Warlock Royal Family

On December 1526, 12, after numerous delays due to unstable sea routes and military deployments, the Duke of Bourbon finally arrived in Vienna again.

Unlike the previous attention, Ladislaus did not go out of the city to meet him this time.

Although Ladislaus only greeted him at the gate of the city, the Duke of Bourbon did not dare to have any dissatisfaction, which was due to his strength.

The overall strength of Austria has risen to a higher level, and the overall external etiquette has naturally dropped to a higher level.

"Your Majesty, please accept my sincerest condolences."

"thank you very much."

"Her Majesty the Queen is an outstanding woman and a great mother of the United Kingdom."

When we first met, it was still the scene that I had already heard, but this time Ladislaus didn't listen to it.

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Entering the city of Vienna, the Duke of Bourbon found that the whole city was completely deserted, without any Christmas atmosphere.

This time Ladislaus managed to cancel the Christmas celebration, although it was not the plan he wanted to carry out.

All Christmas donations from the Cyric Church must be given in the name of the dead queen's blessing, otherwise the church's accounts will be strictly checked by the audit team sent by Ladislaus, and they will be checked repeatedly.

Although the strong bones who dare to accept the inspection are basically relatively stable financially, this does not affect that they are also troubled by the people who audit the accounts.

It is impossible for non-professionals to make perfect accounts. Even if there is no evidence of corruption, irregularities are easy to find.

The few priests who became the thorn in Ladislaus' eyes were soon punished heavily.

Most of the Bishop Cyric and the priests of the church, who were fishing for oil and water, basically obeyed Ladislaus' order honestly and changed the alms to the name of the royal family.

The Duke of Bourbon dined with Ladislaus and Juana's daughters at the Vienna Palace, followed by a small ball.

The Duke of Bourbon and Ellenova finally got to know each other officially and exchanged engagement rings.

The custom of exchanging engagement rings probably first arose during a ceremony between Emperor Maximilian and Mary of Burgundy.

After dinner, Ladislaus took the initiative to suggest that the fiancé couple dance together in the hall.

In the melodious tune of the Vienna Orchestra.The couple of the exiled Danish monarchs and a limited number of aristocratic couples from Austria who participated in the banquet also joined the dance floor one after another.

Compared with the dance party with hundreds of people under normal circumstances, today's scale has been reduced.

"Your Majesty, I thought you didn't like any entertainment recently." Watching her eldest daughter and the Duke of Bourbon dancing, Juana and Ladislaus sat on the side and chatted casually.

"I really don't like it, but I also have the right to spread the atmosphere of sadness and pain because of the loss of my wife. Also, you can call me Ladislaus, if you don't mind if I call you Your Majesty Mother." Juana and Several of her daughters are queens, and it would be pompous to use honorifics, even by Habsburg standards. [

The whole city was not Ladislaus' wish, but the members of the State Council unanimously requested it, and also to appease His Majesty the Emperor of Madrid.So I have to.

"Oh, even my own son seldom calls me mother when he grows up." Juana's voice became even deeper. In fact, Charles V, who was in Madrid at the time, refused to call me mother for a long time. Talk to Juana.

"This is the disadvantage of power." Ladislaus drank half a glass of wine, "but power is too addictive, so let's not choose to pursue it."

"Watching them grow up and wear their crowns. Take on a mission and then die tragically, it's the worst thing possible," Juana said, taking wine from the waiter's plate.

Ladislaus had already noticed that she seemed to be taking a little too much tonight, but he had no intention of stopping her, a daughter was getting married, and a mother had every right to drink twice as much.

Even if she wants to control, it should be controlled by her daughter.

Of course, there is one person besides the daughter who is also eligible.

"Your Majesty, this is the last glass!" Florentino said.This trend must be stopped.

"Last drink, last drink, my old chap, why don't you ask some lady to dance?" Juana felt sorry for her guardian.

Ladislaus also knew that his mother-in-law's mental state might be a problem, but he really didn't care much.

Because of the romantic nature of the old emperor Maximilian, the court atmosphere in Vienna was not very strict.

The habits that Ladislaus brought from the Italian commercial city-state are not comparable to the stubborn and conservative Madrid.

But Florentino obviously did not accept Juana's suggestion.He stood silently behind Juana, staring at her glass.

With him were two always silent monks, who did not drink and were always ready to subdue Juana.

Florentino's attitude made it impossible for Jones and Jarlaxle to leave.They could only stand behind Ladislaus and Juana with the steward of the Spanish court.

Knowing that she was unlikely to get another drink, Juana slowed down her drink.

"It's strange, Ladislaus, I can really see great loss and pain on your face. The extent of your grief for Katharina is really beyond my expectation."

Ladislaus frowned slightly at Juana's words, it seemed that he really drank too much.

"Anna Sibo, Harna Doria, and the woman over there that my eldest son used to be, is it called Margarita or Maria? What's the matter, I don't think you are any better than other men Ah." Although the relationship between Ladislaus and Anna was different from what she said, Ladislaus did not refute Juana.

"Your Majesty, you drank too much. Let me help you go back to rest." Florentino wanted to stop the situation from developing.

"It's true that I'm no better than other men." Ladislaus drank the rest of the wine in his glass, "But I do lose sleep because of Katharina."

"Of course, a man who is having a good time will also be really sad for his wife's death, and I can understand this, so I just ask you a question, does Katharina know about you and Mary?" Juana's words made people think To persuade her Florentino to lose his voice all of a sudden, this is not a topic he should "cut in" on. "Ah, don't deny it. Mary hasn't suffered for her husband at all these days. She is completely immersed in guilt, just like you."

An extremely dangerous light flickered in Juana's eyes. The mother of many queens, with the help of power and the magic net, still did not age. Her face, which was not inferior to her daughter's, was full of mixed Oppressive and insanely glamorous.

It's just that this charm is extremely dangerous.

Ladislaus, who had been frowning tightly at Juana's previous words, relaxed now, and his mother-in-law was only angry rather than losing her mind.

He also found that Mary was in the worst mood like him tonight, and like himself, she didn't dance a dance.

Juana may have suspected it a long time ago, and she could only confirm it when she saw Ladislaus and Mary feel similar guilt tonight.

"No, she doesn't know." Ladislaus had no intention of denying it at all, and he didn't justify his words that he was under a lot of pressure at the time, and he directly answered Juana's question.

He confirmed Juana's questioning, which made both Jones and Jarlaxle nervous. Although denying it might not stop Juana from getting angry, but unless she was caught "raping" in bed, she should never admit it.

It's just that Juana has clearly seen the problem in Mary's state, and the mother can always see the problem in her daughter.

"I assure you that before she died, Katharina was completely content with the joy of being officially married to me and being crowned queen. Although this could ease the pain of her mother's pain and eventual departure, she did not because of me and Mary. , to endure more pain.”

Ladislaus stared into Juana's eyes and said firmly.

Juana also stared closely into Ladislaus' eyes. After staring at each other for more than 5 minutes, which made Florentino feel extremely nervous, Juana said in her unique deep voice: "Huh, the acting Not bad, I should be able to fool Mary, I will pour her two more glasses later, you say what you just said, and then find a way to get into her bedroom, at least this will save my living daughter from so much pain, and I will also You don’t have to worry about her “suicide.”

After listening to Juana, Ladislaus didn't think he was acting, at least not quite.

He just picked up another glass of wine. (to be continued...)

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