[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

When William Tudor rushed back to London, the atmosphere in the Whitehall Palace was like ice water with coagulant, and everyone seemed to be wearing a death mask, which made Princess Mary feel terrified.

"Frances, what's going on here?" Princess Mary quietly took her cousin's hand, and whispered to her by the corridor, "Why didn't you see the queen? And most of the maids in the palace are gone."

Frances Brandon looked around for a while, and after making sure that there was no one around, she said quietly: "It's not that the woman in Hampton Palace had another miscarriage, and she had a miscarriage just after His Majesty's accident. Well!"

"Then His Majesty the King..."

"His Majesty the King asked her not to come back, and even expelled all the girls from the Howard family, leaving only a few maids who had nothing to do with the Boleyn family to serve the queen." Frances couldn't help but sighed, and said with some pity: "Actually, she is quite pitiful. No one in the palace will take her seriously now, and I don't know if Hertfordshire will neglect Liz."

"I will ask Mr. Pal to visit Liz, and if necessary, I will ask His Majesty the King to let me take care of Liz." Princess Mary decided to do something for her sister, but she just told Frances Bran the idea Deng, the latter shook his head and said: "I'm afraid His Majesty the King will not do what you want, because he has decided to betroth you to the eldest son of the Duke of Lorraine. It is estimated that someone will take you to Calais and Francois soon." De Lorraine meeting, that's the main reason I'm here."

Seeing her cousin's flushed face, Frances Brandon teased, "I heard that the Duke of Lorraine is a strong young man with a military physique, and he's three years younger than you."

"Don't talk about it, these things haven't been implemented yet!" Princess Mary is 19 years old. As the eldest daughter of the King of England and the sister of the Crown Prince, she has a very high value in the marriage market, so she was talking about marriage before. The subjects were both the Dauphin of France and the Emperor of Spain.The Duke of Lorraine is much inferior to the former two, but considering the autonomy and special geographical location of the Duke of Lorraine, the two are considered a good match.

"What hasn't been implemented! My father and Mr. Cromwell are already discussing the meeting with the Duke of Lorraine. It is estimated that after Christmas, you will have to leave for Calais." Frances Brandon said with certainty: "Wait for you The marriage is settled, and the woman at Hampton Court Palace is about to step aside."

"Wait, father is planning to divorce Anne Boleyn?" Princess Mary felt that the amount of information she received once returning to the palace was a bit too much, so she said in a daze, "Has he found a candidate for a new queen?"

"It's still on the sidelines. After all, you know that most princesses in Europe are not interested in an old king who already has a son...unless they are too poor." Frances Brandon teased with rolling eyes She said a word, causing Princess Mary to pretend to be angry and hit her, and said coquettishly: "You dare to say such a thing? Don't do this in the future."

"Yes, Your Majesty the Princess." Frances Brandon saluted Princess Mary seriously, but turned around and saw the Prince of Wales, who calmly nodded slightly at her and said, "Cousin."

"Your Highness." Although Frances Brandon is an iron-clad Prince of Wales party in terms of political stance, in private, she has a natural fear of William Tudor, and she doesn't even want to live with her when she was a child. cousin at home.

Fortunately, William Tudor is also a person who can wink, so he gave his cousin a step down in time: "Mrs. Bryan is sorting out Mary's residence in Whitehall Palace. You can go and help Mrs. Bryan, the lady in the chamber."

"Yes." Relieved, Frances Brandon trotted away from William Tudor's sight, causing Princess Mary to cry and laugh: "The way Frances looks at you is much more frightening than seeing the Duke of Suffolk. "

"Perhaps because I look so much like my mother, Cousin Frances always thinks of her stern godmother." William Tudor had just returned from the king's bedroom, and at the moment he had a lot of things to say to Princess Mary: "Presumably you already know that your father is going to marry the Duke of Lorraine, so the parliament has already started preparing your dowry."

"Sounds like a big deal." Princess Mary knew that Henry VIII wanted to stab France's throat through her marriage, but this did not affect her beautiful fantasy about her fiancé: "If I don't like the Duchy of Lorraine, You can also live in Calais after marriage."

"After you get married, my father will give you a castle in Calais." According to the convention, a married princess should be married by her brother or the closest male elder, but Henry VIII's physical condition does not support He was on a long journey, and William Tudor was the king's only legitimate son, so Henry VIII didn't want to keep William Tudor away from the English islands-even Calais was Henry VIII's territory: "If nothing else, You will be married to the Earl of Nottingham (Henry Fitzroy) and the Duke of Suffolk. In addition, Cousin Frances will accompany you to Calais and will not return until you are officially married to the Little Duke of Lorraine England."

"These are secondary, how is father?" Princess Mary has always been worried about Henry VIII's physical condition. After all, she heard about the situation when the king fell off his horse on the way to London, and learned that Henry VIII was in a coma. It took two hours to wake up, and there was a wound on his leg that was difficult to heal.

"The doctor has examined my father and confirmed that he only hurt his leg, and the rest is fine." William Tudor saw Henry VIII receive treatment, and found that Miss Jane Seymour, who was said to be out of favor, appeared again in the by the king's side.

"Father's new queen should be Miss Jane Seymour." William Tudor changed his tone: "When father gets rid of Anne Boleyn, he will marry her."

"Wait, didn't Frances say that father hasn't decided on a new queen yet?" Princess Mary said in disbelief, "Although Ms. Jane is a pious and good girl, but..."

Princess Mary could hardly believe that the devout handmaidens who served her mother and Anne Boleyn would now be the king's mistress and then one day their stepmother.

"But her status is not noble enough?" William Tudor wrote lightly: "The status of the Boleyn family is not noble enough, but his father married Anne Boleyn. And for the king, the change of status is just a canonization ceremony He cares more about whether the new queen is docile and can give birth to the Duke of York than her noble background."

Princess Mary thought of what William Tudor had said to Anne Boleyn when she ascended the throne, so she subconsciously said: "If Miss Jane Seymour disappoints her father as often as Anne Boleyn, then her father will get rid of her." She's definitely less difficult than getting rid of a foreign princess."

William Tudor did not answer Princess Mary's words, but the latter, who was shivering all over, already knew the answer.