371. Mary's Desperation
When the morning light shone through the window lattice, into the dimly lit interior of Chateauel Hall, Mary Stuart opened her half-closed eyes and looked into the window where the sunlight was shining in.
For some reason, she slept badly last night, which was an exception for her who had always slept peacefully - maybe she was too excited!
Mary said to herself.
She woke up to the chirping of magpies.3 There is a proverb in her hometown: seeing a magpie means sadness, two is open, three is a girl, four is a boy, five is silver, six is gold, and seven means secret.
Mary slowly got up and walked to the window, gently opened the curtain and looked out, just in time to see a flock of magpies flapping their wings and preparing to take off.
There must have been more than five or six, Mary thought, and that was certainly not a bad thing.
There was even a hint of indescribable and inexplicable joy in her heart - Gilbert Gifford told her that they were going to do it soon, and there was a high probability of success!
Could it be ...... Just today?
was in a daze, and two gray rabbits jumped up and down in the unwilling place. The Celts always believed that rabbits represented luck, which put Mary in a good mood!
Early in the morning, auspicious signs! It seems that the day of my Mary Stuart rollover is finally coming!
Thinking of this, the former Queen of Scots couldn't help but have some moist eyes, which was a manifestation of excitement after all the hardships.
Many, many, so many that some of her memories were blurred in her mind.
It is said that she was identified as the Queen of Scots a week after her birth, definitely with a golden key, no! A model of nobility born with a diamond key!
Smart and beautiful, she was sent to France at the age of five - as a crown princess. There she spent a very happy childhood, and many people in the court liked her, so she received a good education and made friends such as Margaret.
Unfortunately, her husband Francis died soon after his accession to the throne - among Catherine's children, except for Margaret, who would later become Henry's wife, the legendary Queen Margot, who was very healthy and beautiful, several sons were the weakest of the weak.
After her husband's embarrassing death was buried, Marie became the Queen Mother of France, but it was the Queen Mother Catherine who was in charge of the regent. The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is still not mentioned, in short, the queen mother is very heartwarming.
And her marriage to Francis was accompanied by a secret agreement that if Mary died without an heir, Scotland would be under French rule!
Mary was unwilling to surrender the power of the state because of her husband's incompetence. Soon after, Mary returned to Scotland as Queen of Scots and became the ruler of Scotland again.
While Mary was happily preparing to begin to relax and develop her ambitions like Catherine, the cruel reality made her scratch her head in great pain!
Sectarian struggle! Just a word was like a heavy shackle, firmly tied to Mary's neck.
In Scotland, the Catholics and the Protestants are fighting in the dark, and the leader of the Protestants is none other than his half-brother. Although this illegitimate child cannot ascend to the throne, no one has stipulated that people can't make trouble!
From an early age, Mary was trained by the orthodox Catholic Church in the French court and was firm in her faith. But she sadly found that she had no military strength at all when she returned to Scotland, and she couldn't fight her noisy brother at all!
At this time, the patience and patience that years of enduring in France brought her helped herβshe broke her teeth and swallowed blood, and tolerated the Protestants. Even in the next two years, she was pressured by some quarters to make many decisions against the Catholics with her brother, who was not of the same mind.
This behavior was met with resentment among both Catholics and Protestants, but it was not the source of her greatest suffering.
The root of this comes from her political immaturity! and the irrational pursuit of personal desires.
Five years after the death of her ex-husband, French Emperor Francis, Mary chose to remarry to none other than her British Catholic cousin, Henry Stewart, Duke of Darnley! This fully indicates that Mary had the idea of coveting the English throne, which caused strong suspicion among Elizabeth I.
However, even more unfortunate is still to come, Mary's second husband, Duke Dahnley, is a master who can't do anything and eats nothing, and soon after marriage, he has an awkward relationship with Mary, which is very embarrassing and unacceptable.
There are many reasons for this, such as the fact that the marriage was not approved by the Pope and not approved by Elizabeth I. Another example is that Mary's chaotic private life has completely exceeded the boundaries of Darnley's tolerance, and of course the reverse is true.
This absurd couple has done a lot of things that leave people speechless. One of the most famous is that Mary secretly hooked up with the Italian musician David Rizio, which went viral, and Darnley himself heard many different stories.
Darnley, who was green, couldn't bear it anymore and led people to storm Marie's bedroom after a dinner party half a year later, killing Rizio, which caused a sensation!
But poor Rizio, as I may call him, was by no means the one who gave him the coldest hat. Just a year later, Darnley died in a house outside Edinburgh!
The house he was in was destroyed by gunpowder*blast*! Although Dustley was alert and tried to escape before the explosion, he only ran a few steps before his body was left in the garden!
The body was intact, as if it had been suffocated to death, and it can also be said that the cause of death is a mystery.
But there was a clue to the fact that she was soon married to her third husband, the Earl of Boswell. Mary had previously expressed her hatred for Darnley for killing David Rizio, and Boswell divorced his wife almost at the same time, and the two were soon officially together.
In this way, it is clear who the murderer is, and Mary is equivalent to not confessing to herself. This further deteriorated her reputation in the British Isles, and many immature policies led to chaos in Scotland soon after!
At the time, many Scots thought Mary was ominous, and "knowing her was the beginning of bad luck"! This is the reputation of Queen Mary.
That year, the annual success was very poor, coupled with the intensification of religious strife, Scotland's Protestants rebelled on a large scale, directly hitting the foundation of Queen Mary!
The Queen of Scots, who had never been strong, defeated Carberry and was captured and imprisoned.
At this point, she made the biggest mistake of her life - if Mary accepted the opposition's demands and adopted a more compromised political leaning, she would not be able to make a comeback.
But she chose to flee to England and turned to her sister Elizabeth I for help! She naively thinks that Elizabeth will help her restore the throne, which is basically a mouse giving a New Year's greeting to a cat and killing herself!
Elizabeth I, who was already deeply worried about Mary's threat to her throne, suddenly felt like she was drowsy and met a pillow, which led Mary to start her sixteen-year house arrest throughout England!
Is it going to end today? Mary was trembling slightly with excitement, and at that moment, there was a quick knock at the door!
Mary was shocked, and in addition to tears in her eyes, she even faintly felt that she was wet!
She suppressed her emotions and said in as calm a tone as possible, "Come in!"
In came the valet Ogma, a descendant of Celts under twenty years of age, whose face was flushed, and her voice trembled and said to Mary, "Your Majesty! Someone just informed you that you can go out and let off the air today! Yes, you are free to ride a horse! β
Mary's heart was hot, but she still put on a proud posture, and said lightly: "Oh! Let's change your clothes. β
Dressed in a tight-fitting riding suit, Mary took the maid to the yard, and with the help of the two mounted their horses.
"Drive!" Mary almost shouted this with her soul! The white steed under the crotch screamed happily and ran out of the entrance and exit of the palace gate that was originally locked.
It was Mary's first ride in years, and she was so excited that the maid Ogma couldn't keep up with her!
Gradually, the "guards" who followed them were thrown away without a trace, and Mary knew that the opportunity had really come!
She trembled with excitement on her horse, recognized her direction, and ran towards the place agreed with Gilbert Gifford!
This French priest must have been blessed by God! Mary thought to herself, I'm going to make him bishop of England and Scotland! And Anthony Ballard - the man in charge of rescuing himself, although I can't remember what he looks like, but he's going to be developed! Guaranteed in God's name!
After more than ten minutes of galloping, the woods in front of me gradually thinned, as if I heard the sound of people shouting and neighing!
Mary's mood accelerated again, and in the blink of an eye, she rushed in front of those crowds!
In front of more than a hundred people, all wearing the agreed black cloaks, Mary opened her mouth and asked, "Who is Anthony Ballard?" Come and see me! β
The first one immediately stepped forward and lifted the hood of his cloak, revealing a face that was not too young but very resolute!
"Your Majesty, I'm Anthony Ballard! Thank God I finally got you! The man spoke.
Mary had already taken out the queen's style that had been hidden for many years, and said majestically to Anthony Ballard: "Thank you! My warriors! The Catholics of England, who have suffered for a long time, will remember your great contribution today! β
As she spoke, she lowered her voice and continued, "What's the situation over there?" Did it work? β
Anthony Ballard bowed and said, "As you wish, my honorable majesty!" I advise you to return to London immediately and host the big picture! β
Mary was overjoyed and ordered to be pulled out! Didn't notice a glimmer of light in the eyes of "Anthony Ballard"!
As soon as she took a few steps forward, Mary suddenly noticed that there was a growing commotion in the ranks! Just as he was about to ask, countless samurai in armor and swords suddenly rushed out of the woods!
The other party shouted the slogan "Arrest the thief Mary Stuart" and "Catch the fugitive Mary Stuart", and pressed forward with all the stop!
Mary was so shocked that she wanted to command the team to break through, but when she turned back and was about to shout, she saw that more than 100 of her "followers", including "Anthony Ballard", who had just invited her back to London to preside over the overall situation, had already obediently thrown down their weapons and surrendered on their knees!
This situation is like a bucket of ice water poured on her head in 39 days, causing Mary to fall into an ice cave!
In the excitement, she only felt a surge of blood rush over her head, and she almost felt like she was about to fall off the horse!
Why so fast? Why is it so coincidental? Is God going to destroy Himself?
At the moment when the rope was added, Mary suddenly had a glimmer of realization in her heart, she struggled violently a few times, and shouted in despair at the loudest volume in her life: "No!! It's a conspiracy!! β
Desperate voices echoed through the woods, and the birds flew in fright!
Other than that, there is not a single repercussion......