[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

This year's winter is longer and more severe than ever.It’s as if the series of festivities last year were just a glimpse in a dream, just like the walls in the wetland, after the snow-white poor-quality paint has peeled off and cleaned, the dirt inside makes people want to destroy the whole house at a glance.

Not a single brick or tile was left behind.

In response to Scotland's increasingly restless actions, Henry VIII has deployed troops and supplies around the surrounding area, and even asked Princess Juana to write a letter to Enrique II. Ask him to help cut off the French military ship.

In this regard, the hesitant Scotland was also divided into the main war faction and the main peace faction.

The pro-French faction headed by James V is naturally the main side of the battle, and the former Regency Alliance headed by Margaret Tudor and the Earl of Angus, of course, wants to use the support of England to weaken the royal power.

However, when the two sides were at a stalemate, a sudden bad news made James V make up his mind to go to war.

His mother, Princess Margaret Tudor of England, died at Methven Castle in Perthshire at the age of 52.

So far, all brothers and sisters of Henry VIII had died before him, which made the old king of England feel extremely depressed, and was even unwilling to face the news of Margaret Tudor's death for a time.

Regardless of how much the English princess did during her lifetime, she still made incomparable contributions to maintaining the stability of the two countries.Especially in the eyes of Henry VIII, the only fault of Princess Margaret is that, like Princess Mary, she is too casual in matters of marriage.Apart from that, the Tudor princess has always sided with Henry VIII (money).

This also made the posthumous image of Princess Margaret infinitely elevated in Henry VIII's psychology.

But at this moment, a piece of news from Scotland completely ignited the anger of Henry VIII, and at the same time caused the Earl of Angus to completely fall to Henry VIII.

"That is to say, my good Scottish cousin seized all the inheritance of my great aunt to invest in the next war between the two countries?" William Tudor received a message from News from Scotland, couldn't help laughing out of breath: "Interesting, really interesting."

"Take the money of the English to fight England. I didn't expect that Scotland is so poor that it wants to extract money from the bones of ladies. This news is afraid that Scotland will become the laughing stock of the whole of Europe." Although William Tudor has never seen Margaret Tudor, but this did not prevent him from being dissatisfied with it.

William Parr on the side also took the opportunity to say: "Mr. Thomas Cromwell has publicized the actions of King James in various European countries. In addition, the Earl of Angus has also filed a complaint against King James."

Although Princess Margaret is the mother of King James, she is not close to the son who has not been with her since childhood.Instead, her favorite was her youngest daughter, Margaret Douglas, by her second husband.Because in the life in which Princess Margaret was betrayed by her younger brother, husband, and even son one after another, the youngest daughter was the only one who supported and accompanied her.Especially after Princess Margaret and the Earl of Angus completely broke up because of political interests, this poor girl became an existence that Princess Margaret had always been worried about.

There is no doubt that the Earl of Angus will make reasonable use of this daughter of royal blood, and even regard it as a nomination certificate for peace talks with James V, or use his daughter to obtain all his wife's property.

However, Princess Margaret's last wish was to hand over all her property to her younger daughter, so she tried her best to promote peace talks between her younger brother and her eldest son, and let Margaret Douglas marry the nephew of the Duke of Norfolk. Neither the Earl of Angus nor James V could control the personal freedom and property of the youngest daughter.

It's a pity that Princess Margaret, who had a motherly heart, hadn't survived enough to send her daughter to the hands of her future son-in-law. James V controlled his mother in advance, and then Princess Margaret came the next month. news of his death.

"There is no doubt that this is murder." Henry VIII, who was forced to break off the peace talks, said furiously in Hampton Court Palace: "My sister Margaret has never concealed her trust in me, and my Although my niece Margaret Douglas is a Scottish nobleman, she grew up in the English court and married two English husbands. I know that my Scottish nephew has a lot of dissatisfaction with me and my niece. But that's not the reason why he can kill his mother."

"This is a contempt for England, and indeed for all Christian royal families."

Regardless of whether it is multi-religious opposition or reform prevailing.

So far, no country has openly poisoned or beheaded members of the royal family of other countries, especially female royal family members who have special immunity in this regard.

True, you can kill a prince or even a king on the battlefield, but as long as he is your prisoner, you must keep him safe.

This is the unspoken rule of many countries.

Although no one dares to make a judgment on the cause of Princess Margaret's death, the reality is that the time of Princess Margaret's death is too strange.Because according to her original itinerary, the kings of the two countries will hold friendly peace talks on the eastern border of England, and then attend Margaret Douglas's remarriage celebration together.

Princess Margaret, as a close relative of the two kings and the mother of Margaret Douglas, is an indispensable figure in these two events.

But now, as soon as this great man died, Scotland and England completely cut off any possibility of peace talks, and waited for the other party to strike first.

Because His Majesty the King and the Prince of Wales are both busy with the war against Scotland, this year's Christmas has become extremely deserted, and only a group of female relatives celebrated in Hampton Palace.

When Princess Juana arrived at the ballroom at Hampton Court Palace with Miss Elizabeth, Anne of Cleves had not yet appeared, so all the guests present surrounded the gorgeous Catherine Howard, as if she was here The hostess is average.

Princess Juana took a quick look and found that there were many young and beautiful faces among the guests.They obviously didn't have perfect court etiquette, so they dressed and behaved unreasonably. The way they talked and grinned to Catherine Howard was really a group of demons dancing wildly, extremely noisy.

"Your Majesty is leaving, the court is so frivolous." Johanna, who had never seen such a scene before, couldn't help opening her eyes wide, and stood in front of Princess Juana, as if she didn't want the scene in front of her to tarnish the mistress's dignity. Eye.

And Ashley (Miss Elizabeth's tutor) at the side also learned well when she saw this.

"It seems that Miss Catherine Howard has reintroduced some old customs into the court of England, which is quite like Shennonzo." Princess Juana pulled Johanna's arm, signaling that she need not worry about herself: "It's a pity that Shennonzo's The master (Mistress of François I) has gotten out of the woman's castle, so it is not known when Miss Catherine Howard will meet her fate."

At this moment, Catherine Howard, who was surrounded by everyone, also noticed the figure of Princess Juana, so she pushed away the flattering lady in front of her, and stepped forward gracefully to salute: "Your Highness, Your Majesty the Queen has not yet arrived, Why don't we go aside and talk?"

Johanna looked at the smiling girl in front of her, and almost reflexively wanted to decline the invitation for Princess Juana.As a result, the moment he was about to speak, he was stopped by his mistress.

"If it's your invitation, I have to do something to His Majesty the King." Princess Juana glanced at Miss Elizabeth beside her, and the latter said very tactfully: "I happen to be inconvenient, please allow me to leave for the time being. "

After all, Miss Elizabeth took the Holy See teachers and left the banquet hall temporarily, which made Catherine Howard slightly relieved, but she didn't know what to ask Princess Juana for a while.

Obviously, in terms of age, Princess Juana is three or four years younger than Catherine Howard, but in terms of dealing with people, Princess Juana's maturity and rationality are far beyond what Catherine Howard can match.

Not to mention, when the Duchess of Norfolk noticed that Princess Juana was actually walking with Catherine Howard, her face changed suddenly and she wanted to rush over, but she was notified by the sound of "Her Majesty is here." He stopped the steps he had just taken.

For a moment, everyone was like a blooming epiphyllum, occupying all the space on the floor with their skirts.

Anne of Cleves glanced lightly at the female relatives present, and after telling them to stand up with a smile on her face, she specially invited the Duchess of Norfolk, and said very kindly: "During the time when His Majesty the King is away, please trouble you and Catherine Miss Howard helps with everything at Hampton Court."

"Your Majesty, you are flattering me." After hearing this, the Duchess of Norfolk felt her face turn red, as if there were laughter from all directions.

In the absence of the queen, the only female household at Hampton Court Palace is the king's mistress and maids.As the daughter of the Duke of Buckingham and the wife of England's second largest nobleman, she actually committed herself to be the king's mistress' maid.

Anne of Cleves is worthy of being a master of words. On the surface, she praised the Duchess of Norfolk, but in fact she hurt her home.

Yet the present Duchess of Norfolk has no time for anger.Because the jackals have approached their most vulnerable place, the Duchess of Norfolk is very worried that the idiot Catherine Howard will be asked something by Princess Juana, which will cause the Prince of Wales to take them.

It's a pity that her worries were not only known by Princess Juana, but also clearly seen by Anne of Cleves in front of her.Therefore, the allies of the Prince of Wales wanted to stop the dying struggle of the Duchess of Norfolk, and directly used identity suppression to take her aside.