What kind of era was the early 16th century?

It is an era that moves from ignorance to civilization, from darkness to light

It is an era when human heartfelt passion replaces the suppressed nature.

This is an era when it was later called the Three Masters of the Renaissance.

It was a great geographical discovery and an era when people began to truly understand what the world looked like.

People rush to pursue wealth, explore unknown worlds, and want to know where the boundaries of the world are.

Mature navigation technology has allowed people to connect the isolated old world.

These great technologies have also been used to pull the new world into people's eyes.

All this is so beautiful, but this beauty is not as glamorous as it looks.

This is also an era of endless fire and turbulence.

Conspiracy in the palace and cruel and ruthless war also ran through this era.

The Ottoman civil strife continued, and Europa battles broke out everywhere, and even in the Atlantic Ocean, they fought one after another in order to compete for maritime hegemony.

Restrained by the still backward level of transportation and communication, although in the Mediterranean, Castilla, which is far away on a peninsula in southwest Europe, is not clear about what is happening on the European continent.

At least Ferdinand is worried about whether the support promised by the emperor is not fulfilled as soon as possible.

With his generous hand, Ferdinand also had some friends in the Vienna court.

So he could get a lot of useful news in time, but even so, it would take some time to deliver these news to him.

It's just that he's going to know earlier than others.

But this time, Ferdinand felt that the waiting time had been too long.

According to his previous experiences with friends in Vienna, his own sources of information arrived before or after the emperor's envoy arrived.

Those people would reveal more detailed information to him, such as the emperor's decision on the specific time, strength of the troops, and what steps he might take.

This news can undoubtedly help Ferdinand respond accordingly in Iberia as soon as possible.

At least he could know from this how Maximian's promise could be achieved.

But the news came too late this time, so I simply said there was no news.

None of his friends from the Vienna court sent exact information.

Although there are sporadic sources who can find out some news, this is obviously not enough for Ferdinand.

This made him start to worry.

The only explanation for Ferdinand knew that this would happen was that there should be a completely different voice in the Vienna court about sending troops, or someone was vehemently opposing it.

Even the emperor himself was probably shaking about this matter.

Only in this way can those Austrian ministers who have a good relationship with him take a quick look at the direction of the wind and not dare to rashly convey the message.

This made Ferdinand realize the seriousness of the situation.

Although it cannot be said that Maximian's purpose of marrying his son Philip and Juana was originally for the Castile throne, after all, Prince Juan, who was the prince at that time, was still alive, but the purpose of his attempt to establish a strong alliance through marriage was obvious.

Therefore, he would not refuse the request made by his in-laws, not to mention that with Juana becoming the crown prince, the situation in Iberia was closely related to him.

But even so, something seemed to have happened in the situation in Vienna, which made Ferdinand puzzled and couldn't help feeling a strong sense of uneasiness.

What exactly can make Maximian so inconsistent?

After all, Maximian himself has always been obsessed with Milan, and hopes that he will send troops will only prompt him to make up his ambition to annex Milan earlier.

So what exactly made the emperor still so undecided when he had advantages.

What exactly happened in Vienna?

That's not just what Ferdinand is worried about.

People sent him news about Andalusia every day, but somehow, suddenly there was no news over there for several days, which made Ferdinand even more worried.

Ferdinand obviously had never heard of the saying "No news is good news", but even if he knew it, he would sneer at this sentence like most people.

In fact, bad news is often spreading slower than good news on the battlefield. This is because when the situation is unfavorable, the front-line commanders always hope to turn the situation around as soon as possible and report it to the rear after making up for the mistakes.

But this kind of hope is often the opposite of what we wish.

One error cannot be corrected by another error. When the situation is finally broken so bad that it may affect the entire battlefield, those people will have to report the truth to the rear.

This is how bad news comes, and once that time comes, the whole battle situation may be irresistible.

Ferdinand may not know the mystery, but he knew things might be unoptimistic.

There was a vague noise outside the window, and footsteps came from the corridor where the doors were opened.

Ferdinand turned his gaze helplessly at the door. Seeing the Archbishop and several ministers walking in, the vertical lines on his forehead became deeper.

"Your Majesty, you must make a decision as soon as possible," the Archbishop came over and said with a slight rude attitude. "If the Queen still refuses to attend the ceremony, this will lead to civil unrest."

"Of course I know!"

Ferdinand interrupted the Archbishop angrily. King Aragon, who was calm in any trouble in the past, was as furious as a irritable and arrogant citizen of the lower class.

"But what should I do? Will you tie her up and send it to the venue? Only God knows what she will do to embarrass us all."

The Archbishop looked at the angry king helplessly. He actually felt a little sympathetic to Ferdinand. After all, if anyone had such a disobedient daughter, he would have a headache.

What's more, she is also a queen, at least in name, the most noble person in Castilla, so those ways to deal with madness, stupidity and dementia must not be used on her.

This makes things even harder to handle.

"Maybe we can persuade Her Majesty the Queen..."

A minister asked for advice, but Ferdinand closed his mouth with a sarcastic look.

If you can speak reasonably, how could these people be worried about it now?

"Your Majesty, Queen Juana must attend the Holy Week ceremony, otherwise the people will have all kinds of speculations. There are already many bad rumors. If the Queen does not show up again, things may become out of control."

A minister said with a gloomy expression that for these Castiles, they really don't like Ferdinand, but now they have to face the current dilemma with him.

Holy Week is one of the most important festivals of the year in Castilla, second only to Christmas.

During the seven days of the whole week, people will commemorate the great sacrifices made by Jesus Christ for the world in various ways. There will be solemn religious rituals everywhere to express the entire process of Jesus from facing death to resurrection and ascension.

Solemn, pious, and even mad, this is Holy Week.

Many believers will make people crucify themselves because of their piety to the Lord and feel the sufferings that Jesus Christ has suffered. More people will donate the wealth they have accumulated to the church without hesitation on this day in order to obtain redemption.

Such a grand ceremony certainly requires the participation of the royal family.

For many years, Isabella would attend every Holy Week, and if Ferdinand was there, he would also need to participate in this grand festival with his wife.

But this year, Juana's first Holy Week after she ascended the throne, she may be absent!

Ferdinand looked at everyone in front of him with a gloomy face. He knew that these people wanted to make a fool of themselves, but now they are starting to worry.

Castilla is now a problem of internal and external troubles. In the northwest and north, Portugal and French were eyeing each other. Before the rebellion in the south had subsided, the Sicilians suddenly got involved again.

Moreover, he speculated that among the Castiles, not necessarily no one suspected that he had colluded with the Sicilians.

After all, he still has the title of King of Sicily so far.

if……

Suddenly a thought flashed across Ferdinand's mind. He felt that maybe he had really gotten into a dead end before, and he had never thought about another way that might completely solve the trouble in front of him.

Thinking of this, the king's face showed a rare ease, and his eyes at the Castile people in front of him became softer.

"I will find a way to not let her ruin us," Ferdinand said impatiently. "I'll go find her. If she is still so willful, I'll tie her up and send her to the ceremony."

After saying that, Ferdinand quickly walked out of the room with a confused look on everyone's face.

Although he has become the queen of Caslitia, Juana and Philip are still hiding in the Highland Castle.

Although her emotions had stabilized a lot and even allowed the servants to help her serve Philip, who was about to die, she still stubbornly forbid other women from approaching her husband.

And she would hide in the castle because she had some indescribable fear of her father.

So when Juana just heard that Ferdinand was coming to visit, she immediately became nervous.

Even in the living room, Ferdinand still smelled the stench coming from the bedroom.

Looking at Ferdinand with a gloomy face, Juana clenched her fists hard and stared at her father stiffly.

And what she saw was a pair of cold eyes.

"It won't work if you continue like this. You are the queen and you must take the responsibility you deserve. I want you to attend the Holy Week ceremony," Ferdinand said impatiently, waving his hand to stop Juana who was about to speak. "I am not asking for it but ordering you. If you don't want your husband to be disturbed in the future, do what I say, and I will arrange for someone to serve him."

Speaking of this, Ferdinand added: "Don't worry, they are all male servants."

Juana bit her lip tightly, her body trembling slightly.

Although Juana sometimes becomes irrational because of madness, she can still instinctively feel danger.

She dared to yell and even curse at Isabella because she knew that her mother would not do anything to her in the end.

But Ferdinand was not like this. If she really offended him, she would be punished mercilessly, and the person might even threaten her with Philip.
To be continued...