[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

The court doctor reported that Henry II's wounds were all torn open.When he was cleaning the king's body, he found that the latter was almost bloody from the neck down. It took three towels to clean up the blood on Henry II's body.

God bless him not to be silenced by Her Majesty the Queen after knowing this.

"Do the king's wounds need to be opened regularly?" Catherine de' Medici enjoyed the fearful eyes of the court doctor, because she discovered that being afraid is also a symbol of power.

At least it's better than being ignored before.

"Your Majesty, the king is not a young man after all, so he can't stand such a torment." The court doctor tried hard to restrain himself from wiping his sweat, and lowered his voice as much as possible: "No... just tear the knots of the wounds in batches. The scab, too, will also help His Majesty recover."

Catherine de' Medici looked at the palace doctor's appearance of flattering both parties without offending her, and she also showed a meaningful smile: "You are really a smart man."

She entwined the court doctor with eyes like a poisonous snake, making the latter almost kneel down on the spot by Catherine de Medici in fear.

"You know what to do next!"

"Yes." The court doctor who escaped from the tiger's mouth bowed deeply to Catherine de' Medici, almost touching his toes with his forehead.

Catherine de Medici, who vented properly, left Henry II's bedroom and walked towards the top of power.

In the aisle she passed, all the maids and servants bowed deeply to the new owner of the Louvre, and then pressed their lips tightly together, wishing to find a thread to sew it up.

"I am the king of French."

Catherine de' Medici whispered something before entering, and pushed open the heavy door.

…………… I am the dividing line……………

"Your Majesty, Henry II of France fell off his horse and was injured. The Duke of Guise and Catherine de Medici have held a three-level meeting to discuss whether to allow Henry II to abdicate as the crown prince, and a part of the nobles and the mother of the crown prince will be the crown prince. Its regent." Francis and Walsingham, who had intelligence personnel all over Europe, entered the palace overnight and reported the latest news of France to William III.

"Just abdicating? There is no news of Henry II's death?" William III was a little surprised: "How bad is Henry II? Need the Duke of Guise to hold a third-level meeting to discuss whether to let Henry II abdicate?"

Francis Walsingham had long been prepared to hand over a diagram of the human body structure, pointing to several parts of it, and said: "As far as I know, Henry II had a penetrating wound on his face, and his right leg and arm were caused by a fall. The horse was broken and trampled a few times.

"Isn't his left hand still fine?" William III asked: "If the left hand can still write, there is no need to discuss the issue of abdication. It only needs a few regents to regularly hand over the documents that need to be signed to the king."

"But Your Majesty, Henry II's left hand was also pierced by a severed splint." Francis Walsingham didn't know whether to praise Henry II's good luck or pity the king of a country. A waste to spend the rest of his life in bed.

Queen Juana on the side felt that Henry II was injured just right and extremely delicate.She took out the structural diagram from William III's hand, looked at it carefully, and asked Francis Walsingham, "How long can Henry II survive with his physical condition?"

Francis Walsingham glanced at William III, and said cautiously: "It should be able to drag on for seven or eight years, after all, Henry II's physical fitness is good."

"This is the expected answer." Knowing what Francis Walsingham was worried about, William III said bluntly: "My father's legs have been dragged for 11 years, and Henry II is in better physical condition than my father .As long as Catherine de' Medici doesn't make fun of Henry II, it is not difficult for him to live an extra seven or eight years."

"The queen of Italy is still soft-hearted." Francis Walsingham added with some guilt, but was immediately dismantled by Queen Juana: "Sometimes, death is a rather extravagant pity."

After all, Queen Juana looked at King William III and continued: "Don't let Princess Margo know the news that the King of France was injured. Although she doesn't have much affection for this father, we don't want to postpone it for an insignificant person. The wedding of Alexandre and Guillaume."

"Yes..." Francis Walsingham saluted Queen Juana, and was about to turn and leave when William III stopped him.

"Go and get in touch with Cosimo I of Florence." William III counted the days and knew that Paul IV of Rome was almost at the end of his life: "When Catherine de' Medici masters the French German Supreme power, Cosimo I will definitely catch up with this distant cousin."

After all, William III also threw a coin on the table, which meant that Francis Walsingham asked Sir Cavendish to buy some people with money.

"Considering Catherine de' Medici's gender and foreigner status, even if she holds the little king in her hand, she will not gain power so quickly." William III analyzed: "The Duke of Guise and the Duke of Montmorency Ten years of political resources are not comparable to Catherine de Medici, an invisible queen, not to mention that the younger brother of the Duke of Guise is also the Cardinal of France."

William III thought of Louis XIV, the sun king in French history, who was restricted by two cardinals when he was young, and felt that it was necessary to strengthen his vigilance against the Guise family: "Wait until Catherine de Medici gets in touch with power. Find out how powerful the Geese family is, and how annoying it is."

"Maybe Catherine de' Medici will seek the help of the Duke of Montmorency." Queen Juana analyzed: "I can also write to persuade Prince Condé of the Bourbon family to temporarily ally with Catherine de' Medici .”

Although Queen Juana is a staunch Calvinist and has deep resentment against Catholics because of her childhood experience, she knows that the development of the country cannot be separated from moderate Catholics, so it is impossible for England to compete with the Catholics. In the complete isolation of Catholics, it is beautiful alone on the other side of the sea.

"This is indeed a good time for French Calvinists to work hard to develop." William III pondered: "It is impossible for the Duke of Guise to show favor to Calvinists. After all, his younger brother is the Cardinal of France, so he still You have to worry about the meaning of the King of Spain and the Holy See."

"You can let Prince Condé try to get in touch with Catherine de' Medici." William III remembered that the black queen mother in history was able to reach out to shake hands with the heretics in order to achieve her goal.

In contrast, the Duke of Guise is paranoid to kill all Protestants in France.

"In this way, Catherine de' Medici and Prince Condé are in a group, the Duke of Montmorency is in a group with Marshal Andre, and then the Guise Brothers are in their own group." Queen Juana analyzed one by one: "This This tripartite power structure can also temporarily prevent France from coming to trouble us."

"She's just here to make trouble, so we're not afraid." William III said firmly, "Just wait! When Princess Anna of Austria marries into France, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will make a fuss."

After all, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, especially the former queen who holds the king in her hand, and the current queen who was born in the Habsburg family...

Catherine de' Medici could not treat this noble princess who had been loved by the whole family since childhood as Queen Juana treated Mary Stuart.

Even the confrontation between the two will indirectly affect the alliance between Cosimo I and the Archduke of Austria.

That was the situation that William III was most happy to see.

…………… I am the dividing line………

"If you come all the way to my place, you won't be afraid that Her Majesty the Queen will be stunned by your anger again?" Michelangelo slid down from the scaffolding, his agility not at all like that of a 80-[-]-year-old man. elder.

This Italian old man, who believes in eating less and eating more, has to work at least eight hours a day, has recently become a middle-aged and elderly idol in this area, and people often come to him to ask him the secret of longevity.

Guillaume sat cross-legged in the corner with no image, looked at the mural that Michelangelo was creating, and replied casually: "My mother will take Alexander back to Belgium after the wedding, so I don't agree with my outrageous behavior." Mostly a few words of reprimand, but no severe punishment at all.”

"Really? Then you really met a kind mother." Michelangelo deftly mixed the priceless paint with his hands and feet, and went back as he lived, "I never had the chance to meet such an enlightened father when I was young. "

A very old artist has always recalled his childhood experience recently, and he looked at Guillaume with a bit of envy and hatred: "I was secretly drawing by the fireplace with the charcoal pencils I picked up. I was caught several times by my father and then severely beaten."

Michelangelo made a violent slap gesture, and the veins on the back of his withered hand were violent: "I resisted him for seven or eight years before I had the opportunity to enter Domenico Ghirlandaio's studio, And then got pissed off there for years before I got a chance to meet that old bastard Da Vinci."

Whenever Da Vinci is mentioned, Michelangelo seems to be a few years younger, and even the air is full of joy: "That old bastard is an epoch-making genius."

Although Michelangelo was very unconvinced, he still couldn't go against his heart and said that he was better than Da Vinci in front of Guillaume: "If you want to choose among me, Da Vinci, Titian, and Raphael, A leader in art in the fifteenth century, Leonardo da Vinci is the undisputed number one."

"If that old bastard can live to my age, he may even be able to make flying machines."