Chapter 725: Goodbye
That night, William learned from the Earl Russell, the intelligence director, that Richard had hunted wild boars dangerously, and even from the mouth of Earl Russell, he felt the danger of hunting wild boars at that time.
William, a hunter and leader of hunting culture, was well aware of the dangers of ferocious social animals such as wild boars, and even the bravest knights of the empire shy away from the wild boar herd.
"Plotless! Reckless! ”
Thinking of this, William couldn't help but cry out in annoyance.
"Faller, go to Compiègne tomorrow and bring Richard back to me!" William was right at the time when he was beside Faller. Osborne commanded, and then he said, "No, you go now, and God knows what will happen to Richard, with his fearless nature." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Phalle stooped in order and walked away quickly.
William was not against Richard's use of hunting events to connect with the monarchy, but against unscrupulous bravery and reckless actions, as a noble crown prince, he should prioritize his own safety in the face of dangerous activities such as wild boar herds, rather than rushing to the front line.
"Count Russell, block this news, at least don't let the queen know about it, I don't want her to worry." William firmly admonished Earl Russell, who was kneeling on the ground, with burning eyes, and opened his mouth to command.
Count Russell was a little embarrassed, after all, Empress Urakar's power in the empire was not much more effective than William's, and with the Castile royal family as foreign aid, if the queen asked, he would be in a dilemma.
"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister will do his best to fulfill His Majesty's orders." Looking at William, whose eyes were getting sharper and sharper, Earl Russell's throat moved, and he kowtowed.
"Very well, remember what you said, go down." William nodded with a smile and waved.
Hearing William's words, Earl Russell touched the beads of sweat that did not exist on his forehead, and hurriedly bent down to leave.
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That night, Richard was recalled to the Palace of the Pier by William with "twelve gold medals", and then he was grounded by William, and Richard was not allowed to hold any hunting activities until he left.
To be honest, William's previous order to block the news was useless, as the Empress of the Empire, Uraka herself had an intelligence system, partly the nobles she brought from Castile, and partly the nobles of the Empire and the city who were attached to her, with a large amount of money, the Empress calmly pulled up an intelligence network that was not inferior to William's direct intelligence agency.
Of course, Uraka's intelligence network William is allowed, and as his wife and vice-king, a certain source of intelligence is also needed.
As the queen, Uraka is against hunting, although the Normandy royal family has always been good at hunting, but she is not a supporter of hunting, especially the way of hunting with hunting dogs is too cruel, in any case, shooting is always killing, or there is its cruelty and unacceptable.
On July 18, 1065, Richard was finally freed from his depressive confinement and breathed fresh into the void to embark on his journey to Italy.
This time, the country of Crown Prince Richard was quite grand, not only guarded by the First Legion and the Sixth Legion, but also by many knights of the Guard, including Duke Hubert, William. Morality. Hundreds of nobles such as the Count of Vassy, the Baron of Richmond, Herbert, and the Baron of Saint-Mayor, Dieri, accompanied the shelf.
"Hubert, cousin William, my unsuccessful son Richard is entrusted to you." William led the nobles from Paris all the way to Orleans, and before parting, he faced Hubert and William. Morality. Vasi solemnly entrusted.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will take care of him." Duke Hubert solemnly promised.
"Your Majesty, I will give my life to guard Crown Prince Chad." William. Morality. Vasy also thought William promised after Duke Hubert.
"So I'll leave it to you, I've already explained it, and you two have full authority over everything in Italy."
William smiled with satisfaction.
It's not that William doesn't believe in his son, Richard is still clear that he may be able to govern England or France's territory with ease, but Italy is no more complicated than other places, there are feudal princes, republican city-states, there are church bishops, and powerful daughter-in-law, Marquis Matilda, surrounded by ill-intentioned neighbors, how can a political novice manage such a complicated situation?
At the beginning, even the experienced and warlike Duke Rodrigo could only barely stabilize the situation when he was defending Italy, and this time the country of Crown Prince Richard will inevitably set off another political storm. Morality. It is not okay for a nobleman like Vasi to sit in the town.
The Duke Hubert's abilities were well known to all, not to mention his military ability, but also the political ability he showed in governing the Duke of Anjou, and now Anjou, under the rule of the Duke of Hubert, is not only rich in production, prosperous in commerce, but also greatly developed in the city, and has long been inferior to the territories of Paris and Orleans.
William. Morality. As the eldest heir to Richard and the Count of Blatbon on the Rhine Plain, Vassi took on the responsibility of governing the family domains from the Duchy of Ulster in Ireland to the Blatt on the Rhine, from the Argenton Domain in Normandy to Saluzzo in Italy.
"Richard, stay safe along the way!" William endured the sadness of parting, never shed tears of parting, and waved goodbye to Richard with a straight face.
"I'll take notice, father!"
As Richard's party disappeared from view, it seemed that the entire Norman Empire and Paris had fallen silent, but the upper nobles knew that William was secretly accumulating power.
No nobleman knew why William was like this, and it stands to reason that now that the territory of the Norman Empire has been formed, it will not expand aggressively unless there is an unexpected situation, so what is William's goal? This is the answer that all Norman nobles want to know.
Throughout the Norman Empire, there may have been only a Faller Empire. Close courtiers of the emperor, such as Osborne and Count Russell, knew that William's target was Castile, a country with whom they had forged alliances for decades and had a deep friendship.
Whether it was William's conquest of England or several wars with the Kingdom of France, he had more or less been helped by the Castiers, and now he was completely integrated into the Norman Empire with many Castile nobles.
And this is one of the reasons why William did not reveal his purpose.