Chapter 425: How about knocking him?
The heavy snowfall in 1034 came earlier than previous years. That evening, the north wind suddenly howled, and the clouds in the sky pressed towards the ground. At around nine o'clock, there were small snowflakes. began to fall.
It was late at night, in the warm bedroom of the palace, Rudolf was leaning on the bedside, and Antonia was lying beside her, just passed out and rolling her eyes.
Rudolph has been under a lot of pressure recently.
First, he wanted to confer the title of Linden Tree City to his wife. However, he was opposed by all the ministers and was even threatened. His authority was completely gone.
This matter was not over yet, and then his biological father suddenly died. However, his confusing manipulation before his death made it seem that he would no longer have a share in his biological father's inheritance.
The most irritating thing is that group of nobles. Their own father’s body is still cold and the funeral has not yet been held. They came without any grief and only thought about things in Lime Tree City.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He couldn't help but grab something with his hands and use force, feeling that he wanted to vent the fire in his heart.
“Ouch!” Antonia did not wake up, she still fell asleep softly, just humming twice.
At this time Antonia was having a dream.
In the spacious living room, the walls are hung with exquisite large stone empire tapestries, the floor is covered with soft white snow bear skins, and the enamel vases on the wall are filled with lifelike flowers made of crystal glass and crystal-veneered roses. A stylish air conditioner was silently spitting out heat in the corner.
Antonia dreamed that she was sitting on the sofa, wearing a colorful silk dress, holding a peach stone imported porcelain cup as thin as an eggshell in her hand, which contained the same The tea made from the "Paladin Fruit" from the peach blossom stone. Whenever I said something, the ladies and gentlemen of the high-ranking nobles around me would immediately nod in agreement.
Just when she looked around at everyone, ready to find someone to ridicule, just like they did to her, Rudolph woke her up with [Calcium Oxide].
Antonia felt helpless before she fainted again. Her husband usually seemed a bit gentle and even weak, but after getting married, she found that he was worse than an animal. It is said that he used the peach blossom stone Baihuazhuang privately given by Duke Wesson. The secret technique cannot be resisted by oneself.
Other nobles said that they were shameless in finding a mistress for the prince. The problem was that they were not the ones who were [contradicted]. Naturally, they said it was easy. They knew it after being [trumpeted] in one night and did not want to die young. He can only find other women to share the firepower.
But now it is a period of national mourning, and the situation is strange and dangerous. Rudolf and Antonia do not have the courage to call their lover over.
At dawn, Rudolf woke up from a short nap and sat on the bedside again, still looking sad.
When Antonia woke up and saw her husband like this, she knew what he was worried about, so she whispered: "Since you are so worried about Wesson, why not give him to..."
She Before he finished speaking, he just stretched out his hand and made gestures on his neck.
“No!” Rudolf hurriedly objected, “This is impossible, everyone will know that I did it.”
"And Wesson's army is so strong, what should I do if they seek revenge from me?"
There are some things that you can just think about for fun, but if you really want to do it, you would never dare to do it.
Antonia whispered: "Now Weisen is not married, has no children, and no heirs. If anything happens to him, the property will belong to the royal family."
Everyone knows that Weisen has no children. The state is prosperous. According to folk legend, there is a golden palace under the castle of Duke Wesson. All women who have had close contact with him will cast a solid gold statue that is no different from the real person as a commemoration.
What Antonia said makes sense. Now Frederick has no heirs, not even illegitimate children, and no heirs to his property. If he burps now, he has to look for an heir retroactively. Rudolf, the eldest nephew, theory The second in the list, the first is Count Wiesen on the Elbe River.
The huge benefits undoubtedly made people excited, and Rudolph remained silent.
Antonia continued to whisper: "It is easy to do this. Wesson has no problem with women. If any woman is unfavorable to him for any reason, it is normal." Growing up in the city of Baris, the capital of the King of Gaul, injuries and incidents of love and hatred occurred frequently in the aristocratic circle, so much so that the bishop of the Church of Light there was the only one in the world in the field of replanting male amputated limbs.
Cologne City is not as fun as Barris City, but it is not a place where rules and regulations are followed.
In her opinion, she only needs to create such an "accident", and others will think it is normal and will not suspect her.
Rudolf did not express his position immediately. This kind of thing was much more serious than building a palace and sealing the Linden City to her. He thought in silence for a long time, and finally just said: "I'll think about it again."
Breakfast time is soon. That's it. The servants came in to help Rudolf freshen up and then change clothes in the dressing room. Antonia also needed to go to the dressing room to dress up a little.
Antonia's servants were all brought from her hometown. There was no one else in the dressing room. She whispered a few words to her head maid.
Soon after, one more person left the palace to buy, and he quickly disappeared into the city.
On the way to the restaurant after finishing dressing up, Antonia saw a royal knight running hurriedly from behind.
The knight was on duty, wearing a shining silver breastplate, a red feather on the top of his helmet, and his iron boots thumping on the floor.
“Stop!” Antonia turned around and shouted at the knight with a frown, “I told you not to make such a loud noise in the corridor!”
However, the knight ignored it at all. She, without losing speed, passed Antonia and her servants and hurried into the dining-room.
Antonia was ignored, her face turned red and white, her hands pulled hard on the silk handkerchief, her teeth clenched.
She threw the torn handkerchief on the ground, walked to the door of the restaurant, and asked the royal knight standing guard outside: "Who is he?"
The two knights saw everything that happened just now, and one of them replied expressionlessly: "He is Bastian."
Many of the palaces of the Rhine League came from hundreds of years ago. The second tradition of the Pulan Empire includes the requirement that the messenger knight has the highest level of access in the palace, and also requires that he must trot and use footsteps to alert others to avoid them.
When William could still handle government affairs, whenever a messenger knight passed by, Rudolf had to give way to them.
But no one knew what the Crown Princess was saying, forbidding everyone to make loud footsteps in the corridor, which was contrary to the traditional rules of the knights.
Antonia's face turned even paler. She didn't get the slightest respect from the knight just now, but all she could do was snort and enter the restaurant.
The royal knights outside the door showed disdain on their faces, then looked at each other and smiled.
If Antonia was a real princess who grew up in the palace, she would know that the royal knights can only be loyal to the king and respect the king, at least on the surface. If they openly show respect to others, the king will Can't sleep anymore.
During this period, the royal knights took notice of Antonia's performance, and after private communication, they came to the conclusion that she was a bumpkin.
The smile on the lips of the knight who just answered Antonia's question grew wider. He played a little trick and did not say Bastian's last name, making Antonia think that Bastian was a little knight with no background. , maybe you will have fun watching it later.
But it was no fun for a while. The messenger knight brought the latest news from the city gate: Duke Wesson rode into the city and headed directly towards the church where the late king's body was stored.
Rudolf has skipped breakfast and will go over immediately.
(End of this chapter)