Josha raised her glass and looked at it, it was her fourth glass, and while it wasn't enough to get drunk quickly, four glasses in a row was enough to make her a little dizzy.

Count Mordillo asked her a question before leaving, and it was this sentence that made Josa suddenly want to get drunk, because it was hard for her to imagine what would happen next without getting herself drunk.

"You may be his favorite sister, but you will never be his wife, not even a lover, so what do you think can guarantee that you will have a good outcome with him in the future?"

When the Earl said this, he saw the trance on Jisha's face and knew that his words had poked at his niece's biggest weakness, so he wisely did not continue to pursue the victory, because he knew that as long as he could skillfully crack that small crack in Jisha's heart, she would gradually expand the gap herself.

A child, this is what Jisha is thinking about now, although she knows that the earl's words are somewhat suspicious of provocation, but she also knows that this is indeed the truth.

And Alexander's child, this idea was actually not before, and the relationship between the two was destined to have no result, as he said Count Mordillo, she could not even get the name of a mistress, but if the two could have a child, then everything would be different.

Above all, if there was anyone who really understood the magnitude of Alexander's ambitions, perhaps only Josha knew best.

Therefore, she understands better than others how much loss it will have if she can't even be a mistress.

Footsteps came from outside the door, and she looked at the door, wondering who was outside, until she heard the sound of Alfred talking to the guards, and she couldn't help but sigh slightly.

The first group of people who followed Alexander ashore was less than 500 men, and the second group of Montina troops who landed was about 1,000, if you don't count the Cosenza army, this is already all that Alexander has brought, although it is nearly half less than the army he promised to the Count of Modillo, but if you add the Kosencha army, although there are not 3,000 men, it is enough to make some of the city defenders who tried to resist give up that idea.

The Balkans were very obedient, they could even endure corporal punishment almost indefinitely, without fear of causing rebellion and mutiny, and more importantly, although the Balkans were notoriously unruly, they were also the most thorough soldiers who carried out orders, so when Alexander was about to reach the palace, he often saw the corpses of some soldiers of the city defense lying in pools of blood along the way.

"Tell our people that we're not here to ransack the city." Alexander had to send his men to restrain the Balkans, but he knew it was useless.

The Cosenza army entered the palace first, while the Montina army remained outside the palace at Alexander's behest, and Alexander needed a reliable name, but he was now more concerned about the situation of Josa.

"Scheer," Alexander called out a little habitually, and then he remembered that Sher was not with him now, he waved his hand to send off one of the guards who heard the sound and leaned over, looked at the palace not far away, he thought for a moment, and then ordered the herald who had been waiting for him to give the order to march towards the palace.

The Royal Palace of Naples is arguably one of the most splendid buildings in southern Italy, and even centuries later, southern Italians are proud of its magnificent architecture.

The arrival of Montina's army caused a commotion, and Alexander could feel the suspicion and a modicum of hostility around him, which made him determined to proceed with his next plan.

A detailed search had been carried out in the palace, and in order to prevent the rebels from slipping through the net, soldiers patrolled almost every corner of the palace.

This relieved Alexander somewhat, but when he heard that Alfred had gone to see Josha, Alexander couldn't help frowning.

He hurried through the winding corridors of the palace with a group of guards, and even left behind the attendants who had led him in such a hurry that he had come to the palace where Jossa was, Alexander's face was already gloomy and a little terrible.

Although the guards didn't know why the adults were in such a bad mood, they were very clever enough to choose silence at this time, so no one said a word at this time except for a series of hurried footsteps when they broke into the palace.

The Kosencha soldiers outside the door of the house obviously did not expect so many people to break in suddenly, and they didn't even have time to react when they saw the count's brother rushing in angrily with a group of guards, and then Alexander unceremoniously pushed open the closed door,

The two men in the room were visibly taken aback, and Alfred looked at Alexander, who had broken into the room surrounded by Balkans, and Alfred had a look of surprise and then anger on his face.

"Count, I don't know if there's anything you need to tell me so desperately?"

Alfred got up from the chair in annoyance, and at the same time he looked at him a little worriedly at the drunken and hazy Shosha, he didn't expect that he just wanted to visit his wife but saw such a scene, which made Alfred feel a little guilty, ashamed to let his wife take on so many things for him, but what he didn't expect was that before he could show his wife's care a little, Alexander suddenly appeared in a rage.

The prince was a little dissatisfied, so he didn't notice Alexander's strange relief when he saw the scene in the room.

"Your Highness, my army has landed in the port of Santa Lucia, but I find that my soldiers have no help in any way," Alexander glanced at him as he leaned on the bed and looked at them with a drunken look, and then said to Alfred, who was full of displeasure, "Perhaps I should remind you that this is not the time to celebrate the victory, for we do not know how many people were involved in the rebellion. ”

Alfred was annoyed and tried to contradict Alexander, he did not know why his wedding was so bad, first his father suddenly fell ill, then his mother became the leader of a large group of rebels who suddenly appeared, and now he had to endure this Gombray dictation when he wanted to take a breather by his wife's side.

It's just that Alfred's anger just came up, and he was interrupted by Jisha, who was still quietly leaning on the pillow before.

"Brother, I want you to be polite to my husband," Shosha, who seemed to be drunk and hazy before, somehow suddenly came to her senses, she sat up and said to Alexander in a dignified tone, "Please don't forget that he is now the regent of Naples, and given the current situation, he may soon be officially crowned." ”

Alfred looked at Josa with a little surprise, he was a little overwhelmed by Josha's fact that he said the topic that everyone was deliberately avoiding so directly, although Frederick's situation was not optimistic, but it was so unabashedly said that the succession was still a little unaccustomed to Alfred.

"If all goes well, of course I will apologize for my faux pas, seeing that we have not completely gotten rid of the bad situation of the rebellion yet, so Your Highness, can I ask you to bear with me a little, after all, the intimacy with my sister is not in a hurry at this time."

"I'm not, I don't have ......"

Alfred, who was originally annoyed, only wanted to defend himself at this time, but Alexander didn't seem to want him to continue, but simply stretched out his hand and put it around his shoulder, and at the same time lowered his voice and said to him: "I know how anxious you are now, after all, it is difficult for a beauty like my sister not to be tempted by a man, but don't you think there are many more important things to do?" ”

"But I didn't do anything."

"That's even better, well, I mean you don't need to be in such a hurry, because you'll have a long time to go."

As she looked at Alexander's back, who was almost coldly pulling Alfred out of the room, she smiled at first, and then her gaze slowly cooled.

Her hand slid under the side pillow, and she felt the dagger pressed there, and her eyes cast to the door.

"Kosencha." Josa said in a low tone that she didn't expect that the guards at the door would not only let Alfred into the room so easily, but also that they seemed to be taking on the task of guarding the door intentionally or unintentionally, which reminded Josa of the hope that Count Mordillo had revealed that she would get pregnant as soon as possible.

Perhaps for the Earl, what he really cared about was her future child, and he didn't really care so much about who the child's father was.

Alfred, who was dragged out directly by Alexander, suddenly fell into a busy and chaotic mess.

In fact, as Alexander said, Naples is not completely free from the chaos and crisis caused by the rebellion, on the contrary, with the report brought back by the scouts sent out, Alfred was surprised to learn that a group of nobles were organizing an army outside the city to try to retake the city.

And the leader of this rebel army is like a distant uncle of his.

This surprised Alfred, who couldn't understand why so many people were against him becoming regent, and when he thought that even his mother was against him, Alfred suddenly had an unprecedented sense of crisis.

He didn't care about expressing dissatisfaction with his brother-in-law's fingers, but immediately sent someone to summon all the courtiers who were loyal to him, and seeing the sobriety of the crowd below, Alfred was somewhat relieved.

"I don't want to see my mother," said Alfred in a low voice to the Count of Mordillo, who was very close to him, "and I know she must be waiting for me to beg her, and the Count is as you say, and I fear that she may be deliberately trying to provoke a battle for succession." ”

"But now it seems that things may be even worse," Modillo said, looking at Alexander, who was a little further away from Alfred, "and there may have been someone else involved, considering that among those involved in the rebellion were members of the royal family." ”

The Earl's words made Alfred nervous for a moment, and he understood what Modillo was implying that just as the Count had insisted on not negotiating with the rebellious maniacs led by the Queen to prevent the throne from falling, a rebellion with the participation of members of the royal family meant that the right to succession was questioned.

"My inheritance is not in doubt," said Alfred, somewhat angrily, seeing that the people seemed to notice his agitation, and had to keep his tone as low as he could, "then what do you think should be done, Earl, for it is not a good idea to go to war at a time like this, and the French will come at any moment." ”

"It might be a bit of a hassle to let the king's army fight the rebels, but if it's Montina's army, things should be much simpler." Count Mordillo looked at Alexander, "Of course, it's up to you to decide, but let me remind you that even these people here may not be completely loyal to you, so you should show them your determination as regent appropriately." ”

Alfred's face showed hesitation, he looked at the courtiers, looking at the eyes of the people looking at him, Alfred hesitated for a moment and finally asked tentatively, "Earl, do you think this is necessary?" ”

"Personally, I think it's necessary." Count Mordilo replied by taking a step back and staring into the prince's eyes.

Alfred looked down and thought for a moment, then finally nodded heavily.

"Destroy the rebels, but I don't want this war to drag on for too long, so the Count hopes that you can solve the current problem as soon as possible." Alfred looked at Alexander, and although he didn't have a good opinion of Alexander, he couldn't help but admit that the Neapolitan army was too disappointing compared to Montina's army.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will never let the rebels have the slightest opportunity." Alexander nodded in response to a glance that met Count Mordillo's.

"You must make sure that the rebels are put down as soon as possible," the count instructed Alexander as the two men left the palace, "and if we don't get rid of this rebel army before the French invade, we may be in serious trouble." ”

Alexander listened in silence until he suddenly stopped and looked at the count's back and said, "I have removed the guards from the Bush, and now it is my Balkan hunters who protect her." ”

The Count's steps forward slowed gradually, and then he slowly turned to look at Alexander.

"Dear uncle, I hope this is the last time, and although everything is fine with Josha, I will not allow this to happen," Alexander approached the Count, "We all know what her marriage to Alfred is all about, so please don't do anything that makes everyone unhappy." ”

Count Mordillo nodded thoughtfully, and then he suddenly asked, "Then what promise can you give to Josha, is it your only sister, as she said?" ”

"Don't worry about that, because soon you'll know what I've got in store for Jisha." Alexander chuckled and stepped forward.

Looking at Alexander, who jumped on the back of Pagasus, Count Mordillo suddenly felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.

On 9 July, Montina's army set out to counter the rebellion in accordance with an order signed by Alfred.

Not long after Montina's army set out, a major event occurred in the city of Naples - the queen who had been placed under house arrest for the rebellion was abducted and disappeared!