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Chapter 40 Before the Turmoil

Ruosha raised her wine glass and looked at it. This was her fourth glass of wine. Although these wines did not make people drunk quickly, drinking four consecutive glasses was enough to make her feel dizzy.

Earl Modilo asked her before leaving. It was this sentence that made Ruosha suddenly want to get drunk, because if she didn't get drunk, it would be hard for her to imagine what would be like next.

"You may be his favorite sister, but you can never become his wife, or even a lover, so what else do you think can guarantee that you will definitely have a good result with him in the future?"

When the count said this, he saw the dazed look on Ruosha's face and knew that his words had hit his niece's biggest weakness, so he wisely did not continue to pursue the victory, because he knew that as long as he could cleverly open the small crack in Ruosha's heart, she would gradually expand the barrier.

A child, Ruosha is thinking about this now. Although she knows that the count's words are somewhat suspicious of being provoked, she also knows that this is indeed the truth.

There was actually no idea with Alexander's child before. Ruosha knew very well that the relationship between the two was destined to be impossible to have a result. As he said, Count Modillo said, she could not even get the name of a mistress, but if the two could have a child, then everything would be different.

The most important thing is that if someone truly understands how great Alexander's ambition is, perhaps only Ruosha knows it best.

So, she understood better than others how much loss would be if she couldn't even be a mistress.

Footsteps came from outside the door, and Ruosha looked at the door, wondering who would be outside, until she heard the voice of Alfred talking to the guards, Ruosha couldn't help but sigh slightly.

The first group of people who followed Alexander ashore were less than 500, while the second group of Montina troops landed was about 1,000. If the Corsenca troops were not counted, this was already everyone brought by Alexander. Although this was nearly half less than the army he promised to the people of Earl of Modillo, if Corsenca's army was added, although there were no 3,000 people, it would be enough for some city defense troops who were trying to resist to give up that idea.

The Balkans were very obedient. They could even endure corporal punishment almost infinitely without worrying about causing resistance and mutiny. What's more important is that although the Balkans were famously unruly, they were also the soldiers who carried out the orders the most thoroughly. So when Alexander was about to arrive at the palace, he often saw the bodies of some city defense soldiers lying in pools of blood along the way.

"Tell us that we are not here to loot the city." Alexander had to send people around him to restrain the Balkans, but he himself knew that this was actually useless.

The Corsencha army first entered the palace, while the Montina army stayed outside the palace under Alexander's instructions. Alexander needed a reliable name, but now he was more concerned about Ruosha's situation.

"Sheer," Alexander called out a little habitually, and then he remembered that Sheer was not by his side now. He waved his hand and sent a guard who had leaned over after hearing the sound. He looked at the palace not far away for a moment, and then ordered the commander who had already been waiting for the commander to go to the palace.

The Royal Palace of Naples can be said to be one of the most brilliant buildings in Southern Italy. Even hundreds of years later, Southern Italians are proud of the gorgeous architectural style of this palace.

The arrival of Montina's army caused a commotion, and Alexander could feel suspicion and a little hostility from all over the world, which made him determined to make up his next plan.

A very detailed search has been carried out in the palace. In order to prevent the queen's rebels from missing the net, soldiers are patrolling almost every corner of the palace.

This made Alexander feel somewhat relieved, but when he heard that Alfred went to see Ruosha, Alexander couldn't help but frown.

He hurriedly walked through the winding corridor of the palace with a team of guards, and because he was too hasty, he even threw the attendant who led him behind him. When he came to the palace where Ruosha was, Alexander's face was already gloomy and a little scary.

Although the guards did not know why the adults were so bad, they were very smart to choose to remain silent at this time, so apart from the series of rapid footsteps when they broke into the palace, no one said one more word at this time.

The Kosencha soldiers outside Ruosha's door obviously did not expect that so many people would suddenly break in. They didn't even have time to react, and saw the Earl's brother rushed in with a group of guards in anger. Then Alexander pushed open the closed door without hesitation.

Both people in the room were obviously surprised. Looking at Alexander who was surrounded by the Balkans, Alfred's face was unexpectedly and then angry.

"Earl, don't you know what you need to tell me so urgently?"

Alfred stood up from the chair in annoyance. At the same time, he looked at Ruosha, who was drunken and hazy across from him with a little worried. He didn't expect that he had just wanted to visit his wife but saw such a scene. This made Alfred feel a little guilty and felt ashamed of letting his wife take on so many things on his behalf. But what he didn't expect was that before he could show his wife's care, Alexander suddenly appeared in anger.

Because the prince was a little dissatisfied, he did not notice that Alexander seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the scene in the room.

"Your Highness, my army has landed in Port Santa Lucia, but I found that my soldiers were not given any help," Alexander glanced at Rusha who was leaning against the bed and looked at them with a pair of drunken eyes, and then said to Alfred, who was dissatisfied with his face. "Maybe I should remind you that it is not the time to celebrate victory, because we don't know how many people have participated in the rebellion."

Alfred was angry and wanted to refute Alexander. He didn't know why his wedding was so bad. First, his father suddenly fell ill, and then his mother became the leader of a large group of rebels who suddenly appeared. Now, when he wanted to take a breath next to his wife, he had to endure the domineering force of this Gombrey.

However, Alfred's anger just came up and was interrupted by Ruosha who had been leaning quietly on the pillow before.

"Brother, I hope you are polite to my husband," Ruosha, who seemed drunk before, suddenly woke up. She sat up and said to Alexander in a majestic tone. "Please don't forget that he is now a Regent of Naples, and given the current situation, he may be officially crowned soon."

Alfred looked at Ruosha with a little surprise. He was a little at a loss for Ruosha to say so directly that everyone was deliberately avoiding the topic. Although Frederick's situation was not optimistic, Alfred was not used to it when talking about succession without any concealment.

"If everything goes well, of course I will apologize for my misconduct. It seems that we have not completely escaped from the bad situation of rebellion, so can I ask you to bear it a little bit, after all, the intimacy with my sister is not in a hurry at this time."

"I'm not, I don't..."

Alfred, who was originally annoyed, just wanted to defend himself at this time, but Alexander didn't seem to want him to continue talking, but simply stretched out his hand and put it on his shoulder, and at the same time lowered his voice and said to him: "I know your anxious mood now. After all, it's hard not to make men move with a beauty like my sister, but don't you think there are many more important things to do?"

"But I did nothing."

"That's even better, well, I mean you really don't need to be so anxious, because you'll be in a long time in the future."

Ruosha looked at Alexander's back who was almost cold and pulled Alfred out of the room. She smiled first, and then her eyes slowly became colder.

Her hand slid under the pillow on the side, touching the dagger pressing there, Ruosha's eyes turned to the door.

"Kosenza." Ruosha said in a low voice in an inaudible tone. She didn't expect that the guards at the door would not only let Alfred enter the room so easily, but they seemed to be taking on the task of letting the door watch. This made Ruosha remember the previous intention of Count Modillo's hope that she would get pregnant as soon as possible.

Perhaps for the count, what he really cares about is her future children. As for who the child is, he doesn't care so much.

Alfred, who was directly pulled out by Alexander, suddenly fell into a busy and complicated mess.

In fact, as Alexander said, Naples is not completely free from the chaos and crisis brought by the rebellion. On the contrary, with the reports brought back by the scouts sent out, Alfred unexpectedly learned that a group of nobles were organizing troops outside the city to try to retake the city.

The one who led this rebel was like a distant uncle of his family.

This surprised Alfred. He didn't understand why so many people opposed him and became a regent. Thinking about even his mother had to oppose him, Alfred suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.

He didn't care about expressing his dissatisfaction with his brother-in-law's fingers, but immediately sent people to attract all the court officials who were loyal to him. Seeing the people surging below, Alfred felt somewhat relieved.

"I don't want to see my mother," Alfred said in a low voice to Earl Modilo, who was very close to him. "I know she must be waiting for me to beg her at this time. The Earl is just as you said. I am worried that she might have deliberately launched a dispute over inheritance."

"But now it seems that things may be worse," Modillo looked at Alexander, who was standing a little further away from Alfred. "There may be other people involved in this, and you must know that among the people involved in the rebellion, there are members of the royal family."

The Earl's words made Alfred nervous suddenly. He understood what Modillo was hinting. Just as the Earl insisted on not negotiating with the rebel madman led by the Queen to prevent the throne from falling behind, the rebellion with royal members involved meant a question of the right of inheritance.

"My inheritance is unquestionable," Alfred said in a frustration. He saw that people seemed to notice his excitement, so he had to lower his tone. "Then what do you think you should do? You must know that fighting is not a good idea at this time, and the French will come at any time."

"If it is to let the king's army fight with the rebels, it may be a little trouble, but if it is the Montina army, the matter should be much simpler." Earl Modilo looked at Alexander. "Of course this needs to be decided by you, but please allow me to remind you that even these people here may not be completely loyal to you, so you should let them see your determination as a regent."

Alfred looked at the courtiers and looked at the eyes of people looking at him. Alfred hesitated for a while and finally asked tentatively: "Earl, do you think it is necessary?"

"Personally, I think it's necessary." Earl Modillo stepped back and stared at the prince's eyes and replied.

Alfred lowered his head and thought for a while, finally refocused himself.

"Destroy the rebels, but I don't want the war to be delayed for too long, so the Count hopes you can solve the current trouble as soon as possible." Alfred looked at Alexander. Although he had no good feelings for Alexander, he could not help but admit that compared with the Montina army, the Naples army was too disappointing.

"Please rest assured that your Highness, I will never give the rebels a chance to take advantage of." Alexander's eyes with Earl Modillo were about to part with him when he nodded in response.

"You must make sure that those rebels will be quelled as soon as possible," when the two left the palace, the Count told Alexander that "if we cannot resolve this rebel before the French invasion, we may really be in big trouble."

Alexander listened silently until he suddenly stopped and looked at the count's back and said, "I have replaced the guards in Ruosha, and now I am protecting her. "

The Count's steps forward gradually slowed down, and then he slowly turned around and looked at Alexander.

"Dear uncle, I hope this is the last time. Although Rusha is all good, I will not allow this to happen," Alexander approached the Count. "We all know what her marriage with Alfred is going on, so please stop doing something that makes everyone unhappy."

Earl Modilo nodded thoughtfully, and then he suddenly asked, "So what promise can you give Ruosha? Is it your only sister as she said?"

"Don't worry about this, because you will soon know what I prepared for Ruosha." Alexander smiled slightly and walked forward.

Looking at Alexander who jumped onto Pagasus's back, Earl Modillo suddenly felt uneasy in his heart.

On July 9, Montina's army set out to quell the rebellion according to the order signed by Alfred.
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