"Dear Highness Christina, I wish you a pleasant journey ahead, and allow me to salute you on behalf of the people of Livonia." An old man with a weathered face and a bearded beard, dressed in a Nordic robe, bowed down to a beautiful woman under 30 years old who was about to step into the ornate carriage in front of him.

"Your Excellency Ketler, you are so polite, without your escort, I am afraid that my trip will be ruined by this war caused by the remnants of the Mongol Tatars, God knows how the mighty Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom fought a war that could be swept across most of the country by an army led by a Tatar god stick in less than a year." Christina's tone was full of emotion, both morally and personally, as the former Queen of Sweden who ascended the throne at the age of six was now the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Sweden, Karl X. Gustav's admirers had good enough reason to strongly condemn the Taipings.

Because of the establishment and rise of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Christina was disrupted. Augustus's plans to travel around the countries of Eastern Europe had to cancel his trip to Moscow and the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, and he had to quietly pass like a rat through the cold Livonia region and through the Danzig corridor to the safe Electorate of Brandenburg.

Queen Christina was a well-known 'pacifist' queen, and during her ten years of reign, the Kingdom of Sweden developed well in terms of economy and population, established good trade relations with neighboring countries, and established good personal relations with the powerful of many countries on the continent.

The only drawback was that he spent too much money, and during his reign, he took the initiative to canonize 17 counts, 46 barons, and 428 low-ranking nobles, and sold or mortgaged property worth 1,200,000 yuan to pay their money.

Interestingly, Queen Christina was also a proponent of the feudal system, and during her reign she was extremely bored with the provincial administrative units of the Kingdom of Sweden, which is one of the reasons why she resigned from the throne and handed over the crown of the King of Sweden to her favorite form, Carl X and Gustav.

It's just that Queen Christina did not deny her feelings for Carl X, but she clearly rejected Carl X's marriage proposal, and said that she would never enter the palace of marriage with him.

The reason why Karl X's throne was questioned as unorthodox gave the Polish king an opportunity to take advantage of it was because he had taken over the authority from the previous Swedish king at his own behest, and not the Swedish king who had taken over through regular channels, and of course, most of the nobles of the Swedish kingdom itself had no opinion, they were all descendants of Gustav anyway.

She is such a legendary and headstrong girl, after resigning as the king of Sweden, she began to devote herself to fulfilling her lifelong dream and traveled all over Europe.

With the Swedish royal family behind Christina's illustrious former queen, all she needs to do is make her travels as enjoyable as possible.

For Christina, a woman who has left the political center and has little political significance, but is deeply loved by King Carl X of Sweden, the European countries are naturally unwilling to offend, once Christina is hurt, not to mention that she will not get a penny of benefits, and she will also make enemies of the Swedish kingdom and even the Swedish people out of thin air!

Christina's prestige among the Swedish people is even higher than that of the Swedish nobility, and at the same time, Christina is also a true friend of many powerful nobles of the Swedish Kingdom, and many Swedish nobles have benefited during her reign, and those Swedish nobles do not mind helping Christina when the former queen is suffering.

Because of this, Queen Christina's journey has always been very leisurely, not only is she accompanied by hundreds of servants to serve and protect, but also in every country and place, there are local famous and high-ranking people to personally receive her, and send troops to protect her safety.

Christina has no rights, but her cousin is at the helm of one of the great powers of Eastern Europe!

This kind of effort, which does not cost much, some people are willing to brush the favorability of the Swedish king, and among the European nobles, personal friendship and national interests can be regarded separately, even if they are enemies on the battlefield, as long as the personal relationship is stable enough, the victor can completely release water to let his friends escape safely in the event of defeat, and even let them go when they are captured and send a sum of money.

No one dares to guarantee that they will not fall into trouble one day, so the European nobles often open up a net to leave a way back for themselves, and letting go of a nobleman has little impact on the battle situation, but it is possible that one day in the future, when they are defeated, they will add a friend who speaks for themselves on the enemy side to improve their survival rate.

This is one of the reasons why it is not popular to kill the enemy's captured noble generals on the European battlefield.

"If Your Highness hadn't taken that step, with Your Highness's prestige, the army of the Kingdom of Sweden might have already quelled the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's disturbance of order in Eastern Europe." Old man Ketler smiled.

"No, I'm not too interested in war, my cousin Karl X is more fit than I am to be a king who expands his territory, and I am confident that under his leadership the Kingdom of Sweden will achieve even better, and the friendship that the Livonians have shown me today will soon flow into the ears of my cousin, and it is the only reward I can take care of you."

Christina politely replied that unlike the other local nobles who received Christina, Kertler in front of him accepted Christina's refuge in the war zone and took the initiative to shoulder the security work, and spared no effort to open the door for Christina in Livonia during this period, and now even the nominal suzerainty of Livonia, the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, did not know about Christina's arrival.

Naturally, Christina will not say thank you, let alone measure it with money, and Christina, who was once queen, also knows the reason why Ketler is doing this, so before Christina is about to leave Livonia, she has people spread the news to her cousin.

The Livonians simply wanted not to be poisoned in the possible future invasion of the Swedish army, which was nothing more than a matter of words for the Swedish king.

At this moment, there was a sudden fierce gunfire in the distance, and Ketler, who was satisfied with Christina's reply, couldn't help but change his face, and turned sharply to look at the source of the gunshot, only to see several cavalrymen galloping towards him with panicked faces, shouting:

"The Taiping Dog is here!!

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