In January, when the flowers in the garden had withered, Lady Mary, looking at the desolation of the ground, sighed and said:

"All the gold coins were given to Bogdan by your father.

He said that although Bogdan was not from a good background, he was the most trustworthy of all my brothers. ”

Listening to Madame Maria's answer, many thoughts immediately popped up in Tsepes's mind.

In the official genealogy of the Musat family, Bogdan is the son of the younger brother of Tsepes's maternal grandfather.

Bogdan's date of birth, however, was eight years after the death of his official father.

Nezha has only been in the mother's womb for three and a half years, and once she is pregnant for eight years, she gives birth to this kind of operation, and a normal person knows what is going on.

Since the Musaud family recognizes Bogdan's identity, it is not difficult to explain that Bogdan's veins do have the blood of the Musat family flowing.

As the illegitimate son of the elder Alexandru and his brother-in-law, Bogdan was ridiculed from an early age.

As for the succession to the Principality of Moldova, there is no need to even think about it, it is absolutely impossible.

Thanks to his official father, who died young, he was able to own a piece of land of his own.

After the death of the elder Alexandru, his sons and grandsons began endless killing and strife.

None of them regarded Bogdan as a threat to themselves.

And in history, Bogdan ascended to the top of power in 1449 in the Julian calendar and became the Grand Duke of Moldova.

A person who could not have reached the top turned out to be the one who held the power.

Combined with the secret just told by Lady Maria, the thread of the story gradually became clear.

If history is not changed by Tepes, then in the next two years, there will be a steady stream of money from Wallachia to Bogdan.

Just as Tepes, about to guess the truth, Madame Maria continued:

"Your father, you want to finance Bogdan and let him rule Moldova.

Then, Wallachia and Moldova were merged into a new state.

In this way, we will have enough strength to fight the Ottomans. ”

The truth is even more shocking than the result guessed by Tepes.

"Your father is known as the Grand Duke of the Dragon, and it is not luck that he can win this honor.

All along, he has been in Taoguang, and in his heart, he has never surrendered to anyone!

It's a pity that some self-righteous fools took his life! ”

Madame Mary has mixed emotions at the moment, including admiration for her husband, hatred for her enemies, and longing for her deceased lover.

After a pause, she stretched out her right index finger and wiped away two tears from the corners of her eyes, and then continued:

"My child, my excellent child, you have inherited the bravery and wisdom of your father.

I am confident that you will follow your father's unfinished path and walk strongly, no matter how difficult it may be. ”

"You're right, like my father, I have a heart that doesn't want to surrender.

Next, I would like to talk to Uncle Bogdan to see if he is willing to fulfill his father's last wish. ”

Under the influence of the original owner's memory, Tsepeshi was also very excited at the moment, and even his voice became a little trembling.

However, his thinking was not affected by emotions, and uniting Moldova and Wallachia together was definitely the best plan against the Ottomans.

"You have proven yourself to Bogdan in the morning, and with what I know about him, he will be more than willing to carry the plan forward.

However, after reunification, I am afraid that who will run the country will become a problem.

Your father is quite influential in Moldova, so there will not be too many people against him as the leader.

But you are different, you are too young, and the achievements you have made today are, in the eyes of many people, just the impulse of an angry teenager.

So let you rule Moldova, I'm afraid there will be many people, who will voice their voices against it. ”

Listening to Madame Maria's analysis, Cepes fell into thought again, but soon he had an answer.

"I have now become an enemy of the Ottomans, and retribution will soon follow.

Everything is a double-edged sword, and the revenge of the Ottomans will bring me a threat, and at the same time, it will bring me fame.

As long as it can be repulsed, the Ottoman attack, my name, will inevitably spread throughout the continent.

I believe that when the time comes, when the two countries are reunified, not only will no one oppose Moldova, but countless people will prostrate on the ground to welcome my arrival. ”

Lady Maria is logical, but in terms of pattern, she is still a little smaller after all.

"All of this is a necessary premise, that is, you can defeat the Ottomans.

But your grandfather failed to do this, and your father failed to do it either.

Wallachia is weaker now than it was in their time, so I advise you to learn from your father, and wait for the right time. ”

Tsepesch was a little confused by Madame Maria's words, but he quickly grasped the point.

For a long time, the path that I want to inherit is not to resist bravely, but to continue to cultivate obscurity and continue to hibernate.

Tsepes did not agree with Madame Maria's point of view, and said in a firm tone:

"The feud has already been settled, even if I want to keep my head down, I won't have this opportunity.

So between me and the Ottomans, there will be a battle, and it will either be successful or it will die. ”

However, Lady Mary's later words shocked him even more.

"Silly boy, the death of two or three hundred people is not a big deal for the Ottoman sultan.

You find a reason, just say that they have offended you, and then write a sincere apology letter with some compensation, believing that it will calm things down. ”

"Mother, you just said that my father and brother would praise me for my good job.

But now, why are you persuading me to submit to the Ottomans, which is the exact opposite of what you just said. ”

Tsepes took two steps forward, his eyes fixed on Madame Maria, trying to figure out what the woman was thinking.

"Your whole plan is indeed worthy of praise, and we are talking about the consequences of the whole thing now.

Killing people is beautiful, the consequences are troublesome, and what I want you to do now is to eliminate the effects after killing.

Yielding can also be divided into two types, superficial submission and inner submission.

As long as you have the idea of resisting in your heart, there is nothing wrong with it if you are temporarily wronged on the surface.

Didn't you just do that to deal with that envoy, and now, you don't know how to be flexible. ”

Madame Maria, breaking her reasoning and crumbling it, told Cepes.

However, she was met with a mocking sneer in response.

"Hehe, Mother, you asked me to keep my head up, but in the end, only the Ottomans could fatten up.

Even if today's events can be settled, we will have to pay at least 150,000 gold coins to the Ottomans every year.

They can use this money to equip a powerful army, while we can only maintain a very low military force.

And then sooner or later, one day, they will use the troops that we have spent our money to equip and mercilessly trample our corpses.

Such a simple truth, my mother, I think you only need to think about it to understand that what I said is not wrong.

Unless, because you are afraid of the Ottomans, you will say what you said to me.

If that's the case, I'll prove to you, the Ottomans, aren't terrible.

Hit them with a fist, they will also hurt, and the sword will pierce the body, and they will also bleed and they will die.

Now, the Grand Duke of Wallachia is me, so what to do, I have the final say.

I believe that soon, I will be able to prove to you that the right person is me. ”

In his words, Tsepeš said with confidence, he did not know whether in the battle with the Ottomans would be victory or defeat in the end.

But he knew exactly that if he didn't do it now, Wallachia would live in humiliation for hundreds of years.

A conversation that ended not very pleasantly.

Of course, there was certainly a catch, and Tsepes left the garden and went straight to Bogdan's room.