Gonzalo. Morality. Córdoba came to England with a force of about 300 men.

Since they were not alone, or had only a few dozen guards, they could not have traveled by land, although in Italy, with the permission of Pope Pius III and the help of the Medici family, they could not be unhindered, but after crossing the Alps, they were facing either France or the Holy Roman Empire, and although the latter could be said to be on the same side as Isabella I of Castile for the time being, Gonzalo could hardly guarantee that Maximilian I would be willing to see his daughter Juana with a general like him.

France was now Spain's sworn enemy, and given that Spain also had a king Ferdinand II who was clearly ill-intentioned towards him, Gonzalo had to take a long detour – starting from Naples, making a stopover in Nuoro to recuperate, crossing the Mediterranean, crossing the Strait of Gibraltar, entering the Atlantic, from the Atlantic to the English Channel (circling Spain and Portugal for a full week), landing at Hastings, and then heading to Windsor Castle outside London – the whole journey was easy to say. In fact, it was very dangerous and hard, and if it were not for Gonzalo and his boys being strong, tenacious, skilled in fighting and sailing, and cautious, they might never have seen their princess Juana again.

Along the way, Gonzalo disguised all five three-masted ships in the form of merchant ships, but as soon as he entered the Strait of Dover, he immediately hoisted the banner of the Castilian royal family—a bright red shield under a crown encrusted with red and green stones, and a golden castle stood in the center of the shield—and ordered the trumpeters to blow trombones, beat leather drums, hang brightly colored satin from the ships, and dress himself and his boys as brightly and flamboyantly as possible.

As soon as he got off the ship, he assumed great generosity, and three times in a row distributed bread and light wine to the poor people who gathered around him, and offered Mass in a church in Hastings, and when they came to inquire about him, he told them that he was the general of Gonçalo of Spain, and that he had come to meet their daughter Juana and her husband Philip—what? Why is the royal daughter of Spain in England? Isn't it God's will? He let the storm blow the ship of the princess and let them fall to Penzance, and your king, Henry VII, was so affectionate to his in-laws, and brought them to Winza Castle to be hospitable, and though neither he nor the princess were willing to sway His Majesty's kindness, the queen of Castile was still eagerly awaiting her daughter's return on her sickbed, and they had to say sorry to His Majesty Henry VII.

However, these words can only be said to those stupid commoners, there are always wise people who can literally taste the deep meaning, so the Spaniards have not yet come to Winza Castle, but the unbearable rumors have already spread to the ears of Henry VII, of course he could not continue to stay in Winza Castle and wait for the Spaniards to be questioned and humiliated, so he and the queen went back to London first, leaving little Henry and his wife, Catherine, also the daughter of Isabella I, to deal with the arrivals.

Catherine had met General Gonzalo and knew that he was loyal and loyal only to her mother, and although he did not have a good impression of Juana, as long as Isabella I and Cote (the name of the Spanish noble council) appointed her as heir, he would not abandon her and would support others, including her father.

So as soon as Gonzalo offered to meet the princess, Catherine immediately agreed.

Catherine and Gonzalo made the right decision, for as soon as Gonzalo entered the princess's room, Juana pounced hysterically - Catherine was even a little envious of Juana, because of course a noble madman could directly tear open the masks of the king, queen, and crown prince of England (including her, but Catherine no longer cared) and scold them to the point that they were worthless, regardless of the manners and manners that people valued. When Juana's penetrating yelling scolds reached little Henry, who was just across the wall, Catherine's face almost burst out laughing.

Gonzalo managed to appease Juana, put on her fur cloak, and helped the tormented princess out of the small room where she had been imprisoned for dozens of days—during this time, Juana had not been able to sleep well or eat a meal in peace, she had been slender and now even more thin, but what did not match her appearance was that she was still strong enough to be feared, and she smacked him when she passed little Henry, making the crown prince's face turn blue.

Although Henry VII's envoy tried to keep them for a few more nights, nominally to a little landlord friendship, he even vaguely told Gonzalo that the King of England had long heard of his name and admired his wisdom and bravery, and that King Ferdinand I of Spain had stripped him of his office and title, but if Gonzalo had been willing to come to England, he might have been able to receive greater glory and more rewards.

Gonzalo had a perfect deal with him in a way that was both a gentleman and a politician on the contrary, and although he did not give a clear answer in the end, his ambiguous attitude clearly gave the messenger great confidence—only when he was praising Henry VII, he was accidentally overheard by Juana, but to his surprise, the princess endured it and did not say a word.

After receiving the princess, the Spaniards pounced on Brighton almost non-stop, not Hastings when they came—one fleet was still parked at Hastings as a precaution, but the other fleet, also under the banner of merchant ships, anchored early in another port of Brighton, a similarly distanced distance, and as soon as they got on board, they went all out until the Spanish port of Gijón (to avoid being intercepted by Ferdinand II, They abandoned the original plan for A Coruña) before they reluctantly put their minds at ease.

"Wait," Gonzalo's cousin frowned, "Did we forget something?" ”

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Philip, who was still at Winza Castle, and little Henry, who had come to remember the beautiful woman, looked at each other.

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Gonzalo was silent for a while: "It's okay, Philip is still the crown prince of the Holy Roman Empire after all. "Unless Henry VII suddenly goes mad.

"Your Highness is to blame," said a Spaniard, jokingly, "and in the castle she kept shouting about her dear husband, but on the way back she did not mention it, and we all forgot about it." ”

Gonzalo was tempted to raise his hand to cover his face—when he heard what Juana had done in Rome, he did not hesitate to extort from Giulio several things he had with him, such as reliquaries, crosses, and small hand-copied Bibles—otherwise how could he so easily appease the princess, who had become more and more violent from her captivity, something that the Queen of Castile had not been able to do.

Well, the result was that the Spaniard, in her gratefulness, had scarcely had time to think about anything else, and only thought of leaving the perilous England while she was still quiet, so she forgot about Philip...... It's also a reasonable thing, I just hope this person can be broad-minded and don't get angry.

The Spaniards exchanged glances, almost all of them were the courtiers of the Queen of Color, and of course they would not want to let the Holy Roman Empire get involved in this critical moment, and wouldn't it be a good thing that the princess could forget about Philip? After all, since entering Spain, they had heard from some old ministers that Ferdinand II claimed that Juana had been imprisoned by Philip and turned into a madman, so he could not inherit the throne of the queen, and that Spain should be ruled by an older, benevolent and experienced king.

This did not bode well for Gonzalo, and in any case, if Queen Isabella had been able to maintain her sanity, Ferdinand's actions would not have been so undisguised - it could only be said that the queen was not far from death, if not dead.

They hurriedly changed their attire at a lord near the port of Gijón, and Gonzalo took the princess and the princess, day and night, to the royal capital of Toledo—in order to arrive before the event was established, for several days and nights, they hardly dismounted, and their diet was only raw water and coarse dry bread, and at first Gonzalo was still worried that Juana would not be able to endure such a harsh torture, but who knows, she was able to hold her "holy object" and grit her teeth and endure without complaining.

They were received by Cardinal Cisneros of Toledo, who was also highly regarded by Queen Isabella, and they crossed the streets in the middle of the night through invisible streets, and entered the palace through secret passages known to only a few, and the queen's maids led them into the room, but her melancholy face indicated that things would not go as smoothly as Gonzalo had hoped—and sure enough, as Gonzalo had guessed, Isabella I had run out of oil, and she closed her eyes tightly, and no matter how much she called, she did not open them.

Gonzalo glanced around, "Guys," he said, "I don't know if I should do it. ”

Cardinal Cisneros exchanged glances with the others, and they vaguely guessed something—Gonzalo's friendship with the Archbishop of Lucca was already known to many people, and that Archbishop's teacher, now Pius III, was once known as a "wizard" and had a long history of medicine and herbalism—and that Archbishop alone was able to recover his life from Borgia's poisonous Cantarella, although most people thought it was a miracle, But some people can't help but talk privately that this pope does have unusual methods.

"The Queen has not repented." Cardinal Cisneros gave them the surest reason: "We cannot let our benefactor go to hell. ”

Gonzalo stepped forward and took out a small bottle, the ministers tried to see what was inside, but they only smelled something similar to ouzo, and the small bottle of potion was poured into the queen's lips - Gonzalo gritted his teeth, he was not nervous, this was not the potion he had prepared with Giulio in foresight, but Giulio allocated it to him in order to avoid the battlefield in case, but also told him that it was best not to use it at will unless it was a last resort.

God willing, a moment later, Queen Isabella's eyelids trembled slightly—she woke up.

This is a woman who dared to rebel against her brother and monarch at the age of eighteen, not only refused the marriage partner appointed by her brother, but also ran all the way from Castile to Aragon, and then married Prince Ferdinand, and after marriage, brazenly fought with her brother's daughter, her niece, for five years, and snatched the throne from the latter, she seems to have had a determination and determination that many men do not necessarily have since she was a girl—almost as soon as she opened her eyes, she understood her situation, She first ordered Gonzalo to take over command of the royal army, put Toledo under the control of the army, and ordered several credible lords to arrest her husband Ferdinand (this was unsuccessful, Ferdinand fled), but then Isabella I informed the people of the royal capital and Cotter (the Spanish parliament) that the royal daughter Juana had returned to Spain, and ordered Juana to attend the parliament on her behalf, as well as the public mass at the Cathedral of Toledo. Even the eldest daughter Eleanor, born to Juana, and her eldest son Charlie were carried by her to her dormitory and strictly protected.

When she had done this, Queen Isabella fell again, this time not getting up again, but to her great relief, her daughter, who was not at all like her, did not ask either her father Ferdinand, nor her husband Philip, but tried to do everything she proposed, and it was evident that Juana was still a little rusty and nervous, but it was quite commendable compared to the crazy girl of the past.

This illustrious woman eventually died in November 1504, and before her death she generously bestowed on every minister who remained loyal to her and her heirs while she was in a coma, especially Cardinal Gonzalo, who was made Duke of Terranova and Governor of Naples, and who arguably had a third of Castile's army under his control, and Cardinal Cisneros, who had the responsibility of teaching the new queen and directing the cabinet and parliament, it is clear that The two of them divided the military power and power of Castile.

Ferdinand II and Philip may be able to return to Juana in the future, but if they want to continue to manipulate the new queen of Castile as their father and husband as they please, they will taste the pain of their former servants and courtiers.

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Christopher. Columbus, anxiously guided by his courtiers to his familiar hall—it was not the first time he had seen the queen of Castile, but it was the wise and resolute queen Isabella I, who trusted him deeply, and not ......

Juana I.

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