Chapter 1077: Find a stand-in
Seeing that Mbappe was nervous, Julius II also guessed that there was a problem. Anyway, he's on Marin's side. So he commanded:
"In that case, let's send someone to France first to see if Margaret, the former queen of Scotland, is really pregnant! By the way, as for Queen Margaret's oil paintings......"
Marin glanced at Saqqara, who hurriedly stood up and promised:
"I'll send someone to London to get it right away!"
In the end, Julius II made a decision to send a team, including three nuns, to Paris to see if Queen Margaret was really pregnant. Then, make other plans.
Marin smiled and felt that victory was in his hands. And the French envoy Mbappe was full of frustration. However, he did not admit that it was a lie on the spot, but sent people back to China the next day to report the situation. In his thoughts, he hoped that France would pay a lot of money to buy off the members of the papal see's team, so as to fulfill the lie.
After receiving Mbappe's secret letter, Louis XII's nose was crooked:
"Bastard, this piece of shit! Why was it exposed so early? Can't be a few more months late? ”
John. Stewart had only been dead for four months, and even if she had just gotten married, Queen Margaret would have been pregnant for about half a year at this time, far from her due date. And after Pope Julius II chose to ally with Alexander VI after Louis XII, he was not on the same path as France. The people who can be sent by him must be cronies, how can they be bribed? So, Mbappe is a pig......
However, if Mbappe had not spoken out against it at that time, Edward would have been convicted as the rightful king of Scotland. Speaking of which, he had no choice but to do it at that time......
"What to do...... What to do......" Louis XII also had a headache.
"Perhaps, we can talk to her herself......" Louis XII, who really couldn't think of an idea, simply found Queen Marguerite.
After saying this, Louis XII looked anxiously at Queen Marguerite and said:
"Look, what's the solution? If it doesn't handle it well, Edward's bastard will be crowned King of Scotland! ”
After listening to Louis XII's words, Queen Marguerite was silent for a long time, and then suddenly said:
"Your Majesty, I have heard that there is a condition called premature ......"
Louis XII was stunned and said:
"I know, but the chances of a premature baby surviving are very low......"
In this era, European medicine is extremely backward, and adults are prone to death if they get a cold, let alone premature babies who are sick and weak? Even in the Ming Dynasty, where medicine was most developed, the chances of a premature baby surviving in the end were not very high. Even if he survives, he will be a sick seedling when he grows up. And in Europe, where doctors are prevalent in bloodletting and tinctures, the chances of premature babies surviving are extremely small.
Margaret said coldly:
"It's not that there are no premature babies who survive, although the odds are very small. But whether we survive or not, we have the final say, don't we? ”
It dawned on Louis XII:
"You mean, you pretend to be born prematurely and give birth to a premature baby?"
Margaery nodded and said:
"Yes, I can pretend to be premature. In general, preterm birth is possible at the age of 7 months. Your Majesty, you can send someone to trouble the delegation of the Holy See and delay them. As long as it drags on for more than a month, I can pretend to be premature. Then you go to the folk to find a boy who was born very thin to pass off as a premature baby......"
"Good idea, but I have a question. It seems that every woman who has given birth to a child should have the ability to breastfeed. When the time comes...... If the nuns of the Holy See delegation see if you can breastfeed......" reminded Louis XII.
Margaret blushed suddenly, she hadn't given birth yet, how did she know what to feed...... Moreover, she didn't give birth to a child, and she really couldn't express milk......
After thinking about it, Queen Margaret said:
"It's not that there are no women who don't give birth to milk after giving birth......"
Louis XII shook his head and said:
"Premature birth, and no milk, one situation can be regarded as accidental, and the two situations together, it's strange if they don't suspect it......"
……
Queen Margaret fell silent......
Louis XII was right, born prematurely alone, or without milk alone, the papal team might not have doubted it. However, when the two come together, it is too coincidental to make people suspicious.
Thinking of Louis XII's previous introduction, Marguerite suddenly thought of another solution:
"Your Majesty, you just said that they sent people to London to get oil paintings to compare, instead of sending people to compare, right?"
Louis XII nodded:
"yes, what's wrong?"
Margaret smiled:
"I've got a way!"
"What's the solution?" Louis XII asked happily. As long as Edward could not be the king of Scotland, he would be happy.
Margaret cleared her throat and said:
"Since the other party is referring to the oil painting to compare, why don't we find a woman who looks like me to deal with them? I happened to have a pair of my oil paintings in London. Your Majesty, all you have to do is find pregnant women who look like me to deal with them. Anyway, they don't confront people who are familiar with me, but only look for oil paintings. His Majesty will be able to cope with this examination if he can find a pregnant young woman in France similar to the one on the painting......"
Louis XII thought for a moment and raised concerns:
"No, what if it's a commoner woman who doesn't know Latin? The Holy See inquiry will certainly be questioned in Latin. "In Europe at this time, there is not a single princess who does not know Latin.
Margaret thought about it and found that there was really no solution to this, so she could only sigh and say:
"That can't be helped, or let that refresher pretend to be sick and pretend to be difficult to speak. It is normal for people who are seriously ill to have difficulty speaking. ”
"No matter how sick you are, you won't say a word."
"Then give the woman urgent training to speak a few words of Latin. With pretending to be seriously ill, it is difficult to speak, and a few simple words are enough! ”
"Well, that's all there is to it!" Louis XII sighed and began to instruct his men to search for pregnant women who looked like her in the oil painting provided by Queen Marguerite throughout the country to play the pregnant Marguerite.
At the same time, Louis XII also sent several teams to the Franco-Italian border, trying every means to delay the trip of the papal team. Because, finding a stand-in for Queen Margaret and training to speak Latin also takes time to buffer. Therefore, the later the Holy See team arrives in Paris, the better......
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On the side of Rome City, at this time, Felise also took Little Robert, escorted by the cavalry of the North Sea State, and quietly arrived in Rome City.
After arriving in Rome, Felise quietly stayed at the Gui Hotel where Marin was. Robert Jr., on the other hand, was taken to the private house of Julius II, and handed over to the fake "parents" from the Rovere family who lived in seclusion in the mountains prepared by Julius II, led by Julius II, appeared in public and was introduced to the public.
And in this public appearance, Robert Jr., speaking Italian with a fluent Roman accent, did not arouse anyone's suspicions. It's no wonder that Robert's mother, Felise, and aunt Angela, both grew up in the city of Rome and speak Italian with a fluent Roman accent. In normal times, in order to cultivate little Robert's ability to adapt to life in Rome in the future, Marin also deliberately let Angela and Felice speak Italian with Robert. Even, in order to cooperate with Robert to speak Italian well, little Caesar is now fluent in Italian.
Julius II told the crowd that it was called "Robert. The descendants of the "Rovere" family will be under his shadow and become cardinals. Once you reach the age of 18, you can serve in the Holy See......
In order to prevent himself from living to reach Robert's adulthood, Julius II directly signed the letter of appointment in advance and handed it to Robert Jr. However, the appointment will not take effect until Robert turns 18.
After the passage, Julius II found Robert a fake "parent" to play cover, took little Robert, and returned to the mountains to continue his seclusion as agreed.
In fact, Robert Jr. quietly returned to Rome that night to join Marin.
At this time, Marin had nothing to do in Italy. So, he simply took Felise and Robert and followed the army all the way north to return to the Beihai country......