However, if you betray your father, her father will be ruined and furious, and he will certainly be spared. Gregory IX has always been ruthless, and even killing his daughter is not an impossible thing.
Lady Rosa was weighing the pros and cons in her heart, but Ling Feiyang said a few words to Princess Natalya in Chinese. Natalya immediately said, "Don’t worry, if you are willing to write down your father’s crimes, your father will be punished by God. At that time, even if he wants to get back at you, I’m afraid we won’t give him this chance. My Byzantine princess personality guarantees that you will be safe for the rest of your life, and there will be no shortage of things you like wealth, manor and men!"
Mrs. Rosa was a little tempted when she heard this sentence. Besides, she didn’t want to be burned at once and had no other choice. After much consideration, Mrs. Rosa finally said, "Okay, I promise you, but you must send me to Ann immediately after I finish writing!"
So Mrs Rosa picked up a quill pen and wrote it on papyrus.
Although Gregory IX was a Pope, he was naturally romantic. Once he saw a beautiful woman, he controlled his desires. In his life, he had thirteen lovers, each of whom had a secret residence. Gregory IX would meet these lovers in turn every leisure time.
According to the Catholic canon, the Pope must devote his body to Jesus Christ for life, so he is not allowed to have a lover, let alone a child. However, Lady Rosa’s mother was pregnant, but she couldn’t bear to have an abortion. She still gave birth to this daughter and secretly raised her. When Gregory IX learned of this, he had to arrange for his illegitimate daughter to have a life of luxury and wealth and marry her to the famous Count Francis in Rome, on condition that she cut off her father and daughter and never recognize each other again.
Rosa, however, has left behind her father’s character, and he is also a romantic man. He cheated those handsome priests into the reclining chair in the Earl’s Garden and benefited himself many times. This special status is that these priests are humble and afraid of getting into trouble, and they dare not make such a huge scandal in the Vatican public.
Lady Rosa not only wrote these things in the original place to save her life, but also let Ling Feiyang sneak back to the Earl’s Office and find a letter in the drawer of the room. Gregory IX wrote this letter when Count Rosa Francis got married and told Count Francis the truth. Now this letter has become the most powerful evidence that Gregory IX violated the canon and betrayed Jesus Christ.
Ling Feiyang and Princess Natalya didn’t break their word when they got these two letters. They immediately asked Frederick II to send Madame Rosa to Sicily to let her take shelter for a while. Later, Frederick II rushed to Rome from Sicily and held separate talks at Gregory IX, the Pope’s residence.
After the talks, Frederick II took out two letters and showed them to Gregory IX by hand. Gregory IX immediately changed his face.
According to the holy Roman Catholic system, although the papacy is extremely powerful, it is still supervised by twelve cardinals. If Gregory IX kills Frederick II at this moment, his cronies will definitely hand over the original two letters to the twelve cardinals at once, so that his papacy will not only be suspended, but also be burned by the Vatican.
Although Gregory IX hated Frederick II, he compromised in every way, but Frederick II did not take the intention. He made three demands on Gregory IX.
First, he gave a speech in the Roman inquisition to explain that King Frederick was still a faithful believer in the Father and did not slander the origin of Jesus Christ.
Second, order the Crusaders to immediately withdraw to West Rome and stop invading Byzantine territory.
Third, Mongolia dissolved the Covenant and joined other European countries of Byzantine Empire to form an anti-Mongolian joint army to fight to the death.
Frederick II had the handle of Gregory IX in his hand, and he had to agree to these three requirements. After the talks, Frederick II immediately conveyed the talks to Ling Feiyang and Princess Natalia.
"We succeeded!" Princess Natalya couldn’t help jumping into Ling Feiyang’s arms when she heard the good news and kissed him hard on the face, then she felt a little embarrassed and blushed.
The second day of the talks between the king and the pope happened to be another Saturday. Pope Gregory IX visited St. Peter’s Cathedral and made a "passionate" speech after the regular service. In the speech, Gregory IX not only clarified Frederick II’s innocence, but also called Genghis Khan Satan incarnation and called on all Catholics in the holy Roman Empire to carry out a holy war to resist Mongolian invasion.
Subsequently, Gregory IX issued an order to withdraw the Eastern Crusade Cross Army and to reorganize the * * team to prepare for the upcoming anti-Mongolian war.
All this seems to be very smooth, but Ling Feiyang still has some concerns.
"Is this Pope so easily controlled by us? Is there any mystery in this? " Ling Feiyang suddenly thought of such a problem to be continued.
Chapter 41 Romanesque love
In Ling Feiyang and the Byzantine princess Natalia helped King Frederick II of Rome to master the evidence that Pope Gregory IX had a lover and an illegitimate daughter. Gregory IX did not let this scandal spread, so the king compromised.
Although Gregory IX had decided to fight against Mongolia, Ling Feiyang was still suspicious. At this moment, Frederick II received an invitation letter from the Pope asking him to discuss the specific issues of the war against Mongolia in the Civil Assembly Hall of Rome.
"Will this meeting be a trap?" Ling Feiyang had this problem in front of Frederick II.
"Should not? If the Pope wants to kill me, he can do it to me at his residence. This time, he specially set the meeting place in the public place such as the Civil Assembly Hall, which must be to avoid others’ suspicion of him. "Frederick II didn’t seem very worried about this appointment.
"But the choice of this place may also be shattered glass," Ling Feiyang said. "If something happened to the king’s position in his home, he would definitely be able to wash away the suspicion, but in this public place, perhaps some clever means can be used to cover up his crimes."
"Are you worried that things will change?" When Princess Natalya translated Ling Feiyang’s words, Frederick II was somewhat alarmed.
"King, do you think it is reliable to say that the originals of those two letters are kept in the hands of Duke Andrew?" Ling Feiyang asked
"Uncle Andrew is the most loyal minister of my father Henry VI. My father entrusted me to him when he was only three years old before his death. Uncle Andrew is my most trusted elder in my life," Frederick II said.
"Even so, we should be cautious about this matter. On the day of the meeting, I suggested that the king should place the soldiers of the Order of St. John near the citizens’ assembly hall. If anything happens, they can immediately rush to the scene to rescue them." Ling Feiyang said.
"All right …" Frederick II hesitated for a moment and said, "I asked geraint to lead one hundred soldiers of the Order of St. John disguised as Roman civilians and scattered around Apollo Square near the Chamber."
"I’ll go to the Chamber with you as a king’s entourage" Ling Feiyang continued.
"That’s really thank you very much! Mr. Ling’s martial arts in China is not so easy even if the Pope really wants to deal with me! " Frederick II said with great joy
"I’ll go too!" Princess Natalya has been translating for two people for a long time when she suddenly said
"This negotiation may be dangerous. You’d better not go!" Lingfeiyang avenue
"You have never believed me!" Princess Natalya said with a straight face, "Think for yourself. You can’t even understand their conversation at this negotiating table. If there is any danger, how can you judge it before?" If I were next to you, I could immediately warn you, and my swordsmanship is not so bad. It will certainly be no problem to deal with three or five soldiers in western Rome! "
"All right, then!" Ling Feiyang thought twice and agreed to Princess Natalya’s request.
In the next few days, Ling Feiyang will continue to cultivate the spirit of the celestial body and continue to enhance Ling Feiyang’s current situation. Ling Feiyang, the top martial arts such as Six-pulse Excalibur and Spiral Nine Shadows, has also been used. At present, Ling Feiyang, the three kinds of martial arts, namely, the dragon’s 20 palms, the one-yang finger and the flick of the finger, can be similar to the gods. However, for some martial arts that are not demanding in terms of true qi, such as Lingbo micro-step, tight encirclement potential, real swordsmanship, herself swordsmanship, and beauty boxing, Ling Feiyang has been able to use it freely.
In order to enable Princess Natalya to protect herself in the battle, Ling Feiyang gave some instructions to her Roman swordsmanship in her spare time. Princess Natalya practiced swordsmanship since childhood, but only then did she realize that once she had learned these moves skillfully, her power would be ten times less.
Princess Natalya admires Ling Feiyang even more. Every day, she humbly asks Ling Feiyang for advice. Because of the royal lineage of ancient Rome, she has a very high martial arts qualification. In just a few days, Princess Natalya has surpassed geraint, head of the Order of St. John in fencing.
Ling Feiyang and Princess Natalya practice swords together every day, which naturally sparks some sparks. Western girls’ expression of feelings is not as subtle as that of orientals. On the last night before the king’s appointment, Princess Natalya changed into a white skirt and took Ling Fei to a garden full of lilacs.
"Mr. Ling thanked you for instructing me in fencing. Dance a ballet!" Princess Natalya walked into the lilac flowers and tiptoed gently to dance in the bright moonlight.
Princess Natalya’s two slender legs are changing rapidly. The graceful dance steps are like a light cloud covering the moon skirt and dancing in the breeze. She slightly raises her dance like a proud white swan. Suddenly, the princess’s left foot and toe shaft spin rapidly and turn for more than ten turns in succession, and then suddenly stop. Her arms gradually look up and stand still.
"Ballet originated from the Byzantine Empire in the 13th century A.D., and that Roman princess turned out to be her!" Ling Feiyang looked at the beautiful girl in the lilac flowers and suddenly turned white!
"Let’s dance together and I’ll teach you!" Princess Natalya smiled and walked up to Ling Feiyang and held out her hand to pull Ling Feiyang into the flowers. Natalya taught Ling Feiyang some basic postures of ballet, and suddenly found that if China martial arts could be integrated into this dance, this dance could be a wonderful dance move of female fighting skills to defeat the enemy.
Ling Feiyang reformed some postures of ballet after thinking, and then gave them to Princess Natalia, Princess Cong, who mastered the essence after only one night’s study, and her martial arts was further improved.
Although they didn’t sleep all night, they were very sleepy. After returning to the princess’s room, Princess Natalya took out a bottle of Omani red wine and poured it into two crystal goblets. After drinking this bottle, Princess Natalya walked up to Ling Feiyang with a little drunk, and her brown-green eyes flashed with blurred brilliance. Her hands were on his waist and a pair of hot red lips were attached to Ling Feiyang’s lips.
In Ling Feiyang’s heart, I actually like this beautiful and kind Roman princess very much. They kissed each other for a long time and didn’t want to part. However, when Natalia gradually extended her hands to her short skirt belt, Ling Feiyang grabbed her hand.
"Princess Natalya, let’s do it later …" Ling Feiyang said, pulling the curtain, and a ray of morning light was reflected in Princess Natalya’s blushing cheeks.
"How time flies! It’s time for us to start …" Natalya kissed Ling Feiyang on the cheek again before reluctantly leaving Ling Feiyang’s body to be continued.
Chapter 42 Pope inverse cross
Early this morning, Ling Feiyang and Princess Natalia changed into the king’s entourage and followed Frederick II to the Citizen’s Assembly Hall in the west of Rome.
Geraint, the head of the Order of St. John, has led 100 Knights soldiers to hide in the crowd of Apollo Square disguised as ordinary civilians, but there seems to be no papal army stationed around the Citizen’s Chamber.
"The Pope should bear us no malice. Perhaps we think too much of ourselves …" Frederick II said.
"Please be careful!" Ling Feiyang wanted to speak, but Princess Natalya beat her to it.
The three men crossed Apollo Square and came to a large square building. Twelve seven-meter-high marble columns stood in front of the building, and the walls were carved with beautiful pictures. It was Caesar who built the Roman Civil Assembly Hall more than 1000 years ago.
The three men stepped into the megalithic gate of the citizens’ assembly hall and saw that there was no soldier swinging in the hall. In the center of the hall was a huge round table with an oil lamp. Around the table, there were more than a dozen wooden chairs in the middle, but an elderly man was sitting.
The old man looks 70 years old, his face is wrinkled, his expression seems to be painful and melancholy, and even his facial muscles seem to be distorted. He is wearing a blood-red robe and a golden cross on his chest. It is Pope Gregory IX of the Holy Roman Empire.
"With the Pope here, there is no ambush. It seems that we really think too much …" Frederick II thought about stepping towards Gregory IX.
Gregory IX saw Frederick II coming to his face, and a smile appeared on his face. He slowly got up from his seat and stretched out his right hand forward.
"Dear Father Constantine Frederick came to see you." Frederick II bowed slightly, grabbed the Pope’s hand and kissed it on the back of his hand.
According to the laws of the Holy Roman Empire at that time, a woman who was unfaithful to her husband would be crucified and burned to death once her adultery was revealed. Mrs. Rosa knew in her heart that Gregory IX had arranged for her to live a prosperous life, but she didn’t dare to recognize her. If she was really sent to the church, her father would definitely not help her get rid of the crime.
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