The queen tightened her palace robe and stood at the palace gate in a daze, her forehead against the door frame, the autumn wind blew, and she swept her hair across her face, she forgot to open it, and looked straight at the clouds. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

When the old grandmother reported that the emperor was coming, the old queen came to her senses and turned around and ordered that black tea and snacks be served.

After a while, Elena arrived, and when she saw the queen, she came up and hugged her, and said, "Don't stand here, the wind is too cold." ”

The queen grabbed Elena's wrist and asked, "I heard that Carl is dead?"

Elena was caught off guard and replied dryly: "He died in the line of duty, because he was not married, so the funeral was done by the military." ”

The old queen's gaze drifted away, and her gaze was as dull as if her eyeballs were rusty.

Frederick followed, and heard Elena whisper to the queen about the king's defection. Unexpectedly, the old queen turned a deaf ear, just sat on the sofa tiredly, put her hands on her knees, stared at the black tea and sighed: "Whether he is the real king or the transfer, it is almost the same to me." To put it in detail, the one after being recontracted is even more excessive. Anyway, if he died, I would have lived a few more years. ”

Elena bowed her head and said, "I have handed over the captives to the priests, and after two or three days of questioning, I will be able to find my father's bones and give them a state burial." ”

The old queen seemed to be exhausted, she didn't hear a few words, she took a deep breath for a long time before she sighed heavily, and muttered distractedly: "It's dead, it's all dead." In this way, there is no need to fight for the blood of the head, and there is no need to die of hatred. The scenery and funeral are all blessed people. She caressed Elena's face with a twinkle in her eyes, and whispered softly, "You have to choose someone you like to be with, and being a mill girl is better than living in a cold palace." ”

Frederick remembered that the old king was accustomed to cold and violent management of household affairs, and could not help but sympathize with the old queen's plight.

Elena blushed and beckoned back to Frederick. Frederick was stirring sugar cubes for the two of them, just as he brought the black tea over, put it on the coffee table, straightened up and saluted again: "Your Majesty." ”

The old queen looked up and said, "I remember you." It is said that you have a sideways face and a murderous atmosphere, but I didn't expect to look at it so Sven when you got closer. I have to thank you for bringing down Ferdinand. When are you going back to the fiefdom? I want to reward you well before I leave. ”

While Frederick was still scratching her face, Elena shook her mother's hand, her eyes sparkling and said, "He proposed to me, and I agreed." ”

The old queen was not surprised, she wanted to see how Frederick answered, but she did not expect that Elena was extremely thoughtful, so that the queen did not have the opportunity to examine Frederick's anti-stress qualities. The queen had no choice but to ask Elena casually: "Then did he give up his inheritance?"

"I didn't hesitate at all. Elena lifted her chin triumphantly.

"Your Royal Highness, come here. The old queen raised her eyebrows, and let Frederick take two steps closer, and inquired carefully about his father and grandfather, and by the way, asked about the amount of debt. Frederick answered them one by one and passed the test without a hitch.

"You are my husband's nephew, after you give up the right to inherit, according to the blood, the fief should be inherited by the Habsburg royal family, right?" the old queen finally threw a bombshell, "If the fief is inherited by Elena, she will elevate your fief to a kingdom, and she will be the king herself." After your wedding, Elena will order the Electors to elect you as Emperor of the HRE Empire, and the princes will not be able to start a war under the pretext that women cannot inherit the HRE Crown. That's fine, what do you think?"

Elena tilted her head to look at Frederick to see what he would say.

Frederick felt like she was going to be drained by the two women. Elena wore the two crowns of Bafaria and Habsburg, held all the real power in her hands, and made Frederick a sentimental emperor.

He hunched over and stirred the black tea, put down the small steel spoon, held the black tea to Elena and the queen, and replied seriously: "The crown of the HRE Empire is not easy to come by. The royal family finally repelled the princes who rose up and attacked, and it was better not to discuss the ownership of the crown easily, in case the princes coaxed and buckled the crown on the head of a neutral country, the gain outweighed the loss. ”

He didn't want Elena to inherit Bafaria, he wanted Otto to inherit his ancestral legacy. So he came up with a high-sounding excuse to excuse himself. Because the code of laws believed by the princes did state that "women are not allowed to inherit the HRE crown", the old king just insisted on going his own way, so he fought a war of succession and forcibly fastened the crown on Elena's head. As long as he resigned the queen's kindness, the territory could be left to Otto.

He also knew that the queen was tempting him with the "crown" now, just to trick him into giving away the inheritance. To be honest, even if the "crown" is false, it is also a unique crown, and if you want to be the emperor of the HRE, how easy is it?

The HRE Empire is vast, radiating a total of nine vassal states, a total of nine electors, and Elena's Habsburgs are only the most powerful. When electing the Emperor of the HRE, it is rare to be able to accumulate two votes, and if you want to be the emperor nine times out of ten, you must defeat at least three Mongolian electors and save three votes to succeed.

The so-called "fighting Mongolia" means that it is necessary to beat other countries to take the initiative to negotiate peace, otherwise all the other electors will vote for themselves.

So far, only the royal family has two votes at the same time, Sirisha and Purusha can have two votes in collusion, and the rest of the princes are fighting their own battles.

So Frederick knew that the old queen was nobilizing and elegantly instigating him to be a little white face. So he tried his best to refuse.

But the old queen was indifferent: "If you give up the fiefdom, we can make you the emperor." Because Ferdinand is finished, he is also my husband's cousin, as long as the military warehouse has enough food, Elena dares to declare that she has the right to inherit the throne of Sirisha, and while Sirisha's main army blood is spilled on the court, the dragoons can occupy this black and gold land in one fell swoop, and Elena becomes the king of Bafaria, Sirisha, and Habsburg at the same time. ”

The old queen smiled and stretched out three fingers and shook them in front of Frederick's eyes: "This is the advantage of bloodline, and it is also the great crystallization of marriage diplomacy for hundreds of years. Only a royal family that is good at marriage can produce a 'king of the three nations', that is, Elena, and only the noble lord of the three kingdoms can put her husband on the throne and stabilize the empire once and for all. Then we can keep the crown in Wiener, and no one can use the gender to attack the emperor, then the situation will be more stable, and you will be able to enjoy marriage and go down in history. So dedicating Bafaria to Elena is good for both of you. ”

Frederick felt that the old queen was like a noble diplomat, and she was so eloquent that even if she firmly stretched out her right hand to ask for money, she could whitewash it as if she were giving alms and doing charity. (To be continued.) )