[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

Because Princess Juana can't take care of things, Henry VIII doesn't want to take care of things, and Anne of Cleves can't take care of things, so among the big family, only William Tudor can go into battle to negotiate with the envoys of the Schmalkar Alliance , but before he left, he made a small request to Henry VIII.

"You want Miss Elizabeth to go with you?" Henry VIII was a little surprised: "What role can she play? It's just serving tea and water."

Compared with the noble Princess Mary, Henry VIII doesn't care about Miss Elizabeth who has been relegated to the illegitimate daughter - even though the relationship between their father and daughter has indeed eased recently, Henry VIII only thinks that Miss Elizabeth can be like Like Princess Mary, it only plays the role of marriage.

"You intend to let Liz marry the illegitimate son of James V, the Earl of Morley, so as to train them to become the new regents of Scotland, so it is necessary to train Liz from now on." William Tudor thought of Elizabeth in history I felt that this large labor force must not be let go: "Liz is very smart, and she is your daughter. As long as she is educated properly, she will not be like Margaret of Austria (Charles V's aunt, Maximilian the eldest daughter of Francis I), or Louise of Savoy (mother of Francis I), became an outstanding female politician."

William Tudor explained: "To tell you something that makes you unhappy, Juana and I will rule England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Netherlands in the future. The three vast territories. Although Juana is the Queen of Belgium and the Buddha The Countess of Landers, but due to the crisis of gender and bloodline continuity, she will definitely consume a certain amount of energy in childbearing, so she must find someone to help her. And I also need someone to help manage such a large territory, so family members It is undoubtedly the most reassuring choice.”

Regardless of Miss Elizabeth who has the right to inherit or John Perrault who has no right to inherit, in fact, it will not cause William Tudor's succession crisis-after all, their gender and illegitimate child status are enough to reduce the number of speculators. With the Duke of York standing in the way, William Tudor still really wanted to develop his half-siblings into assistants. Moreover, the two had high historical achievements, so they would be overqualified to be governors.

Henry VIII thought about what William Tudor said for a while, and felt that it made sense.But what he thought was that if Miss Elizabeth married the Earl of Morley, it would be better for Scotland's regency to focus on his own daughter, so asking Miss Elizabeth to prepare from now on would also prevent her from being overwhelmed by the Earl of Morrie.

"Then let Miss Elizabeth study with you!" Henry VIII added: "She is the Countess of Surrey now, and she should match her entourage and residence that suit her status. I will let the Lord Seal draw up a decree, Transfer the Boleyn family's Blickling Manor and Shiver Castle to Miss Elizabeth, and then give her an annual salary of fifteen hundred pounds."

Henry VIII knew well that in order to make a horse run faster, he must feed it enough grass, so he turned the wine glass in his hand and continued: "When Miss Elizabeth gets married to Scotland, I will give her annuity It went up to £[-], so I hope she doesn't disappoint me."

William Tudor, who received the consent of Henry VIII, began to let Miss Elizabeth follow him to learn how to handle government affairs, receive foreign ministers, and how to conduct a series of negotiations.

William Tudor also specially asked William Cecil to organize all kinds of copywriting drafted by Thomas Cromwell into learning materials, let Miss Elizabeth read it carefully, and then write a reading experience every day, and gave it to William Tudor Or Henry VIII for review.

It has to be said that Miss Elizabeth's political talent cannot be hidden.She inherited the sharp minds of both parents, and lived in the tudor court since she was a child, so she can express her own views properly or balance the relationship between the two opposing parties.

William Tudor felt that Miss Elizabeth now has her historical, "I watch and I am silent" demeanor.

Because Miss Elizabeth is well aware of Henry VIII's temperament, even under the specific conditions of being reused, she deliberately does not let herself be too outstanding, so as not to remind Henry VIII of her mother, or cause conservatives. their resentment.

Even to avoid suspicion, Miss Elizabeth always asked Johanna to find out when William Tudor would receive visitors, and then staggered William Tudor's office hours to ask her brother various questions or hand in her reading experience.

The pregnant Princess Juana became a little sentimental due to hormones, and she couldn't help but feel a little distressed by Miss Elizabeth's cautiousness: "She is cautious about asking about your working hours, please Johanna, for fear of letting her own people pass by, It will make you feel that she is deliberately buying people around you.

"You tell me this, do you want me to comfort her not to be so nervous?" William Tudor asked back: "Are you sure you want me to comfort her and not make Liz think too much? Besides, Liz's cautious character is It is also necessary in Scotland."

William Tudor glanced at Princess Juana, who was choked by him, and explained: "Scotland's political structure is more complicated than that of England. Because the previous generations were all related to the succession of the young master, the power of the nobles is more than you think. Its influence is almost comparable to that of the Guise family and the Bourbon family in France. When Liz went there, even with the support of my father and me, she would have to be troubled."

Speaking of this, William Tudor sighed, and said with some headaches: "You also know that making things difficult on the surface is never the most terrible thing, the key is that the little tricks in the dark will accumulate over the years and be enough to hurt people." Muscles and bones."

"Edward I has proved that bloody suppression is extremely unfeasible, so Liz has to figure out her own way."

"I hope she doesn't encounter a dilemma like Margaret of Austria." At this point, Princess Juana knew that it would be useless to talk, so she didn't bother William Tudor's work.

The talks with the Schmalkar Alliance went more smoothly than William Tudor thought, perhaps because the German Protestant areas were suppressed too many times, so the envoys of the Schmalkar Alliance did not make excessive demands when facing England , I just hope that they can borrow money from the Schmalka Alliance to form an army, and then ensure that the Netherlands can provide them with corresponding supplies.

In this regard, William Tudor fully agreed, and then added a 150-year German checkpoint tax exemption to the contract to reduce the economic pressure on the Schmalkar Union.

Time passed by little by little in this relatively peaceful atmosphere.

William Tudor counted the due date of Princess Juana and Michelangelo's arrival in England, and built a gallery near the outskirts of London as Michelangelo's working place.

Considering that the paint reserves and artistic tools in England are far less complete than those in Florence, William Tudor ordered another batch of expensive goods from the Netherlands, and spent a huge sum of 20 pounds, enough to cover the previous [-] years' income of a grand duke.

Princess Juana was dumbfounded by this and said, "Are you going to spend all the money in the treasury on paint?"

Even if William Tudor had earned some private income from trade, there was no justification for such spending.

"How can it be so exaggerated? Besides, it was all sold to me by Dutch merchants and Venetian merchants at a low price." For the sake of the Medici family, these paint merchants are not good at blacking out the big client of the Prince of Wales, besides William Tudor made a bold move, sweeping away some paints that were squeezed because ordinary people could not afford them, including carmine, mummy brown, ultramarine blue, which was more expensive than gold, and a very strong smell, which is said to be It is an expensive yellow brought from the East.

William Tudor even considered whether to hire some paint-making technicians with high salaries, let them settle in England, and then use them exclusively for royal painters.

It’s just that these expensive paints have a different smell. After all, the materials include bugs, human urine, rotten snails, and mummies, so the pregnant Princess Juana just stayed in the paint warehouse in the gallery for less than 1 minute. With the help of William Tudor, he "walked out" of the gallery, and then someone brought a wooden basin and started to spit.

"How did those painters stay in such a bad environment for several years?" The weak Princess Juana wiped the corners of her mouth and said in disbelief, "The smell in your paint warehouse is comparable to the public toilets in ancient Rome."

"Maybe this is the rotten smell of money!" William Tudor took Princess Juana to the carriage back to Richmond Palace, and joked: "This smell is worth a hundred thousand pounds!"

"Yeah! The rotten smell of a hundred thousand pounds." Princess Juana wanted to roll her eyes at William Tudor, but soon, her face became weird, and then she clutched her belly and twitched: "Hiss! Ah... ..."

"What's wrong with you?" William Tudor supported Princess Juana who was about to fall off the seat, and then lifted her skirt regardless of her identity, only to find that her skirt was wet with amniotic fluid.

Seeing this, William Tudor quickly shook the car and shouted: "Go to the nearest Arundel Castle and have people prepare for the reception. In addition, disinfect all the furniture in the delivery room with boiling water or alcohol. Then burn some wormwood leaves."

The coachman in front quickly passed on the Prince of Wales' order, and then an accompanying knight rushed to the front of the carriage at full speed and disappeared soon after.

When William Tudor arrived at Arundel Castle, there were already royal servants waiting at the door with stretchers.

Because England was very worried about Princess Juana's birth, William Tudor asked a Welsh midwife to follow Princess Juana at all times in case of emergency.

Henry VIII and the Archbishop of Canterbury arrived at Arundel Castle in the evening after receiving the news.

Along with him came Anne of Cleves and Miss Elizabeth, both of whom were in the house cheering Juana up and serving as witnesses—for William Tudor feared that the onlookers would aggravate the situation. The birth pressure of Princess Juana, besides so many people crowded together, will also bring bacteria into the delivery room, so Henry VIII agreed to only let Anne and Miss Elizabeth of Cleves go in to accompany Princess Juana, and then all the ministers were there Waiting in the small conference hall next to the delivery room.

"You know that Juana's due date is just a few days away, so why do you have to take her so far away?" Henry VIII slammed the floor with his cane, and said displeasedly, "If something goes wrong with Juana, Do you know what a commotion it would cause? It would have far-reaching consequences than the death of Mary of Burgundy."

Because Princess Juana, like Mary of Burgundy, is an heiress in a vast area, their death will definitely cause a fight between collateral lines, which will trigger a war between great powers.

You must know that Mary of Burgundy was only 25 years old when she fell from her horse and died, leaving behind only two children under the age of five, which caused turmoil in the Low Countries and gave Louis XI an opportunity.

Once Juana dies, Enrique II will have to choose the Habsburg or Bourbon family as his heir, which is the last thing Henry VIII wants to see.

In the face of his father's accusations, William Tudor had nothing to justify. He could only walk around uncomfortably in place, causing Henry VIII a headache.

Cardano, who was deeply trusted by Enrique II, did not enter the delivery room, but calmed everyone's emotions in the conference room: "Her Royal Highness is very healthy and conceived at a relatively suitable age. Therefore, the possibility of something going wrong is low, and there is no need to arrange so many doctors to make trouble inside."

Because William Tudor remembered that when Jane Seymour was pregnant, it was because of the dispute between the doctors that Jane Seymour suffered from puerperal fever, so after the doctors arrived, William Tudor ordered them to come back in a crisis Into the delivery room to help.And his reasons are also very good. Most of these doctors are men, so the opinions they can offer are very limited, and they are far less experienced than midwives.

Henry VIII obviously couldn't accept Cardano's comfort, and said impatiently: "You said she's fine, so when will she give birth to my grandson?"

"Your Majesty, this is the first time for your Majesty to have a baby, and the first time for a mother will always be longer." When Cardano was practicing medicine in Italy, he counted the time of delivery of mothers in various situations, and then combined with Princess Juana's The results of physical fitness and astrology gave Henry VIII an ambiguous answer: "Your grandson should be born before tomorrow afternoon."

Henry VIII's face looked better now, but the Keeper of the Seal at the side looked at Cardano metaphorically, and silently spit out a word from his lips.

"devil."

It has to be said that the ancestor of probability theory and the "Little Da Vinci" of the Renaissance still has the potential to be a magic stick.

Cardano said that Princess Juana would give birth to a baby by tomorrow afternoon, and Princess Juana actually gave birth to a healthy little prince at noon the next day.

Henry VIII, who finally embraced his grandson, was very happy to give his name to the little prince, and then made him the Duke of Richmond, and let the Marquess of Dorset, the Duke and Duchess of Lorraine, Miss Elizabeth and Scotland The Earl of Morley became the godparent of the little prince, and then confirmed the full name and title of the little prince with William Tudor.

"By the grace of God, His Royal Highness Henry Alexander Tudor, Duke of Richmond, King of England, France, and Ireland, Keeper of the Faith, Grandson of Henry VIII, Head of the Church of England and Ireland, and son of Prince of Wales and the Crown Prince of Belgium."