[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

William Tudor was going to recruit a group of potato and tomato farmers in Wales. Anyway, he had enough land, and he didn’t want to get some flowers and plants that were nothing but beautiful, so when Mrs. Bryan got the recruitment request from the Prince of Wales, she Couldn't believe my eyes.

"Sixteen farmers and nine shepherds? The best age is between 35 and [-] years old, and you can bring one or two assistants, but the salary of the assistants is halved." Mrs. Brian decided to have a good chat with the Prince of Wales. So I deliberately found a chair and sat down, put my hands together on my knees, with a dignified and decent look: "Please forgive me, Your Highness, farming... is really not in line with the noble image of the royal family, and some people will even use it to criticize you. "

"Why are you accusing me? Don't they farm in their territory? Besides, I won't do it in Pembroke Castle." William Tudor didn't expect Mrs. Bryan to understand his intentions, so he asked: "As the Prince of Wales, do I have the right to recruit civilians and dispose of fiefs?"

"This is natural." Mrs. Bryan was slightly taken aback, then nodded and said: "This is the basic right of all lords."

"Then please do it!" William Tudor acted casually, making Mrs. Bryan think it was just a whim of the Prince of Wales: "I just want to grow something novel, and it's not a big deal of extravagance. Mrs. You can’t even recruit a few farmers and shepherds!”

In this regard, Mrs. Bryan can only follow suit.

For the residents of Wales, being able to work in the castle is undoubtedly one of the best ways out.High salary is the second best thing. If someone is favored by some nobles and chosen as a follower or lover, it can be regarded as a one-step deal.Even if he can't, he still has a reputation for working in the castle. If he can explore more ways before retiring, he will always be looked down upon in the future.

What's more, in the recruitment of Pembroke Castle, farmers are allowed to bring one or two assistants who get half the salary. , Firstly, I went to the castle to make a living, and secondly, I was familiar with it, so that I could stay and work in the future.

While William Tudor was busy with the agricultural development of the fief, Princess Mary received a letter from Frances Brandon and learned that Anne Boleyn was pregnant again.

"She is also considered lucky to be able to conceive again so soon." Perhaps because she witnessed Anne Boleyn's fall from favor in the Whitehall Palace, Princess Mary does not hate her so much now, but from a female standpoint And a little more pity for her.

"If she had another miscarriage or gave birth to a daughter this time, her father would divorce Anne Boleyn in all likelihood." It has to be said that Princess Mary knew something about Henry VIII, and even began to worry about Princess Elizabeth's future : "If Liz becomes an illegitimate daughter, she will end up worse than Henry Fitzroy."

"But it won't be much worse than it is now." Henry VIII in history is the scum, but considering that his children can be counted with a palm, so there is nothing to do to refuse to support him. At most, it is to downgrade the treatment of Princess Elizabeth.

Moreover, for Henry VIII, who gave birth to a crazy child, the difference between a legitimate daughter and an illegitimate daughter is not big, not to mention that Princess Elizabeth's mother is not a foreign princess with amazing power, so Henry VIII attaches great importance to her. Not as good as the first three children.

"If that day really comes, let Liz move in and live with us!" Princess Mary finally said softly: "Anne Boleyn is not a foreign princess or duchess who can return to her mother country after divorce, and her father will definitely abandon her. At that moment, she was imprisoned in the monastery for life. And Liz..."

"Father will not want to see an illegitimate daughter whose mother has been abandoned." William Tudor added: "If you are willing to be her temporary guardian, both the father and the new queen will be relieved, provided that Anne Boleyn really falls .”

"...William, do you already know something?" Princess Mary felt that her younger brother was too precocious, which made her occasionally feel a familiar sense of fear.

"To be honest, I don't think Queen Anne will have a son this time." William Tudor remembers that one of the speculations about Henry VIII in later generations was that he had syphilis or McLeod's syndrome, which is a A disease that is only likely to occur in positive Kell antigen carriers, it will lead to extremely low survival rates of offspring, with a 50.00% probability of miscarriage within 20 to 24 weeks.

This also happens to explain the extremely high male mortality rate in the Tudor family.

Among other things, from the maternity line of Henry VIII, Elizabeth of York had two sons and two daughters who lived to adulthood; Queen Elizabeth Woodville had twelve children who survived to adulthood; and Jacquetta of Luxembourg had ten Children live to adulthood.

On the paternal side, Margaret Beaufort was infertile for life because of giving birth at the age of 13. It is estimated that this is also the main reason for the bad genes of the Tudor family. In addition, Henry VI was a mentally handicapped person, and Catherine of Valois There are a bunch of family hereditary diseases left by inbreeding.

Therefore, Henry VIII's children are not very good, and the woman can't really be blamed.

After all, among the six wives, except for Catherine Howard, who died too early, the rest have proved that they not only have no problems in childbearing, they can even be called excellent.

The most amazing of the six queens is Catherine Parr. Less than a year after Henry VIII's death, she became pregnant at an advanced age and gave birth to a daughter. It is estimated that the face of Henry VIII underground was swollen.

"You are not a woman, how do you know these things." Princess Mary did not believe what William Tudor said. After all, in this era, abortion is the woman's fault, and Henry VIII is not infertile, so it seems to outsiders However, the possibility of Anne Boleyn giving birth to a prince is still very high.

"How can a woman who conceived again less than a year after a miscarriage give birth to a healthy child?" William Tudor sighed: "Look at her life these years, she gave birth to Liz two years ago , had a miscarriage last year, and got pregnant again this year. The Whitehall Palace is not a good place to raise a baby, and the Boleyn family and the Howard family..."

Princess Mary couldn't help but frowned when she thought of the two families who prostituted their daughters for glory: "They only care about whether Anne Boleyn can give birth to a Duke of York, and my father..."

Before Princess Mary could finish her sentence, Mrs. Bryan, who suddenly barged in, interrupted the conversation between the siblings with a slight change of expression: "Mr. I fell off my horse and is now unconscious, so I want you and the princess to return to London at once."