[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

If someone hadn't pulled the Duke of Vendôme, he would have punched Prince Condé hard in the face.

For an extremely proud aristocrat, gossip and gossip after fleeing battle is undoubtedly a long-delayed punishment.Even though the Duke of Vendome wanted to tell others that he was really not a coward who ran away, but at the moment when the direction of public opinion was confirmed in the first message, Duke Vendome's explanation could only intensify the contemptuous gaze, and even lead to There was a lot of gossip.

"Louis...I'll fuck you..." The Duke of Vendôme, who was stopped by his attendants, spat fiercely in the direction of Prince Condé, with a distorted expression that made people think it was a demon painted in tempera.

Prince Condé had expected the Duke of Vendôme to show such an attitude, so he sneered at his brother: "Even if you have given up the etiquette of the Duke, you should at least maintain the dignity of the Bourbon family in public."

"Since you know that you want to maintain the dignity of the Bourbon family, you shouldn't do such a misunderstanding." The Duke of Vendôme struggled to break free from his entourage, and suppressed his anger: "You let me stand in front of the whole of France. Humiliated and made everyone think I was a coward who got away with it."

Prince Condé didn't care about the Duke of Vendôme's accusation, because he knew what his elder brother cared about most: "It's better to lose face than to lose your life. Don't you think that with a few hundred troops, you can take the Normandy occupied by England? Or, do you think William III of England will show mercy to you? Have someone send you back to France intact?"

The expression of the Duke of Vendome loosened a little because of Prince Condé's words.The head of the Bourbon family cared more about his life than his power over ten thousand people.

"Even if you can escape from William III, that evil woman from Italy will not let you go lightly, or the whole family will be dragged down by you." Although Prince Condé could not understand his brother's political stance , but they all agree with the traditional operation that a family should hold a group in the Louvre: "If you can take Normandy, then the Duke of Guise as the appointer can enjoy part of the benefits and reputation. If you can't take Normandy, then The Duke of Guise can also leave himself completely alone, after all, he has never discussed your military actions with the Regency, and you are also a serious threat to the Duke of Guise."

"what do you mean?"

"What I mean is...if the Duke of Montmorency dies suddenly, who is more inclined to be the regent of the king at the three-level meeting?" Prince Condé stared into the eyes of the Duke of Vendôme, which was self-evident.

"I...?" Duke Vendôme replied hesitantly.

But when you think about it carefully, this is also a matter of course.

After all, the Duke of Guise and Catherine de' Medici are foreigners, so it is unlikely that the Third Council will let them be regents for the king.

Although the current national power is in the hands of the Duke of Guise and Catherine de Medici, the Duke Protector is the Duke of Montmorency.Even if the latter was emptied of power by the Queen Mother and the Duke of Guise, without the signature of the Duke of Montmorency, neither the Duke of Guise nor Catherine de Medici could issue orders in the name of the king.

"When the Duke of Montmorency dies, you can become the No.1 of France." Prince Condé analyzed: "So why do you go to be the lackey of the Duke of Guise?"

"Hmph! I only hope that when the Duke of Montmorency dies, our family is still in the center of power." The Duke of Vendôme still retorted stubbornly, but Prince Condé knew that he had listened to his words.

"I'll go back to the territory to avoid the limelight. After the death of the Duke of Montmorency, I will seize the Regency." Prince Condé's words reminded the Duke of Vendôme.

Rather than becoming a running dog of the Duke of Guise, it is more reliable to seize power in person.

However, the turning point of the Bourbon family was faster than the brothers thought.

When Juana of Austria arrived at the French court and held the wedding and coronation ceremony with Dauphin Francois, Francois II, who had just consummated the marriage with his wife, suffered from ear infection in the first week after marriage. He suffered from brain disease and finally died at the Chateau d'Orleans during his honeymoon trip.

Died at the age of 16.

Catherine de' Medici wept bitterly over the body of her eldest son, wishing to be buried with her poor child in the Abbey of Saint-Denis.

However, everything in the Louvre will not stop because of the death of Francis II.

Just when Catherine de Medici was praying for the soul of Francois II, the third-level meeting discussed Francois II's funeral specifications, heir issues, subsequent regency, widow arrangements, etc. A new round of disputes.

Because Francois II had no children, and the situation of Henry II was still not optimistic, the three-level meeting agreed to let Henry II's second son, the younger brother of Prince Francois, the Duke of Orleans inherit the throne

The Duke of Vendôme, who was able to return to the Louvre, tried to fight for the regency of the Duke of Orleans, but the Duke of Montmorency asked to continue to be the regency of the Duke of Orleans on the grounds that he had been the regent of the Dauphin François.

Charles IX, who was pushed to the position of ruler in ignorance, was only a ten-year-old child at this time.

In the comfort of his mother, he climbed onto the throne sobbing, and cried loudly in front of countless nobles: "I don't want to stay here...I don't want to stay here...I want to go back to my room... ...I'm going back to my room..."

The crying of the Duke of Orleans attracted the attention of countless people, and even some nobles who came to pay their allegiance to the Duke of Orleans inevitably showed contemptuous expressions.

People in the Middle Ages expected children to behave like adults prematurely.

Especially well-educated members of the royal family like the Duke of Orleans should learn to behave in public when they are sensible, and should not show their personal emotions.

Seeing the Duke of Orleans crying and making noise in public, he made a gesture to go back to his room.Catherine de' Medici also pinched her son's arm irrelevantly, and whispered threats in his ear: "Cry again, I will let you go with Francois."

The Duke of Orleans has always been afraid of his mother, especially when he heard the name of his dead brother, he subconsciously thought of the heavy coffin and the rotting earth, so he stopped crying and waited tremblingly on the throne. With Cardinal Charles de Guise announcing the results of the discussions of the triad.

There is no doubt that the power of the Duke of Orleans was completely divided by the Duke of Guise and Catherine de Medici, but the status of the Duke of Protector fell to the Duke of Vendome and the Duke of Montmorency.

Prince Condé speculated that the reason for the arrangement of the third-level meeting was to deliberately weaken the power of Catherine de Medici and the Duke of Guise.

If the final right of passage is divided into two... then the difficulty for the Duke of Guise and Catherine de Medici to achieve their goals will also increase exponentially, and it will also reduce the pressure on the Duke of Montmorency to deal with them.

After all, at the moment when Catherine de Medici and the Duke of Guise are in power, the Duke of Montmorency is not easy to refute their face.

Especially to toss a person, in addition to putting pressure on the surface, he may also squeeze out his family members secretly, making him unable to obtain the most important political support.

With the Duke of Vendôme and the Bourbons sharing this pressure, the Duke of Montmorency was also secretly relieved.

In any case, it is better to let the French manage France than to let an Italian and a Lorraine dictate here.

Maybe……

Perhaps he could use the support of the Bourbons as an excuse to get the Duke of Montmorency to loosen the shackles on the Huguenots.

The Prince of Condé wanted the Huguenots to gain religious freedom and the right to hold Protestant ceremonies in public.

And at the moment when the Duke of Vendôme is free from the shackles of the Duke of Guise, as long as the Prince of Condé persuades the Duke of Montmorency to stand with them, there is a [-]% chance of achieving this goal.

Catherine de' Medici glanced at the newly appointed protectors and decided to hold the king firmly in her hands, otherwise she would not be able to obtain favorable negotiation terms.

The Duke of Guise conspired with the Cardinal to have a private conversation with the Duke of Montmorency, or used the power of the King of Spain to put pressure on him through the wife of the Duke of Vendome.

It was just that when all these parties were harboring ulterior motives, an aristocrat who arrived late broke the peace present.

"His Royal Highness Admiral Gaspard de Coligny arrives at—"

The sound of the report outside the door drew the attention of countless people.

After a heavy sliding door, a middle-aged man with a straight body stepped into the room with all eyes on him, and said his allegiance to the Duke of Orleans at the foot of the throne: "As the hereditary lord of the Châtillon region, I represent Myself and my soldiers, I offer you absolute firmness and loyalty. If you violate it, please let God punish me and let my soul rest in peace."

The Duke of Guise at the side only felt that the figure of the middle-aged man was extremely obtrusive.

Because Gaspar de Coligny was the second person in the army, his qualifications were far superior to him, and after the Italian war, he had contact with the Huguenots in Spain, and was finally redeemed in France. Later, he was active in politics and the army as a Huguenot.

It can be said that, compared with Prince Condé who spoke in the political arena, Coligny is the man who can give the Huguenots a guarantee of security.

The Duke of Guise never believed that this belated man would bring any good news.

And Coligny's next move also proved this, and showed the public an amnesty decree signed by Henry II: "According to the wishes of King Henry II of France, the amnesty is granted to Leslie imprisoned in the Bastille." Nicole de Valois."

"Wait, Henry II has been proven unable to perform the duties of the king. How did you get the amnesty?" The Duke of Guise, who was the first to react, had only one thought, that is, Princess Renee must not be allowed to leave the Bastille. otherwise……

"Henry II is only unable to move his body, not because his mind is also affected by the illness." Collini always looked down on the Duke of Guise who bowed his knees to Spain, so he replied unceremoniously: "Besides, anyone who can exercise the king's power now Only His Majesty Henry II...Are we going to let a Lorraine, an Italian, and a crying child decide the future of France?"

My fellow, this is a sentence that has offended two of the most powerful men in France.

Prince Condé no longer dared to look at the faces of Catherine de Medici and the Duke of Guise.

However, compared with Coligny's speech that stirred up thousands of waves with one stone, the internal riots in France that followed were the real headaches.

Because he was dissatisfied with the vague attitude of the Louvre towards the Huguenots.

After fleeing to the Netherlands, some Huguenots who once belonged to La Rochelle spent more than ten years accumulating a large amount of contacts and money, and then, with the support of Queen Juana and the German princes, began to attack the south of France Territory, and even laid down parts of Bowen and Vermont in just a few days.