[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

The pressure of England and Spain made Catherine de Medie gradually lose her patience.

The clerk sent by the Duke of Guise was also very anxious, because the front-line army could not support much at all, and England, which occupied Upper Normandy, Rouen, and the County of Artois, would definitely lose its military resources in the Netherlands. In the end, it will annex Brittany directly downwards, and may even join forces with the Spanish garrison, then land from Podor and cut directly into the hinterland of France.

If England and Spain just wanted to take advantage of the French border a few days ago, then France now has to consider that England and Spain will jointly annex France as they did in 1525.

After all, the two are rich and powerful now.

Perhaps in places that France could not see, the Habsburgs had habitually entered into an marriage relationship with England.

"I want to take a break for a while before considering whether to accept your country's proposal." Catherine de' Medici withdrew from the negotiating table, then walked aside with the clerk of the Duke of Guise, and carefully communicated: "Now How is the battle going?"

Facing Catherine de Medici's rhetorical question, the latter did not answer immediately, but quietly handed over a secret letter.

Catherine de' Medici took a look and almost wanted to slap Henry II hard on the face.

"What does he mean?" Catherine de' Medici tried hard to suppress her anger, wishing to dig a piece of meat from the clerk of the Duke of Guise: "Give up all our coastlines in the west? Thanks to him being able to put this sentence Speak out?"

"Your Majesty, the Principality of Savoy has fallen, and the Earl of Burgundy will not last long." The clerk sent by the Duke of Guise said with great difficulty: "If the agreement is not signed, we are likely to lose Breeze. Taney or the Principality of Burgundy. In that case, France will become the Chinese food of Spain, and it will not be able to support your son to succeed to the throne."

Perhaps it was the phrase "son" that moved Catherine de' Medici, making her think about the feasibility of signing the agreement.

But before that, Catherine de Medici still had to add another layer of insurance to prevent Henry II from using her as a weapon again.

"Several adults in the country, as well as Marshal Andre at the front, do the Duke of Montmorency know about this?" Catherine de' Medici returned the letter to the clerk of the Duke of Guise. The reporter's shoulders stiffened slightly.

"I will not sign an agreement with England and Spain until I get the signature of His Majesty the King and several adults." Catherine de' Medici knew that the Duke of Guise wanted to push her to block the gun again.

Don't think she doesn't know how Diane de Poitiers hooked up with Henry II.

Without the Duke of Guise helping the flames, Henry II dared to flirt with his father's mistress?

What Catherine de Medici has to do now is to make everyone think that she is an innocent queen who stood up under pressure, because her husband did not dare to face failure, so he pushed his wife who had lived in the deep palace for a long time. Come out and block the gun.

In short, she cannot allow anyone to associate her with this humiliating and humiliating agreement.

This will not only affect Catherine de Medici's reputation in the palace, but also affect her son's inheritance rights.

Although Catherine de Medici was a prolific mother, she was always rejected by the French court as a foreigner, so Catherine de Medici was very worried that the Duke of Guise would become the next Louis of Savoy Silk.

After all, judging from the current actions of their family, Catherine de Medici always felt that they were going for the throne, which was the main reason why she crazily targeted the Guise family in the later stage.

"But Your Majesty, we are too late..." The clerk sent by the Duke of Guise wanted to struggle a little longer, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted roughly by Catherine de' Medici.

"If it's too late, don't sign it, or let His Majesty the King personally go to the King of England and the King of Spain to have a detailed discussion." Catherine de Medici knew that this was her only chance to remain strong.

Why should she and her son be blamed for Henry II's crimes?

"I want to remind you, don't forget that the fall of France will harm the Duke of Guise." Catherine de' Medici pressed her step by step: "I am a member of the Medici family, including the Pope and the Duke of Florence. Now, I think the King of England and the King of Spain will be happy to support my son on the throne. Besides, the Duchess of Lorraine is the sister of the King of England. Do you think she will help her husband to obtain the territory of the Guise family? Let the territory that was originally divided by René II return to the home of Lorraine?"

"When it comes to the moment when England and Spain divide France equally, the Guise family will be the first to die."

The venomous words of Catherine de' Medici made the clerk of the Duke of Guise feel a chill in his neck.

He raised his head and looked at the queen of France, and finally said helplessly: "I will try my best to win your request, and at the same time, I will also relay your words to the Duke of Guise."

"Then hurry up!" Catherine de' Medici didn't care about the other party's threat at all, and finally showed a comfortable smile: "I will let a maid follow you, and prevent you from being confused about the current situation."

The clerk of the Duke of Guise sniffed with a distorted face, but quickly returned to normal, then saluted Catherine de' Medici, and quickly went to prepare the horses.

The queen of France stared coldly at the clerk's back, then found Isabelle de Limoy, and handed her a bottle of poison one finger long: "Look at that old man, and after he gets the signed letter , looking for a chance to kill him."

"Yes." Isabelle de Limoy put away the poison and asked casually, "What if someone becomes suspicious about the cause of his death?"

"Let's say he died for France. In this case, it is not difficult to find a cause of death." Catherine de' Medici said coldly: "It doesn't matter if he is dead. In case something happened afterwards, I couldn't find anyone who could take the blame."

"Remember, he must be poisoned on the way back to get the signed letter, so as to prevent the Duke of Guise from sending another spy."

"Yes." Knowing what to do, De Isabel de Limoy left in a hurry, leaving Catherine de' Medici thinking about how to delay time.

At the same time, Mary of Austria, who returned to her seat, also received a letter from Philip II.

"Your Highness, the Principality of Savoy has been conquered, but the Earl of Burgundy is still short of time." The Spanish envoy said in a low voice, "Austria's logistics can't keep up, and Italy..."

"Are those lords still waiting and watching?" Marie of Austria had lived in Italy for a while, so she knew the style of action of the Italian lords very well.

After all, they were both lords and precursors of capitalism.

Capital does not trade at a loss.

The Spanish envoy glanced at Queen Juana not far away. The latter's calmness came from money from the Netherlands and food from England.

Because William III promulgated the merchant protection law in the Netherlands, some cerebellar and flexible Jews passed this law and concentrated a large amount of wealth in the Netherlands.

Even if William III did not change Europe's anti-Semitic stance on the surface, in actual actions, the Netherlands is one of the few places where Jews can breathe.

If you stay in France, Spain, or Italy, if the Jews are not tortured to death, it is the result of the smoke from the ancestors.

In contrast, some extremists in the Netherlands were anti-Semitic, but due to the merchant protection law promulgated by William III, they could only take advantage of it verbally, or beat him up secretly.

Compared with the high-pressure policies of Spain and France, it can be called drizzle.

In addition, William III vigorously developed agriculture in Ireland and England, and at the same time used marriage to stabilize Scotland in the north, trying to use Mary Stuart's regency to turn Scotland into an agricultural supply station.

It can be said that England is already recovering their losses in the Hundred Years War at an unimaginable speed.

As soon as Mary of Austria thought of this, she asked the Spanish envoy again: "Has the loan from William III arrived yet?"

"It's all here, but..." The envoy's expression was also a bit puzzled: "You also know that the money is just a drop in the bucket for the war."

"We can't give up our attack now, otherwise France will rebound soon." Marie of Austria clasped her hands and tried to keep calm: "I will talk to Juana from Belgium again and try to get England to pay another sum. loan."

On the other side of Italy, Marie of Austria does not count on anything.

After all, because of the alliance between Paul IV and France, there was also a mess there, so Mary of Austria did not want to interfere with the Duke of Florence's rectification of Italy.

For Catherine de Medici, the detailed talks between Mary of Austria and Queen Juana undoubtedly saved her effort to delay time.

So for a while, Princess Mary became the most leisurely person, even doing nothing in the negotiating castle.

"Are Antoine and Kathy okay?" Princess Mary standing on the balcony was very worried about her young child and the Duke of Lorraine who was in poor health.

The envoy responsible for the reply was Princess Mary who brought the servants from England, so the reply was in line with Princess Mary's wishes, and at the same time, she did not forget to remind: "The Duke of Guise sent an envoy to Lorraine again, saying that he wanted to represent The king of France conducts marriage negotiations."

"If it is to reiterate the marriage between the Crown Prince of France and Casey, then there is nothing to talk about." Princess Mary hated Anne Boleyn, and how could she let her daughter marry into France, which allowed royal mistresses to intervene in politics.

In this regard, the servant just shook his head and retorted: "The object of the French king's marriage is not Princess Catherine, but the Duke of Lorraine and his second daughter Claude de Valois."