There is nothing to say about Henry VIII, a brutal but holy monarch, although the Protestant sect was in full swing before, but like Henry VIII, as a king, he declared himself the supreme religious leader of England...... He was the first, and probably the last, and the haughty king had probably been troubled all his life by the question of his heir.

Henry VIII was not so crazy at first, he married his brother's wife Catherine of Aragon at the age of sixteen, although his wife was several years older than him, but the young man loved the plump fruit, and there was a tender and sweet time between them, until more than twenty years later, Catherine gave birth to several children for Henry VIII, but there was still only one daughter alive, the future Bloody Mary. Henry VIII, who was nearly forty years old, finally began to panic, and his eyes frequently fell on young noblewomen, but a king can have countless lovers, but in order for their children to have the right to inherit, they must have a marriage recognized by the church, otherwise after a hundred years of Henry VIII, the court of England will definitely be in turmoil.

Later, as recorded in history, in order to break Catherine's marriage contract with himself, Henry VIII did not hesitate to completely cut off contact with the Roman Church, and he established himself as a Protestant church, and became the head of the church himself—this incident shook the whole Christian world, because there were kings who regretted that they did not have their own heirs, but they all finally decided to leave the matter to his widows and ministers to solve- Generally speaking, they will go back to their roots and find another king, or son of a king, who is affirmed by canon law and succession.

But Henry VIII is like this, and no one else can blame him, but his behavior after that cannot help but make people wonder - the death of the second queen, Anne Boleyn, can be said to be because she was too frivolous and did not give birth to a son, so after Jane Seymour, Queen Seymour has already bore a son to Henry VIII, but he does not seem to be satisfied from it, because Queen Seymour died in the birthing bed, and he married Anne of Cleves, and Anne became the king's "sister" within a few months of marriage. Henry VIII's wife was replaced by the glamorous Catherine Howard, but soon after, Catherine Howard was executed for adultery like Anne Boleyn, and the king's queen became a widow, Catherine Parr.

In the end, with the exception of Anne of Cleves and Catherine Parr, who did not actually wear the crown, four of Henry VIII's six queens died – even Catherine of Aragon, who died alone in the convent, and the official article described the queen as depressed due to old age and serious illness, but ......

"But wizards know otherwise. The tall and thin dark wizard said happily, "You often say that everything is arranged by God, and we say that everything is arranged by Merlin, but in fact, only fate can control everything—you have heard some legends," he turned to Queen Mother Mary, "In your legends, there are often witches who can see at a glance the fate of someone, especially the big ones, because the traces they have left in the long river of time are very thick and indelible, and there are women— The main thing is marriage and children," he gestured: "It's not a lie, it's just ......" He paused suddenly: "In short, someone like Henry VIII will be told that he will die unless he ......"

"Say whatever you want. Queen Mary cried out unhappily.

"English wizards also have a long history, Merlin is theirs," said the tall and thin dark wizard, "they must have some means that we don't know, but as far as Boss once guessed, the heir of Henry VIII was to be exchanged for noble blood," he smiled, and this smile made everyone present shudder, "Of course, if you want to say that the sacrifice on the altar, flesh is better than no flesh, the living is better than dead, and the noble is better than the low," he touched his chin. " At that time, in England, in addition to the king, the most honorable person was the queen, who used Catherine of Aragon, a glorious bloodline as the first sacrifice, but unfortunately it was not enough, so there was Anne Boleyn. The painful death of Anne Boleyn finally led to Queen Seymour's birth of a son...... Queen Seymour is the third. ”

"So you're talking nonsense," Patinho interrupted, "and what about the queens after that?"

The tall and thin dark wizard only shrugged his shoulders: "Obviously, Henry VIII knows the marrow, and he also wants a Duke of York." ”

Juan Patinho lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "In the end, the prince didn't live long. ”

"Henry VIII died too soon," said the tall and thin dark wizard, "and he was too greedy, and if he was willing to pass on the sacrifice of the other two crowns to his sons, no, it should be said that Anne of Cleves of the Holy Roman Empire would have been accompanied by a wizard, and she would have decided so happily to give up the position of queen, so that Henry VIII would have to let her go, but then Catherine Howard would not have had that kind of luck, Catherine Parr was a lucky one......"

"Henry VIII is still in time, that's what you mean. ”

"Otherwise, although she was very rich, Henry VIII did not care how much dowry his queen should have, she had been married twice before, and her face was bleak, and when the king decided to marry her, she was negotiating marriage with Thomas Seymour, and people were surprised at the time, because she was really not the type that Henry VIII would like. ”

The tall and thin dark wizard went back to Carlos II's room, and after the Queen Mother Mary and the others looked at each other for a moment, she smiled contrivedly: "What a nonsense, isn't it, everyone?" ”

No one answered her, and she didn't need to answer, everyone in the room, including Duke Don Juan, hoped that Carlos II would be no less than other kings in terms of health and longevity, because if Carlos II died without an heir, it meant that foreign powers would directly replace them with a new king, and everyone in the room would do the same. The Archbishop of Toledo whispered, "This is the devil tempting us. "But they also knew that this was only the last struggle of immense weakness, and from the first day they invited the Dark Wizard into the court, they were doomed to not be able to get out of the mire.

Queen Mother Maria and Juan Patinho glanced at each other, and they only found it tricky, not relieved, to the current Carlos II - because they wanted a docile but healthy puppet at first, not a crazy but short-lived "king", Carlos II's teachers praised the young king for his superhuman intelligence, which he was able to catch up with in just a few years of hard work, but this ...... This wisdom only made Carlos II aware of his power but not his obligations, and he was like a naughty child who deliberately acted mischiefly because he knew his position well.

He did not come back obediently according to the orders of the Queen Mother, but José Patiño and Alberoni, who accompanied him, mixed mandala in his wine and poured him into numb before being shipped out of Versailles, because he insisted on marrying the Grand Marshal, Mary, but not to mention that the French did not have much sincerity, and it was difficult for the Spaniards to agree to sell Friesland to France, after all, after the Flanders owned by the Spaniards were shamelessly taken away by the French, Spain had only one foothold in the Low Countries.

Only a few people know that the biggest disadvantage of this marriage is that the Spanish royal family will not have an orthodox heir until at least four or five years later, and the situation of Carlos II has been up and down, and the unfortunate lady-in-waiting...... The Queen Mother and others really have little confidence to ensure that the next child will be healthy.

Perhaps Carlos II realized this, for in return José had indeed matured completely, and she was ready to become a wife and mother, and if Carlos II's wife had been her, perhaps in a few months they would have heard the good news—"a few more ladies for His Majesty." "Tell me, child," said the Queen Mother, "Tell me, child," she said to José kindly, "what is the appearance of the Grand Marsso of France?"

To be precise, the Queen Mother is no longer going to prepare a noble lady for Carlos II, the last one is a relative of Patinho, who can make sacrifices for the sake of Spain, but it is difficult for others to say, as for those lowly commoners, small nobles, no one will pay attention to how many deaths - she may also be like Henry VIII...... If you want to talk about status, who can compare to the princess of Habsburg?

"It is said that Princess Celestia Antonia is already a mature woman. Queen Mary said that since the men were reluctant to speak, she should give in as a mother: "Since Leopold I intended to advance the marriage...... Ladies and gentlemen, then I would be happy to grant his wishes. She said, looking calmly at the ministers and bishops, that if it was for the sake of the Habsburgs, for the Habsburg blood to continue in Spain, for her to marry her father-in-law and uncle, and for her daughter to marry her uncle Leopold I, then her granddaughter should also be able to accept her fate.

This was the fate of the Habsburg princess - she said this as she involuntarily clenched her handkerchief, and there had never been a time when she was more jealous of her stepdaughter, Queen Theresa of France, who was also a Habsburg princess, but how lucky she was, a husband who respected and protected her, two healthy and lovely children, and heard that she was pregnant again......

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When the marriage negotiations between the crown prince of Prussia and the daughter of the Duke of Orleans of France were in full swing, the marriage negotiations between King Carlos II of Spain and the daughter of the Holy Roman Empire Leopold I, the eldest princess Antonia, were also officially put on the agenda, and this matter undoubtedly had to be granted by the Pope of Rome, because the groom was old enough, but the bride was still far behind, but between Leopold I claimed that the eldest princess was already a woman- The marriage was not without the possibility of a turnaround, so while the lord was still happily savoring the sweetness of love and youth, Antonia, who was seven years younger than her, had already been sent on a ship to Spain.

For an eight-year-old girl, her marriage was a purgatory, and her wedding night was spent in bed with a devil, and it is said that the witnesses in the room turned their heads and could not bear to witness the horror of the scene, even though the Queen Mother Maria and the Archbishop of Toledo had warned Carlos II not to really do anything to his bride...... But the beast had never intended to keep his promise, and after he had attempted to be pulled away a second time, he howled angrily and furiously, believing that he had the right to do anything to his bride.

Philip, Duke of Orleans, who had learned of this a few days later, looked at the torn off sheet as evidence, and felt as cold as the former lord of the county, and ran into the king's room, knelt at Louie's feet, kissed his brother's face, and almost caused Louis to roll over from his chair - "What's wrong with you?" Louis asked, and although the brothers were close, they were now grandfathers...... Philip can still do that...... Well, he touched his face suspiciously, wondering if his brother was playing a prank on him, not to mention, after the situation relaxed, not only him, but even Philip became more careless than when he was a teenager.

Philip is hard to say if others dare to play tricks on the king, and at the last dinner, he also shared a piece of white sausage with yellow mustard for the king.

"I'm lamenting," said the Duke of Orleans, "that you are sometimes not so much like a king." ”

"Whoever said that, there are always people who complain that I am too kingly, and because of it, I don't like it. Louis said, "But I see, you are for that." "Of course he had seen that information, but he had seen it farther than the Duke of Orleans.

"Yes. Said the Duke of Orleans.

"That's why, if there was the slightest possibility, I didn't want Mary to marry in Spain. Louis said, "Well, in a few minutes my head of the Special Guard and my Imperial Physician Vesalius will come and tell me what I have discovered, so you can listen to it too." ”

The opinion of the French wizards was no different from that of the Spanish dark wizards, and although the ordinary wizards were not as proficient in those evil spells as the dark wizards, the large families would know at least a little, and they took turns sniffing, tasting and magically testing the broken sheets stained with blood and bodily fluids, confirming that Carlos II might not live more than five years, seven to eight years at most.

"Is it possible, then, for him to conceive children?" asked the Duke of Orleans.

"Yes. "But you must know that in order to make such a sick person healthy, they must have used a lot of bad blood—werewolf or vampire blood, and wizards have tried it before, after all," he implicitly said, "who doesn't like strong, youthful, and long life, but the worst effects are soon to come, as you can see, werewolf blood can make people go berserk, and vampire blood can make people crazy......" He spread his hands: " Otherwise, now you will have to switch places with us. ”

Vesalius coughed.

Last time, a reader didn't quite understand why Frederick skinned the sausages - I'm here to spend my mother.

The sausage, called Munich or Bavarian bratwurst, is made from veal, pork fat, smoked pork and spices such as chopped onion, parsley, cardamom and, in particular, roasted veal scalp.

Similar to Frankfurter sausages, they are usually blanched in hot salt water, removed from the casing, dipped in slightly sweet yellow mustard, and served with Brezel and white beer for an authentic South German breakfast. When making sausages, the fat is more refined than lean meat, usually using pork back fat, which has the advantage of light smell, sufficient hardness and high melting point, the fat will not melt when stirred at room temperature, and there will be no graininess or paste when eaten cold.

I put a picture of the white intestine in the Easter egg chapter...... Everyone, you must have had dinner...... 1603370318