Chapter 432: Catherine's Death

In the city of London, in the Garden Tower of London, a terrible thing is happening here, someone is poisoning the Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon......

This squire, Robinson, happened to be similar to Coste's pseudonym, and was a very English name. In England, Johnson, Robinson or whatever, not too much.

Robinson was born into a family of knights, and his family background was not prominent or wealthy. He was lucky to be able to get the errand of guarding the Tower of London. After all, the Tower of London is now the royal palace. The Tower of London lost its role as a palace because Henry VIII later went on a killing spree and killed a large number of people such as the two queens and the Lord Margaret in the Tower of London, and most of them died unjustly, so the legend of the unjust soul of the Tower of London was born. Then, Henry VIII built other palaces and gradually moved to other places. Later, the Tower of London became a prison for high-ranking prisoners.

Although Robinson was also the palace guard of the Tower of London, he was not engaged in the top beauty of standing guard and escorting members of the royal family such as the king and queen, but was responsible for guarding the high-ranking prisoners in the Tower of London. Of course, this kind of errand is enough to make the poor knights who have not made a good job envious. After all, as a palace guard, the salary is still relatively sufficient, and he is never in arrears. After all, it would be too embarrassing for the royal family to owe the salaries of the palace guards......

In fact, the guards also have a certain amount of oil and water. For example, a nobleman committed a crime and was imprisoned in the Tower of London. If the nobleman's offense wasn't too big, then the guards in charge of guarding him, especially a squad leader-level figure like Robinson, would be able to receive bribes from the nobleman's family.

This is because those family members must want their loved ones to be free from sin. But now that he is in prison, the treatment is definitely not good. So, if you want to eat something good, or read a book or something (this is an important entertainment for high-ranking prisoners, after all, it's too lonely to be in prison), you need to go through the guards, especially the captain of the guard squad like Robinson, who has a little voice. The guards were responsible for bringing in good food and books and other recreational things sent by the nobles' families, but in order for the guards to do so, they needed to give enough money to do it.

Therefore, many people are still very envious of Robinson's errand......

It's just that Robinson is in charge of Princess Catherine this time, but it's not a beautiful difference. Why? Because, Princess Catherine was ordered by Henry VII to be taken into custody, which was done in secret, and it was impossible for the Spanish royal family to know.

And the prisoner's family did not know, and as the captain of the guard, Robinson could not receive benefits. After all, as a knight with a small fief, Robinson didn't have much money. This is also an important reason why Robinson was bought by the Margaret County Lord, because the Margaret County Lord gave hundreds of gold coins......

And this time to poison Princess Catherine, Robinson didn't want to do it. However, since the Margaret County Lord secretly cooperated with Marlin, he had a lot of money and offered a huge reward of 5,000 gold coins, which directly knocked Robinson unconscious. Coupled with the fact that Lord Margaret had the support of Marlin's North Sea Chamber of Commerce, he had a way to kill the cook and help Robinson exonerate, so that Robinson finally made up his mind to do this vote.

Robinson, of course, is a very cautious person. He decided to poison the ghost chef named Jason after he found out that he was at work that day.

Because, after he makes a move, he needs to kill Jason as a substitute to confuse the enemy's sight. Then, if Jason didn't go to work that day, but he was poisoned, then even if Jason was killed, it would be impossible to help him divert his attention.

Therefore, only when Jason was at work, and he was at work for both days, Robinson poisoned Princess Catherine, and the blame could be put on Jason's head......

On that day, Jason happened to be the chef who cooked for Princess Catherine. He made a pot of dark black dishes, gave them to the guards, and gave them to Princess Catherine to eat.

England was a country that was very backward in cooking, and this has been the case until later generations. In this era, basically every English person eats dark food, and after Catherine arrived here, she could only follow the local customs and eat dark food every day. In fact, Catherine wanted to leave England after Prince Arthur's death, and there were reasons why she couldn't stand the dark cuisine of England.

However, Henry VII was more ruthless. In order to keep Catherine, she directly forcibly detained the other party and imprisoned her in the Garden Tower of London.

According to the procedure, after Chef Jason prepares the food, the tasters in the kitchen eat it to confirm that it is not poisonous, and then the members of the guard team bring the food to the prisoners to eat.

After all, the people in the Tower of London are all high-ranking nobles. Even though they are prisoners, their lives must be guaranteed.

When Robinson learned of this, he personally went to the kitchen to receive the food that day. In the name of going to the kitchen to find food, he went to the kitchen to eat in advance, and drank with Jason and other chefs.

Taking advantage of Jason's lack of attention, Robinson put the chronic poison into the pot......

When the taster ate it, because it was a chronic poison, and the smell of the poison was relatively light, and the smell was obscured by the strange smell of dark cuisine, so naturally there was no problem with it. Even if you are going to die of poison, it will be three days later......

This was a major loophole that Robinson had discovered after careful consideration - if the taster did not die, and Princess Catherine was poisoned. When the time comes, you will still be suspicious of the guards who deliver the food.

And, in order to avoid touching the food, Robinson pretended to drink too much and lay directly on the table and pretended to be asleep. Jason had no choice but to call another guard and give the food to Princess Catherine......

The next night, the hapless Chef Jason was killed in his own home. And on Jason's body, the killer deliberately left a copper button engraved with a French word......

However, the death of a cook did not have much impact on the English government and the public. It wasn't until three days later, when poor Princess Catherine and the taster were poisoned, that Jason's death was taken seriously......

Henry VII sent an investigator to investigate the cause of Jason's death. As a result, in the corner of the scene, a copper button with a French inscription was found......

"Hmph, it must have been a Frenchman who instructed Jason to poison Princess Catherine." Henry VII said angrily slapping the table.

It was clear that with the death of Princess Catherine, the alliance between England and Spain was bound to break down. And who benefits the most in the end? Apparently French! Because, the alliance between England and Spain, was to deal with the French. Although Scotland was an enemy of England, it was not an enemy of Spain, and there was no reason or motive to poison Princess Catherine of Spain......

In general, this inference is fine. Because, when you sleep and eat enough, you have nothing to do with poisoning a person who has nothing to do with you?

However, they didn't know that there was a well-fed Marlin standing behind him. Of course, there is also a Margaret county lord who is dedicated to his younger brother. These two men were ruthless in order to destroy the alliance between the Tudor dynasty and Spain......

On the surface, Marin and England could not fight together, and it was no longer within the range of suspicion of the English. But in fact, Marin is the most important promoter of this.

Because, the strong financial resources of the Lord of Margaret come from Marin's support. Previously, in order to win over Robinson Knight, Lord Margaret spent hundreds of gold coins, all of which she had secretly hidden for many years.

Because, her husband Richard. Ball was very strict with her finances, and did not give her too much money, lest she make trouble for the Tudors.

However, after contacting the Beihai Chamber of Commerce, Marin privately handed over a large amount of profits from the grain trade to the Margaret County Lord through the Beihai Chamber of Commerce, which made the money in her hands abundant, and bribed many people to work for her privately.

Under Henry VII and Richard. Without Bol even realizing it, with the abundant financial resources in his hands, Lord Margaret has the ability to influence the overall situation of England. For example, this time he bought Robinson Knight and poisoned Princess Catherine......

Speaking of which, Catherine of Aragon was really unlucky. Originally, although she was not poisoned, she was abandoned by her husband Henry VIII and died of depression. This life is even more miserable, but at a young age, he was killed by the two conspirators, Lord Margaret and Marin...... Moreover, these two and Princess Catherine have no grievances......