fact that he could guess the man's speculative intentions, and he was satisfied that he had such a person in the Vatican who could give him a message at any time.

And this letter also involves a very important person - the Duchess of Rome Thesia!

"Your Majesty, I have always been cautious and even more apprehensive about such a stern accusation, and I know that a person's reputation and even faith are at stake, but the duty of being a clergyman makes me have to take my due responsibility."

At the words of the letter, Alexander VI snorted in his nose without knowing what it meant, and his gaze hurried over the insignificant sensual words that took the opportunity to show loyalty, and then landed on a description that aroused his great interest.

"At the University of Bologna, I was brought to the attention of a man named Nicolaus Copernicus, a Pole who seemed to be working on a new doctrine, which disturbed me because it was in very different conflict with the doctrine we professed, even completely contrary to the Bible and blasphemous to God, and disturbing that this man seemed to be financed by the Duchess of Thesia......"

Alexander VI read the letter almost word for word, and as pope, he certainly knew a lot about how to accuse a person's words and actions of heresy, and how to label others an unbeliever or, more severely, an antichrist.

So he would not have easily believed these accusations of the auxiliary bishop, for even he had concocted such things himself.

He was concerned about what the Pole had said, and at the same time wondered why Alexander's wife was involved.

If you can prove that everything this person says is true, there may be an unexpected reward.

Alexander VI wondered what he thought, but soon he realized that the matter seemed to be beyond his imagination.

When he saw that the letter said that the Pole named Nicolaus Copernicus had proposed something called heliocentrism, Alexander VI paused for a moment, and he looked up at the priest who was standing not far away waiting for orders, and although he knew that it was impossible to see the contents of the letter while standing there, the Pope instinctively took the letter into his arms.

Then he looked down again at the letter.

Over and over again, gradually composing from the shock. Alexander VI, who came down, looked at the contents of the letter repeatedly, and the statement "heliocentrism" also impacted his body and mind again and again.

The Pope stretched out his hand to pick up the wine glass next to him, but he didn't touch the glass after touching it several times, which made the priest standing a little farther away, secretly frightened, not knowing what was written in that letter, which actually made the Pope so distracted.

Alexander VI, who had finally calmed down after taking a sip of wine, looked at the priest and closed the letter before saying to him: "This is indeed a very important thing, and it makes me feel that I should be in the Vatican and not here." ”

The priest cautiously did not speak, he knew that the Pope should not be in a very good mood when he said this, so it was most sensible to be a quiet listener at this time.

"Alexander......" said the Pope after a pause, "the Lord Regent must have arrived at the front line of Aragon by this time, which is terrible, but perhaps I should talk to the Queen of Sicily about it." ”

As he spoke, Alexander VI tapped the letter lightly in his hand, as if he didn't care, and then casually tucked it into the deep inner pocket of his robe.

The priest's gaze immediately looked to the side, and he knew that the Pope probably didn't want to be noticed by him. The appearance of the letter, and the seemingly casual self-talk he heard, was clearly a hint from the Pope.

"The Pope does not want to draw attention to this connection with the Queen of Sicily."

The priest quickly understood the pope's suggestion, and instead of speaking, he bowed and retreated to the door, pondering how to arrange a reliable messenger to deliver the message between the pope and the queen.

Seeing the back of the departing priest, Alexander VI pouted in satisfaction.

He was now more and more fond of the place in Madrid, especially after Alexander had ordered his place to be stationed at the El Padua Palace, and the nobles of Madrid had come to see him, Alexander VI felt as if he had returned to his original glory at the Vatican.

"What is that old Roverley's daughter doing?" Alexander VI felt the letter in his pocket through his robe, "Support a heresy, no, things won't be that simple, that Barondy won't waste money on such frivolous things." I don't know."

Reluctantly, Alexander VI had to admit that old Rovere's daughter was much smarter than his precious daughter, and sometimes he even wondered if God had forgotten to give Lucrezia even a little wisdom when he created her, otherwise she would not have been empty except for a face that could charm men.

Thinking of Barentie, and then of the Forlì tigress of the Sforza family, the Pope felt as if God had treated him a little badly.

Thinking so, the Pope walked outside, but just as he reached the door, he suddenly stopped and stood there motionless, and then let out a long sigh of "oh~" under the surprised gaze of the servant, suddenly turned around and walked back to the room, and closed the door with a "bang".

The servant stared at the closed door in amazement, and as he hesitated for fear whether it was time to knock and ask the Pope what had happened, the door suddenly opened again.

"Don't disturb me, if the Grimino priest comes back and asks him to wait in his room, don't go, for I may summon him at any moment."

After saying that, the door slammed shut again.

Alexander VI, who returned to his room, immediately got busy, took out a thick manuscript from a very tightly locked box, lit a candle and began to look at it carefully.

The manuscript had been drafted for him by Alexander and read out publicly for the first time in the cathedral of Toledo.

At that time there was a great shock in Toledo.

But only the two of them knew, and it was only part of it that was read out publicly.

The manuscript contains nearly 100 treatises, and the content of the treatises contained is so astonishing that even Alexander VI himself was frightened by the contents.

Because of this, he only announced some of them in the name of a sermon, but even then the priests of the Toledo church who were present at the time were stunned and overwhelmed.

Alexander VI had thought that the rest of the arguments were unlikely to see the light of day, but now he felt that there might be another chance.

After all, the arguments in that manuscript seem less radical and frightening than a doctrine that might have completely subverted the value that the Bible has given to Christendom.

"Alexander, what do you want to do?"

Putting down the manuscript, the Pope took another sip of his glass to calm the shock, and he knew very well what kind of uproar it would cause if it were made completely public, just as it would be great to shake the whole of Christendom if the Copernican heliocentric theory was known.

The good thing is that these two terrible weapons are in our hands. Alexander VI had this thought in his mind at first, and immediately realized that it might not be a coincidence.

He slowly sat down and began to seriously connect these seemingly unrelated things, including the almost absurd doctrine of the Pole named Nicolaus Copernicus.

After the initial shocks and shocks, Alexander VI began to ponder the matter without being a clergyman.

He did not care much about what Copernicus insisted on, and in the eyes of Alexander VI the doctrines of the Poles were no different from the arguments which had been previously judged heretical.

What intrigued him was what role Alexander played in this matter, and what benefits he wanted to get from it.

It was not a terrible sin to support a doctor who loved to study the stars, and despite the strict prohibition of the Church, as far as Alexander VI knew, many nobles still privately paid large sums of money to fund alchemists.

The question is what it means to them.

Alexander VI felt that it was time for him to seriously consider writing this letter to Josha, especially if the matter was told to him by an auxiliary bishop rather than by Alexander himself.

The Pope walked to the window and looked out, the high level of the El Padua Palace allowed him to easily see most of the city of Madrid.

Alexander had already revealed his intentions to him, so the Pope knew that Madrid would be the center of Castile in the future.

Alexander apparently had a very ambitious plan to make the city "the capital of Europe".

This may seem like a fool's dream now, but the city, despite its size, is clearly a far cry from the famous cities that are now known in Europe.

Compared to Rome, Florence, Milan or even Bologna, it lacks the luxury and dazzling grandeur of architecture that cities deserve.

Compared with Vienna and Prague, Madrid lacks the majesty of being a great capital, and even other cities on the Iberian Peninsula tend to shine more than Madrid.

Lisbon, Seville, Valencia and Barcelona, cities that have risen to prominence on the rise of maritime trade, are not comparable to Madrid.

But Alexander was still full of ambition to try to realize his dream of building a great city.

Alexander VI did not want to stop his son-in-law, not only because of his own preferences, but also because he knew that it was necessary.

After many years of living in Italy, Alexander VI not only became accustomed to the enjoyment of luxury, but also made him understand that such a desire for poverty and luxury was also a deterrent to most people.

Just as the Florentines often had to prove their status by building a luxurious residence after they became rich, the seemingly depraved extravagant life actually made more people disgusted and disgusted at the same time, but also more in awe.

Alexander would not object to the construction of such a capital, at least in that way he would have to provide the Pope with a more prosperous life and a good daily life.

So in the case of Copernicus, Alexander VI planned to listen carefully to Josa's explanation, and perhaps if he was lucky, it would be an opportunity for old Rovere to compromise with him.

After all, now is the crucial time for his daughter to become Queen of Castile.

A messenger rushed to Vallaridos, with a suspicious and curious letter from Alexander VI, in which the Pope not only asked about Copernicus, but even the name of the informant's auxiliary bishop was clearly written on it.

Then he waited in Madrid for a reply.

But what the Pope didn't expect was that what he was waiting for was a personal letter from old Rovere to him.

The letter was not brought from the Vatican by a courier, but unexpectedly from Vallaridus by Ulliu.

The letter was sent to the two Alexandrianders by the elder Rovere through Barondi, and the content was very similar.

In the letter, the elder Rovere expressed his willingness to reconcile with Alexander VI in a very rare and sincere tone, and he even used words that he thought that he had been purely "out of jealousy and hatred", which surprised Alexander VI and secretly wondered what was the reason for the willingness of this old enemy to put down his body and show goodwill.

The Pope did not know that in another letter to Alexander, the elder Rovere played the emotional card, emphasizing how much his daughter loved Alexander so much that she had done so much for him.

This made him think that he should give up his past unhappiness even for the sake of Barondi, and at the end of the letter he did not forget to remind Alexander of his many and support for Konstantin.

While Tsusha read the letter, Uliu stood aside, much to the embarrassment of the Moors.

Although he knew that there was nothing wrong with the queen opening the lord's private letters, the thought that maybe these letters would contain Barentia or Lucrezia's previous private conversation with the lord, Uliu had the idea of sneaking away.

"Oh, Alexander allowed the woman to use the money in the Roman Tescian treasury as she pleased," said Jossa suddenly looking up at Ulliu, who was about to slip away, "Do you know about this?" ”

"Your Majesty, I assure you that I once wanted to dissuade the master, but you know that the master is very stubborn." The Moors did not hesitate to betray Alexander.

"He's very stubborn, especially when it comes to women," Zhisa nodded in agreement and read the letter, then looked up after a while and asked, "That Jeffrey, he actually falsely accused little Giovanni of being the illegitimate son of his sister and father, but fortunately he also suffered retribution, do you know about this?" ”

"And this kind of thing, it's so sensational," replied Uliu, with an expression of disbelief, "I think the Duchess must be very sad. ”

"Yes, she was so sad that she wept over her brother's death, saying that she 'cried over the bust of Geoffrey, and cried out to my poor brother, and then she swore that the man who killed her brother would pay for it with blood.'"

Uliu stood there motionless, looking at Jisha with a pair of eyes without blinking, and after a while he cautiously asked, "Your Majesty, do you have any orders?" ”

"Let me think," said Jossa as if to ponder for a moment, then to the Moorish, "I suppose there needs to be someone to act as a liaison between me and the Pope now, and you are the most suitable." ”

Seeing Uliu's silent nod, Jisha continued: "In the meantime, I think you can temporarily entrust the duties of the court steward to a reliable person, let me think that my brother Boleri will be here soon, and I think he is well suited to take over your work. ”

Uliu nodded silently again, and when he saw that a satisfied smile finally appeared on his face, the Moors secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at Uliu, who walked out, Jisha continued to look at the letter calmly.

No one heard a whisper from her mouth: "It's finally going to begin......"