Chapter 40 Seduction
What you want.
This is like the question "Where are you coming from and where are you going?", and it is an unsolvable problem for thousands of years.
Of course Alexander knew that he wanted to know, but he couldn't tell Caesar.
Do you want to say that I fell in love with your little sister?
I guess Caesar will immediately draw his knife and fight him desperately.
And although Lucrezia is amazingly beautiful, Alexander is not very interested in this famous beauty.
Or he was thinking about Castile's throne. If that were the case, either Caesar would think he was a lunatic, or he might tie him up and hand him over to Gonzalo for some benefits.
So Alexander smiled at Caesar and asked, "So Master, what do you want?"
"My?" Caesar slammed his legs and let his mount move on. "I want to get Rome, or Romagna, Lombardy, or even your Naples."
Caesar said and looked at Alexander's face. Seeing that he was not surprised by this, he held the reins and looked at him again: "Tell me if you think I'm drunk or just think I'm crazy?"
"Of course not an adult," Alexander shook his head. "If there is a comparison, you are much more awake than any of the guests in your palace."
Alexander's words made Caesar laugh at first, and then his eyes slowly became serious.
"Maybe you are right, I am more sober than any of them, because I can see them absolutely, and maybe I just don't want to see anything," Caesar's eyes looked at Alexander with a serious look. "I know you are from Sicily, and as a Sicily messenger you should be a servant of Ferdinand, so you can also tell Ferdinand or any Aragonese what I say to you."
"I won't do this," Alexander shook his head. "I am the messenger of Sicily, not a whistleblower."
"I believe you are not, too," Caesar smiled strangely. "Because I can see that you are not a scheming person either."
After saying that, Caesar kicked the stirrups with his feet and the mount was the first to chase Julia Farne's carriage ahead along the street.
Unlike many noble palaces where even wealthy lights will be turned off at night, the Potiko Palace is brightly lit even in the middle of the night.
Before the team entered the garden in front of the palace, Alexander had already seen Nashan, who was standing in the distance waiting in the palace. What he noticed was that Nashan was wearing the clothes he wore on the day the Marino Palace was attacked before today, which gave him some understanding of his father-in-law.
Caesar did not pay much attention to Nashan. Alexander explained that Nashan was his guard captain and was worried that he would go back too late to escort him on the way, except for looking at Nashan's gypsy dress, Caesar ignored him after taking him twice, but took Alexander into the garden of the Potico Palace.
In front of a palace that was set against the lights like a warm wonderland on a cold winter night, Alexander saw Lucrezia standing on the steps waiting for their arrival.
Julia Farne, who came back first, got out of the carriage and walked a few steps to Lucrezia and whispered to her. Then Alexander saw the little sister of the Bogia family lifting her skirt and walking towards them.
"We are here to meet the queen, and I want to find a quiet place to have a good talk with Alexander, but my palace has been occupied by a group of alcoholics. I think there are still people fighting the food on the table now." Caesar hugged Lucrezia, and then pointed to Alexander. "You should still remember the pressure."
"Alexander Juliant Gombre?" Lucrezia stood a few steps away from Alexander and looked at him. "Of course I remember, and your name is often mentioned now."
"Believe me it's a miracle," Caesar said while making an invitation gesture to Alexander. "Lucrezia has not recognized the secretary around our father several times. You must know that the man has been with the Pope for almost 10 years."
"I should be honored," Alexander laughed and walked up to grab Lucrezia's hand and kissed her. Of course he would not believe Caesar's words. He believed that either Caesar was talking nonsense, or Lucrezia had just received the instructions, "Although he was summoned by His Majesty the Queen, please forgive me for being so late and disturbing you."
Lucrezia nodded dignifiedly. If she had to say the impression she left on Alexander at this time, it should be a polite but somewhat indifferent person who kept a distance from others.
This is somewhat different from what Alexander heard about her. Alexander had heard that this beautiful woman was extremely cheerful and lively in front of her brothers.
"The queen is waiting for you," said Lucrezia, who looked at Nashan behind Alexander with some curiosity. This was because she remembered that when Joanna heard that Alexander came back to visit her tonight, he asked strangely about a Bohemian. Now when she saw Nashan, she felt that this should be the Bohemian that Joanna said. "Please come with me."
Joanna had been waiting in her room. Speaking of which, she had never taken a step out in the Potico Palace these days. This disguised house arrest made Joanna feel anxious after she gradually recovered from the assassination. Later, she even thought about it.
Although people in Potico's palace were always respectful to her, and the women of the Pogia family seemed to have become good friends with her, Joanna didn't know how long this situation would last, especially when sometimes when Joanna thought that Jeffrey's wife Xiasang was the princess of Naples, Joanna couldn't help but become uneasy.
The various rumors about Bogia's family really made her uneasy. Thinking that Bogia might eradicate her stumbling block in order to allow Xiasang to inherit the throne of Naples, Joanna couldn't help but become frightened.
Now seeing Alexander, Joanna suddenly felt that she was happy to see this guy who had never shown her respect for her. When she saw Nashan behind her, Joanna's face turned red because of excitement.
Alexander respectfully saluted Joanna. He could have guessed how difficult Joanna had been in these days, especially when he bowed to salute, he even saw Joanna's hands, which were originally reserved in front of her lower abdomen, trembling slightly.
"Your Majesty, I think you may want to see Captain Nashan, so please forgive me for taking the liberty to bring him in," Alexander moved aside. Seeing Nashan strode towards him, he was a little worried about whether the father-in-law would show his so-called "charm" in front of the Bogia family.
This was not what he wanted to see, because if that were the case, Caesar would be able to draw his sword at him.
However, Alexander obviously underestimated his father-in-law's wisdom. Apart from giving a very exaggerated and fancy gift, Nashan almost never looked at Joanna again. Even when Joanna's eyes kept flashing with his figure, the gypsy simply turned around and didn't look at her at all.
Julia Farne seemed to have suddenly become energetic after returning to Potico Palace. She diligently invited Alexander to have another drink, and at the same time, she kept asking him some topics that seemed very interested.
"Is life in the Sicily monastery very monotonous? I heard that there are many monasteries there, which are all not accessible to outsiders all year round, and they follow the Benedict Canon. It is incredible that just look at those canons is enough to scare people." Julia said in an incredible tone, "You know that I have not seen a monk who can do it completely according to the terms of the canon."
Alexander looked at Julia and smiled. He was surprised that Julia felt that someone would completely follow the Benedict rules. Because she thought that she was nicknamed "the bride of Christ" because she was serving a clergyman who claimed to be the highest status in the world of Christ, she could know what the pope's mistress saw all day long.
Apart from being a little excited at the beginning, Joanna's mood seemed not very high. After asking about her servants and servants, she suddenly asked about the executed maid.
"So, is she really instructed?" After asking this, Joanna looked at Alexander and found that his expression had not changed because of any change in her words. Then she continued to say, "Do you know who the woman's accomplice is?"
"Sorry, your majesty, that woman hasn't said it," Alexander shook her head. "And she's dead now, but we know that her accomplices should be quite large, so we can be sure they are not ordinary robbers."
"Then they not only liked my money but also wanted to kill me?" Joanna showed uneasiness on her face. She obviously remembered what was happening at the entrance of the Vatican Palace, which made her look at Nashan, who was standing outside the room, turning around and looking at Nashan, who couldn't stop looking at him.
"We will protect your Majesty," Alexander stood up and bowed. "And the plot against you by the gangsters before was defeated by Nashan. You know that he is a very brave man, and the most rare thing is his loyalty."
"Ah yes, his loyalty, if he can stay with me..." Joanna couldn't help but nodded, but when she said this, she looked at Lucrezia next to her. It was obvious that although she was the Queen of Naples, she could not make any decisions on her own here.
Lucrezia's bright forehead slightly raised upwards, showing a faint wrinkle, and then disappeared quickly. She glanced at Nashan, who was waving around in the corridor as if she was idle. After thinking about it for a moment, nodded: "Of course, for the sake of His Majesty the Queen's safety, but please allow me to remind you that the Palace of Potico is the safest place in Rome, so if your Bohemian must stay to protect you, he can only stay outside and not enter the palace."
Joanna's originally hopeful eyes were staring at Lucrezia with some dissatisfaction, but the little sister of the Bogia family was obviously very independent. Her bright eyes also looked at Joanna, without any intention of giving in because of the other party's identity.
Caesar looked at Joanna with a little surprise. Over the days, he felt that he knew enough about this Naples widow.
In his mind, this woman was not that difficult to deal with. She was very vain and a little greedy. At least while she was reserved, she did not refuse the annuity he offered to give her that she could live in Rome.
It was from that time that Caesar felt that he could use this woman's identity to realize his ambitions.
However, he didn't expect that Joanna would suddenly have a conflict with Lucrezia for a guard, which made him feel unhappy, but when he thought of the role of this woman, he still smoothed out the situation.
"If this Bohemian is as powerful as you said, I can let him join my guard," Caesar said in an interesting tone, and he saw that Alexander blamed him for suddenly mentioning the Bohemian, which caused an unpleasant dispute. "And then let him follow him when the Queen travels, there is no need to worry about it at the Potico Palace."
"Of course I'm not worried about the safety of the queen here," Alexander brought Nashan today just to attract Joanna's attention. Now it seems that his father-in-law is a little indifferent, which somewhat disappointed Alexander. Seeing that Caesar seemed a little suspicious, he decided to stop when he was about to get better. After all, this kind of thing was not achieved overnight. "And I do need Nashan around me, but as long as you need it, you can let him come to your side to serve you at any time."
Joanna frowned slightly, but in the end she nodded in agreement, but her eyes looked at Lucrezia slightly cold.
This was a bit unexpected surprise. Caesar, who had originally wanted to make a move by talking to Alexander in a deep conversation, seemed to be out of interest. After seeing Joanna ask about the things she cared about, Caesar made an excuse to take Alexander away from the Potico Palace.
It was already midnight at this time. Walking on the bridge of the Tiber River, the dark river water was flowing under the bridge. When we broke up at the bridge, Caesar suddenly asked: "Do you want to know why I didn't help you get more power at the banquet?"
Looking at the vague gaze in Caesar's eyes under the moonlight, Alexander nodded silently.
"Because I have a feeling that all this in Rome is not what you care about now," Caesar waved his hand. "No, maybe you should say that you don't care whether the Romans are willing to give you more power. You look down on them just like me." He suddenly exhaled, and his misty breath drifted in the cold air between the two. "I think you are the same person as me, so why don't we do something more meaningful than others."
As he said that, Caesar pulled the horse and said loudly to Alexander: "I know the business you and the Lovelle family have helped the French. Think about it carefully. Maybe it is not a bad thing for us to continue to work with the French."
After saying that, he led the guards to urge the mount to run towards his palace.
Looking at Caesar's back who had already walked away and disappeared into the night, Alexander turned his head and looked at Nashan and asked, "You seem to suddenly lose interest in the queen."
"No, I'm a little interested in her. Speaking of which, she's more younger than the queen, I mean her aunt is much younger," Nashan said, fiddling with gold earrings.
"That's not her aunt, but her cousin. Her husband is actually her nephew," Alexander corrected that when he saw Nashan's confused look, he simply gave up. "Tell me why you ignored the queen?"
"Young man, you don't know women too much," Nashan looked at Alexander with disgust. "I can still be your teacher when dealing with women. The more you are like this, the more proud you are. You can only break her proud shell first, and then enjoy the sweet fruit inside. I can think of you to guarantee that she will dream of mine in her dream tonight, and then..."
Seeing Nashan stretching out his fingers and drawing two waves in the air, Alexander couldn't help but shake his head.
Chapter completed!