Three days have passed since the Great Rebellion, and the palace gates of the Great Palace of Constantinople have been restored, and the servants of the palace have cleaned up the remnants of the war, and the palace now has almost no scars left by the war.

"Your Majesty Regent!" Betak met the Queen Regent Mary in the emperor's back garden and hurriedly stepped aside to salute.

"Is my son in front?"

"Your Highness, His Majesty the Emperor is in front!" The temperament of the Queen Mother Regent Mary is heartbreaking, how dare Betak snub the supreme ruler of the empire, and reply respectfully.

"What is Alexios doing?"

Mary was a little puzzled, her son stayed in the back garden after returning to Constantinople, most of the royal feelings are always so indifferent, but the weak places in her heart also need the warmth of family affection, she wants to see her son more!

"I think Your Majesty is gardening! However, at this time, His Majesty likes to be quiet the most, and the minister did not rush to disturb him. ”

Bertak's words disappointed Mary slightly, but she quickly cheered up, and today she had to give her son a family affair, so that she had to be more festive.

Empress Dowager Mary walked into the place that belonged to the emperor alone, where the empty valley was quiet, with a faint smell, and the garden was full of roses and thorns on the flowers, and the flowers were blooming in the season, and the fragrance was overflowing.

This child may be the right to marry a wife for him, and in two years he may be able to hold a grandson, Mary has experienced such a catastrophe this time, and has a different kind of anxiety in her heart, of course, I hope that the heir will be born as soon as possible.

Alexios stood on a chair, standing on tiptoe and trimming the long crooked branches, a large pair of pincers "creak" and "creak", and although the emperor heard footsteps coming in, he did not look back.

"Alexios, I'm here to see you!" Mary stood for a moment, then finally spoke up.

The emperor turned his head and saw his mother, the Queen Mother Regent, Mary, waiting there quietly, and put down the pliers in his hand in embarrassment.

Alexios was always a little lost in his heart, probably because he couldn't understand the feelings of this mother! The strangeness in his heart made him resist getting too close to the queen mother, and his psychological maturity made him unable to be coquettish like a child.

Mary approached her son, caressed his face gently, and a warm and soft smile infected Alexios' heart, perhaps it was the light of motherhood that illuminated his fading heart, and this was what I really longed for!

"Alexios, you are fifteen years old, how can the great Augustus of the Roman Empire not have a queen worthy of your honorable status, do you think?"

Alexios was a little distracted, and Mary's words caught him off guard, and he was not ignorant of the days when he came to Rome, and his father Manuel had already arranged a family affair for him while he was still alive.

A real political marriage, Princess Agnes, the youngest daughter of King Saint Louis VII of France, but his cheap father-in-law died just as he ascended the throne.

Therefore, France did not rush to send his betrothed princess Agnes over, perhaps there was also a consideration in this, after all, an emperor who could not sit on the throne of Rome was not qualified to marry a princess.

"I remember that Princess Agnes seemed to be eleven years old?" Alexios scratched his head a little about this kind of thing, which was almost unthinkable in the past, and was taken for granted in this day and age, to marry a young girl?

"What does it matter! Her age is not a problem, the key is her bloodline, the power of the French Capet family will greatly increase your influence in Christendom, and your throne can be secured! ”

Mary's words silenced her son, she was right, he was the Roman emperor and was not qualified to pick and choose, and monogamy in the Christian world limited the choices of kings.

The emperor had to marry someone who could bring enough political resources, and Agnes of France could make the royal families of Europe look at the Komnenos in the face.

Rome had too many external troubles, and the power of France could properly contain the Normans and Genoese, which was of great benefit to the stabilization of the Eastern Roman Empire, which was now in civil strife, and the suffering of the people was enough!

"Mother, do as you wish! In a few days I will send someone to France to marry Princess Agnes! ”

The emperor succumbed, even Augustus, who was brave and invincible on the battlefield, could not act arbitrarily, political compromise was a necessary art, and Caesar was also mortal.

Mary looked at her son tenderly, and kissed him lightly on the forehead, without any words, but conveyed the mother's love for her son, Mary's decision was right, although the emperor resisted in his heart, but reason made him calm.

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The city of Lalisha was in a state of commotion, and the Roman warriors suddenly discovered that the emperor was missing after the night had passed, and news of the chaos in the imperial capital had spread from the military camp, which alarmed the lower ranks.

"What are you all doing here? Rearmament war? It's only right to take a good look at those Bulgarian prisoners of war, why did you come to me? ”

Harald, the commander of the Varangian Guard, looked at a group of generals and officers in front of him angrily, they all heard the rumor and ran over to ask, but in fact, the emperor was in a hurry that night, and Harald didn't get any explanation at all.

"General, what really happened to the imperial capital, and there are rebels in rebellion? What is the safety of Your Majesty? ”

Harald's head was so big when he asked him, and what was even more surprising was how the news spread so quickly, if it was someone who cared, this Lalisha might not be so safe.

Although Harald is five big and three thick, he is actually as careful as a hair, and if he doesn't get this kind of thing right, it is a mutiny, he straightened his waist, and his tiger eyes swept around, and the murderous aura was pervasive.

Suddenly, the surroundings were quiet, and the generals were intimidated by his prestige, and no one dared to speak casually anymore, all of them were well-behaved like the little babies next door.

"His Majesty the Emperor did leave Lalisha last night, but the reason has not been explained, so don't worry about it, and go back to the camp to appease the soldiers.

Now there are as many as 80,000 Bulgarians in the city! If they take the opportunity to make trouble at this time and make the situation worse, none of you will be able to explain it when His Majesty returns! ”

Harald threatened and shouted angrily, and finally sent the group away, and as soon as they walked out, Harald's face was gloomy, and he looked at the cloudy sky with a heavy heart.

Nothing else, so many people got the news, how could it be possible if no one made rumors, who is the mole? Bulgarian? Impossible! They have already been defeated and surrendered!