[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

London's weather is as unpredictable as ever.

The drizzle for several days filled Hampton Court Palace with an indescribably sticky feeling, making everyone feel as if there was a mouthful of phlegm stuck in their throats, and there was a kind of chest tightness that could not go up or down. So much so that Anne of Cleves had the illusion that she was still at home.

"Your Majesty, Sir Peggy has made arrangements for the parade, and I would like to ask if you would like to take a look at it." When Charlotte came in with Sheng Xin's silver plate, she found Anne of Lower Cleves looking at it. Drops of water on the glass windows.

She wrote a series of blurred characters on the foggy mirror.

From Charlotte's vantage point, the hostess' cold silhouette can be seen reflected in the glass.

"Take it!" Anne of Cleves still had the soft tone that could not be added: "Anyway, His Majesty the King will not ask me what I want to do during the cruise, and this kind of process is not better than the purpose."

"Your Majesty." Charlotte put down the tray in her hand, and said with some embarrassment: "Why are you angry with yourself?"

Although they had already accepted Catherine Howard as the king's mistress by default, Anne of Cleves was inevitably attacked by gossip when Henry VIII really indulged in the young and beautiful body.

Counting the days, Henry VIII has not had sex with Anne of Cleves for a week, which made the queen's threat hit unprecedentedly.

What disturbed Anne of Cleves even more was that the pretty girl who was favored by the king had reached a new level of stupidity, completely ignorant of the skill of reading people's faces.

As queen, Anne of Cleves tolerated expensive gifts from the king to his mistresses, and was happy to see Catherine Howard satisfying Henry VIII's desires in her stead.

But that didn't mean she was going to watch Katherine Howard swagger in front of her, showing off her might.

Let Catherine Howard move into a separate room, and let Catherine Howard have a maid to serve her.

But Henry VIII should never have allowed Catherine Howard to appear in public with her, and even allowed Catherine Howard to be only half a step behind Annelo from Creeves, or at the banquet. A seat of honor next to the king.

"I'm really the most useless queen in Europe." Seeing Charlotte's worried expression, Anne of Cleves smiled self-deprecatingly, "But don't worry about me too much, at least His Majesty the King will not allow Catherine Howard, after undressing his maid, is going to take my crown."

"Actually, you can also take this opportunity to get benefits from His Majesty the King." Charlotte put a thick blanket on Anne of Cleves's legs, and said in a low voice, "If you don't like the Eyes, you can move to Richmond Palace like Queen Catherine once did. Anyway, His Majesty the King will not divorce you, so why do you wrong yourself here?"

Anne of Cleves blinked her eyes slowly, and said thoughtfully, "You mean..."

"You can pretend to be sick behind closed doors before the parade, and after the parade, you can move to Richmond Palace with the grace of His Majesty the King." Charlotte is worthy of being a pragmatic German, directly picking the most favorable choice: " His Majesty the King is not deaf, and he will always hear the gossip in Hampton Court Palace. It is the end of the autumn harvest, and England's beet sugar, wool, and potatoes will soon be shipped to the Netherlands for secondary processing. Then it will be transported to the Ottoman Empire or the Russian Tsarist State farther east through the highway of the Principality of Lorraine and the Holy Roman Empire, so this is the time when His Majesty the King is most tolerant and merciful to you."

"As long as you pretend to be sick first, and then ventilate to Princess Juana. His Majesty the King will always take pity on the unfair treatment you have suffered, and then, for the sake of the Schmalkar Alliance, give you something that Miss Howard cannot get compensation for." .”

"For example, the palace in Richmond, or the large land in the south." Charlotte smiled and said, "The king of England is one of the richest men in Europe, and he will never be stingy with you in this regard."

"I have to think about it." Although Anne of Cleves was angry that Henry VIII kept conniving Catherine Howard to slap her face, but from a realistic point of view, she was better than King Francois's. The two queens are much more comfortable.

Whether it is Claude of France or Eleanor of Austria, they are more aggrieved than Anne of Cleves, who mocks herself as the "queen queen".

Of course, a chosen daughter like Princess Juana is a one-in-a-million special case after all.

As for Anne of Cleves, as long as she is living a happy life, being ridiculed is not a big deal, after all, those people can't break their mouths in front of her.

As for whether Catherine Howard will become more domineering after she leaves, that is something that the Prince of Wales and his wife should worry about.

"You go and ask the court doctor later, and tell me that I am a little bit unacceptable, and ask him to come over and give me a bloodletting." Anne of Cleves quickly made up her mind.

And at this moment, there was a soft laughter like a silver bell in the aisle of Hampton Court Palace.

Catherine Howard, who was put on a French dress, was half held and half pulled in the arms of Henry VIII. Because Henry VIII put her down from time to time, her slender legs were bruised and purple by the decorations on the king's body.

Seeing this, Thomas Culpeper, who was following behind, couldn't help but feel a little pity for Catherine Howard.

Because Henry VIII always thought that he was still a young man in his 20s, and Anne of Cleves was a Germanic princess known for her dignity, so Henry VIII had no choice but to impose his desire for expression that he could not vent on Catherine. Howard's body.

As the so-called gift of fate has a corresponding price.

Catherine Howard not only has the beauty that makes Henry VIII impulsive, but also has the boldness of Anne Boleyn and the obedience of Jane Seymour.In addition, she is not a smart girl, so Henry VIII can enjoy her youthful beauty without having to be led by the nose like Anne Boleyn.

…………… I am the dividing line………………

On the day of the cruise, Princess Juana stood behind the king and his wife, taking a sneak peek at the eccentric royal couple.

After two bloodletting treatments, Anne of Cleves was much more haggard than when she first came to England, and even her face was visibly thinner.

In stark contrast, Miss Catherine Howard was dolled up.

Sir Peggy, who had served four queens, believed that Catherine Howard was far more favored than any of Henry VIII's queens.

In just this one month's work, Henry VIII gave her more than [-] pounds of jewelry.

Even for a week, Catherine Howard got a piece of jewelry worth over a thousand every day, which made Princess Juana's maid dumbfounded: "Is the king of England trying to imitate your uncle?"

"Imitate my uncle?" Princess Juana thought of King Francois' style, and couldn't help laughing: "King Henry is much more face-saving than King Francois, so he can't make jewelry to return his lover. A move to fill military spending."

"Then do you think the Prince of Wales will have this day?" After all, Johanna served Princess Juana's confidant since she was a child, so her words were much bolder than others: "The Prince of Wales is the son of the King of England after all, and he has Part of unruly French blood."

"I don't think William will look for a mistress." Princess Juana thought for a while, and then said with certainty: "He is a realist through and through, and things that cost money and effort to raise a mistress are not in his favor at all. within the scope of consideration."

"...Do you really think so?" Johanna was very skeptical: "The Prince of Wales has inherited the good looks of his Spanish ancestors. I hope you will not fall in love easily like the last thing His Majesty wants to see."

The King Johanna is referring to is not Henry VIII of England, but Enrique II, the father of Princess Juana.

Facing the maid's warning, Princess Juana asked lightly: "Do you think I am a person with a weak will?"

Johanna shook her head and almost laughed out loud, but Blessing warned kindly: "I hope your end will be better than that of Isabella of Castile."

"Despite Catherine of Aragon's amazing virtues, her father and nephew are complete assholes."

The king's parade ship is as gorgeous as Cleopatra's golden ship. It uses light gauze curtains to separate the dignitaries in rich clothes from the common people on the shore, just like Moses parting the Red Sea, directly rowing Londoners To two opposing worlds.

Princess Juana raised a corner of the curtain, and found that the people on the shore were looking at the slowly passing cruise ship with incomparably hollow eyes, as if they were not living human beings, but rough puppets made of straw.

"This is a scene that will never appear in Utopia." Thomas Cromwell suddenly walked up to Princess Juana, coughed lightly, and said, "Idealists will never be the true masters of England, so The Reformation must be carried through to the end."

"I thought you hated Mr. Thomas More." Princess Juana looked at the power minister in the New England sect, and said thoughtfully: "Utopia is a great work, but it is not suitable for England. Nor is it suitable for any Protestant country."

"You want to completely eradicate the Norfolk family, right?" Princess Juana tentatively said, "But this is not in line with your usual cautious style, so I want to know what happened here that caused you to have such huge change."

Thomas Cromwell did not answer Princess Juana's question directly, but handed her his handkerchief.

Princess Juana took it over and took a look, only to see a group of slightly blackened dirty blood on it.

"The Duke of Suffolk is old, and I don't have much time." Thomas Cromwell didn't like himself until Princess Juana. After all, he had too much influence on the Prince of Wales, so Princess Juana worried that he would have Take the emperor to make the ambitions of the princes.

"If we are all gone, the Prince of Wales' ability is not enough to fight against the Duke of Norfolk." Thomas Cromwell coughed again, took out his snuff bottle and said forcefully: "The Prince of Wales may be able to fight against the Duke of Norfolk." Against the Seymour Brothers, but the Duke of Norfolk is a veteran nobleman in England after all, and the most powerful Percy family is also of the Catholic faith, so I am worried that if the Duke of Suffolk leaves with me, the Prince of Wales will have to face Norfolk With the Duke of Falk and the Percy family joining forces, even Scotland and the Seymour brothers will take the opportunity to attack."

"Sir, I am very grateful for your support for my husband, but you should be clear that the power of the Duke of Norfolk cannot be uprooted in a day or two, right?" Renwell do something, don't just talk and don't do it.

"About this, it depends on how you help the Prince of Wales." Thomas Cromwell secretly handed Princess Juana a ring with the family name of "Moll" engraved on it: "Although we are Protestants, But Thomas More's daughter will help you."

"Besides, the Earl of Morrie of Scotland has secretly converted to Protestantism."

"People are ambitious. If Mary Gee Dess doesn't give birth to an heir to King James V, then you and the Prince of Wales will have a chance."

"Even if you want to use Scotland to sentence the Duke of Norfolk to death, you must ensure that before England and Scotland actually go to war, we have split the power of Scotland." Thomas Cromwell stared into Princess Juana's eyes , leaving such a sentence at the end.