The crown of the princess Juana was crowned in the Cathedral of Toledo on the Sunday of Advent by Cardinal Cisneros, and the papal envoy paid her special tribute and congratulations, but when he returned, he told Pius III that her majesty looked rather emaciated, in addition to being too young, but he did not know whether it was because of the loss of Queen Isabella, or because her father and husband were almost on the verge of a life-and-death duel in front of her.

Yes, General Gonzalo and Cardinal Cisneros were most worried than Ferdinand II of Aragon and Philip the Crown Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, both of whom had asked Queen Juana to rule Spain together, and yet, while the results were still worrisomely swinging, the armies of Aragon and the Holy Roman Empire were already fighting on Spanish soil – which was infuriating and ridiculous.

As for Juana, when these two men were only at the mercy of her as a tool and as a bargaining chip, she tried her best to get the slightest love, and even then, they were as stingy as a well in hell, Juana thirsted for water, and they gave her only a scorching flame; Now, they are desperate to seek her favor - the father uses affection as bait, and the husband pays for love...... It's just that what they didn't expect was that Juana, who was once called "the most childlike child" by Giulio, had the innocence of a child and the cruelty of a child, and when she found out that what she had been looking forward to (and even went crazy for) was just a stone's throw away from her overnight, she lost interest.

As soon as she found that she no longer needed them, something inherited from her mother awakened in the depths of her body - although General Gonzalo and some of the ministers were very disgusted by the acts of war between Aragorn and the Holy Roman Empire, she seemed to be enjoying a wonderful drama - whether it was the victory of Aragorn or the victory of the Holy Roman Empire, she did not care, with a childish cruelty mentality, as soon as the fighting between the two sides subsided a little, she began to write letters, send messengers, or spread rumors- If Aragorn had the intention of withdrawing, she confided in her father for support; If it was the Holy Roman Empire who was hesitant, she called "my dear husband" again.

The ministers of Castile did not approve of this child's play, but just before they could try to prevent their new queen from playing this trick, a jaw-dropping news came that Ferdinand II had fallen from his horse in battle, broke his thigh bone, and died of infection and fever; Then Philip contracted typhoid fever and died after struggling for more than ten days.

Now, Aragon and Castile are truly united, and the mad Juana who is despised and ridiculed by everyone becomes Queen Juana I of Spain.

Her eldest son, Charlie, is now only four years old, her youngest son is waiting to be fed, and the only direct blood relative is her younger sister Catherine, who is married far away in England, and for at least twenty years, no one will threaten her rule in the name of orthodoxy.

Even Catherine now had to accept the favor of her sister, whom she had always despised and hated—because Henry VII had been commissioned by Ferdinand II to put Juana, who had been shipwrecked and exiled to Penzance, under house arrest at Castle of Vinza, and he thought it difficult to make peace with Spain again, so his youngest son Henry declared that he did not agree to the marriage contract with Catherine, or Juana sent envoys to mediate with England in every way (mainly to prove that he still loved this sister very much), finally retained Catherine's position as Princess of Wales.

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Gonzalo, who had been waiting for Toledo, was suddenly disappointed, no, no, no, he didn't mean that he wanted to fight. But he never imagined that the two biggest threats to Juana would actually kill themselves - and the little girl, who was not optimistic about the same as the queen, was willing to listen to the opinions of the ministers, especially Gonzalo, although she was still a little crazy after becoming the queen. Perhaps because Gonzalo had a close and good relationship with the true saint in her heart, the living saint, she treated Gonzalo more kindly than Cardinal Cisneros, much to the dissatisfaction of the narrow-minded cardinal.

However, the cardinal is not a bad man, and he knows what to do, and they may fight over small things, but if anyone tries to sow discord between them, they will unite with each other, and anyone who tries to pull them down and replace them will be attacked twice - Cardinal Gonzalo and Cisneros are well aware that the Queen appointed the two of them because they were one of the few people in the Spanish court, and if they lost the Queen's support, they would immediately have nothing.

Thankfully, Gonzalo had made the right bet this time, and when he left Rome in a hurry, he was just a single ordinary man who had been deprived of his position and title, and no one cared about him, but when he returned to Rome, he was already Duke of Tranova and governor of Naples, and he was greeted as if he were a prince - he had come as an emissary to Queen Juana of Spain, and in addition to meeting the Pope, he had brought three times the tribute of the previous year.

The problem is that Pope Pius III's face is not much better, and the triple tribute comes with an impertinent request - Queen Juana wants Julio to do so. When the Medici went to Spain, she could get Cardinal Cisneros to relinquish his place and make Giulio her Archbishop of Toledo.

Gonzalo felt that Pius III would definitely make a "Get out!" The word had been brewing in his throat for a long time, and if it had been not Gonzalo but Juana standing before him—perhaps he would have roared so loudly—the request had been rejected without hesitation, and, had it not been for Gonzalo's quick resign, he would have felt that the Pope would have picked up something and thrown it at his head.

"I say," Gonzalo complained to Giulio, "that the Holy Father probably did not know that our Majesty's first thought was to build you a church, attached to a convent, as big as the new St. Francis of Assisi, and perhaps even greater, for your ......."

"But," said Giulio. "I still seem to be alive, right?"

"That's what we said." Gonzalo spat out bitterness: "You don't know, how much effort we have took, I mean, Cardinal Sisneros and I finally got His Majesty to dispel this idea - Sisneros was originally a little jealous of you, but when he saw it this way, he sympathized with you and met such a ...... Such a ......" Gonzalo really did not want to say anything excessive, after all, it was his benefactor's daughter and his queen: "In short, I will make it difficult for you, Bishop. ”

"If you really think so." Julio said quietly: "Don't take my things secretly, I have to use them, and when I pull the drawer, I find that the quill and parchment are gone, do you know how embarrassing it is?" He said distressedly, "Is there any difference between those things and the ones in your drawer?" ”

"Uh......"

"You don't really think that's sheltering anything, do you?"

"Whoa......

“……”

"It's better than ordinary parchment and quills...... Gonzalo muttered.

Julio stared at him for a moment, and realized that he meant it. However, later generations often have similar thoughts - just take it, it's always beneficial and harmless anyway, what if it really works?

It's better than building him a church.

"I can also triple the tribute." Gonzalo observed Giulio's face and hurriedly said.

"I don't want tribute." "I've recently discovered some strange plants — from the same place as tobacco, I remember the ...... Christopher. Mr. Columbus, it seems, is the captain who brought back these plants, and if possible, I need more samples, and if there is anything else that is not available here, he can bring it to me. ”

"What plant?" Gonzalo asked curiously.

"It's withered." Giulio took out a picture album from a box, Gonzalo took it and opened it, and inside was a plant in various forms, Giulio outlined it with thin black lines, painted with bright mineral graphite, from oval leaves to white petals, flowers with golden-red stamens, to brown fruits buried in the ground.

"Isn't this the 'root' of the devil?" Gonzalo shouted.

"How do you say that?"

"Its fruit grows in the ground, and the skin is like the skin of a leper."

"Sweet potatoes are also born in the ground, and they don't look very good," said Giulio, "and I see you are having a good time." ”

"It's also said to be poisonous." Gonzalo suddenly seemed to understand something: "But I've also heard that it seems to have that ~ effect." "He has a handsome and dignified face, which means that once he is obscene, he is simply impossible to look at......

"Can you?" Giulio didn't bother to explain that people in this era don't have a low bottom line for the bed, but no bottom line at all.

Can you imagine that formal royal sex education begins at the age of four?

"Yes." Gonzalo said, rolling up the album and tucking it into his sleeve. It suddenly occurred to Giulio that there was nothing wrong with letting them hold them as holy objects, at least not for Gonzalo to keep them in his codopes (the cloth that covered his crotch) - a strange male ornament that had been in vogue since Giulio's father's time and had become so much so that it could almost be used as a small pocket.

It's just poisonous to the eyes.

Gonzalo, of course, did not know what Giulio was scolding in his belly, and he patted his sleeve contentedly, enough for his Majesty to stay on the throne until Lent.

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