[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

Marie de Guise boarded the carriage for Greenwich with a disturbed heart.

Along the way, she looked out of the window from time to time, and then she was frightened by the English soldiers who were called "escorts" but were actually "surveillance". Get away smoothly.

Compared with the ruthless Henry VIII, his eldest son, who is nearly 17 years old, looks much more talkative, but Marie de Guise knows very well that these are all illusions played by the Prince of Wales.It is even an exaggeration to say that she would rather face the furious Henry VIII than deal with the young but full-fledged Prince of Wales.

The smiling face of the other party reminded Marie de Guis of Louis XII in diplomatic occasions.

They are the kind of people who can show their faces.

He is clearly doing things like robbery and robbery, but he can always pretend to be a polite person.This turned Mary de Guises' normal appeals into unreasonable troubles in the eyes of the public, while the Prince of Wales was contrasted like "The Confessor" Edward II-even though he already had a wife and did not pious.

"Your Majesty, we are here."

Just when Marie de Guise was full of sad thoughts, a sudden brake of the carriage made her almost roll to the other side of the carriage.

The English ambassador, who was in charge of opening the door, opened the car door very roughly, and his attitude towards Marie de Guis was not very respectful, and he didn't even bother to hide the contempt in his eyes.

"Sir, your actions have confirmed to me that the English are savages, because you don't know how to treat a lady at all." Marie de Guise glanced at the English ambassador coldly, and looked up. The high chin reminds the latter of the swan on the king's table.

"Your Majesty, you should be glad that we are rational barbarians." The English ambassador wanted to scold the captives for pretending, but when he thought of the Prince of Wales' entrustment, he abruptly put back the swear words that rolled on the tip of his tongue. He didn't smile and said, "Otherwise, your current fate will never be better than that of Margaret of Anjou, and we also saved Scotland's face by not scoring in Edinburgh, right?"

"You!" Marie de Geese was so angry that her cheeks flushed abnormally, and she wished she could break the net with the English mermaid.

"Please! Your Majesty. Don't keep the Prince of Wales waiting." The English ambassador impatiently interrupted Marie de Guise's cursing. She opened the door so that Marie de Geese almost thought she was swallowed by a monster.

The temperature inside Greenwich Palace was not much stronger than outside.

Because the Prince of Wales doesn't like an overly comfortable environment, not only did the fireplace not be lit in Greenwich Palace, but even many windows were opened, which made Marie de Guiss feel like being hit by the cold wind.

"Oh! England's hospitality really opened my eyes." Mary de Guis knew that her trip today was counting down the days for Scotland's independence, but it was all to the point where she couldn't see it. Instead, he calmed down.

"Welcome, Mary Queen of Scots." The young Prince of Wales inherited his Spanish mother's good looks, with a mild and handsome countenance.Tall but not thin, he was far more energetic and ambitious than the Dauphin Francois (the eldest son of Francois I, who died in 1536) that Marie de Guise had seen in the French court .

"If it is the way of welcome in England to drag a lady of court all the way to Greenwich Palace, I have indeed been treated with the greatest dignity, my dear Prince of Wales." Marie de Gee Si still has the same blunt expression, which makes her look meaner and older than before.

In this regard, William Tudor still had that extremely gentle smile, and signaled for Ambassador Ingra, who had followed in, to go out and guard.

"The Duke of Guise should be sitting on pins and needles these few days." When William Tudor opened his mouth, Mary de Guise's face changed slightly. After all, a lawsuit with someone's mouth is still straightforward.

"Your Highness, I don't understand what you're talking about." A look of panic flashed across Marie de Geese's face, and her voice, which was pretending to be calm, sounded ridiculous.

William Tudor knew that this was a woman in Scotland with her heart in France, otherwise she would not have joined forces with her husband's illegitimate son to become hostile, let alone be assassinated.

Yes, the Scots are at odds with the English, but this does not mean that they are willing to become a French territory.

Marie de Guise's father was one of the most powerful nobles in France, and even in terms of blood, Princess Marie's husband still called her a cousin.This also led to Francois I having to rely on the strength of the Guise family to rebuild France and his own face after experiencing the Battle of Pavia.So in just a dozen years, the territory and influence of the Guise family continued to expand, and they almost became the vice emperor of France.

Otherwise, why did James V choose to marry the daughter of the Guise family after his first wife died?

King François sometimes wondered whether the Duke of Guise wanted to replace him, and whether France's surname was Valois or had been secretly changed to Guise.

"As soon as France and Spain went to war, King Francois was kinder to his Italian daughter-in-law." William Tudor had someone serve hot drinks, and the Queen Mother of Scotland was annoyed by him.

"Oh! What else do you think the Pope of Italy can do?" Marie de Guise has always disliked the Medicis, and even felt that the Pope, who was manipulated by the Medici, no longer had influence: "Would you Do you believe in a pope who can't even protect Rome?"

"Then would you believe in a king who even threw his own son out as a hostage?" William Tudor asked back: "This is what King Francois fears the most, and it is also the secret that makes the Guise family strong quickly."

Mary de Guiss could not refute William Tudor's words, so she was silent for a long time before she said: "My father will never challenge the authority of His Majesty François."

"Do you believe what you say?" William Tudor still had the same light tone, but Mary de Guise always felt that he was mocking herself: "What would King Francois think? Looking at Guise The family is getting stronger and stronger, not only becoming the in-laws of Scotland, but also controlling Luxembourg?"

"Luxembourg is a French domain."

"But it was shot by the Duke of Guise." William Tudor knew that the woman on the opposite side was already on the verge of collapse, so he increased his firepower and said, "I am very aware of the division of land after the war in the Netherlands. Compared with England, which is separated by a sea area, , I believe that King Francois is more worried about making troubles at home.” Therefore, during the few days when Scotland was cut off from news, William Tudor often instructed the merchants of the Netherlands to send messages to King Francois and Prince Henry. Gifts from the mistresses, letting them preach the menace of House Guise in the ears of the two rulers.

It just so happened that King Francois at this time needed the Duke of Guise to help him fight against the mighty Spain, so after some conspiracy theories, King Francois ordered the French ambassador not to take care of Scotland's mess.

After all, he was still counting on Henry VIII not to take the opportunity to make trouble.

Besides, France doesn't have that much energy to support Scotland, and King Francois' reputation with Italian bankers is exactly the same as that of Charles V, so no one can laugh at the other.

"Since the Prince of Wales understands my current situation so well, why bother to watch my jokes here?" Mary de Guise was already tired of William Tudor's cat-and-mouse attitude, so she simply broke the jar and said, "You I also know that I can't make the decision in Scotland, so why let me go all the way."

Mary de Guiss recalled her secret plan with Sir George Douglas before she left, and her tone eased a lot: "Whether it is the Earl of Angus or the Earl of Allen, aren't they all lackeys of your England? They have long been vacated Without my power, today's talks are just a formality, you and I know it well."

"Since you know it well, then why did you make such a small move." William Tudor looked at the sky outside the window, as if regretting: "Do you think that after the defeat of two kings in Scotland, there is still a way to survive?" What do you expect from a young queen?"

"No matter how young the queen is, it is better than the pagan English." Mary de Guise said disdainfully: "Why don't you take the opportunity to attack Edinburgh? Is it because you are afraid that the Scots will become the second in Brittany?"

"That's one of the reasons." William Tudor nodded unabashedly, but quickly made the only good face of Mary de Guise disappear without a trace: "But the real reason is , I am waiting for you to send Mary Stuart out of Scotland."

"What did you say?!"

"I said, I'm waiting for you to send your daughter out of Scotland." In front of Mary de Guiss, William Tudor patiently repeated what he had just said, with a gentle smile on his face Chilling: "You said that if the Scots knew that their queen mother had made the new queen to abandon her suffering subjects and flee abroad alone, would they support Mary Stuart's official coronation?"

"Or, on the premise that King Francois made it clear that he did not want to take over this hot potato, he still got the news that the Queen of Scots fled to France. Would he think it was the Guise family's own idea? He roasted it over the fire?"

After all, in this era, accepting a monarch who takes refuge means that you have to help him regain the throne.

This was the case for Henry VII who took refuge in Brittany, and it was also the case for Louis XI and Edward III before that.

Marie de Guiss slumped on the chair, couldn't help chattering her teeth, and begged, "What the hell are you trying to do?"

"What do I want to do, didn't you already know clearly before you came here?" William Tudor said very strangely: "Anyone who knows me knows that treating obedient people in a gentle way, and treating disobedient people is not good." Hard way."

"Dear Your Majesty the Queen Mother, your daughter's fate has long been out of your control."

"If she really escaped from Scotland, she would be the Duchess of Milan and the Second Elector of the Palatinate. She will never return to Scotland in this life, let alone touch the Scottish throne."

"If she is intercepted in Scotland, the Queen of Scots will not return to you, but will be sent directly to the Queen of England."

At this point, William Tudor was no longer interested in talking to Mary de Guise, so he asked the Earl of Angus to replace the Queen Mother of Scotland, and then made up for it before the latter was forced to leave : "Please rest assured. Mary of Scots, as my future sister-in-law, will surely receive the best education in the English court. And my father will do more to love his niece and future daughter-in-law, not like her Like my mother, I almost let my daughter die on the trip to sea."