[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

The clerk had never seen such a deadly artist, so that he always peeked at William III's face when recording, for fear that His Majesty the King would be enraged and someone would drag him and Michelangelo out and chop him off.

Queen Juana, who was on the side, noticed the trembling of the clerk, so she gave him a reassuring look, and then carefully observed William III's emotions.

To Queen Juana's surprise, William III did not show a trace of impatience in the face of the drunken Michelangelo. Instead, he listened to Michelangelo's complaints with interest, and even lost his appetite. Quite a lot, I ate a little more than usual.

After lunch, William III saw Richard Cromwell gesticulating his wrist at him, knowing that it was time for him to work, so he ordered to the clerk who was writing fast: "Take this record Save it well, it will come in handy later.”

At this moment, William III thought of Romain Rolland's "Biography of Celebrities", pondered whether to write a similar biographical novel, and even wanted to send a clerk to Rabelais' residence to record his daily life.

It's a pity that William Shakespeare has not yet been born, otherwise the author of "Tudor's Lives" is no one else.

Thinking of this, William III left the restaurant in a good mood under the relieved eyes of the clerk.The remaining three people watched Michelangelo lying on the dining table tacitly.

Cardano, who is the closest to Michelangelo, can even hear Michelangelo's slight snoring, and from time to time murmur "Leonardo the bastard.", "Leonardo the lazy".

With little respect for the artist, Cardano still decided to save Michelangelo and prevent the only survivor of the "Three Masters of the Renaissance" from falling down on his own stupidity.

"Your Majesty, please allow me to read to Mr. Michelangelo the stupid things I have done after he wakes up." Cardano looked at the clerk, who obviously hesitated for a while before saying: "Can you wait for me Make a copy of this content, and then give you the original."

Cardano wondered if William III wanted to keep this document, so he readily agreed: "Yes."

I don't know if it was Queen Juana's illusion, but she always felt that Cardano's mood became a little excited, even with a sense of impatience.

"Maybe Mr. Cardano can talk to Mr. Michelangelo about character issues." Although Queen Juana inherited Margaret of Angoulême's tolerance for artists, she was in the treacherous court. Still have to watch your words and deeds.

Especially in the Tudor dynasty, there are many problems left over from history and conflicts of beliefs, so Michelangelo, as a foreign independent artist, should pay more attention to this point.

Presumably, William III also arranged Michelangelo near the suburbs of London out of this consideration, so as to prevent him from saying the wrong thing in agitation.

"Clear a room for Mr. Michelangelo to rest temporarily. After he wakes up, Mr. Cardano will escort him back to the gallery." Queen Juana is no less busy than William III, because she is a Belgian Queen Juana and the Crown Prince of Flanders, plus William III, handed over the manors of Ireland and Wales to Queen Juana, so the latter not only had to arrange various activities in the court, but also had to keep an eye on the There was poor trade in the Netherlands, and harvest problems in Ireland and Wales.

"You can ask His Majesty the King later if you want to go on a national parade in winter." When Queen Juana was processing the documents from Ireland, she remembered that she had never carried out a parade since she and William III were crowned.

Considering the year's harvest, Queen Juana decided to schedule the parade in winter.Because of this arrangement, some poor people can get extra food subsidies during the cruise to help them survive the coming winter.

Johanna remembered Queen Juana's words, and took advantage of the gap to say: "Miss Elizabeth Talbot has arrived, would you like to see her?"

"Ms. Talbot or Mrs. Cavendish." Queen Juana said meaningfully: "If it's the former, you don't need to come to see me now. If it's the latter, then now is the right time."

Johanna did not answer Queen Juana's words, but went out to let the waiting Elizabeth Talbot leave first.

……… I am the dividing line……………

Michelangelo woke up with a whirlwind.

Because of the hangover, he felt as if his throat was soaked in a highly corrosive acid, and he was almost speechless from the burning sensation.

"Are you awake?" A familiar yet annoying voice sounded from the side.

Michelangelo propped up his upper body with his right arm, saw Cardano looking at Erlang's legs as if he was pretending to be a gentleman, and after seeing him wake up, he handed him a cup of tea: "It will make you feel better after drinking it?"

However, how could Michelangelo drink the disgusting tea, and refused bluntly: "Take it away for me."

In the face of Michelangelo's bad temper, Cardano was rarely angry, which also made Michelangelo feel a little bit bad.

"Are you thinking of something bad?" Michelangelo knew Cardano's temper well.

After all, this is a man who can use his students to deceive his competitors.

If you don't pay attention, you will be tossed and lost.

Really worthy of being a lawyer's child.

Thinking of this, Michelangelo suppressed his nausea one after another, and braced himself to face Cardano who obviously came prepared.

Fortunately, the latter was not interested in playing brain games with Michelangelo, and said bluntly: "Do you remember what you said in front of His Majesty the King after you were drunk?"

"What did I say?" Michelangelo felt that his alcohol capacity was not bad, so he didn't consider the situation of drunkenness at all.

I saw Cardano took out a notebook, slowly turned to a certain page, and gave Michelangelo a public execution.

"Why do you pursue that bastard Leonardo so much?"

"What does it mean to be jealous of talents? There are very few artists in this world who can stand side by side with me. Isn't my achievement enough to despise those mediocre talents?"

"The most annoying thing is that they have a stern face to me, but another face to that lazy Leonardo."

"How can I be inferior to that bastard Leonardo? Why do they torment me so much?"

Cardano recited Michelangelo's drunken words in a blunt tone, but because of the contrast between content and tone, a wonderful sense of fun arose.

Although no one present will notice it.

After all, Michelangelo was a man who had seen the world, but even so, it took him a lot of effort to digest the fact that he was drunk and crazy in front of William III. He became cautious: "Is this really what I said?"

If someone else said that to Michelangelo, he might still believe it a little bit.

However, it was Cardano who said this, and Michelangelo had not yet received the warning from the royal servants, so thinking about it in a better way, maybe Cardano was deceiving him.

It's a pity that Michelangelo's fluke didn't last long, and was mercilessly shattered by Cardano's next move: "It's absolutely true. If you don't believe it, you can take a look for yourself." Cardano will The record book in his hand was handed over to Michelangelo, who noticed that the capital letters W and J were embroidered on the cover, which obviously represented William III and Juana of Belgium, and the feel of the paper and the material of the cover were different. Not common stuff, so this must be something out of the royal record books.

"Well, now is the time to believe it?" Cardano watched Michelangelo flip through the record book up and down, enjoying the embarrassment and silence of the other party: "You are in front of His Majesty the King and His Majesty the Queen. , it’s really not an ordinary gaffe.”

Although Cardano still respects the artist predecessor, this does not mean that he is unwilling to watch Michelangelo's joke: "You scolded Leonardo da Vinci from beginning to end at the dinner table, and even at the Before His Majesty the King left, he snored in public."

"..." Michelangelo became subconsciously guilty by Cardano's description, and even rarely used a more cautious tone: "Then, is His Majesty the King angry?"

You must know that Michelangelo had only attended the dinner party of the Medici family before.

He had to be cautiously accompanied in front of Lorenzo II, who admired artists more, not to mention the King of England who hadn't figured out his character so far.

Besides, England is no better than Florence.

If in Italy, even if he can't get along in Florence, he can go to the pope or bishop of Rome, but in the relatively closed England, such a fluke is not even considered.

Without the permission of William III, Michelangelo could not even run to the nearest port, let alone cross the English Channel.

As for why he accepted William III's invitation... it wasn't because all the important figures in Italy were almost offended by him, so they had to find a new home quickly.

"Am I really going to die here?" Michelangelo was heartbroken when he thought that the warehouse full of paints hadn't been tried all over, and even those fine jade-like stones hadn't been used to the fullest. I can't add more, I wish I could travel back on the spot and slap my drunk self awake.

Cardano, who had seen enough jokes, finally let go of Michelangelo, who was in crisis thinking, and said something that was not consoling: "You haven't finished your work for His Majesty the King, why should he punish you?"

Michelangelo, who was pointed out, suddenly felt that Cardano was quite pleasing to the eye, but it was impossible for him to withdraw his words of dislike for Leonardo da Vinci...until the next life.

…………… I am the dividing line………

William III, who had finished his day's work, had not had time to rest for a while, when he saw Richard Cromwell leading two servants and carrying a stuffed cloth into the house.

"What is this?" William III would never have believed in the useless things that Richard Cromwell would send.

"This is a gift from Mr. Michelangelo, saying that it is an apology for the previous drunken faux pas." Commonly known as bribery.

"open to take a look."

"Yes."

One of the footmen lifted the white cloth over it.

An oil painting on wood panel of "The Madonna of Anxidi" was displayed in front of William III.

"This is the work of Raphael!" William III carefully observed the brushwork style of the oil painting and the extremely expensive color pigments on it: "I thought he would send his own work, but I didn't expect that he had Raphael there. s work."

What a windfall!