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Chapter 87 The Queen's Conquest

From the Great Gate, passes through the Church of Marcellino and St. Peter, and then passes through the famous Palais de Curanoche, looking up, you can see the Arc de Triomphe in Constantine from a distance.

Just a few years ago, a man led his army through this road and tried to pass under the Arc de Triomphe that heralded victory and conquest, but was eventually stopped.

The only one who stopped that man's army was stopped, but even so, the man was not afraid, but confronted the entire army under the Arc de Triomphe.

"It's a pity that although Alexander blocked Gonzalo, he himself could not pass under this Arc de Triomphe." Ruosha, who was riding on the horse, said with regret. A whole team of grenadiers were around her, and on the outside were the Corsencha army holding swords, shields and spears.

The grenadiers were vigilantly staring at the movements on the streets. As long as someone tried to get close to them, they would immediately raise their guns to prepare for shooting. The sword and shield soldiers on the outside also carefully placed their shields on the side. The entire team was like a small moving fortress, which made the captain responsible for defending Ruosha believe that even if they encountered a large number of thugs, they would not easily break through their formation.

In fact, except for the obvious traces of destruction on the street, they not only did not see any thugs, but even rarely saw personal figures.

Before Ruosha entered the city himself, Naples had already entered Rome. After driving away a large number of angry people, and then neatly suppressed some mobs who still refused to leave and boldly launched an attack, the Naples army announced that it had taken over the city of Rome.

Ruosha suddenly pulled the reins and saw a little dirty square. Perhaps it was because it had just rained a few days ago and the square was full of mud, but she got off the horse and walked through the guards toward it.

The guard immediately became turbulent, and the captain followed Ruosha with several grenadiers. At the same time, he waved his arms and tried to make the entire guard surround the small square.

Ruosha spoke to stop the captain of the guard. She did not walk to the small square, but just stood not far away and looked at the place. Then she turned to the waitress next to her and said, "I once selected a group of workers here according to my brother's instructions. Now some of them should be in Crete, and some of them are in places that I don't know. You must know that although I did this at that time, I also had some doubts about his decision. But now I believe no one will question him anymore. Our sugar can make the whole of Europe surrender."

Ruosha said, smiling gently, turned back to the team and turned over. She raised her head and looked at the Arc de Triomphe, which was shrouded in a golden light by the afterglow of the sunset. The dazzling light of the sunset shone through the door hole of the Arc de Triomphe, shining on Ruosha's face, making her unable to help but reach out to block her face, and squint her eyes slightly at the same time.

Then after a little adapted to the dazzling light, she first opened her transparent fingers illuminated by the sun, letting the light shine through the gaps of her fingers, then put down her hand and looked up at the magnificent sunset.

"I like this city," Ruosha said to the people around her, and then she gently urged the horse, and as she waved her hand forward, her guard headed towards the Arc de Triomphe of Constantine under the gaze of the Naples army that had gathered in the square.

On June 16, 1501, Naples Regent Queen Rusha Kosenza Astamara led the Naples army into Rome.

On the same day, the Regent Queen held a simple entry ceremony on the Roman Forum, and then the Queen walked through the Arc de Triomphe of Constantine in the posture of a conqueror.

After Charles VIII entered Rome in 1497, the second monarch passed through the Arc de Triomphe, which meant victory.

During the whole process, the city defense forces guarding Rome did not respond, and the Pope, as the Vatican army, was stationed outside the city of Rome, and remained unmoved from beginning to end.

The sky was slightly dimming, and the time when the Naples army entered the city was actually a bit strange. The choice to suddenly enter the city in the afternoon brought fear to the Romans, because people realized that the night was the cloak of sin. For any conquered city, the arrival of the night was terrible and terrifying, because darkness could cover up all terrible crimes.

The Romans hid in their homes, and they did not dare to light the lights. Many families blocked the doors and windows with heavy furniture. Some nobles had armed their servants before to prevent the thugs. Now they were even more vigilant to turn their homes into a solid fortress, ready to deal with the thugs who might break in at night, and those who might become more terrifying than the thugs at any time.

From time to time, there were hurried footsteps coming from the street, and sometimes a few screams would sound in the alleys in the distance. It was because of the lone people who had been robbed. People listened nervously in the house. In addition to praying for those unlucky people, they also hoped that the thugs would not focus on their homes.

A sudden and dull sound came, and it was obvious that the team was passing by. The residents of the residents on both sides of the street immediately became nervous. They pressed against the door and listened carefully, and looked outwards through the cracks of the tight curtains.

The street was covered with figures, and teams of soldiers passed by the door. The heavy sound of boots trampling on the ground, like a thunder-like sound that hit everyone's heart. At this moment, everyone raised their hearts to their throats.

A sound of horse hooves came, and it was heard from the sound that there were quite a few people.

In a family, the woman hugged her 1-year-old son in a corner of the living room with her restless eyes. Next to her, another teenage boy was holding the cloth apron in front of her mother's clothes, staring at her brother hiding by the window and peeking at her brother outside.

"It's a team of cavalry. Judging from their dressing, these people must be Naples' army."

The young man standing by the window whispered to report what happened on the street despite his mother's concerns. Suddenly he made a "ah" sound that seemed to be surprised, which scared the woman. She immediately stood up and covered her awakened son's mouth with her hand for fear that he would cry.

"I saw a young woman. She was so beautiful. She must be the queen of Naples." The young man said with his eyes shining and he lowered his voice with an irrepressible tone of excitement.

"What are the queens doing here?" the boy asked strangely.

"I understand, she is from the Palace of Marino," said the young man suddenly. "The Palace of Marino is from the Queen's brother, the Duke of Romanesia, and she is here to live."

The young man's eyes were filled with excitement. Although he knew that he could only take a look so secretly, he felt that this generation would probably not forget the charm of the queen who passed through the window of his house, which would be unforgettable for his whole life.

Ruosha didn't know that she had an admirer. She was standing on the steps of the newly renovated Marino Palace, looking up at the familiar palace.

Although it has been two years, the renovation of Marino Palace is still underway. This is mainly because Ruosha had too high expectations for this palace at the beginning. Although it has not yet been pushed to the point of reconstruction, in addition to the main building, the entire palace was originally close to the east and west wings of the main building, not only has it been renovated, but also has added a long corridor that can connect two matching buildings from the rear according to Ruosha's intention. In this way, although the entire Marino Palace still retains its previous style, in fact, both the rooms and the structure have undergone tremendous changes.

The result of such a project construction is that it will take at least 5 years to complete the entire construction, and the cost will be as high as 27,000 florin.

This is a huge sum of money and an ornate palace that is comparable to any building in the city of Rome.

After all, even St. Peter's Basilica would only cost 170,000 Florin by calculation, and this is a huge project that lasts for nearly a century.

What made Ruosha feel a little relieved was that although Caesar expelled the Romansian army in Rome, he did not attack Marino Palace. So when he entered the palace and saw the nervous but still orderly servant and the familiar environment as before, Ruosha was in a good mood and someone who rewarded everyone in the palace.

But when she walked up to the second floor and passed through the rooms one by one, she stood outside one of the doors and tightened her eyebrows slightly, and then she pushed open the door.

Looking at the familiar furniture and a wooden armor set placed against the wall as before, Ruosha made an undetectable hum in her nose. She knew that this should be Alexander's order. It was obvious that Alexander might still hope that the wild bohemian girl would return to Rome in her heart. However, although Ruosha felt a little unhappy when she saw this, she knew that Alexander's wish would probably not come true.

Alexander didn't know that after Alexander returned to Rome from the Balkans for the second time, he began to secretly ask Pratoli to establish a trading post in the port of Constanta where she passed by the Black Coast. With the relationship of Ashulk, Prato transported large quantities of goods from Naples to Wallachia again and again in the war-filled Mediterranean.

Among these goods, except for some luxury goods needed by the Bucharest court and the rich people of the nobles, the main ones were weapons!

Flintlock muskets, artillery of various calibers, and even wheel-firing muskets that were not fully popular in Ruosha's own army. These things were continuously transported to Wallachia, and what were transported back were large quantities of copper, gold, silver and iron ore.

It seems an unwise choice to make the rival stronger, but Rusha doesn't think so. When she thinks that the quickly armed Valaqiya army is enough to inspire Sophia's ambitions. Thinking about her being staring at the neighbors around her now, especially for the future of her twins, she has already set off to make a big fight. Rusha feels that at least for a long time that can be imagined, there is no need to worry about that wild girl coming to cause trouble for herself.

"Dear brother, you should thank me. It was me who made your woman very strong." Ruosha praised herself in her heart and then left Sophia's room. Listening to the crisp sound of the locks behind her, she smiled and continued to walk forward.

A burst of footsteps came from behind. Ruosha stopped and looked back, and saw Elliot coming with annoyance on Taranto.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for disturbing you, but I want to know what you are doing?" Elliot seemed a little angry. He seemed to be barely suppressing his dissatisfaction. Seeing Ruosha seemed to be completely indifferent to his words, he took a deep breath before calming down his emotions. "You have entered Rome, and even passed through the Arc de Triomphe in Constantine, but you actually went home next time. So what were we doing before?"

"So what do you think I should do? Walk through that bridge to occupy the Vatican?" Ruosha looked at Elliot, and saw that he wanted to speak but stopped. Ruosha continued, "As long as I don't walk through that bridge, everything will be in our control. Don't worry that the bishops will come to us on their own initiative. As for the Pope himself, do you think there is anything more important to him now than getting rid of the trouble in front of him?"

"But there are also pope troops outside the city. If Constantine ordered them to fight us, and with the Roman city defense force, the situation would not be good for us, so we should reach an agreement with the Vatican as soon as possible instead of waiting for them without doing anything." Elliot said worriedly. The excitement he had when he entered Rome before gradually calmed down as his enthusiasm faded. Thinking of the delicate situation of the Naples army, he had to worry about Ruosha's seemingly satisfied.

"Don't worry, don't forget that we entered the city in the name of quelling the riots in the city of Rome. As for the city defense forces, why do you think they have not responded yet?"

Ruosha suddenly laughed at Elliott. Her bright smile made Elliott lose her mind instantly, and Ruosha's next actions surprised Elliott even more.

Ruosha raised her arm to him.

Elliot was a little confused at this moment. He did have some fantasy about the young queen who almost became his stepmother, but he never expected that Ruosha would show him an unusual attitude at this time.

Elliot immediately took a step forward and prepared to respond enthusiastically to the queen. But before he could speak, Ruosha spoke to the peace of mind behind him, "Welcome to your secretary, I think you don't have to be careful this time."

Elliot turned around in shock and looked at Nomero who had passed by him, then walked up to pick up Ruosha's hand and lowered his head to kiss him. Elliot was stunned for a moment and looked confused.

The Queen of Naples did not enter the Vatican, which made the entire Cardinal secretly relieved.

When they heard that the Naples army entered the city of Rome, everyone was overwhelmed by accident.

They were very worried that the Naples army would directly occupy the Vatican. If that were the case, the Holy See would have to fall into an embarrassing situation. Although this would definitely not be beneficial to the Naples, the Cardinals could not help but feel chilled when they thought that those who could rob the entire Holy See at all costs.

The Holy See has been looted more than once in history. In addition to the pagans, even those army claiming to believe in Christ had made it unceremonious to give it to the Holy See. Now, because of Ladia's gold coins, such a big storm has caused, it is really hard to guess what the Naples army that entered the city in the name of quelling the riots in the city will do.

But although they were relieved to not enter the Vatican, Ruosha's next move confused the Cardinals.

"What does she want?" At this time, no one dared to despise the young queen. The cardinals' eyes were all turned to Maximo, waiting for his answer.

Ma Ximo always had an annoying smile on his face. He had never participated in the comments of the cardinals. He just listened to the attendants reporting the news one by one. Until they all felt inexplicable because of Ruosha's actions, and then suddenly woke up and came to him. Ma Ximo then stood up and looked at the cardinals:

"Everyone, you probably forgot a very important thing. Queen Rusha Kosenza Astrama is not only the sister of the Duke of Roman Thescia, but also an important member of the Free Trade Union. Although Ladia gold coins were issued by the Holy See, they were able to succeed by relying on the transactions of that trade alliance. Now that Ladia gold coins are facing such a big crisis, this obviously destroys the interests of the trade union, so it is completely understandable that the Queen sends troops to quell the riots in Rome at this time."

The cardinals looked at each other in a glance. They were already at a loss because of this sudden change. Although the Holy See's Guards still controlled the Saint Angel Castle, no one really expected them to block the army that even Caesar killed.

Old Luo Weile looked at Ma Ximo with a gloomy expression. He had no doubt at all that all this was actually a premeditation.

As for when this premeditation began, it was no longer important. What was important was from the declaration of war between the trade alliance and the French, to the run of Ladia gold coins, and then the Naples army entered Rome in the name of quelling the riots. Once all these seemingly irrelevant events were linked, they seemed to have become a big net that no one could get rid of!

And the prey in this net includes Rome, the Vatican, Louis XII, Alexander VI, and maybe even him!

Thinking of this, Old Luo Weire suddenly felt a little chilling in this hot June. After thinking about it for a while, he finally said to Maximo in a deep voice: "So tell me, what does she want?"

Maximo was about to speak, but a commotion from the door interrupted him, followed by a seemingly unexpected low voice that attracted people's attention.

The cardinals looked at the door one after another, and then they were stunned to see Alexander VI standing at the door.

The Pope, wearing a white robe, had a slightly hunched body and a little depressed expression. His deep eyes made him look very tired. The staff originally used for the ritual became a crutch to support his body.

"Cardin, are you asking who wants anything?" Alexander VI's thin face had a smile of unknown significance. He glanced at Old Rovery, then glanced at Machimo, and then his eyes slowly passed through everyone's face. "Please rest assured, believe that I will be safe this time, because I think she knows what she wants. What she wants is me."
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