Chapter 1403: Spanish Flies
As the saying goes, "a middle-aged couple kisses, nightmares can be made for a few nights", although Queen Anne is only 36 years old, but because there is no advanced maintenance means for later generations, she looks much older.
Moreover, similar to the hairy sister of later generations, Queen Anne began to get fat after the age of 30 and became a fat aunt...... Among them, the two chefs provided by Marin contributed a lot. They cooked high-calorie food for the royal couple all day long, and although they did not feed Louis XII, they did feed Queen Anne fat over the years......
What kind of experience is it to face an obese middle-aged aunt and work diligently to "cultivate"? Anyway, Louis XII not only suffered physical damage, but also suffered 100,000 critical damage points in his heart, and he did one damage at a time......
But Louis XII has no choice, if he is like the Emperor of China, he can take concubines, and he can naturally work on the delicate girl. However, divorce is not allowed in Europe. Moreover, inheritance laws in Europe only recognize legitimate children. The illegitimate child who lived with a little lover is not qualified to inherit the throne.
Therefore, no matter how uncomfortable Louis XII was, he could only work on Anne "Auntie" alone. Moreover, if he divorced Anne, it would not be possible to take another young girl. Because, Anne was the rightful heir to the vast Duchy of Brittany. Children who were not born to Queen Anne were not eligible to inherit the Duchy of Brittany. In order to ensure the integrity and unity of France, Louis XII could only choose to make a villain with the fat Queen Anne......
"Your Majesty, exert yourself! Gang Yashiro (this sentence is a spoof)! Queen Anne pouted with a chubby face and cheered up Louis XII above.
However, it was fine that she did not speak, and as soon as she spoke, Louis XII noticed her fat face and immediately wanted to vomit. However, for the sake of the prince, Louis XII had to fight hard. At the same time, close your eyes and think silently in your heart - she is a beautiful girl! She's a beautiful girl......
Then Louis XII had a picture of Queen Anne as a young woman......
At that time, Queen Anne was only 18 years old and was still the queen of Charles VIII. Louis XII was the uncle of Charles VIII and frequented the court. At that time, when he was still a bachelor, he drooled over Queen Anne's nephew...... After the death of Charles VIII, Louis XII decisively seized his niece and daughter-in-law, abandoning his original disabled fiancée......
However, time has passed, and the beautiful nephew and daughter-in-law who were beautiful back then have now become fat aunts, and they are still like wolves......
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However, Louis XII was already so hard that Marin was not going to let him go......
To enhance the effect, Marin suggested that Edward send someone to contact Emperor Maximilian I and ask him to send an envoy to Paris to propose to Louis XII's only surviving eldest daughter, Princess Claude, for his grandson Charles (the future Charles V).
Of course, proposing is not the point. The point is that Marin asked the emissary to deliberately reveal the Habsburgs' intentions to seize the French throne. Moreover, it is also necessary to satirize that Louis XII could not give birth to a boy......
In fact, a few years ago, Maximilian I had planned to marry his eldest grandson, Charles, and Princess Claude. At that time, Louis XII even had this intention. However, it was vetoed by the great nobles in France. They never wanted the king of the Kingdom of France to be a vulgar German......
Later, the French aristocracy jointly elected François, a side branch of the Valois royal family, as the fiancé of Princess Claude and the crown prince of France. Of course, the premise is that Louis XII will not give birth to a boy......
One can imagine how angry Louis XII would have been when the emissaries of Maximilian I openly despised Louis XII for not being able to give birth to a boy. Then, there will be a lot of desperate efforts to make villains...... In this way, it will definitely hasten the death of Louis XII......
However, Marin didn't dare to do it himself. If the French learn that they have killed their second king (the first is Charles VIII, who was ambushed and defeated by Marin), they will have to concentrate their efforts on fighting Marin.
So, this time, Marlin just had to come up with an idea. However, the specific operation was to be carried out by Edward and Maximilian I. Anyway, England and France are separated by the English Channel. Even if the French were angry, they could not do anything with England across the sea......
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Although Edward knew that he was being used by Marin, he was also willing to do so. Because, in itself, it is in his interest. Louis XII did not give him any trouble after his accession to the throne. Even, almost sent a large army to land in England. Edward, who had long been very resentful of Louis XII, naturally hoped that Louis XII would die sooner. Moreover, Marin's predetermined death for Louis XII was too much to his taste. Die on a woman's belly! In that way, even if Louis XII died, he would become the laughing stock of all Europe. Even the Kingdom of France will be disgraced. And for a French-hating King of England, there is nothing more wonderful than this!
Of course, if you think Marin is all there is to it, then you are naïve......
As the most outstanding yin ratio in Europe in this era, Marin's yin moves are wave after wave. In order to kill Louis XII, Marin was also ready to secretly order the fat brother who had infiltrated the French court as a royal chef to give Louis XII some "tiger and wolf medicine" to accelerate the collapse of Louis XII's body......
Louis XII was 51 years old, and in this era, he was already an age that could hang up at any time. If Marin is at his age, there is nothing to use some drugs to help him, but at the age of Louis XII, his body will definitely not be able to bear it if he uses too much......
Marin wrote a secret letter and sent it to Paris. The content is to add rejuvenating medicine to Louis XII's food, but not tonic......
As men get older, their kidney function declines. If it was for Louis XII, it would be cheaper for him. Therefore, Marin did not think about giving Louis XII a kidney supplement, but planned to use drugs to stimulate him to do more things in order to achieve the purpose of overdrawing his body.
Among them, in Europe, there is a very traditional rejuvenating medicine - the Spanish fly......
The scientific name of the Spanish fly is cantharid, and it secretes a toxin, cantharidin. This toxin can irritate the neck of men......
This thing seems to make men "show their strength", but in fact, later scientific studies have shown that this is just an adverse reaction after cantharidin poisoning, which is not beneficial to the human body, but harmful...... After all, cantharidin is a toxin, not a tonic......
And what Marin wanted was to be harmful to Louis XII's body. His order was to have the fat brother mix a little bit of Spanish fly powder into his dinner dish every day while cooking. In this way, after Louis XII ate it, he must have "made a great show", and then had an "in-depth exchange" with Queen Anne......
Perhaps Louis XII would have been satisfied at first. However, Spanish flies are poisonous after all. Eat a little every day, for a long time, plus the age, it is difficult for Louis XII not to die.
Moreover, the Spanish fly in Europe in this era is not considered poison. Even, many older aristocrats like to use a little to "rejuvenate the majesty". Even if the fat brother is found to have added this thing to his food, he will probably not be blamed, but will think that the two of them will be human beings and will make sycophants......
At the same time, Marin also sent people to Spain to find an alchemist who was good at making the Spanish fly, a rejuvenating drug, in order to find a variety with the best negative effects. Then, give it to the fat brother for Louis XII to use. After all, this is for the king. If the negative effect is too obvious, it will definitely not be used again. And if the negative effect is not obvious, but the effect of the amusement is obvious, then Louis XII may use it happily, and the word is running wild on the road of death......
Of course, Marin wouldn't tell Edward about these tricks. After all, it's too shady. Speaking out will only make people scared and wary. Moreover, if it reached the French, the French would have to find a way to kill Marin......