Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2357 Red Queen and White Queen (Part 2)

  Georgianna bought a red rose.

   Of course you have to bring gifts when you go to other people’s homes. This is a basic courtesy. In addition to red wine, flowers are also a good choice.

   Holding the flower, she walked to the opposite side.

Severus took her to Venice for their honeymoon, they arrived on March 1st, if they stayed until April 25th it would be St. Mark's Day, legend has it that a doge's daughter was in love with a nobody, the doge objected This marriage, so the unknown man was sent to Spain to join Charlemagne's army against the Arabs, and if he could be a hero and become famous, he could marry the daughter of the governor.

   But the young nameless fell on the battlefield, the blood stained the bud of a white rose, and before he died, he plucked it off and placed it on his chest, and the next day was St. Mark's Day.

  The servant came to the governor's daughter's room and found her dead with the blood-stained rose on her chest. So it has become a Venice tradition to give a red rose to a wife and girlfriend on St. Mark's Day, not 99 or 999, just 1, just like a person's life, only once.

   She took the rose into the vacant Austrian Margaret's palace, and in just two days it had the feeling that it had been vacant for a long time.

   Nine years before the discovery of alum in the Papal States, that is, the destruction of the Eastern Roman Empire in 1453, the Byzantine Empire has since disappeared from history, and the Ottoman Empire that replaced it is not at all comparable to the weakened Eastern Roman Empire.

   At that time, in their villa in Venice, originally belonging to the Spaniards, a line was left inscribed on the lintel of the bathroom:

  Caelumnonanimummuatantquitransmarecurrunt.

   Those who go across the sea only change the climate without changing their nature.

  The Italians always wanted to intervene in the trade of the Hanseatic League, but they were strictly guarded by the Hanseatic League. However, the alum used for dyeing was only available in Asia Minor.

This area belonged to the later Ottoman Empire, but at this time Venice had changed its national policy, no longer engaged in maritime trade, but changed to the army, based on Veneto and developed westward, trying to control the fertile Lombard Plain and Verona.

The Italian War began in 1494 and lasted until 1559. France completed the unification of France after winning the Hundred Years' War. After two generations of recuperation, King Charles VII of France led his troops to cross the Alps and marched into chaos and chaos. Divided, rich Italy.

  Compared with France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, Britain, and Ottomans who were involved in it later, the size of the Venetian army was negligible, and it had reached the limit of its population and financial resources.

   But even if it loses the role of the main player, Venice is still an important weight. Whichever side is added, it will sink. Those huge "players" are watching Venice's huge wealth.

In fact, before Bernadotte took over the Swedish king, there was a Kalmar League in Northern Europe, which was formed by the Danish Queen Margrethe I in the 14th century. She almost unified Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Greenland. Let them form a Commonwealth.

This federation greatly influenced the Hanseatic League, which relied on the Teutonic Knights. At that time, Stockholm was a completely German city. At that time, Sweden was still a region called Schleswig. The residents consisted of Denmark and Germany. It took a lot of work for Margaret I to get those who hated her to like her, including her stay at a convent where the queen behaved like a normal person.

  Georgianna did not know how long Bonaparte had been in Mechelen, but she planned to go to bed at night in the monastery, before saying hello to Margaret of Austria.

Both Queen Elizabeth and Margaret I of Denmark have fought against the Hanseatic League, but the Hanseatic League in the era of Margaret I was at the peak of its military force, and when it came to the "innocent queen" Elizabeth I, it was a big deal. It's not as good as before. They have never formed a real army. The way to wage war is still relying on mercenaries. The Teutonic Knights have also declined.

   As Machiavelli said, a man who builds his country on the basis of mercenaries is neither secure nor secure.

  The last meeting of the Hanseatic League was held in 1669, and many cities announced to secede from the League, leaving only three cities of Lübeck, Hamburg and Bremen still retaining the title of free city.

  Margaret lived in the War of the Roses, when Henry IV of Lancaster reigned, the only surviving son of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster.

Henry IV wanted Scandinavian support to fight France, while Margaret I wanted to rebuild the North Sea Empire of the 11th century Canute the Great, the first Danish king to be recognized by the English people.

However, Margaret I did not want to intervene in foreign wars, and Henry IV did not want a Danish grandson to inherit, so only Margaret's adopted son Eric married Henry IV's daughter Philippa, Henry IV The world did not let his son, future Henry V, marry Eric's sister, Catherine.

  White roses are stained with blood to become red roses, and red roses become white roses after being "bleached". They have not changed themselves, but the colors are slightly different.

However, when red is mixed with an equal amount of white, it will not form a red and white flower like "Eternal Augustus", but pink. Pink roses are actually quite common. They are delicate and dripping. broken.

   It is estimated that no one would want to pinch thorns full of thorns, who would raise thorns? What's the use of raising it?

   During the Battle of Hogwarts, Pomona entangled the giant with a devil's web, which looks like a thorn without thorns, but if you underestimate it because of this, you should be careful. When passing the level set for protecting the Philosopher's Stone, fortunately there was Hermione, otherwise Ron and Harry, who didn't like to read, would have failed to "clear the level" even if they were not entangled by the devil's net.

  Everything under the trapdoor is like a game, too much for Voldemort, only the three-headed dog deserves his attention. In order to obtain information, he also bribed Hagrid with a dragon egg.

  Hagrid doesn't like gold and silver, and he doesn't care about the Philosopher's Stone, but he's hard to resist magical beasts.

In short, Harry has to go through a magical flame. There are several bottles of potions on the table in front of him. Three of these potions are highly poisonous. If Harry drinks it, he will die. He must follow the prompts. Solve the puzzle to enter the next level, and there is only one bottle of the correct medicine, which means that Hermione will stay here, and the rest of the way will be left to him.

  The flame that was insurmountable for Harry was easily cracked by Voldemort, and Quirrell came to the last level ahead of time - but he had no clue in front of the Mirror of Erised.

   He stood in front of the magic mirror and saw that the Philosopher's Stone was in his hand, but there was nothing in his hand.

   Unlike Harry Potter, he stood in front of the mirror, smiled at his own reflection, and the Philosopher's Stone appeared in his pocket.

  Mirrormirroronthewall, whoisthemostbeautifulwomanoftheworld.

   This is what the villainous queen in Grimm's fairy tales asked, maybe she was a witch who made a poisonous apple for Snow White.

   Of course there is something wrong with the queen, is there any problem with Snow White who just eats other people's food and waits for the prince to save her?

   But the Mirror of Erised will not answer any questions, it will only reflect the desires of the person in front of the mirror, making people addicted to it.

  You have to know how you got here before you know how to get out, otherwise you'll have to wait for someone to take you out, like Harry, although he just wants to talk to his parents in the mirror.

  Georgianna put the red rose on the low table in front of the sofa, where she was, and signed her name on a document on this table, and she was horrified.

"There is such a fairy tale." Georgiana said to the empty room, "there was a little boy, his name was Pinocchio, he went to a school to study, and one of his classmates was the best of him, and everyone took it for him. His name is 'Little Wick', because he is dry and thin, like the wick of an oil lamp at night, and 'Little Wick' is the laziest and most unlucky among his classmates. He dreams of going to a far, far place where there is no school, With no teachers, no books, and play every day from morning to night, what better place for a child than there? 'Little Wick' even thinks that all civilized countries should be like it."

She paused, then said, "I know a man, or he used to be a man, his name is Peeves, many people think he is a mischievous spirit, but mischievous spirits are a kind of non-existence, they are not really alive, Not really dead, not like you and Peeves, who lived. I'm sure you're not a 'trickster,' Margaret, show up, how about we talk?"

   She waited for a long time without any response.

   "I'll be back after dark." She stood up.

   "Did Pinocchio follow him?" asked a sharp voice.

   "No, he didn't go." Georgiana sighed, "He promised the fairy that he would be a wise child, and he didn't want to talk."

   "Why did he promise the fairy?"

   "Because he was originally a puppet, the fairy made him live, but there is a condition, every time he lies, his nose will grow."

   No one asked her questions now.

"Well, I lied." She said helplessly, "Pinocchio went to that country and almost turned into a donkey. Before that, he met two robbers and hung him on a tree, and the fairy rescued him. I got him, and since then he lied and his nose has grown."

   Still no one answered.

   "He didn't have a long nose when he rejected the little wick, he didn't lie at the time, he just didn't resist the temptation and got into that donkey-pulled cart."

   "What happened to the little wick?"

   "He's dead," said Georgiana. "He's become a donkey pulling a cart, and he's exhausted."

   "Where's Pinocchio?"

   "He really became a boy who loves to learn. He is no longer a puppet. Come out, don't hide!"

   However, it was not the Austrian Margaret Ghost who appeared, but a teenage girl.

   "Who are you?" asked Georgiana.

   "Can you finish that story?" the little girl asked.

   She looked into those eyes and felt unable to refuse.

   "Sit down." Georgiana said, pointing to the sofa opposite, so the girl in civilian clothes sat there and listened to her finish the fairy tale.

   (end of this chapter)