Vol 6 Chapter 172: Before Baptism Day

Alexander looked at Sophia with a smile and held Catherine in her arms angrily. She was clumsy and obviously would not hold the child at all, and because of the fear of hurting the villain in her arms, Sophia's body was stiff, then It looks like a large doll in a straight and motionless manner.
Sophia is more curious about her children. Perhaps she is not really ready to be a mother, so she has no experience of how to greet her children.
Despite having a nanny and a nanny, Alexander always insisted that Sophia take care of her children. This is because he knew that even flesh-and-blood relatives needed to cultivate their love. I am more concerned, but as a child, I have no affection except to remember to inherit the title as soon as possible. This is because of the interests, but more because the parents have not really greeted their children from the beginning. The child throws it to the nanny, causing the children to feel much better than the biological parents.
Alexander does not want to see such things happen to his children, which is obviously not conducive to family harmony. Alexander does not expect his family to be as intimate as ordinary people. After all, the special environment of the noble family is destined to have Too many things are mixed into it, and the so-called intimacy is deliberately maintained, which may eventually become a near-malformed family relationship like the Borgia family.
Alexander did n’t want his son to have any inexplicable feelings for his sister, let alone twins. Often, the relationship itself was much more intimate than other siblings, so he just needed to make the family more normal. Okay.
Sophia adjusted her lower arm slightly to see how Alexander hugged her son. She learned to lay her arms down a little to make her daughter lie down more comfortably.
Auguste and Catherine are almost a month old.
The baptism ritual is already being prepared, and Bucharest treats the day as a busy holiday.
And seriously, this day is not only a big day for Bucharest, but also for Wallachia, because Alexander has revealed to all Wallachians through the Patriarch that the Grand Duke Sophia has decided to announce Leo Auguste on the Baptist Day. Alexandre Valleho is the crown prince.
Although this news has not been officially announced, but because it is the patriarch himself, this is actually a decision, so this day is a big day for the entire principality of Wallachia. The turmoil caused by the official heir is still fresh in people's hearts, and even there have been several attempts by the Hungarians to take advantage of the opportunity to annex Wallachia.
Now that Chu Chu is about to be born, the inheritance of Wallachia will also be established, which will lay a solid foundation for the future stability of this country.
Alexander was training Sophia how to hug her children when she was baptized. Otherwise, if even such moments were left by the nanny, in the eyes of the nobles who watched the ceremony, various unnecessary speculations might arise.
It's just that Sophia is obviously uncomfortable. Looking at her daughter who is kicking and struggling because of discomfort in her arms, Sophia's face collapses. She wants to poke the little man in her arms with one hand to make her quieter, but Seeing Alexander's nervous expression, she had to withdraw her hand, and then had to learn Alexander's way to shake her body slightly to make her feel more comfortable.
Sophia saw her daughter's expression in her arms, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Her little lips opened slightly as if to make a sound, and a pair of eyes that had already appeared very bright but couldn't help but looked like it was Looking for something, then suddenly two eyebrows that didn't see the shape suddenly, and the body stiffened slightly.
Then, a strange smell came out.
Obviously, Princess Catherine shit.
Sophia stared at the child in her arms, her body froze, because she was at a loss to look up at Alexander.
"Oh, you should change the clothes for her at this time. Forget it, or let me come," said Alexander, who stopped helplessly and shook his head, handed his son to the nanny next to him, and reached out to take over his daughter. "I can see, you Not ready to be a mother. "
Sophia showed an uneasy look. She walked to the corner of the room and pulled off the thick draperies covering a shelf, revealing the row of long swords on the wooden shelf below, and then grabbed one of them very brazenly. The heavy sword fiddled with Alexander.
"I know you learned a lot of these things with Nashan, but raising children is not as simple as playing a sword," Alexander had a headache. He knew that Nashan had a lot of strength. Sophia probably inherited the inheritance of Lao Zhang. However, it is clear that although Nashan succeeded in making this inheritance carry forward in his daughter, he did not teach Sophia what she should do as a mother.
"He is very good at women, but he will not educate his daughter." As long as he thinks about Nashan and Mrs. George Anne, Alexander is a little worried. He even feels that this old man is a little careless.
Nashan has made people talk back. He departed from Prague to Wallachia more than a month ago. I think he should be able to return to Bucharest before the baptism day. This is of course a good thing for Sophia. News, so she was so happy that she even started to poke Alexander in the middle of the night, and then she had to sleep well after being taught a lesson by Alexander.
Alexander was also very happy about Nashan ’s return. He knew that he had n’t been in Wallachia for much time. According to the plan, he would marry Barenti in August. The reason why he chose this time was because of the wedding. The preparation must be very grand. It can be said that this wedding is more about showing the powerful and equally powerful alliance of the Principality of Romagna-Tuscany to all parties, so everything must be fully prepared.
At the same time, before this, he also wants to show his strength to those who are now in Lombardy.
Sher knocked on the door outside, and then a maid reported that the treasury officer was waiting outside to summon, Sophia frowned. She hated government affairs. Those things that she didn't understand would only make her a headache. Before she It was all things that were handed over to the ministers whom she could trust, but after Alexander came, she thought she should be busy with a lighter day.
Every time Alexander summoned those ministers, she was required to accompany her. On several occasions, she was drowsy because she was sitting for too long, and she was scolded by Alexander, which made her even less like to attend those meetings.
Seeing Sophia pushing her crown that had been brought by her maid to herself, Alexander smiled and shook his head while wearing it for her personally: "This is not enough, you are the Grand Duke of Wallachia, not me, even if you are willing to put The throne gave me the Wallachia and would not agree, and you are working hard to be a great prince, so that in the future Auguste can inherit a formidable and powerful principality. "
The treasury officer was a shrewd old man. It is said that this nobleman who had studied in Prague was very respectful when he faced Sophia, but after seeing Alexander, he did not hide his vigilance and some obvious hostility.
"It seems that your Highness has decided to replace the ruling by the Duke?" The treasury officer smelled of gunpowder as soon as he opened his mouth. When he saw that Sophia had not responded, he continued to say, "Without the explicit authorization of His Royal Highness, I think I cannot Report to you any information about the property of the Wallachia Treasury, because it is related to ... "
"The Treasury Officer, I think you misunderstood," Seeing Sophia finally understood the meaning of the Treasury official's words, he couldn't help expressing his anger, and Alexander opened his mouth to interrupt him. "I have no interest in getting anything from the Treasury of Wallachia , Instead I want to show you this. "
He said that Alexander handed a document prepared in advance to the Treasury official. He knew that this person was a representative of the Wallachia who clearly opposed him. Those people worried that Sophia would become his puppet, and he was even more worried about One day he will be dissatisfied and only become an uncrowned king, simply annexing Wallachia.
Alexander is not disgusted with these people, as long as their loyalty is still Sophia, he will tolerate these people's actions to a certain extent, but if they don't know what to do and even want to do something excessive, Alexander does not mind giving them An unforgettable lesson.
The treasury officer who took over the document began to be a little dazed and took some precautions, because he did n’t know what trick the duke was going to do, and the outsiders were very repulsive, even the father of Chu. No way.
But after opening the file for a while, the treasury officer's face was unbelievable and joyful.
But then he was alert again, and then he tentatively asked, "Is this true? You can give Wallachia a loan of 300,000 rupees in the name of His Highness Auguste and Catherine, and There is almost no interest, so what does this cost us? "
"No," Alexander waved his hand. "This money will be used by my children to invest in the future country of Wallachia. In addition to the taxes they deserve in their own territory, future income will be derived from this money. , So that both the country and themselves can get enough benefits. I believe such a sum of money is very important for Wallachia today. "
"Yes, this is too important," the treasury officer said, at a loss. As a treasury officer, he was worried about money all day. Now he suddenly has such a large sum of money, even if he feels that things may not be like Alexander. It's that simple, but he still can't refuse "This allows us to do a lot of things."
Looking at the attitude of the treasury officer almost before and after, Alexander couldn't help but secretly smile.
Wallachia does have rich resources, but people in this era do not yet know the value of those treasures, and the resources that have been able to be developed cannot be used because of the backward technology of the Wallachia.
Now that the money provided by the Jews in the name of Sophia ’s children has finally come into play, it is indeed very important for the Wallachia who have just tried to restore their national strength as soon as possible after the war.
"There is also a baptism day, I hope to be as grand as possible."
After finishing this sentence, I saw a trace of helplessness flashing on the face of the Treasury officer looking at the documents in his hand. Alexander continued with a smile: "Please rest assured that the Treasury officer will not get the money out of this money and you will not bear it. I will pay for it myself to make the ceremony bigger, after all, this is a memorable day. "
The Treasury official was relieved. He was really worried that the money he had just received would be spent very little. After all, with today's national power, this amount is almost equivalent to a huge one-third of the quarterly tax revenue of Wallachia It ’s really useful.
Seeing the look on the Treasury official's face improved slightly, Alexander chuckled slightly.
Of course, he knew that he could not impress these people with a single fund. They were very vigilant, or they were always afraid of the most worrying things, so even if they accepted the loan, they would not immediately remove the alert. .
But Alexander didn't care about this, his purpose was not even immediate.
It's hard to imagine what happens when a huge amount of money that reaches almost one third of the quarterly tax revenue is suddenly invested in Wallachia.
And then following the manipulation of the trade union that infiltrated the Balkans, the money can certainly play a much larger role than those taxes.
And because the money is used in the name of Auguste and Catherine, naturally all the proceeds are owned by his children.
These huge gains can greatly reduce the need for taxation by the Dagong family, which of course will make the Wallachia happy.
Only, when will they find out that it is this kind of grand-duke family industry that does not depend on taxation, and will gradually form a system that is completely separated from the treasury of Wallachia?
Maybe they will find out in the end, but Alexander believes that by that time, this behemoth completely controlled by the "Alexander family" is enough to shake the roots of this country.
Alexander did not attempt to master Wallachia by influencing Sophia, as some people suspected.
He wanted to "buy" this country.
With money to do things well, after Alexander promised to pay for it himself, the Wallachia were more enthusiastic about the Baptism.
Flower gates with flower clusters stood on the street, and Bucharest Cathedral was renovated.
The marble base of the two large bronze angel statues has been replaced by the same-sized wooden frame in advance in the old and famous Corolla Plaza. In the future, there will be two in the image of Auguste and Catherine The statue rose from the ground.
According to the idea of ​​an exiled artist from Greece who designed these statues, the eyes of the two angels will form a perfect triangle with another statue of the Virgin who has been newly planted on the porch of the cathedral, and Sophia is obviously the Virgin. Like a prototype.
The celebration was arranged in such a grand manner, and more and more people poured into Bucharest with the arrival of the Baptism Day.
The situation of Balethet II returned to the Balkans, and the situation in the Balkans has undergone subtle changes. New kingdoms and new monarchs have emerged on this land, while Bucharest and Zagreb are two of the contests. Eye-catching place.
The messengers of some countries came to Bucharest in the name of baptism for the twins, and their real purpose was to find out what kind of attitude the current Balkans would adopt towards the neighboring countries in Wallachia with the new monarch .
Alexander also knew the true intentions of these messengers. He didn't care much about those people. He only hoped that the most glorious moment for his children by this baptism would be the only way he would not regret after leaving.
Everyone is busy, and Aloxia is no exception.
Because she was a friend of Sophia, she was also involved in the preparation of the baptism, and because she was the niece and messenger of the King of Croatia, the Wallachia respected her even more.
This gives Aloxia a convenient opportunity to enter and exit the city for various reasons, and it can also bring more people into the city without any trace.
During this period Aloxia finally saw the scar on Moore's face.
It was a terrible and ugly hole. Although there was a layer of black meat that looked tough and covered the bones under his cheeks, when he spoke, he seemed to have two mouths crawling.
This made it difficult for Aloxia to imagine what kind of weapon left him such a wound, but also what kind of pain he had suffered at the time.
"It was left by the musket," Moore explained when he twitched his cheeks a few times, and seemed to remember the scar. "I was shot head-on, but it was not as painful as if I was hit by a head-on punch. When I dropped the horse, I saw two teeth that were beaten, but I felt the terrible pain only after that. It was a feeling that I wanted to solve my own self. "
Aloxia listened to Morco, she felt terrible and a little bit distressed. At this moment, the mistakes and crimes committed by Moorco seemed to no longer matter at this moment, or after seeing the injury on his face, Aloxia Wishfully thought he had paid the price for what he had done before.
She hoped that Moore would return to Croatia this time to have a chance to start a new life, but now she knew that this was not the case, but everything was too late. She believed Moore ’s words and put herself in a terrible desperation.
"Help me, Aloxia, we will have a new life. The younger brother of Kurash is totally unworthy of you, and you think that uncle will really let you marry that little civil servant, he will definitely find you The door is good for him, who do you think will protect you then? "
Moluco's words upset A Luoxia but secretly made sense. It was in such anxiety that he didn't know exactly what his thoughts were, Aloxia quietly took him into the city according to Moore's instructions.
On May 7, 1500, this day was exactly 40 days after August and Catherine were born.
The original one-month baptism day had to be postponed because of the constant expansion of the scale of the ceremony, and according to the recommendation of Mu Shi, May 7 happened to be the Bucharest city-building day recorded in the Orthodox calendar. This important day has a special The significance is enough for the Patriarch to suggest that the day of baptism be selected on this day.
In the early morning of May 7th, a cool breeze blew in from the window. Sophia, who was already awake, rubbed her eyes and turned to look at Alexander, who was lying on the side, and her eyes immediately bent to smile.
This was the first time Alexander had woke up earlier after Sophia ’s birth. When she woke up every morning, she saw that Alexander was busy coaxing the twins ’backs, and last night because he wanted to make the last day for today ’s baptism. In preparation, Alexander did not return to the room until late at night, and Sophia simply sent the two children to another room to be taken care of by the nanny in order to make him sleep well.
Alexander was a little unhappy at first, but maybe he didn't want to wake up the children who had fallen asleep. Alexander didn't carry them back, but he quickly fell asleep as soon as he lay down.
Sophia looked at Alexander in front of her half-lying, her focused eyes made her look very serious. Looking at the face with clear eyelashes, Sophia bent her eyes again and smiled.
Sophia thinks that she is probably the happiest person now. If it is not Nashan who hasn't returned yet, it makes her feel a little regretful. There is nothing else that makes her unsatisfied.
There was a soft footstep in the corridor, and then the door knocked.
Sophia got up, put on her clothes, and came down to the door. She first opened a door slit to the maid standing outside not to speak loudly, then immediately walked out of the room sideways, closing the door tightly.
"His Royal Highness, you and Your Highness should prepare."
The woman officer standing a little further away reminded that seeing Sophie's hair scattered completely like she was still awake, the woman officer from the Prague court could only sigh secretly.
In fact, both the queen and the female officer have given up their plans to turn Sophia into a lady. After all, for a girl who wields her sword and kills and hacks her, she is really a lady Very difficult thing.
Sophia immediately waved her hands to try to make the female officer's voice lower, but with the sound of the door, Alexander's voice came from behind her: "I think we have slept well."
Sophia turned around and saw Alexander standing at the door. As the two doors opened, the nanny who came to the next room also followed the twins with the twins.
"Don't send the children to other rooms next time," Alexander walked over to gather some messy hair on Sophia's forehead, and then whispered, "I hope I can be with you anytime and anywhere during this time."
Sophia's heart jumped, she finally understood why Alexander was so obsessed with every time with children ~ EbookFREE.me ~ because with the advent of the baptism day, it means that the day he left It's getting closer.
This thought made Sophia's good mood suddenly disappear. She ignored Alexander and hugged Alexander tightly, and stuck her head in his arms.
"Okay, everyone is watching. You look bad. Do n’t forget that today is one of the most important days in August and Catherine ’s life," Alexander said, lowering his head and gently kissing Sophia ’s head, then turned back. Looking at the children who are cuddled in the arms of the nanny and are greeting each other with no one can understand. "Trust me, today will be a special day for them. Maybe when they inherit this land in the future, Laguia already has a new name. "
Looking at Sophia, who was puzzled by her words, Alexander whispered in her ear: "At that time, maybe this country will become the 'Hometown of the Romans.'"
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