Vol 5 Chapter 60: "princess"

Sophia sat blankly at the dresser and looked at herself in the mirror.
At first, it was completely incompatible with age. It seems that the over-developed body has now become more perfect. Just like the cheeks that have disappeared from the baby, the original appearance seems to be too plump because of the height. Even more intoxicating.
This is a 14-year-old girl, but according to today's customs, she is ready to be a mother.
Earl Montina, Sophia knew that the title was still due to a wind-swept businessman in front of Ladislas II.
In the age of occlusion, travelers are often the main source of information. Whether they are troubadours or travel businessmen, these people can provide people with information about distant places, because these talents will be welcomed everywhere.
If such a traveling businessman originally intended to attract people's attention, he would often soon become a frequent visitor in the homes of some bigwigs.
Now Proto is the red man next to Ladislas II. It is from the conversation between him and the king that Sophia knew the place of Montina and that Alexander became the lord of that place.
But Sophia didn't expect Alexandria to come to Bucharest.
From Rome to Prague, then from Prague to Budapest, and then to Bucharest, Sophia feels that she is getting farther and farther from Alexandria, which makes her feel like she swears in her heart that they will meet again one day. It's getting harder and harder to achieve, maybe they will never see it again in this life.
But suddenly, Alexander arrived very close to her. According to Zeppes, at this time, Alexander might even be somewhere outside the city. The only thing blocking them was Bucharest's city wall.
This thought made Sophia excited. She imagined that Alexander was outside the city at this time, looking up at the tall city wall to find her figure.
Sophia couldn't bear it anymore.
She was not interested in the suggestion made by Zepez to encourage Bucharest's popularity, but now she offered to go to the city wall and watch everything outside.
Sophia's initiative makes Zepes unexpected and happy. He knows that perhaps many big nobles think Sophia is just a sign they use, but in the minds of many little nobles, ordinary knights and the public, they really put Sophia As the source of their allegiance and battle.
So when Sophia appeared on the street wearing her gorgeous eye-catching armor on the first day, the whole city seemed to boil instantly!
In many cases, luxury is not a good thing. Slightly smart monarchs or ambitious nobles, even if they live a life of luxury and extravagance in private, always show the quality of being poor and unpretentious in front of the people.
Over time, even simplicity has become a criterion for judging whether a monarch is wise.
But things are not always the case sometimes.
Sophia's luxurious armor, which was useless on the battlefield in addition to showing off, at this time let the people of Bucharest fall into an inexplicable indulgence and admiration.
The extravagant life and mysterious wealth of the legendary Eastern Roman Empire have become the shadow of the ancient empire in people's minds, especially after the demise of the empire, the obsession with that fantasy has been portrayed in the minds of people. Became a dream kingdom stacked with gold and ivory.
Now Sophia appears on the street wearing such a gorgeous armor, which makes the Bucharest people seem to see the shadow of the legendary Golden Empire.
In the eyes of people, the princess of Greece, the descendant of the Roman Empire, and the descendants of the Vallejo family should be gorgeous, noble, and should be looked up to.
After the Romans finally drove away the Latin invaders to recover the empire, the empire that experienced the rest of the robbery was incredibly difficult for the financial difficulties, and even embarrassed the imperial royal family. Even the crown worn on the emperor's wedding could not afford it. Below, only a crown of gold paper was used to barely cope with the challenge.
When this story spread throughout the Roman Empire, countless people regretted the situation of the royal family.
For the people who are used to the extravagant legends of the Roman Empire, the extravagance is not a bad thing, but a unique temperament of the Romans.
So when I heard that the royal family was actually impoverished, many people even had the illusion that the royal family fell from the cloud.
So now when Sophia appeared in front of the people with a delicate and luxurious arm, what she saw in the eyes was not a girl wearing a gorgeous armor, but the last afterglow of the dying empire.
Sophia walked through the city accompanied by Zepez. More and more people gathered behind her and followed the 'Greece Princess' towards the west wall of Bucharest. The more people gathered, the more people flowed, and even the city guards The army thought that a riot had occurred and panicked the fence that led to the city wall.
Sophia stood outside the fence and instructed the soldiers to open the fence, but the officers of the city guard were stubbornly unwilling to obey, which caused dissatisfaction with the large crowd of people who followed.
People shouted loudly to the front, asking the soldiers to obey the princess' orders. When they heard that the request was rejected, some people started shouting to break the fence and wash up the city wall.
This caused even greater panic among the City Guards. They aimed their crossbows at the surging crowd below, but they dared not move easily, because they knew that even a little accident at this time might irritate the irritable people. The fence cannot protect their safety.
When the two sides were deadlocked, Cepes stood up, and in the name of the Grand Duke of Wallachia, he ordered the city guards to open the fence, and then in the cheers of the people, Zepez suddenly reached out to lift Sophia and let her sit. The "carriage" composed of him and several strong men's hands.
The people cheered again, and under the of the crowd, Zepes steadily stepped on the steps to climb the walls of Bucharest.
Sophia stood on the walls of Bucharest as she wished, but then she could only stare blankly at the vast plains and distant areas, or sparse or dense forests.
Sophia does n’t know where Alexander is now, she does n’t even know if Alexander is really outside the city, but she wo n’t give up, so from this day on, she will come to the city wall to watch the outside every day until the sky slowly Only dimly went down the city wall.
Sophia did not know what kind of uproar this Bucharest caused by her move.
Sophia has always been concerned as the Greek princess, but she has never made her own voice.
This makes people think that this Greek princess is just a puppet of Ladislas II, and even many people simply doubt the true and false identity of this princess.
But suddenly, just when Ladislas II decided to negotiate with the Ottomans, the little girl who had never been taken seriously by the big nobles suddenly made the opposite of Ladislas II Move.
Of course, many people, including Ladislas II, were surprised and angry.
Especially after hearing that it was Zeppes who planned all this, Ladislas II had already determined that it was a conspiracy.
Ladislas II blamed Sophia ’s disobedience and his wife. He thought that if the queen stared at the girl more, Zepez would not have a chance, so that Sophia now became a chip in Zepez ’s hands .
However, Ladislas II did not panic. He knew that the reason why Zepes did this was to protect his Wallachia from becoming a bargaining victim of both parties. After figured out this, Ladislas II decided to talk to Cepes.
It was only the king's good intentions that he received in disappointment and anger.
Zeppes apparently did not want to continue entangled with the king on this issue. He made it very clear that he was only a follower of Sophia, and it was the ‘Greece Princess’ who decided everything.
Ladislas II did not expect that the Bohemian girl would cause trouble for herself one day, and it was still such a big trouble.
The decision to reconcile with Sudan has been made, and the only thing to do now is to consider who should be sent to complete this mission.
That should be a person who is not only able to speak well, but whether it is status or relationship with Sudan, it is enough for him to use his flexible wrist to accomplish this mission.
The original best candidate was Zeppes. It can be said that the identity of the messenger seems to be tailor-made for him no matter from what aspect.
But now Zepez has become the most disturbing figure of Ladislas II and his supporters.
Ladislas II doubted that Zeppes would encourage the people to oppose him. Especially when he thought that he had a decisive army, Ladislas II was even more uneasy.
Bucharest is actually within the territory of the Principality of Wallachia, but the city became famous because of its early resistance to the Ottomans, especially under the leadership of the later Patriarch John Levi II of Bucharest, This city has become a holy place in the minds of local Balkan people.
Ladislas II is a Catholic, but this does not prevent him from becoming the master of the city, especially as the king of Hungary, he has more reasons to regard the city as his sphere of influence.
However, after all, it was in Wallachia, so when Zepes showed dissent, Ladislas II clearly felt threatened.
In a room, the king sat in a chair by the window and looked out of the window. His expression was a bit dull, and he seemed to be so distracted that he didn't even notice when Prato entered the room.
"Your Majesty, are you calling me?"
Prato asked carefully. At these times in Bucharest, he already knew the great power of this king. It can be said that compared with the Dukes of Rome and even the Pope, these Easts with obvious Tatar traces The monarchs are the kings who truly control the life and death of others.
"Yeah, something," Ladislas II looked back at Prato. "I want to know something, but I want you to tell me the truth, otherwise I wo n’t mind using you tomorrow. The head of the person decorates my living room. "
The king's words made Proto's heart beat a bit, he knew that this was not the king's humor, but it would really become a fact.
"Your Majesty, although I do n’t know much, I am willing to obey your orders."
Proto replied cautiously. He didn't know what the king wanted to know, but it was important to think about it.
"Tell me, do you think that the Earl of Montina might have been ordered by the Pope?"
The words of Ladislas II left Prato blank. He stared blankly at the king, not knowing how to answer for a while.
"Why, is it difficult to answer?"
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I am just a businessman. Although I know the Earl, and I have even seen the Supreme Pope, I do not know whether the Earl of Montina came by the Pope's order." Pratoti replied heartily. He already felt that this trip was too dangerous. Although being a king's guest was worthy of bragging, the moody person in front of him made him feel terrified.
This fear reminded Prato of the Moor who he never wanted to see again.
Ladislas II, who didn't get the news he wanted from Prato, didn't look angry. He just glanced at the uneasy businessman, and then looked out of the field.
Prato didn't know what the king was thinking. He quietly looked at Ladislas II's side face anxiously. When he saw the light and dark look on the king's face, his heart followed for a moment. Relax.
"The earl was sent by the pope," Ladislas II finally spoke, but his tone was more affirmative than asking, and then he turned his head to look at Prato, which revealed coldness in his eyes. And the harsh light "You know the origin of the count, you know he was ordered by the Vatican, and you told me everything."
Prato stared blankly at Ladislas II. He knew that he must have never said that Alexander had been ordered by the Vatican or the Pope himself, but now Ladislas II The world seems to want to press this statement firmly on him.
"Do you understand what I mean," Ladislas II asked in a warning tone, seeing Prato finally nod a bit stunned, a smile on the king's face "I want you to send these messages Pass it out, at least let people in Bucharest know what I told you, but you have to remember what I said before, if I hear other news different from what I commanded you, you should know what the result will be. "
"Your Majesty, I know what to do." Prato hurriedly bowed his head carefully, and when he raised his head again, he saw the expressionless face of the king looking out the window.
"Let's see what the Bucharest people will hear ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Ladislas II stared secretly at the city outside the window and swear" You will regret Cepes, I swear you will make the decision for today regrettable. "
Sophia has been standing on the city wall for a long time. She actually does not understand why those people want to follow her. Although Zeppes said that this is to stimulate the fighting spirit of the Bucharest people, she hopes to see it more often. To Alexandria outside the city.
But she had been doing this for several days, but she didn't even see a figure, which made Sophia irritable.
The girl, who had no patience after two days of hard work, finally couldn't hold on any longer. When another sunset slowly fell towards the distant horizon, Sophia finally made a dull hum in her throat .
She walked back and forth anxiously on the city wall, and the armor on her body made a whirling noise. When she stopped and wondered whether she should go out to the city to find Alexander, the people on the wall suddenly raised their ears.
They heard the rapid horn sound from a distance, and there was the fortress on the bank of the upper Danube.
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