Chapter 983: Another Pope

"Hello uncle!" When Zhao Hua heard his father's words, he shouted to Condra very obediently, Zhao Hua is a mixed-race child, not only beautiful, but also physically stronger than ordinary children, almost not sick along the way, and a child of the same age is a head taller, looking like a six or seven-year-old child.

"Uncle? Agnes, are you married? Hearing this, Condra couldn't help but be stunned and asked, although he hadn't seen him for a few years, but in Condra's heart, Agnes was still the little girl who didn't know anything back then, but he didn't expect that she was not only married now, but also that her children were so old, this huge contrast made him a little uncomfortable for a while.

"Yes, this is my husband, Zhao Jia, the son of the king of Song Yue, and Hua'er is our child!" Agnes said softly, and when it came to family matters, it was even more difficult for her to harden her heart.

"Great Song? Are you from that far-flung land? Condella couldn't help but look at Zhao Jiadao in shock when he heard Agnes's words, Dong Zhong was exiled to Europe and was taken in by Henry IV, although Dong Zhong was Agnes's teacher, but he also met with Condela often, which also made Condra also have some understanding of the Great Song.

"Yes, Agnes was forced by your two good brothers to flee Europe, and in the end she was taken away and sold as a slave, if I hadn't happened to meet Agnes, the consequences would have been unimaginable!" Zhao Jia said with a cold expression at this time, Agnes was soft-hearted and didn't want to say something, but he didn't have this scruples, you must know that he didn't have any good feelings for his two eldest brothers.

Seeing Zhao Jia accusing himself so mercilessly, Kondla's face turned red with shame, but as a half-emperor, his cheekiness had already been practiced, otherwise he would not have come to Rome to pretend to be a grandson in a low voice, so I saw that he quickly made a guilty expression and said: "It was indeed me who was wrong back then." But I just wanted to get back what belonged to me, and I never wanted to hurt Agnes, but little Henry was ruthless, and after learning that his father had passed the throne to Agnes, he was determined to kill Agnes, and I sent people to look for Agnes. I just wanted to protect her, but unfortunately I couldn't find it later, let alone fulfill the responsibility of a big brother, and I have been very guilty in the past few years, but now I know that Agnes you are doing well, and I am relieved. ”

When Agnes heard these words of her eldest brother, she couldn't tell the truth of his words for a while, but Zhao Jia was not so easy to fool, after all, it had been so long. It's not that what Condra says is what, not to mention that if Condra really cares about the love of brother and sister, there is a way to take care of Agnes in the first place, where is it necessary for her to flee to the Great Song Dynasty thousands of miles away?

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Jia snorted coldly at the moment: "There is no need to say other nonsense, the throne of the Holy Roman Empire should have been Agnes', and this time we led the army back to help Agnes regain the throne." Since the eldest brother felt guilty about Agnes, it was better to order his army to surrender. And so that we don't have to do it again! ”

"No problem, I'll write to my generals and tell them to lay down their arms and support Agnes as the new Roman Emperor!" Condra said very simply at this time, he is a very rational person, after seeing the strength of the Great Song army, he knows that the army in his hand will definitely not be able to defeat the other party. In addition, even he himself has become a prisoner of the other party, since this is the case, then there should be no more unrealistic delusions, so he also behaved very cooperatively.

"Very well, it seems that the eldest brother and Agnes are indeed brother and sister. I hope that the eldest brother must maintain this attitude. Zhao Jia said with a smile when he heard this, and then he turned to Pascal II and looked at the other party before he spoke, "Your Excellency Priest, my wife is the real heir of the Holy Roman Emperor, and now the empire is in civil strife because of the throne, and it just so happened that my wife rushed back, according to the rules of the empire, is Your Excellency the priest going to hold a coronation ceremony for my wife and declare that my wife is the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire!" ”

"Don't be delusional, don't think that I won't be able to see it, Princess Agnes is indeed the heir to the imperial throne, but she is now controlled by you Orientals, if I declare her emperor, I am afraid that it will not be long before the throne of the empire will fall into the hands of you Orientals, as a Roman priest, I will never allow this to happen!" What Zhao Jia didn't expect was that as soon as his words fell, he was scolded by Pascal II, who was much more backbone than Condra.

"Humph! Toast without eating and eating penalty wine! Don't think that you popes can control the succession of the Holy Roman Empire, in my opinion, you popes are nothing, even without your coronation, Agnes can still be the Empress of the Empire! Zhao Jia was also angered by Pascal II's attitude at this time, originally he was a little dissatisfied with the fact that the emperor still needed the pope to be crowned, because it would cause the emperor's prestige to decline, but in order to pacify Europe as soon as possible, he also decided to temporarily follow the local customs, and it was not too late to weaken the power of the Holy See step by step when he had time in the future, but he didn't expect the other party to not cooperate.

"Young man, this is Europe and not your country, in our place, even if a small baron wants to inherit the territory, it needs the recognition of the Holy See, so if the emperor has not been crowned by the Pope, then he is not the real emperor, and the nobles under him will not obey him in the future, this is the strength of our Holy See!" Pascal II did not back down at this time.

"Hmph, it's just a little priest, I really think I'm the supreme pope, since you don't want to crown Agnes, then I'll abolish you, and find someone who is willing to help us become the pope, anyway, the Holy Roman Empire is not the first to do it." Zhao Jia calmed down at this time, and said disdainfully at the moment, Agnes's grandfather and father did not abolish the pope, so as long as your strength is enough, the pope is just a plaything in the hands of the emperor.

"You dare!" Pascal II was also taken aback when he heard this, and roared angrily, but a little fear flashed in his eyes, if the other party really abolished his papal position, then he would also lose the biggest talisman, maybe the other party would kill himself directly.

"Hehe, why don't I dare?" Seeing the other party's panicked expression, Zhao Jia said more calmly, he came to Europe to break the inherent order here and transform this place into a territory suitable for himself, as for the Holy See, an institution that overrides the imperial power, it is the first shackle he wants to break.

"You...... You can't ......" Pascal II was completely panicked at this time, wanting to make his position clear but didn't know what to say, at this time Zhao Jia didn't bother to waste words with him again, and then waved his hand to let Pascal II go down, the whole of Rome was under his control, and it was not easy to abolish a pope? What's more, he had already known from Agnes that the Pope was actually recommended by the nobles in Rome, and under the threat of butcher's knives, he didn't believe that those nobles would have many hard bones.

"Your Royal Highness, if you want to make another pope, you must pay attention to the fact that among those bishops, there is a man named Maurice, who has secretly taken refuge in my brother Henry Jr., so whoever is the pope can be the pope, but he definitely can't!" Seeing Pascal II being escorted down, Kondra stepped forward again to curry favor and said that only he and Pascal II knew about Maurice's defection to Little Henry, but he still decided to speak out in order to gain Zhao Jia's trust and Agnes's favor.

"Morris? I see, thanks for the reminder! Zhao Jia heard this smile at Condra, and seemed to be very satisfied with his active performance, which also made Condra's heart feel relieved, for his brother-in-law who suddenly appeared, he also felt very difficult to deal with, and what was worse was that he only knew that the other party's troops were very strong, but he didn't know how strong it was, and he didn't know if they had any follow-up moves, which also made him dare not make any rash moves.

A few days later, Princess Agnes led a large army back to Europe, and the news of occupying Rome in one fell swoop spread throughout the European continent, and Condela was also captured alive by Agnes, which also made Condra issue an order to let his army surrender to Princess Agnes, and for a time almost the entire southern part of the Holy Roman Empire fell into the hands of Princess Agnes, of course, this is only in name, Agnes wants to fully master this vast territory, it will definitely take a lot of time to take over and digest.

However, after years of civil war in the Holy Roman Empire, many people in the country were skeptical, and many people doubted the peaceful scene when Henry IV was alive, which also made the news of the return of Agnes, who was the real heir of Henry IV, soon gained the support of many people.

In the face of such a big change, little Henry, who occupies the northern territory of the Holy Roman Empire, also panicked all of a sudden, and didn't know how to deal with it for a while, but someone soon suggested to him that he could take advantage of the fact that Condra was captured now, and Princess Agnes had no time to take over Condra's power, and immediately attack those territories that originally belonged to Condra, and then he would definitely be able to expand his power to the south, and maybe he could completely take over Condra's territory.

After little Henry calmed down, he also felt that this was a good opportunity, so he immediately gathered all the troops in his hands and invaded the south again! (To be continued.) )