I didn't know you were such a vampire

"So you were locked in the house by your father, and even the 15th birthday dinner was canceled?"

Juan swaggered and sat on the desk in front of Qiao Ya's window, picked a round marzipan from the plate brought by the maid, and then put on his robe in the air, tilted his upper body slightly, and firmly caught it with his mouth. After eating the fudge, he was not too busy chewing it, but gave Joya a rather appreciative look.

Qiao Ya was sitting on a chair, straightening her skirt with her head down, and said slowly, "Yes."

Juan patted his thigh and jumped down from the desk. He crossed his arms and walked slowly around Qiao Ya, saying: "I have heard that it is the Archbishop of Milan Ascanios Forza helped his father a lot in this pope election ceremony, so after his father succeeded as Pope, Ascanio became the vice chancellor of the Holy See and asked his father for marriage."

As for what method Rodrigo used to get Ascanio, who was originally his competitor, to vote for him, Joya can probably imagine it.

Although the Sistine Chapel during the pope election ceremony claims to separate the cardinals in closed rooms, nothing is absolute. The few wisps of smoke coming out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel are those Political and financial games in isolated rooms.

"This time, the target of the marriage is Ludovico, who is in power in Milan, and Ascanio's cousin, who is the lord of Pesaro on the Adriatic Sea. He was married to the sister of the Marquis of Mantua before, and then his wife died. Due to dystocia, he is also alone." Juan said.

Qiao Ya asked casually, "What's his name?"

"Giovannis Forza."

Joya: "..."

She counted on her fingers. This is the 550th and second Giovanni she has heard in her life, and the number is tentatively designated as Giovanni 552.

"So what makes me strange is that this time, Qiao Ya, you actually said 'no' to your father." When Qiao Ya assigned the number to this Giovannis Forza, Juan walked up to Qiao Ya and squatted down. He got down and stared into her eyes, "You know, although father has always been kind to his children, but none of us said 'no' to him, he was pampering us within his bottom line , Even if I rush out and kill someone now, he can immediately pardon me on behalf of the Holy See, but if I disobey his order, he will treat me as if I don’t have this son.”

Qiao Ya raised her eyebrows and said, "He didn't pretend that he didn't have a daughter like me, no, he grounded me and asked you to be a lobbyist."

Juan smiled and said, "I'm not a lobbyist in the traditional sense."

He walked to the desk in front of the window sill, jumped on his toes, and sat down on the desk again. He took out a marzipan that was not as regular in shape as before from the dinner plate, and tossed it up and down in his hand. After a while, he asked, "What kind of family is the Totti family?"

Qiao Ya was stunned for a moment, and the garden with carnations in full bloom immediately flashed through her mind.

In the Vatican, except for Rodrigo, Brendao and Adriana, no one knew the real reason for her going to Florence, including Juan, who thought she was just received by an aunt who had never met. Invited to Florence for the summer.This is just a very ordinary trip, and Qiao Ya should not have changed in any way from departure to return.

But no one thought, not even the three people who knew the inside story, that Qiao Ya, who was originally quiet and obedient, would start a belated rebellious period after returning from Florence.

But it happened when she was about to marry the Sforza family.

After that day, Rodrigo ordered the cancellation of Joya's 15th birthday dinner, and while the rumors in Rome were fermenting, he released the news that Joya was sick in bed and could not see guests, so that Adriana locked Joya in her own room. In her room, no one else is allowed to visit her, nor is she allowed to go out for half a step until she is soft and docile.

On that night, Qiao Ya had the most deserted birthday since she came to this world.

She was surrounded by only two maids that Adriana had brought in temporarily. These two maids looked exotic and seemed to be from North Africa. Joya spoke to them in Italian, French, Catalan and Latin. However, after seeing their bewildered eyes, she knew that Rodrigo had even deprived her of the right to communicate this time.

Fortunately, these two girls, who were about the same age as Joya, seemed to know that it was her birthday that night. Before she went to bed, they knelt in front of her bed and sang a song that was not very pleasant to say in a language she did not understand. s song.

At that time, Qiao Ya remembered that when she was in Florence, at the small dining table, Ricardo squinted his slightly drooping eyes, smiled and told her and Marco about the interesting things in the early years of Florence, while Arturo, Sirio And Lisa was standing behind him, interjecting a few words from time to time, Ricardo would not blame the servants for interjecting, but nodded with a smile, as if he was extremely satisfied with these three compliments.

What kind of family is the Totti family?

This question is very simple, but when it is really answered, those few words are so pale and powerless compared to that real life.

"It's just..." Qiao Ya paused, "It really looks like a family."

"Aren't we family?" Juan asked.

Joya turned her head to look at him. His back was facing the window, like Rodrigo's usual posture. There was a faint light covering the contours of his body, but his face was sunk in darkness.But he is different from Rodrigo. Although others cannot see his face clearly, they can feel his clear eyes.

Qiao Ya smiled at his face hidden in the darkness and said, "Such a family is different from us. They may not have great power or wealth, but if I don't want to What they do, they will give the greatest tolerance and respect."

Juan was silent for a long time before saying, "I thought you didn't care about that."

"If you haven't owned it, you naturally don't care." Qiao Ya replied.

She has lost this feeling for so long that she has forgotten how it feels when her free choice is respected, and when Martina asked her through the window, she couldn't even make it answer.

Juan laughed, and said: "You speak so earnestly, but I can't convince you." He jumped off the desk, walked up to Qiao Ya, knelt down, held Qiao Ya on the Hands on the lap, raised his head, looked straight into Qiao Ya's eyes, "Anyway, I didn't want to be this lobbyist, I just want you to have a good time, so I want to respect you like the kind of family you mentioned. your choice."

Qiao Ya was taken aback.

Juan is still smiling, but this expression is not as generous as he used to be when he was the little devil in the Vatican. At this time, he has a feeling that he has grown up.

Thinking about it carefully, Juan at this time has accepted the gift from his elder brother and has become the Duke of Gandhia. He is about to go to Spain to marry his royal bride.

Those younger brothers and sisters who were still children in her eyes grew up quietly like this.

Qiao Ya took one of her hands out of his hand, lifted it up and stroked his hair, then nodded his nose, and said with a smile: "If you can go there one day without going every day If the Roman brothel runs away, your sister and I will be happier."

Juan wrinkled his face: "Joya, I already respect your choice, so please don't deprive me of the freedom to spend money to buy happiness."

Qiao Ya laughed, and Juan's wrinkled face broke into a brilliant smile in an instant. He first squinted his eyes and smiled silently, then buried his face in Qiao Ya's leg injury randomly, and let out a few muffled laughs. His shoulders kept shaking.

This is a habit he has developed since childhood.

Both Rodrigo and Adriana educated their children to be emotional, but Juan was a guy who couldn't hide his emotions. His love and hatred were extremely strong, and almost everyone could see it. He likes his elder sister Joya, hates his elder brother Cesare, and looks down on the arrogant Lucrecia.

Although he is Rodrigo's most spoiled child, occasionally Rodrigo will point out his character exposure.

So he began to try to hide his emotions, and the first effort he made was to throw himself into Qiaoya's arms on any occasion that Rodrigo thought should be expressionless.

As usual, she put her hand on Juan's dark brown hair and stroked it gently.

This kind of touch made her suddenly think of her other younger brother, the boy with blond hair and blue eyes. Her hand trembled uncontrollably, and she pressed it back hard.

When the new and old years changed, Joya still didn't give in as Rodrigo expected. Instead, she got along very well with the two maids who didn't understand the language.

The three first communicated through stick figures, and Qiao Ya began to teach them some simple Italian. After a few months, although the two girls still could not communicate in Italian, they could still understand the general meaning , so Qiao Ya gave them Italian names, the slender one was called Lucia, and the slightly plump one was called Alicia.

The two girls came from the border of Egypt under the rule of the Mamluk dynasty. Because of the continuous war between the Mamluk dynasty and the Ottoman Empire, the whole village decided to cross the sea and live in the country on the other side of the sea.

It takes a lot of courage for people who believe in religion to live in a country ruled by Catholicism, but they still make efforts to survive.

After Joya learned about their experiences in their stick figures and body gestures, she told them the story of the first queen of the Mamluk Dynasty, Pearl Sprig.

This is also a woman who can be called a legend in the world. She was born as a slave. She was given to Saleh, the Sultan of Egypt's Ayyubid Dynasty by the Caliph, the supreme leader of the world, and became Saleh's concubine. After the next son, he got rid of his slave status and became a free man.

In the middle of the thirteenth century, the Catholic world launched the Seventh Crusade. The commander was King Louis IX of France. Saleh died of illness during the expedition. The Mamluk generals successfully resisted the offensive of the Crusaders, cut off the supply lines of the Crusaders, and finally forced the Crusaders to surrender, and Louis IX was captured.

Afterwards, she founded the Mamluk dynasty and became the first and last Christian queen of the Mamluk dynasty.

When Rukia and Alicia heard Joya talk about the pearl twig, expressions of uneasiness appeared on their faces. After she finished speaking, the two girls hurriedly gestured.

Qiao Ya nodded and smiled: "I know, Pearl Twig's ascension to the throne caused a shock in the world, and the world does not allow the existence of a queen, so she was forced to marry the person appointed by the Caliph, and made that person Became the Sultan. After she learned that the new Sultan plotted to abolish her and marry another, she acted preemptively and killed the other party, and was later killed by the supporters of the new Sultan, and her corpse was exposed in the wilderness to be eaten by wild dogs."

The two girls nodded immediately.

"I know that you are actually ordered by the Pope to monitor me." Qiao Ya said, looking at the two girls. The girls looked at each other, then buried their heads, not daring to look at her again.

Qiao Ya continued: "Actually, when Pearl Twig decided to become the Queen of the Mamluk Dynasty, she might not have guessed her future ending, but if she was the one who retreated despite difficulties, it would have been as early as when Saleh died of illness during the battle. , then immediately backed down and looked for the next person to cling to." She smiled, "However, if you have the ability to rise up by yourself, why bother to cling to others, even if the final outcome is death and disappearance."

She looked at the two girls with their heads down: "Even if you give up the beliefs of generations in your hometown, you still want to survive, isn't it the same?"