A sentimental poet once wrote this way, "A city is a solidified poem, and those buildings piled up with stones and wood are musical notes."

As long as any city can be lucky enough to escape the terrible destruction brought by natural disasters and man-made destruction in the long river of history, as time goes by, the city will precipitate and brew its own charm like fine wine.

This charm is like poetry, either continuous, timeless or lively, and like beautiful women, always with their own different tastes and personalities.

Valliardo was not a city with such a long history. Just over 100 years ago, it was just a desolate and remote town. Even now, neither the size nor the foundation of the city was compared with the old capital Toledo.

The future of Valyarido is not so optimistic. Some people have already proposed that it is not suitable to become the capital of a new kingdom that may be unified in the future. For various reasons, Zaragoza in Aragon is also not suitable as a new capital in the future. Therefore, finding a more suitable capital for the kingdom has become an urgent and important issue.

Some people have proposed to use Madrid, which is about 120 Farities away from Beliaridod as the new capital. The city is obviously more suitable to become the capital of the future kingdom than Barrialdod in terms of its size and geographical location.

However, just like the many obstacles he suffered when he decided to move the capital from Toledo, many people also disagree to move the capital again.

Their reason is very simple. Frequent migration of a kingdom is a very imprudent act, which may cause unnecessary suspicion and panic. After all, they often choose to move the capital only when they have to, and doing so may even cause unnecessary confrontation between nobles in various places.

Isabella knew that this was actually what the nobles wanted to say, just as the result of moving the capital from Toledo was that she could take the opportunity to get rid of the restraint caused by the old aristocratic forces in Castilla. New nobles who had gradually formed a scale also faced the danger of being challenged by newcomers.

"This is a worthless city," Alexander heard the pope's comment on the city of Valliardode. "If Isabella had not held a wedding with Ferdinand here, she would not have chosen to be the capital of the kingdom."

Alexander knew that the Pope was teaching him about the aristocratic power of Castile. During this period, Alexander VI had carefully promoted him. The situation between Castile and Aragon and the aristocrats was as complicated as a spider web.

This is obviously very beneficial to Alexander. Although he had already had a detailed understanding of Castilla's general situation before, many things cannot be understood by simple information after all. As the head of the Borgia family, Alexander VI was of course more clear about the details of the nobles like him.

It was also from the Pope that Alexander had a clearer understanding of the conflict between Isabella and the old nobles of Toledo to what extent.

"If you want to realize your dream here, you either get the support of the Toredo nobles or have Valladod's people on your side, and no one will compromise with each other, and the people here are different from Rome, for them, gallows and beheadings are more adorable than negotiations."

Alexander agreed with the Pope's statement. Although the Moorish rule for many years has been ended, the Iberians can no longer erase the mark left by the Moors on them.

In many cases, their way of thinking is actually very similar to that of the Moors. Eastern revenge and intolerance have taken root in every corner of this place, so it is not feasible to solve the problem in a smooth manner like Italy. The people on this land, like their monarchs, seem to have an open mind, but actually have a conservative and extreme heart.

It is somewhat rude that Queen Isabella did not leave the city to welcome the pope, but the queen also had her own reasons, and she fulfilled a seven-day oath of silence under the supervision of her private pastor Thomas Tongomada.

During the 7 days, the queen could not speak, and could not even listen to others' words, so she could only spend the long seven days in her room. However, according to Thomas Tongomada, the queen will be inspired by God in 7 days because of this pious behavior. Although she is a little rude to the Pope, she believes that the Queen's behavior will be forgiven by the Pope.

Of course, Alexander VI expressed his approval in a very generous manner. By the way, he felt tired of the queen's piety. Moreover, the attentive hospitality of King Ferdinand of Aragon can be said to be comprehensive. The money spent on the grand dance and welcome ceremony was painful even when the Pope saw it. Therefore, it continued until midnight and made the entire city of Valladolid a welcome ceremony drowned in joy and joy, and also diluted the speculations caused by the Queen's failure to attend.

Alexander entered the city as a pope's entourage. Although he had seen many nobles in the Castilian court before, it was the first time he had seen Ferdinand.

Ferdinand left a strange impression on Alexander. Although he had seen the portrait of this king in his memory, Alexander was still a little surprised when he saw him.

Ferdinand, who was called a talented man in his imagination, should be a so-called person who looks at the hawks and looks like a wolf. Such a person may even be worried that he might have been targeted by him even if he stands behind him.

But in fact, Ferdinand looks more like a landlord with a mother-in-law.

His cheeks, which had already drooped, always looked tired. A large but round chin set off a face that was obviously a bit old. The king had a hat that seemed to be a nightcap on his head, which was somewhat strange, and the wide black robe on his body also made him rush to attend the ceremony before he could change his clothes.

This outfit makes Ferdinand look less like a king, but more like a bohemian artist. His face makes Alexander even feel like a landlord who has just entered the city from a country manor and ends up walking into the palace by the wrong door.

Even though he knew that he should not be confused by his appearance, Alexander was still surprised how Isabella liked such a person at the beginning. This person did not look like a king or a monarch of a powerful country. However, he knew that this person showed his tough and clever skills in facing a country that might be divided again after Isabella's death. He not only suppressed the Castile nobles who were ready to move, but also firmly grasped Juana as the heir.

But this time he probably won't have a head-on conflict with Philip again, because although he had just entered the city, he had already learned from some Castile nobles that Philip's illness was about to die.

This is probably the reason why the Castilians have a bit of a strange attitude towards the arrival of the Pope. This weirdness can be felt even at the welcome ceremony. At night, when there is the opportunity to be alone with the Pope, the slightly weird atmosphere becomes even stronger.

Many people wanted to take the opportunity to say a few words to the Pope, but no one dared to come out first, so Alexander VI sat there, formalizing his perfunctory words to the group of nobles who had met. At the same time, the Pope's eyes turned to Alexander who was standing not far away from him from time to time.

Unlike the Pope, Alexander was surrounded by a group of people. Some of the nobles he had met before were very glad that they had nodded with the duke, so that they could reminisce about the past with Alexander. Even if it was impossible to talk about too deep topics in such a place, this was a good opportunity. At least as long as they had a good relationship with the Pope's son-in-law, they would have the opportunity to get close to the Pope.

Ferdinand obviously also noticed the ambiguous attitude of the nobles, so he had to pay attention to Alexander, especially when he thought that this person was the mother-in-law of Ruosha, the Queen of Naples, and it is said that this person also had an unignorable influence in Sicily, Ferdinand felt that perhaps he should have a good talk with the duke.

So when they saw the king passing by, the nobles immediately made excuses to leave, but the people did not go far, and they were waiting for news that they didn't know what it was.

"Duke, my Sicily Governor Flomenza has mentioned you more than once in his report. He said that you had destroyed my plan to march into Naples," Ferdinand showed hostility without any concealment. His sharp attitude was in stark contrast to his face that looked like a landlord in the countryside. At the same time, the king's eyes were staring at Alexander's face, as if he wanted to see through his true thoughts after hearing this, "Duke, I think you need to explain, I know that you have a deep misunderstanding of me, you think I covet the land of Naples, but you must know that your guess is unfounded."

Alexander looked at the landlord-like face in front of him, and listened to Ferdinand's nagging words as both threatening and explanation, at first he was a little surprised what the king wanted to do, and then he slowly understood.

It was obvious that Ferdinand was tempting him, and for whatever purpose, the king seemed to be disturbing him now. Thinking about Isabella's failure to attend the ceremony and the banquet, Alexander felt that maybe this was the key.

Ferdinand obviously wanted to find out from him how hostile Naples was to him. As for the things he did in the message, Alexander believed that even if he was very annoyed, Ferdinand would not publicly revenge him.

The sending troops to Naples was originally in the name of reinforcements. As for Aragon in history, they took the opportunity to annex the Kingdom of Naples, because the French had driven away the then King of Naples, Frederick, and the throne of Naples was suspended as a reason. Later, they simply competed with the French for Naples, and invisibly deposed the original Naples royal family of Astamara.

But now, the Aragonese army was forced into Crete by Alexander before they even arrived in Naples. Although this did not allow Ferdinand to succeed, no one knew Ferdinand's ambition to annex.

The king still has a good reputation. He is even regarded by some Naples as "brothers and friends" with the same roots as Naples.

But Ferdinand's hatred for Alexander could not be concealed. Just like now, Ferdinand looked at Alexander and whispered: "Duke, I don't know why you suddenly came to Castile, but if I were you, I would leave as soon as possible. It would be a bad thing to be held grudge by a king."

Listening to Ferdinand's undisguised hostility, Alexander glanced at the Pope who was looking here, and then said in an equally low voice: "So do you want your in-laws to have a stronger ally, or do you want Sicily to face a war that may break out at any time?"

Ferdinand looked at Alexander unexpectedly. He did not expect that this young man would dare to threaten him in person, and that it was in "his" court.

But Alexander's words did catch his attention. He carefully recalled the meaning of this, and raised his glass to greet Alexander in a slight greeting: "Duke, what you said is interesting, but I don't understand what you are saying. I have a marriage with the emperor, which is enough to make us a solid alliance. So what makes you think I will have a conflict with the emperor?"

"Your Majesty the Crown is the Crown."

Alexander and Ferdinand stood side by side and looked at the noisy hall. It was hard to imagine that these people in this hall would be in trouble two years after Isabella's death. And now the seemingly kind-hearted king standing next to him would use their blood to pave the way to unity for himself.

Ferdinand was really surprised this time. He couldn't figure out what Alexander knew, and because of this, he had to remind himself to be more cautious. He had heard of the war in Italy and Roman Thesia was fighting with the French.

However, Ferdinand was not very optimistic about the Roman Thesians. He fully understood that an emerging principality wanted to establish its status through a war, but it was too stupid to use the French as an opponent. Perhaps Louis XII was not a clever general like Charles VIII, but the French army was powerful, which was enough to make up for the king's lack of war experience.

Although Maximian and Venice had other countries joined the sacred alliance of the Roman Thesians, Ferdinand was more convinced that Roman Thesia would probably become a victim of the emperor's opportunity to interfere in Italian affairs because he knew Maximian very well.

However, although he was not optimistic about the prospects of the war, Ferdinand had to guard against Maximian's tentacles extending his tentacles to southern Italy through his alliance with Romethesia. If possible, he might not have taken the opportunity to make any attempts in Sicily.

This is why Ferdinand believes that the Duke should be treated with caution. He did not want to completely force this man to stand with Maximier. If that happens, he might use his influence to make the Queen of Naples turn to Maximier, which Ferdinand definitely doesn't want to see.

Thinking of this, Ferdinand raised his glass to Alexander: "Don't be too impulsive, sometimes we should look further. If you want me to be your friend rather than an enemy, but you should know that it's also a price to get my friendship."

Ferdinand said with a smile and walked forward.

Looking at the back of Ferdinand, who "splied" the surging crowds towards the Pope like Moses, who was splitting the waves, Alexander couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Isabella did not show up from beginning to end, which attracted Alexander's attention. In his impression, Isabella was a very diligent monarch. It is said that she was about to give birth when she was pregnant with Mary and was still dealing with state affairs. Even when the minister who reported to her government affairs found that the queen was in a bad situation, she called people in time, which avoided Mary's fate of being born on the throne.

How could such a diligent queen miss such an important ceremony? As for the so-called reason for Thomas Tongomoda's 7-day meditation, Alexander absolutely did not believe it.

So what happened to Isabella, or why did she not be able to greet the Pope in person?

The carpenters in Alexander should not look like those nobles. He did not know how many of them had the same guess as him, but from the fact that they always wanted to move closer to the Pope, the nobles of Castile seemed to have noticed something.

Alexander wanted to see Uriu at this time. Although the Moors might not be able to find out more information, Alexander could analyze and guess whether something was around Isabella from the various information he collected from Valladod.

Just as Alexander was guessing what happened to Isabella, in a very secluded palace in the palace, Isabella was lying on the bed with a sick face. Her face was a little pale, and her chest was breathing sharply due to stuffyness.

The maid who was with her side occasionally put pieces of hand towels soaked in cold water on her hot forehead, but this did not seem to make the queen more comfortable, so a doctor who looked less polite than the butcher walked in with a set of rusty tools.

"Your Majesty is having a fever, yes, that's right, it's a fever," the doctor opened Isabella's eyelids and looked at it and then put a firm at the attraction "Okay, let's give your Majesty some blood so that she can feel more comfortable."
Chapter completed!