I was beheaded in the Middle Ages for 20 years

Half a month passed.

Reims Cathedral.

Today is the day that John will be crowned.

He and Bonnet had gone to Reims Cathedral a few days earlier to prepare.

But at this time, the two of them were fighting on the carriage.

"Don't expect me to forgive you! These days you have been taking advantage of me and my relationship with Xu!"

John had a righteous look on his face and was obviously angry about Bonet's previous behavior.

His head was held high, his thick brown hair spread out, and paired with his dark green eyes, he exuded a light of firm justice.

His face is handsome and straight, with slender lines, full of perseverance and determination. His skin is dark bronze, and traces of hard training and brave experiences are engraved on his face like tattoos.

Bonnet was dressed exquisitely and beautifully in a noble and gorgeous dress. Compared with John's angry face, she was much calmer.

"I didn't expect you to forgive me, husband. But today is the day you succeed to the throne. When you get off the carriage, can you put the expression on your face down and at least show a solemn and solemn look. Don't let the world You know, the King of France is a child."

"Child?" John became angrier as he spoke, "I wrote a letter inviting Miss Xu and Raya to come to Reims Cathedral to attend my coronation ceremony. Why did you block my letter!"

"Unless you want to turn Reims Cathedral into a scene of quarrel between the nobles and the Holy See, you'd better give up."

After Bonnet learned about Philip VI's plan, he felt that Philip VI's plan was not perfect enough to completely bind the nobility to the royal family.

This hinted that John wrote to Charlie, and then Bonnet spread the news, saying that John wrote to his son to ask his son Charlie to come back, and was then forcibly detained by Xu Siling.

This move helped John and Bonnet a lot. Many nobles had completely believed that the relationship between the royal family and Xu Siling had reached a freezing point.

Then the town of Alston was captured and fell by Xu Siling.

Bonnet knew about this and once again hinted that John could write to Xu Siling.

How can John be serious? He doesn't care at all whether Alston falls or not.

He also knew that Feier's Tamubao village was looted and burned, and he accepted Feier's explanation as a matter of course.

The murderers were the Downs family from Alston Town.

Since they were the murderers, it was only natural for Mayer to be angry and send people to attack Alston Town.

There is absolutely no question that a king should have.

John's mind was filled with the fallacy of Charlie's hostage, which affected his relationship with Xu Siling.

He had always wanted to write a letter to Xu Siling to apologize, saying that he was not responsible for any of this.

But Bonnet has never allowed him to do this, saying that the apology must at least wait until he succeeds to the throne.

Seeing the situation like this, John could only feel uneasy every day and suppress his guilty heart.

The future King John, who believed in chivalry, always felt the torture of deceiving his friends.

After the fall of Alston Town, Bonnet signaled John to write to Xu, asking Xu to stop the war against the nobles of the Earl of Raya.

In the letter John wrote to Xu, there was only a few sentences describing the incident on the whole page - stop if you can, but just be happy.

Half of the page is devoted to explaining and apologizing for Charlie's hostage fallacy, and the rest is about expressing feelings for friends and complaining about his wife Bonnet.

If it weren't for the fact that at the end of writing, he remembered that there was a royalist Bode family in the Earl of Raya, John would join in and let Xu Duo take care of him.

That's a lot better, otherwise Fei'er and Xu Siling would really want to lift the Tianling Cap off the heads of everyone in the Bode family.

But Bonnet asked John to write a letter for a reason. News came out again that John wrote to ask Xu Siling to end the civil war in the earldom and prepare for the future national war.

Xu Siling happened to be frightened by the courage of the nobles in the earldom. Without sufficient reasons, he had to give up.

A delicate and amicable situation was reached between the two parties.

Ending the war in the earldom, and suddenly not killing everyone in the earl family, but also sending the other party back to Paris.

These actions undoubtedly prove that John's words are still useful to Feier and Xu Siling.

This also made the nobles of the kingdom breathe a sigh of relief.

At least a certain Madman Xu can listen to something, right?
For these nobles, it was difficult for them to imagine what kind of people could defeat two cities in ten days with only one hundred and fifty men.

The battle report has been released, but is it possible to do this? How does Xu Siling ensure that there are no mistakes in every detail of the plan?

None of these nobles knew. It is estimated that only these soldiers who died in the battle knew what really happened.

But Xu Siling also completely proved that he is not only a maniac with personal combat power, but also a maniac with command.

One hundred and fifty people dare to attack the city?

Where did you get the courage?

The current subconscious habit in the Middle Ages is that if the number of people is not several times that of the city, they will not consider attacking the city.

In the Battle of Tamubao, Mayer's number of soldiers was only slightly more than that of Khamis.

The battle of Tamubao alone is enough to make people confused.

The battles of Alston and Dramisburg that followed were even more shocking.

The nobles were worried about what would happen between Xu Siling and Fei'er.

But seeing that John was able to restrain the two of them, they both relaxed.

But in fact, the reason why Xu Siling stopped the attack was simply because he had no better reason for civil war. Otherwise, he would not care about the public opinion of the outside world and would put more cities into Feier's pocket no matter what.

And John also had many quarrels with Bonnet because of one reason after another.

Did Bonnet do something wrong?

From the queen's perspective, no one would say she was wrong.

Even Xu Siling believes that thanks to Bonnet's existence, John will not follow the old path of history.

John was not a man who would seize the opportunity. At least historically, after the death of Philip VI, he did not seize the opportunity to restore his relationship with the nobles to what they were before.

The impact of the disastrous defeat that led to the Battle of Crecy lasted until John was captured in the second battle.

Bonnet, who was still alive, had a great positive influence on John.

The France of today is completely different from the France of history.

There is the influence of Xu Siling, but there is also the influence of Bonnet.

And now, John wrote to Xu and Faile ten days ago, inviting them to attend his coronation ceremony at Reims Cathedral.

Bonnet knew this and stopped the two letters without hesitation.

Unknowingly, John always thought that he would see Xu Siling and Feier today.

But in the carriage, Bonnet confesses the outcome of the two letters, once again throwing the couple into quarrel.

"Oh no, Bonnet, you can't do this every time! I'm the king and I'm your husband!"

"I know, I know." Bonnet had a headache. "Don't worry, even if they don't come to your coronation ceremony, they won't think they are alienated from us. You can succeed to the throne with peace of mind, and then manage like a real king." All yours."

"Why do I feel like you are coaxing a child?"

"My dear, why do you have such doubts?"

Bonnet smiled helplessly, and the music of Reims Cathedral rose slowly.

"It's time to enter from the side hall. My dear husband, we will talk about these things after you become the king, okay?"

John was hesitant to speak, but he waved his hands and got out of the carriage and left. When Bonnet got off the carriage, he found that John was acting like a child, not helping him, and entering Reims Cathedral with his hands behind his back, angry and laughing.

In France in 1250, a manual of coronation etiquette in Reims was published.

If there are no special circumstances, the ceremony will be carried out according to the requirements of this book. Each country has its own coronation tradition, but the king of France is basically crowned in Reims Cathedral, and the king of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey.

The anointing, oath taking, and granting of the scepter are all necessary.

Pope Innocent VI, also known as Etienne Aubert.

As Philip VI said, Xu Siling said.

There are no surprises with the new pope, no changes.

But Innocent VI, who had just taken office, did not go all the way to Reims Cathedral to lick John's ass in order to consolidate the majesty of his papal position.

This is a normal thing. Countries that believe in the Holy Religion must obtain the recognition of the Pope if they want to be crowned king.

But this does not mean that the pope will appear in person at the coronation ceremony to crown the new king.

But it is well known that the French royal family is a filial son of the Holy Church.

Still under the influence of the Prisoner of Avignon.

The Holy Religion is half a dog of the French royal family.

The French pope should come and lick John's ass at this time.

John didn't care about Innocent VI's absence, but Bonet did.

After Innocent VI came to power, he carried out major reforms in Avignon.

He limited the salary of the office and stipulated that the bishop must be stationed in his own diocese.

He himself also set about reorganizing the church in Avignon.

But Clement VI himself lived a dissolute life and was greedy by nature. He had seven publicly recognized illegitimate children, all of whom held important positions in the Holy See, so that when he walked on the street, he couldn't tell who was an illegitimate child and which was a son of a good family.

Of course, his rectification is unlikely to have any effect.

But this undoubtedly revealed that Innocent VI was a restless lord, which gave Bonnet a bad feeling. She had arranged for someone to keep a close eye on him in Avignon.

There was a good reason for his absence this time, which prevented Bonnet from taking advantage of the opportunity.

That's why it is said that it is normal for archbishops to preside over coronation ceremonies in various places, but it seems unexpected in France.

Susanne Oliveira, Archbishop of Reims Cathedral.

At this time, he and a group of bishops were waiting in front of the high platform.

In the Reims Cathedral, the entire church was solemn and solemn, with only melodious sacred music floating slowly.

The whole audience stared at Philip VI with keen eyes, waiting for the coronation ceremony to begin.

At this moment, the sunlight penetrates the colored glass from a high place, and touches of gold appear.

The first stage of the coronation is the ceremony of bestowing the king's attire.

The Paris Royal Palace Church sent part of John's attire and placed it on the altar. The first part of the ceremony was the 'farewell'.

John discarded his old coat and received a pair of shoes decorated with lilies from the steward of the palace, golden spurs from the Duke of Burgundy, and a sword and scabbard from Sussony, Archbishop of Reims.

These things are first placed on the altar and then taken down one by one.

The sword which gave King John the secular power over the church was henceforth worn without a scabbard by the king's captain of the palace guard.

After that it's time to apply oil.

The holy oil is usually kept at the Saint-Remy monastery and is sent to Reims Cathedral by the abbot of the monastery on the eve of the coronation.

Archbishop Sussanne of Reims took the holy oil and applied it on John's head, chest, shoulders, between the shoulders and the joints of his arms, and finally on John's hands.

John was very obedient and allowed himself to be manipulated. Although he was angry with his wife Bonnet, he knew that he should not lose his temper at this moment.

After anointing with holy oil, the second stage is entered and the true symbol of the king is awarded.

The chamberlain handed John the withered red robe, which was covered with a cloak.

Archbishop Suzanne put a ring on the king's hand, and gave the scepter to John's right hand and the crotch to John's left hand.

The ring is a symbol of Kingdom authority and Christian faith, as well as a sign of the intimate relationship between God, Jesus, and his people.

The scepter is a symbol of divine authorization, and the scepter replaces the previous rod and is given to John.

The third stage is the true coronation, which is divided into two steps.

The first step is for Archbishop Susanni to help put on the crown, assisted by 12 ministers.

The basic equipment is 6 bishops and 6 nobles to assist, to show the recognition of the coronation by the church and the nobles.

The coronation is the climax of the entire ceremony.

During the coronation ceremony, Suzanne held the crown high with great piety, placed it on John's head, and then said to John: "I accepted this crown from God and now give it to you for safekeeping. This is the crown of the Holy Empire and The symbol of the Holy Emperor.”

His tone was calm but not impetuous.

All the nobles shouted "King" one after another.

The second step is for John to sit on the throne.

After John sat on the throne, Archbishop Suzanne kissed John.

John knew this process, but he was still a little uncomfortable with being kissed.

At the end of the coronation ceremony, John had to take the oath.

The main purpose is to ensure peace and justice, protect the church, maintain the Catholic faith, etc.

Anyway, his wife, Bonnet, carried the manuscript down on his head.

Everyone in Reims Cathedral listened to his oath very seriously.

The senior nobles lined up on both sides of the venue, and the archbishop and the bishops stood in front of the throne.

"Under my rule, I will work to maintain the peace and prosperity of the country. I will listen to the demands of the people, respect the law, and rule fairly. I will work to protect our lands."

"I swear that no matter what challenges and difficulties I face, I will stick to these oaths, never forget my original intention, and remain consistent. May the Lord witness my oaths and give me wisdom and strength to enable me to complete this sacred mission. "

"I will maintain and protect the sanctity of France and its doctrines established by law!"

The surrounding walls emit colorful lights.

The free-flowing glazed windows exude warmth and light, illuminating John's handsome face and the power he holds in his hands.

All the ministers were arranged in an orderly manner in the auditorium, with dignified and solemn manners.

Early 1348.

Good guy John.

Son of Philip VI and Queen Jeanne.

The second king of the Valois dynasty of France.

John II successfully succeeded to the throne and became the supreme king of France.

After saying the oath, John II looked towards the audience with his green eyes, how much he wished for his good friend Xu.

To be able to be there at this moment. (End of chapter)