I didn't know you were such a vampire

Although in the eyes of everyone in the Orsini Palace, Rodrigo's appointment as the new pope is a matter of course, but Joya knows that for the Italian cardinals who hate foreigners being popes, Rodrigo, who is a Spaniard, would like to It is an extremely absurd thing to become the Pope, not to mention that among Rodrigo's opponents, there are Ascanios Forza who has the background of the Principality of France and Milan, and the son of Sixtus IV. Nephew, Giuliano Rovere with the support of the King of Naples.

No matter how you look at it, Rodrigo is not the one with the best chance of winning.

But Rodrygo has one strength that many lack.

He is rich, very rich.

Money, for the cardinals of the Holy See in this era, is an irresistible temptation.

When Juan was extremely excited, Qiao Ya was very calm, she patted Juan's back with a smile, and said: "Okay, Juan, put away your out-of-control emotions, the next life is the most difficult .”

Juan hugged her arm loosely, frowned, hugged her, and asked, "Joya, why do you say that?"

"Because..." Qiao Ya deliberately prolonged her tone, "Recently, you probably don't have the time to visit brothels in Rome anymore."

Joya was right. After the white smoke rose from the chimney of the Sister Church, the Orsini Palace, where the children of the Borgia family lived, suddenly became busy.

Because she was about to come into contact with a different social circle and attend higher-level occasions, Adriana ordered the maids to re-measure the children's body size, and each of them had to make several new sets of clothes.

At this time, Rome was influenced by the Holy See's hostage, Prince Cem of Turkey. The young noblemen all liked to wear Turkish-style clothing, and Juan was one of them. He is quite famous in the circle, and he can be regarded as a fashionista. After Adriana asked him not to wear Turkish clothes, he protested a little, but in the end, he changed into a blue dress when he went out. Schmidts.

And Qiao Ya, who had been lying in the house for more than a month due to her foot injury, was finally forced to end her chic life of not having to go to class or go out. Under the warning of "Palace invites the imperial physician", she had to let the two black maids appointed by Adriana help her out of the house.

By this time it was approaching winter, and the newly appointed Pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgia, held the first meeting of cardinals.

At this meeting, he appointed Cesare, who was studying far away in Pisa, the position of Archbishop of Valencia he had held so far, and bestowed on him the highest religious office in Spain; The nephew of the archbishop of Monreale was promoted to cardinal.Not only that, other important positions in the Vatican are also monopolized by relatives of the Borgia family.It can be said that the newly-appointed pope has unabashedly implemented the word "nepotism" at the beginning of his tenure.

The Orsini Palace became the latest social center among the Roman nobility.

Before Rodrigo became Pope, because of his status as vice pope and wealth second to none among the cardinals, the children of the Borgia family living in the Orsini Palace never lacked various dinners or party invitation.

The Borgia family is famous for their slender stature and good looks. Among them, Cesare is stable and mature, Juan is eloquent, and Lucrecia is quite talented even though he is young. The three formed the focus and center of the whole banquet. .

As the eldest child, Qiao Ya always took Jeffrey, the youngest, to sit in the corner of the dinner party. Intrusively eat and drink.

After Rodrigo took office, there were only more such dinners, and there were many more guests who came to visit with heavy gifts.So much so that after my father became Pope, he hadn't seen his father properly, but he had already met the guests who came for his father several times.

It will take some time for Cesare, who received the appointment of the Holy See, to rush from Pisa to the Vatican. As the oldest of several children, Joya, even though she claims to have an unhealed foot injury, she is still driven by Adriana. Leah came forward to receive the guests together.

Probably because the thick bandages wrapped on Qiao Ya's legs were too conspicuous. Every visitor who came to visit was first amazed by the beautiful women in the Orsini Palace, and then their eyes lingered on Qiao Ya's wrapped bandages. Bandaged the entire calf.

A few days later, rumors were circulating throughout Rome that the stunningly beautiful daughter of the new pope had a broken leg. According to Juan, who had resumed his habit of visiting the fireworks scene in Rome, some people even said that Joa's leg was seriously injured in the Roman area. , is at stake, and will die soon.

"I was beaten when I jumped up." Juan said angrily, "It was so hard that his fiancée didn't dare to come forward to recognize him!"

Joya sat on her own Dante chair, and the maid placed several soft cushions under her injured foot, lest she feel pain due to the unhealed foot injury, and after Juan came Served on a plate with small snacks and two glasses of good wine.

Qiao Ya threw a candied almond into her mouth, and then said: "The rumors are unbelievable, smart people know it."

"So stupid people should be beaten." Juan snorted, leaning back and leaning on the arm of the chair, "When your foot is healed, you can jump all the way to Rome and let them all see You have sharp legs."

Qiao Ya laughed and said, "Are you my real brother?"

"Aren't I thinking of you?" Juan said convincingly, "What if your fiancé listens to the rumors, thinks that you really suffered a serious leg injury and died of illness, and divorces the engagement, what should you do?"

The corners of Qiao Ya's eyes twitched slightly.

Juan rolled his eyes and said again: "But it doesn't matter. Anyway, I will be the Duke of Gandhia at that time, I can afford you, I will take you to Spain, let people serve you well, let you eat well and drink spicy food, Even if your leg is seriously ill and dies within a few days, I will definitely build you a luxurious tomb."

Qiao Ya grabbed a handful of candied almonds from the dinner plate, and threw it towards Juan. Juan grinned, jumped up from the chair, oiled the soles of his feet, slipped out of the room, and walked towards the garden in the courtyard. Qiao Ya yelled, "I'll tell you some fun stories outside after I go out to play," and ran away from the yard with her attendants.

Qiao Ya leaned back on the armrest of the chair again, and threw the candied almonds into her mouth one by one, her eyes were a little misty.

Adriana started preparing for Joya's 15th birthday dinner a few days in advance. The Orsini Palace was busy preparing for this birthday dinner. On the contrary, Joya, who was the protagonist of the dinner, didn't think much of it. Shangxin, apart from receiving visitors every day, he would wake up slowly at noon prayer time when the sun was high, and then lie in his room and read the book brought by Julia's brother from other places, which was brought by Adria Na ordered the books banned.

On the day of her birthday, she couldn't sleep until noon, but shivered and got out of the quilt, rubbed her eyes, turned her head to look at the window, but saw that the window didn't even reflect the morning light.

At this time, the sun has not yet awakened from beyond the mountains.

Qiao Ya hugged her hands, rubbed her cold shoulders, sat on the bed and stared at her quilt for a long time, until the morning light slowly climbed up the blinds, she couldn't figure out why she couldn't sleep under such a thick quilt. Can be awakened by freezing.

After washing up under the clothes of the two maids, Qiaoya asked if there were any other visitors at noon today, as usual, and after getting a negative answer, she limped to the bookshelf and dug out half of what she saw yesterday. book of.She was about to open the title page of the book when she heard footsteps outside the window. At first she thought it was Juan who had just returned from the Orsini Palace and came to her to learn about Rome, but this footstep The voice was steady and orderly, obviously not belonging to Juan who was running around in her yard.

She opened the window carefully, and among the olive trees, she saw Mr. Brandao walking towards him.

After Rodrigo became the Pope, as a senior advisor beside him, Brendao was naturally too busy to turn around these days, so seeing the well-dressed and energetic Brendao striding forward in such a morning Coming here still surprised Qiao Ya a little.

She simply opened the window and asked with a smile, "Why is Mr. Brandao free today?"

Brandao stopped outside her porch, bowed slightly, saluted, and said, "Today is Miss Joya's birthday, whether it is due to Father Rodrigo's order or my own wishes, I will came."

Qiao Ya raised her eyebrows: "Then, Mr. Brandao, is it my father's order today, or is it your personal hospital?"

Brendaou said, "It's both."

The smile on Qiao Ya's face subsided, she tapped the desk a few times with her fingers, and then said, "Is there something important that father wants me to do?"

"The father missed his daughter and couldn't wait to see her after everything else he was doing," Brendaeo said with a smile.

The corner of Qiao Ya's mouth curled upwards with a small arc: "Then I'll just believe it."

She said, leaning on the table with one hand, and limped towards the outside of the house. At this moment, she heard Brendaore say: "At this time, Miss Joya can put down the unnecessary pretense."

Qiao Ya smiled silently, patted the folds of the dress, and pulled off the bandage that covered her entire calf, revealing her beautifully shaped ankle that had been wrapped under the bandage for a long time. Walk towards the outside of the house.