Jeanne of Valois, or Wa Siniang, is a somewhat famous figure in Guo Kang's original world.

She married her husband at the age of five, claiming to be the Duke of Brittany, and officially became a Duchess at the age of eight. Later, her husband was ensnared by a rival family, and she organized the vassals to fight against the enemy, and even successfully kidnapped important people of the other family, forcing the other party to accept peace talks and replace the duke.

At that time, she was a famous figure at the level of a strong woman, and some people believe that her deeds of commanding soldiers and generals are one of the prototypes of the story of Saint Jeanne.

In this world, due to Zhu Yunwen's intervention, the royal family took advantage of Princess Jeanna's lack of formal marriage and replaced his first marriage partner with him. But after the failure of the feudal reduction, everyone obviously didn't want to waste such a princess who could marry. The queen and the Count of Armagnac, who controlled the court, wanted her to "renew her relationship" and marry one of the candidates for her previous marriage, the Duke of Brittany.

However, Princess Jeanne has her own ideas, and she also has the ability to act as if she were not inferior to another world. It may be that she doesn't like the person introduced by her family, or it may be for other reasons - in short, she ran away under the pretext of visiting friends and came to join her daughter and cheap son.

At this moment, Guo Kang fell into an embarrassing situation.

"If we accept her, will we offend the French side?" It was the question that came to his mind first.

"Now there is no 'French side'." Jeanne reminded him: "Our beloved Majestic, madness has worsened. He now thinks he's made of glass and shatters when touched. So he forbade anyone to touch him, and he made some iron bars to try to strengthen himself......"

And the queen ...... She would spend money to maintain her lavish life. It was said that she and her henchmen, in order to maintain a peaceful life, had privately decided to accept the offer of the English, in exchange for the promise of peace for the succession of the kingdom. ”

Of course, many nobles could not accept this situation at all. The whole court is now in chaos, not to mention the Duke of Burgundy who is eyeing him outside. She spread her hands: "At most, the queen will come out to protest." There will be no 'French discontent'. ”

"And what the hell is she here for?" Only then did Guo Kang gradually calm down from the panic of getting into diplomatic trouble: "Borrowing troops? We don't have the capacity right now, and we don't have enough reason to do it. Or was she further persecuted at court? ”

"Then you'll have to ask her yourself." Jeanne shrugged.

Guo Kang fell silent.

"Is there a way?" Theodora raised her eyes, glanced at him, and sighed again.

"Enough scare, right? Don't be so rash next time, or you'll get into trouble. I'll clean up the mess for you......"

"Wait, it doesn't seem that simple." Guo Kang suddenly stretched out his hand to interrupt her.

"What's wrong?" Theodora was a little upset.

"Just now she said the proposal of the English." Guo Kang reminded: "What has been the reason for England and France to go to war? ”

"The question of inheritance." Theodora blurted out, "You thought of it too." ”

"I'm still not very sensitive to this. But then, it makes sense. Guo Kang scratched his head.

"I remember that it was the heir of the king of France, and the king's cousin and nephew had a fight. The French aristocracy refused to inherit the King of England on the grounds of the Salic Act, and the King of England, of course, refused to accept it, so he fought on this ground. ”

"I don't know what their relationship is now, but the England side has been asking the descendants of female members of the royal family to also have the right to inherit, and I should be right to remember that." He turned around and asked Jeanne, "Is it that the British are going to war again?" ”

"What's going on?" Jeanne didn't seem to understand.

"If the English win, no matter how far-fetched their reasons are, how far their blood is, how unconventional their inheritance is, everyone will have to hold their noses and admit it. And unless the king of England is ready to change his court and let the king of France adopt him as an adopted son, no matter how it is operated, it will definitely follow the idea of female offspring inheritance. Guo Kang reminded: "That means that everyone will be forced to abandon the Salik method." ”

"So, since a certain French princess and a descendant of the English royal family have the right to inherit, what about the other princesses? Wa Siniang is also a princess herself. I think she may not only be fleeing, but also fancy this. He judged.

"yes." Jeanne was surprised and said, "It seems to make sense." ”

"According to the royal family, Princess Jeanne is not in a valid marriage right now. But in fact, she did marry King Wu and had a daughter. Theodora said, "There's a lot of room to maneuver here." ”

"That's right." Guo Kang nodded: "She is still the fourth child in the family." In a few years, no matter which nephew on both sides of Britain and France becomes the king, she can start the Jingnan War and teach her eldest nephews a lesson as the fourth aunt......"

"Huh? Is that some casus belli? Theodora didn't understand what he meant.

"Uh...... It's that she can clear the king's side. Guo Kang explained: "When the time comes, it will be said that the Burgundian and Amagnacs are bad people and have kidnapped the king." She wants to purge the traitors of these kings. This is a commonly used casus belli. ”

"Well, if it is for the sake of actually holding the power of the state, it seems to make sense. Now the French nobles are indeed fighting for the supreme power, and they are ...... each other" Theodora nodded helplessly: "It's a pity, no matter how good the idea is, we don't have the strength to help her." ”

"That's what I guessed. Maybe people really come to see the children. Guo Kang hurriedly said.

"Not really." Theodora said: "If she were a proper French nobleman, then even if she had no other idea, we should reckon that we might think she had it—do you understand?" ”

"Yes, yes." Guo Kang nodded: "Is the current situation pushing people away?" She also grew up in the small court, so she should always know this. Shall we take her in? ”

"What do you think?" Theodora still asked him to think for himself.

"I think I can ask Zhu Wenkui." Guo Kang said: "France is in chaos like this now, and it's actually okay for us to take in a princess." But she had a relationship with King Wu after all...... Okay, though I don't know what it matters now. But since you can get to the point, you should still ask him. ”

"In the absence of King Wu himself, the prince should act as the head of the family." He decided to kick the ball back: "I'll ask him first." ”

"I've already asked him." Jeanna interrupted Guo Kang's thoughts: "The prince didn't think about it so much, he always thought that he could take it in." It's just that it's really hard to arrange at home......"

"Then you'd better come." Guo Kang tried to throw it to Theodora again: "You also heard it, Zhu Wenkui is just an ironworker, and he didn't even think about so many troublesome things." You can't make it difficult for others. ”

"What about you?" Theodora asked.

"I'm a cannon maker, and I don't know either!" Guo Kang hurriedly excused himself.

(End of chapter)