Ji Sha pursed her lips and looked at a man standing not far in front of her, her face was not very good, and her mood was worse than the look on her face.

"Well, those Valaridot nobles are active now, aren't they?"

Hearing the queen's inquiry, the man immediately bowed slightly and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty, those nobles are sending some women to the Duke all day long, and it is said that many people are paying bribes to the Duke for this meal. ”

As he spoke, the man shrugged his shoulders slightly, and said disapprovingly, "However, it is said that the catering officer himself seems to have this idea, so most of those women have not been able to appear with the duke." ”

"Oh, that Don Banderaz," Josha asked, seemingly unconsciously, and when she saw the man nod, she asked again, "what else is there besides these?" ”

"Duke......," said the man, and then seemed to realize that there had been a slip of the tongue, and he quickly changed his words, "I mean, His Royal Highness the Lord Regent seems to be sending his wife to Castile." ”

Tsusha's expression changed slightly, her hand moved slightly on the arm of the chair, but she didn't get up in the end, and after thinking about it again, she waved her hand to signal the man to step back.

"Those Castilians are really savages, and they still use such clumsy methods, do they think that they can impress my brother with women?"

Jisha walked to the wall and picked up a finely made musket that was placed on the shelf, and said casually as she fiddled with it.

The silver sheath wrapped around the barrel and grip of this musket glistens in the sunlight, and the equally intricately crafted silver hammer and medicine pool make the musket look more like a work of art than a tool for killing.

What satisfies him the most is that for the first time, this musket is equipped with a very precise half-moon tooth on the hammer, which makes the mistakes caused by the failure of the firing spring to be reset become much less.

"But Your Majesty, the Lord Regent is a man." The waitress on the side reminded in a whisper.

Shosha's hand paused, and then the waitress heard a crisp "click" of hammers.

Just the day before, the Sicilian army had just crossed Mount Guadalupe, which was considered the dividing line between the upper and lower parts of Castile.

While passing by the famous Monastery of Guadalupe, Jossa rightfully visited the abbot of the monastery.

Although the abbot was not enthusiastic, and could even be called cold, in the end they silently accepted the request of the Queen of Sicily to enter the monastery to pray for blessings.

Khosa had not been in the monastery of Guadalupe for long, and then she hurried north with the troops, who had already crossed the mountains.

This relieved the abbot somewhat, after all, if the queen insisted on staying in the monastery for a day, he really couldn't tell.

The Monastery of Guadalupe is a secluded place, and although it is considered to be the point where the north and south of Castile are divided, it is not very famous because the abbot has been a penancer for many years.

But that doesn't mean that the people in the monastery are really unheard.

In fact, all kinds of rumors from the Vatican have been spread for a long time, and the fate of Alexander VI has now become a hot topic of speculation for countless people.

Although the Sicilian army was not with the Pope, everyone knows that Alexander VI was in the camp behind the Sicilian army at the time of the Battle of Seville, and he even publicly celebrated a blessing mass for the Sicilian army before the battle.

Therefore, for the abbot, the reception of the Queen of Sicily certainly made him unhappy as a Castile, but if he was misunderstood and turned to the pope, his life would be even more difficult.

No one thought that Alexander VI had a chance to turn the tables again, after all, he had already been expelled from the Vatican, and the elder Rovere was now single-handedly covering the sky in the Vatican.

It can be said that except for the fact that his son has always been a little sad because he has not been able to become the Duke of Milan, the old Rovelle can now be said to be in power and everything is going well, and the only thing missing is a formal coronation ceremony.

At such a moment, Abbot Guadalupe was certainly reluctant to wade into the troubled waters, and like most people, he could not have jumped out and declared whose side he was on, at least until the situation was clear.

Crossing the Guadalupe Mountains meant entering the northern part of Castile, and it was clear that although there was only one mountain range apart, there were obvious differences between the people and the nobility.

At least in her attitude towards the Sicilians, she was keenly aware of a greater indifference and even hostility.

This made her cautious, and while ordering her troops to be more vigilant, she also sent a swift message to Barriaridot.

However, what Jisha did not expect was that as soon as her people left, someone sent by the Moors to deliver the letter came to her door.

Before leaving Barriariddod, Ulliu sent a secret letter to him, in which he reported everything about the affairs of Barriariddot's court, especially the nobles who wanted to give women to the lord, and he took great care of them.

So although she was still far from Barriedot, she already knew pretty much who was trying to stuff women into her brother's harem.

The Moorish secret letter was delivered very early, but the result was that when Alexander's messenger arrived later, looking at the contents of the letter, Josha's originally annoyed mood suddenly improved much better.

"Your Majesty, maybe you should really consider getting married."

The waitress who was watching the maid comb the queen's hair looked at Ji Sha, who was holding the letter and kept reading, and said carefully, seeing the look on Ji Sha's face, she immediately turned her head to look over, and the waitress immediately nodded respectfully.

Ji Sha waved her hand and sent away the maid who was about to continue to put her hair flowers, although her expression was calm but faintly majestic, her gaze stayed fixed on the face of the waitress, and after a while she asked, "Tell my wife, who told you to tell me this?" ”

"Your Majesty, you know," said the lady-in-waiting, a little helplessly, "almost all the nobles want you to marry again as soon as possible, and each of them has good candidates to choose from, and several of them are fully worthy of you." ”

Jisha nodded slowly, she knew that this was destined to come, she had to have an heir, otherwise if there was an accident, a queen without descendants would cause more trouble than a king.

Just marrying a man?

Just thinking about this thought made Jisha feel a little difficult to accept.

She picked up the ivory comb left by the maid and carefully combed her blonde hair as if bathed in the sun, she knew that Yang Lisheng liked her hair color very much, and every time the two were alone, Alexander would involuntarily caress her hair.

"I'm not going to marry any man."

Ji Sha said and looked at the stunned lady-in-waiting, she knew that the waitress must have been told by others to ask her about this, but she was not angry, these court ladies were originally noble ladies with noble status, so they naturally represented a large group of people.

But because of this, she felt compelled to tell the nobles who were trying to influence her attitude on the matter through the mouth of the lady-in-waiting.

"Madam, who do you think is suitable to be my husband?"

The lady-in-waiting was stunned, and her mind instinctively flashed through the marriage partners that the nobles had sought for the queen, but then she suddenly sobered up, and immediately realized the true intention of the queen's question.

"But Your Majesty ......"

The waitress stammered a little, but she originally wanted to say something, but she saw the queen's calm face, but without any expression, she was panicked and couldn't say any more.

"Madame, you have forgotten, I have a husband," said Josha, looking calm and not showing any anger, but the more this happened, the more uneasy the waitress became, "My husband is Alfred Astamara, I am his queen and his heir, and my children will inherit this surname in the future." ”

The fan that the waitress was holding for decoration, jumped lightly in her hand, and then immediately bowed slightly in agreement.

"I will be the most effective monarch in Sicily, and where will I be able to sit on the throne side by side?"

The lady-in-waiting noticed that the title of King was not a metaphor for women, but more akin to a man's name, which made her surprised and vaguely aware of something.

"Madame, I want you to tell those people that this is my answer," Jisha's expression gradually turned cold, although she was not only wearing a very loose and casual undergarment at this time, but the change in her demeanor made the waitress feel uneasy, "I am their queen, I know what they want, I will guarantee that everything will be as they want, but I will not allow them to dictate my marriage." ”

The waitress bowed her head silently and bowed, but somehow, at this moment, she suddenly felt that in this already very cool season, the clothes on her body had been soaked with sweat.

Watching the waitress leave, Josha slowly stood up, she walked to the table and took out the letter that Alexander had just sent to her from a box, and then picked up the secret letter from the Moors, and after reading it for a long time, Josha went to the window and looked at the people walking back and forth in the courtyard outside, her expression gradually revealed a trace of indifference.

A large brig slowly sailed down the Tagus River.

There were no flags flying on the ship, and a lot of the cargo piled up on the ship indicated that it was a merchant ship, as evidenced by the men coming and going on the ship.

After replenishing enough water and vegetables, the boat never docked again, and after entering a tributary called Ramata, it sped up even more, except for the night when it had to temporarily dock at the shore for the night, and set sail as soon as the day dawned, cleaving the waves all the way forward.

Standing on the deck was an ordinary-looking middle-aged man, who looked like a merchant who had arrived in his clothes and manners, and who was indeed the owner of the ship, a merchant who was said to have made his living by selling all sorts of exotic goods from overseas from the coastal cities of the south.

In the past two years, most of these overseas businessmen have made a fortune, and although the risk is not small, the profits obtained as long as they succeed are astonishing astronomical.

And if you want to earn more, you have to be diligent, so it is not surprising that the owner of this boat is in such a hurry.

The rushing water crashed against the bow of the boat, and the once spacious river narrowed after a bend.

The merchant ships had to slow down, and the sailors scrambled to and fro the deck with shouts and shouts, and every now and then someone let out a curse or two.

The middle-aged merchant frowned and looked at the sailors running around him, he didn't like the mess in front of him very much, if he could, he would prefer to take the land route, but this trip was too important to him, and the land route was obviously not convenient, so he had to take the water route.

The river became narrower and narrower, and at last the sails had to be fully retracted from the half-sails that had been folded, and the sailors rowed hard as the big ships moved slowly against the current.

"It looks like we're going to spend the night here," said one of the sailors, as he walked up to the merchant and looked at the sky, "if we miss the road ahead, we'll have to find a random spot on the shore, but it's not safe, for there are often robbers in the vicinity." ”

"Then find a place to dock in front," said the merchant a little helplessly, of course he hoped to get the goods to the place as soon as possible, but now it seems that it may not be so smooth to do so, but tell everyone to be careful at night, to know that this batch of goods is very important. ”

"Please rest assured, sir, we will definitely do things beautifully."

The sailor smiled and turned to leave, and he had to tell the other companions, after all, they would be paid much more than before after this transaction, so they naturally had to be cautious.

The sky was getting darker, and it was no longer clear what was on the river, and it was dark in the distance, and the fluttering sound of the sails blown up by the wind was mixed with the shaking of leaves in the trees not far from the shore, as if someone was telling something in the night.

Several figures appeared not far from the sailboat moored in the shallow water, and these people first observed for a while and then quietly approached the large ship.

The river was not deep on the side of the boat, and the men waded to the boat, whispered to each other, and then began to get busy.

The sound of the sails and the woods, as well as the sound of the river lapping against their bodies, provided good cover for the men.

Soon, after a period of busyness, except for the two people who remained, the others quietly left.

"Will we be punished by God for doing this?"

At the critical moment, one of them seemed to hesitate, and his voice trembled slightly as he asked his companion.

"Shut up, it's not our concern, don't forget to take the money and we'll go to the new colony," said the other man, annoyed, as he struck the flint hard to light the loose twist, a flash of light illuminating the striking rosacea nose on his face.

In the silence of the night, a swaying light on the water stood out, but unfortunately no one noticed.

Suddenly, the light dimmed, and then an unusually dazzling flash suddenly erupted on the surface of the river, followed by a fierce loud noise resounding across the river.

"God forgive me," muttered a rosacea cross standing on the shore, looking at the violently exploding ship, "Poor Pope, may God bless." ”