Conquer the Dawn of Heaven

Ruosa stepped down the steps slowly.

She wore a very large skirt, the original thin skirt because of the layered trim covering the skirt like open petals.

Ruosha liked the style of this dress very much, or Alexander liked it.

The sky has dimmed, but even so, it is still hot. Ruosha walked slowly along the river. The river breeze dissipated the heat, and it also blew her skin along the gap in the skirt.

Ruosha closed her eyes slightly and enjoyed the moment of tranquility. Although there were no guard posts around the riverbank, the followers were secretly staring at those who seemed to be dangerous, and then drove them off the shore.

A mother brought her two children along the river bank. One of the older boys kept laughing and running around the mother holding his sister, and the mother reminded the boy not to get too close to the water from time to time.

Ruosa looked at the mother and son with some envy.

Of course she is still young, not just among the monarchs, even as a young woman, at her age, she is still far from worrying that she might not have children.

However, both Ruosha herself and the nobles of Sicily are already worrying about this problem.

As a monarch, it is a very serious mistake to have no descendants who can inherit the throne.

Only by having a legal heir can the future inheritance of the monarch be stabilized, and it is also possible for those who follow him to have a loyalty, and can also consolidate their status and interests.

This is a very serious matter, or it is a real major matter related to the future of a kingdom.

But the status of the Queen of Sicily is special.

Ruosa Cosenza Astamara is the queen of the united kingdom of Naples and Sicily, but her first identity is the queen of Naples.

Even now, in formal occasions, Ruosa first determines her status as the Queen of Naples and the successor queen. As for the Queen of Sicily, she has to declare her orthodoxy in the end.

These cumbersome rules sound a bit overwhelming. If you must describe it in one sentence, it is that her status as the Queen of Naples is more of a "temporary" than a principal.

It is her child who can truly throne Naples.

Whether it’s Naples, Sicily, or even Aragon, there is a tacit limit to Ruosa’s status, that is, once she gives birth to a prince or princess, then she must pass the throne to her when her child reaches adulthood. Child, because after all, she is just the queen of Naples.

This was also the condition for the Naples nobles to recognize Ruosha's crown as queen, at least for Naples and Sicilians, whether her child was born a few years after Alfred’s ascension, this due name is absolute No less.

It's just that there is a big trouble in this. To have children, you must have parents first.

Of course the mother is readily available, but what about the father?

Many Sicilian nobles are willing to recognize Ruosha's throne, but in fact they have some unknown thoughts.

Young, beautiful, wealthy and high-status, these advantages are enough to make Europe's most noble prince willing to propose to Ruosha.

And there are indeed many people doing this.

Just because of the war that has almost never stopped since she was enthroned, Ruosha's time in the barracks is much longer than in the court, so naturally there is no chance for such a marriage proposal.

As for those nobles, many of them may not have the idea of ​​taking the opportunity to get close to the queen and then renewing the idea of ​​borrowing seeds from her.

What disappoints them is that not only does the queen seem to be not so anxious to give birth to an heir, but she is not even interested in men.

Many nobles who tried to get to the Queen through various means were more or less coldly treated, and once they found that they had such a mind, they would be immediately expelled, although every time there were various reasons, But the meaning of the queen has been very obvious.

I have money and beauty and an army. What do I want a man to do?

In many people's eyes, the Queen probably thinks so.

Of course, there is an exception for a man, but he is clearly not in people's consideration.

The young mother gradually approached with the child, Ruosha waved her hand casually to stop the entourage who wanted to stop them, but looked at the three mother and child who came by with envy.

Although no one stopped, the young woman still noticed something.

She looked around with a bit of confusion. There should be many people enjoying the coolness by the river at this time. But now, besides a young lady who looks gorgeous and graceful, there are only some people who look like a follower. Tour around not far away.

What's left is his mother and son who suddenly broke into something that shouldn't be there.

The young mother couldn't help getting nervous, she tightly held the girl in her arms, and at the same time whispered her son to pull her to her side to prevent him from running around.

Then she cautiously looked at the noble lady who was so beautiful that she could barely look at her.

Ruosha noticed the mother and son's nervousness, she smiled and beckoned to the current woman to get her closer, and then she sat on a stone casually and looked at them.

"This is your child?" Ruosha smiled sweetly. She was only 22 years old and a very young queen. The key is that her beauty makes people fall in love with her, even if she is only a few years old.

Seeing the son looking at that beautiful face and stepping forward, the mother immediately pulled him back to her side, and at the same time replied with some caution: "Yes, Madam, they are my children."

"Very beautiful child," Ruosha looked down at the boy who kept staring at her and was obviously fascinated by her beauty. She was in a good mood even better. "Your husband must be very grateful for your life for him. So two babies."

Hearing this, the originally nervous young mother seemed to have found someone to confide in. She first bowed to Ruosha and started to talk about her experience.

From becoming the wife of her husband, to giving birth to the first child, then it was the busy housework and the disappointment of the man in the family.

She was still cautious at first, but gradually her emotions became agitated. Later, perhaps because she was tired from holding her daughter for too long, or seeing Ruosha's kindness and generosity, she simply sat on the other side of the big rock and took her daughter. Put it on the raised skirt and started talking non-stop.

"Madam, you have never seen a man like that. He wanders around at home all day. He doesn't do anything except drinking. Sometimes I think maybe I marry not a man but a wine barrel, but what can I do? The two children have to count on him to feed."

Ruosha listened to the woman’s nagging curiously. She noticed that even though she said that, she had an unconcealable smile on the woman’s face whenever she mentioned her husband, and the way she looked at her child made Ruosha Feeling envious, even faintly jealous.

"He stays at home all day and doesn't go out to make money?" Ruosa asked curiously, "Then how did you live your life?"

"Oh, it's going to show off, you don't know Madam," the young mother sighed, but then smiled again. "He is a craftsman with good craftsmanship. Many people used to hire him to work. Some well-known masters are also looking for He laid hands on himself, but then he fell in love with drinking, which ruined him, and now he refuses to go out unless there is no food or drink at home."

Ruosha nodded, she could guess what this man looked like.

That should be someone who has some abilities, but is unwilling to support his family in the future.

Such people may not go hungry, but they are too lazy to find work if only a small piece of bread is left.

This kind of person is very annoying, but you have nothing to do with him. Look at the young mother in front of you. Ruosha is even more showing off her husband.

This feeling is very fresh, Ruosha has never met other noble women, which makes her more interested in this woman.

"Sometimes I think maybe I should be strict with him, but he has a bad temper and I'm afraid he will hit me."

"What, did he beat his wife?" Ruosha asked in a daze.

"Mrs. God, how can there be a man who doesn't beat his wife?" The woman looked at Ruosha in surprise, but looking at her looks and gorgeous clothes that even women were fascinated by, the young mother could only shake her head. Of course if it is you, no man would be willing to do it."

Ruosha’s smile deepened when she heard the woman’s words. She felt that the woman in front of her would really please her. If she didn’t want to go to the river temporarily to relax, she even suspected that someone had deliberately arranged to wait here to get close. her.

So she took the initiative to ask questions that she had never heard from the noble ladies before. After getting the answers, Ruo Sha asked surprise questions more than once because of accidents.

People who can talk can always talk non-stop, until the sky is getting dark, the young woman is surprised to find that time has passed so long.

She was a little alarmed and stood up and saluted Ruosha. Perhaps she was worried that her husband would be responsible for coming home late. After a few steps, she bent down and put her son under the armpit with one arm, one deep foot and one shallow foot. The feet left in a hurry.

Ruo Sha looked at the young mother's back and couldn't help but smile. She thought for a while and motioned for an entourage to come over, and then ordered him to follow the young woman home.

"If her husband beats her, you can get him up and send him to the quarry...No, whip him a few times, and tell him this is the Queen’s warning to him. If he beats his wife again or stays at home, If he refuses to go out and make money to support his family, he will look good."

The entourage quietly glanced at the queen in a weird manner. He didn't understand why the monarch who could command thousands of troops had to take care of such trivial matters, but he still hurriedly followed the woman for fear of her leaving.

Ruosa walked back happily, and when she came to the carriage on the side of the road, the entourages unexpectedly found that the queen's mouth was still smiling.

Only soon Ruosha's expression became serious. She looked at a figure rushing from a distance, and asked the people around her in a slightly uncertain tone: "Is that a follower of the auxiliary bishop?" "

The attendant immediately stood on tiptoe and looked into the distance, and then simply boarded the carriage and looked at it again, before reporting to Ruosha who was standing on the side of the road: "Yes, your majesty, it is an attendant of the auxiliary bishop."

Upon hearing the report, Ruo Sha's eyebrows twisted slightly.

The auxiliary bishop has now become the voice of Alexander VI. Although he has not yet been officially appointed as the Archbishop of Seville, he has already claimed this status.

So everywhere you can see all kinds of orders issued in the name of the auxiliary bishop, but this person is very smart, he knows what he can intervene and what he must not touch.

Therefore, both Ruosha and Alexander VI are quite satisfied with this typical "car".

Now seeing the entourage of the auxiliary bishop rushing in, Ruosa realized what might have happened.

Her heart couldn't help but immediately tightened. The message was sent by the auxiliary bishop rather than her own military officer. Ruosha had already flashed many thoughts in a short period of time, when the entourage finally came not far away, and When the guards had to dismount and walk, when she came to Ruosha, several possible accidents had flashed in her mind, and she was already considering how to deal with it.

It's just that the news brought by the entourage surprised her too much, and Ruo Sha didn't hear it clearly.

"You mean Ferdinand sent someone to imprison Juana, Queen of Castile?"

The assistant bishop’s attendant nodded immediately to indicate that Her Majesty the Queen had not misheard it. Seeing Ruosha’s outstanding face when she was briefly blank after receiving a clear answer, the attendant immediately stared at the Queen’s entourage after taking another greedy look. Shizhong lowered his head.

Ruosha was at a loss for only a moment, and then she suddenly thought of something and turned and boarded the carriage.

"Go to the palace," Ruosha ordered to an entourage after finishing her instructions, "pass my order and let the grenadier guard come to pick me up on the road immediately."

The long-awaited guard set off immediately, and the carriage drove towards the original Seville Governor's Palace under the close protection of the guards.

After the convoy had crossed several streets, there was a rush of dull horseshoes.

Even in the dimmed night, the breastplate that was still illuminated by the lights made the nervous followers relieved.

Although they don't know why the queen suddenly called her breastplate guard, it is always reassuring to have the protection of these powerful breastplate grenadiers.

When Ruosha's team returned to the palace, the sky was completely dark, and the lights in the palace were shining from a distance.

The appearance of Ruosha seemed to make the people in the palace a little flustered. They ran out of the house in a hurry. Some low-level officers had lined up in the garden, while the nobles and generals were standing on the steps waiting for the queen.

When Ruosha walked out of the carriage, the nobles were slightly surprised.

The queen was wearing a lightweight armor. Although it was not the full-armed majesty on the battlefield, the rhythm of this body still looked awe-inspiring when worn on her body.

Some officers couldn't help but look at each other secretly. They faintly guessed what the queen had heard, and now they saw the queen wearing the armor that heralded the commander of the army, those officers couldn't help but secretly worry.

Ruosha noticed the slightly strange looks of the officers, which made her even more proof of the guesses in her heart.

She passed through the line of officers calmly, stopped slightly when she came to the generals, and then took the lead to walk into the palace.

The atmosphere in the palace was somewhat depressed. Everyone looked at the queen standing in front of the middle seat silently. Seeing the queen's gaze cast over, many people couldn't help but avoid her bright blue eyes slightly.

"Ferdinand put Juana under house arrest. Do you already know about this?"

There was a moment of silence, and the generals seemed to want others to answer the Queen's question, but after a short silence, someone finally answered: "Yes, your Majesty, we just heard about it."

Ruosha's gaze swept over these people in front of her. Her expression was calm and she didn't seem to have any emotions, but the generals vaguely felt the anger from the queen.

"Then why don't you report this to me?"

Seeing the hesitant expressions of the generals sitting next to her, Ruo Sha nodded gently.

"I know what you are worried about. You are worried. After hearing this news, I will immediately order the army to go north to help my brother, the Duke of Rometesia, right?"

"Your Majesty, you know that this worry is actually necessary."

A Neapolitan general stood up, his gray hair and wrinkled face, although not deep but obvious scars ran across his forehead, looking at the queen, the elderly Neapolitan whispered: " Your Majesty, you have a deep relationship with the Duke, but in this matter, please do not forget that you are the Queen of Sicily."

Ruo Sha's gaze quickly passed over the generals present, and immediately found that the expressions of many people seemed to support this person's rhetoric.

She did not speak immediately and sat down slowly.

Ruosa is actually very aware of the slightly mixed feelings of the Sicilian towards Alexander.

Even now, Alexander still has the two titles of Lord Agri and Guardian of the Lighthouse.

Compared with the Duke of Rome Thesia, these two identities are actually better for Alexander to be recognized in Sicily, or to regard him as his own.

If possible, a person with this status could theoretically even be one of the candidates for the queen’s spouse.

It's just that Alexander is her "half brother".

In this way, his identity is very special, even subtle.

The queen has no children of her own, and in this age when it is possible to see God with a sneeze, noble status is not a guarantee of disease-free.

Once the queen has three longs and two shorts, who will inherit the newly unified Kingdom of Sicily becomes a difficult problem that cannot be avoided.

At least these Sicilian generals here do not want Ferdinand to succeed to the throne. If that is what awaits them, it will be a terrible liquidation.

But the queen has no descendants, and the only person who can inherit is the Duke of Rome Thesia, or his children.

But if the queen gets married again or has an heir, then the family of the Duke of Rome Thesia will naturally lose the qualification to inherit the throne.

And the queen is so young and healthy, of course, the chance of having her own offspring is much greater. In this way, the Duke of Rometesia interferes too much in Sicilian affairs, which is enough to arouse the dissatisfaction of the Sicilians, let alone after a war , If you want to continue to be an enemy of Castile and even Aragón for him, this will make the Sicilian feel that it is not worth the gain.

Ruosha sighed inwardly, and she felt more and more that the sibling relationship that had been used to cover up the truth had become an obstacle to the two.

"You are just worried that this might put the Sicilian army in a war with the two kingdoms," Ruosha felt that they should understand something about them as soon as possible, otherwise things might develop in an unexpected direction. "But haven't you thought , This is another opportunity for us to unify Aragon."

Ruosha's words made the Sicilians show incredible expressions, and then they heard the same rapid breathing of themselves and the people next to them. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

After unifying Sicily, they got involved in Aragorn. They didn't have this idea, but until Ruo Sha said it publicly, this idea was still only a secret in their hearts.

After all, once this idea is made public, it means that it will never die with Ferdinand.

Now Ruosha finally said the idea that everyone was hiding in her heart. She was for Alexander, but in the eyes of Sicilians, she was because of her ambition and the future of the Kingdom of Sicily.

Soldiers always like ambitious monarchs because they can bring them honor, status and wealth.

Ruosa didn't say anything, she had already seen the answer from the expressions of the generals.

So she stood up, pulled out the saber around her waist, and placed the tip of the sword on the table: "For Sicily!"

"For Sicily!"

For a while, sharp swords were unsheathed one after another, and the cries rang through the room.

For you, my brother...