[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

Henry VIII was analyzing the situation as Thomas Cromwell set out to find the Prince of Wales.

According to the existing clues, William Tudor should have disappeared on the way to Lindisfarne Castle, because before Henry VIII left Bamburgh Castle, Thomas Cromwell also conveyed that William Tudor Tudor ordered to meet the orders of the French navy.In the end, it took only half a day, and a crown prince who had attracted much attention and was protected by many people was gone.

This made Henry VIII furious, but also frightened.

There is no doubt that the Duke of Norfolk has been planning for today's rebellion for a long time. Even Henry VIII, without William Tudor's men fanning the flames, has recalled suspiciously that the Duke of Norfolk after sending Catherine Howard various behaviors.

In the court, members of the Howard family were stuffed into the court, and they were married to the children of the Douglas family (Douglas is the most powerful family in Scotland, and Margaret Tudor's second husband was the Earl of Angus of the Douglas family. James V's second regent), and also purchased a large number of farmland and merchant ships from Ireland.

Henry VIII's short, fat fingers tapped irritably on the armrest, and the calm before the storm was brewing in his small eyes.

"Cromwell." Henry VIII, who had figured out some points, subconsciously called the Lord Keeper of the Seal, whom he could trust for the time being, but Thomas Cromwell didn't hear the news.

It was his nephew, Richard Cromwell.

"Your Majesty." The handsome young man bowed politely, and Henry VIII remembered that his Lord Seal Seal was looking for the whereabouts of William Tudor.

"Go and get the Irish report from a few days ago." Henry VIII thought that he didn't have anyone to use, so he simply acted as his son: "Also, go and see Charles...I mean Suffolk How is the duke?"

Thinking of the Duke of Suffolk dragging his old body to block a blow for himself, Henry VIII couldn't help but hate the Duke of Norfolk even more: "If the Duke of Suffolk is still conscious, tell him, D'E Baroness Rathby will be in my care, and..."

Henry VIII thought of his youngest daughter, Miss Elizabeth, and his eldest granddaughter, the Countess of Nottingham. After some struggles, he chose Miss Elizabeth, who was later in the line of succession: "If he can't survive this disaster, I will promise to marry Miss Elizabeth to him." and the eldest son of the Baroness de Eresby, and allowed their son to inherit a third of the family property."

"Yes." Because Thomas Cromwell had already prepared, Richard Cromwell quickly arranged everything, and then sighed for the Duke of Suffolk.

With the king's promise, the Duke of Suffolk is afraid that he will hesitate again and again before the cliff of death.Because Henry VIII has only one sympathy, if the Duke of Suffolk survives this test, it is estimated that His Majesty the King will not offer a more generous price than this.

Compared with England, there are not many reports from Ireland, but Henry VIII still noticed something strange: "Why have the reports from Ireland increased a lot in the past few months? I don't remember that there were so many things."

If it is September and October, the harvest season, it is not a problem to report a little more.But many of Ireland's reports were a backlog of documents from May to July, which puzzled Henry VIII.

In this regard, Richard Cromwell can not explain anything.After all, it was only a few months before he was brought into Hampton Palace by his adoptive father, and he was still working as a handyman. If he expressed his opinion on the affairs of Ireland, Henry VIII would be suspicious in all likelihood.

Of course, the old king didn't expect a young man to express any opinions, but after reading most of the Irish reports, his face was as dark as the dirt in the stove.

"After your father comes back, ask him to go directly to Ireland to assist Sir Butler in counting the land of the Howard family, and focus on investigating the transportation situation in Ireland in the past few months." Henry VIII guessed that the reason why James V dared to yell at him was probably In addition to receiving the support of France, there is also the Howard family sending money and food to the side and destroying England.

But in this way, England's vitality will be greatly damaged. If the Duke of Norfolk cannot stabilize the domestic situation, then James V can go south to change London.Even if Princess Mary, who got the news, wanted to do something, she was beyond her reach.

unless……

The face of Princess Juana appeared in Henry VIII's mind, and he was very worried that the old man in Norfolk would jump over the wall in a hurry.

After all, with Princess Juana in hand, Enrique II had to be cautious.The Duke of Norfolk holds the two trump cards of the Duke of York and Princess Juana, and is fully qualified to negotiate terms with the eager James V, and can even use Calais to stabilize King Francois who took the opportunity to share the food.

It was really well planned and well-intentioned.

The more he thought about it, the more angry Henry VIII swore in his heart: If he didn't let the Howards experience the prison in the Tower of London, he would be sorry for the Duke of Norfolk's efforts.

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While Henry VIII was swearing extremely, the Duke of Norfolk, who was sentenced to death by him, was looking gloomy at the Hampton Palace guards who broke into his house.

Anne of Cleves looked more like the queen of England than ever, surrounded by "iron fortresses".

She looked proudly at the man behind the scenes that caused her to retreat to the Palace of Richmond, and her voice was as cold as ice: "Thomas Howard, by order of the kings of England, Ireland, and France, I have you, and All remaining members of the Howard family are arrested."

"Hmph! Arrest me? I think Her Majesty the Queen may have burned too many fires in the Richmond Palace, so her eyes and ears were burnt unclear." Even in the face of heavy troops, the Duke of Norfolk's face remained the same. Emerging the aristocratic unique, slightly bitter arrogance.

He looked intently into the eyes of Anne of Cleves, not knowing whether he was convincing her or himself.

"Our whole family gave everything to His Majesty and to England. For him I defeated the Scots at Flodden, for him I put down the rebellion of the Prayer of Grace. But when I have done so much for him , His Majesty the King actually wants a foreigner, a German woman, to arrest me. It’s really ridiculous.” At this moment, the Duke of Norfolk really experienced the feeling of being pushed down by everyone.

For the first time in history, the old fox, who was at ease at the court of Henry VIII, smelled "despair" in himself.

Anne of Cleves didn't want to waste her words with this loser, so she asked the guards to forcibly lift the arm of the Duke of Norfolk, dragged England's second minister out of the mansion half-trusted, and threw him into a screaming crowd. tower of london.