Father Valencia, Caesar. Borgia was surprised when he opened the door and saw Giulio.

He admires Giulio's intelligence and composure, and he is jealous of his intelligence and composure, and so is his dissatisfaction.

Caesar was originally a raging, arrogant and impatient young man, but he and his father were always amiable and mild-mannered Rodrigo. Borgia, like him, was extremely good at disguise, and his appearance was as beautiful and quiet as an angel, so many people were deceived into believing that he was a trustworthy and relatable person. This was true of both the Medici and Terra of Perugia, and within a few days they were inseparable from Caesar.

Joshua. Lovere's temperament was odd, and Caesar knew that although he was nominally a pupil of Bishop Picomini, he was in fact a sensitive pawn he had prepared, and Caesar had already learned a lesson at the hands of Bishop Picomini, and certainly would not make a mistake again easily.

Among these teenagers and children, Julio was the most loved and valued by Caesar, but as a true student of Bishop Picromini, Giulio obviously also had the sophistication that ordinary children could not possess in interpersonal interactions, he did not have the curiosity, rebellion and laziness of children of his age, he had his own plans in mind, and could complete them in an orderly manner, ignoring all external temptations, he was good at thinking, good at writing and handicraft, alert and resourceful. He either ignored Caesar's bait or, as he did with Lucrea, forced Caesar to abandon his original plan.

It was the first time they had seen each other alone in private since leaving Assisi, and it was Giulio who came to him, not him to Giulio.

"This one is for Lucresia."

"What is it?" Honey cake or fresh fruit? Because the thing was packed in a small basket, it was also covered with white cotton cloth, and it was heavy to carry it, he stretched out his hand to uncover the cotton cloth, and the things inside moved first, and then Caesar was also frightened, and his first reaction was that the basket contained a poisonous snake, which was also the assassination method often used by people at this time, but fortunately, just before he did anything irreparable, there was a soft and dull ...... "meow" from the cotton cloth.

A cat emerges from the cotton, with a cute round face, a white body, black stripes, and eyes as clear and round as Lucresia's.

The cat was pampered by Lucrecia, who held it tightly all the time, and the cat was unusually docile, and the five-year-old girl's arms were not as stable as those of an adult, so the cat stretched out its two front paws and hugged her neck.

"Honey, are you going to give it a name?" The nurse asked.

"Julio!" Lucrecia said without thinking.

"Uh...... My little lady," said the nurse, after a moment's hesitation, "perhaps we should call it...... Little Snorr, isn't that a cute name? "Don't talk about the others, Lucrecia's brother has a Giulio from the Medici next to him. At that time, cats did not use human names, and most of them did not have names, and even if they did, they were adjectives and nouns such as "little flame", "little paws", and "nettle gray" that could match the cat's coat color and shape.

Lucretia didn't speak,

Compared to the boys of the San Canti family in Foligno, her second husband looked rude and disgusting, he was dressed in new silk, fur clothes, and a gold belt, he was fatter and taller than his peers, he already had a hazy perception of women, but this perception could not reduce his innate badness, or even exacerbate it, and when he lay under the sheets with Lucrecia, he reached out and grabbed Lucrea's face, arms, and legs, leaving marks on her tender skin, When Lucrecia cried out, his father scolded him, but the boy was not at all ashamed of his actions, grinning, and viciously pulling Lucrea's hair when the ceremony was over and the Witnesses left.

Lucretia did not want to get along with her nominal husband at all, the boy's father was busy with affairs, and the boy's mother doted on her youngest son so much that she did not feel that her child was acting rudely, and watched him run after Lucrecia with a smile: "Oh. When her husband asked, she said nonchalantly, "Their relationship is wonderful." ”

But one day, when the boy and his friends or his entourage were chasing Lucrecia on a daily basis, the cat suddenly jumped out and scratched him in the face. The boy shouted angrily, vowing to catch the cat and burn it and skin it, which he almost did, if it weren't for Lucrecia penetrating his hand with a pin.

The matter was resolved after twenty days. Borgia personally picked up his daughter, and during these twenty days, no one knew what had happened, and Lucrecia had lost a lot of weight and was reluctant to talk to anyone.

In the face of Caesar's questioning, Rodrigo simply stood up and untied the sacred vestment, and then the long white robe inside, and on his body you can find almost all the damage that people are now capable of inflicting - burns and scalds from the oil, piercing wounds from the rapier, cuts from daggers, dents that mean heavy blows from hammers or flails...... "The price is always necessary." The cardinal said meaningfully that Lucretia was lucky to have met the kind Santa Kanti family before, and that more people, even allies, would be full of malice towards Borgia, even if it was just a baby, and having the surname Borgia meant that he was burdened with a great sin.

This time Luclaycia was only imprisoned, and the next time it was likely to be scourging, punishment or death, no one could control their fate, and the only thing they could do was to make the surname more magnificent, and lay the foundation of the throne with their victory and fame, and one day their friends and enemies would bow at their feet.

Lucretia hugged him tightly as soon as she saw him, and she didn't cry, though Giulio preferred that she would have been able to cry as freely as she had before.

Julio led her into his room: "I'll show you something." ”

Lucrecia pursed her lips and shook her head resolutely.

"You're going to love it." Giulio said.

Lucrecia wanted to say that she would never like it, she didn't want a gift anymore, she didn't want it anymore. But Giulio bent down and pulled out a large cat with contrasting coats from the basket hidden under the window.

The cat was still sleeping, and it was brought out without permission and made it meow in protest.

Lucresia's eyes widened, and she looked at the cat closely, yes, it was her Julio: "They said they caught it and showed me its skin." ”

"Well, it's clear that they lied." Julio smiled and said, "He's a very smart cat. ”

When Julio heard this, he immediately screamed vividly, even if the female human suddenly cried and pounced and stuck it between the two of them, almost squeezing out a large plate of cheese that it had eaten at noon, it didn't care so much.

Lucrecia was exhausted from crying, and Giulio gave up his room to let her sleep with the cat.

His martial arts instructor was waiting for him outside, feet crossed and arms folded over his chest, winking at Julio when he saw him.

"You remind me of your father."

Julio paused: "I haven't seen him. ”

"He was admired by women all over Florence." "The fighter" said, "The woman who wants to marry him is as dense as the stars, if not ...... He died at the age of twenty-five. ”

They returned to the Fighter's room, where Julio had to grieve for the night, but he didn't mind, like any child, he wanted to get to know his father.

However, when it comes to Giuliano's death, "The Fighter" refuses to go deeper than his sacrifice for a despicable plot, promising to tell him everything when Giulio is older, and to his much surprise, Giulio meekly accepts and doesn't ask any more questions.

"Sometimes I don't think you're like a kid." "Fighter" said that like Lucretia, like Giuliano, the average child would do something impulsive, and it is not surprising that he used to be like that.

"Do you think it's good or bad?" Giulio asked.

"I feel good, my dear," said the "fighter," "the world is sinister. ”

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Rodrigo watched his son walk out of the room before he sat down and covered his eyes and forehead.

His secretary Duarte. Brendao gave him fifteen minutes of understanding, then knocked softly on the door.

"Is there anything important?" Rodrigo asked.

"There's a piece of information." Blandao whispered, handing the cardinal the note sandwiched between a Bible. "Maybe it's just a small thing, but as you said, we need to be vigilant."

Christopher. Columbus? Rodrigo read the note and frowned in confusion: "Sounds like a Genoese, a Genoese, what's wrong?" ”

He tried to prove it. After receiving this information, Blandao investigated the man further: "He said that if the earth is indeed a circular sphere, then it is possible to reach China and India from east to west, and if so, this route will be closer than the route from west to east......"

"Declare this man a heretic," said Rodrigo, "and burn him to death." As he spoke, he threw the note onto the table, as if he could already see the flames rising.

"But ......"

"How?"

"He seems to have gained Queen Isabel's trust."

Rodrigo groaned, Queen Isabel of Castile was a quick-witted, strong-willed woman, with courage and talent not inferior to men, and she was also a devout believer, in order to expel the pagans from the Iberian Peninsula, she had been fighting since her accession to the throne, in addition, her marriage to Prince Ferdinand of Argonne also united Castile and Argonne into a country almost equal to Portugal, Columbus was a small person, But Queen Isabel deserves Rodrigo's caution.

"Laugh at his plans," Rodrigo said, "tarnish his reputation, steal his crew, whatever you want...... In short, you can delay as much as you can. ”

"Yes, my lord." Brendao said, but Rodrigo was keenly aware that he had something else to say.

"Is it correct to say that the earth is round?" Brendao asked boldly.

"Of course," Rodrigo nodded, "the sea level is proof." Although it is still a deference, as soon as someone completes a circumnavigation of the world, he will be able to prove it immediately. He leaned back in his chair and crossed his fingers: "But this is a mortal mistake, not God's, and we may correct it decades or centuries later, but until then, all those who dare to question it, or who want to question it, are heretics who deserve to be burned to death." ”

Rodrigo took care of the matter and picked up the papers on the table again.

King Henry VII of England will marry Elizabeth of the House of York at Westminster Abbey on January 8 next year, before which he hopes to be crowned first, which is a bit too hasty, but Rodrigo can understand that if he is crowned after the marriage, some people will think that Henry VII's crown is obtained from his wife, and before that it is more orthodox to show his legitimacy, he exchanged 50,000 gold pennies for the permission of the Holy See and the Pope, Rodrigo thought about it for a long time, and added some necessary expenses, The following year was the wedding of Innocent VIII's illegitimate son Francesk, and the Pope must have wanted his son to have a glorious and extravagant celebration.

Also, the bride of the Medici, the Madeleine. Advance. Lorenzo. The Medici would come to Rome a year in advance, not only to avoid the destruction of some well-intentioned people, but also to familiarize her with the climate and environment here, so as not to suddenly fall ill.

Born in 1473 and only thirteen years old when the spring of 1486 came, Madeleine went to the Palazzo della Silver, where she visited her brother Joe and her cousin Giulio. Medici.

She hadn't seen Julio before. The Medici, who was only five years old when Giulio was born, was being watched by her nurse in a separate room. Later, because Florence was still in turmoil, several children were scattered and raised, until she returned to the Medici mansion. The Medici were entrusted by her father to Bishop Picromini. She had heard a little specious talk from the whispers of the nurse and the maid, and she had guessed the countenance of her twin brother from Consterna's face, but it was not until she met Giulio that she realized how ridiculous her imagination was.

Giulio and Constena's faces are not similar, he is more beautiful, and the color of his eyes is more pure and bright, when Madeleine sees him, he has just finished the training course of "Fighter", the exercise makes his cheeks as bright as roses, he hugs Madeleine, his arms are still slender but vaguely have a terrifying rudimentary shape.