I didn't know you were such a vampire

At the beginning of the spring of this year, Pope Innocent VIII's condition had worsened, and he could not even preside over the Easter Mass in April, and Rodrigo took full responsibility for it.It was also from that time that everyone knew that the Pope was about to die, and perhaps in this year, the Holy See would welcome a new Pope.

It's just that Innocent VIII's successor is not easy.

Innocent VIII was old and weak, and had no prestige. In the early days of his tenure as pope, all affairs were handled by Giuliano Rovere, the nephew of the former Pope Sixtus IV. Quite extravagant, it took the lead in the wind of making money by buying and selling priests and selling indulgences. During the carnival of the previous year, the cardinals gave each other triumphant cars full of actors, clowns and singers with gorgeous makeup, singing obscene Unbearable verse.

In Rome under his rule, the law and order were extremely chaotic. Among the [-] Roman residents, there were more than [-] prostitutes. payment.

And in spite of everyone's advice, he allowed Milan, Naples, Venice, Florence and some city-states and fiefdoms to postpone paying tribute to the Holy See, and wasted most of the treasury funds on preparations for the Crusades. There is no follow-up to the sign.Afterwards, the Holy See, which had insufficient financial resources, had to be bullied by the King of Spain who supported Catholicism and the King of France who wholeheartedly supported Protestantism.

However, the position of pope is still very tempting.

Although Qiao Ya stayed in her own room all day to recover from her injuries, it seemed that she would never go out of the door, but Lucrecia, who finished her studies every day, would find time to visit her, and by the way, bring back the memories from Adriana and Julia. The first line of news I got.

But Juan, who was at odds with Lucrecia, would wait until night fell before coming over, first peeping into the house from the window, and after seeing that Lucrecia was not there, he went around to the door of the house and pretended to knock on the door .

A few days after Joya left the Vatican, Cesare also left for Pisa to study. After the Orsini Palace lost Cesare, Juan suddenly lost a brave opponent, and he was very calm. At least, although he still clamors to ride a horse every day, he is no longer as eager and reckless as before.

He has recently become obsessed with wandering around Rome with a few servants. Every time he visits Joya, he will bring the gadgets he saw on the streets of Rome, and then he said that he saw the little girls on the streets of Rome carrying these things. .

"It seems that you went to Rome to visit the little girl." Qiao Ya asked the maid to accept the silk scarf he sent, and said lazily.

Juan stood by her bed, scratched his head, and smiled. He walked around Joya's four-poster bed, and said, "Joya, do you feel that today's scene is very familiar?"

Qiao Ya glanced at him and said absently, "Where are you familiar?"

He rushed up to Qiao Ya again, and said with a smile, "Two days before you went to Florence, I fell off my horse because I was riding a horse, and I was lying on the bed terrified; but now, you are lame. Coming back from Florence, I've been handicapped, lying in bed, and I—”

He draws out his voice, with a proud expression on his face, Qiao Ya raised her eyebrows, and cut off his words: "Are you going to dance a song beside my bed to show off your flexible legs?"

Juan paused, wrinkled his face, and sat back on the Dante chair beside the bed. After changing positions restlessly, he said, "How about I read to you? You read it earlier. What about those books?"

Qiao Ya said calmly: "In Florence, I didn't bring it back."

Juan sat up straight with a "swish", then jumped to Qiao Ya's window, stared at her curiously, and said, "I heard that something happened to you in Florence, and now it seems that you haven't even brought back any books, look Does it look real?"

Qiao Ya said indifferently: "Who did you listen to?"

"Brendao," said Juan.

Qiao Ya smiled and said, "Brendao is father's senior advisor, I don't think he will tell you this."

"Okay." Juan shrugged, "I overheard it."

He looked around and saw that Qiao Ya's maid was still some distance away, so he approached Qiao Ya and whispered, "The last time we went to visit my father, Brendao suddenly came in in a hurry and told my father After saying something, my father went out with him first. I was anxious to urinate and wanted to go to the toilet, so I followed. I heard Bradao mention you, saying that you get along closely with the Totti family. If Totti If something happened to the Ti family, it would be a big blow to you."

Qiao Ya listened to him without any change in her eyes. Her fingers tapped lightly on the pillow, her eyelids drooped slightly, covering her pupils.

"Later I heard that the whole family of the Totti family was arrested, and a priest serving in Florence sent you back according to his father's orders," Juan said.

Qiao Ya nodded and said, "It's true, something happened to Florence..."

"Then the injury on your foot..." Juan's gaze shifted to her tightly bandaged ankle.

"It's just that I was walking too fast in high shoes and didn't pay attention to my feet." Qiao Ya smiled perfunctorily, and then turned the topic, "What about you, during the time I left the Vatican, you sneaked around again What good did you do?"

"What's 'sneaky'?" Juan cried. "Have you heard Lucrecia's slander about me?"

"Otherwise, I really don't know why you have to go to Rome to stay for a whole day." Joya paused, raised her eyebrows and smiled, "You still want to bring these little gifts in a cover-up."

"What do you mean by 'disguised'? Qiao Ya, did you specifically improve your literary attainments in order to slander me?" Juan said angrily. He stood up, buried his head, and walked in front of Qiao Ya's bed with his hands behind his back. He went back and forth several times, like an old master in a hurry. After a long time, he finally let out a breath and said, "Forget it, I will tell you alone, and you must not tell others."

Qiao Ya nodded seriously: "Speak."

Juan sat down on the carpet in front of the bed, broke the pot and said: "Father arranged a marriage for me."

Qiao Ya was stunned for a while, her fingers clenched the sheets under her palms, then she immediately adjusted her expression, let out a few hasty laughs, and said, "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it. You who got married were actually arranged by your father first."

Juan said with a sad face: "Do you know our brother in Spain, the Duke of Gandia?"

Joya nodded.

Rodrigo is not just a mistress of Vanosha, he had several mistresses and illegitimate children before he brought Vanosha from Mantua to Rome, and they did not live in Rodrigo like the Joia siblings Ge, but grew up in Spain, the home of the Borgia family.

One of the children, Luigi Borgia, fought side by side with the Spanish army in the Granada War, and after the victory at the Battle of Ronda, he was awarded the title of Duke of Gandia for his bravery in battle.

"He died," said Juan.Because he hadn't seen this elder brother much since he was a child, when he talked about this man's death, he didn't show any sadness on his face, but frowned and was a little impatient," said the father, in his will , gave me his land and title. When he died, he was betrothed to Maria of the royal family of Aragon, the cousin of King Fernando of Spain. Therefore, while I inherited his fief and title, I also Inherited by his fiancée."

Qiao Ya was taken aback.

And Juan has already wrinkled his face, full of resentment: "I don't want to go to Spain to marry someone else's fiancée at all."

Qiao Ya came back to her senses, looked at Juan, and said, "So?"

"So, I went to a brothel in Rome." Juan said grumpily.

Qiao Ya laughed angrily: "Do the brothels in Rome dare to let you in?"

"As long as they have gold ducats on them, they dare not put them in." Juan raised his chin and said, "I'm not happy, can't I spend money to buy happiness?"

Although Juan is much taller and burlier than his peers, but no matter what, he is still a child who is about 14 years old, so that when he said this sentence, people couldn't help laughing, but After Qiao Ya laughed a few times, she became quiet again.

A few years ago, when Juan went to visit Rodrigo, he drank a glass of wine in Rodrigo's study. After a while, he felt hot and convulsed, talking nonsense. After the Vatican's imperial doctor arrived, Said he was poisoned.Juan was a child who was underage, so no one would waste poison on him. It was self-evident who the poisoned wine was directed at in this generation.

Juan lay in Rodrigo's palace for several weeks, during which time Rodrigo's personal physician and Adriana and Joia were by his side, while Rodrigo stayed in the chapel every night to pay homage to the Virgin Mary. Leah prayed.

Fortunately, Juan finally woke up, and because he blocked the glass of poisoned wine for his father, he became Rodrigo's most spoiled child and developed a willful temperament.

However, even as the boy who is most favored by his father, marriage still cannot be decided by himself.

And the most rebellious child in the world, the resistance he can make is to escape the lessons assigned by Adriana every day, go to Rome with his entourage to visit brothels,

Qiao Ya shook her head, she stretched out her hand, rubbed Juan's hair, and said, "Why don't you tell your father, he loves you so much, maybe he will allow you to make your own choice."

Juan closed his eyes, rubbed his head between Qiao Ya's palms, and said in a muffled voice, "I don't want my father to disappoint me."

"You know, Joya, since childhood, my father and Adriana have told us about the spirit of honor in our Borgia family." Juan said, "I have known for a long time that I cannot choose a bride by myself. Angry, angry, why should I marry a woman who should be someone else's bride. But I can't disobey my father, I'm worried that he will be angry, disappointed, and then abandon me."

Qiao Ya didn't speak, and the movements of her hands were softer.

In fact, it wasn't just Rodrigo. Cesare, Lucrecia, and Geoffrey, these children Joya saw growing up, basically had the same thoughts. They were worried that their father would be disappointed and lose the favor they had given them.

This point was inherited from their mother, Vanosha.

Although Joya looks young, her mental age is about the same as that of Vanosha. When she was a toddler, she watched Vanosha, who was pregnant with Juan, sitting in front of the window and looking up every day. , you know what this beautiful and elegant woman is thinking.

She didn't necessarily have strong feelings for Rodrigo.

She was just worried, worried that Rodrigo would have another young and beautiful woman in his arms and give up her and the children she had borne.

It is difficult to change from extravagance to frugality. She is afraid of losing everything in front of her eyes. After all, this kind of life is what she wants.

"Joya, what do you want then?"

That voice sounded in Qiao Ya's mind again, like a flower quietly blooming at midnight.