Chapter 167 Conquest
Under the moonlight, Lucrezia's figure looked a little blurry. The bright silver color draped over her body like a layer of vague gauze. Her golden hair spread out and kept swaying gently in the evening breeze, making her look quiet and mysterious like a fairy in the forest in Greek mythology.
At this time, she was looking up slightly at Alexander in the light of the moonlight. Seeing him having an unexpected look on his face, Lucrezia showed a slightly smug smile.
At this time, the sky happened to be clear and cloudless. Lucrezia's slightly naughty smile looked so clear. Looking at this face with a hint of naiveness, Alexander suddenly remembered the fact that he had asked Nashan to pretend to assassin her in order to anger Caesar.
Did he do something a little unkind in that matter? Alexander asked himself in his heart.
Lucrezia now looks like a completely innocent little girl. Compared with her surname that can be synonymous with conspiracy and cunning, she seems so simple and innocent.
"I really didn't expect you to be here, Miss."
Although quite surprised, Alexander bowed slightly.
"I've been here for a while," Lucrezia paused for a moment and continued, "since my husband was called."
After hearing Lucrezia's words, Alexander remembered that there had been legends before that Lucrezia disappeared from people and lived in seclusion since Giovanni Sforza's death. Now it seems that she should be hiding in this convent of Saint Terran.
Thinking of this, Alexander suddenly thought of the legend that Lucrezia had secretly had an affair with her father's pet servant Peloto Caderon during her retreat, which resulted in the secret of the beaded child giving birth to an illegitimate child.
It is always a big mystery as to whether the child who was later named Giovanni was Lucrezia's own illegitimate son, or whether it was born to Alexander VI and a mistress as the Bogia family claimed, but Peloto Caderon obviously paid the price.
His body was later found floating in the Tiber River, which looked the same as Giovanni Pogia.
But as far as Alexander knows, Peloto Caderon has already arrived at Caesar to serve, so he should have been following Caesar to Naples at this time, and it will take at least several months to return. In this case, who did Lucrezia's child give birth to?
Thinking of this, Alexander's eyes couldn't help but glance at Lucrezia's slender waist.
Even at night, you can still see that although Lucrezia is wide, she is slightly wrapped around her skirt, which slightly wraps around her body due to the evening breeze.
Seeing Alexander's eyes look at him, Lucrezia's eyes couldn't help but show a hint of anger. Her hands couldn't help but blocked her involuntarily, and at the same time, she looked at Alexander with unhappy and slightly complicated eyes.
Lucrezia was indeed very unhappy. She didn't expect that this Naples were so bold.
I didn't have a deep impression of Alexander and Lucrezia at first. If it weren't for the reason of Joanna, Queen of Naples, she would have long forgotten that there was such a person in Rome.
During the time when Joanna lived in the Palace of Potico, she mentioned the battle with the French on the way to Rome more than once to show her identity as the Queen of Naples. This made Lucrezia somewhat impressed by this young man who seemed to be from Sicily. As Nashan often went to the Palace of Potico to accompany Joanna, she still remembered the strangely dressed gypsy.
What really impressed Lucrezia with Alexander was Julia Farne.
Lucrezia was really surprised when she heard that Alexander actually killed Julia's brother for his woman.
Although in her mind, there was no shock to Falne's death, Julia's grief was deeply stimulated by the loss of her brother.
She still remembers Julia running into her room late at night, pounced on the bed and hugging her and crying. She also told her sadness after begging Alexander VI because she did not receive Alexander VI's support.
It is precisely because of this that Lucrezia also developed a great hatred for Alexander.
Julia is her best friend. They have been together since childhood. Even when Julia became her father's mistress, Lucrezia was not angry, but was more happy because their relationship became closer and more intimate.
But a Sicilian boy from Naples made her good friend so sad. Looking at her good friend who was immersed in the grief of losing a loved one all day, she even asked her father to ask Alexander VI to help Julia punish the murderer who killed her brother.
But in the end, I heard that Alexander was actually the fiancé of Juliano de la Rovere's daughter, and her father was too special to attack this person.
This surprised Lucrezia. In her mind, her father was omnipotent. Nothing could stump him. Compared with no one, he could compare with him. But now a small country lord from Sicily was able to be safe after killing their family. This made Lucrezia feel that it was simply incredible.
What surprised Lucrezia even more was that this person was said to have killed her ex-husband Giovanni Sforza's cousin Columbo.
Lucrezia was sure that she had never seen Columbo, or even if she had seen him, she would have no memory, but she could not forget Giovanni's anger.
From the day Giovanni came back from the battlefield before Christmas, Lucrezia felt the anger, or frustration, in her husband. She couldn't tell what it was, and learned from Caesar that it was because Giovanni met Alexander on the way into the city.
Lucrezia's relationship with Giovanni is complicated. Although she knows that she doesn't love him, she is her husband after all.
From the day she officially became his wife, she originally thought that her destiny would always be tied to this man who was nearly 20 years older than her, but she never expected that after two years of marriage, she suddenly became a widow.
If you say it seriously, it is precisely the man in front of her that makes her the culprit of the widow!
If the man hadn't discovered the conspiracy between Columbo and Giovanni in that place called Sunniro, her father and brother would not have decided to kill Giovanni, and she would not have become a widow and had to hide in the monastery to avoid the gossip, then they would not have met in this place far away from Rome on such a seductive night.
Thinking of this, Lucrezia suddenly realized that her current bad situation was caused by this young Sicilian, which made her feel angry, and he still dared to stare at her body with that look.
Lucrezia couldn't help but let out an angry hum in her nose, and her body turned stiffly to move away.
Alexander looked at Lucrezia who was suddenly angry with some confusion. Of course, he knew that the lady of the Bogia family would not have any good feelings for him, but he didn't know why she suddenly became angry.
Is it just because of Julia's brother?
Alexander didn't know that in order to appease Lucrezia, his son had already pushed the reasons for killing Giovanni on him. Looking at the back of Lucrezia who suddenly became emotional, he couldn't help but think of the legend about the origin of the illegitimate child.
It is said that the child who later became the "Prince of Rome" became the Earl of Carmerino, and this place was a very representative place in the territory of the Duke of Romagna. Being able to become the Earl of Carmerino means that he would be the natural heir of Romagna in the future, and the Duke of Romagna at that time was Caesar.
Could it be that child is actually the "product" of this brother and sister as the legendary one?
This idea made Alexander really want to say "Your circle is so messy" to the shocking relationship between the Borgia family, which made him sneer.
Lucrezia, who had just walked a few steps, immediately stopped. Although the laugh was light, she could hear the ridicule from it. She slowly turned around, her green eyes staring at Alexander's face in the moonlight.
"Can I know why you are laughing?" Lucrezia made her tone look as steady as possible. She kept reminding herself in her heart not to appear uneducated in front of this country bumpkin, and to make herself look elegant and noble even when angry or angry. "Don't you think it's rude to do this?"
Alexander opened his mouth slightly. He wanted to say that he was not trying to laugh on purpose, but looking at the arrogant look of Lucrezia's deliberately raised his pointed chin, he suddenly didn't want to explain anything again.
"If you think this is rude, I can apologize to you, but I really can't answer your question because I laughed because I remembered other things and had nothing to do with you."
Alexander shook his head helplessly. What can he say? Could he tell her that the child who did not exist yet was her brother's seed?
Alexander felt that if the Bogia family said so, they would have to go to him first without waiting for the Milanese struggle. By then, it would probably be that the future father-in-law would not be able to save him.
However, the real reason why he was unwilling to explain was that Lucrezia's intentional bluffing made him feel inexplicably interesting.
Lucrezia is actually just 17 years old, the age of a young girl who has just changed from an innocent girl to an ignorant girl.
"Are you treating me like a fool?"
Lucrezia showed anger on her face. Because she stood by the stream, she had to look up at Alexander standing on the shore because she was standing at a low terrain. This made her feel that she was being looked down upon, so she took a few steps to the shore and stood with Alexander.
Then, I could only look up at the young man in front of me.
The distance between the two suddenly became very close, and Alexander could even see Lucrezia's light golden eyebrows twisting slightly upward because of his anger.
"Your smile makes me feel that you are despising our family," Lucrezia said with a deep face. "I know you are the fiancé of the Barenti de la Rovere, but if you think you can ignore Bogia's dignity by relying on the Rovere family, I will let you know immediately how big a mistake you have made."
Alexander frowned. He knew that Lucrezia's words were not just an empty threat, or perhaps because of their Iberian Peninsula bloodline. The people of the Bogia family seemed to have a natural character of playing conspiracy and fighting. This habit has even penetrated into their bones, and even naughty children like Jeffrey inherited the naturally cunning character of the family.
"Then I apologize to you, madam." Alexander bowed slightly. He really didn't want to provoke the Bogia family at this time. After all, he was leading troops now. If Lucrezia sent someone to complain to her father at this time, he would be in danger of being attacked from both sides.
"Then tell me why you laugh?" Lucrezia asked stubbornly. She didn't have to know the reason, and she knew that Alexander could make up excuses to perfunctorily. Just when she thought of the unconcealed mockery in his laughter, Lucrezia felt an uncontrollable anger.
Because of Giovanni's death, she had to leave Rome and hide in this secluded and simple monastery. Even though her family made special arrangements for her, it still could not be compared with the comfortable and luxurious life of the Palace of Potico.
Lucrezia didn't know when this claustrophobic life, which was like imprisonment, would end, and even because of the rules of the monastery, she could only have some time to leave the lush temple at night and come outside to breathe.
But now, Lucrezia suddenly discovered that the culprit who completely disturbed her life had actually come to Saint Terran, and he even ridiculed himself rudely.
Lucrezia had already determined that the person in front of her was mocking her, and what made her even more angry was that even though she was apologizing, she could still see the almost unconcealed insincere words on his face.
This made Lucrezia feel that she could no longer suppress her anger. She had never hated someone so much, and she did not have the desire to completely let someone crawl at her feet like now.
Lucrezia has decided to conquer this little country lord from Sicily.
She wanted him to kneel before her obediently and become the obedient lamb in front of her beautiful little lambskin boots.
In addition to Alexander's rude attitude, there is another more important reason for her to have this idea.
That is that Alexander is the fiancé of Barenti de la Rovere.
If Lucrezia is a Roman princess who is loved by thousands of people, then Barenti is a passerby standing in the corner away from this princess and watching coldly.
Whether it is appearance or origin, Barenti cannot compare with Lucrezia. There are too many people in Rome who don’t know Barenti, but too few people who don’t know Lucrezia.
But despite this, Lucrezia got a piece of news from her father and brother that she always felt a little incredible, that is, among the Lovere family, they were more concerned about Barenti than Constantine who once proposed to her.
This made Lucrezia very unhappy. She could feel that if her father and brothers were doting and caring for her, then they looked at Barendi and the others with a kind of face-to-face look as if they were looking at each other's family.
These are two completely different attitudes. Lucrezia couldn't say anything wrong with this, but it still made her feel very uncomfortable.
She vaguely felt that it was because although Barenti was not comparable to her, she seemed to have something that would make her relatives pay more attention to her.
This made Lucrezia feel uncomfortable from the bottom of her heart.
Now, the fiancé of Barenti de la Rovere was right in front of her, and this person was so angry with her.
This made Lucrezia Bogia secretly decide to conquer the man in front of her!
Chapter completed!